condition

Not only did I enter the hypnosis state quickly, but I also woke up half an hour earlier than expected.

When Lu Yushi slowly woke up, Gu Nan was sitting on the edge of the bed, her hands supporting her chin as she stared intently at his face.

Suddenly meeting those slightly misty eyes, I was momentarily embarrassed and didn't know what to do.

She secretly glanced at Lu Yushi and found that Lu Yushi was also a bit "busy".

Feeling awkward around Lu Yushi, she suddenly felt much better and decided to deliberately tease him. Her smile lasted less than five seconds when she caught a glimpse of a certain protruding area out of the corner of her eye.

Now I finally understand why Lu Yushi was embarrassed.

She covered her face, cleared her throat, and tried to break the strange atmosphere that surrounded them.

"It's...it's normal, don't be shy."

I don't know why, but it feels even more solidified.

She realized her tone was off and changed to a more firm one: "It's just a normal physiological phenomenon."

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere not only froze, but also became somewhat suffocating.

Gu Nan was reckless and didn't care. It wasn't her who had the reaction, so why should she be embarrassed?

"I'm leaving."

"Wait a moment."

Gu Nan was at her wit's end. What were you waiting for? Were you waiting to see me relieve myself here?

wrong!

She turned around alertly: "You're not planning to use me to solve this, are you?"

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she seemed to have a slight darkening in her expression when she saw Lu Yu.

"Let's talk."

Gu Nan couldn't help but glance at a certain unscannable area, her eyes darting left and right, unsure where to look: "...Isn't that inconvenient?"

Lu Yushi's face turned completely dark; this time it was definitely not a hallucination.

Gu Nan touched the tip of her nose, silently turned around and walked to the fish tank to admire it: "The fish are well taken care of, they can all swim."

A low chuckle came from behind.

Gu Nan closed her eyes and slapped herself, silently cursing, "What are you embarrassed about? What's there to be embarrassed about? When someone greets you, shouldn't you return the greeting and shake hands?"

Even if he's the second brother, so what?

She stared intently at the fish tank, on the verge of tears, her second brother was beyond help.

She's still a virgin, what's the point of her greeting her younger brother first?

How can I face other people's younger brothers in the future?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She wished she could bring the police chief over and feed him all the messy thoughts about her younger brother.

"Please sit down."

Gu Nan turned around; her second brother was gone.

She breathed a long sigh of relief, but inexplicably felt ashamed to meet Lu Yushi's gaze.

"What do you want to talk about?" she asked, her eyelashes lowered.

Lu Yushi stared at her quietly for a while: "I don't remember offending Miss Gu anywhere."

"Hehe," Gu Nan chuckled awkwardly, "I didn't offend you, did I?"

Lu Yushi remained silent, staring directly at her without comment.

Those eyes seemed to hold a thousand needles, or perhaps they contained countless willow catkins and fluff, drifting down onto her body and seeping into her heart. Gu Nan deeply understood what it meant to be restless.

Since she was in the wrong, she decided to strike first.

"What do you mean? You suspect I bought the trending topics?"

"I had doubts before."

"Now you're clearing my name?" Gu Nan snorted coldly, lecturing, "Have you heard that saying? Once suspicion arises, a crime is established."

Lu Yushi moved his lips and said, "Yes, you are now guilty."

But without evidence, he didn't say it aloud. He tapped his index finger lightly on the table, the soft tapping sound like the drumbeats of a battlefield urging people to fight.

“You’re very smart, so between us,” he paused, the drumbeats fading, “there’s no need to lay it all out.”

Gu Nan pursed her lips. It's so hard to talk to you rich people: "Speak like a human being."

"Do me a favor."

"Do I look like I'm doing charity work?"

Lu Yushi finished speaking slowly, "You name your terms."

Gu Nan's expression immediately changed, and she moved closer like a brother. Although Lu Yushi dodged back and forth as she approached, it did not dampen the excitement in her eyes.

"Three conditions."

"explain."

Gu Nan: "I'm not sure yet."

After he finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence again.

Gu Nan swore to God that she really didn't mean to upset Lu Yushi this time.

The uncertainty is false; the real reason is something that cannot be said.

She had originally planned to say five, but fearing Lu Yushi might disagree, she changed it to three at the last minute.

It is estimated that I will need to offend Lu Yushi a total of three times in the past, present and future.

She used him once when she was pretending to be Lu Yu's fiancée, once when she was trending on social media for negative reasons, and she will have to use him again in the future.

Given Lu Yushi's underhanded methods, she felt it was necessary to prepare three life-saving measures in advance should these three matters become known.

"I really can't go any lower," Gu Nan said awkwardly. "You just wronged me. I think that alone is worth at least two conditions."

"Heh." Lu Yushi suddenly laughed, but it didn't sound very pleasant; it was more like... a laugh born of extreme anger?

Gu Nan was torn between whether to change it to two, and also between which event to abandon.

The first two have already happened; they're set in stone. Even if the nails are removed, the marks remain, and she can't change them.

The last point is her purpose in approaching Lu Yu. Since they've already reached the point of negotiating terms, she's even less likely to change her mind.

"make a deal."

Gu Nan was stunned for a moment, all the thoughts in her mind were swept away by these two words.

I looked up abruptly and met a pair of deep eyes. The dark pupils gleamed with a profound light, showing neither the indifference of our first meeting nor the weariness and impatience of our time together.

