Chapter 4: Mr. Gu, Happy Cooperation!

“I don’t need to think anymore. I agree.”

Jian Yao lowered her eyes, a few strands of inky hair brushing past her rosy cheeks, looking exceptionally well-behaved. “I will be a qualified Mrs. Gu.”

For the past ten years, Jian Yao had always thought she would marry Lu Chengze.

So, she and Lu Chengze went to the same school, lived in the same neighborhood, and after graduation, she joined Lu’s business department to help him pull resources, assisting him step by step to the position of Lu’s heir.

She never thought she would agree to marry someone else one day.

This feeling was strange, but not as uncomfortable as she imagined.

She gave a self-deprecating tug at her lips, lifted her clear eyes, and looked firmly at Gu Zhiyan, resolutely saying, “I will resign from Lu’s as soon as possible.”

She liked Lu Chengze, and it was known by everyone in his circle. Since she had agreed to marry Gu Zhiyan, she would not be entangled with other men, implicating the reputations of Gu and Yao Guang.

The girl extended her white arm, her crimson lips curved in a perfect arc. Although her eyes were still red, the gloomy atmosphere around her had dissipated, replaced by a renewed vitality.

“Mr. Gu, happy cooperation!”

The woman’s sweet voice echoed in the room. Gu Zhiyan looked at the white hand in front of him, slowly raised his hand and grasped it.

“Congratulations, Miss Jian, on bravely starting a new life.”

His voice was a little deep, as if suppressing something. When it fell into her ears, it was like a feather brushing against her ear, making her heart itch.

Jian Yao blinked her eyes, which were sore from staying up all night, and felt a warmth in her heart when she heard Gu Zhiyan’s words.

All these years, she had never lived for herself. It was time to abandon the past and start a new life.

Jian Yao adjusted her skirt, slung her bag over her shoulder, and her delicate brows furrowed slightly. “Then I’ll go back first. See you in three days?”

After all, she was the one who had taken advantage of the situation, and it wouldn’t be good to trouble Gu Zhiyan to prepare with her.

She would be grateful if he could be there on time in three days.

Gu Zhiyan lowered his eyes to look at her feet, the black high-heeled sandals were a full eight centimeters tall, making her delicate ankles look even more slender.

So, he got up slowly, “I’ll see you out.”

Jian Yao’s steps, which were about to take her out the door, paused. She didn’t decline. “Thank you.”

As they passed each other, Gu Zhiyan lowered his head and took a deep look at her. “You don’t have to thank me.”

“After all, we’re getting engaged in three days. Out of courtesy, I should go to the Jian family.”

After saying this, Gu Zhiyan walked out of the room first. He walked very slowly, taking care to match Jian Yao’s pace.

Jian Yao looked at the tall figure of the man in front of her. She wanted to say that they were business partners, and he didn’t have to put himself out like this. Seeing his deliberate slow pace, she swallowed the words back down.

She wasn’t very familiar with Gu Zhiyan, but they had been in the same school for many years, and she had inevitably heard a lot about him.

The most common thing she heard was that he had a very good temper, was a gentleman, polite, elegant, and noble.

Seeing her back home might just be out of courtesy.

Jian Yao let out a sigh of relief and followed him.

Even after getting into the car, Jian Yao still felt like she was in a daze, like she was walking on clouds, unable to land.

She had just married herself off like this?

And to Gu Zhiyan.

If she went back and told her sister, her sister would probably think she had been driven crazy by Lu Chengze and was daydreaming.

Thinking of her sister, Jian Yao immediately took out her phone.

Last night, when she learned that Lu Chengze had gone to Shanghai to find Liu Yiyi, she was too heartbroken to even look at her phone. She directly muted it when it rang.

The pendant on her phone was a beautiful crystal strawberry bear, the same style as Lu Chengze’s.

Although he thought it was childish and didn’t match his status, he never wore it, just hanging it on his desk at the company.

But Jian Yao cherished it dearly, wiping it down with a disinfectant wipe every day.

Now, however, seeing it made her feel extremely irritated.

Qing Lingling’s clear eyes stared at the phone for two seconds, her heart feeling suffocated.

Her slender, white fingers peeled off the phone case and, as she passed the trash can, threw it in along with the pendant.

After getting rid of the eyesore, Jian Yao opened her phone and saw more than ten missed calls.

They were all from Jian Ning.

Jian Yao’s scalp tingled, and she immediately called back.

The call was answered quickly.

Even through the screen, she could hear the coldness in the woman’s voice on the other end of the phone.

“You have half an hour to come back.”

She hung up without giving Jian Yao a chance to speak.

Jian Yao: “…”

Gu Zhiyan had been watching her since she threw away the phone case. Now, seeing her bad complexion, he asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

Jian Yao pouted, feeling a little wronged, “My sister found out.”

Jian Yao was actually the only child of the Jian family. The “sister” she mentioned was the fake daughter who was mistakenly brought home. Because they had raised her for so many years, they had already developed feelings for her and she did not leave the Jian family, instead becoming Jian Yao’s sister.

Unlike Jian Yao’s naive and inexperienced nature in the business world, Jian Ning had been groomed as an heir since childhood. She had a high level of business acumen, and after her parents passed away, she smoothly took over Jian’s real estate.

This was also why Jian Yao, the real daughter, was more like a joke in the upper circles.

Jing City was not that big, and Gu Zhiyan probably knew some of the twists and turns of the Jian family.

Gu Zhiyan’s black eyes fixed on her fingers clutching the phone, “Are you afraid of her?”

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Jian Yao gave an awkward smile, “It’s not that I’m afraid, it’s just that she’s always thought that Lu Chengze is unreliable and doesn’t approve of us being together.”

Jian Yao didn’t need to say the rest. Gu Zhiyan already understood.

He drawled out his words, giving Jian Yao a meaningful look, and teased softly, “Your judgment is indeed a bit naive compared to your sister’s.”

Jian Yao: “…”

•  

Jian family living room.

Wu Yue sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, took a sip of tea from the table, and lifted his chin slightly, “Mr. Jian, I’m here to inform you that Mr. Lu might not be able to attend the engagement party.”

Jian Ning, dressed in a sharp business suit, sat on the sofa, her face, with its exquisite makeup, remained unchanged as she listened to Wu Yue’s provocative words.

The secretary behind her, Li, couldn’t help but step forward, but Jian Ning stopped her with a raised hand.

Wu Yue noticed their movements and couldn’t help but sneer.

“This is the guest list from the Lu family, Mr. Lu asked me to deliver it.” He threw the folder he brought to Jian Ning, his tone mocking, “Take a look and send out the invitations as soon as possible.”

Li, the secretary, was so angry that her teeth were itching. Looking at Wu Yue’s arrogant appearance, she wanted to grab the folder on the table and slam it in his face, making him get out of the Jian family immediately.

But she dared not.

Miss Jian Yao didn’t know what kind of spell was cast on her, but she was determined to have Lu Chengze.

If she drove him away today, she would make a fuss later, and it would still be Miss Jian Yao who would suffer.

Li, the secretary, suppressed her anger and thought that Mr. Jian should really take Miss Jian Yao to see an ophthalmologist.

There are countless men in the world, why did she fall for Lu Chengze?

Even if she kept a few young men, the Jian family could afford it. Why bother spending money and effort and still have to look at people’s faces?