Chapter 75: A Business Trip (Part 4)

Zhou Xiaoru, who had been struggling to take off her shoes, saw the piece of paper shoved through the crack in the door...

Her eyeballs nearly fell straight to the floor.

But as the tissue was passed in, a single sentence from the man outside the door made her nearly sit right down into the toilet bowl!

How... how... how could it be Gu Liyan!!

Because of the shock, she even forgot that, at this moment, taking the pack of tissues was the most important thing.

And Gu Liyan, who was squatting down, waited for a few seconds; seeing no movement from inside, he couldn't help but frown and grow suspicious.

Could it be that the person inside is not Zhou Xiaoru?

But next, following a stifled "Why is it you?!" from inside, the tissues in his hand were quickly snatched away.

After the gentleman stood up, he was already laughing so hard that even his shoulders were shaking.

If fate has arrived, you can't block it even if you try.

To think that even while going to the restroom, one could have a chance encounter in the next stall!

And this is a men's restroom, too?!

Zhou Xiaoru didn't know whether she should be glad she was lucky enough, or unlucky to such a high degree.

She thought the person in the next stall was Xiao Chen; she never expected it to be Gu Liyan?!!

Should she go buy a lottery ticket today? She would definitely win five million!

(Author's OS: Keep dreaming!)

Gu Liyan kept standing there without leaving; seeing that someone else seemed to be about to come in from outside, he spoke up to remind her.

"You better hurry up and come out, otherwise, once there are more people later, you won't be able to get out."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoru hurriedly asked.

"Is there anyone outside right now?"

"Yes! You wait a while before coming out!"

After he finished speaking, several people entered the restroom one after another.

Gu Liyan felt that standing at the entrance of this restroom like this was somewhat inappropriate.

Just now, he had seen a man who looked like a restroom cleaner constantly looking inside.

After thinking about it, he decided to step out for a moment first.

Once this wave of people came out, he would close the restroom door and then bring Zhou Xiaoru out.

If she were to just walk out like that, he guessed that the security personnel not far away would arrive at the scene very soon.

Zhou Xiaoru waited anxiously; at this moment, she wasn't breaking into a hot sweat, but a cold one.

It was like just finishing a sauna and then entering a freezer!

How did her life become so miserable!

And at this time, following the few people who had just come in to use the restroom, they began to converse.

(Author's note: To ensure everyone understands, I will label them as Restroom Man A, B, C, and D below.)

Restroom Man A: "I heard that many companies will be participating in this Bidding Conference in W City."

Restroom Man B: "Yeah, if one can succeed in this bid, they can open up the market over there. You have to know, the partners this time are all well-known listed companies in W City. Which company isn't breaking their heads trying to participate?"

Restroom Man C: "In our A City, it seems only two companies are on the list for this Bidding Conference."

Restroom Man D: "Is that so! Which other company is it?"

Restroom Man B: "Seems to be Tengyuan!"

Restroom Man A: "Tengyuan? Didn't they just have a CEO parachute in? How do they have time to participate in this bidding?"

Restroom Man D: "I heard that CEO is a pretty boy."

Restroom Man C chuckled, "So what if he's a pretty boy? He is, after all, the Young Master of Tengyuan. Just like that Su Poyang, one is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, and the other is a prince in the Western Palace. It's just unclear who will end up on top between the legitimate heir and the illegitimate one."

Once these words were out, everyone understood clearly; family businesses are all like this.

Those who take on high-level positions are all Young Masters.

This made the group of Restroom Men A, B, C, and D all feel somewhat disdainful.

In most people's eyes, such people are the same as those who enter a company by relying on connections.

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoru never expected to run into competitors for this bid in a service area restroom.

In her view, these few people were questioning his personal ability simply because of Gu Liyan's status.

This is clearly a case of not being able to eat the grapes and calling them sour!

Who told them to be born into the wrong families?

And the things these ABCD men occupying the latrines to chat said next instantly made Miss Zhou feel very, very unhappy!!

"These Young Masters of Tengyuan are all more playful than the last. That Su Poyang is a famous playboy in the circle. I reckon this Gu Liyan is also a player."

"Gu Liyan?"

"He's the current Executive President of Tengyuan."

"Why does this name sound so familiar?"

"He's a graduate student from A University who later went abroad to study for two years and even worked in Silicon Valley. You're also a graduate of A University, maybe you've heard of this person."

"That explains it, why this name sounds so familiar."

"Did you see him at school!"

"No, I just heard back in school that before he graduated, he dated a girlfriend, and at the time, it even caused a female student in our department to nearly commit suicide."

"That's explosive! Looks like this pretty boy isn't simple!"

"I'm more curious about what his girlfriend looked like."

"Bah, what could she look like? I heard they broke up when they graduated. I think that Gu Liyan just wanted to find someone to play with before graduation, and once he was done playing, they naturally broke up."

Zhou Xiaoru, who had already nearly blown up the restroom, gritted her teeth and was about to charge straight out!

