You Have the Right to Keep a Secret Love

Chapter 7: Gu Yan, Let's Change to Someone Else, the Next One Will Be ...!

After finishing the durian feast and dealing with the wind, it was already 10 PM when Qi Xi and Gu Yan finished tidying up and left the law firm.

Qi Xi's mouth was filled with the taste of durian, making her uncomfortable, so she decided to go to the convenience store downstairs to buy some chewing gum.

Gu Yan didn't leave and just glanced at Qi Xi before following her into the convenience store.

"You don't have to accompany me... You can go ahead," Qi Xi said.

Gu Yan gave her a glance and replied, "Are you the owner of this convenience store?"

"... Alright, I was overthinking," Qi Xi thought to herself.

The convenience store at this hour was nearly empty, and the store clerk seemed half-asleep. Qi Xi grabbed the chewing gum and was casually choosing some snacks when she heard the sound of the store door being pushed open again.

Instinctively, she followed the sound with her eyes and saw a pair of slightly droopy triangular eyes—eyes that seemed familiar.

The person entering wore a mask and a hat, had slightly dark skin, and was slightly overweight. However, the woman who entered with him, also wearing a mask, was fair-skinned and beautiful. Her heavenly long legs, adorned with high heels, were a head taller than the man accompanying her.

The person quickly picked something and then left with their head lowered. There were no intimate physical gestures throughout, but Qi Xi could sense an ambiguous undertone in their occasional eye contact.

Why did this man look so familiar?

And it wasn't until the person paid and left that Qi Xi suddenly realized.

She knew why she found him familiar! The man just now, wasn't he Ai Xiang, who should currently be out of town?! Not long ago, Qi Xi had curiously looked up his information and watched his interviews, so no wonder he seemed so familiar.

Ai Xiang, who should have been on a business trip, appearing late at night with a strange woman here—it felt subtly strange no matter how you thought about it.

Qi Xi quickly shared this discovery with Gu Yan, "Do you think Ai Xiang is cheating? I'm really worried for Chen Xiang. When I received the package earlier, I had a strange feeling, but I've been torn about whether I should hint at something to Chen Xiang..."

Although Gu Yan claimed to come to the convenience store to buy something, he spent a long time browsing without picking anything. Upon hearing Qi Xi's words, he calmly said, "Couples occasionally have secrets and need their own space. Maybe he's busy with a novel project or told a harmless lie. Even though he came to the convenience store just now with a good-looking woman with a great figure, there's no solid evidence to prove that those two have any unclear relationship."

This was exactly where Qi Xi hesitated, as she was also speculating without concrete evidence.

But... Qi Xi couldn't completely let go of her guilt. She always felt that Ai Xiang's success was largely built on Chen Xiang's sacrifices.

While she was still hesitating, Gu Yan seemed to have made up his mind about what to buy. Qi Xi watched as he walked up to the cashier, said something to the store clerk, and then...

Then, Qi Xi watched wide-eyed as the store clerk handed Gu Yan a box of condoms.

Gu Yan came to buy condoms in the middle of the night?!

Wasn't he still single because he didn't catch the girl he liked? How did his nightlife suddenly become so eventful? Why did he buy condoms? So, it means...