☆, Chapter 52: True Face
Gu Lan had no objection to this and said, "Okay, Dad, I understand. Although I know you didn't come here to ask for my opinion, I still have to say that I have no objection."
"Yeah." Father Gu responded. He had guessed it as well.
"Then..." Gu Lan's voice was a little hoarse. "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first. I'm packing my luggage now. I have to catch a flight soon."
"Okay, then hang up." Father Gu tried his best to appear calm.
"Dad, Mom, you must take care of your health..." Gu Lan couldn't help but remind them, and then quickly hung up the phone, fearing that she would cry if she said another word.
Watching the phone screen return to the desktop, Gu Lan stared blankly, not coming back to his senses for a long time.
Until Chen An's voice came from the bedroom door.
"Who is Lan talking to on the phone? Is it the home number?"
Gu Lan finally came to her senses. She put her phone back into her bag and continued to pack the clothes on the chair into the suitcase with a cold tone.
"So what if it is? So what if it isn't? You seem to be very concerned about my family's affairs?"
"What are you talking about? Isn't it normal for me to care?"
Chen An walked over, bent down in front of Gu Lan, and gently placed one hand on her shoulder.
"Alan, are you still angry about what happened yesterday?"
"I've been in a bad mood lately, so I spoke to you a little harshly. I apologize. It was all my fault."
"No need." Gu Lan pushed his hand away and stuffed the shoes with dustproof film into the suitcase.
Chen An looked at her indifferent look and the corners of his mouth twitched.
He tried his best to suppress the irritation in his heart, squatted down in front of Gu Lan, maintained a gentle expression and tone, and continued to speak coaxing words.
"I really didn't mean to do that yesterday. You know I've been having a lot of bad luck lately. I got fired from the hotel, I'm looking for a job every day, and I'm also moving. I'm really busy."
"I admit that I have a temper, and I accidentally vented my pent-up emotions on you. I'm not a perfect person either. Can't you tolerate my occasional little temper?"
Chen An has always been very skillful in speaking. He also often reads some psychology books, and his main point is to win over the heart.
Instead of simply apologizing and being humble, he used his imperfections to explain his true nature that he accidentally exposed yesterday.
In fact, it wasn't just yesterday, even now, Chen An had almost lost control of his irritability and slapped Gu Lan a few times.
But he knew he couldn't, because he had just eavesdropped on Gu Lan's phone call in the bedroom and knew that the call was from the Gu family.
This is very important to him.
Ever since Gu Lan broke up with the Gu family, life for both of them seemed to have never been smooth.
Gu Lan first moved out of the villa and lived in his apartment, then resigned from Gu's Hotel and sent out resumes to look for other jobs.
Gu Lan has a good education and work experience, but after all, he is young and does not have much qualifications, nor has he found a job with a very good annual salary. He just started as a manager in a foreign trade company, and the money he earns is enough for him to spend if he saves a little.
Gu Lan's life as a whole has not changed much.
Chen Anke was in trouble.
Ever since Gu Lan left the hotel, the hotel staff, either under the instructions of the Gu family or because they knew that Chen An had fallen out with the Gu family, no longer treated Chen An the same way they treated the future son-in-law of the Gu family before.
Some people even began to deliberately oppose Chen An.
Chen An himself is not a particularly talented person. The reason he was so successful was simply because he was relying on Gu Lan's influence.
Now that Gu Lan is gone, his relationship with his colleagues has become very bad, and he no longer has resources from his superiors. Going to work every day has become a torture.
Just at this time, the landlord of the apartment where he lived sold the house and asked him to move out early.
Chen An had to find time out of his busy schedule to find another house, and then he started the busy moving process.
Gu Lan had just joined the company and didn't have much time, so Chen An had to take on most of the work by himself. He was busy and exhausted every day.
This led to him making frequent mistakes in his work at the hotel. After being complained by guests twice, he was actually fired by the human resources department!
Yes, he was fired by Gu's Hotel.
Although the human resources department listed his mistakes with reason and evidence, Chen An insisted in his heart that it was the Gu family who was taking revenge on him.
At first, he thought that Gu Lan was the daughter of the Gu family no matter what. Even if Gu's father and mother were angry for a while, they would always consider family affection after they calmed down.
However, as Gu Lan spent longer and longer periods of time away from home, the Gu family didn't even call to say hello, as if they didn't care at all about Gu Lan's life or death.
Coupled with being fired, Chen An finally realized that he might have been too naive.
Blood ties are very important to some people, but some people don't value them at all.
What's more, there are five children in the Gu family.
Gu Lan is not the oldest, nor the youngest, not the most favored, nor the male who can inherit the family business.
No matter how you look at it, it's not that important.
The Gu family may have really given up on Gu Lan.
Once he realized this, Chen An began to look down on Gu Lan.
He initially pursued Gu Lan only because of the Gu family's background. Without the aura of a wealthy family, Gu Lan was not a good match for him.
It is true that Gu Lan has a good appearance, but isn’t Chen An’s appearance also very good?
If Chen An just wanted to find a beautiful woman, it would not be difficult at all.
Gu Lan has a very strong personality. She is the kind of person who gets things done once she decides to do them. Therefore, she has high expectations of others. Her personality is completely incompatible with Chen An's, and she is the type of person that Chen An doesn't like at all.
The two began to have constant friction, and Chen An no longer coaxed, indulged, or pampered Gu Lan like before.
Even before yesterday's quarrel, there were already cracks in the relationship between the two.
Chen An became increasingly impatient with Gu Lan's perfunctory response. Yesterday, he exploded and said a lot of nasty things.
This was unbearable for Gu Lan, who had a strong sense of self-esteem. So, she packed her luggage and prepared to go on a business trip today.
Chen An originally didn't want to pay attention to her, but just now he heard that she received a call from the Gu family.
It's like a dead tree coming back to life after a twist of fate.
Having already paid so much and even lost his job because of it, Chen An was unwilling to give up just like that.
He wanted to make some more efforts.
Perhaps this phone call proves that the Gu family doesn't take Gu Lan so lightly.
He was too impatient before.
Chen An said a lot of nice things and used all kinds of psychological tricks, and finally coaxed Gu Lan into loosening up a little.
"Okay, you don't have to say it. I know you haven't been in a good mood recently."
Gu Lan put the last item into the box, closed the lid, and stood up carrying the box.
"I was a bit extreme yesterday, but let's just let it go and not mention it again."
Although she was relaxed, she was not as close to Chen An as before.
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