Chapter 420: You're also a liar

Fu Youlin watched Jiang Lai walking ahead, a hint of sadness mixed in his bright, sparkling eyes.

The former was because Jiang Lai understood his feelings; the latter was because Jiang Lai didn't want to give him a chance.

The name "Ke Zhongyu" is well-known in domestic and international business circles, but Jiang Lai called him her "boyfriend," indicating he was hers and telling others she was his.

How could Fu Youlin not be upset? Jiang Lai was the person who made his heart flutter at first sight, and he still liked her even knowing she had a boyfriend.

Before, seeing Ke Zhongyu made him afraid; now, seeing him makes him jealous.

Seeing the Fu siblings, Ke Zhongyu's expression remained normal, only the hand wrapped around Jiang Lai's waist exerted a little more force.

Jiang Lai felt the force on her waist tighten; she lifted her head and glanced at Ke Zhongyu.

Ke Zhongyu: "Does it hurt?"

It didn't hurt, just that they were pressed too tightly; Jiang Lai didn't let him loosen up, and let him be.

Such silent indulgence let Ke Zhongyu push further.

The two chairs were pressed together tightly, with no gap; even the legs under the table had to touch, and Ke Zhongyu occasionally bumped her leg with his knee, in stark contrast to his calm, aloof demeanor.

Jiang Lai thought he was childish, yet she couldn't help wanting to laugh each time he bumped her with his knee.

She also lightly bumped him back with her knee.

Two kids. Jiang Lai thought.

Ke Zhongyu unexpectedly turned his head to look at Jiang Lai and asked casually, "How did you think to invite a friend and the friend's younger brother to eat?"

"This sourness." Fu Youqing opened her lips, "Jiang Lai's life can't be only work and a boyfriend, right?"

Fu Youlin nodded vigorously beside them.

Ke Zhongyu, on the other hand, didn't refute that.

After finishing the meal, Fu Youqing took her brother and got in the car, leaving.

Fu Youlin poked his head out to wave and say goodbye to Jiang Lai, but the next second his older sister caught him and pulled him back.

"He likes you." Ke Zhongyu said suddenly.

Jiang Lai: "But I like you."

Thump.

Ke Zhongyu's heart skipped a beat.

How could she say that so calmly?

The next second he also calmly said, "Me too."

"Let's take a walk, Ke Zhongyu." Jiang Lai took the initiative to hold his hand, and they walked slowly along the roadside, just an ordinary couple.

In early spring March, the roadside greenery already had flowers; when the cool breeze blew, it carried a faint fragrance.

The first twenty-eight years of Jiang Lai's life had been too busy—busy just surviving, busy taking care of herself, busy studying for good scores to get ahead, later busy with career and family—so she greatly enjoyed this peaceful life.

Hmm... it would have been nice if she hadn't met the Gu family.

Jiang Lai and Ke Zhongyu saw a car parked ahead on the roadside, and Gu Zhiyan got out.

Gu Zhiyan was just passing by in a car; he hadn't expected to see Jiang Lai and Ke Zhongyu walking hand in hand on the roadside.

At first, neither dared to recognize them.

One of them, young, already controlled billions in assets; the other, young, was a domestically renowned researcher—yet they walked an ordinary road, quietly holding hands, occasionally leaning their heads together to exchange a few words.

Gu Zhiyan watched for a while before confirming.

He got out of the car and walked toward them.

Ke Zhongyu and Jiang Lai frowned upon seeing him, and did so in unison.

Gu Zhiyan felt uneasy inside.

He stood before Jiang Lai, paused a moment, then said, "I understand."

Jiang Lai didn't speak; she just looked at him.

"What Lin Shutong and Shen Xun did to you, what Yin Xue urged Lin Shutong to do, and..." Gu Zhiyan lowered his eyes, as if confessing, "What I did to you."

"I went to visit him in prison; Lin Shutong told me everything."

Jiang Lai remained unmoved: "So?"

"I..." Gu Zhiyan suddenly didn't know what to say; the high-and-mighty Young Master found it hard to utter the three words "sorry," and those three words felt insubstantial.

Finally he handed over his business card: "It has my phone number; if you need anything, call me. I'll be staying in A City for a long time, but I'm leaving tomorrow for somewhere else—I don't know when I'll be back, and it might not be long."

He didn't specify where he was going.

Jiang Lai didn't take Gu Zhiyan's business card; after a slight nod, she pulled Ke Zhongyu's hand and moved away from his side.

Gu Zhiyan's body stiffened in place; his hand holding the card remained suspended midair, his fingers turning cold.

He silently withdrew his hand, turned to watch the two receding figures, and couldn't help reddening his eye sockets.

At the same time, his phone vibrated.

Gu Zhiyan pulled out his phone; the caller ID showed Yin Xue.

Recently Yin Xue had sent him many messages, her caring tone the same as before, but he hadn't replied.

He didn't know how to reply.

Every time he saw a message from Yin Xue, he would think of the truth Lin Shutong had spoken.

Yin Xue teamed up with Lin Shutong to deceive him.

Yin Xue reported Ji Lao.

Yin Xue urged Lin Shutong to drive the car into Jiang Lai.

Whenever he recalled the accident, Gu Zhiyan would think of the nonsense he had said.

"She's fine, isn't she? Ke Zhongyu saved her."

"Jiang Lai is his younger sister; how could he say such a thing!"

Gu Zhiyan's hand gripping the phone tensed, his knuckles whitening, and the call ended.

The next second it rang again.

He had no choice but to answer.

Gu Zhiyan did not gently laugh and call Yin Xue as he usually did; instead he waited for the other side to speak.

Gu Yinxue had never experienced her brother's coldness toward her before, and her bad premonition grew stronger.

「Brother？」

Gu Zhiyan didn't respond, but asked: 'What's the call about?'

The sudden coldness made Gu Yinxue's eyelids twitch; she felt it wasn't because of Xie Yongsi delivering the documents, that day after her brother learned Lin Shutong's true nature he was merely angry at her 'for your own good', and even when she went to the hospital due to heart discomfort he still came to see her.

The situation these past two days was completely different.

After accompanying her grandparents to A City, her brother's attitude toward her plummeted off a cliff; unfortunately she couldn't leave B City, she had to stay here to accompany her mother, so she didn't know what happened in A City.

「Brother, did I do something else to upset you again? 」 Gu Yinxue's voice sank.

Gu Zhiyan countered: 'You don't know?'

Gu Yinxue nervously swallowed and said: 'I don't know.'

Gu Zhiyan frowned: 'Do you remember what you told me? The day Xie Yongsi brought me the documents, you said you hadn't teamed up with Lin Shutong—do you still remember that?'

Gu Yinxue's heart skipped a beat; she silently cursed, not having time to wonder if her brother had gone to see Lin Shutong, when her brother's voice came again.

「But Lin Shutong didn't say that to me。」

In an instant, Gu Yinxue felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar; she forced herself to stay calm and said: 'Brother, I don't know what she said to you, but she's a liar.'

Gu Zhiyan said in a low voice: 'You're a liar too.'

Gu Yinxue: 'You believe her but won't believe me? We've lived together for over twenty years.'

「It's precisely because we've lived together for over twenty years that I've never doubted you! 」 Gu Zhiyan was obviously angry, 'Don't contact me again, and don't call me Brother anymore—I can't take it; my only sister is Jiang Lai.'

With a snap, he hung up the phone.

Gu Yinxue clung to the phone with both hands, her expression clearly panicked.