The fire in her heart was like a giant fireball from a volcanic eruption; not only was it burning her up, but the flames were also showing signs of spreading!

This really was a magical men's restroom!

Not only could she run into an ex-boyfriend, but she could also encounter a bidding competitor who was also from A City!

That would all be fine!

But inside here, there was actually her alumnus too!!

Hearing that guy wagging his tongue like that, she was just about to brandish a blade and charge over.

While thinking this, Zhou Xiaoru also did exactly that.

She no longer cared about saving face or whether she was being shameless.

She never expected that the relationship from two years ago would be criticized by so many people.

She also had no idea how the people outside who knew Gu Liyan were badmouthing her behind her back.

She was truly... damn it, she had had enough!!

She kicked open the door in front of her, and this movement also attracted the attention of ABCD, who were preparing to come out on the other side!

All four of them were looking at the person emerging from the door that was swinging open and shut.

Restroom Man C was even craning his neck, looking inside the door...

As the brown lady's shoes of the young lady of the Zhou family stepped out first, the owners of the eight eyes all gasped in shock.

These weren't... women's shoes?!!

At this moment, they were just like Gu Liyan earlier, all starting to wonder if they had walked into the wrong restroom.

And following the appearance of the lady's shoes, they then saw a woman wearing a gray knit sweater on top, jeans on the bottom, with her hair draped down, and eyes that seemed to be spitting fire!

She appeared in their line of sight!

A, B, and D, who hadn't finished zipping up their pants, were so shocked they hurriedly pulled at the zippers on their crotches!

Restroom Man B even used too much force in his agitation, pulling the head of the zipper right off.

It was the first time in their lives that these few had encountered such a situation, and they didn't know how they should react.

Terror? Screaming? Pale with fright? Or should they shout that there was a pervert!

But no matter which one it was, it didn't seem quite appropriate.

The few of them, without prior agreement, all began to wonder if the person in front of them, who looked dressed as a woman, could be a legendary she-male?!

And what was currently before ABCD was not why a woman, or a she-male, would appear in a men's restroom.

It was that this woman who looked like a woman was currently staring right at them!

What on earth was she looking at!

Just as the situation in the men's restroom fell into an awkward state to the Nth degree, Gu Liyan walked back in.

Seeing the situation in the restroom, he was also quite startled.

He thought to himself, what is this girl doing, why did she come out like this, and why is she staring at those few people so intensely.

Zhou Xiaoru knew Gu Liyan had arrived, and with fire spraying from her nostrils, she said.

"Gu Liyan! You tell them how you played me and then broke up with me when you were dating me!"

Once these words were out, the four opposite were already so shocked their foreheads were sweating oil.

Gu Liyan?! A former partner?!!

How could it be such a coincidence!

Now, ABCD didn't need to consider whether they should scream or shout anymore.

The male and female protagonists they had just been gossiping about were now standing right in front of them.

What kind of day was it that such a thing could be encountered; it was truly like Mars colliding with Earth.

After hearing these somewhat inexplicable words, Gu Liyan also gradually sorted out the situation.

Without asking too much, he just followed the flow of the conversation and said a classic line of shamelessness.

"Before, it wasn't me who dumped you, but you who dumped me after you got me..."

This remark made the four opposite almost vomit on the spot.

This cheesy pickup line, said in a restroom, really had a flavor that was hard to accept.

And after Zhou Xiaoru heard these words, she glared directly at that man; if her gaze were a laser that could turn people into dust...

The few people in this restroom would have already been vaporized by her!

After glaring at the others as well, Zhou Xiaoru walked out of the men's restroom as if she were walking in and out of her own home.

This made other men who were just about to enter repeatedly look at the little figure sign on the restroom door.

She wasn't wearing a skirt, so how could a woman come out of there.

After another group of people entered the restroom and saw the few men inside.

Everyone revealed an indescribable look.

It looked as if Zhou Xiaoru had just had something happen with these few people in the men's restroom.

If the young lady of the Zhou family knew they were thinking this, she would probably throw a grenade into this men's restroom!

She would blow up this entire service area's men's restroom!!

Because of the conversation she had just heard in the restroom, Zhou Xiaoru returned to the business car in a huff.

Xiao Chen saw she had been gone for so long and joked half-heartedly, "The women's restroom in this service area is broken; it's a good thing the men's restroom isn't, otherwise I would have peed my pants."

As soon as he finished saying this, a gaze like a sharp sword shot out from the rearview mirror!

Upon making contact with that murderous look, Xiao Chen was so scared his hair stood straight up.

At this moment, a thought on how to mess with Gu Liyan, conceived on the spur of the moment, flashed into Zhou Xiaoru's mind.

She said coldly, "Xiao Chen, President Gu told us to leave first, no need to wait for him!"

Xiao Chen first blinked twice, then turned his head to ask the person in the back seat who had a face as cold as frost.

"Are you sure?" The president told them to leave first, so why did he feel something was not quite right?

Zhou Xiaoru immediately revealed a sinister smile and said.

"Of course I'm sure! Don't you want to know why President Gu and I were gone for so long!"