Chapter 179 Meet Again

"The young leader of the Gu family wants to have dinner with you," Yan Xingshi stared at her inquiringly, "Since you don't want to..."

Yan Chu's heart skipped a beat and he quickly changed his words.

"Wait, I'd like to go."

The previous resistance disappeared without a trace, and the voice even seemed a little abrupt because of the hint of urgency.

Now it was Yan Xingshi's turn to be stunned.

His puzzled gaze lingered for a few seconds on his daughter's sudden change of attitude, as if he wanted to learn something from her suddenly lit eyes and subtle changes in expression.

But in the end he didn't ask anything, just nodded calmly.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to pick you up tomorrow afternoon."

The dinner ended in silence as everyone had their own thoughts, but Yan Chu's heart was already fast forwarding to the dinner party tomorrow night.

Someone from the Gu family...could it be him?

After night fell, Yan Chu lay on his soft big bed, but he couldn't fall asleep. He kept thinking about the past with Gu Qinyuan in his mind.

She expected that person to be Gu Qinyuan, but she was also afraid that it was just a coincidence and she was overthinking it.

In any case, as long as they meet tomorrow, she will know whether it is him or not.

Until then, it's best not to have too high expectations.

The next afternoon, she dressed up carefully and was taken by a driver to an extremely secretive high-end members-only restaurant.

Yan Xingshi had been waiting at the door for a long time. He looked at her with a complicated expression and personally led her to the innermost private room.

However, just as Yan Chu was about to push the door open, Yan Xingshi stopped.

Yan Chu was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Yan Xingshi waved his hand, with a barely perceptible hint of helplessness in his tone: "Go in, I'll wait for you outside."

After all, the deal that person had agreed with him was to "meet alone."

Yan Chu was puzzled and could only push open the heavy door of the private room by himself.

The private room is spacious and elegant, with low-key and luxurious decoration, and the air is filled with a light fragrance.

Her eyes were instantly caught by the man in the main seat.

He was wearing a perfectly tailored black suit, which made his figure look even taller and superior. One button of his shirt collar was casually undone, revealing a hint of ascetic laziness.

The light cast deep shadows on his handsome face. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. Behind the lenses, his deep black eyes were staring at her without blinking. His gaze was as calm as the abyss, but with a powerful aura that seemed to see through everything and control the overall situation.

He just sat there, and the oppressive and noble aura emanating from him was almost suffocating.

Yan Chu's steps suddenly stopped, his heart pounding, and the name came out of his mouth:

"...Gu Qinyuan?"

The man stood up and walked around the dining table, gracefully pulling out a chair for her: "Miss Yan, please sit down."

Yan Chu sat down in a daze, his fingertips feeling slightly cold.

Is he Gu Qinyuan? That handsome, almost perfect face looks exactly like Gu Qinyuan.

The man placed an exquisite menu in front of her, and his magnetic and pleasant voice rang in her ears:

"What do you want to eat?"

He was so close that the crisp scent of cedar on his body almost enveloped her completely.

Yan Chu looked at the menu in his hand in a panic, but couldn't read a single word.

This face, this voice…it was him, yet it felt a little different.

Now he carries the noble temperament and powerful aura that belong to this world.

Finally, she couldn't help herself and raised her eyes to ask tentatively: "Have we... met before?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qinyuan raised the corners of his lips slightly.

He leaned over and approached her, almost forming a half-hug around her from behind, his warm breath spraying on her ears, and he spoke slowly in a low, magnetic voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Miss, we've only been apart for two months. Have you forgotten me so quickly?"

His slender fingers gently tucked a strand of disobedient hair behind her ear, and his fingertips brushed against her earlobe, causing a slight shudder.

"Or... do you need me to help you recall it carefully?"

The tone was slow and measured, carrying obvious hints and a heart-pounding tension.

All the speculations, anxieties, and grievances burst forth at this moment.

Yan Chu's eyes suddenly turned red. She turned her head sharply, almost bumping into his chin, her voice choked with sobs and accusations:

"Then why... why didn't you just tell me the truth? You left me those cryptic messages. Do you know how devastated I was? I thought you didn't remember anything. I thought you..."

Gu Qinyuan looked at her red eyes and slightly trembling lips, and his heart felt like it was pricked by the thinnest needle, causing a tingling pain.

"I'm sorry," he raised his hand to cover her face, "but at that time, I was only making guesses based on the book and my situation. I wasn't sure if death could really free me from that world, and I was even less sure if I could successfully return here. I didn't dare give you false hope. What if I failed..."

He paused, and gently stroked the corners of her red eyes with his fingertips, wiping away the moisture: "Then you will only suffer more."

Yan Chu's nose felt sore, and he turned his face away, not wanting him to see his uncontrollable tears. He muttered softly with a sobbing voice: "...Then you can't just abandon me like this... Do you know how I've been through this period of time..."

Gu Qinyuan watched her tears continue to flow, and the complex emotions of heartache and guilt surged repeatedly in his heart, and the last bit of self-control completely collapsed.

He reached out and grabbed the back of her neck, pulling her towards him without giving her any room to refuse.

The next second, the hot lips pressed down heavily.

It wasn't a gentle kiss.

Instead, it was an almost ferocious plunder, carrying with it the surging longing that had been pent up for two months.

He pried open her teeth and penetrated deep into her, as if to confirm her real existence through this kiss, to confirm that this was not another dream that made him heartbroken.

Yan Chu was caught off guard by this sudden kiss and subconsciously tried to push him away, but he held her in his arms even tighter.

His arms were wrapped tightly around her waist, so tightly that he almost rubbed her into his body.

Soon, the deep grinding turned into a soft and lingering kiss.

This kiss is no longer a farewell filled with despair and blood in the end of the world, but a ceremony full of real warmth to confirm each other's existence.

He carefully traced the shape of her lips and patiently guided her to exchange their breath, until Yan Chu became weak all over and could only rely on his arm around her waist to support herself.

After the kiss, both of them felt a little breathless.

Gu Qinyuan leaned over and gently pressed his forehead against hers. His eyes were as black as ink, with burning flames dancing in them.

He didn't say anything, but just stared at her deeply, and used his slender fingers to gently caress her lips that were swollen from his kisses over and over again.

The corners of Yan Chu's eyes were still wet, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she was crying because of sadness or because of his kiss.

He nuzzled hers affectionately, his voice unusually low and hoarse:

"Fortunately, I really found you, my eldest lady."