The next morning, Gan Tang went shopping at the mall like a puppet.
"Miss, you look beautiful today!" Yuan Biao praised sincerely as he stood by the car.
"Really?" Gan Tang smiled but didn't speak. Her eyes were swollen from crying last night, so she had to cover them up with thick powder and eyeshadow.
Upon arriving at the mall, Gan Tang didn't let Yuan Biao accompany her. She went to a restaurant to eat and to buy clothes at a brand-name store. At each store, she pretended to have transferred too much money or returned items, asking the clerk for cash.
Having raised approximately 20,000 yuan, Gan Tang walked towards the parking lot.
At that time, Yuan Biao was sitting in the driver's seat, munching on a sesame seed cake with a wronged expression. When he saw Gan Tang return, he hurriedly got out of the car and opened the car door.
Gan Tang got into the car and noticed the smell was a bit unpleasant. She casually asked, "Did you eat chives?"
"Miss, I'm sorry."
Embarrassed, Yuan Biao threw the hidden chive pancakes into the trash can and opened the skylight to air them out.
Gan Tang pretended to gag twice. Yuan Biao was so frightened that he stopped the car and bowed repeatedly: "Miss, I was wrong, I will never eat chives again."
These compliments and fears that she had grown accustomed to now filled her with utter disgust.
"It's none of your business. I probably drank too much last night and I'm feeling unwell. Take me to the hospital to get checked out!"
“Okay!” Yuan Biao immediately drove to the hospital. Gan Tang guided him to the hospital where Cao Yunbo was.
Cao Yunbo lay in the hospital room, and through the clear glass, his pale face, weak and uneasy, could be clearly seen.
"Nurse, how is he?" Gan Tang stopped the nurse who came out to change his dressing and asked.
"I got stabbed, it was a long wound, but not deep, but I bled a lot. You know, a grown man, bleeding a little is nothing, it's not like I didn't get anesthesia. I cried all night, didn't I feel ashamed?"
As the nurse spoke, she seemed to realize she shouldn't speak ill of him, and quickly asked, "What's your relationship to him?"
"I'm no one to him, I was just asking casually." If we'll be strangers from now on, what's the point of lingering? All she can do now is help him pay his medical bills.
When paying the bill, Gan Tang looked at the cash in her hand and saw it as a series of hideous heads emitting white smoke, filled with resentment.
Seeing her dawdling, the toll collector couldn't help but urge her, "Are you going to pay or not?"
"pay!"
The word "pay" makes her feel like she's become the executioner, but she's now penniless except for the money she's made through sin.
Gan Tang paid the money, picked up the payment slip, and fled as fast as she could. Instead of taking the elevator from the payment hall to the underground parking lot, Gan Tang climbed the stairs directly down.
Halfway up the stairs, the person, whose legs gave way, sat down on the steps and looked up at the sky, but there was no sky there. The oppressive staircase made it hard to breathe.
But do I have any other options now?
Gan Tang wiped away the tears that were about to fall, got up and left, when suddenly someone hugged her waist.
"Tangtang, are you crying?"
That voice sounded so familiar.
Gan Tang pushed Cao Yunbo away, and Cao Yunbo weakly bumped into the stair railing, wincing in pain.
"How are you?" Gan Tang hurriedly reached out her hand, and Cao Yunbo hugged Gan Tang tightly.
"Tangtang, don't push me away. I will die without you."
Gan Tang nestled in his arms and mumbled, "Do you know who I am now? There's no future for us."
"I don't care about the outcome, I only care about whether you're happy." Cao Yunbo confessed affectionately: "I know you'll marry a social elite or a group heir in the future, but you won't marry a poor boy like me. But no one will ever love you like I do, and I'm worried. I want you to be happy, even if I have to hide in the shadows for the rest of my life, even if you might abandon me at any time."
Gan Tang stared blankly at the man in front of her, not understanding his meaning.
Cao Yunbo touched Gan Tang's face and said affectionately, "Tang Tang, I don't want anything, I just want you to come see me every day. If you're willing, no one will know I exist."
You mean?
Gan Tang was still a little dazed when Cao Yunbo kissed her lips directly, teasing her gently. They had been together for a year, and the things they did most often were eating, watching movies, and holding hands; even their kisses were just brief, fleeting kisses on the cheek.
The two had never been so intimate before, and Gan Tang was so frightened that she pushed him away.
Cao Yunbo looked hurt. "Tangtang, don't you want to live a secluded life with me anymore?"
She once told him that her biggest dream was to make a lot of money, then escape the world and live a life like in a paradise. Cao Yunbo described her dream paradise to her little by little.
There are mountains and rivers, long rivers and sunsets, and also freedom and poetry.
Everything she had dreamed of completely shattered Gan Tang's strength. She buried her face in Cao Yunbo's arms and cried uncontrollably, "Yunbo, take me away, take me away!"
She didn't want to stay in that dirty world anymore.
"Okay, I'll take you away!" Cao Yunbo smiled with satisfaction.
...
After spending a long time at the hospital, Gan Tang decided to eat out. By the time she arrived at Lu's Group, it was already 2 p.m. She organized the acquisition documents for the three companies and went to the chairman's office.
Lu Zhengqian lay back in his office, looking exhausted. Dr. Mu Zi saw Gan Tang enter and personally fed Lu Zhengqian his medicine before leaving, reassured. Before leaving, she reminded Gan Tang not to stay too long, lest she disturb Lu Zhengqian's rest.
Is it because of the Zhu Zi Man Cheng Club incident?
Gan Tang nodded and sat down next to Lu Zhengqian. Feeling Lu Zhengqian's gaze, she lowered her head to avoid it. It had been a long time since she had felt fear in his presence.
The report on the acquisitions of the three companies was planned well in advance. Gan Tang was completely unprepared and her presentation was a mess. Lu Zhengqian didn't correct her, but simply asked at the end of the report, "Are you happy?"
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