Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

"That's enough, I eat very little." Gu Cheng really didn't want to spend money in a place like this, so she decided to find another opportunity to have afternoon tea.

Looking at the other person's hesitant manner, Su Wanxi roughly knew that she thought the dishes were too expensive.

"I have a VIP card, it would be a waste not to eat here."

"..." Unable to resist her insistence, Gu Cheng ordered a plate of spaghetti, the cheapest main dish on the menu.

"Wanwan...let's go somewhere else to eat next time..."

The meal cost her a week's wages as a waitress, and Gu, who was used to living a poor life, was so heartbroken that she almost cried.

Su Wanxi propped herself up on her arm and pinched Gu Cheng's cheeks: "I don't even feel sorry for her, why do you feel sorry for her?"

Gu Cheng has been with the Hermit Bureau for almost five months. With a guaranteed salary and various benefits, he earns at least 400,000 yuan. Given that he has so much savings at his age, Su Wanxi felt that it wouldn't hurt to spend more on food.

"Your money is money too..." Gu Cheng replied weakly, letting Su Wanxi hold her hand.

"Money is meant to be spent; hoarding it only diminishes its intrinsic value." The latter didn't quite understand the former's petty-bourgeois mentality.

"I need to save some money for things like buying a car and a house, paying off loans... plus the cost of baby formula, school expenses, and so on..."

Gu Cheng recalled a conversation she had with Qin Jin about their budget for getting married. The two sixteen or seventeen-year-olds had talked for a long time, and the future seemed bleak.

"Chengzi... wants to have a child with someone else?" Su Wanxi's displeasure was practically written all over her face. She and Gu Cheng definitely wouldn't have a child, so the last few points could be dropped.

"Of course not, that's what I thought before..." Realizing her slip of the tongue, Gu Cheng immediately changed her words.

Su Wanxi naturally knew that her lover didn't mean it that way; she just wanted to use this as an excuse to pinch his cheeks a few more times.

"I don't need to worry about houses or cars for now, I have those too. What I'm missing now is a woman in charge."

Su Wanxi took out several magnetic cards from her purse, put them in a small notebook, and handed them to Gu Cheng.

With a flick of her fingertips, she revealed a bank card of a similar design, and the small booklet was a passbook. Although she already knew that Su Wanxi came from a wealthy family, Gu Cheng's brain still short-circuited for a moment when she saw the passbook.

That's too much... Adding it all to my bank account, I could probably scrape together a "small goal".

"Keep this kind of thing safe yourself..." Gu Cheng hurriedly pushed the passbook and bank card back to their original owner, feeling her palms burning.

Su Wanxi took in the girl's reaction and found it incredibly cute: "Anyway, you're mine, it doesn't matter who takes you..."

"You are mine..." Gu Cheng turned her head away, pretending to flip her hair, barely concealing the blush on her cheeks.

"Don't talk nonsense, take it back..." she muttered softly, resting her chin on her hand, but her heart was filled with sweetness.

"Give me a kiss~" Su Wanxi pressed her advantage.

"My lips are sore, I can't kiss you."

"Then I'll kiss you." With that, Su Wanxi, the domineering CEO, leaned forward and planted a kiss on her lover's forehead.

......

After chatting with Su Wanxi for a long time about their future, Gu Cheng's vague unease finally dissipated. She picked up her knife and fork and fiercely stabbed at the strips of food in front of her, as if this plate of spaghetti was not ordinary noodles, but her class enemy.

Seeing that her eyes looked a little strange, Su Wanxi took the initiative to cut some steak and feed it to her.

"Thank you~" Chewing slowly, the steak sauce mixed with the noodles was damn sweet, and Gu Cheng even wanted to ignore the price and order another serving.

No... This is a capitalist's ugly consumer trap, I can't fall for it... While thinking, Su Wanxi fed him another piece, her eyes sparkling with a faint smile.

"orange..."

"what happened?"

"I want the end of the month to come quickly."

"why?"

"Because I miss you, I think about you even after hanging up the phone at night."

"...I miss you as well."

"Then why don't you move in tomorrow?"

"No way." Gu Cheng felt that Su Wanxi was becoming more and more like a clingy kitten.

P.S. I've been experiencing writer's block lately... Sorry...

Chapter 159, Section 163: Miss Gu is not happy.

9:22 PM, Lanjiang City Center.

Under the hazy moonlight and amidst the vast expanse of misty waters, Gu Cheng, her slender, fair arm resting against the railing after training, gazed at the fishing lights on the riverbank.

"The wind is picking up..." Her long brown hair, draped over her shoulders, swayed in the wind, and even her breath created a light mist. The light blue sweatshirt she was wearing was not as warm as she had imagined.

The girl tightened her collar, put on her hood, and tucked her delicate, pale fingertips back into her sleeves.

Normally she would be doing laundry, taking a bath, and getting ready to rest at this time, but Gu Chengyan wanted some fresh air, so Gu Cheng went out as she pleased.

Strolling along the riverbank, my soft-soled canvas shoes crunched on the paving stones.

