Chapter 43 - 43 43 Beauty Appreciates Fragrance

43: Chapter 43: Beauty Appreciates Fragrance 43: Chapter 43: Beauty Appreciates Fragrance Gu Zhiqi shuffled downstairs in a pair of slippers, yawning as she went.

At the stairway landing, she noticed an extra person in the living room and paused mid-step.

What is she doing here?

“Xiao Qiqi, good evening,” Yue Lan greeted with a smile, holding Gu Chengcheng on the sofa, “to meet again so soon, we must really be fated.”

“Good evening,” Gu Zhiqi replied lackadaisically.

Gu Chengan, seeing the two of them looking quite familiar with each other, was a bit shocked; whatever he imagined made him shoot Gu Zhiqi a sharp glare.

Gu Zhiqi simply ignored it and continued into the kitchen.

Soon, Gu Zhiqi’s obedient voice came from the kitchen.

“Aunt Tang, let me help you with the dishes.”

Hearing the dutiful tone, Yue Lan found it difficult to associate this voice with the carefree, lazy girl, but it was indeed her.

Yue Lan raised her eyebrows and looked towards the kitchen several times.

“Hypocrite,” Gu Chengan muttered under his breath.

When Yue Lan heard Gu Chengan’s mutter, she turned her head to look at him, her gaze inadvertently sweeping across his broken leg.

Aunt Tang was not aware of the twice Gu Zhiqi had attacked Gu Chengan, but Yue Lan had heard about it from her father.

Looks like the boy doesn’t learn his lesson.

“Aunt Yue, is something wrong?” Gu Chengan, noticing Yue Lan’s meaningful look, was somewhat puzzled.

“Nothing, how is your leg recovering?” Yue Lan asked with a gentle smile at Gu Chengan.

“It’s almost better,” Gu Chengan rubbed his head, feeling a bit embarrassed by Yue Lan’s concern.

Seeing this, Yue Lan lifted her eyebrows and said no more.

After dinner, Yue Lan didn’t leave; instead, she cheerfully pulled Gu Zhiqi upstairs.

She insisted on seeing the Fragrance that Gu Zhiqi had developed.

Gu Zhiqi never could refuse a beauty’s request.

Thus, she led Yue Lan to her room.

“You might not believe this, but you agreed to let me see the Fragrance over WeChat,” Yue Lan said, then blinked gently at Gu Zhiqi before turning to look around her room.

Gu Zhiqi: ?!

I agreed in my sleep?

“If you don’t believe me, you can check the messages yourself,” Yue Lan said earnestly, her tone both gentle and innocent.

Gu Zhiqi, skeptical, checked WeChat only to find that the last three messages were indeed from Yue Lan, but she hadn’t agreed to anything.

The first one was the question mark and exclamation mark she had seen before going to sleep.

Following that were two unread voice messages.

Gu Zhiqi played them.

“Xiao Qiqi, I was wondering if I could come see the Fragrance you’ve made?”

“If you don’t reply, I’ll take that as a yes~”

Gu Zhiqi “…”

She lifted her eyes, giving Yue Lan a languid glance.

“See, I told you that you agreed,” Yue Lan said, shrugging her shoulders innocently, “By the way, Xiao Qiqi, where’s the Fragrance you made?”

After scanning Gu Zhiqi’s room roughly and seeing no likely place for the Fragrance, Yue Lan had to ask her directly.

Gu Zhiqi put away her phone and tilted her head toward the nightstand, “There, that way.”

Upon hearing this, Yue Lan’s eyes lit up, and she quickly moved to the nightstand.

“Is it in the drawer?

Why don’t you lock it?

You’re too unguarded,” Yue Lan said as she reached out to pull open the drawer.

However, when her eyes caught sight of the plain transparent plastic bag on the nightstand, her hand paused.

Her gaze settled on the plastic bag.

“It’s not in the drawer; it’s in the plastic bag,” the lazy, casual voice of the girl came from behind, shattering Yue Lan’s last assumption.

Yue Lan “…”

The top-tier Calming Fragrance that had driven countless people crazy was kept in this plain plastic bag?

And so carelessly placed at that?!