Chapter 175: Chapter 174: Inquiring

The mixed team event was set to start in the afternoon.

Qi Yue arrived a bit early to communicate with the male competitor, since it was a mixed team event and the other party was a complete stranger.

When she got there, she unexpectedly saw Chen Jing making a phone call at the entrance of the shooting range.

They weren’t familiar with each other anyway, so Qi Yue had no intention of greeting him. She was about to walk past when she suddenly heard Chen Jing mention a familiar name…

“What? Gu Huai is sick? What kind of sickness is it, is it serious? Can we find a replacement?”

Gu Huai…

The moment she heard this name, Qi Yue involuntarily stopped in her tracks.

Chen Jing continued talking into the phone: “I’m not clear about that, I’ve only heard he once took a leave of absence from school for half a year for an unknown reason. Could it be because of this illness? Alright, alright, then there’s nothing we can do, just have to wait., A few doctors spent a week and couldn’t figure it out, no one but God Xiu can handle that project, okay, okay, I understand…”

As Qi Yue wanted to hear more, Chen Jing had already hung up the call. She couldn’t glean much useful information from his words, only that Gu Huai was indeed ill, and it sounded quite serious…

Without almost any hesitation, Qi Yue walked up quickly: “Chen Jing! What a coincidence, are you here to watch Qi Zhen compete?”

Chen Jing, who had just hung up the phone, was taken aback by the sight of Qi Yue.

Today, Qi Yue was dressed in a white sportswear outfit, with her hair tied back in a ponytail, looking vibrant and refreshing, a sight for sore eyes.

Although not as dazzling as Qi Zhen, she was also vibrant and charming. Upon closer inspection, Qi Yue’s features were not at all inferior to Qi Zhen’s, it’s just that she usually didn’t care much for her clothing or makeup…

Chen Jing snapped back to reality, and his first instinct was to take a step back to create distance, his tone somewhat aloof as he began, “Yes, I am.”

Qi Yue couldn’t be bothered with small talk and cut to the chase, “Sorry, I overheard you talking on the phone as I was walking over, mentioning Gu Huai… Has Gu Huai already been recruited by your research institute?”

Chen Jing saw Qi Yue initiating conversation and looked unsurprised, his expression a mix of resignation and secret smugness.

He had already promised Qi Zhen he would clarify things with Qi Yue, but having an attractive girl show such interest in him certainly stroked his ego, so he did not immediately give her the cold shoulder.

Chen Jing deliberately hesitated before speaking with an affected reluctance: “Actually, he hasn’t reached the date he agreed to start working, but recently our institute ran into a serious problem with an important project, and after searching everywhere for someone to solve it, we had to ask him to come out of retirement early. Turns out the director found out he was sick when he went to ask for his help… By the way, Qi Yue, you’re here for the competition, right? I heard the person who was supposed to compete couldn’t make it, and you were brought in as a last-minute replacement?”

Qi Yue completely ignored Chen Jing’s last comment, her brows slightly furrowed as she asked, “Is it serious?”

Chen Jing: “Huh?”

Qi Yue: “Gu Huai’s illness, is it serious?”

It took a moment for Chen Jing to realize Qi Yue was still on the previous topic: “I’m not sure, my colleague said that the director and some leaders are planning to visit him, but he declined all of them, saying he needed to rest.”

Qi Yue nodded a bit abstractedly, “I see…”