Chapter 49: You… are living together?

There are no children between them.

Before leaving, she miscarried!

Seeing her unfamiliar, cold demeanor, he couldn't help but not believe.

Gu Yunci, agitated, walked up to Meng Shutang, grabbed her hand, and wanted to ask why she was so cruel.

Meng Shutang brushed him off, "President Gu, we're not that familiar."

The man's body tensed, his hand hanging in midair before slowly dropping.

"I don't want to bring up the past, and I don't care. Since you came not for work, I'll take my leave."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Watching her as if they were strangers, Gu Yunci felt a scorching heat rise in his eyes, forced himself not to fall, yet his eyes were already reddened.

He stared at her in silence, and after a long while, finally left.

Each step felt like gouging his own heart.

As he stepped out, Chen Man called after him, "President Gu, Wanxing Ge doesn't receive unappointed guests; please don't make a special trip here again."

Rain began to fall from the sky, shrouding everything in mist.

Qin Zheng slammed open an umbrella, covering half of the man's face; Chen Man couldn't see his expression, only heard a sentence.

"Is that so? Then I'll schedule for tomorrow at ten a. m."

After speaking, the group walked into the rain.

Watching Gu Yunci leave, Chen Man went to the office and said, "Tang Tang, he said he'll come again tomorrow at ten a. m.; I have a feeling he's plotting something."

Meng Shutang kept working, "It's fine, let him act recklessly."

Outside the door.

Maybachri.

The man sat in the back seat, pulling a prenatal test report and a medical insurance card from the inner pocket of his chest.

He had handled those two items so many times that the prenatal report became thin and wrinkled, and the portrait on the medical insurance card was clear, but the text had faded from being pressed.

Meng Shutang was truly decisive; she erased every trace of herself from Qian Shui Wan.

It was as if she had never been there at all.

If the noodle shop owner hadn't discovered them and kindly given those two items to him, he'd probably never find even a single thought of her in his life.

Staring at Meng Shutang on the medical insurance card.

Gu Yunci gave a gentle kiss.

"Heaven has brought you back before me; this life, I will never let you leave again.

You can only be mine!"

The man went straight back to the company, staring at the Gu Group's projects for the coming year for the entire afternoon.

In between, Qin Zheng brought him tea and snacks, but he didn't eat any.

Finally, he circled two of the projects and made emphasis marks beside them.

Near quitting time, Bai Cixian came in.

"President Gu, Director Gu asked me to ask you, will you return to the Gu Mansion for dinner tonight?"

The man didn't lift his head, "No."

Bai Cixian stepped closer, "I heard you went to Wanxing Ge this morning; Wanxing… is she really Miss Meng?"

The man slightly raised his eyes, "My affairs are none of your business."

For four years, Bai Cixian had adapted to his indifference.

She gave a faint smile, "Why does she never come early or late, but only shows up when our Gu Clan autumn auction starts…

President Gu, don't you think this is a huge conspiracy?"

The man closed his computer, "Beyond work, there's no need to say more."

"What I'm saying now is work."

"She's not someone you can evaluate."

The man picked up the watering can and watered several pots of crabapple flowers in the office, "From now on, all work should be coordinated with Assistant Qin!"

Bai Cixian stood there, eyes watery, "Brother Yunci, for these four years, the one who has been by your side is me!"

The man's watering motion was steady, as if he hadn't heard.

Bai Cixian looked at the office full of crabapple flowers, and hatred rose again from her eyes.

As soon as she stepped out, she couldn't hold back her tears, found a deserted corner, and called Bai Lianyue.

"Mom."

Bai Lianyue heard her thick sobbing, "What's wrong, dear daughter?"

Bai Cixian, "Meng Shutang has returned."

There was a pause on the line, "It's fine; even this time she won't stir up a big storm."

"I'm not afraid of her; the key is Brother Yunci, he won't give me any chance.

Once he learned Meng Shutang was over at Ninggu Road, he went early in the morning to block her."

Bai Lianyue thought for a moment, "Daughter, must it really be Gu Yunci?"

"Actually, if you look, Young Master Shen and Young Master Huo are also good candidates!"

Bai Cixian persisted, "No, this life I've set my sights on him."

"Why does everything change just because Meng Shutang returns!"

"I've been with him for four years; he can't just discard me."

