Chapter 1003: The Cold‑Hearted CEO

A Yuan, I just… saw some shady things at home, I'm so scared.

After the call connected, Shen Yanyu shut the door tight, hurriedly jumped onto the bed, and only then did her racing heart slowly calm.

"Shady things?" Li Yuan obviously didn't hear clearly, "What things?"

"My uncle's room…… has photos of Brother Han, and moreover, many of them, and Brother Han's attitude toward my uncle is also very strange."

"I suspect they might be hiding something from my uncle…… an improper relationship."

Li Yuan sorted things out on the other end of the phone and comforted her: "Even if it gets out, it's nothing to do with you; it was just a coincidence that you saw it. They themselves did shameful things and didn't hide them well, so there's no need to worry."

Hearing his comfort, Shen Yanyu gradually calmed down: "You're right…… I didn't do anything wrong."

It was just to give herself an extra layer of security.

Li Yuan then asked, "Has the internship matter been settled? You should come work at my family's company, and you wouldn't have to endure your brother's anger."

Shen Yanyu smiled sweetly: "No need."

"After all, that's the company in my family; Mother said I also have shares, so it's only proper to learn about it in advance."

"Besides, I'm interning under my uncle; who knows, maybe I could……"

He hadn't finished speaking when he was suddenly drawn to two people on the lawn outside the window downstairs.

"What did you just say?" Li Yuan thought he hadn't heard clearly.

"No… it's nothing, I still have some things to do; I'll tell you when I get back to school."

Shen Yanyu quickly hung up, quietly pulled open the curtain, and made sure she really hadn't seen wrong.

Bai Yunyue and Gu Han were on the lawn having a private date chat!

Shen Yanyu felt anxious for them.

This is the old residence… how dare they.

But the topic the two were discussing on the lawn wasn't as light as Shen Yanyu imagined.

Gu Han: "I just want to ask you one thing."

He walked half a step behind Bai Yunyue, tone slightly dissatisfied: "Regarding the past, is all your concern for me really just because you are Gu Yeting's wife, my elder?"

"Yes."

Bai Yunyue answered bluntly, without a hint of hesitation.

He lifted his head to look at his biological child, now taller than him, and sighed: "Of course I'm also happy that you now have someone you truly like."

"Perhaps you can also realize that this is different from how you felt toward me before."

Bai Yunyue's tone softened, like the helpless indulgence of an elder: "Back then you were young, and there was no… mother around, so you couldn't tell apart reliance on an elder from liking."

Gu Han, hearing this, first thought of Jin Chen, and knew he was referring to Jin Chen.

"Then why didn't you tell me before?"

Gu Han asked again, stubborn, just wanting a reasonable explanation.

"Why didn't you tell me you are Gu Yeting's wife?"

Bai Yunyue stared slightly, then after a moment lowered her eyes, turned against the wind and stood; her plain clothes fluttered in the breeze, her slightly long hair drifting in the air, revealing a gorgeous, shimmering face.

"Because you are not his……"

The unfinished words were blown away by the wind, and Gu Han didn't hear them clearly.

"What?"

"Nothing." Bai Yunyue shook her head, feeling somewhat wistful, as if she didn't want to recall the past.

"It's because I'm afraid you'd have a psychological burden."

Bai Yunyue casually found a lame excuse, also knowing that Gu Han just wanted to hear an answer, not caring whether it was true or false; what mattered was his attitude.

Gu Han coldly curled his lip, utmost sarcasm: "So you let me misunderstand without offering an explanation."

"In your eyes, am I just a jumping clown?"

"I never thought of you that way, Xiao Han; I regard you as my own child."

Gu Han: "……"

Shen Yanyu continued: "Now that you have a boyfriend, you can also feel what true liking is."

Gu Han clearly knew Jin Chen was merely pretending to be his lover, yet he couldn't help recalling the bits and moments he spent with Jin Chen during this period.

But the tyrant CEO has always been hard‑mouthed.

He immediately seemed unwilling to admit: "He's just a little lover; who says I like him!"

"Xiao Han! What are you saying?!"

Bai Yunyue was startled by his words, a bit embarrassed, and looked toward the person approaching from the front‑side.

Gu Han came to his senses, heard footsteps approaching, and heard Jin Chen's stern voice: "Second Lady, the Second Master is looking for you."

Saying that, Jin Chen suddenly glanced toward the upstairs window of the backyard beyond the lawn, sharply noticing someone peeking.

Shen Yanyu behind the window jumped, hastily pulled the curtain shut, and silently looked at the picture she had captured on her phone.

"... Good."

Bai Yunyue glanced at Gu Han, silently shook her head, stepped away, leaving space for the two youngsters.

Gu Han was almost dying of embarrassment.

How did it happen that those words were heard by Xiao Yaojing!

Gu Han awkwardly pressed his lips: "I just wasn't…"

"It's fine, sir."

Jin Chen spoke with a smile, his expression thoughtful: "I know, you have your own plans."

He seemed unchanged, and wasn't saddened by hearing those words just now.

But Gu Han felt that Jin Chen's attitude was different from before; just a moment ago he was… still acting coquettish!

The atmosphere between them now also made him feel uneasy.

Gu Han hesitated for a few seconds, grabbed Jin Chen's wrist, pulled him toward himself, and his tone grew firmer.

"You know what, I told you, I was just chatting with Bai Yunyue, there's no other meaning."

"Just now... I mean, you were never my little lover, I wasn't toying with you."

Gu Han's tone wasn't exactly gentle, but the tension in his eyes was obvious.

Jin Chen couldn't help letting out a light cough, pressed his lips and smiled, then took Gu Han's hand voluntarily, "Sir, I really didn't think too much."

Just now I was wondering who was peeking over there.

He shook Gu Han's arm, "Thank you, sir, for being willing to explain."

What...

Gu Han felt extremely awkward, as if he were the one coaxing someone!

Xiao Yaojing is just being pretentious!

"I told you to wait for me in the room, how did you come out?"

Gu Han deliberately put on a stern face.

Jin Chen looked helpless, Youyou sighed, "Just now Gu Second Master again had someone call me over... and said some strange things."

"But sir, rest assured, I will absolutely not betray you."

On this point... Gu Han didn't doubt it.

After all, Xiao Yaojing loves him to death.

The very charming Gu CEO exclaimed he was utterly exhausted!

"Come on, come on, I'll take you back to your room to rest."

Gu Han pulled him away, also throwing that earlier conversation to the back of his mind.

No matter what Bai Yunyue's past intentions were in approaching him, it no longer matters.

From the start it was just caring for the junior generation; from beginning to end, it was only him struggling with his thoughts.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -10, total 40!】

【Host, just now the shou protagonist was peeking! I also discovered he had saved Bai Yunyue's room's photo album! Inside are all the photos of the tyrant CEO.】

Jin Chen thought for a moment, and didn't let 0731 dispose of it.

【Without destruction there is no creation; maybe if the shou protagonist blows this up, it could let the things that were piled together be resolved one by one.】

For Gu Han, it's also easier to accept.

Jin Chen originally thought Shen Yanyu would say it when they had dinner at night.

But everyone had gathered and started eating; Shen Yanyu didn't say anything, merely suggesting to Old Master Gu that, as summer vacation approached, he wanted to bring a friend to play at the old residence.

Old Master Gu naturally agreed, saying outright that the old residence was vacant, so bringing a few more friends was fine.

Jin Chen observed, feeling that the shou protagonist was preparing something big, and he still needed to keep an eye on him.