Her heart skipped a beat, making it impossible for her to find the right words to describe it.

"OK."

Gu Nan then asked, "Do we need to draw up a written agreement or something? I have a lawyer friend..."

“Miss Gu,” Lu Yushi interrupted her, “if I wanted to break the contract, what do you think a written agreement could do to me?”

Gu Nan gritted her teeth, annoyed.

I'll fight you rich and powerful people to the death.

"Speak, what do you want me to do?"

"The AI ​​system under the Lu Group has been attacked by the Shen family. We would like to ask Miss Gu to find someone to fight back."

"It's nothing."

"And find the person who attacked the system."

Gu Nan pursed her lips. "Looking for me?"

Am I supposed to find myself?

This is a horror story, and what's even more terrifying is that she was supposed to make four conditions, how could she forget that?

What do you need someone for?

Lu Yushi shifted his gaze, his expression indifferent, seemingly not wanting her to ask too many questions.

Gu Nan forced a strong stance: "If you resort to underhanded tactics, I don't want to be an accomplice."

"I won't let you do it; you don't need to think about it."

Gu Nan stiffly looked away.

My heart screamed, "But you're going to lay a hand on me!"

She silently comforted herself, since she was now by Lu Yushi's side, and it was a case of the darkest place being under the lamp.

How can something that isn't the most dangerous place be the safest place?

"oh."

"Any more questions?"

"have."

"explain."

When Gu Nan looked at Lu Yu, she held up one finger and said weakly, "Can I add one more condition?"

Lu Yushi remained silent.

Lu Yushi looked away.

Lu Yushi picked up his water glass and took a sip.

Lu Yushi...

Forget it, I'm not watching anymore.

He didn't speak for a full minute, which was probably a silent refusal.

Gu Nan stood up: "Then..."

"cannot."

Gu Nan pouted. "You've been pondering for a whole minute over just two words? How come you're not exhausted?"

"However, we can exchange them."

Gu Nan's eyes darted around: "What do you mean?"

Lu Yushi's gaze swept over her from head to toe: "You can trade me what you have. If I think it's acceptable, I will naturally agree."

Gu Nan squinted: "Don't use your eyes to rape me."

Lu Yushi scoffed, "I don't lack women."

Gu Nan's tongue swept across her gums, her eyes full of disdain: "Proud my head, you filthy thing!"

Do I look like I'm lacking in men?

How do I know if I have anything you need?

“When I agreed to your three conditions,” Lu Yushi said with a deep look in his eyes, “I don’t know.”

Gu Nan: ...

After a moment of eye contact, Gu Nan said, "You'd better not ask me to hypnotize you again, or I'm afraid I might strangle you while you're sleeping."

After saying that, he strode to the door, too lazy to take his hands out of his pockets, and kicked open the study door.

With a loud bang, the door panel collided violently with the wall, the sound like thunder, causing the surrounding air to tremble.

Hearing the noise, the assistant hurried over, only to see Gu Nan's departing figure and Lu Yushi's cold and stern face in the study.

He leaned against the doorframe, desperately asking the heavens, "If he is guilty, let the law punish him, not..."

"What is it?" Lu Yushi asked, a hint of impatience in his eyes.

Sun Qian gritted his teeth and forced himself to go inside.

He mentally gave Gu Nan the middle finger—Gu Nan, I will never forgive you!

He spoke hesitantly, "Should we remove the trending topic as soon as possible? The chairman just sent someone over to ask."

Lu Yushi was engrossed in his work and didn't pay attention: "What is it?"

"Why not remove it from the trending topics? The Shen family's stock price has soared, and Xingzilou's popularity has also increased." Sun Qian tried to turn the harsh words he heard into statements, "Why did you antagonize Xingzilou and push Xingzilou to the Shen family?"

Lu Yushi scoffed coldly, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

Xingzi Lou is no pushover, and he's quite clever.

Xingzilou developed too quickly. No matter which of the five major families it became close to, it would be watched by the other four. Therefore, in recent years, it has kept to itself and the five major families separate.

The Xingzilou residential complex in the western district didn't win, but in the end, it didn't lose either.

If we were to compare them thoroughly, it seems that he lost, earning the reputation of shooting himself in the foot.

"Xingzilou is unlikely to cooperate with us, nor is it necessarily sincere in its flattery of the Shen family."

"That's quite right."

Before the person even arrived at the door, their voice entered first.

As Qiu Jingxun walked, he took off his coat and tossed it to Sun Qian. He then unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt, leaned back on the sofa as if they were old friends, and deliberately kept everyone in suspense: "Guess who I saw in Huai Shi."

Sun Qian finished putting on her clothes, secretly rolled her eyes, and replied, "The owner of Xingzilou and Shen Ming."

Qiu Jingxun shook his head, ignoring Sun Qian, and stared intently at Lu Yushi, waiting for him to speak. He continued to keep him in suspense: "A key figure, guess?"

The study was quiet for half a minute before Lu Yushi looked away.

"Sun Qian, see the guest out."

...

Qiu Jingxun paused for a moment. That was the only bad thing about Lu Yushi; he was always serious and rigid, like a work machine without any emotions. Sometimes he even wondered if Lu Yushi hadn't been born with all his three souls and seven spirits, leaving his seven emotions and six desires in the womb.

"The person who had dinner with Shen Ming was not the owner of Xingzilou, but Gu Nan."