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Just as their gazes converged at the door, a middle-aged man filled with dignity and vigor walked towards them step by step with steady steps.

Looking at the man's unfamiliar face, Gu Tong was still confused. She could only look at Si Yicheng, hoping that he would recognize him and explain things to her.

However, just as Gu Tong looked at Si Yicheng, she heard him coldly say, "Dad, why did you suddenly come here?"

Dad?

This special form of address from Si Yicheng startled Gu Tong. She instantly froze on the spot, as if she had been petrified.

After his father coldly sized her up, he then completely focused his gaze on Si Yicheng, no longer paying any attention to her.

"I'm free right now, so I'm flying home to check up on the company."

The priest slowly sat down in front of Si Yicheng. He had an expressionless face as he spoke in a very serious manner.

"Secretary Yang …"

Hearing the commotion, Yang Xianzi rushed over. He had planned to sneak away when no one noticed him, but he was called out by Si Yicheng just as he took a step back.

Even though he really didn't want to go in, under the immense pressure, he still braced himself and walked in with a stiff smile.

"Director." As soon as he entered the office, he immediately greeted his father and asked for instructions from Si Yicheng, "Director Si, what can I do for you?"

Si Yichen secretly patted the back of Gu Tong's hand and then said to Yang Zhaozhen, "Go and get the company's performance report for the latest quarter, as well as the related project information that we are currently working on."

"Yes."

Yang Zizhi put away his usual teasing and humorous attitude, and quickly went back to his work.

As he left, the room suddenly became quiet. The three of them fell into a strange silence and awkwardness.

Ever since she knew about her father's identity, Gu Tong had always lowered her eyes and didn't dare to look directly at him. However, Gu Tong had a feeling that her father was looking at her, or to be more accurate, sizing her up.

I am a junior, and he is an elder. Should I take the initiative to greet him?

But when he didn't approve, wasn't it a bit rude of me to start talking all of a sudden?

Or should I just quietly leave?

After all, they were going to discuss business in a while, and it didn't seem good for an outsider like me to stay here.

However, to leave without saying a word seemed to not look good.

Countless thoughts popped out of Gu Tong's mind, but they were eventually rejected one by one.

"I don't like to be present when discussing business."

While Gu Tong didn't know what to do, her father, who had only spoken a single sentence ever since she entered the sect, suddenly opened his mouth again.

Although his father's words did not refer to them by their surnames, the three of them immediately understood that the person who he spoke of was none other than Gu Tong.

Gu Tong, who had already felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, immediately felt a burning pain on her face when she heard her father's words. She immediately stood up from the sofa without any further politeness, wanting to escape as quickly as possible.

However, before she could even raise her foot, Si Yicheng, who was standing beside her, grabbed her wrist.

Si Yicheng stood up with her and completely ignored her father's angry gaze. He put his arm around her shoulders and bluntly said, "Gu Tong is my girlfriend. She is not some random person."

Gu Tong could clearly see that as soon as her father heard these words, his eyes blazed with anger.

However, after waiting nervously for a while, Gu Tong didn't wait for her father to get angry. She only heard a scornful sneer from him before she stopped talking.

Just when Gu Tong saw that the father and son pair's relationship had become a little tense due to her, and that they wanted to intervene, Si Yichen lowered his head and whispered into her ear, "Sit obediently beside me."

After that, Si Yichen held Gu Tong's hand and they sat back down.

Gu Tong originally wanted to insist on leaving, but seeing that the two juniors were whispering to each other in front of their elders seemed a bit inappropriate, she silently swallowed back the words that were in her mouth and obediently sat back down with Si Yicheng.

As soon as they sat down, Yang Xianzi, who was extremely capable, brought in all the documents that Si Yicheng needed.

Si Yi Chen didn't want his father to focus on Gu Tong, so he immediately took the documents and began reporting to his father.

It seemed as if his father really did come for official business. Ever since he heard Si Yichen speak, he no longer paid attention to Gu Tong. He didn't even glance at Gu Tong, instead wholeheartedly discussing business with Si Yicheng.

Although Gu Tong didn't utter a word throughout the entire process, like a transparent person, she didn't complain at all and just sat there quietly.

Her father hadn't been very friendly with her just now. She wanted to be good and make him change his mind about her.

Since she had decided to stay together with Si Yicheng and gave her entire body to him, she wanted to win the recognition and blessings of the other family members. Not to mention that the person in front of her right now was her most important father, her father. She didn't even dare to take a deep breath, afraid that she would disturb them.

Under Gu Tong's extreme restraint, after a long period of time, the conversation between Si Yichen and his father finally came to an end.

"Take these out."

This time, before Si Yicheng could even open his mouth, his father had already sent away Yang Zhui.

"Where is Miss Gu from? What is home? "

As soon as Yang Xianzi packed up his things and left, his father went straight to the point and asked Gu Tong.

Gu Tong didn't expect him to take the initiative to talk to her. After being stunned for a while, she honestly replied, "I'm from the city and my family runs a company. Although my reputation isn't as big as the Si Family's, I still have a small status in the city."

In order to make sure that her father didn't feel too proud of her, Gu Tong purposefully added the latter part of the sentence, hoping to gain a good impression of her.

However, his words were caught by his father.

"Since Miss Gu knows that Gu Shi Shi is not a match for Si Ma, then why do you have to do something unrealistic to force the two companies together? Even Miss Gu does not understand the principle of being a good person? "

The expression on his face darkened, and he mercilessly taunted Gu Tong while speaking in a harsh tone.

Gu Tong didn't think that her father would suddenly tell her this. Her face immediately turned green and white, looking extremely ugly to behold.

"Perhaps Miss Gu is still young and still daydreaming. However, let me advise you, our Si clan is definitely not a suitable choice."

Seeing that Gu Tong seemed to not be able to hold on, his father added a more straightforward sentence.