Chapter 40: Love for Sale (Part Two)

Zhou Xiaoru forgot again...

How could she show off in front of this person!

Now look at this, the broadsword wasn't swung, but she threw her back out first...

President Gu took her phone away directly! And he even left behind a sentence,

"Come to my office tomorrow to get it," and then he drifted away dashingly...

By the time she came to her senses, that man had already vanished into the dark night.

And when she, wearing slippers, rushed to the school gate in a panic once again...

She only saw the exhaust fumes from Gu Liyan's BMW...

That person had already driven away!

She slapped her own wooden-fish head in annoyance! Why couldn't she ever learn her lesson!

Say what should be said, but what shouldn't be said—even if it chokes her to death—must not be said in front of that narrow-minded person!

A phone is such a private thing, how could she let that guy take it away?

Who does he think he is?! The male lead in an idol drama!

Angry as she was, she was also helpless.

This night, Zhou Xiaoru felt that she was going to have insomnia again...

After returning to the Dormitory feeling listless, under the strange looks and the barrage of questions from the others...

She climbed onto her bed without saying a word!

She didn't even take off her clothes before diving straight under the covers.

She was too lazy to deal with the traitors in this room.

Thinking about having to go to the President's Office tomorrow to get her phone, she felt so depressed she wanted to die!!

The person who originally thought she would have insomnia fell into a dream shortly after getting into bed.

Perhaps because they had pulled an all-nighter, the four people in the Dormitory all felt very tired.

At this moment, Jiang Bufan and Xiao Lan, who had already lain down, heard the faint snoring.

They both shook their heads, speechless!

They had spent the whole night fighting off extreme sleepiness, waiting for this person to return, never expecting that she would just collapse and sleep the moment she got back.

These people, they were really acting as both fathers and mothers, worrying themselves to death.

Jiang Bufan, "Tell me, is that guy Gu Liyan actually pursuing Xiaoru?"

Yao Xiang, "It shouldn't be time yet." She pinched her fingers to calculate; Gu Liyan pursuing Zhou Xiaoru wasn't happening now, but it would be soon.

Xiao Lan, "Look at how he acted today... If he didn't have feelings for Xiaoru, why would he look for us?" And even treat them to good food and drink!

Jiang Bufan, "I think that guy Gu Liyan is extremely calculating; our Xiaoru is definitely no match for him."

Xiao Lan, "With our Xiaoru's explosive temper, so what if she's no match for him? She can still anger him to death all the same."

Yao Xiang finally gave a summary; she was sleepy as hell now, and people who stay up late can't afford the consequences.

"Stop guessing, everyone. Fated connections that are meant to be won't run away. If Gu Liyan just likes the current Xiaoru, isn't that even better?"

Not everyone has the chance to meet, start over, and get to know each other again.

If fate has arrived, no matter where you are, the person you are meant to meet, you will always meet.

The next day...

When the sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains into the Dormitory...

Of the few people in the Dormitory, besides Xiao Lan who had to go to work and had already left early, Jiang Bufan and Yao Xiang had also gone off to their respective classes or part-time jobs.

At this moment, only Zhou Xiaoru was in the Dormitory!

She had a very long dream, as long as a hundred-episode family drama...

When she suddenly woke up from the dream with a start, she sat up from the bed with a 'whoosh'.

Her eyes scanned the Dormitory...

Damn it!! Everyone is gone!

Startled, Zhou Xiaoru felt a panic in her heart and subconsciously reached to touch under her pillow...

But after feeling around for a long time, she didn't touch her phone.

After a brief mental blank, she suddenly remembered that her phone had been taken away by Gu Liyan last night!

Her heart panicked even more!

She hurriedly threw off the covers to get out of bed...

However, when a person is in a panic, any kind of accident can happen.

Just as Zhou Xiaoru was complaining in her heart about why Jiang Bufan and the others hadn't called her, while hurriedly climbing down the ladder...

Her foot slipped, and in a fright, she quickly grabbed onto the ladder frame on both sides.

And because of this, her forehead went 'bang' and slammed heavily against the hard iron bed frame!

It hurt so much that she saw stars...

She had just fallen last night and her knee was still a little sore, and now she got another blow to the head!

Damn it! What kind of bad luck had she had lately, or was she possessed by a god of misfortune!

But for now, she couldn't worry about that; she didn't have her phone, and Jiang Bufan and Xiao Lan were all out, so it seemed it was already getting late.

Clutching her forehead, which made her teeth chatter from the pain, she climbed down from the bed with difficulty.

She went to the curtains and pulled them open!

Instantly, a room full of sunlight shone into the Dormitory, and also into the gloomy heart of a certain someone.

But now, Zhou Xiaoru was in no mood to appreciate this beautiful time; she hurriedly opened the glass door, went out to the balcony, and looked at the sun that had already reached the top of the sky...

Her heart sank...

It's over, the sun is already almost at the top of my head; looking at it like this, it must be at least ten o'clock!

Heavens! It really is impossible for people to get by without a mobile phone these days.

She could no longer care whether her head still hurt or not; she grabbed her towel, clothes, and toiletries, and rushed into the bathroom at top speed, intending to take a quick shower.

However, when a person is down on their luck, everything in the world will go against you!

When Zhou Xiaoru was already stripped bare and standing under the showerhead, she discovered that there was only cold water in the water heater, no hot water.

She took another look at the water heater's plug...

It wasn't plugged in!

