Chapter 50: Wushan Drifting Clouds

As the saying goes, the winds of fortune turn, and next year it will be my turn.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; never look down on anyone, especially that once unremarkable person...

Gu Liyan never imagined that the scene he was seeing now would play out all over again a few years later.

History always repeats itself in astonishing ways!

A few years ago, he discovered Fang Qingkong was cheating when he saw her with his own eyes, embracing another man.

Once, because he failed his college entrance exam, he let Fang Qingkong wait for him at university for a year.

But the final result was that after he entered university, he discovered that Fang Qingkong had already been cheating on him behind his back for half a year.

And this time, the woman currently held in another man's arms...

Is the very person he himself hurt and pushed away with his own hands two years ago.

It was only after two years that he began to truly know her, understand her, and even now, take a fancy to her.

Who would have thought that a reunion of less than two short months would bring such a massive change to Gu Liyan.

Perhaps the fate between two people will not be completely severed because of past separations or even a lack of affection.

It is just that the timing was not right, so fate arrived a little late.

At this moment, in the depths of the handsome Gu's heart, besides an inexplicable anger, there was a series of the most intuitive feelings!

For example, jealousy! Envy! Wanting to go straight up and punch that kid holding Zhou Xiaoru, and so on and so forth...

His chest was heaving violently because of his anger!

At this moment, Gu Liyan no longer denied or evaded it!

He had completely taken a fancy to Zhou Xiaoru, taken a fancy to this girl he hadn't thought much of two years ago!

This realization had already been confirmed just now in the office, with Zhou Xiaoru's sudden appearance and those tears she had tried so hard to hold back.

And at this moment, seeing this girl being held by a man other than him undoubtedly helped him solidify those inner feelings even more!

After his fingers gripped the door handle and spread open several times, the gentleman finally lost his patience and shoved the stairwell door open.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoru, whose face was being forcibly pressed against Du Feng's right arm, hurriedly began to push the person in front of her away after seeing who had entered.

But her pushing didn't matter; it only made the person holding her hold her even tighter.

Du Feng did not know if it was deliberate, intentional, or unintentional...

Not only did he tighten his arms, but he also took the opportunity to make a deeply affectionate confession!

"Xiaoru, do you remember that the first time I met you was in this very stairwell? From the first time you delivered documents to the eighteenth floor, I already had feelings for you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the girl was even more shocked, and the face of the man opposite them grew even darker.

Yet Du Feng continued his confession as if no one else were there.

"Xiaoru, be my girlfriend. Let me protect you and take care of you from now on. I believe my judgment is not wrong; you are a good girl, the kind of girl I want to marry and bring home right away. I won't be like President Gu, fickle in affection, and I certainly won't make you cry..."

Zhou Xiaoru, "......" This confession had already left her dumbfounded! Was he planning to go straight to her house to propose?!

Are young men these days all this direct? Marry her and bring her home right away?

But how was she supposed to remind this guy that the Big Boss he was openly dissing was standing right behind him!

Before she could figure out how to speak, the man opposite her, whose face was as dark as a city under siege by black clouds, spoke coldly.

"Du Feng! What are you doing here during work hours!"

This statement directly exuded a powerful murderous aura and chill! It bore down directly on the two people opposite him!

If he couldn't kill them immediately, he would at least freeze them to death!

The back of Du Feng, who was facing away, stiffened first!

Then he slowly released the person in his arms...

Only then did Zhou Xiaoru inexplicably let out a sigh of relief; being held like that, she was about to be strangled to death...

What kind of day is it today, damn it!

A triangle on the left, a triangle on the right; is today Triangle Day?

She couldn't help but feel sorry for Du Feng; confessing during work hours, plus dissing his own direct superior...

All that aside, he even ran into the Big Boss and let him hear it!

She sympathized with this guy for three minutes in her heart!

Subconsciously, she looked at Du Feng's expression...

Compared to the dark clouds over the handsome President Gu, Du Feng's expression was also gloomy at this moment.

Du Feng didn't say a word to Gu Liyan; he only said to Zhou Xiaoru, "I'll wait for your reply," before leaving the stairwell.

However, just as he brushed past the gentleman, the gentleman spoke again.

"Wait a moment!"

Another "wait a moment"...

Du Feng stopped in his tracks, while Zhou Xiaoru almost stopped breathing!

Gu Liyan stared unblinkingly at the girl who was currently picking at her fingers, but what he said was...

"She won't agree to you! And she certainly won't be your girlfriend!"

Zhou Xiaoru, who was slightly lowering her head, paused in her finger-picking!

What did he mean she wouldn't agree! Who was he? To make decisions for her without permission!

And Du Feng was no coward; he was the type to grow stronger in the face of adversity, and he retorted to the gentleman without ceremony.

"What is President Gu to her, that you have the right to answer for her! Even if it is a rejection, it should be her own words, not President Gu's!"

Hearing this, the girl's breath hitched!

Oh my god! Why hadn't she noticed before that this guy, Du Feng, was so domineering!

