The leader of the cultivation alliance has a crush on me.

Chu Qiuling left in a huff. Song Ke closed the door and came back, sitting next to Chu Tiancheng with a smile on her face.

Chu Tiancheng looked helpless: "What are you laughing at?"

Song Ke looked at him and asked, "Am I Chu Tiancheng's future wife?"

Chu Tiancheng raised an eyebrow.

"The future mistress of the Chu family?"

Chu Tiancheng asked, "What's your opinion?"

Song Ke smiled and nodded: "Of course I have opinions."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Chu Tiancheng and was clearly stunned for a moment. Her face was calm, but her question was extremely nervous.

"You...you have an opinion?"

Looking at Chu Tiancheng's sincere question, Song Ke put on airs and smiled pretentiously, "I'll have to think about it."

A few minutes later, Song Ke was watching TV intently when Chu Tiancheng glanced over every now and then, looking hesitant to speak. Song Ke noticed, but she pretended not to see him and didn't ask.

Finally, Chu Tiancheng couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Have you thought it through?"

Song Ke feigned ignorance and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Chu Tiancheng looked helpless, but said in a indulgent tone, "Didn't you just say you had some opinions and wanted to think about them?"

Song Ke leaned against the back of the sofa, propping her head up with one hand. She tilted her head to look at Chu Tiancheng and smiled softly.

Chu Tiancheng was definitely nervous or shy.

Song Ke could see him swallowing unconsciously due to nervousness, his Adam's apple bobbing. She deliberately said, "You can think about it too."

"Or is it that you've never been in a relationship before and don't know what to think?" Song Ke deliberately moved closer and blew a breath toward Chu Tiancheng's Adam's apple. Instantly, she saw the protruding Adam's apple roll again.

Song Ke found it quite interesting. Looking at Chu Tiancheng's face, she saw him looking away with a somewhat embarrassed expression, like an innocent young boy.

Seeing his reaction, Song Ke asked in even greater surprise, "Really? You've never been in a relationship?"

Chu Tiancheng said, "Song Ke, are you really stupid or just pretending? There are 365 days in a year. Do the math yourself. How many days do you spend clinging to me? Do you think I have time to talk to you?"

Upon hearing this, Song Ke inexplicably thought of Gu Qing, and her tone revealed a sourness she herself didn't realize: "Tch, Gu Qing is practically handed to you. I even tried to set you two up a while ago, but why didn't you two click?"

"Chu Tiancheng, I have a question for you. Tell me honestly."

Seeing that Song Ke was unusually serious, Chu Tiancheng listened attentively, even preparing a pen and notebook on the table.

"You said."

"Why did you suddenly stop liking Gu Qing?" Song Ke was very curious, wondering where things had gone wrong.

Upon hearing this, Chu Tiancheng's expression froze for two seconds, as if a pause button had been pressed. He then asked with a half-smile, "Speaking of which, I'd like to ask you, what were you doing when you first joined the company?"

"Well... let's not talk about it." Song Ke pleaded with a look of utter despair, her bright eyes blinking as she looked at Chu Tiancheng and asked.

"But speaking of Gu Qing, she likes He Yunming. I wonder if she will be sad and disappointed when she finds out what He Yunming did."

Chu Tiancheng said, "Not necessarily, he might just be unwilling to accept it."

Speaking of resentment, Gu Qing was indeed resentful. At this moment, she was standing at the entrance of the police station, and no matter how much she begged or pleaded, she was not allowed to visit He Yunming.

She heard He Wen mention it when she went to see He Wen; He Wen said that her older brother was currently being held in custody at the police station.

The headlines have been dominated by the news that He Yunming is suspected of kidnapping and murder, and his background and his glorious past have been thoroughly exposed.

It's utterly baffling that a recipient of a world-class architectural gold medal would commit kidnapping; everyone is speculating about his motives.

Seeing that she couldn't see He Yunming, Gu Qing thought for a moment and then, somewhat shamelessly, called Song Ke.

When Song Ke received the call, she was in her own store. She was watching her employees put up a new batch of merchandise and promotional posters on the large glass wall.

Upon seeing Gu Qing's call, Song Ke hesitated as she walked upstairs, only answering the phone just before it was about to hang up.

"Hey, Sister Gu Qing, you were looking for me?"

Gu Qing first asked with concern, "Song Ke, are you alright?"

“I heard about your kidnapping. I really didn’t expect He Yunming to do something like this.”

"I'm fine, but he will be punished," Song Ke said with a light laugh.

"Sister Gu Qing, what brings you here?"

Gu Qing listened in silence, unsure of how to begin.

Hearing the silence on the phone, Song Ke wasn't in a hurry. Instead, she picked up a book that happened to be there and slowly flipped through it.

After a moment, Gu Qing still hadn't spoken, but one of the store's employees whispered at the bottom of the stairs, "Boss, come and check if there's anything wrong with how we stuck it on, otherwise it'll be hard to peel off later if it sticks too firmly."

Song Ke looked up and replied, "Very good, that's settled."

Gu Qing was silent for a few seconds before speaking somewhat apologetically, "Song Ke, I know this request is unreasonable, but I really don't mean anything by it. Could you please tell Tian Cheng for me that I can go and visit He Yunming?"

Song Ke was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Sister Gu Qing, you also said you were looking for Chu Tiancheng. You should have more influence with him than I do, right?"

"After all, when has he ever refused your request?"

Hearing Song Ke's words, Gu Qing thought that Song Ke had misunderstood her and Chu Tiancheng again, so she quickly explained, "Song Ke, you don't need to misunderstand me and Tiancheng anymore. You know that he takes care of me purely because of my mother."

"Don't worry, I won't plead for He Yunming. I just have a few questions for him. I'll only see him this once."

Song Ke frowned as she listened. Logically speaking, Gu Qing and He Yunming were the official couple, and Gu Qing should have been biased towards He Yunming. However, judging from the previous events, Gu Qing was willing to break off relations with He Yunming in order to inform her. In fact, Gu Qing was not some naive and innocent heroine who couldn't distinguish right from wrong, but rather someone with her own opinions and a very upright set of values.

From a sentimental standpoint, Gu Qing's request is not an unreasonable one.

However, in the original storyline, she knew that He Yunming also liked Gu Qing. But now, not only do they have little contact, but He Yunming is only focused on revenge and doesn't care about Gu Qing at all.

In this situation, even if Gu Qing went to see her and ask, it would only make her feel bad and wouldn't serve any other purpose.

"Sister Gu Qing, is it worth it?"

Gu Qing chuckled softly: "Song Ke, you should know what it feels like to like someone."

Song Ke was taken aback. What does it feel like to like someone?

Gu Qing added, "My love has always been worthwhile."

Song Ke finally agreed to Gu Qing's request. When Gu Qing went in and saw He Yun, he was nowhere to be seen. Not only had his appearance changed drastically, but his expression also showed a hint of sadness.

When he looked up and saw Gu Qing, he was clearly surprised and paused for a moment, as if he hadn't expected Gu Qing to have come here.