hunting

Sun Qian walked over from behind and whispered, "Miss Gu probably didn't mean to embarrass you. She seems to be very... very..." After struggling to find the right words, she squeezed out, "naive."

After saying that, without looking at Lu Yushi's reaction, he remained silent for a long time.

He had seen Gu Nan spout nonsense without batting an eye, and he found it unbelievable that such a person was so innocent.

Judging from Gu Nan's reaction, she probably wasn't deliberately talking nonsense in front of President Kang to get revenge on Lu Yushi.

Lu Yushi crossed his arms and stared silently at the empty corner. Unconsciously, he raised his hand to stroke his lips, the inconspicuous curve hidden by his fingertips.

He wasn't sure if she was truly naive, but she had most likely never kissed before, and she pressed her lips against his for a full minute.

He looked down and saw a pair of eyelashes trembling slightly. Beneath those eyelashes, a gaze was fixed intently on Master Wan, the eyeballs rolling around like a cunning and agile little fox on the hunt.

In that blank minute, he only felt that the eyelashes in his vision were extremely long, and the trembling arc was too great, making the touch of his lips feel itchy, and sliding into his heart with his breath.

"Mr. Lu?"

Lu Yushi nodded, following his gaze to the inside of his arm, where there was a clear teeth mark on his shirt, the fabric around the mark damp with saliva.

"Get me a shirt."

The footsteps faded into the distance. He waited a while, then walked to Master Wan's door, composed himself, knocked, and went inside.

Master Wan put down his teacup, gestured for him to sit down, and said with a mocking look in his eyes, "Among you young people, I've always felt that you and that boy from the Shen family are the least likely to get married. Shen Ming is too much of a playboy; good girls don't want to be with him. You're too clean-cut; girls don't like cold, unapproachable guys."

Lu Yushi walked over slowly and sat down opposite Master Wan.

These were not the reasons why Master Wan had come over, and he had no intention of responding, instead pouring himself some tea.

Grandpa Wan wasn't annoyed by talking to himself; he just chuckled and said, "Your grandfather was complaining to me the other day that it was too difficult to arrange your marriage."

The rushing water stopped for a moment. Lu Yushi's lowered eyelashes fluttered, and with a breath, the coldness in his eyes dissipated. Lu Yushi refilled the cup of tea and pushed it in front of Master Wan.

Master Wan stopped there, casually asking, "Which family's girl is she?"

"Unremarkable." Lu Yushi clearly didn't intend to discuss it further.

Master Wan glanced at him for a while, probably not wanting to offend him, so he wisely dropped the topic, gave his assistant a look, and took the file folder, playing with it in his hand.

The assistant left silently.

The door closed, and the smile on Master Wan's face vanished. He tossed the file folder around and said, "Old Shen asked me to give this to you and pass on a few words for him."

Lu Yushi took the file folder, casually squeezed it, and found a thick stack of documents.

“Shen Ming is a reckless person. The negative trending topics are definitely not the intention of the Shen family. The Shen family would never have anything to do with Xingzi Tower. He has already taught Shen Ming a lesson.”

Lu Yushi found it amusing; the negative trending topic was Gu Nan's doing, and this time Old Master Shen had wronged Shen Ming.

Master Wan glanced at the file folder, slightly raising his chin: "This is a donation agreement for the new TPU and GPU that the Shen family acquired from abroad. You know their value; it's not a small amount. Old Shen's intention is to consider it an apology to you. What do you think?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yushi calmly adjusted his cufflinks, letting the atmosphere in the room fall silent.

As expected, the Shen family invited Master Wan to act as a peacemaker.

Back in the day, Master Wan had friends everywhere and helped countless people. Apart from the Lu family, all the major families in Beicheng had received Master Wan's favor to some extent.

Although Master Wan doesn't have much influence in Beicheng, people still give him some face. The Lu family wouldn't stand out on trivial matters, especially since the Shen family was indeed wronged this time.

Lu Yushi put down the file folder, lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, then smiled indifferently: "I'll do whatever Uncle Wan says."

Master Wan clapped his hands and laughed heartily.

The stagnant atmosphere gradually dissipated.

"That's more like it." Having gotten the answer he wanted, Master Wan praised him generously: "Among your generation, let's not even mention that kid from the Shen family. None of the rest can compare to you. Uncle Wan has always known that you are the most outstanding and the smartest. You can understand Uncle Wan's good intentions."

We see each other all the time, and in my opinion, minor disagreements are inevitable. What's past is past. Uncle Wan knows you've been wronged; he'll have Old Shen treat you tonight to properly apologize.

"Um."

After seeing Master Wan off, Sun Qian closed the door, took out the agreement, glanced at it, and laughed sarcastically: "I really feel sorry for Shen Ming. I heard he even got beaten up. Is old man Shen going through menopause? He doesn't even believe his own son?"

On second thought, Shen Ming would probably rather be beaten than admit that he had been tricked by a woman, and maybe he didn't even explain it.

Given that Gu Nan had indirectly brought them benefits, Sun Qian suppressed his prejudice and sighed, "Speaking of which, we should thank Miss Gu."

Lu Yushi: "Where is she?"

“Downstairs.” Sun Qian glanced back at the closed door and lowered her voice. “President Kang said it’s Miss Gu.”

Lu Yushi lowered his eyes, his eyes curving slightly, the smile in his pupils not quite clear. "I understand. Let her go upstairs."

Before she finished speaking, Gu Nan tiptoed open the door and sneaked inside.

Their eyes met.

...

Lu Yushi: "Does Miss Gu have other enemies at the party?"

Gu Nan: "..."

Gu Nan pursed her lips tightly, swayed over to Lu Yushi, and stared intently at Sun Qian.

