CH 10

The scene was silent for about ten seconds, until the elevator doors were about to close automatically.

Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu uprighted themselves at once.

Gu Jinmian stopped the doors from closing in, coughed lightly, and stabilized his voice, “Come on up.”

There was a weak and hopeless breath in his voice.

He could already imagine that from now on, his reputation would rise to a higher level.

And in his tabloids, in addition to playing a starlet to death, there would be another one that says “forced a star to play M in the high-altitude elevator of the Gu’s Building”.

(t/n M in BDSM)

Secretary Gu continued to bend over. “Please go ahead first.”

The secretaries that remained bowed: “Please go ahead first!”

The blue veins on Gu Jinmian’s neck bulged from his layer of pink skin. With a paralyzed face, he gritted his teeth and said, “Come up!”

In order to highlight the power and status of the rich and powerful family, that dog He Bujin created such supporting characters–what kind of distorted values!

Bow? Why are you continuing to bow!

Did he think he’s writing the Dragon King literature!

You big man who picks his feet, just put “Dragon King”, “Son-in-law”, “crooked mouth”, “God of War”, and placed it all in your protagonist .

(t/n Dragon King-God of Rain in Chinese mythology)

(t/n Big man who picks his feet-describes those rough men who don’t care about details. The extended meaning is that it often refers to those wretched men who pretend to be cute girls and chat with men on the Internet.)

(t/n Son-in-law-a Chinese word, pinyin is zhuì xù, meaning a man who is married and settles in a woman’s family; a lowly person)

In line with his notoriety, the angry, cold and ashamed words “come up” were still somewhat intimidating to this group of bowing people.

Secretary Gu straightened up slowly, hesitated for a moment, and then walked into the elevator with an overly calm expression.

The secretaries and assistants behind him also walked in.

The elevators of this 160-story Gu’s Building wouldn’t be easily jammed even if more than a dozen people were added, but everyone inside at the moment were trying their best to save space, standing up straight, and minimizing their presence.

Heavy silence permeated.

Gu Jinmian sullenly asked, “Which floor?”

Secretary Gu didn’t dare to be polite anymore, and answered, “Floor 137.”

Gu Jinmian looked at the floor he was currently on, it was 136.

“……”

Then his index finger vigorously poked “137” twice, as if venting something.

Suddenly, a very light laugh sounded in his ear.

Gu Jinmian turned and noticed that Yin Moshu was smiling.

Why is he smiling like this? He looks very happy though.

Who instigated?

Ah, forget it. My cub, what am I to do?

Should he try?

But in fact, in terms of fighting…..I don’t know if he can really fight.

Gu Jinmian asked angrily, “How many floors are still there?”

No one answered.

As the group of people went up one floor carefully, they ran away quickly and quietly.

When there were only the two of them left in the elevator again, the two were now well-behaved.

Gu Jinmian’s face was still paralyzed.

Yin Moshu said, “Sorry, I didn’t see it.”

Gu Jinmian believed that his position just now blocked the elevator keys, and that neither of the people inside saw the upper floor key lit up.

He just now really wanted to subconsciously escape the embarrassing situation .

While still feeling embarrassed, his phone suddenly turned on, and a WeChat message popped up.

Secretary Gu: Young Master, do I need to prepare a suite for you?

Gu Jinmian: No! Ah, yes! I need it!

Secretary Gu: Do you want to take care of Yin Moshu, do you need me to do something?

(t/n Take care- bāoyǎng, provide someone or some people for your own use; be a sugar daddy)

Looking at his proficient tone, he must have done bad things for the original owner before.

Also, why do so many people think that he wants to take care of Yin Moshu?

Gu Jinmian coldly pressed the “Do Not Disturb” message.

After that, Gu Jinmian didn’t say a word the whole time.

When he didn’t speak for a long while, Yin Moshu shifted his gaze to him, just in time to catch a glimpse of his puffed up cheeks, as if he was pressing his tongue inside.

This series of actions just now made his hat crooked, and the brim of his hat covered the upper half of his face. Yin Moshu couldn’t see his eyes clearly, thus he just simply looked away after a few seconds.

The elevator reached the top floor and the doors opened.

Yin Moshu went out first.

Gu Jinmian stared at his back, and suddenly stepped forward and striked a fist Yin Moshu.

The speed and strength of the punch was completely unlike what this beautiful young master could do.

Yin Moshu turned his head to the right side, and saw the thin fist stretched out from the left side of his face. He squinted his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he bent his left arm to block it upwards.

While Gu Jinmian’s arm was blocked, he bent his right leg, his lower leg tensed, and he was about to push up his knee with strength. Yin Moshu flexibly sidestepped and grabbed his right wrist with one hand, and pushed him to the wall beside the elevator with his arm across his neck.

He stared at Gu Jinmian’s bright, moist eyes and asked, “Have you learned how to fight?”

