Chapter 26: Heart-Pounding, April Fool's Day (Part 4)

Seeing that the car had already started, Zhou Xiaoru hurriedly scrambled into the vehicle.

Yet this act of getting into the car gave the two men, one inside and one outside, completely different moods.

Gu Liyan, inside the car, had seen his expression shift from unhappy to very unhappy!

It was as if he had turned on the air conditioning; it had turned cold...

As for Du Feng, who was still outside the car and hadn't had time to leave, the phrase "happy enough to fly" could be used to describe him.

What exactly had Zhou Xiaoru done to cause such a huge difference in reaction from the two men?

It turned out that our Miss Zhou, instead of sitting in the passenger seat, instead of sitting in the exclusive seat that declared a woman's sovereignty...

Chose to sit in the back seat!

What did this point signify...

It was nothing more than wanting to draw a line and keep her distance from President Gu.

Zhou Xiaoru didn't feel she had done anything wrong, but as the man in the driver's seat ahead slammed the steering wheel, followed by a screeching sound, she was nearly thrown out of her seat.

Only then did she realize...

Gu Liyan was angry!

Yet she didn't understand what he was angry about...

At this moment, her rich imagination and invincible brain holes went online once again!

Could it be that he was blaming her for acting on her own and standing Du Feng up?

She made an even bolder guess...

It was already lunchtime, so why would Du Feng be specifically called to the underground parking garage to discuss work?

Could it be...

That the person Gu Liyan really wanted to have a meal with was actually... was...

Du Feng?!

Calling her over was just, once again, serving as cannon fodder between them?!

She couldn't help but think more and more fearfully, and think more and more crookedly!

Could it be that Du Feng had already been reduced to an object for high-level executives to toy with and entertain themselves?

At this time, Zhou Xiaoru suddenly remembered that Jiang Bufan had previously said that Su Poyang and Gu Liyan wanted to subject her to "hidden rules."

Thinking about it now, she couldn't help but feel that this Tengyuan Company indeed had a dark side!

In the workplace, hidden rules were everywhere! It was just that the targets of the hidden rules inside Tengyuan were not female employees, but...

Male employees!!

My god! This was news even more explosive than an atomic bomb!

She should have thought of this back when she went to Su Poyang's office and bumped into them together!

No wonder Du Feng told her earlier that among the batch of people who interviewed with her, she was the only woman who passed.

What did this indirectly signify! You could figure it out with your butt!!

Thinking that she was working in a massive male-escort group, a chill ran down Zhou Xiaoru's back!

And she didn't know that every move she made was already in Gu Liyan's eyes...

The person in the back seat had a look of horror and terror on her face, which made him want to be angry, yet he couldn't bring himself to be.

Gu Liyan couldn't help but feel that this girl was truly a rare treasure.

Why hadn't he discovered this side of her before...

He couldn't help but doubt again whether they had really dated before! Could it be that the person who dated him for a year before wasn't Zhou Xiaoru, but someone else?

Gu Liyan was completely baffled!

It was just that the current Zhou Xiaoru was more like a mine waiting to be excavated; the deeper he dug, the more treasures he found.

And Gu Liyan was, unknowingly, attracted by this side of her.

Along the way, no one spoke; Zhou Xiaoru no longer dared to open her mouth, and everything Gu Liyan saw in the rearview mirror was enough to pass the silence of the journey.

He knew that Zhou Xiaoru must be imagining nonsense in her head again.

If he knew that Zhou Xiaoru had already imagined him as a domineering, top-tier "seme" master, he didn't know if he would be angry enough to beat her up.

But if it really came to that, President Gu was afraid he wouldn't be able to bring himself to do it.

The car drove to a commercial street not far from Tengyuan Building; after parking, Zhou Xiaoru got out of the car feeling somewhat uneasy.

Throughout the journey, besides her wild imagination, she didn't forget to organize what she was going to say later in her heart.

Thinking of Su Poyang, who had already set everything up on the rooftop and was waiting for the protagonist to appear...

Zhou Xiaoru wanted to finish her meal quickly and complete her mission, so she could consider her task accomplished.

She even thought that this meal would count as Gu Liyan thanking her for being the matchmaker.

It was peak dining time, and the various restaurants on the commercial street were packed with people.

Gu Liyan asked the person beside him, who looked very eager to eat, in a very gentlemanly manner.

"What would you like to eat?"

"Anything is fine." She had no heart for eating now.

Gu Liyan suggested, "There's a nice Western restaurant around here; shall we try it?"

As the words fell, Zhou Xiaoru's expression faltered, and her footsteps stopped...

Shall we try it...

These words inexplicably struck a wound in the depths of her heart!

Because their relationship had started with "let's try it" in the beginning.

Gu Liyan noticed her change and stopped his footsteps as well.

She asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Xiaoru's mind was already racing, thinking that this scumbag certainly didn't remember the things he had said.

She let out a breath, quickly composed her emotions, and replied as if nothing were the matter.

"Nothing, just remembered that a scumbag once said something similar to me."

After she finished speaking, Gu Liyan's expression sank in turn.

Although he didn't remember when he had said such a thing, he knew that the scumbag in this girl's mouth was him!

The two did not exchange any more words and arrived at that Western restaurant one after the other.

Zhou Xiaoru looked around; this seemingly very high-end restaurant had many foreigners dining inside.

There was even a foreigner playing the violin...

She thought to herself, these returnees are just different, even eating has such high-class airs.

Seeing such an atmosphere, she couldn't help but miss the oden at the school's underground supermarket.

