My girlfriend is from the future!

Cao Aiqing had mentioned in previous news the residence and work location of their design team on the island. He Tianran caught up with the islanders who got off the boat and walked with them for a while. After asking casually, he quickly determined the general direction.

As he walked along, he occasionally saw busy rollers and dump trucks passing by, with dust flying in the distance. That was the construction team working hard to build a ring road around the island. This should be considered the primary link in the tourism development of Nanzhi Island. Ai Qing and his team's island construction project belongs to the later stage.

In fact, the current level of development of Nanzhi Island is not much different from that of some rural areas around the port city. It has all the necessary supporting facilities such as water, electricity, and internet. However, there is a very counterintuitive phenomenon: the better the infrastructure of the island, the fewer indigenous people there are.

The reason is simple. In the early years when the island was not yet developed, most of the islanders moved to the port city to settle down. Now that conditions are better, some people are coming here. In addition to the tourists and young intellectuals who come to experience the island style, most of them are idle people who are interested in future planning and have money to invest in land. These people would not live on the island permanently.

There are several hotels and hostels on the island, but since Cao Aiqing and his design team were working for the government, they were naturally arranged to stay in a postal guesthouse on the island.

This place is easy to find, opposite the only green-painted post office on the island.

The guesthouse is a four-story building. There is a large courtyard across the lobby. The sun is warm at the moment, and the ground is covered with golden corn kernels. Bed sheets and quilts of the guesthouse are hung on the rows of clothes hangers next to them. The fragrance of laundry detergent is blown into the nose by the midday sea breeze, giving people a fresh impression of the island.

A few local dogs lying next to the corn felt the movement of people coming, looked up, and when they found no danger, they yawned and lay down again, continuing to bask in the sun lazily.

Behind the compound is a warehouse with a height of nearly five meters. In the past, it was a granary used by the islanders to store food. Later, a guesthouse was built and it became a garage. Occasionally, some large items from the post office are stored here, but there are few commuting tools on the island, and there is no need to worry about parking. You can just find a place to put it without worrying about any fines. So when Cao Aiqing and his entire design team of more than 20 people arrived on the island, this place became their temporary studio, which is really down-to-earth.

At this moment, the door of the warehouse is open, and you can see the busy design team standing in the yard. Since there are no partitions in the warehouse, you can see five or six people in the design team drawing on computers, while another group of people are sitting on the other side having a meeting.

Among the group of people attending the meeting, He Tianran immediately spotted a familiar figure...

The man did not dare to make too much noise, and walked quietly through the gaps between the corn kernels. Perhaps the dogs thought he was acting sneaky, so they looked up when he passed by. A big yellow dog brushed past him, and its nose followed the brand bag in his hand, so it pricked up its body and sniffed along his feet at the same speed.

"Go away, there's nothing to eat~"

He Tianran transferred the bag to his other hand, and the big yellow dog followed his movements, moving back and forth with its tail wagging.

"Go away~ Go away~!"

"Woof~woof~!"

The man was being pestered and had no choice but to drive the bag away with his mouth. He subconsciously threatened with his feet, but the dog became even more excited when he saw this, thinking it was a game. It immediately lowered its back, raised its butt, opened its mouth and bit the bag and wouldn't let go. The man also became anxious and pulled hard, so the man and the dog started playing tug-of-war in the yard.

At this time, He Tianran didn't understand why the big yellow dog chose to go against him at this time, causing chaos at the scene and making him lose face. It was not until a few years later that he raised a dog himself. One day, when he was teasing the dog with snacks, he suddenly realized...

Dry cowhide is a good tooth-grinding snack for dogs, and the Hermès platinum in his hand is made of premium calfskin...

People are no exception, and dogs are no exception. So in a sense, the dog just smelled the "smell of money" and bit it out of instinct.

"King Kong, spit."

There was a gentle command and a burst of chuckles from the other end of the warehouse. He Tianran blushed and felt the force in his hand loosen. The yellow dog really let go and then let out a happy bark.

"Wang~"

"Lie down and rest."

The concise command came again, and the local dog that was originally raised on the island suddenly lay on the ground motionless like a well-trained military dog. He Tianran checked the bag and found that there was nothing wrong with it. Then he forced an awkward smile, turned his head, and wanted to compliment his girlfriend who gave orders to the dog and saved him from danger.

Unexpectedly, when he looked over, Cao Aiqing, who had stood up, turned around and sat down again, leaving the man with only his back.

The other party's meaning was very clear. He Tianran scratched the back of his head. The design team's meeting was suspended for a while because of this man and this dog, but it was not stopped because of He Tianran's arrival. Everyone in the warehouse looked at the man in a suit standing there, and they all gave him comforting and teasing eyes. Then the meeting continued and the scene was busy again.

