Chapter 80: A Business Trip (Part 9)

Night gradually descended, and the bustling W City was already blanketed in neon lights and debauchery.

The hotel where Zhou Xiaoru was staying was a family business of Shen Andong's family, and it was situated in a prime location in the city center.

This hotel, over a dozen stories tall and resembling an Empire State Building, had a unique feature: Love Hotel Rooms located on the ninth floor!

Not long after Zhou Xiaoru and the others left the lobby downstairs, the remaining two Love Hotel Rooms were quickly booked up.

For a certain Xiaoru who had only ever seen pigs run but never eaten pork, staying in such a room still required some mental preparation.

Yet, before she even reached the room Zhou Ding had booked, standing at the end of the ninth-floor corridor, she was already unable to handle it.

The tone and layout of the ninth floor exuded an atmosphere of ambiguity and extravagance everywhere!

Perhaps it was her imagination, but with every step she took on the soft carpet beneath her feet, she could feel a vibration coming from beneath it, wave after wave.

When she walked past the entrance of the second room, she heard indescribable sounds coming from inside!

With a flushed face and a thick neck, she couldn't help but swallow hard and wipe her sweaty old face.

This sour thrill, this stimulation, this experience—it really wasn't something an ordinary person could withstand.

As she continued to walk further in, she felt as if she were visiting a brothel in ancient times.

Every now and then, two or three fashionably and seductively dressed beauties would pass by, each casting an ambiguous and unreadable glance at her.

In her heart, she was already regretting it so much she wanted to bang her head against a wall!

Damn it! Her brain must have been pinched by a toilet lid to actually want to stay in a place like this; looking at the situation, could she even sleep well tonight!

Finally, under a bout of torment, she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and in one go, quickened her pace and ran forward with all her might.

But after running down a long corridor, she realized she had run past it...

Annoyed, she patted her own head, which was less clever than a pig's, and had to walk back; in this back-and-forth, she ran straight into Gu Liyan, who had just rushed up!

And the place where they met happened, just happened, to be the door of the room Zhou Ding had booked.

The two stood with a small distance between them, looking at each other.

Zhou Xiaoru was not surprised that this person would appear; her brain was currently rationally analyzing the situation.

The location was wrong, the lighting was bad, and if things continued like this, trouble would easily arise.

She hurriedly asked first, "Are you finished already?"

If she wasn't mistaken, the woman in his room should be Fang Qingkong.

Gu Liyan's face was currently hidden under a beam of light; looking at him like this, Zhou Xiaoru had the feeling of watching a male host in a nightclub.

She had once had the fortune of going to a nightclub with Jiang Bufan; that time, they went to find someone.

That was when she witnessed the legendary male hosts.

They were truly one more handsome than the next, and after she went home, her heart had beaten very fast for several days in a row.

Now, looking at Gu Liyan like this, her little heart began to thump wildly again.

At this moment, the man who had been silent took a large step forward, directly closing the distance between them.

This also startled the certain Xiaoru opposite him; she subconsciously tried to dodge, but the man, who had already noticed her movement, grabbed her slightly round waist.

Then, Gu Liyan directly snatched the room card from her hand and quickly swiped it against the door beside him.

And Miss Zhou was practically half-carried and half-dragged into the room.

Upon reaching the doorway, Zhou Xiaoru hurriedly grabbed the door frame with both hands and shouted.

"What are you doing! You surnamed Gu! I am not a casual person! Haven't you already been with Fang Qingkong..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she wisely shut her mouth, because the man's eyes were currently flashing with a chilling, cool light that made her panic.

The man remained silent, saying nothing, and reached up again to directly pry her hands off the door frame.

Zhou Xiaoru could only stare with wide eyes, watching the door shut right in front of her.

Her heart skipped a beat...

It was over; the chastity she had guarded for over twenty years was going to be completely ruined today.

No! She was determined to resist to the death! Heads may roll, blood may flow, but one's integrity must not be lost!

After entering the room, Gu Liyan simply pulled the person who was resisting and rejecting him into his arms and made no further moves.

At this time, the lights in the room were not on; it was very dark.

Zhou Xiaoru was panicked as she was held tightly in this person's arms; in such an atmosphere, they could both hear each other's powerful heartbeats.

Then, Gu Liyan's voice came to her ear, "Xiaoru, why are you rejecting me so much now?"

Seeing her always guarding against him and hiding from him made him feel somewhat frustrated.

Zhou Xiaoru tried pushing the man in front of her who wouldn't budge, but since she couldn't move him at all, she simply gave up.

Rolling her eyes, she said something else that ignited the gentleman's anger.

"Boss! I have a boyfriend now, and you were just doing that thing, so isn't this inappropriate for you to be doing this now?"

Could this person be any more shameless? Did he want an appetizer after being full and satisfied?

What did he take her for?

After she finished speaking, she felt a sudden pain in her neck!

It was a real pain, so painful that she felt the flesh on her body jump along with it.

She hurriedly covered her neck and shouted, "Why are you biting me!"

This shameless person must be crazy! He actually bit her? Should she go get a rabies vaccine!

