Chapter 43: Casting a Brick to Attract Jade

A beautiful day cannot be separated from good weather; this year's Qingming Festival short holiday was rarely without rain.

This provided favorable travel conditions for the crowd of office workers returning home to sweep graves.

For this short holiday, Zhou Xiaoru did not go back; she planned to return during the May Day short holiday instead.

In the dormitory, Xiao Lan and Jiang Bufan had both gone back; both of their homes were not far from A City.

Unlike her and Yao Xiang, for whom returning to their hometown was like fleeing a famine—not to mention the big and small bags, they even had to scramble for tickets in advance.

During these three days of vacation, she didn't go anywhere; she just lay in the dormitory for three days straight.

Her limbs almost atrophied from lying down!

If it weren't for Yao Xiang bringing back some food to feed her every day when returning from outside, she feared that by the time Jiang Bufan and the others returned from home, they would only see a corpse.

Zhou Xiaoru felt that everything she had experienced while working lately was like undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation!

Tired...

Physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, feeling completely hollowed out!

She also didn't know when she would ascend and be ranked among the immortals.

The aftereffect of the fever from two days ago was that she had no strength in her whole body and no interest in doing anything.

Every day she was exactly like a walking corpse.

In these two days, the large bump on her head from the previous collision had already gone down.

That day in the President's Office, under the tyranny of a certain man, that Shen Andong not only gave her medicine to rub on her head, but also cold medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, fever reducers, stomach medicine, and so on...

In the end, she also successfully got her mobile phone.

And the thing she had been worrying about—that she would end up on the Tengyuan headlines—did not happen.

Zhou Xiaoru suspected whether Gu Liyan had banned those few female colleagues!

After two days of careful consideration and the analysis of the pros and cons by Jiang Bufan and the others, she finally agreed to the conditions Gu Liyan had stated.

She was not resigning!

She changed her way of thinking and thought about it...

Regardless of what Gu Liyan was thinking of her in his heart right now, if there was a benefit to be gained and she didn't take it, wouldn't she be a fool!

Directly becoming a permanent employee! Where could one find such a good thing! Once she had an iron rice bowl, would she still have to worry about not finding a boyfriend!

Besides, there were plenty of fine young men at Tengyuan; once she was completely settled, her next goal would be to find a boyfriend!

She didn't believe it; if she really had a boyfriend, that guy would still want to do whatever he wanted to her!

It was just that as for this current deal, who exactly was getting the better end of it...

That still had to be marked with a big question mark!

And while a certain Xiaoru was thinking about finding a boyfriend within Tengyuan, Jiang Bufan and Xiao Lan had already quietly mocked a certain someone in private.

They were afraid that by the time that day came, not only would she not have found a new boyfriend, but she would have already been eaten clean by him...

They were very much looking forward to the arrival of that day...

The three-day short holiday passed in a flash, and it was a new week again.

This week, Zhou Xiaoru had many things to be busy with; she had to work during the day and write her thesis at night.

It was just that the new week, the new day, started with an increase in blood pressure.

Zhou Xiaoru had just clocked in for work, and before her butt had even sat down in the office, someone told her that the President requested her presence!

As soon as the young lady Zhou heard this, her eyelids couldn't help but twitch wildly.

So early in the morning, what was he looking for her for! Hadn't she already made a three-point agreement with him!

First, he could not look for her during work hours.

Second, during work hours, even if they met occasionally, he could not pretend to be familiar with her, so as to avoid causing misunderstandings.

Third, he could not lay hands on her again!

She thought to herself, could it be that after three days of vacation, his memory was automatically deleted and he forgot?

At this time, that colleague was still urging her to go quickly, saying it seemed to be because of the contract matter from last time.

Carrying her doubts, a certain Xiaoru once again stepped onto the path leading to the Pyramid.

This time, that female Executive Secretary was actually much more polite than before.

As soon as she saw it was her coming, she let her in directly.

And ever since last time, the security on this floor seemed to have increased by a few more people.

Before she had even entered the office, a person came out of the office first.

Zhou Xiaoru gave a dry laugh and greeted, "Morning, Du Feng."

Du Feng didn't expect to see her first thing in the morning and replied, "Morning."

Then he asked naturally, "Why are you here?"

"Uh... President Gu called me here... to talk about the matter of shredding the contract last time."

Du Feng frowned and said, "That contract has already been mailed out."

"Ah? Is... is that so?" Zhou Xiaoru didn't know why, but she actually felt a sense of guilt.

A flash of inspiration struck her brain!

Since that contract had already been resolved, that meant it was nothing, right? Then she would just pretend she didn't know!

She also didn't know what trick that man had come up with to mess with her again.

Thinking of this, she greeted the Executive Secretary on the side.

"Um, since the contract matter has already been resolved, then I won't go in and disturb President Gu's work; please help me tell President Gu..."

As she spoke, with fire under her feet, she was about to slip away...

The secretary hadn't had time to stop her, when over there, the office door behind her had already opened!

A certain gentleman's deep voice came through, "Zhou Xiaoru!"

It was as if a certain Xiaoru had been shot in the back! She froze in place!

Gu Liyan walked out of the office, and as he passed by Du Feng, he glanced at him.

