Chapter 68: A Single, Piercing Cloud Arrow (Part 1)

When Gu Liyan received the message, he was in a meeting...

Because Tengyuan Company was currently bidding for an important cooperative project in W City.

If they could win the bid this time, Tengyuan would not only gain the opportunity to cooperate with two well-known listed companies in W City.

It would also be able to expand Tengyuan Company's market in other regions.

As the Big Boss of Tengyuan, Gu Liyan was to go to W City in person next week to attend the Bidding Conference for this project.

In the afternoon, an emergency meeting was added internally at Tengyuan regarding the cooperation matters for this project.

The Finance Department, Technology Department, R&D Department, Administrative Department, Personnel Department, and several other major shareholders of the company all attended this meeting.

It was evident how important this project was to Tengyuan.

In Gu Liyan's view, this cooperation with W City was the key to whether or not they could open up the W City market.

Therefore, he had to go himself; he absolutely had to secure this bidding opportunity.

The meeting, which was originally nearly three hours long, was already nearing its end, and all work-related and business trip matters had been arranged for the most part.

But when the gentleman inadvertently glanced at his phone, which he had set to silent, and saw the video that had been sent to it...

That handsome face instantly turned livid!

Even the hand holding the phone tightened unconsciously.

Normally, during work hours, a workaholic like Gu Liyan would never touch his phone.

What's more, today's meeting was an important one that concerned the future development trend of Tengyuan.

But today was different...

Because in the morning, Zhou Xiaoru had taken the initiative to send him a text message, although the content of the message was about her salary.

He did not reply to the message immediately, but had been waiting for Zhou Xiaoru to be unable to help herself and send him another message to find him.

Therefore, although the gentleman had been in the meeting, his eyes would occasionally glance at the phone on the conference table.

He was terrified that he wouldn't see a message from a certain Xiaoru in time.

Finally, the message was waited for, but it was sent by Jiang Bufan.

Seeing the short video, the gentleman's mood instantly turned very dark!

The Executive Secretary sitting closest to him, Zhang Haiyan, clearly felt the temperature in the conference room drop to below zero in an instant!

She couldn't help but wonder if the temperature had dropped; why had it suddenly become so cold?

When her peripheral vision touched the man on her left, a chill, like a northwest wind blowing in winter, darted directly into her nostrils and reached the bottom of her heart.

It was so cold that the hairs on her body stood up.

It turned out it wasn't that the temperature had dropped, nor was there a problem with the conference room's air conditioning, but rather that this big boss, who came with his own temperature system, was now so cold he could shed frost.

And at this moment, the supervisors of each department were waiting for the big boss's next instructions.

But in the gentleman's eyes right now, there was only the image of a certain woman holding a bouquet of roses in the phone video.

At this time, Su Poyang, who was sitting on his right, noticed that his complexion was a bit off.

He didn't know what he was staring at on his phone, so he glanced at the supervisors of the various departments sitting on both sides of the long conference table, who were all staring at each other at this moment.

Su Poyang put his hand to his mouth and coughed a few times on purpose.

"Cough... cough..."

He wanted to remind the person who had been staring at his phone for a full few minutes.

But Gu Liyan acted as if he hadn't heard, still staring at the phone in his hand with a livid face.

What he was thinking about in his head now was that as early as Monday this week, Du Feng had already asked the Personnel Department for leave for Friday.

He just never expected that Du Feng had asked for leave to go find Zhou Xiaoru to confess!!

Seeing that Mr. Gu's great fire was burning to the point of spontaneous combustion.

Su Poyang, on the side, had no choice; he kept changing his sitting posture, and finally, having no other way, he had to remind him in a low voice.

"Liyan! We are still in a meeting; look at your phone later."

He thought about how his cousin was just like him, very serious about work; how could he make such a low-level mistake today?

And as for the handsome Mr. Gu, if he hadn't heard the coughing sound just now, then for this reminder that everyone present had already heard, if he continued to act as if he hadn't heard it, that would really be somewhat unjustifiable.

Finally, under the gaze of everyone, Gu Liyan slowly put down his phone; at this moment, his complexion could no longer be described as ugly.

It was an expression that looked like he wanted to eat someone!

Actually, now, as long as he said one word, "dismissed," everyone wouldn't have to wait here in vain.

But the handsome Mr. Gu still had things to delegate next.

He was seen slowly standing up; in that manner, it was very obvious that this meeting had not yet ended.

Just as the crowd was about to start taking meeting notes again, they heard Mr. Gu say coldly.

"For this trip to W City for the bidding, replace the person arranged from the Administrative Department with someone from the Personnel Department!"

As he spoke, his icy gaze had already swept toward the supervisor of the Personnel Department, Wen Guangmao!

Wen Guangmao was stunned for a brief moment, and when he came into contact with that gaze, sharp as a sword, shooting directly at him!

In his big brain, *Duang! *, he immediately received an important signal!

The big boss had already spoken so obviously; how could he not understand the meaning behind it!

While everyone was wondering why such an arrangement was made, among those present at the meeting...

Besides the Personnel Department supervisor Wen Guangmao, the Executive Secretary Zhang Haiyan also gradually understood the reason for this personnel change.

And then there was Su Poyang...

Su Poyang raised an eyebrow, thinking that the one who made him lose his composure like this was undoubtedly Zhou Xiaoru.

He just didn't know what the matter was this time that had angered his big cousin into this state.

To the point of openly and blatantly demanding to change the person accompanying him on the business trip during a company meeting.