Gu Jinmian nodded. Forgetting that Yin Moshu’s arm was still under his neck, his chin inadvertently poked on his arm, which was slightly cool and firm.

“Unconvinced?” Yin Moshu asked with a smile. Gu Jinmian didn’t feel any danger like before. The man smiled and said, like coaxing a child, “Don’t bother anymore.”

Gu Jinmian muttered, “I’m just trying, but it seems that I really can’t beat you, so I can rest my mind at ease.”

Yin Moshu raised his eyebrows slightly and retracted his arm. After casting another look at his neck for a moment, he bent down to pick up the hat that had dropped on the ground, dusted it and put it in his hand.

Gu Jinmian obediently wore it on his head again, still with a dull and paralyzed face.

After such a toss, when they arrived at the scene, other people had already arrived.

Although the top floor was theirs for the whole night, in order to finish shooting early, the filming crew didn’t waste time, they made preparations and started immediately after going up.

Gu Jinmian didn’t bother them, he moved to a small bench and sat watching.

Then his eyes fell on his wrist and stared.

A small bruise was formed, because his skin itself was sensitive, it was easy to bruise even when only touched a little.

But in fact, whether in the elevator or just now, Yin Moshu didn’t use any force.

However, that time inside the elevator, Gu Jinmian felt completely unable to struggle even though he didn’t use any strength. This feeling was probably like when the Monkey King was being crushed under the Five Elements Mountain, it wasn’t a question of whether he was capable or not.

(t/n Refers to the movie ‘Journey to the West’, where the Monkey King was crushed under Five Elements Mountain for 600 plus years as punishment for attempting to usurp the throne of heaven.)

Gu Jinmian studied kick-boxing for five or six years and knew a lot of fighting skills.

Even his Second brother’s bodyguards couldn’t keep him completely immobile like this.

At that moment, Gu Jinmian recalled that what suppressed him at that time was not strength, but the feeling of danger, in which he couldn’t tell exactly what.

And when they were outside the elevator, even though he couldn’t subdue Yin Moshu, he didn’t feel that nervous like before.

Why is Yin Moshu so strange? Why did he do that?

Gu Jinmian was puzzled for a while, yet figured it out again after.

Based on Yin Moshu’s experience, if he had no defense against people and could only easily accept a person’s approach, then he might have already fallen halfway.

Gu Jinmian thought a little bit distressed. Yin Moshu had been like a little lone wolf since he was a child. He ran and licked his own wounds himself, and when a person came out suddenly to approach and wiped his wounds, he would become nervous.

This may be his subconscious restless reaction, resisting the protection of others.

****

After more than an hour of shooting the advertisement, the PR manager brought over a midnight snack, and the director paused the shooting.

While eating the snack brought over by the butler, Gu Jinmian watched Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was quite happy at the beginning, probably because she saw the enthusiasm brought by the previous two hot searches to Yin Moshu. Yet after a while, her face suddenly turned annoyed, and she hurriedly excused herself to the director and left. She must have also seen the follow up of Bai Xinyu’s fans.

With his paralyzed face, Gu Jinmian stuffed a lamb chop into his mouth, and chewed it as if chewing the enemy’s meat, and sneered in his heart.

When he looked down, he noticed a table napkin next to his face.

Following the hand that held the napkin, he saw Yin Moshu standing behind him.

Gu Jinmian took the napkin with some embarrassment, wiped his mouth with it, yet did not find any stains on the napkin after.

Hmm?

“Place it on your lap.” Yin Moshu said with a smile.

Gu Jinmian blushed and immediately laid the napkin on his lap, pretending not to see the small stain of cheese on his leg.

“You did it?” Yin Moshu asked.

Gu Jinmian hummed twice.

Yin Moshu smiled helplessly. “Do you know whose fans those were?”

“I know!” Gu Jinmian took another bite of lamb chops, not caring about anything.

Of course he knew. He knew better than Yin Moshu. Not only did he know that those were of the ‘strong background Bai Xinyu’, but he also knew that he was the male protagonist, the son of luck in this world.

So what?

He simply wanted to stand on the opposite side of the protagonist.

He Bujin, if you have the ability, then send a lightning strike to kill him, because then maybe he will be split back to the original world.

Gu Jianmian ate like a little squirrel. His cheeks puffed, but he still had a cool expression on his face, appearing as if he was enduring something.

Looking at him, Yin Moshu seemed to see a little monkey holding a short and fat golden cudgel, climbing clumsily to the top of a ladder, standing up and arrogantly stabbing the sky with the said golden cudgel.

What else can be done?

“Yin Moshu, here, for you.”

Gu Jinmian called him and served him a plate of white truffle cheese bagels.

There was only one share of it, as the butler personally brought it for Gu Jinmian only. However, Gu Jinmian gave it to Yin Moshu, as well as a cup of warm camel milk.

“Drink it while it’s hot, or it’ll upset your stomach if you drink it cold.”

