CH 203

Chapter 203 - Touching the arm that she was lifting, he stepped in front of her. (2)

Gu Nian grabbed Qin Yuanyuan and Jiang Xiaoqing and dashed after she walked out of the conference room and only stopped when they reached the elevator.

She was lucky as an elevator happened to stop in front of them right then and there. Gu Nian quickly shoved the two girls, still in a daze, into the elevator before she walked inside briskly and held down the close door button.

Gu Nian finally let out a sigh of relief and leaned against the elevator wall after the elevator doors were shut completely and the outside could not be seen.

And she was met with two pairs of befuddled eyes.

Jiang Xiaoqing, “Can you talk now? Why did you drag us the way you did, Guru Gu Nian. It was like we were being chased by dogs.”

Gu Nian felt a bit weak after the tension. Leaning against the side of the elevator, she smiled weakly, “We were chased by dogs. A mean one at that.”

Jiang Xiaoqing, “? Dingke Media allowed dogs into their office?”

Qin Yuanyuan gave her a helpless glance and responded back to Gu Nian. “Do you know that Boss Zheng from before?”

“Mmm,” said Gu Nian casually. “There is beef between us.”

Jiang Xiaoqing got it now. “Was that why that awkward atmosphere and we had to run away?”

“No, I ran as fast as I did because I called him a dog before I took off.”

Jiang Xiaoqing and Qin Yuanyuan, “……? ?”

DING! And the elevator door opened.

Standing outside the door were an employee of Dingke Media. They walked inside while looking down at their cellphone. Gu Nian stopped talking and gave the other two girls a look.

The three quickly walked out of the elevator.

Gu Nian finally relaxed after they had walked into the bustling lobby. Nevertheless, with her normally languid look, it was difficult to see the difference.

Qin Yuanyuan and Jiang Xiaoqing, walking next to her, talked to each other with their looks and were short of mouthing their words and using hand gestures. Gu Nian couldn’t stand it anymore. She turned around with a smile and said, “Stop with that already. Go ahead and ask what you want to.”

Jiang Xiaoqing whipped her head around immediately. “Oh boy, I thought you would never say that –– Did you have some unspeakable relationship with that Boss Zheng in the past?”

Gu Nian smiled and said, “Do I look like someone who pick men out of the trashcan?”

Jiang Xiaoqing grumped softly, “He was a bit arrogant and bothersome, but his looks and background seem to be……”

“Stop right there.” Gu Nian stopped her as she patted Jiang Xiaoqing on her shoulder. “Remember the online friend that you met up with last time? You have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to looking at men.”

Being hit where it hurt, Jiang Xiaoqing fallen with tears in her eyes.

Qin Yuanyuan was much more attentive than Jiang Xiaoqing and had noticed more from the conference room. She, too, agreed with Gu Nian. “Xiaoqing, you do need to work on picking out men. I don’t know this Boss Zheng’s background, but I don’t feel safe around him.”

Gu Nian couldn’t agree more.

Qin Yuanyuan looked over at Gu Nian speculatively. “I am guessing that he had pursued you in the past?”

Gu Nian was so shocked that even the corners of her eyes raised up. She turned around, “No, no, no. Don’t even say that.”

“Then you are……”

Before they were done talking, footsteps approached them quickly amidst a series of “Boss Zheng”.

Gu Nian noticed a gust of cold wind from behind and reflexively took a step forward before turning around –– barely dodging the hand that tried to grab her shoulder.

Close to her was a man with a cold yet happy look.

Startled, Gu Nian frantically took a few more steps back ––

BAM!

A very light dull noise.

And Gu Nian had fallen backward into a tender and familiar chest.

Surprised, she turned to look reflexively.

A cold and pale arm exposing from a white shirt with sleeves that rolled up slightly was guarding next to her waist, levelled, and in a very gentlemanly way.

From above her head and next to her ear, the man’s voice was low and tender. “Are you alright?”

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