Chapter 361: Turn Around, Ke Zhongyu

Someone noticed Ke Zhongyu sending photos, laughed and asked, "Boss Ke, who are you sending this to?"

Depending on the occasion, he says what's appropriate; Ke Zhongyu said, "Family leadership."

Some were doubtful, some were surprised.

Someone in the know said, "Boss Ke's girlfriend."

Ke Zhongyu nodded.

Yesterday, Gu Hai, who had official business and couldn't go to the Nian family to pay New Year respects, was also here. Many people unintentionally glanced at Gu Hai in their peripheral vision. The older generation of the Nian and Gu families feared that if the two families united, they'd attract too much attention; in order to seek stability and progress, they couldn't form a marriage alliance, so everyone guessed this in-law relationship would continue to the next generation.

The two children of the Nian family married in succession, neither into the Gu family, leaving only Ke Zhongyu; coincidentally, one of the Gu family's two daughters belongs to Gu Sen, and Gu Sen is now also a businessman—what a coincidence, a match made in heaven.

But after waiting and waiting, they still didn't get definite news.

"Good things are coming soon," the speaker said, looking at both Ke Zhongyu and Gu Hai, almost hinting at it.

Gu Hai's face was full of smiles, but he didn't speak.

Ke Zhongyu spoke: "Her surname is Jiang."

That sentence left those who had guessed it was a Gu family miss stunned—had the two families not become allied?

Gu Hai still said nothing; what he heard yesterday from his older brother and sister-in-law was that Ke Zhongyu was unwilling to form a marriage alliance, the Nian family hadn't fully expressed their stance, and they were still in a wait-and-see situation.

Basically, if the Nian family elders could persuade Ke Zhongyu, it could happen; if they couldn't, it definitely wouldn't.

Ke Zhongyu looked at the person who had just said good things were coming, lightly lifted his cup with one hand, and said, "Borrowing your auspicious words, she has agreed to marry me; I will personally send out invitations to all of you."

Once he said that, it was no longer a matter of waiting or not; Ke Zhongyu was making his stance clear—he would not marry a Gu family woman, but a woman surnamed Jiang; they dared not ask which Jiang, and by mentioning only the surname he didn't want people to know too much.

Even though the meal was simple, it didn't last long; having achieved the purpose of meeting, contacting, and dropping hints, everyone went back to their own homes.

Because Gu Hai had a large academic symposium in his jurisdiction tomorrow, he didn't return to the Gu family and stayed nearby.

Before getting in the car, he had something to say to Ke Zhongyu, but he didn't mention the matter of the two families' marriage alliance.

The symposium tomorrow is related to Crystal Core Technology; almost all domestic experts in the relevant fields will be there—hasn't the Ke Clan already expanded into emerging fields? You can go over and take a look tomorrow.

This is offering Ke Zhongyu a benefit.

Ke Zhongyu understood the intention, didn't directly refuse the elders, but added, "My girlfriend is also a top figure in this field."

Gu Hai was stunned, his mouth opening as if he still wanted to say something.

Ke Zhongyu, as if foreseeing the future, said, "She will one day stand in a higher position and participate in not just one academic symposium."

Gu Hai forced a smile: "I'm leaving."

Ke Zhongyu nodded.

His car pulled up just then; Jiang Lai happened to be seated on the first floor of the restaurant, looking at Ke Zhongyu through the glass window.

She had just seen him; Ke Zhongyu was walking abreast with many people, still in the middle, looking ahead, while she deliberately sat a bit off to the side, so he didn't see her.

Jiang Lai also didn't intend to look for Ke Zhongyu in front of so many people, as that would disturb him.

As the colleagues were leaving one by one, Ke Zhongyu was also about to get in his car; she took out her phone and called him.

Upon receiving the call, Ke Zhongyu didn't immediately get out of the car, one hand propped on the car door, the other holding the phone to his ear.

"A Lai?"

"Did I disturb you?"

"No." Ke Zhongyu himself didn't realize his voice had suddenly become much softer, "It's a surprise."

Jiang Lai looked at the man by the roadside: "Is this just a surprise?"

Ke Zhongyu affirmed: "A surprise."

"If even a phone call is a surprise, what does meeting in person count as?" Jiang Lai realized that since being with Ke Zhongyu she had become a bit mischievous, "I mean, the kind of meeting where you appear before me within a minute."

Ke Zhongyu's body jerked, he instinctively looked up, looked back, looked left, looked right.