As he already had nervous gastritis, he should be paid more attention to.

Just like a child giving the best things to someone he likes, there would only be pure joy in his clean eyes, and would be devoid of any dark and utilitarian things.

Yin Moshu looked down at the bagel. He took it however, placed it in front of him again, and only took the cup of milk, and sat beside him. Then his gaze fell on the camel milk, his expression indistinguishable.

“Were you also responsible for that Gu’s Building support?”

“Not true, it was ordered by my Second brother!”

In the original book, it was his Second brother who drove Yin Moshu away. He just wanted to let his Second brother do something, but he didn’t expect his Second brother to be more active than what he had imagined.

Speak of the devil…

While they were talking, Gu Lifan who finally finished his work appeared.

Gu Jinmian’s eyes lit up. Here he comes, the local tyrant’s father who’ll give the identity of a spokesperson is coming!

When the president of the Gu Group appeared on the top floor, the director and staff were stunned.

Before the director could swallow the beef in his mouth, he stood up with a baguette in his hand, and the others also followed suit.

However, President Gu merely nodded to them, and his eyes were on the other side the whole time.

He came straight to his younger brother, and when he saw the dazzling man beside him, he showed a gentle smile, “You must be Yin Moshu, I’m Gu Lifan.”

Yin Moshu wanted to stand up but was stopped by Gu Lifan, “No need to be polite, no need to be polite, I only came to eat midnight snacks as well, let’s order whatever we want.”

As he said that, he also sat down at the small table and really started to eat.

Very casual.

Seeing this, Gu Jinmian and Yin Moshu also started to eat.

Gu Jinmian still wanted to give the bagel to Yin Moshu. Since Yin Moshu liked to eat light and sweet food, he would surely like this Alba white truffle bagel.

When Gu Jinmian was about to push it to Yin Moshu, he was stopped by the said person. He took the spoon used by Gu Jinmian, inserted it into the bagel, and placed it in front of him again.

The more Gu Lifan watched, the more satisfied he became.

He said, “That’s right, I have one more thing to do that’s why I came here.”

Gu Jinmian raised his head immediately. He’s finally saying it!

“Our Gu family would like to invite you to be the spokesperson for our O-Y jewelry.”

“Mmm-hmm!” Gu Jinmian nodded and looked at Yin Moshu happily.

However, he noticed that Yin Moshu didn’t even lift his eyelids.

He merely said, “It’s difficult to take on an important position.”

“Ah?”

“I can’t bring in sales, my fans are few and poor.” Yin Moshu said, “I don’t want them to spend money either, so let’s just not do it.”

Gu Jinmian:”……”

Gu Lifan was probably seeing such a star for the first time, and he didn’t know how to reply.

In fact, they were not short of sales.

Yin Moshu: “What’s more, you don’t get rewarded for doing nothing.”

He looked at Gu Jinmian, as if he wanted to say something.

However, Gu Lifan didn’t give him a chance.Yin Moshu’s words didn’t make him unhappy, instead it made him very happy.

He also looked at Gu Jinmian and gave him a wink.

Gu Jinmian, who was looked at by the two of them, was a little at a loss.

Gu Lifan sighed, “That’s right, you don’t get paid for nothing, how can a normal person accept what others give with a peace of mind.”

Gu Jinmian glared at his Second brother.

What the hell is his Second brother doing?

Though you are justified in saying so——

But you still shouldn’t have said that.

Yin Moshu was a bit resistant at first, and told him not to give him these things when they first met.

The first time may have been an accident. But just now, when the Second brother said of inviting him to be the spokesperson and talked about cooperation, Yin Moshu didn’t even raise his eyelids. Gu Jinmian was sure that Yin Moshu really didn’t want it.

Maybe he was dedicated to his work, as he said, he didn’t want to get rewarded for nothing, and he didn’t want to be sent to his door for nothing.

There could be other problems too.

Leaving aside these for the time being, the important thing was that his Second brother not only didn’t help him, but also put it out there, dragging his feet.

“However, you won’t get paid for nothing.” Gu Lifan said.

He looked very happy, “My brother wants to take care of you, this is what he should do, otherwise he will lose his reputation outside.”

Gu Jinmian: “?”

Yin Moshu opened his eyelids and looked at him. There was a smile in his eyes for no reason, making those auspicious eyes even more attractive, and then he asked slowly, “Young Master Gu, you want to take care of me?”

Just as Gu Jinmian was about to speak, he was kicked under the table by his Second brother.

He knew what the Second brother meant for doing this, and it seemed to make sense. Like this, he could treat Yin Moshu well, openly and aboveboard, and he would not be suspicious and defensive all the time for this reason that was consistent with the original owner’s design.

However, something’s not quite right.

Gu Lifan kicked him again, signaling to him that Yin Moshu was still looking at him and waiting for his answer.

Gu Jinmian: “Yes, right?”