The two girls looked at each other in blank dismay. How could they not know who Xiao Heng was talking about? Everyone at Yi Jian Qing Xin knew that President Gu only came to drink, never to look for women. But looking at the string of zeros on the check, and then at Gu Junyan's handsome face, the two exchanged a knowing glance.
If they could really make Gu Junyan happy, would they ever have to worry about their future?
"President Gu, what's the fun in drinking alone? Let the two of us sisters keep you company!"
Gu Junyan said nothing, merely raising his glass to drink again.
Xiao Heng ate a grape fed to him by the woman at his side while watching Gu Junyan's reaction. He was genuinely shocked that the boss hadn't thrown these women out today; it seemed that little troublemaker really must have pushed his buttons this time.
Seeing that he remained silent, the two women sitting beside Gu Junyan grew much bolder. One of them picked up a wine glass, took a sip, and leaned close to the man's ear, blowing a soft puff of air against it. Yet Gu Junyan's expression didn't change in the slightest. Unwilling to give up, the woman lowered her red lips toward the man's neck, but just as her lips were about to brush against his bare skin, she heard the man's icy voice: "Get lost!"
Startled by that single command, the two of them shivered violently and turned to Xiao Heng for help. He merely waved a hand. "Take the check and go! It's already a miracle you lasted a minute near him and blew in his ear. Go on, get out of here!"
Beaming with joy, the two women took the check and hurried off to another private room.
"You go too!" Xiao Heng pulled another check from his pocket and handed it to the woman beside him. She took it and stood up, leaving without any superfluous words.
"I'm actually quite surprised you let them get that close to you. Honestly, I really thought you were going to take them home with you!" Looking at the lipstick stain on Gu Junyan's collar while the man sat with his eyes closed to rest, Xiao Heng pulled out his phone and snapped a photo.
A lipstick stain on Gu Junyan's collar was a once-in-a-century event! How could he not post such major news in the group chat to share with the brothers?
"She said today that she wants to live a proper life with me. She said she won't run away anymore..."
Gu Junyan leaned back against the sofa, his brow furrowed. Xiao Heng calmly took a sip of his drink. "Has she lost her mind, or has she gone completely mad?"
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"Doesn't she spend every single day trying to figure out how to escape from Tianyi Garden? Scaling walls, drugging you, even resorting to slitting her wrists—all just to force you to divorce her. Why would she suddenly see the light just because she cut her wrists once?" Xiao Heng asked sarcastically. He simply couldn't understand it. With Gu Junyan being the dignified Head of the Gu Family, any kind of woman he wanted was within his reach; why on earth had he fallen for Su Nuohan? Granted, her face was gorgeous, but that endless talent for creating chaos made it impossible for him to feel even a shred of affection for her.
Furthermore, he and Gu Junyan had grown up together. In his eyes, Gu Junyan was the sort of man who could remain completely unruffled even if the sky fell. Yet a single word or a single glance from Su Nuohan could affect his mood for the entire day, driving him to run over in the middle of the night on multiple occasions, unable to sleep, just to drown his sorrows in drink.
"Do you believe her?"
Gu Junyan let out a self-deprecating chuckle. "If only I could believe that she truly wouldn't leave, how wonderful that would be."
Xiao Heng wiped the smile from his face, looked at Gu Junyan's expression, and sighed.
"Tell me, what is so great about her anyway, that she's worth you loving her with such lowliness? Look at you now—where is the man who used to go bare-handed into battles against desperate criminals back in the day?"
The corners of Gu Junyan's lips curved up slightly. "Even if she just stands there without moving, my heart beats for her. I can't put my finger on what makes her good, but she's good in every possible way..."
Xiao Heng: ...... Why did he suddenly feel like he had just been forced to swallow couple's dog-food out of nowhere?
Gu Junyan had consumed a great deal of alcohol, and by the time Xiao Heng hoisted him onto his back and carried him back, it was already three in the morning.
"Auntie Yun, go boil a bowl of hangover soup for him!" Xiao Heng put his hands on his hips and glared at the man already slumped across the sofa.
Yet Auntie Yun didn't appear; instead, out came someone Xiao Heng had never been able to stomach.
Watching as Su Nuohan approached in a bathrobe, holding a glass of water she intended to feed to Gu Junyan, Xiao Heng spoke in a gloomy tone: "Are you really feeling that kind-hearted? What's this—not playing suicide games this time, decided to upgrade to poisoning your legal husband?"
...
Su Nuohan glanced down at the water in her hand with a helpless expression, though she couldn't really blame Xiao Heng for saying that, given that the last time she had brought water to Gu Junyan, it was laced with sleeping pills.
"Can you finally believe that I'm actually here to give him water?"
Xiao Heng watched as Su Nuohan took a sip of the water in the cup and swallowed it, merely raising an eyebrow without speaking.
Su Nuohan held the cup out, trying to feed it to Gu Junyan, but his lips were pressed tightly shut, and the water spilled all over his shirt.
She hurriedly picked up a tissue to wipe it clean, but her movements paused the moment her gaze landed on the lipstick stain on the man's white collar.
Xiao Heng naturally took in every nuance of her expression. Didn't she used to avoid Gu Junyan like the plague? Leave aside a lipstick stain on his clothes—even if he brought another woman home, she wouldn't even deign to look twice. Why was she acting so abnormal today? Could it be that she had really turned over a new leaf?
"When someone offers hospitality for no reason, they're either up to no good or plotting a theft!"