The window on the balcony had yet to be closed, and at this time a gust of wind happened to blow by and drilled in through the window screen, opening up a gap in the originally tightly drawn curtains.
The living room was brightly lit.
Cen Simiao laid on the sofa, her lips slightly apart, panting continuously. Feeling those wanton and mischievous hands, she couldn't help but slightly tremble.
An Zeru kissed her clavicle and then chin before finally kissing her warm lips. She didn't hold herself back at all and encircled his neck, her eyes were misty, which added a hint of seductiveness.
All of a sudden, the wind outside became stronger. The curtains billowed, and the sound of the affixed beads rubbing against each other could be heard. With the wind blowing, Cen Simiao's originally heated body now felt a bit chilled.
An Zeru straightened up, his eyes were still full of excitement, and his Adam's apple moved from a swallow. He picked up the coat from beside his feet to wrap it around Cen Simiao. She cooperatively bent her legs as she was picked up horizontally, laying softly in his arms.
Rubbing the side of her face against his chest...
His eyes darkened, and he gave her waist a pinch.
Cen Simiao cried out from the sudden pain, An Zeru just muffledly chuckled and quickened his steps. When he reached the corner of the living room, he tore off his coat in one quick movement. She was caught off guard and subconsciously used her hands to cover herself.
But was then hugged very tightly, and all that she could hear from her ears was the sound of hot breathing.
The next morning...
Cen Simiao woke up first. When she opened her eyes, she saw that the bed was in a mess and the sheets had already slipped to the ground at some unknown time. An Zeru was still soundly asleep next to her, whereas there was nowhere on her body that didn't feel weak or didn't ache.
She closed her eyes, hoping to sleep a bit more, but she also didn't feel drowsy at all.
She frowned, then struggled to get up to go to the bathroom and take a shower. Just as her feet touched the ground, her body screamed an indescribable soreness, and she almost slipped and fell, but she managed to quickly grab hold of the bed to support herself.
There was still drowsiness in An Zeru's eyes when he subconsciously frowned. He was sleeping on his side when he went to feel the other's pillow, only to come up empty. Opening his eyes, he gave a yawn. "You reincarnated fox spirit, you were so crazy last night, yet you still managed to get up so early today..."
Cen Simiao's eyes narrowed. She lifted the duvet and went to feel his waist. An Zeru was starting to feel comfortable when he was suddenly pinched and twisted hard.
And instantly, his sleepiness was gone.
Cen Simiao picked up the cell phone from the living room floor, and as soon as she unlocked it, a series of messages came in. All of them from Gu Yu.
Last night, he spoke a lot on the other side, but there was no sound coming from over here, and after a while, the call was even hung up. Then when he called again, no one had answered.
Gu Yu had been particularly anxious that entire evening.
He had invited Wu Yunrui to come out while resting on pins and needles, but he had made up his mind to break up with her. Wu Yunrui had carefully dressed herself up and walked to him wearing a gentle smile, acting spoiled with a soft voice.
Gu Yu wasn't very in the mood and just answered simply in a low voice before moving his line of sight away. The smile on her lips froze, and she paused a bit before asking him, "Was there something that you needed to find me for today?"
Gu Yu turned his head slightly to the side, completely filled a glass with wine, and drank it all in one go before turning back to raise his gaze to look at her, a gaze full of coldness.
And what he said were the most heartless words.
Hearing these words of his about breaking up, Wu Yunrui was stunned and then she laughed. Her eyes were full of ridicule as she stared at Gu Yu. Then with gloomy eyes, she asked, "At the beginning, you said you wanted to become rich and powerful, trick away the Gu family's money, then finally marry me, have you forgotten about it all?"
"You led me onto the pirate ship, and now you want to run? You dream on."
"I'm telling you, if you manage to get the Gu family's money, I won't just watch silently by the side."
[T/N: I have no clue, nor how to correctly interpret this. Lovely readers, don't worry too much about it~]
But what Gu Yu actually told Cen Simiao was that they truly broke up.
Regarding this, Cen Simiao was indifferent. Regardless of whether they broke up or not, the main thing was to instigate them to fight against each other. What she did care about was the matter of staff resigning from the Gu's company and getting Gu Yu to carry the blame.
Just as she was planning this, Lu Mi came knocking on her door with a troubled look. He said that the company was out of money and that the new studio wanted to start some R&D. Although the technology they brought had been of great use, the core details have yet to be revealed to them.
The other side told them directly, either give them more shares or more money.
Cen Simiao frowned and looked at Lu Mi. She felt that he was being very strange, after all, what about this was worth being entangled about. "At this point, we haven't even signed a contract yet, you can just directly fire them."
Cooperations with hidden intentions would never last long.
Lu Mi pursed his lips, appearing to be in quite a difficult spot. "But our company has already started using the technology they have provided."
Then just as she was about to speak, she also heard: "Moreover, I had already signed an agreement with them privately. Otherwise, who would be so stupid as to start working before even getting the shares."
Cen Simiao just stared at him for a really long time. Now she could finally understand why it took Lu Mi so long before he was finally able to successfully start his business after leaving the Gu's company.
Due to the recent slump the Gu's company had been in, difficulties have also gradually arisen within their chain of capital, and their bank's loan application kept getting delayed. Father Gu was originally already rather old, so adding on the exhaustion from the recent events, he seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden.
And the company's employees have all been discussing in private while keeping watch of the stock market.
Which had fallen again.
They were particularly worried about the company going broke, that the management would run away, and what would happen to their salary then.
As one thing happened after another, Father Gu was preparing to hold a meeting to stabilize everyone's morale while under all the pressure. Gu Yu was also going to follow along, appearing very solemn.
After all, Father Gu still had to put on a pretense, and moreover, he hadn't found any relationship between the new company and Gu Yu. So even if he felt conflicted at the bottom of his heart, he was still hoping he was lucky and that the other was not a white-eyed wolf.
[T/N: again, a white-eyed wolf is used to refer to those who are ungrateful, i.e. those that bite the hand that feeds.]
But as soon as he started to say a few words, there was already a staff member who calmly asked, "This kind of chicken soup is everywhere. We don't need to waste time listening to this in the conference hall. What's the use of what you've said?"
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