Chapter 56
Gu Chen was used to taking baths, and he did not change his habit tonight. He relaxed in the bathtub, looking at the quiet night view through the single floor-to-ceiling window.
The moon rises in the east, outlining the rolling mountains on the horizon. The distant mountains are indeed as dark as ink.
On a moonlit night like this, if you are in a good mood, you can actually have a few drinks.
But today he finished his bath early, put on his bathrobe and went out, looking at Li Tingqin who was waiting while doing his work, and said, "Go ahead, Mr. Li."
Li Tingqin felt that a long time had passed. He looked up at Gu Chen, whose hair was dripping with water, and said, "Ah Chen, let me help you blow dry your hair first."
"It's almost ten o'clock. In order for us to go to bed on time tonight, you should take a shower first, Mr. Li." Gu Chen took out the hair dryer and started to blow his hair.
Li Tingqin didn't force it and said, "Okay."
As soon as he walked into the bathroom, although the water in the bathtub had been drained, he could still feel the warmth from the previous person's bath in the entire bathroom, filled with the fragrance of the bath ball, and even... it was the one he usually used.
But Li Tingqin took a look at the bathtub and restrained himself from looking away. He chose to take a shower.
Gu Chen had just finished blow-drying his hair for less than two minutes when he noticed Li Tingqin had already come out drying his hair. He raised his eyes and asked, "So soon?"
"Yeah." Li Tingqin sat down beside the bed.
Gu Chen asked, "Do you want me to help you blow it?"
Li Tingqin said, "No need. Isn't it already 10 o'clock? Ah Chen, you should go to bed first."
So Gu Chen handed him the hair dryer, yawned lazily, and said, "Okay, I'm going to sleep."
Seeing the white wrist in front of him, Li Tingqin finally grabbed his wrist. He took the hair dryer and put it down. He turned over and pushed him back to the bed with the wrist in his hand and kissed him deeply.
The water drops from the ends of the hair fell on Gu Chen's face, neck, and collarbone... The warm skin that had just taken a shower was stimulated by the cold water drops and trembled physiologically.
Li Tingqin gently wiped the water droplets off Gu Chen's body with his fingertips. Gu Chen had a clear and cold white skin, while Li Tingqin's skin was a little honey-colored. When Li Tingqin wiped, he saw the obvious contrast in skin color between the two.
Seeing Li Tingqin's increasingly deep eyes, Gu Chen held his hand, stopped his movements, and said with a smile: "Boss Li, if you don't let me go, your hair will drip more and more water, and you won't be able to wipe it clean."
Li Tingqin let him go and whispered, "Ah Chen, this is a goodnight kiss, go to sleep."
Li Tingqin sat up, turned his back to him, and started blow-drying his hair.
Gu Chen lay on the bed, supporting his head with his side, looking at his back, and always felt that Mr. Li's body was very tense.
However, Mr. Li's character was still reassuring. Gu Chen put down his hand, buried his head in the pillow, and listened to the whirring sound of the hair dryer at night. After a while, the sound of the hair dryer stopped, and the room returned to silence. A corner of the thin quilt in early summer was lifted, and the body temperature of another person appeared beside him.
Gu Chen was still a little uncomfortable with sharing a bed with someone else, but it seemed that because the two of them always shared the same scent of toiletries, he felt familiar with the smell and fell asleep quickly.
The next day, when he woke up, he found that he was already in Li Tingqin's arms. Their bodies were pressed tightly against each other, and the early summer pajamas were thin, so he could feel each other's muscle lines, as well as... some normal physiological phenomena.
But Li Tingqin was probably tired from the long journey and had not woken up yet. Gu Chen also felt that it was not easy for him to work around the clock, so he did not wake him up. He simply lay in his arms and relaxed for a while.
However, something was so obvious that one had to pay attention... and the more he noticed this problem, the more embarrassed Gu Chen became to move.
Ahem, Mr. Li works overtime every day, but he is still so prosperous... It's really not easy.
It was still a little hot for the two of them to lie close to each other in early summer. Gu Chen felt hotter and hotter as he slept. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and tried to quietly take away Li Tingqin's hand from his waist.
However, as soon as he moved, Li Tingqin woke up.
Li Tingqin slowly opened his eyes, felt the sunlight coming through the gap in the curtains, and asked, "Ah Chen, what time is it?"
Gu Chen didn't even check the time, but said lazily, "It's probably almost 8 o'clock."
Hearing the time, Li Tingqin came to his senses and asked, "It's so late? Ah Chen, aren't you going to get up and exercise..."
Gu Chen said, "It's okay, just lie down for a while." In fact, if there is nothing to do, it would feel quite leisurely to just lie there doing nothing in the morning.
Only then did Li Tingqin feel something strange in his body, and since they were still so tightly pressed together, Ah Chen must have been able to feel it as well... His Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
For the first time, Li Tingqin felt a little embarrassed. He tried to let go of Gu Chen as if nothing had happened, but he bumped into Gu Chen's body again during the action and found that Ah Chen also...