Instantly, a beast-like roar erupted in the Dormitory!

"Which bastard pulled the plug out!!"

In the end, feeling disheartened and hopeless, Zhou Xiaoru, on a day in April that still held a chill.

Gritted her teeth and took the first cold shower since the start of the year!

That sour, refreshing feeling, that sensation!

It was simply cool to the extreme!!

In less than fifteen minutes, she had finished washing, gotten dressed, and even slung her bag over her shoulder to head out of the dormitory.

When passing the management office downstairs in the dormitory building, she glanced at the clock on the wall.

It was already forty-something minutes past ten.

By the time she took a vehicle to the company, it would be almost twelve o'clock, right?

She sighed again; these days aren't about earning money, they're about killing people!

With a head of dripping wet hair, she didn't know if it was because her forehead had been bumped or because she had taken a cold shower.

At this moment, walking under the blazing sun, she felt a bit lightheaded.

Subconsciously, she touched her skull; the place where she had been bumped still hurt a little.

It hurt so much that her heart felt flustered along with it...

Having eaten nothing again, Zhou Xiaoru took a vehicle to the company...

She planned to print her resignation letter as soon as she got her phone back.

If things went on like this, she felt that the Black and White Impermanence would soon come to take her to the underworld for a visit.

After arriving at the Tengyuan Building, she did not return to the Personnel Department, but went straight up to the President's Office.

This was her first time coming to Gu Liyan's office in this month.

Thinking back, she had been to Su Poyang's office a few times, but she had never been here.

Compared to the high-end, atmospheric, and classy nature of Su Poyang's office, Gu Liyan's office appeared much more monotonous.

Because Gu Liyan was an executive officer parachuted in, his office was temporarily arranged on the eighteenth floor.

The layout was similar to Su Poyang's office, with the outside being the area where assistants and secretaries worked.

As soon as she stepped onto the eighteenth floor, she immediately attracted the attention of several female colleagues!

Watching those few women, they were all sizing her up with strange looks.

She couldn't help but think, damn! This Gu Liyan really has an unusually large number of secretaries!

One, two, three, four, five...

A full five people!

How did she look at these women and not think they were here to work; this attire, this makeup, how did they look like receptionists at a restaurant!

Just under the gaze of the few, at this time, a slightly older person asked politely.

"Who are you looking for?"

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xiaoru very tactfully changed the subject and said.

"I'm looking for Du Feng! I'm an Intern from the Personnel Department; he said he works on this floor, so I came to find him for lunch."

Once the few heard that she wasn't looking for the president, they all withdrew their gazes and even started whispering.

"I thought it was another lovesick girl here to see the president."

"You call others lovesick, but aren't you one yourself?"

"I admit I'm lovesick, but I'm not a flirt, okay?"

Zhou Xiaoru, "................."

Thank goodness! She had kept an extra eye out and hadn't said she was looking for the president.

Otherwise...

She snuck another glance at the few chattering women...

It really scared her to death!

At this moment, the person who had just asked her the question kindly replied.

"Du Feng has already gone to eat; if you go to the cafeteria now, you should be able to run into him."

With a polite yet awkward dry laugh, "Hehe, thank you..."

"You're welcome."

Just as Zhou Xiaoru was secretly wiping away a cold sweat in her heart...

Following the eyes of the few women opposite her that gradually turned bright, after turning around, Zhou Xiaoru bumped head-first into a person as solid as a copper wall and iron bastion.

President Gu had made his entrance...

Buddha says: 500 glances in a past life only exchange for one passing by in this life...

A chance encounter in this life must surely have been nurtured by too many sweet or painful memories from a past life.

The Buddha says: It takes a hundred lifetimes of cultivation to share a boat ride, and a thousand lifetimes of cultivation to share a pillow in sleep.

All manifestations of fate are tied to predestined affinity!

Zhou Xiaoru felt that in her past life, she must have twisted her neck, or perhaps she was blind!

Only in this life did she encounter such a man!

Gu Liyan's expression was somewhat unpleasant; he had heard their entire conversation just now while outside.

Yet, upon seeing the small, red, swollen bump on a certain Xiaoru's forehead, his handsome brows furrowed.

He even asked directly, "What happened to your head?"

At this, the young lady Zhou was once again baptized in a storm of embarrassment.

Ten thousand grass-mud horses were once again galloping wildly through her heart!

As for the crowd of infatuated women, their expressions gradually changed after hearing this inquiry.

The gentleman in question, seeing this, asked quite unceremoniously.

"Which department are you all from! Do you have business here!"

Once these words were out, the few young women were all frightened, their faces pale with terror.

They looked at one another; they had only come over to gawk during their lunch break.

However, today's "flower" didn't seem very easy to eat...

They left hesitantly...

Before they had even walked out of this office area, they heard another piece of news that broke their hearts.

Gu Liyan said to the Executive Secretary with a stern face.

"I should have told you! If it is not work-related, idle chatter is forbidden here! It seems you have treated my words as wind passing by your ears! I now seriously doubt that you are capable of holding your current position..."

This was the first time Zhou Xiaoru had seen Gu Liyan reprimand someone.

In her view, these female colleagues had no ill intent; like Zhang Yao, they were just being infatuated.

This guy was making too much of a fuss.

Before she had finished sympathizing, the voice of the great President Gu calling her came from over there.

"Zhou Xiaoru! Come in with me!"

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

Is he trying to torture her to death!