That evening, Gu Yunci returned to Qian Shui Wan.

Zhang Mom saw that he had taken an extra bowl of rice and said, "Young master, what happy thing has happened?"

Gu Yunci lifted his eyes and said, "Tang Tang is back."

"The young lady is back—ah, that's wonderful; when will she…"

Suddenly recalling that they had divorced, Zhang Mom couldn't help but feel sad, "At that time I should have taken the initiative to tell her the cause of the wife's death; she would know the bitterness in your heart, might understand you more, instead of waiting for her to ask."

Gu Yunci, carrying his rice bowl, got up and went to the kitchen to wash, "No need to be sad, Zhang Mom; whether a day earlier or later, I will bring her before you."

After washing the dishes, he went upstairs, searched the third‑floor storage room for the heirloom porcelain, and brought it back to the bedroom.

The next day he took the porcelain and went to Ninggu Road.

This time he came, he wasn't as miserable as last time.

On his usually expressionless face, an unprecedented faint, extremely gentle smile spread, as if his brows and eyes had softened.

Chen Man looked at the porcelain he held and said, "President Gu, we specialize in restoring ancient beads."

Gu Yunci replied calmly, "I know, but this item truly can only be repaired by President Meng."

Chen Man went to the office after hearing that; a short while later, Meng Shutang emerged wearing a beige fitted knit dress.

She looked at the thing in the box and was slightly stunned.

It is the Gu family's heirloom.

There is a very fine crack on it; the Gu matriarch consulted many people who said it couldn't be repaired, but she looked at it and said it could be fixed.

The matriarch, delighted, then produced a Ming‑dynasty white jade hairpin.

Because the white jade hairpin is pure and simple, matching Meng Shutang's temperament, the matriarch said that once repaired it need not be returned, she would give it to her.

Gu Yunci, upon seeing it, argued that he should have the porcelain, so it would be fair.

The matriarch, both amused and exasperated, had to compensate with another piece of porcelain.

After bringing it back, facing the white jade hairpin, Gu Yunci uttered a basketful of cheesy love words, making her very happy.

Regarding the crack on the hairpin, Meng Shutang thought it was a kind of beauty, not a flaw, and decided not to repair it.

Gu Yunci, seeing that, also refused to have the porcelain repaired.

Gu Yunci saw Meng Shutang slightly stunned, and a casual smile flickered at the corner of his lips.

"President Meng, can it be repaired?"

"Yes." Meng Shutang replied briskly, "President Gu, have your people bring it to the work area," she said, and led people inside.

"This is a slightly difficult ancient porcelain; repairing it may take about twenty days."

Gu Yunci nodded, "You said that already."

After a pause, "I want to ask, will President Meng repair it personally or someone else?"

Meng Shutang opened a work area, and Gu Yunci saw that there were three other work areas, each with people operating.

"I, and a few of them, have more experience with ancient beads."

The assistant placed the porcelain on the table; Meng Shutang put on white gloves and said, "President Gu, repairing this ancient porcelain will be a bit costly."

Gu Yunci replied, "That's natural; as long as President Meng is willing to restore it properly."

Meng Shutang's hand paused slightly, feeling there was something implied in that sentence.

But when opening the door to do business, she naturally wouldn't overthink; the thought flashed by.

During lunch, Gu Yunci came over again.

Lu Shenyang was also there.

At the rectangular table, the two of them sat side by side, while he sat alone on the other side.

It was like back at Wenlüxiaozhen, when Meng Shutang sat alone opposite him and Bai Cixian.

The boomerang from those years pierced him again, and Gu Yunci felt a bitter flash in his heart, recalling that back then he truly wasn't human.

He held a glass of water in his hand, quietly watching the two people opposite him.

Halfway through his meal, Lu Shenyang turned his gaze to Meng Shutang and, naturally, said, "The small knife you forgot this morning, I put it in your bag; remember to take it."

Meng Shutang nodded, "I saw your medicine was almost finished, so that day when I went to the hospital I bought you another bottle and left it in the car."

Saying that, she took a bunch of keys from her pocket and handed them to Lu Shenyang, "Remember to take them later."

The two of them were naturally familiar, as if they had lived together for many years.

Gu Yunci stared at the bunch of keys, his Adam's apple tightened, his voice hoarse and unsteady, "You… are living together?"