Gu Chen was accidentally touched by Li Tingqin and trembled slightly, but he said lightly: "It's okay, this is normal for two healthy men in their twenties." If President Li didn't have any, it could only mean that staying up late had damaged his health.
Li Tingqin didn't know what to say for a moment: "Ahem..."
Gu Chen continued to rest his head on Li Tingqin's strong arms and said calmly: "Let's all lie down for a while, it will be fine in a while."
Li Tingqin said: "...Achen, are you sure?" If they continue to lie in each other's arms like this, it might take a while for them to get better.
But even though they lay there for a long time, they still enjoyed a leisurely and relaxing morning.
After getting up slowly, the two of them ate breakfast together slowly. Gu Chen said, "Should we prepare to move in the next two days?"
Li Tingqin said, "We really need to get ready. How about we stay in Yi Garden on weekdays and go up the mountain on weekends?"
Gu Chen said, "Sure, the garden is well maintained, and you can live here for a long time. There's no need to run around all the time."
Li Tingqin said, "It's up to you. I'll adjust my schedule to yours." Now he really wouldn't persuade Ah Chen to go out and find something to do. He understood that Ah Chen wanted to rest, he really wanted to rest. Even the relaxing and leisurely atmosphere this morning made him want to retire early and rest with Ah Chen.
Gu Chen nodded and said, "Okay."
The two of them slowly prepared to move. However, everything on both sides was ready, and there was nothing to move. It was just that Yiyuan needed to be cleaned up quickly, and everything that needed to be furnished was put in place, and finally the people could be moved over.
So the whole morning was wasted in such a leisurely manner.
But Gu Heng was not so lucky. He went to Shili Environmental Protection early in the morning and waited in the reception room, waiting for Mr. Zhang to talk to him about the "contract".
It was not until almost noon that Mr. Zhang "had time" to see him. Gu Heng looked at the price on the contract and his face twisted for a moment, but when he saw the envelope with photos in Mr. Zhang's hand, he endured it again.
Mr. Zhang looked at Gu Heng's expression, put the envelope next to the contract, and said, "Mr. Heng, if you have no problem, let's sign the contract?" He didn't care whether he would offend the Gu family or not. They would be integrated in two years anyway. If he didn't make some money now, when would he make money?
Gu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's sign it." It's just a little over 200,000 yuan a month in garbage disposal fees. The contract is for two years. He can use his own pocket money to pay for it in these two years, and then collect some money from other places, and he should be able to get it.
After signing the contract, Gu Heng couldn't wait to open the envelope and take out the photos. However, the photos taken at the venue did not show close-ups and the people were relatively small. At first glance, apart from Li Jiashu, there were few people he recognized on the photos.
He looked at it for a while, and could only hold up the photo and ask Mr. Zhang, "Mr. Zhang, which one of them is Mr. Gu?"
Mr. Zhang pointed to him and said, "That's the one next to Boss Li."
Gu Heng stared at the young man next to Li Jiashu, who was dressed in a suit and gold-rimmed glasses. He was indeed very impressive, but... why did he look a little familiar?
Recalling the scene of that day, Mr. Zhang still has lingering fears. He sighed: "Don't look at his young age, but he is very capable. The bosses of Tonghai and GH all want to recruit him as a consultant."
"Mr. Heng, why are you looking for Mr. Gu?" At this point, Mr. Zhang was really curious. After all, Gu Heng was willing to spend such a huge price to sign such a contract just for Mr. Gu's photo. There must be some explanation behind it.
But after looking at Gu Heng for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why. However, this person's aura is indeed strong. Just by looking at a photo of the venue from a distance, you can feel his aura that overwhelms everyone else. The rumors do have some truth. Maybe... he is indeed a young talent in the circle? I have met him at a social event?
Gu Heng was too embarrassed to say such things as clan reunion to others, but he also wanted to pave the way for their clan reunion later, so he said vaguely: "This young Mr. Gu may be a distant relative of our family. I haven't been able to contact him for many years. I just heard about him recently, so my father asked me to look for him."
Mr. Zhang curled his lips secretly, feeling somewhat disdainful. The Gu family was really shameless. They claimed that a person with the surname Gu was their relative? Judging from the Gu family's style of doing things, if there was a capable person like Mr. Gu in the family, wouldn't they make it known to everyone? Why did they need to spend so much money to find a photo?
So Mr. Zhang said: "So that's how it is! Then, Mr. Heng, do you know Mr. Gu's name? To be honest, everyone wanted to know it that day, but Mr. Gu was too mysterious." It would not be a bad thing to find out Mr. Gu's name from Gu Heng.
Gu Heng faked a smile and said, "Uh...it's not convenient to disclose." If he knew, would he still try every possible means to find the photos?
"Really?" Mr. Zhang was even more certain that the Gu family didn't know Mr. Gu at all and they were just here to make friends.
