Chapter 18: A Little Like Jian Yao

But they were Gu Zhiyan’s good friends, if he said he didn’t like them, wouldn’t it be disrespectful to him and his friends?

Jian Yao bit her lip, a little conflicted.

She looked up at Gu Zhiyan, her eyes sincere, “Should I like them, or not?”

Gu Zhiyan: ???

What kind of answer is that?

Is he some kind of obsessive weirdo who interferes with his fiancée’s actions?

Meeting Jian Yao’s clear eyes, Gu Zhiyan sighed helplessly, “Jian Yao, you don’t have to be so restrained with me.”

A gentle breeze blew, messing up the hair at her temples. Gu Zhiyan rubbed his fingers against it, suppressing the urge to tidy it up, and looked directly into her eyes.

“You just need to express your truest thoughts freely and do what you want to do at the moment.”

To accommodate Jian Yao, he lowered his head slightly, his dark eyes looking straight into hers, like a swirling vortex, almost drowning Jian Yao completely.

Looking at him with those eyes, Jian Yao’s breath even stopped for a second.

She couldn’t fathom Gu Zhiyan’s thoughts, nor could she see through the complex emotions in his eyes. She could only nervously look away and agree haphazardly, “Okay.”

Gu Zhiyan saw that she was just casually perfunctorily agreeing with him, knowing that she hadn’t taken his words to heart.

Just as Assistant Xu drove up, Gu Zhiyan opened the car door and helped Jian Yao get in, “Let’s go, I’ll drive you back.”

Meanwhile, in another car rushing from the airport to the hotel.

Wu Yue held the steering wheel, his gaze fixed on the road ahead, and couldn’t help but complain.

“Brother Lu, the Jian family is too much this time!”

The traffic light was red, and the car stopped with the flow of traffic. His anger didn’t subside, “Last time I went to the Jian family, they humiliated me too. It’s fine, you and Jian Yao are getting engaged, so you’re family.”

“But, they didn’t even send me an invitation!”

He remembered being coldly treated when he went to the Jian family to deliver the guest list, and his anger flared up.

Since he followed Lu Chengze into Lu Corporation, he had never been so humiliated.

Originally, Jian Yao’s parents were gone, and Brother Lu was afraid that the Jian family wouldn’t be able to handle things, so he specially arranged for him to help at the engagement banquet today.

He wanted to teach the Jian family a lesson, so he deliberately didn’t go.

And what did the Jian family do? They didn’t even send him an invitation!

He was so angry that he specially went to the airport to pick up Brother Lu, intending to complain about the Jian family beforehand!

Wu Yue poured out his grievances like a bamboo tube, but the person in the back seat didn’t react.

He frowned and looked at the man in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

He closed his eyes and leaned his head against the back of the seat, his eyes were a dull gray, and even when resting, his brows were tightly furrowed.

His usually neat suit had some wrinkles due to the long journey, making him look a little dejected.

Even the most insensitive person could tell that he was in a bad mood.

Extremely bad.

He instinctively looked at Assistant Lin beside him and asked with his eyes: What’s wrong with Brother Lu?

Assistant Lin mouthed two words silently: “Jian Yao.”

Wu Yue looked like he understood.

It must be Jian Yao who had a fight with Brother Lu again.

Over the years, she had frequently quarreled with Brother Lu because of Liu Yiyi.

Wu Yue didn’t care, anyway, within three days, Jian Yao would give in and come back to find Brother Lu.

He was about to persuade Lu Chengze to relax, when the person in the back seat suddenly spoke.

“Has Jian Yao contacted you these days?”

Lu Chengze opened his eyes at some point, his eyes cold and gloomy as he looked at Wu Yue.

The green light turned on, and the car slowly moved forward. Wu Yue gripped the steering wheel and glanced at the rearview mirror in surprise, “Me?”

“No, you know I haven’t been close to her since we were kids…”

At Wu Yue’s words, the temperature in the car instantly plummeted.

Wu Yue’s voice grew quieter, finally understanding what was wrong.

Brother Lu had actually taken the initiative to ask about Jian Yao?

Was he in a bad mood because of Jian Yao?

Could it be that Jian Yao hadn’t contacted Brother Lu in the past few days?

Wu Yue was a little unconvinced, “Maybe she’s too busy.”

“You know the situation at the Jian family. She’s probably busy with the engagement party.”

Lu Chengze’s face remained expressionless, and he gave a cold “Hmm.”

As the car approached the hotel entrance, Lu Chengze stopped closing his eyes, glanced at his watch, and then turned to look in the direction of the hotel nearby.

There weren’t many cars at the hotel entrance, and he immediately saw the black Bentley at the entrance… it looked familiar.

Sure enough, the next second, Wu Yue, in the driver’s seat, exclaimed in surprise, “It’s Gu Zhiyan again?”

The entire hotel was booked today, so everyone coming and going should be attending the engagement party. Gu Zhiyan had no connection with the Jian family, and was even less familiar with the Lu family. What was he doing here?

“Hiss～He’s even holding a woman?” Wu Yue rubbed his eyes, confirming that he wasn’t mistaken, and exclaimed, “Isn’t he supposed to like men?”

The gossip in the circle was that he and Pei Yi were a couple.

He had secretly observed Gu Zhiyan for so many years and never saw him get close to any woman.

Lu Chengze’s gaze lingered on the two figures in the distance. Gu Zhiyan was tall and broad, blocking most of the woman in his arms, so her face couldn’t be seen. Only her red skirt and slender legs were visible.

Lu Chengze’s eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze lingering on the exposed part of her legs for a moment, feeling strangely familiar.

… A bit like Jian Yao.

He watched with his own eyes as Gu Zhiyan escorted the woman into the car, raised his hand to cover his forehead, and felt that he had been possessed by a demon these past few days.

How could Jian Yao be with Gu Zhiyan? They were not from the same world at all.

Besides, she never wore such bright colors.

The car stopped at the hotel entrance, and Lu Chengze got out, subconsciously glancing at the spot where the Bentley had been parked.

Then he retracted his gaze and strode towards the hotel entrance.

When he saw the vibrant red roses on the steps, his heart skipped a beat.

The main flowers for the engagement party had been changed…

They weren’t the white roses he liked.

The staff at the entrance politely stopped the group, “Hello, our hotel is not open to the public today. If you need anything, we can help you schedule a service for tomorrow.”

The young staff member had a polite and distant smile on her face.

Gu Zhiyan paused, his thin lips pressed together, “I know, I’m here for the engagement party.”

The staff member was stunned, her tone surprised, “Sir, are you sure you didn’t get the time wrong? The engagement party is over, and they’re already cleaning up the venue.”

Her expression was a bit indescribable. After working for so long, this was the first time she had seen someone come to an engagement party at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Lu Chengze’s hand, hanging by his side, tightened, and he didn’t speak for a moment.

Wu Yue looked at Lu Chengze and then at Assistant Lin, silently took a step back and gently pushed Assistant Lin.

Assistant Lin: …

Out of professional courtesy, Assistant Lin stepped forward, “If you think about it, the party is indeed over. Should we go back?”

His words seemed to wake up Lu Chengze in front of him.

He raised his eyes and looked at the inside of the hotel. He didn’t know why, but he felt a strange sense of unease today, “I want to go in and take a look.”