Chapter 13: A Day's Plan Lies in the Morning (Part 2)

At this moment, Gu Liyan turned his entire body to the side, facing the person in the passenger seat...

And the person in the passenger seat, clutching the unfinished steamed bun and soy milk, shrank back further and further in alarm.

It wasn't like she had done it on purpose, catching them in the act; he couldn't possibly be thinking of killing her to silence her just now, could he!

The man kept a stern, handsome face and asked in a low voice, "What exactly did you see yesterday?"

Blinking her large eyes blankly a few times, Zhou Xiaoru stammered in reply, "No... no... I didn't see anything at all."

This guy really was hung up on what happened yesterday!

The man asked again, sounding annoyed, "If you didn't see anything, why did you ask that just now?"

"Th-that... I... I was just... sh-showing concern for your health, yes, concern for your health!" And your mental and physical well-being!

"What's wrong with my health?"

"J-just..."

"What?"

Zhou Xiaoru cursed inwardly. Damn it! He kept on asking; she had been trying her best to save his face, but he, on the other hand, just kept on asking!

Was he trying to be completely shameless?

She turned her head abruptly. Since he didn't want to save face himself, why the hell should she bother!

"It's just sleeping with a man! What's the big deal? Did you have to drive over here first thing in the morning to block me? Don't worry! I absolutely, absolutely! Won't tell anyone else in the company, I promise!"

That didn't include Jiang Bufan and the others; anyway, they weren't people from Tengyuan Company.

At this, the veins on the man's forehead bulged, and his eyes looked as if they could shoot arrows! He was also trying his utmost to suppress the anger in his heart!

Rubbing his forehead with a headache, he wondered what on earth this girl was thinking! Just as he was about to say something, the phone in his pocket rang.

He answered the call.

"Hello."

"Yanyan, have you had breakfast? I bought some."

"No need, I've already eaten."

"I just saw your car; why did you park on the side of the road?"

"I have some business..."

"Oh, your clothes are washed; I'll bring them to you in a bit."

"Okay."

The voice on the phone wasn't loud, but it was clear enough for Zhou Xiaoru to hear; it was a man's voice, and he even called him Yanyan? It seemed it was undoubtedly Su Poyang.

To her, the conversation between the two sounded more like a young married couple.

Buying breakfast, doing laundry—weren't these things that a couple living together did!

In an instant, the atmosphere in the car changed again. No need to argue anymore; the fact that Gu Liyan was gay was now completely confirmed...

After the brief call ended, Gu Liyan put down his phone, his brow furrowing involuntarily...

He suddenly had a bad premonition and turned to look at the person beside him...

Sure enough...

This girl was jumping to conclusions again...

Before the man could speak, Zhou Xiaoru hurriedly said, "Haha, it seems like it's almost time for work. If there's nothing else, I'll get out of the car first."

Since the lover had already called to check up on him, she had better slip away quickly.

"Zhou Xiaoru!"

"Huh?"

"The relationship between me and the Vice President is not what you think."

If it wasn't the relationship she thought it was, then what kind of relationship was it? These words were too profound and mysterious.

"Oh, oh, oh, I understand, I understand. Th-then I'll be going now."

One look at her expression and Gu Liyan knew she didn't understand anything at all. It seemed he would have to explain it slowly later.

After Zhou Xiaoru unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car, she was just about to close the door when she thought of something. She opened it again and said something that made the man in the car want to spit fire.

"Um... I heard that for men with men, it's quite painful. Remember to buy some ointment to rub on it." After saying this, she quickly closed the car door and vanished in a flash.

Now, she had been a good friend, right...

There is a line in *Les Miserables* that goes like this...

A victory that conforms to progress is worthy of the people's applause.

But a heroic defeat is even more deserving of the people's sympathy.

One is magnificent, the other is sublime.

Zhou Xiaoru thought that although the romance she had painstakingly managed had failed, it was nonetheless a heroic defeat, even if she didn't need the people's sympathy.

Now that she could greet Gu Liyan and even have a calm conversation with him, it was, for her, a victory that conformed to progress!

She couldn't help but feel that she was not only magnificent but also sublime...

As she thought this, her heart suddenly felt clear and open, and everything she saw seemed pleasing to the eye—for instance, the man who had just entered her line of sight.

Standing at the entrance of Tengyuan Building was a handsome man dressed in professional attire. In his hanging hands, he was holding two paper bags containing two portions of steaming hot breakfast.

Zhou Xiaoru immediately put on a smile. Sure enough, just as she had expected, the one who had called Gu Liyan just now was this guy!

"Good morning, Vice President Su."

"Morning."

Su Poyang looked at that ambiguous smile and immediately raised an eyebrow.

Yesterday, Gu Liyan had told him that this girl had come to deliver documents and happened to run into him as he was coming out after changing his clothes, and that she might have misunderstood something.

He hadn't believed it at the time, but now...

Zhou Xiaoru kept smiling happily; to show off her greatness, she took the initiative to chat a little more.

"President Su is waiting for someone, huh?"

Su Poyang couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing, and with a playful expression, he said, "Shouldn't you know who I'm waiting for?"