At this point, Mr. Zhang lost interest and his attitude turned cold. He stood up and said, "Then please go ahead. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."
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Gu Heng couldn't figure out what was going on. Searching for pictures online didn't give him any clues either. These environmental protection companies also didn't know anything. How should they check the identity?
Gu Heng had no choice but to take the photo back home. He made several copies and handed one to Gu Zhongmao and Gu Kang respectively, saying, "Father, big brother, I found the photo, but this young Mr. Gu looks very familiar to me. Have you seen him somewhere before?"
When Gu Zhongmao and Gu Kang saw the photo and the circled figure, they immediately had the same feeling: the figure looked familiar, very familiar. But when they tried to think about where they had seen such a dignified person, they seemed to have no idea where they had seen him.
Gu Zhongmao said: "This person's appearance is very familiar, but this temperament... I don't think I have seen anyone with this temperament in the circle. If I had seen him, I would definitely remember him."
Gu Kang also agreed: "Indeed, such an extraordinary demeanor will leave a deep impression on people once they have seen it." Who knows who he looks like...
Looks like? Gu Kang looked at him carefully again, and suddenly had a ridiculous idea. He said, "Father... don't you think... this person looks very similar to Xiao Chen?"
"Are they very similar?" Gu Zhongmao and Gu Heng took another closer look. Gu Zhongmao said, "They seem a bit similar?"
But his tone was doubtful. The impression he had of Gu Chen was that he was timid, with his head lowered and his shoulders hunched. As for what he looked like specifically... he couldn't remember it for a moment?
After all, Gu Chen was in boarding school when he was a child, and he had never visited her. He also hadn't seen her when he was in college in another city. It was not until he started working with the Li family that he wanted to find a child for marriage. However, all the children in the family were very outstanding, and he was reluctant to marry one of them to a man, so he brought Gu Chen back.
If he had to say how many times he had met him, it seemed that he had only met him once when he picked up Gu Chen and once when Gu Chen and Li Tingqin got married. He had given instructions over the phone for the rest, and he was not interested in talking to his son, who couldn't say a word for a long time. He had only met him twice in total, and now it had been three months since he last saw him. He thought it was normal that he couldn't remember.
So Gu Zhongmao said to Gu Kang and Gu Heng: "You can't recognize your brother, right?"
But Gu Kang and Gu Heng, like Gu Zhongmao, had only seen Gu Chen twice, and they felt the same way when asked to recognize him. At most, they could recognize a person by his temperament. If the person in the photo was still timid and had no sense of existence, they might have dared to guess that it was Gu Chen, but now with his overwhelming aura, they really didn't dare to recognize him.
Gu Kang suggested: "How about finding a photo of Zhang Xiaochen to compare?"
Gu Zhongmao said coldly: "Why don't you go quickly?" The guess that the "Young Mr. Gu" in the photo might be Gu Chen made him feel very uncomfortable.
But Gu Kang and Gu Heng searched everywhere and found that they didn't have any photos of Gu Chen at all, and Gu Chen didn't grow up in the Gu family, so it was impossible for him to have one.
For the first time, Gu Kang felt a sense of absurdity. Is it so difficult to find any trace of the existence of an invisible person who has never attracted anyone's attention?
Gu Kang didn't expect that even if he saw the photo, the question of who the person in the photo was would become a shadow of doubt in their minds. Gu Chen's phone was unreachable, and now this dilemma was really a thorn in their side.
However, news soon came out that President Li had spent a huge amount of money to build the Yi Garden, and he had finally moved in with his people.
Since we cannot answer the question of who Mr. Gu is for the time being, they can also answer this question first.
He moved in openly, with servants coming and going. It's not like Mr. Li has a mistress in his mansion, so he can always find out who is living with him.
Then they found out that this person was Mr. Li’s serious partner, Mr. Gu.
Gu Kang: “???” What does that mean? Is he talking about his brother Gu Chen? Then why did he stay in the mountains like a wild man and didn’t come down?
With a feeling of shock and speechlessness, Gu Kang guessed: "Is there a possibility that Li Tingqin was so obsessed with Xiao Chen that he hid her in the mountains when he went abroad and brought her out when he returned home?"
"As for the photo at the venue, I don't think Xiaochen, an unemployed finance undergraduate, has any negotiation skills. Is it possible that Li Tingqin dotes on him and deliberately lets him participate in this kind of negotiation to train himself and build momentum for him?"
"As for why people are bragging about Mr. Gu so much, it's just because Gu Chen's last name happens to be Gu, so he can be related to the mysterious Gu family. These companies are declaring that it was the mysterious Mr. Gu who achieved a win-win cooperation, which is better than letting the outside world think that they were defeated by a fool like Li Jiashu."
“And this photo…” Gu Kang threw the contract that his subordinates brought back to him into Gu Heng’s face and said angrily, “Idiot, of course it’s to cheat you out of your money!”
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