Underneath the hoodie was a pair of clean and neat jeans. To keep warm, the girl also wore a layer of thin tights underneath. This was a way of dressing that Su Wanxi taught her, which was both beautiful and comfortable.

Gu Cheng tried it for the first time and found it much more comfortable than thermal underwear; it was smooth, soft, and warm.

“Gu Chengyan, why have you been talking to me so little lately…” After walking past a bare ginkgo tree, a brightly lit street came into view.

Would you listen if I told you... You keep talking about Su Wanwan all the time... Gu Chengyan sighed softly, "I'm too lazy to say it."

"Lazy? Weren't you supposed to come shopping with me?" Gu Cheng was very puzzled. She never remembered the other person being so listless.

"I'm just... a little tired." Gu Chengyan himself didn't know exactly why he was tired.

"Don't you like... Su Wanxi?" Gu Cheng suddenly asked.

"..."

"Why do you say that?" The voice in my mind was slightly low.

The girl tiptoed, her fingers lightly touching the ginkgo branch: "Intuition..."

Gu Chengyan and Su Wanxi have a little secret that she doesn't know. Although she lacks the corresponding memories, Gu Cheng can vaguely sense that the two don't get along.

"Who doesn't love a cool, aloof, and mature woman with long, straight black hair?" From an aesthetic point of view, she and Gu Cheng both fall for this type.

A cool river breeze slipped into her sleeves, making the girl shiver slightly. She quickly found a wooden chair to sit on.

"If, just if, one day I asked you to leave Su Wanxi... would you listen?" Gu Chengyan asked a strange question.

The crisp sound of the school bell rang in her ears, and boys and girls dressed as students pushed their bikes away from the school gate. Gu Cheng leaned back and sat obediently with her hands on her legs.

“...Maybe yes, maybe no,” she said.

"Is this an answer?" Gu Chengyan smiled.

Gu Cheng pouted: "Of course, normally I wouldn't leave on my own, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless Su Wanxi does something I can't forgive." Change of heart, betrayal... just thinking about those words from soap operas makes Gu Cheng feel terrible.

......

"Miss Gu...?" Upon hearing the familiar male voice, Gu Cheng raised her neck, her gaze clear and gentle.

"Good evening, Mr. Qi." The visitor was wearing a brown men's sweater, paired with matching dark-colored suit trousers.

"Can I sit here?" Qi Bei asked Gu Cheng in a low voice, bowing politely.

"Yes, please feel free." The wooden chair was long enough for two people to sit comfortably.

The man gave a brief thank you, and as he sat down, he placed the waiter's uniform on his lap, with a corner of his tie peeking out of the plastic bag.

"Mr. Qi finished training... and then worked at a nearby bar?" Gu Cheng had done similar jobs as a waitress in a KTV or bar before, and she could find a black waitress uniform similar to the one next to her in her wardrobe.

"Hmm." Freed from Zhan Taiyi's control, Qi Bei didn't know what to do for a while, so he found a job as a waiter to fill his time.

"Miss Gu...why isn't she with Miss Su?" Qi Bei was a little puzzled as he always saw them together and one of them was suddenly missing.

"Miss Su, you should rest. I'm just taking a stroll." After finishing her long phone call, Su Wanxi, who still had work to do, told Gu Cheng to go to sleep first, but Gu Cheng instead came out and wandered around.

Remembering her lover's words, Gu Cheng got up and prepared to go home.

"Could I have Miss Gu's contact information?" The man opened a can of beer, seemingly preparing to sit for a while longer.

"Eh? Sorry, sorry, I forgot..." The captain's number was revealed. Qi Bei had teamed up with Zhou Li and Qin Kexin before, and it seemed that they were the only ones in the entire special operations team who hadn't exchanged numbers.

Gu Cheng read out the phone numbers to the other party one by one, and also made a note for the incoming call.

"Is that okay?"

"of course."

"Then, goodbye Mr. Qi."

"Um... Goodbye, Miss Gu."

After the girl walked away, the foamy can returned to calm. Qi Bei looked in the direction Gu Cheng had left and slowly took a sip of beer.

......

Knowing that Gu Chengyan was in a bad mood, Gu Cheng deliberately went around to the vicinity of the office building. The old man selling cotton candy was about to pack up his stall, and she was his last customer for the day.

"A cotton candy." Standing quietly by the stone lion, the girl's fair face was illuminated by the orange light.

The old man recognized the girl in front of him as someone who had bought candy before. Since he had extra ingredients, he decided to buy one get one free and made two large cotton candies for her.

"Thank you~" Gu Cheng said sweetly, but looked at the candy in front of her with some difficulty.

One of these desserts is fine, but it gets too cloying if you eat too many...

"Gu Chengyan, would you mind having two?"

"One is enough," Gu Chengyan replied sullenly, in a tone that seemed to say, "Why do you like eating this kind of children's food?"

"We can't let it go to waste..." Gu Cheng pouted slightly, suddenly thinking of a certain Miss Su Wanwan who loved sweets.

The villa wasn't far from here, so she probably wasn't asleep yet... Soon, Gu Chengyan realized that she wasn't taking the route home.

......