The eighteenth-floor stairwell was instantly filled with the thick scent of firecrackers!

Two people of similar height, one a superior and one a subordinate, seemed to be competing for the same woman.

Zhou Xiaoru couldn't help but count on her fingers; had her value gone up now?

When she went to the grocery market on her day off tomorrow, she would definitely have to see if the price of pork had gone up too.

At this moment, Gu Liyan was not angry; instead, the corner of his mouth curled into a smile.

It made Zhou Xiaoru's hair stand on end!

Then she saw him walk slowly toward her...

And, under the terrified gaze of Miss Zhou, he suddenly reached out and flicked her little nose.

He replied dotingly, "Because I am not only her ex-boyfriend and first love, but also her future boyfriend!"

This statement, which directly declared his sovereignty, made Du Feng's face turn black, and Zhou Xiaoru was almost choked by her own saliva.

Who gave this guy such shameless confidence!

Zhou Xiaoru, showing him absolutely no face, replied directly.

"You are my first love and ex-boyfriend, that's all true, but as for this future boyfriend..." She paused, then said to Du Feng, who hadn't left yet.

"Du Feng, don't listen to his nonsense. Even if my future boyfriend isn't you, it could never be him."

Hearing this, Du Feng turned around, "So, you mean I still have a chance?"

"Uh..." Zhou Xiaoru hesitated for a moment, but seeing the look on Gu Liyan's face change again, she changed her tone.

"No matter what, you will always be my good friend. Boyfriends and girlfriends can't last forever, so it's better to be friends and last a lifetime!"

This answer couldn't help but make the just-frowning Gu Liyan chuckle, and it left Du Feng feeling both amused and annoyed.

What on earth was inside this girl's head?

How could a girl say such things when faced with someone's confession?

One could only say that Miss Zhou's head was filled with things from outer space!

Unimaginable and unfathomable!

And it was precisely because of this sentence that the current tense atmosphere was indirectly eased.

Du Feng smiled and said, "I'll go back to work first, let's talk later."

After saying this, he gave her a doting look and left the stairwell.

Seeing Du Feng leave, Zhou Xiaoru didn't intend to stay any longer either; without even raising her eyelids, she ignored the man and wanted to take the stairs down to the Personnel Department on the twelfth floor.

She thought it was almost time to get off work anyway; after all these twists and turns, she had already experienced two, and she had no energy left to deal with any more.

But she had thought too optimistically; how could Gu Liyan tolerate being ignored by her!

He stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, and with a tug, she was pulled directly over and crashed into his powerful chest!

Zhou Xiaoru was speechless again...

What was he doing now!

Her value was rising a bit too fast! She was afraid that what rose fast would fall fast!

When that happened, who could she go to cry to!

Pushing the man away with force, she asked inexplicably.

"What kind of madness are you having again! Don't you have a beautiful swan in your office! Why ignore the swan and pester a toad!"

She was on the verge of shouting at him to go and mate! Spring was here, the season for that sort of thing had arrived...

Hearing her compare herself to a toad, and recalling what had been said in the office earlier, Gu Liyan felt a pang of heartache.

An apology slipped out.

"I'm sorry..."

Zhou Xiaoru didn't want to hear it anymore; she had heard "I'm sorry" too many times—what was the use of it!

Could it be eaten as a meal, or could it be sold for money!

In her view, "I'm sorry" was just like a fart; it made no sound and had no smell, as if it hadn't happened at all!

Impatiently, she said, "You've said you're sorry many times already; I forgive you, is that enough?"

But the man replied with something that left her dumbfounded.

"I don't want your forgiveness..."

"..." A crow flew by, and her face was full of dots...

Seeing her stunned expression, Gu Liyan couldn't help but free a hand to touch her cute face.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

While being forcibly held by the man, Zhou Xiaoru shook her head and said.

"I'm looking at how someone can display such shamelessness to the fullest!"

The man's gaze darkened slightly upon hearing this, and then he lowered his head and gave her lips a fierce peck.

Zhou Xiaoru covered her mouth in anger, "You!!"

Damn it! She really wanted to use a knife to finish off this shameless man!

Seeing her about to jump up again, Gu Liyan simply pulled her into his arms and said from the bottom of his heart.

"Xiaoru, the past has become history. I cannot turn back time and make the harm I caused you in the beginning disappear... I have a past with Fang Qingkong, but that is all limited to the past. She and I have no relationship now. I have known you for so long, yet I have never truly known or understood the real you, the true you... I was the one who proposed we try things out, but I have never thought of you as a toad, and I am certainly no swan... Xiaoru, give me a chance to make up for the past."

If it weren't for these two months of meeting and spending time together every few days, he feared he would have missed the true treasure of a girl right beside him...

The person leaning in his arms listened quietly to these words and fell silent...

After a long while, just when she thought she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly blurted out.

"You said it yourself, the past is the past and cannot be changed, so why should we change the decision of the past now!"