SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 55

"What I meant was..." Gu Fei wanted to explain himself, thus hastily sorted out his thoughts.

But Jiang Cheng suddenly stood up.

Gu Fei instinctually stood up with him, not wanting Jiang Cheng to leave under such circumstances. Even moreso, he didn't want Jiang Cheng to feel like he was hesitant on this question after they had already done so many things that went beyond the scope of "deskmates".

However, he didn't even get the chance to open his mouth again when Jiang Cheng's brows tightened and violently retched.

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Gu Fei felt absolutely stupefied, just a sentence would make Jiang Cheng feel so disgusted?

"Bathroom?" Jiang Cheng managed to ask between his gritted teeth.

"In the back," Gu Fei pointed, "Next to the kitchen..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Cheng had already sped off through the back door and into the courtyard.

Gu Fei hurriedly grabbed a bottle of water from the shelf and followed after him.

When he entered the bathroom, Jiang Cheng was bent over with his hands on his knees and staring into the toilet in a daze. He hesitated for a moment, "What's wrong?"

"I feel nauseous all of a sudden," Jiang Cheng replied.

"What did I say that had such..." Gu Fei was a bit flabbergasted, "Such potency?"

"Fuck off," Jiang Cheng briefly shot back before retching once more. However, nothing came out.

"Are you feeling sick?" Gu Fei was a little worried by now, "Did you catch a cold? There's still someone on duty at the community hospital, should we go get this checked out?"

"No need." Jiang Cheng took a deep breath as he straightened his waist, "It's just the side effects of my acrophobia."

Gu Fei became stunned in place for about ten seconds before he finally squeezed out a question: "Fear of heights?"

"En." Jiang Cheng ended up not vomiting anything out. He made his way to the sink and washed his face. "Is it that weird?"

Gu Fei remained silent.

Jiang Cheng wiped his face then turned to look Gu Fei straight in the eyes. "It's actually not very appropriate to say this in a bathroom, but since we're here now, there's no need to avoid it for another day[3]. Plus, I've brought it up already so let's not bother with the time or place now."

"En." Gu Fei sounded in response.

"What I said just now, just think over it tonight ba." Jiang Cheng then added, "I'll head back first. I feel really tired all of a sudden, so I need to sleep it off. Give me a call when you wake up tomorrow morning."

"Okay," Gu Fei answered.

"Goodnight." Jiang Cheng waved at him, turned back into the shop, and made his way to the front door.

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Gu Fei wiped away the water that Jiang Cheng had splashed all over the sink then followed after him.

From his words to his actions, Jiang Cheng had enacted everything with absolute ease and confidence. He was still extremely dashing when he walked to the door, and it was only when he stooped down to lift the retractable door but failed to do so even after two tries that the aesthetic perception was inadvertently destroyed.

"What on earth is wrong with your freaking door?" Jiang Cheng peered at him while still stooping with a chagrined expression.

"Let me do it." Gu Fei went over and helped him pull up the retractable door.