Dominant Marriage: The CEO's Overbearing Love
Chapter 126: Happy Birthday, Brother Yan Chen

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Happy Birthday, Brother Yan Chen

Lu Qianwen, who had just hung up the phone, gripped her mobile phone tightly.

She just heard it was pretty noisy on the other end, and there were woman’s voices. Was Gu Qimiao also there?

Is it because of her that he ruthlessly rejected me?

When Gu Qimiao wasn’t around, he wasn’t like this. At least he would talk nicely on the phone with me, wouldn’t just say "I’m busy" and tell me not to call him again...

Gu Qimiao!

She wouldn’t hand over what she had worked so hard for so many years to someone else!

...

In the luxurious private room, the colorful lights were headache-inducing, the songs were deafening, and the sound of playing games and drinking punished mingled among them.

Fang Shaobei sat on a sofa, secretly watching Shen Yanchen’s dazed manner of drinking alone. Without thinking, Gu Qimiao, who was now working at the art gallery, probably wasn’t doing much better than he was.

These two people...

As expected, over at the gallery, Gu Qimiao held her drawing pad for a long time without knowing how to start, her eyes vacant and distracted.

It wasn’t until nine-thirty that she finished the base color, and then Fang Shaobei called to ask if she’d gone home. Upon hearing that Gu Qimiao was still at the gallery, he quickly urged her to go home.

"I’ll do the rest tomorrow; it’s too late. You should go home. Want me to come and pick you up?"

"No, no! There are still buses now!"

Hearing that she could end work, Gu Qimiao didn’t stop for a moment, shutting down her computer, turning off the studio lights, and hurriedly exiting with her bag.

She took a taxi to the commercial street, arriving right at ten o’clock. The cake was successfully picked up.

She happened to catch the bus at the station, still choosing this cheaper mode of transport.

It was late, and there were few people on the bus. Gu Qimiao carefully cradled the cake in her hands, turning to look out the window.

He should still be out celebrating his birthday with his friends, right?

Returning home, it was indeed eerily quiet. Gu Qimiao turned on all the big lights, and the only sound was her footsteps.

She placed the cake on the table, staring at it with a worried expression. Would he come back tonight?

On his birthday, that Lu Qianwen must be there too. Maybe he would stay at her place?

Looking at the time, it was already late—well past the time he had designated for sleep. Gu Qimiao finally stopped her random thoughts and returned to her room.

After washing herself, she lay in bed for a while, then got up again, sitting at the desk and took out paper and pen. After thinking for a long time, she finally wrote a simple sentence: Brother Yan Chen, Happy Birthday.

Then she took the note and the box with the tie back to the living room, placing them beside the cake box. She stood and looked, adjusting the position.

She turned on all the lights in the living room so he would see them when he returned.

Feeling that everything was in place, she went back to her room. Though she tried to sleep, she couldn’t. She tossed and turned, got out of bed, ran to the window to look down, then took out her phone to check his number but didn’t call.

As time unknowingly passed, it was almost midnight.

Sure enough, she would miss his birthday...

Standing by the window, looking downstairs, the road was empty. Tonight, he probably wouldn’t come back?

Thinking this in her heart, she stubbornly stayed at the window, hoping he would return.

Wait a little longer, maybe his car would appear. Wait a little longer, what if he came back as soon as she turned around? Wait a little longer, maybe he was on his way back...

Until the night wind reddened her eyes, the clock on the wall struck midnight, her legs were weak from standing, but the road remained empty...

She sighed deeply, returned to bed, embraced the blanket, and looked at the dark room.

Thinking about sleeping, as he probably wouldn’t come back, but she couldn’t fall asleep at all.

As she lay there dejectedly and shed tears, she faintly heard the sound of a car approaching. Although the floor was high, it was quiet late at night, so she heard it clearly.

Gu Qimiao hurriedly ran to the window, tears in her eyes, and her mouth immediately lifted in a smile, unable to contain her excitement.

It’s his car!