He Tianran didn't dare to disturb the designers' work, so he had to walk into the warehouse and find a secluded corner to sit down.

After a while, a female colleague came over and handed him tea. "Mr. He, their meeting just started a while ago, maybe you have to wait a little longer."

"Ah, it's okay... You... recognize me?"

"Of course, you and Cao... well, our team knows you anyway, and we were guessing when you would come to the island."

It seems that in this island project led by Bai Wenyu, Cao Aiqing, as one of the persons in charge, did not hide her relationship with He Tianran, a well-known rich second-generation, from her colleagues, and the female colleagues spoke quite intimately and frankly.

There is really nothing to hide. After all, to manage such a large government design project, it would be really strange if one only had the ability but no background.

The female colleague was about to leave, but was stopped by He Tianran. The man lowered his voice:

"So what classmates...you...um, how has Ai Qing been feeling in the past two days?"

"Uh... this is hard to say..."

The female colleague frowned, looking a little embarrassed, but her eyes could not hide the gossip fire. She looked in Cao Aiqing's direction vigilantly.

Nanzhi Island has no shortage of water, electricity or internet. The current disadvantage may be that the material resources are not as abundant as those in the urban area, and entertainment projects are relatively scarce. Therefore, apart from work, people on the island spend their time talking about trivial gossip.

In this era where the Internet connects you and me, there is no need to think too much. Cao Aiqing's attitude just now and the look in the eyes of the female colleague now all prove that the news that He Tianran sang with Wen Liang on the balcony a few days ago has spread to this island far away from the hustle and bustle. He Tianran didn't even need to explain anything. The female colleague tacitly accepted that he went to the island to coax his girlfriend. She only heard the other party continue:
"Mr. He, let's go out and turn right and go straight up the hillside. There is a tavern there that makes some snacks every other day. Ai Qing likes to go there for afternoon tea when he has nothing to do. But because it is the only place on our island where you can buy handmade desserts, when there are many tourists on the island on weekends like today, the goods will become very scarce."

The meaning of this sentence made He Tianran's eyes light up, but after thinking for a moment, the man actually asked a question that even Cao Aiqing's colleague felt a little surprised:

"She likes sweet food?"

"Of course, you don't know?"

"Ah... I didn't think so much about it. Thank you. What does she like to order? While she is still in the meeting, I will go buy something for her."

After finding out about Cao Aiqing's preferences, He Tianran temporarily placed the gift he brought with his female colleague, then stood up and decided to go to the pub to buy some desserts. He asked the colleague that if Cao Aiqing had not returned after the meeting, he should ask her to find him in the pub so they could have a meal or drink some tea.

In fact, what this means is that it is very likely that he will not come back, and let Cao Aiqing go find him himself after he recovers.

It’s not that He Tianran wanted to put on airs, he just didn’t know how to face Cao Aiqing, who had become his girlfriend and was currently angry with him.

But if they were alone and face each other without the others, He Tianran felt that he would be much more comfortable, just like...

Facing Yu Naoqiu and Wen Liang in the office was the same.

After explaining all this, He Tianran left slowly before he even had time to sit down in his chair. Compared to how cautious he was when he came, when he left, his back seemed to be relaxed as if he had escaped from the scene.

His movement naturally attracted the attention of several colleagues in the warehouse. The female colleague who received the gift from He Tianran sat back in her original seat. Several curious people came forward and asked curiously. After looking into their pockets, their eyes lit up. They exaggeratedly used their mouths to gesture how precious the gift was to Cao Aiqing who was looking at them.

The pure-minded girl saw their actions and clasped her right hand in mid-air, making a gesture of shutting up and stopping.

Then, she finally looked at the departing figure again. The girl's expression contained five parts of anger, three parts of complaint and two parts of cuteness.

The girl had decided to use cold violence against He Tianran all day to punish him for his lack of contact and his dissolute life. Even if he had a good reason, she would not forgive him easily. She wanted to see how he begged for mercy in front of her!

However, seeing He Tianran walking away, Cao Aiqing's heart began to panic again. Even though she knew that her boyfriend was most likely busy with other things and did not leave without saying goodbye, who could have told her to be so unwilling to keep her heart hanging on her lover?
"Cao Aiqing, Cao Aiqing, you must hold on this time. Don't be fooled by his sweet words and let him go so easily."

The girl was complaining about her own weakness in her heart. Her eyes and ears were focused on the meeting. However, a happy smile appeared on her lips after she saw her beloved. (End of this chapter)