Then, the gentleman said solemnly, "Zhou Xiaoru, listen well, I will only say this once: right now, the person in my heart is you. Fang Qingkong is already a thing of the past. Just now, she came to me saying she wanted to talk, so I let her into our room. We didn't do anything, and it's impossible for us to. Now, I don't want anyone but you! Do you understand!"

This paragraph was both a statement and a confession.

It left Miss Zhou feeling a bit bewildered!

Was she... being confessed to?! Wasn't April Fool's Day this year long gone!

Was this an advance on next year's April Fool's Day?!

Yet, in the face of such a touching confession, Zhou Xiaoru still said something quite mood-killing.

"But... but, I already... have a boyfriend now..."

It was unclear if she wanted to challenge a certain man's limits or what, but the captain of the death-seeking squad was sworn to carry out her death-seeking to the end!

The space suddenly went quiet again, and at the same time, it began to cool down rapidly.

Zhou Xiaoru couldn't help but shiver; it was over, had she said something she shouldn't have again?

After thinking for a moment, she spoke up again, "Look, it's really quite unfortunate, I've already promised Du Feng, I can't just go back on my word to him now. Besides, it's not like we haven't dated before, why do you feel the need to try again?"

She still remembered what he had said when she saw him on the day of the school anniversary, on that path where they used to date so often.

He said that they should part on good terms, so that meeting wouldn't be so awkward...

Since they had already parted ways, what was the point of all this now?

Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaoru was already becoming increasingly calm.

"Gu Liyan, if we were suitable, two years ago, you wouldn't have said when we broke up that 'I've tried, we don't work.' I don't know what it is about me now that has piqued your interest. But I have long since realized myself that we truly aren't suitable. Don't waste your time on me; if you keep doing this, it will be very difficult for me to continue working at Tengyuan..."

She had never been as calm as she was at this moment; perhaps she had grown up, and she no longer looked at things only on the surface—she saw them more thoroughly and further ahead.

When she went out this afternoon, she had been thinking about it the whole way; weighing the pros and cons, the job at Tengyuan and the salary benefits were indeed very tempting.

If not for these matters involving Gu Liyan, being able to stay here and develop would be a very good path for her.

Everything she was saying now was her true feelings.

With graduation imminent, she had no heart for romance.

Her graduation defense was next week, and she was still away on a business trip; thinking about the content of the thesis she had written, she had almost forgotten it all.

Thinking of this, our little Ru felt that life was truly too difficult.

And after a certain gentleman held her, in a silence that felt as long as a century, he finally slowly loosened his embrace.

In the dim room, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly, but Zhou Xiaoru could see the glowing eyes of the man.

At this moment, she couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed, thinking that this time, the man would surely give up.

She had rejected him time and time again; even a dog raised at home for several years would run away if hit N times, let alone a grown man with such strong self-esteem.

However, Gu Liyan's next move crushed the mood and heartbeat she had just calmed down.

She saw him bend down, scoop the person before him up in his arms, and then walk accurately and unerringly toward the large bed in the room!

Zhou Xiaoru, who had night blindness, couldn't see any of the room's layout at all, yet the man surnamed Gu had carried her to the bed with perfect accuracy.

Immediately after, his whole body pressed down on top of her!

As soon as Zhou Xiaoru lay on this bed that swayed quite violently, her heart jumped into her throat!

What kind of bed was this! Why did it feel like she was sleeping on a trampoline, with the danger of flying off at any moment?

Startled, she hurriedly tried to sit up, but was pressed back down by the man who had leaned over her.

Pushing hard against the man's chest, she said urgently.

"Gu Liyan! I've already made myself very clear, why are you still..."

"Just treat it as a little memento for me before we break up, okay? After tonight, I won't force you anymore..."

Hearing this voice that carried a hint of injury, our little Ru's maternal instincts overflowed once again, though she still didn't quite believe it.

Did Gu Liyan really take a fancy to her?!

Seeing that she didn't refuse, the man's face slowly pressed downward...

Just as he was about to kiss the person beneath him...

Zhou Xiaoru was so startled that she hurriedly pushed him away, staring with bright eyes at the dark thing above her where she could only see a head and no clear features, and asked.

"First... let's get this straight, what are you doing!"

She hadn't been fooled by this guy, with all that talk about "after tonight" and "a memento before breaking up."

How did this sound just like the lines spoken by the female lead in the ancient romance novels she had read, right before she was about to break up with the male lead?

At this moment, in the eyes of the gentleman that our little Ru couldn't see clearly, a light like that of a fox was flickering.

"I just want to, before we break up for good, properly... kiss you..."

After hesitating for a while, our little Ru had no choice but to reply with two words, albeit somewhat unwillingly.

"Fine."

A kiss goodbye it is, then. Just as the gentleman kissed her, the song that had been popular for many years flashed into Zhou Xiaoru's mind.

Kiss Goodbye!

I kiss you goodbye on the deserted street, letting the wind mock me for being unable to refuse; I kiss you goodbye in the wild night, my heart waiting to welcome the sorrow.

The longing I want to give you is like a kite with a broken string, unable to fly into your world, nor warm your gaze...

Thinking of the lyrics to this song, she felt she should use this mindset to treat this kiss.

Thinking this way, her mood also eased...