On the New Year's thoroughfare, cars still came and went, only occasionally a few people walked on the street, and he didn't see Jiang Lai.

Ke Zhongyu didn't feel disappointed; he couldn't help but chuckle lightly, thinking he was being too daring in his imagination.

"Huh? Ke Zhongyu." Jiang Lai was waiting for his answer.

Ke Zhongyu replied to her: "Consider it a gift."

"Like that." Jiang Lai said, "Speaking of which, I still haven't given you a New Year gift, so let's meet, Ke Zhongyu."

Ke Zhongyu: "Have you returned to A City?"

Jiang Lai stood up, glanced at Xiao Qian, who shook her head indicating she wasn't going; Jiang Lai didn't want to be a third wheel, she gestured with her hand for Xiao Qian to hurry out, while Boss Ke kept standing in the cold wind taking the call.

Jiang Lai walked out: "No, I'm not in A City; I'm in B City."

Ke Zhongyu's heart felt as if it were being pinched, missing a beat: "Where? I'll go……"

"Turn around, Ke Zhongyu." Jiang Lai said, then hung up, slipped her phone with her hand into her coat pocket, and watched Ke Zhongyu turn his head in shock, turn around, and then freeze.

The sight was quite interesting.

Jiang Lai laughed as she looked at him, then stepped forward again.

Ke Zhongyu felt like a pie from the sky had hit him on the head, a bit dazed and confused, even feeling as if he'd been hit into a hallucination.

In fact, Jiang Lai walked step by step to his front, stopped, raised her head, and with her bright eyes looked at him, uttering a puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Ke Zhongyu almost felt he would drown in Jiang Lai's bright eyes; he raised a hand and touched her face—warm, really Jiang Lai.

The man's palm slid all the way to the back of Jiang Lai's head; with a little force he pressed her into his embrace, bending his waist and lowering his head to hold her tightly.

The tighter they held, the tighter they became.

Jiang Lai felt her waist about to break, so she quickly raised her hand and patted his back: "All right, Xiao Qian is still watching us in the shop."

That sentence forced Ke Zhongyu to suppress the rising romantic thoughts.

He released the person in his arms and changed to holding hands.

Jiang Lai looked toward the shop; Xiao Qian came out, smiling, and said, "Good evening, Boss Ke; I won't disturb you two, I'm heading back first."

Hearing Xiao Qian's name, Ke Zhongyu knew Jiang Lai had come to B City on business, and asked her: "The symposium?"

Jiang Lai nodded: "That's what the institute means."

Ke Zhongyu: "What time should we start tomorrow?"

Jiang Lai: "Seven thirty."

Ke Zhongyu: "Where do you live? I'll send you back."

Jiang Lai nodded and agreed; the three got into the car, Xiao Qian sensibly took the passenger seat, and they could arrive in about ten minutes over five kilometers.

During those ten-odd minutes, Ke Zhongyu said nothing, merely kept holding Jiang Lai's hand, occasionally pinching the soft flesh on her fingertip.

Jiang Lai and Ke Zhongyu each looked more composed than the other, while Xiao Qian and the driver were less composed; moreover, after reaching the hotel's underground parking lot, one sensibly said they needed to hurry back to the room to use the toilet and left first, while the other said they'd get out to smoke a cigarette to refresh themselves.

Only two people remained in the car.

As the car lights went out, Ke Zhongyu's kiss blanketed Jiang Lai's lips.

The pretended calm was completely torn apart.

In less than three seconds, before Jiang Lai could react, she was already being held and seated on the man's lap, her waist pinched, and his kiss trailed down from her lips.

Her fragile neck was seized by the man's mouth.

"Ke Zhongyu, Ke Zhongyu..." Jiang Lai wanted to call for him to stop, but each time she uttered his name, to him it was just another praise for how pleasurable his kissing was, and he only became more fervent.

In a panic, Jiang Lai clung to his neck: "Don't come any closer, I'm not wearing a high collar, tomorrow, tomorrow I have things to do."

Her breathing grew ragged from Ke Zhongyu's touch, her speech became fragmented, and her whole body burned hot.

Ke Zhongyu showed no intention of stopping; the hands pinching her waist had already slipped under her clothes, touching her soft, heated skin.

Jiang Lai trembled all over, her hands and feet went numb.

Ke Zhongyu tilted his head back, once again captured her lips, and delved inside.