Gu Lianzhou decided to help her at the shareholders' meeting.

Since she trusts me so much.

Give her some insignificant little tasks to do, so she can stay at the company and stay by my side...

This would allow him to monitor her at all times.

Perhaps, that's a better choice.

"Then starting tomorrow, you'll go to work with your brother." He ruffled Shen Zhiyi's hair.

"Okay!" Shen Zhiyi smiled and threw herself into his arms. "Brother is the best!"

The ice in Gu Lianzhou's heart melted instantly in her embrace.

Even her expression softened a bit.

Shen Zhiyi clung to him almost all day long.

We squeezed next to him, watched him sign documents, and praised his handwriting as handsome and beautiful as he was.

When he held online meetings, she would sit obediently on the sofa not far away, resting her chin on her hands, staring at him with bright eyes.

Gu Lianzhou couldn't stand her stare.

He immediately instructed his secretary to come in and move a table and chair next to his large desk, and then tossed her some simple, non-urgent documents to look at.

"Look at the documents, not at me," he said coldly.

"Okay, I'll listen to whatever you say, brother." Shen Zhiyi sat on her small table, her face full of excitement, like a transfer student who skipped a grade.

She arranged the documents with great poise, adopted the demeanor of a model student, and pretended to start reading seriously.

But it didn't take long for it to reveal its true form.

She held up the documents to cover her face, and while Gu Lianzhou was working diligently, she secretly moved her head and peeked at him out of the corner of her eye.

Only after being caught did he lower his head and start "working hard" again.

Rubbing her eyes, she pitifully placed the documents in front of him and pleaded, "Brother, please explain it to me."

There was never a moment of peace.

Gu Lianzhou had never met such a clingy person.

But strangely—

He didn't find her annoying at all.

Sometimes, even he himself is surprised that he can be so patient.

He helped her explain those simple documents.

Again and again.

Undeterred by the difficulty.

Shen Zhiyi sometimes listened attentively, but most of the time, she just tilted her head and stared at him blankly.

Gu Lianzhou frowned and tapped her forehead with his finger.

"Distracted again?"

Shen Zhiyi clutched her forehead in pain and howled.

“My brother always looks at me with that foul face, and I can’t concentrate.”

Gu Lianzhou: ...

He coughed lightly and turned his head.

Don't make excuses for yourself.

Shen Zhiyi lowered her hand and suddenly stared blankly at his bobbing Adam's apple.

"What's wrong?" Gu Lianzhou turned his head and looked at her, somewhat puzzled.

"Brother, your tie is crooked."

Shen Zhiyi reached out and touched the skin on his neck, gently brushing it aside, and following the method he had taught her, helped him re-tie and straighten the knot.

Gu Lianzhou froze, like an animal with its reins on.

Her warm fingertips brushed against his Adam's apple.

He tightened his tie, gradually reducing his breathing.

Gu Lianzhou smelled the faint fragrance in her hair and felt her almost imperceptible breath brushing against the skin of his neck and cheek.

Suddenly I felt a little short of breath.

He grasped her wrist, his eyes darkening instantly, and even his voice became hoarse.

"I'll do it myself."

He pushed her away, turned to the side, and tidied himself up.

His slender fingers held the tie, yet he inexplicably wanted to loosen it and unbutton a few more buttons to let go of her breath that was gushing against his skin.

It was sticky and a little hot.

Like some kind of brand.

Some thoughts, before they could even surface, were suppressed by Gu Lianzhou.

...

That very night, his idea of ​​being a good older brother was overturned by his own actions.

That evening, Gu Lianzhou and Shen Zhiyi returned home together.

He escorted the person back to their room, gave them some instructions regarding the shareholders' meeting, and then went straight back to his own room.

He pushed open the door, saw the messy bed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

fine.

The maid hasn't come to clean today.

He walked to the bedside and saw the quilt that Shen Zhiyi had slept on, all wrinkled up, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Even on the side he hadn't lain on, there were some messy pressure marks.

Did she roll around on this bed after he left?

Is she still holding his pillow?

Gu Lianzhou thought of her messy sleeping posture, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. He reached out and smoothed the pillow.

He gripped the edge of the blanket with both hands, preparing to shake and tidy it up, when a familiar, sweet fragrance suddenly wafted out from under the covers.

It was the scent of gardenias that lingered on her.

His movements froze instantly.

For some reason, I suddenly don't feel like tidying up.

In the brief moment of his daze, something small seemed to fall lightly from the foot of the bed as he moved.

Gu Lianzhou frowned and looked over.

The next second, he was struck as if by lightning, his black pupils shrinking sharply!

It was a raspberry pink...woman's lingerie.

The colors are vibrant and the fabric is soft.

It also has a few cute little berry patterns hanging on it.

It's very bright.

Gu Lianzhou felt a buzzing in his head, and his blood rushed to his head instantly.

He turned around abruptly, his back to the garment, and his breathing instantly became heavy.

It's hers...

It can only be hers.

Gu Lianzhou clenched his fists so tightly that even the roots of his ears turned red.

She's such a restless sleeper; she must have taken off those clothes last night because she thought they were uncomfortable and was half asleep.

But they forgot to take it with them.

He couldn't let the servants see it.

It's even less likely... to ask her to come and take it away.

Both he and she would feel very awkward.

Gu Lianzhou turned his head slightly and saw the clothes that he had accidentally brushed to the ground, which were now probably covered in dust.

His Adam's apple bobbed heavily.

He got it dirty...

The thought struck him like a barbed lightning bolt, piercing his taut nerves.

A deep longing for a fleeting moment.

Hot blood surged and gushed through the throbbing veins.

Like an out-of-control volcano, spewing forth gurgling lava.

The lava was hot enough to scare people to death.

Gu Lianzhou's long eyelashes covered his face deeply.

I stood still and took several deep breaths.

He took a step with his leaden legs, walked over, squatted down, and picked up the piece of cloth.

He has to wash it clean.

He had promised her that he would take full responsibility for everything she did.

As an older brother, it's perfectly normal for him to help his younger sister with her laundry, isn't it?

Gu Lianzhou hooked the ribbon with his fingertips.

With a sharp, cold expression, she pursed her lips and walked into the bathroom...