Replacing people in the Administrative Department with those from the Personnel Department—isn't that just like saying "there is no silver buried here"?

It's all because there is a Zhou Xiaoru in the Personnel Department.

Thinking of the time on her birthday when she was dressed up as a big bear and beat him up, Su Poyang couldn't stop shaking his head.

To fall for a girl like that, Gu Liyan really has his work cut out for him.

Because Zhou Xiaoru's physical actions are always one step ahead of her brain!

Now, it looks like there's another good show to watch.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of another person, Jiang Bufan.

As soon as he thought about what happened a few days ago, Su Poyang felt that his male pride had suffered a heavy blow!

Truly, the world is vast, and all kinds of people exist!

He never expected that their brotherhood would encounter such unconventional women.

It's just that Su Poyang doesn't know yet that the fate between him and Jiang Bufan hasn't truly begun...

And the work efficiency of Supervisor Mao Mao is still very high.

After all, as the number one lackey of Big Boss Gu, he is like a roundworm in Gu's stomach when it comes to the Big Boss's instructions.

As long as the master gives a hint with his eyes, he knows what to do.

Over there at the school, Zhou Xiaoru, who hadn't yet recovered from the impulse of accepting the confession.

While eating dinner, she received a message sent personally by Wen Guangmao.

The content was that the company was sending her on a business trip next week, and she must be on time for work next week!

A business trip?!

Seeing such words, Zhou Xiaoru was a bit dazed; she had no concept of such things.

She had only seen various business trips on TV and in novels before.

She used to envy those who could go on business trips often; in her eyes, that was using the company's money to sightsee under a legitimate excuse.

But after this thing she considered a good deed actually descended upon her, she felt a bit at a loss.

She is going on a business trip? What could she possibly do!

The work of the Personnel Department is just entering receipts, entering data, various trainings, organizing files, and so on all day long...

She really couldn't imagine what she could do if she were sent on a business trip!

After sending these questions to Mao Mao, Mao Mao only replied with...

This is the company's arrangement, she just needs to obey; as for what specifically to do, someone will naturally assign her tasks when the time comes for the business trip.

When asked who else was going on the business trip with her, Mao Mao gave an even more cunning and official reply.

He said that colleagues from the Personnel Department, Technology Department, R&D Department, etc., would all be going together.

He just didn't mention that the Big Boss Gu was the main character of this business trip.

As for the certain Xiaoru who had taken a week off by using the excuse of her long-deceased grandmother passing away again, she felt a bit guilty about this job in her heart.

The company wasn't opened by her family; although she had a connection like Gu Liyan on the surface, she didn't actually get into the company by pulling strings.

She had been doing the work of the Personnel Department earnestly.

She decided she couldn't be so willful anymore; since it was the company's arrangement, she would just go.

Dinner that evening was eaten in the cafeteria with Du Feng and the others.

There was also Jiang Bufan, Yao Xiang, Xiao Lan, Du Jie, and other nobodies...

The formation was just like a family dinner, with all the aunts and relatives sitting at one table.

And after finishing dinner, Zhou Xiaoru had been thinking about whether she had forgotten something important today.

It wasn't until she saw the message on WeChat that she suddenly remembered: the message she sent to Gu Liyan in the morning about her salary—that guy still hadn't replied!

Too many things happened today, making her feel that her brain was in a chaotic mess.

After accepting that bouquet of flowers, Zhou Xiaoru felt a bit of regret.

She thought about trying things out with Du Feng and starting over, but wasn't her current state the same as the attitude Gu Liyan had toward her back then!

While thinking of another person in her heart, she was accepting someone else's confession.

Zhou Xiaoru felt that she was very selfish and also very despicable.

After thinking it over, she decided that before they had really started, she wanted to speak clearly with Du Feng.

She didn't want to become the second Gu Liyan!

When seeing Du Feng out of the school gate, Zhou Xiaoru intended to have a showdown with him.

Just as she was hesitating to speak, Du Feng had already spoken first.

"Xiaoru, I don't want my actions today to cause you any psychological burden. Although I really hope you can accept me, I hope even more that you accept me from the bottom of your heart..."

Facing Zhou Xiaoru's dilemma from the afternoon until now, how could he not feel it.

Hearing him say this, Zhou Xiaoru felt moved from the bottom of her heart.

Du Feng really is a very good boy.

At this moment, the two had already walked all the way outside the school gate.

Zhou Xiaoru stopped her steps, turned her head to look at the person beside her, and told him the truth very earnestly.

"Du Feng, thank you for always thinking of me and standing in my shoes to think about things. I don't want to lie to you; the shadow of that person is still in my heart. I feel that starting like this is unfair to you."

Hearing her honesty, Du Feng was very happy and reached out to hold the hand of the person opposite him.

"Xiaoru, that you can tell me these things shows that you have slowly opened your heart to me. It's okay, I can wait until you have completely forgotten him, and then we can start."

Du Feng didn't want to push her too hard either; that would only be counterproductive.

But in Zhou Xiaoru's heart, what she was thinking was...

You are willing to wait, but what if I can never forget Gu Liyan!

Although she spoke nicely about forgetting the past and starting over.

But when it came to actually taking action and accepting a new romance, could one really forget the person they wanted to forget!

No one could guarantee that...

Just as Zhou Xiaoru was agonizing over the matter with Du Feng, across the school road, a royal blue BMW was parked there.

And the man in the driver's seat, with his dark, gloomy eyes, was like a gut-piercing sword, having already pierced the hearts of the two people across the way who were holding hands!