Western food, Western music—she couldn't appreciate them; meatballs and oden were what suited her best.

And as soon as Gu Liyan walked into the restaurant, he drew side-glances from the crowd; this man who carried his own aura attracted others' gazes wherever he went.

The two sat down at a table in the center of the restaurant.

At the same time, a very pleasing-to-the-eye male waiter had already come over with an iPad to take their order...

The handsome Mr. Gu once again gentlemanly let the lady go first.

Zhou Xiaoru wasn't coy or pretentious; if she was to order first, then she would.

But as soon as she saw that the screen was all in English, she couldn't help but knit her brows, and she even raised her eyes to glare fiercely at the man opposite her.

Was this guy doing this on purpose! He knew she wasn't good at English, yet he actually invited her to a place with an all-English menu!

Was he trying to watch her make a fool of herself? She knew it; how could this scumbag be so kind as to treat her to a meal!

How could Gu Liyan not have received the fierce glare from across the table?

He curled his handsome lips; it seemed something was stumping this girl again, so he spoke up to help her out.

"Let me order."

Somewhat angry, she "slapped" the tablet down onto the man's broad palm.

Gu Liyan, however, gave a wry smile and gently took the item, looking just like he was doting on his own temperamental girlfriend, exuding a few wisps of sickeningly sweet indulgence!

At this moment, the waiter, who had been watching for a long time, recommended the restaurant's signature set meal.

"Sir, our restaurant has a signature couple's set meal that is very suitable for the two of you."

After he finished, the handsome Mr. Gu didn't refute it at the first moment, but instead, Miss Zhou became unhappy.

She looked up at the good-looking waiter and said something completely irrelevant.

"Young man, although you look good, it's a pity... your eyesight is bad."

Hearing this, the man opposite, who was still ordering, almost laughed out loud.

And that waiter was completely bewildered...

Next, Zhou Xiaoru lifted her chin, pointed at the man opposite, and asked.

"Do you think this gentleman looks handsome or not?"

The waiter glanced at the person silently ordering and nodded vigorously.

Then, Zhou Xiaoru continued.

"Exactly, you see it too; he looks human but acts like a beast. He and I are clearly not the same species, so how could we possibly be in that kind of relationship?"

She was one step away from saying something as crude as "humans and beasts cannot crossbreed."

Just as the waiter was still slowly digesting these words, the man opposite stopped looking at the menu and placed the tablet directly on the table.

He said, "We'll take that couple's set meal you mentioned."

These words instantly pulled the waiter's thoughts back.

"Very well, please wait a moment, you two."

Zhou Xiaoru didn't ask him why he wanted to order the couple's set meal, just assuming he found it troublesome.

Taking advantage of the time before the food was served, she was already brewing in her heart how to talk to him about Su Poyang.

While she was still brewing, the person opposite, after watching her for a while, had already taken the initiative to speak.

"Is there something you want to tell me?"

Her appearance was just like the time he sent her back to school, looking hesitant and wanting to speak but stopping.

"Ah?" Zhou Xiaoru raised a blank face, looking somewhat dazed.

"Uh... that... that..." The words she had been brewing the whole way were stuck again...

Gu Liyan wasn't in a hurry; he picked up the glass on the table and took a sip of water.

"No rush, take your time to think it over, I'll wait for you."

For some reason, upon hearing the three words "I'll wait for you," Miss Zhou's face felt inexplicably numb.

Her mind was already in a battle of heaven and man, and her heart was struggling in all sorts of ways...

Gritting her teeth, she bit the bullet and faced it head-on!

Her eyes shot straight at the man opposite. If she was going to die, so be it! If she didn't say it now, she wouldn't be able to say it once she went back!

"After we get back to the company, can you go to the company's rooftop with me?"

She had finally said it...

The man raised a handsome eyebrow and asked.

"Why go to the rooftop?"

This was clearly a case of "the thief shouting 'I am not a thief'"; this girl, who knew what she was up to again.

Once the start was made, everything after that wasn't so difficult, Zhou Xiaoru replied.

"I have some things I need to say to you."

The man couldn't help but smile again, "Can't you say it here?"

A flat denial, "No!"

Gu Liyan stared at her intently for quite a while, making her feel incredibly guilty.

After a moment, he replied with one word, "Fine."

Hearing this word "fine," Zhou Xiaoru also let out a sigh of relief; this mission was finally successfully completed.

Just at this moment, the waiter had already started serving the dishes one after another...

Staring at the steak on the large tray, Zhou Xiaoru was somewhat speechless.

To tell the truth, she wasn't used to eating Western food, and even less used to using knives and forks; she always felt that for Eastern people to use knives and forks was a form of invisible showing off.

Sighing softly, she used her fork to spear the entire steak, and was even prepared to just open her mouth and bite into it like that...

This sight finally made the person opposite her unable to hold back a soft chuckle.

Zhou Xiaoru, with the steak not yet in her mouth, was stunned when she saw the iceberg opposite her instantly melt.

In her eyes, Gu Liyan had always been an ice-cold handsome man; in the past, she had rarely seen him smile.

She had even once thought that this person didn't know how to smile, and didn't know what a smile was.

But today, she felt like she was watching an iceberg melt...

The handsome Gu Liyan smiling was simply devastatingly beautiful, a single smile full of charm...

Simply, too good-looking...

Perhaps, such a good-looking man was destined not to be an ordinary person.

She had an urge to pay her respects to a boss!

Greetings! My Lord Top!