GLIHBN Chapter 47
by VolareChapter 47: If You’re Unlucky in Love, You’ll Be Successful in Your Career
“Chi Ye, why are you here?”
Su Shi was surprised that Chi Ye would appear here, because today wasn’t even the weekend.
Suddenly, a figure rushed over and hugged him tightly. “Su Shi, are you okay?”
Su Shi’s nose was filled with Chi Ye’s scent, youthful, sunny, exuding the vigor unique to young people.
This question indicated that Chi Ye already knew about the matter between himself and Xu Chongming. Su Shi didn’t try to figure out where Chi Ye had heard it from, and just let the other person hug him.
If Chi Ye insisted on comforting him to feel better, then Su Shi gladly accepted it, “You know everything?”
Chi Ye slowly released Su Shi, gazed at him, and gently hummed in agreement.
Su Shi saw the worry in Chi Ye’s eyes and said, “Don’t worry, you are you, he is him. I won’t take it out on you. We’re still friends.”
Chi Ye forced an awkward smile. Who wants to be your friend?!
Su Shi patted Chi Ye, “Go back, you can’t skip class.”
“No, there are no classes today.”
Su Shi didn’t care whether that was true or not, and prepared to go upstairs, “Go back, I’ll come back and change clothes to go to the studio.”
Chi Ye watched his back, “Don’t you want to rest for a day? I can keep you company.”
Su Shi didn’t turn his head, but could feel Chi Ye’s gaze fixed on his back. He raised his hand and waved, “No, I have a lot of important things waiting for me to do.”
By the time Su Shi changed his clothes and came downstairs, Chi Ye was already gone.
Su Shi rummaged through a few drawers and found the instructions for the combination lock, deciding to change the front door password after all.
After reading the instructions, he realized that changing the password was actually very simple, he had just been putting it off.
Please enter the new password.
Su Shi thought for a while and entered a string of numbers.
Mr. Qi had already been waiting in the studio’s reception room for a while.
In the tea room, a colleague quietly asked Little Jie, “Why isn’t Su Shi here yet?”
Little Jie said, “He’s on his way.”
Everyone knew that this artist wasn’t easy to deal with. He had given Su Shi a lot of grief before, and now that he needed help, he deserved to be kept waiting.
But they didn’t know that Su Shi was really just late because he had overslept. He had no intention of keeping the other party waiting at all.
Su Shi hurried over and finally arrived, “I’m sorry, the traffic was bad on the way.”
Mr. Qi’s face was already full of impatience, and his tone wasn’t very pleasant, “Even with traffic, you should have arrived in a few hours.”
However, his assistant was very polite, with a smile on his face, respectful and courteous, and extended his hand to shake Su Shi’s hand, “Teacher Su, long time no see.”
Su Shi ignored Mr. Qi, shook hands with his assistant, “Long time no see, welcome.”
Su Shi invited the two into the office and closed the door.
Half an hour later, Mr. Qi stormed out of Su Shi’s office, his assistant chasing after him.
Little Jie hurriedly ran into Su Shi’s wide-open office and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Shi sitting properly at his desk.
Su Shi raised his eyelids, “What’s wrong? You think he’d dare to cause trouble in our territory?”
“He deserves it, with such a bad temper, no wonder he offends so many people.”
Su Shi shook his head, “He does have a bad temper, but he also has a genuine side.”
Little Jie was confused, “So Teacher Su decided to help him clarify things? Then why did he leave here in a rage?”
“I did agree, but I want him to formally apologize to me in person.”
The boss is amazing. Little Jie clapped his hands, “So he apologized to you, so he feels he lost face.”
Su Shi raised the corners of his eyes and smiled, “Go and prepare.”
Little Jie received the order and went to work.
Su Shi checked the work plan for the week, which included an invitation from Mr. You Li of Dongsu City to the studio, inviting Su Shi himself to meet for a discussion.
Mr. You Li is a postmodern painter who yearns for rural life and lives in the countryside all year round.
Originally, Su Shi planned to go next week, but now, he decided to arrange it earlier.
It was a good opportunity to leave the place he had been staying and go to a new environment for a change of pace.
Little Jie was very surprised to receive Su Shi’s notice, but as an assistant, it was a principle to ask less and do more.
Bringing the business trip forward and pushing other things back required Little Jie to communicate and coordinate everything again.
Soon Little Jie booked Su Shi’s plane ticket, but he was still a little worried, “Teacher Su, do you really not need me to go with you? If there’s any socializing, I can help you fend off drinks.”
“No need, is a painter really going to drink a lot? It must be good tea.”
He had previously done a background check on Mr. You Li, and this is what was written in the hobbies section: Does not drink or smoke, likes peace and quiet, likes to write.
The studio’s clients are generally the heads of various exhibitions and artists, and they don’t promote drinking culture, but prefer tea culture.
Meeting friends with tea and talking business at the tea table.
Su Shi generally doesn’t drink when socializing, and occasionally when he needs to, he will bring someone from the studio who can drink.
This business trip also had the purpose of relaxing, of course Su Shi didn’t want to bring Little Jie along.
The plane ticket was booked for 10:30 p.m. Little Jie didn’t understand why it had to be booked so late, when there was a flight the next morning.
Su Shi said that the evening ticket was cheaper, saving money.
Little Jie was even more confused. Su Shi paid attention to enjoyment, always only sat in first class, and never cared about the price difference.
Mr. You Li’s address was in a small town under Dongsu, and the plane could only go to the city. Su Shi needed to stay in the city for one night. Little Jie compared several hotels near the airport on the platform and finally chose one with the best reviews.
Su Shi wanted to keep himself busy. If he was unlucky in love, he had to be successful in his career, otherwise, he would be too much of a failure.
Su Shi finished the work at the studio, hurriedly packed his luggage at home, and set off for the airport.
Actually, there were still four hours before the plane took off, there was no need to go so early, but Su Shi didn’t want to stay at home for a moment.
Dinner was at the airport, a braised pork ribs rice and a bottle of cola.
The taste of the braised pork ribs wasn’t bad, but it was far worse than what Chi Ye made.
Su Shi himself didn’t know why he suddenly thought of Chi Ye.
In order to have no connection with Xu Chongming in the future, he still had to have less contact with Chi Ye.
It was indeed a bit of a pity. Su Shi thought Chi Ye was quite good, whether as a younger brother or as a friend.
Su Shi twisted open the bottle cap and took a big gulp of cola.
Ah, refreshing.
Su Shi was long past the age of liking carbonated drinks, but occasionally drinking like this, feeling the gas in his mouth, was quite enjoyable.
No wonder cola is also called forget-sorrow water.
The airport was full of people coming and going, some eating, some waiting for flights, and some shopping. Some were in groups of two or three, and some, like him, were alone. Departing from here, heading to various countries and regions.
Sitting in such an environment, even though no one was seeing him off, Su Shi would always inexplicably feel a sense of loneliness, as well as sadness about parting.
After dawdling over his meal, Su Shi entered the VIP lounge. To pass the time, he took out a book he had just randomly bought outside and started reading.
Time is like this, no matter what you do or don’t do, it will still pass.
Whether happy or sad, it will still pass.
Unexpectedly, the book he bought randomly was quite interesting. Su Shi became engrossed, and a few hours flew by.
Su Shi read quickly, almost to the end.
People next to him got up one after another and walked outside. Only then did Su Shi realize that it was time to board the plane.
Su Shi took out his ticket and dragged his suitcase out of the lounge.
The book, with only the ending left to read, was forgotten by Su Shi on his seat in the lounge.
Its ending read: Going their separate ways is the best ending for them.