Qin Zhi Ai dialed the old house phone number, it rang for less than two seconds before being answered, and Zhang Ma's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, this is the Gu residence."

  Qin Zhi'ai first greeted Zhang's mother before cutting to the point: "Is Grandfather here?"

  "Is the old master at home? He's just finished his noon rest, I'll go call him." After Zhang Ma finished speaking, a series of footsteps gradually moving away could be heard from the other end of the phone. Then Qin Zhi'ai vaguely heard Zhang Ma and Mr. Gu's conversation: "It's the young lady who called."

  After a little while, Mr. Gu's voice came from the receiver: "Xiao Ke."

  Even though Qin Zhi Ai had been pretending to be Liang Dou Kou for over a month, every time someone called her "Miss Liang" or "Little Kou", she would always react half a beat late, realizing only then that they were calling her.

  This time Qin Zhi'ai was no exception, after Mr. Gu's "Xiao Ke" shouted for a while, she came back to her senses and hastily replied: "Grandpa."

  Then he got straight to the point: "Grandpa, Yusheng just called me and said there's a charity gala tonight. He wants me to go with him."

  Pausing for a moment, Qin Zhi'ai continued: "Grandfather, I'm really sorry, but my flight is tomorrow to the US and there's an announcement on that side, so I might not be able to attend tonight's charity gala."

  Mr. Gu on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time before speaking: "Xiao Ke, is it that Yu Sheng didn't let you come?"

  "No, Grandpa, it's really a coincidence...” Qin Zhi Ai tried to make her voice sound as coquettish as possible: “Besides, the announcement was made a long time ago, you can even see it on the news, so even if I wanted to deceive you with my work, I couldn't."

  Mr. Gu was teased by Qin Zhi into a low laugh: "Of course, if there's work to be done, I'll get busy with the work first. What I'm afraid of is that little rascal Gu Yusheng has caused trouble again, and you two have had another unpleasantness."

  She hung up the phone and Qin Zhi'ai went upstairs to pack her luggage.

  She didn't cheat Mr. Gu, there is indeed a notice in the US tomorrow, but the ticket was booked for the day after tomorrow.

  After packing her luggage, Qin Yilove called Liang Doukou's agent and asked her to help change the ticket to today, then she dragged her suitcase downstairs.

  Before leaving, Qin Zhi Ai didn't forget to tell the butler to call Gu Yu Sheng and inform him that she had an urgent work matter to attend to and wouldn't need him to pick her up tonight. At the same time, she also reminded the butler to let Gu Yu Sheng know that she had already made arrangements with Grandfather's side.

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  When the butler's phone call came, Gu Yu Sheng was sitting in a spacious and bright office reviewing documents.

  He didn't even glance at the phone screen, signing documents with one hand and answering the call by sliding the screen to his ear with the other.

  "Mr. Gu, it's Xiao Jie who asked me to call you..."

  When he heard the words "little sister", Gu Yu Sheng slightly furrowed his brow, a hint of obvious disgust flashing at the bottom of his eyes, and he let out an unpleasant snort through his nose.

  The butler on the other end of the phone was so scared that his hand trembled, and according to Qin Yī's instructions before she left, he stammered out the message: "......Miss said that she has an urgent work matter to attend to and needs to fly to the United States, so she won't be able to make it to tonight's charity gala, therefore there is no need for you to come pick her up."

  Gu Yu's action of flipping through the documents came to a halt.