Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Su Qianqian was having afternoon tea in her room, while Gu Chengyu was invited to his room by Zhou Yu'an under the pretext of "trying the new coffee".

Zhou Yu'an's suite is a wellness-themed room in the resort, with a simple and elegant style and a faint sandalwood scent in the air.

He stood by the small bar, slowly grinding coffee beans.

Instead of getting straight to the point, he started by saying casually, "South Bay does have a nice environment."

Gu Chengyu had no patience for beating around the bush. He casually leaned back on the sofa, his gaze sweeping over the sea view outside the window, and said in a flat tone:

"You didn't call me here to discuss this, did you?"

Zhou Yu'an fixed the ground coffee powder, slowly poured in hot water, and the aroma of coffee filled the air.

He looked up at Gu Chengyu and said, "Chengyu, haven't you been a little too reckless lately?"

Gu Chengyu raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue.

"The night of the Yunque gambling game, if I hadn't had people check everyone's phones one by one to suppress the news, your name and that Miss Su's name would probably have dominated the entertainment headlines by now."

"What will the families your mother's side, who are planning to arrange a marriage alliance, think when they see this?"

Gu Chengyu scoffed, completely unconcerned: "What they think, does it matter?"

Zhou Yu'an handed him the first cup of coffee he had just brewed, his tone still gentle:

"What about Chen Nian'an? She came to Nanwan today too, you should know that, right?"

Gu Chengyu took the coffee, took a sip, and thought, "Hmm, not bad."

He said casually, "So what if you came?"

Zhou Yu'an poured himself a glass, leaned against the bar, and looked at Gu Chengyu as he spoke:

“The Shen family, especially Shen Nian’an and her mother, are determined to get the position of the young mistress of the Gu family.”

"Moreover, she should be at the top of your mother's list of preferred marriage partners."

"If she knew you had such a beautiful woman by your side, given her personality, would she let it go?"

"If she's deliberately targeting you, how much damage can that delicate little girl you're protecting withstand?"

Gu Chengyu finally raised his eyes, his gaze filled with arrogance and disdain, as if he had heard a joke: "Targeting?"

He set down his coffee cup with a crisp sound, leaning forward slightly, his posture full of disdain.

"Chen Nian'an? She's nothing yet."

"What right does a potential marriage partner who doesn't even have a formal title have to cause trouble in front of me? What right do they have to interfere in my affairs?"

"Besides, whoever the young mistress of the Gu family is in the future, whether it's Shen Nian'an, Song Qingwan, or some other nobody..."

He stared at Zhou Yu'an and said seriously, word by word, "The first principle is that you must learn to bow your head in front of Qianqian."

"You can't put on airs in front of Qianqian, and you can't cause trouble in front of her. This has to be written into the prenuptial agreement."

Zhou Yu'an paused, holding his coffee cup, almost doubting that he had misheard.

He looked at Gu Chengyu in disbelief, as if he were truly meeting this friend for the first time:

"Chengyu, what nonsense are you spouting?"

His tone was absurd: "To make a noble lady, carefully nurtured by a powerful family, a daughter of a tycoon, bow down to a commoner girl with no background?"

"How is this possible?"

“Especially those families with elders from the last century, who are conservative in their thinking and value class face the most.”

"Doing this will only backfire and attract even more of their jealousy and targeting."