He had just seen her get out of Gu Liyan's car.

Should know...

The smile on Zhou Xiaoru's face froze instantly; she really had been too "great," so she hurriedly explained.

"President Su! You must not misunderstand! I only said a few words to President Gu."

"Oh... is that so..." The man wore a meaningful expression.

"Yes, yes, yes... you must trust President Gu! There really is nothing between him and me!"

Zhou Xiaoru tried her best to explain; in her eyes, everything Su Poyang was showing was possessiveness between lovers.

She didn't want to become an imaginary enemy in Su Poyang's eyes, so she sincerely wished them in her heart to grow old together and bathe in love forever!

Su Poyang tried hard to hold back his laughter and coughed twice, "After you finish lunch, come to my office."

"................"

Zhou Xiaoru was speechless and began to wail in her heart...

This person couldn't be this petty, could he? It was just sitting in his lover's car for a while and saying a few words! Was it really necessary!

Besides, it wasn't like she had sought out Gu Liyan herself...

This pair of "back-to-back" lovers was really too much; did they want to wipe her out completely? It was only her second day on the job, and she was already being summoned to the Vice President's office for a reprimand.

Sigh...

Was she fundamentally incompatible with this Tengyuan Company? Once the weekend break came, she would have to find a place to get her fortune told.

The morning work hours were only three hours long, and they passed in no time.

Although Zhou Xiaoru had just arrived and wasn't very familiar with the work processes, she wasn't sloppy at all; she picked things up quickly and learned very earnestly.

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, she didn't have the mood to eat today.

At this moment, a few people in the office had already started slacking off, and gossip time began...

Colleague A gossiped, "Have you guys heard? Someone saw the Vice President and the new President in the Vice President's office yesterday..."

Colleague B's eyes lit up, "What were they doing in the office? Tell us, tell us!"

Colleague C said incredulously, "Could it be that they slept together?"

Upon hearing this, Colleague A turned around and said with surprise, "How did you know?"

Colleague C immediately put on the appearance of an experienced pro, "Is this kind of thing hard to guess? Don't make such a fuss!"

As the words fell, Colleague A and Colleague B both looked at the speaker in astonishment; they were indeed an experienced pro.

Zhou Xiaoru's face stiffened, her mouth twitching repeatedly as she watched the few people talking with such gusto and vivid detail...

Damn it! This workplace gossip is truly terrifying!

Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan were right; there is no wall that doesn't let the wind through, and even if she didn't say anything, others would know.

Just imagine, two high-level executives of the same sex in the company, with such high attractiveness, and in such a relationship!

Isn't that the same feeling as being in a large public bathhouse where only two people are bathing, while everyone else is fully clothed and standing on the sidelines watching!

I feel sorry for that pair of "back-to-back" lovers for a hundred seconds...

When it was time for lunch, the people in the office left one after another to go to the cafeteria.

Zhou Xiaoru lay lifelessly on her desk; she really didn't want to go, but the big boss had told her directly that morning, so it wouldn't be appropriate not to go.

My God! What is all this! She didn't want to be cannon fodder for two "back-to-back" lovers!

No matter how unwilling she was, she finally bit the bullet and stepped onto the path leading to the top of the Pyramid.

After arriving at Su Poyang's office, Zhou Xiaoru paced outside the main door for a long time.

With her hands in a gesture of surrender, she leaned against the mahogany door, feeling incredibly conflicted.

If she went in and that Su Poyang suddenly acted like a beast, what would she do!

This Vice President's office was a secluded, private area; if someone else bumped into them, wouldn't she end up in tomorrow's gossip news for Tengyuan Company...

Just as she was still extremely conflicted about whether to go in, a pleasant and magnetic male voice sounded behind her.

"Zhou Xiaoru?"

The person leaning on the door felt her spine stiffen, her pupils shrink, and her breath hitch upon hearing this voice...

It couldn't be such a coincidence!

At this moment, Gu Liyan was looking at her with a puzzled expression behind her...

She turned around stiffly, like a robot, and greeted him with a forced smile.

"Hi, President Gu!"

"What are you doing?" She had looked like she was agonizing over something just now.

She tried hard to maintain the forced smile that was about to collapse, while her feet quietly shuffled to the side...

"Um... nothing, you... you go in first... I'll come back later, hehe..."

She couldn't ruin the sweet lunch break of the President and the President's wife; she had better slip away first.

Her thoughts were quite pleasant, but just as she was about to make a run for it, the man who had already seen through everything stepped out with his long legs...

He stretched out a long arm and grabbed the back collar of her sweater.

It looked just like picking up a little chick...

Zhou Xiaoru flailed her arms, pushing forward hard in a doggy-paddle motion, and her ladylike image was once again reduced to its original state.

She couldn't care about her image anymore and turned her head to look at the person holding her.

"Hey! I already left you two alone, what else do you want!" Could it be that he had become a pervert after being the submissive one, and wanted to find her to be a third wheel?

Upon hearing these words, Gu Liyan was so angry that without a second word, he hauled the person directly to the stairwell to the side...