This one glance made Du Feng's hair stand on end.

The Big Boss's gaze carried a murderous aura!

The man was wearing a plaid shirt today, his tie still slightly loose, resting against his collar.

From inside out, besides being handsome, he was just handsome.

He stared at the person a few steps away and said only two words.

"Come in!"

Zhou Xiaoru turned around stiffly and replied with a dry laugh.

"I heard the matter regarding the contract was resolved long ago, so there shouldn't be anything for me to do, right?"

The man's face immediately turned a few degrees colder.

"It's not the previous contract; it's your contract!"

Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, throwing out a brick to attract jade, and winning through wisdom is best!

Sure enough, the moment Zhou Xiaoru heard it was about her contract, her eyes lit up completely.

Without the man needing to do anything, she obediently followed him into the office on her own.

After the two went inside, the Executive Secretary hurriedly whispered a reminder to Du Feng, who was staring at the office door.

"In the future, whenever you see her coming, don't say too much; just let her in."

Du Feng frowned, "Why?"

The Executive Secretary looked at him with frustration at his lack of progress, "What do you mean why! Can't you even tell?"

Du Feng still wore an ignorant expression, making the secretary so anxious she almost jumped over.

"Such an obvious thing, and you can't even tell?"

"......." He shook his head.

The secretary was speechless and patiently explained again.

"Our President Gu is pursuing her!"

Actually, it wasn't that Du Feng didn't know, but that he didn't want to believe it.

Could it be that he no longer had a chance...

At this moment, inside the office.

After entering the office, a certain Xiaoru was once again pressed directly against the wall by a certain gentleman!

Zhou Xiaoru originally wanted to throw a tantrum, but once she saw that terrifying, gloomy face like the King of Hell, she wisely shut her mouth.

She tried hard to recall in her mind what she had done to annoy this sea turtle again.

She had taken three days off and stayed in her dorm sleeping; the two hadn't met or sent messages, so nothing had happened.

Could it be because of the Qingming Festival, she didn't send him a "Happy Holiday" message?

Only to see the handsome Gu speaking in a cold tone, pressing right up to a certain Xiaoru's face.

"Don't you think you owe me an explanation!"

Zhou Xiaoru was completely bewildered, confused, and filled with question marks.

"What explanation?"

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

After she finished speaking, she clearly felt the man take a sharp, ragged breath!

Her brain was still spinning, "Th... that... could you give me a hint?"

She really couldn't think of it!

The man's face was almost touching hers as he said coldly.

"Last week, you told me that for this short holiday, you were going back to your hometown to sweep the graves..."

As these words appeared, a certain Xiaoru's memory began to unlock.

It seemed that did happen...

"Yeah, I did say that, so what..."

Whether she went back or not, how did that hinder him?

Little did she know, seeing her speak so easily and even somewhat indifferently...

A certain gentleman's anger shot straight up!

Without another word, he lowered his head and kissed her!

Zhou Xiaoru never expected that this bastard would suddenly kiss her!

Her blood pressure was going to rise again...

First thing in the morning, who was he trying to disgust!

A certain someone opened her unfocused eyes, letting the man suck on her pig snout, thinking...

Was she wrong? This place was simply a Spider Cave!

This man wanted to drain her dry!

Just as she was thinking this, a sharp pain came from her lips.

The person pressing on her pig snout had also moved his sexy lips away!

Zhou Xiaoru rubbed her pig snout, which was tingling from the bite, and asked.

"Why did you bite me!" Did she look that delicious to him!

The next second, Gu Liyan pressed directly against her right ear and spoke.

"I am kissing you, and you are distracted! Zhou Xiaoru... do you want me to do something else to you for you to take this seriously!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoru flared her nostrils and instinctively crossed her arms to protect her chest!

"What do you want to do! I would rather die than submit!"

Gu Liyan was instantly rendered completely speechless by her appearance.

Even if he wanted to be angry, he couldn't bring himself to be.

This girl always managed to say something shocking.

The man chuckled, looked at her forehead which had already stopped swelling, and asked.

"Where have you been these past few days?"

"Sleeping in the dormitory."

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

The man's face instantly darkened again.

Zhou Xiaoru looked baffled; how could this person be so moody?

Gu Liyan was completely defeated by this little girl...

Hearing her say she was going back to her hometown, he had deliberately not looked for her these past few days, but when he called his aunt yesterday, he found out that this girl hadn't gone back at all.

That was why he had called her over first thing in the morning.

Seeing that her mental state was good, she should have fully recovered.

Then Zhou Xiaoru suddenly remembered something, slapped her forehead hard, and pointed at the man in front of her.

"Didn't we agree that you wouldn't lay a hand on me! You broke the rules!"

The man's eyes were full of smiles as he replied softly, "What I laid on you was my mouth..."

"Boom!" Zhou Xiaoru's face instantly turned as red as a cooked shrimp!

Her worldview was completely ruined! Her integrity, shattered!

Was this shameless man trying to talk dirty to her!

Out of the blue, she suddenly blurted out a completely irrelevant question.

"Gu Liyan, exactly how many women and how many men have you slept with?"

".........." The gentleman's face was now so dark it looked like a torrential rainstorm was about to break...