C74

Miss Gu, are you in love?

Sometimes, Gu Qingyao thought that they were probably erased little by little.

Before the DNA test results were out, Gu Qingyao still had a glimmer of hope.

But now, those hopes had long since turned into dust, not a single drop left.

Gu Yanzhi had cheated a long time ago, and while she and her mother were still immersed in the beautiful dream of harmony within the family, Gu Yanzhi had already started managing a family outside.

How could he continue to believe it?

Gu Qingyao didn't know, and would never know.

She let out a light sigh from the bottom of her heart and then heard what Gu Yanzhi had said: "You are currently together with Li Muyan all day, don't forget Father's words, we are now family. Li Muyan has been rising quickly all these years, and you don't know what kind of background he has, in other words, you simply don't understand Li Muyan. Or do you really think you can be with him? "

Gu Qingyao frowned slightly. Sometimes she didn't want to admit it, but she had no choice.

Indeed, she could not clearly see Li Muyan's thoughts.

When Li Muyan is nice to people, he can make himself feel as if he is deeply immersed in spring breeze. He can arrange everything for you, and let you have no worries later on. But when they were at a distance, Gu Qingyao didn't even know if sending such a text message was considered to be an interruption to Li Muyan or not.

After a long period of silence, Gu Qingyao finally replied in a soft voice, "I understand."

How could he go through the same thing he had done in his previous life?

Gu Qingyao understood, the one who was moved first might have lost.

Just like how he treated Yue Jingfeng in his previous life, and how he treated Yue Jingfeng now as well.

So no matter what, he couldn't be moved by Li Muyan first.

Gu Qingyao said to herself in her heart.

Gu Yanzhi looked deeply at Gu Qingyao for a while, and said helplessly: "If you truly understand, then that's great, there are times when I feel that my strength doesn't match up to my heart, if I advise you, you still have to keep it in your heart."

"Alright." Gu Qingyao could only mutter in agreement.

Gu Yanzhi picked at the few pieces of paper and passed them to Gu Qingyao: "Take a look at these."

He tossed the rest of the card into the shredder and then calmed down. "You're done. Tell me and I'll give you the card number. You can directly enter."

"Yes, I will go now." Gu Qingyao grabbed the stack of papers and walked out.

Just as he sat down, Gu Qingyao's phone rang.

She immediately grabbed it, and upon seeing that it was not Li Muyan, her heart sank yet again.

It was an unfamiliar number, but it wasn't unfamiliar either, because he had already marked it with a name …

Ling Xiaoman.

"Hello, I am Ling Xiaoman. May I know if this is Miss Gu's mobile number? I have some things that I want to talk to Miss Gu about. I wonder if Miss Gu has time recently? "Sorry for disturbing you."

His tone was also humble and polite.

Gu Qingyao knew that Gu Yanzhi's glass was one-sided, and she hesitated for a moment. She knew that she shouldn't have a camera, but she still pressed down on her phone using the partition before replying: "I don't know what's the point of meeting with Assistant Ling."

"Miss Gu, I want to explain some things to Miss Gu." Ling Xiaoman replied.

Gu Qingyao closed her eyes, her fingers quickly tapped on her phone: "Sure, tomorrow at noon, at the opposite side of the company, at the coffee shop."

"Okay, Lyman, right?"

"Yes, see you at twelve."

"Thank you, Miss Gu."

Gu Qingyao looked at the messages in silence for a while, cutting off a picture of the message before she finally put away the phone carefully.

When it was almost night time, Gu Qingyao became even more restless.

She hadn't received any news of Li Muyan for an entire day, something that had almost never happened before.

As if he was already used to being instantly praised by people, this was the first time Gu Qingyao realised that waiting was actually such a difficult thing.

Fortunately, when it was almost 5 o'clock, his phone finally rang. Gu Qingyao hurriedly grabbed it and felt that her heart, which had been hanging around for the whole day, calmed down.

"Alright." It was just a simple word, yet Gu Qingyao read it again and again, and was unable to describe the feeling at the bottom of her heart.

"Sorry, but I have something to take care of today."

Immediately after, another one, Gu Qingyao finally felt like it was gone.

She could barely control the curve of her lips as she hurriedly replied, "It's nothing, I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"No, I'm glad to be disturbed by you."

Gu Qingyao stared at this sentence, feeling that her heart was beating really fast.

Coincidentally, there was nothing going on today. Mu Tinglan, who was on the way out of work, couldn't help but laugh when he saw Gu Qingyao's expression. "Is Miss Gu in love?"

"Huh?" Gu Qingyao was startled, and immediately denied it with a wave of her hand: "No, no, why would Assistant Mu think that way?"

"The smile on Miss Gu's face just now was too sweet, my apologies, looks like I was overthinking it." Mu Tinglan said with a smile.

Gu Qingyao subconsciously touched his face.

Was it that obvious?

She hadn't expected this at all.

Her hands lightly touched inside her bag and closed her eyes. She didn't know if Li Muyan would like this gift.

It had been so long. Even though they had a cooperative relationship, in the end, it was still due to Li Muyan taking care of him. Gu Qingyao wanted to express her thanks, but she didn't have a suitable way.

After thinking about it, it seemed like this was the only way.

Gu Yanzhi hurriedly came out with his bag. Just as Gu Qingyao was about to say that he would be home late tonight, she heard Gu Yanzhi say: "You told your mother not to wait for me today. I'm going to River City today, so I probably won't be able to return in time."

Gu Qingyao was startled. "Oh, okay."

"Un, you and Li Muyan will go together, go home early, don't worry your mother, understand?" Gu Yanzhi habitually tidied up Gu Qingyao's clothes, and wrapped the scarf even tighter, warning: "It's been cold recently, but you're wearing too little."

Gu Qingyao couldn't tell what she felt from the bottom of her heart, and nodded: "En, I understand, thank you daddy."

Her voice was soft and gentle, Gu Yanzhi laughed, patted on Gu Qingyao's head and turned to leave.

Gu Qingyao stood in place for a long time before she gently closed her eyes.

Gu Yanzhi's office door was not closed, just in time for the cleaners to go over to tidy things up, Gu Qingyao said: "Oh yeah, that shredder, daddy said it was stuck, take it out for people to see, thanks."

The cleaning staff did not think too much and nodded in agreement. He took out the shredder and went back to cleaning.

Gu Qingyao lowered her eyes, opened up the back of the paper shredder, and put away all the things inside. After activating it again, she nodded her head: "It seems good, but you should put it back, I'm in trouble."

"It's fine, you're too polite." The cleaner smiled and replaced the shredder.

Gu Qingyao's palms were drenched with cold sweat. She didn't say anything, packed her things, and quickly left the room.