Sun Qian felt uncomfortable under her gaze: "Miss Gu?"

Gu Nan withdrew her gaze, her expression serious, and pointed at Sun Qian, asking Lu Yu, "Did he save your life?"

Sun Qian looked bewildered and didn't understand, but replied, "No."

Lu Yushi calmly shifted his gaze, his face clearly saying, "I'd like to see what nonsense you're going to spout."

"Eh."

Gu Nan sighed and sat down next to Lu Yushi. She hooked her long legs over the chair, put her feet up on it, and started pounding her calves to relieve muscle soreness.

She also couldn't understand why, given Lu Yushi's power, he couldn't even give the right guest list for a cocktail party.

Kang Shengtai came at the last minute, and his name wasn't on the list, but she tolerated it.

Why is the captain of the chess team not on the roster when he comes over?

When she turned the corner and saw Ye Xu's face clearly, she was more terrified than if she had seen a ghost.

Turning around, I saw Kang Shengtai's close friend there. Kang Shengtai was the one who had cheated me the most back then, and his close friend was the next worst.

Fortunately, Gu Nan has a good heart, otherwise a bottle of nitroglycerin wouldn't have been enough for her.

“Take my advice. If you really can’t bear to part with him, you can hire another assistant. It will help your illness.” Gu Nan solemnly turned her head. “I strongly suspect that at least 80% of your illness is caused by him.”

She pounded her calves and spoke with conviction. Lu Yushi stared at her opening and closing her mouth. After a while, his gaze slid down to the necklace around her neck.

The daisies are well protected, just like they were back then.

"Ugh, are you even listening to me?"

Lu Yushi: "You really like this necklace?"

Gu Nan casually touched the daisy and waved her hand dismissively, "Okay, okay, from now on you'll wear the matching necklace, alright, Young Master Lu?"

She muttered under her breath, "Such a big man acting all coy."

"Keep it on."

Sun Qian paused, her clear eyes now filled with surprise and inquiry.

Gu Nan: ...

You had no choice but to go?

"There's a dinner party tonight..."

Gu Nan stared cautiously at Lu Yu: "We agreed that the fourth condition would be exchanged for a cocktail party, but you didn't mention that it included a dinner party."

The two looked at each other, but Lu Yushi looked away first. His cautious eyes gleamed, making him look more like a little fox ready to bite at any moment.

“The dinner can be downstairs, but,” Lu Yushi smiled, “if it’s downstairs, Master Wan will be there.”

"you!"

Gu Nan's gaze was too aggressive, so Lu Yushi raised an eyebrow and took a step back: "Or I can grant you one more request."

"Really?" Gu Nan's eyes lit up. "Kill that old guy surnamed Wan."

"But we can't go too far," Lu Yushi said quietly.

"Then I'll save it for now."

"I've already promised you four empty checks, Miss Gu, don't push your luck."

Gu Nan, hands on hips, asked, "Are you sure you really want to give me this offer?"

Lu Yushi raised his eyes, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"You think it's going too far if I just mention one thing, how am I supposed to bring it up?" Gu Nan probed.

Sun Qian muttered to himself, fiddling with his fingers, "Killing Master Wan isn't going too far? Without Master Wan, the entire situation in Beicheng would be completely different."

"Then Miss Gu can only choose from the first two options."

Gu Nan clenched her teeth, stared at Lu Yushi for a while, then suddenly smiled, deliberately trying to annoy him: "Oh dear, I really didn't think of that." She then changed the subject, "How about... Young Master Lu be my boyfriend?"

"Can."

"Is this a trap?"

Sun Qian: ?

He suddenly felt his brain couldn't keep up. These two were talking at once, and they were already together?

Gu Nan asked in surprise, "You agreed?"

Lu Yushi stood up: "Let's go."

"Aren't you going to remain chaste for your arranged marriage partner? You'll be worthless when you break up with her, don't you understand? What if your fiancée finds out you're seeing someone else and then dumps you?"

“Miss Gu is quite considerate of my fiancée.” Lu Yushi stopped and turned around, a half-smile on his face. “So empathetic, has Miss Gu been someone else’s fiancée before?”

The moment their eyes met, all the words on the tip of her tongue vanished, and Gu Nan's heart suddenly raced, pounding against her eardrums.

The words "fiancée" coming from Lu Yushi's mouth gave her a fleeting illusion that she had been exposed on the spot.

She felt a sudden jolt in her heart, shut her mouth obediently, and followed Sun Qian out the door.

Turning my head, I saw a familiar figure.

"Bang!"

Gu Nan turned around and closed the door in one smooth motion.

Lu Yushi stopped in time, the two almost bumping into each other. His eyes were complicated as he looked at Gu Nan's still-shaken face, his cold voice sounding like he didn't understand: "Enemies everywhere?"

Gu Nan said coldly, "I need to change my clothes."

High heels and a formal dress were so inconvenient; she almost bumped into someone while closing a door. Besides, if she hadn't been wearing a dress and struggling, Lu Yushi might not have been able to hold her back.

Separated by a door, Lu Yushi called Sun Qian and asked him to bring over a set of clothes.

Gu Nan took a moment to look him over and noticed that he had changed his shirt. She couldn't help but click her tongue: "Even young ladies in ancient times didn't change their clothes as often as you when they went out."

Lu Yushi replied indifferently, "After all, no one bites the clothes of an ancient young lady."

"Tsk." Gu Nan tilted her head back and reached out to touch Lu Yushi's arm. "Let me see."

Lu Yushi remained silent, turning slightly to avoid Gu Nan's contact.

Gu Nan disliked coyness the most and reached out to pull it off: "When my conscience cries out, I won't... Hey, where are you going?"

Lu Yushi scoffed and pushed the door open to leave.

"Get a rabies vaccine."