Chapter 39 "Please listen to my excuses." How could a perfectly normal person...
The sound of footsteps faded into the distance in the hospital corridor.
Gu Zeming leaned against the hospital bed, his face frighteningly gloomy. His right hand was bandaged, and the wound at the corner of his mouth had been treated, but the sorrow seeping from within almost filled the entire ward.
Qin Shengya couldn't understand how a perfectly normal person could be ruined by a girl.
She sat on the edge of the bed peeling an apple, feeling extremely depressed.
Why didn't you fight back when Li Sen hit you?
"This isn't like you, brother. When have you ever let anyone beat you up?"
Gu Zeming didn't look up, his gaze fixed on his bandaged hand. "Compared to him hitting people, what I'm about to do is truly cruel and beastly."
Qin Shengya paused, the fruit knife in her hand still. "What do you mean?"
Gu Zeming didn't reply, but instead asked, "Is there anything you want to tell me about what happened today?"
Qin Shengya immediately felt embarrassed, stopping her half-peeled apple in her hand. "I just wanted to sound out Jiang Chuyu before you went abroad. Who knew that restaurant would catch fire? When bad luck strikes, even drinking water can be a problem. Luckily, no one was hurt in the end..."
"I didn't ask you for help." Gu Zeming's voice was indifferent, revealing no emotion. "Whether Chu Yu and I separate or stay together is between the two of us, and it's none of anyone else's business. This is a one-time exception."
"I just wanted to help, and you're so ungrateful!" Qin Shengya threw the apple and knife into the fruit plate, huffing, "Always rejecting other people's care and attempts to get closer, be careful you don't end up alone for the rest of your life!"
Gu Zeming glanced at her but didn't say anything.
Qin Shengya shivered at his gaze. She grabbed her bag and stood up. "Fine, I guess I was being nosy. I'm leaving!"
The door was closed, neither too hard nor too soft.
Gu Zeming finally raised his eyes, his pupils filled with an unfathomable darkness.
After a while.
He turned on his phone and dialed a number.
Upon hearing his voice on the other end of the phone, the person paused for a moment, then quickly chuckled, "Young Master?"
Gu Zeming skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point. "Assistant Fang, I'd like to speak with Qin Jiyuan."
"Okay, just a moment."
The phone was handed to Qin Jiyuan.
After a long silence, he slowly spoke: "Have you thought it through?"
Gu Zeming: "Mm."
Qin Jiyuan glanced at the acquisition proposal in his hand, sank into the leather chair, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Qin's is not a place you can leave and come back to whenever you want."
Gu Zeming: "ML Bluestar Group wants to acquire two patents from our team: a space intelligent robot and a rocket automatic recovery system, and to cooperate deeply with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for joint research and development. This summer, my team members and I will be interning at ML Bluestar Group... If I remember correctly, you have also been considering acquiring ML Bluestar Group recently..."
"It is indeed a reason that is hard to refuse."
Many shareholders of ML Bluestar Group cursed the Qin family as despicable capitalists who knew nothing about aerospace. If they were to announce to the media at this critical juncture that the genius sought after by major aerospace companies was Qin Jiyuan's son, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar. At that time, whether it was an acquisition or a cooperation, it would become a matter of course.
Qin Jiyuan took a cigar, lit it, leaned back slightly in the large leather chair, and puffed out smoke.
After a while, he asked, feigning ignorance, "What do you want?"
Gu Zeming found it amusing.
He gently touched the wound on the corner of his mouth, his tone flat and his voice unusually calm.
"I want Jiang Chuyu. And your lives and the entire Qin family."
......
Li Sen drove Jiang Chuyu and the others to the girls' dormitory building.
The three roommates got off the bus one after another, exchanging knowing glances. When Jiang Chuyu was about to get off as well, Li Sen gently pulled her wrist.
“Wait a minute,” he smiled gently at his roommates, “I have something I want to say to Chuyu, can I borrow her for a few minutes first?”
The roommates wisely left.
The car fell silent immediately, with only the faint sound of the air conditioner running.
"Is there anything you want to say to me?" Li Sen turned to Jiang Chuyu, his gaze gentle yet carrying a hint of scrutiny.
Jiang Chuyu unconsciously tensed up. "Which aspect are you referring to?"
Li Sen tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel. "Gu Zeming seems to treat you very differently."
He had already put it very tactfully, but Jiang Chuyu's heart still skipped a beat.
She opened her mouth, but didn't know how to explain. She stammered for a long time, but couldn't form a complete sentence.
Li Sen suddenly leaned over and made a move to kiss her.
Jiang Chuyu instinctively leaned back, her back hitting the car door.
Li Sen paused, his hand gently caressing her neck, stopping at the spot where Gu Zeming had kissed her.
His voice carried a barely perceptible chill: "So, just because there's no one watching now, I can't even kiss you?"
Jiang Chuyu opened her eyes wide in shock.
How did he know? Did he see Gu Zeming on the balcony that night as well?
Silence spread through the car.
Jiang Chuyu took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Please listen to my excuses."
Li Sen raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"
Jiang Chuyu: "I did date Gu Zeming for a while before, but we broke up. Now you are my boyfriend!"
Li Sen looked at her quietly for a long time without saying a word.
Seeing this, Jiang Chuyu was about to say something when he suddenly interrupted her. "Do you like me?" Li Sen asked, staring intently at her.
Jiang Chuyu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What does 'like' mean?"
She seemed to be answering his question, yet also genuinely confused, "I think you're good-looking, have a great figure, and come from a good family. I like your gentle and refined personality, admire your character and conduct, and feel very comfortable around you. Does that count as liking you?"
After listening, Li Sen's lips curled into a bitter smile. "Is that all?"
Jiang Chuyu stared at him, completely at a loss for words.
Li Sen sighed softly and reached out to pull her into his arms. His embrace was gentle.
Jiang Chuyu leaned on Li Sen's shoulder and heard him whisper in her ear, "We're going to New York for an exchange program with some classmates this summer. Do you want to come with me?"
Jiang Chuyu hesitated for a moment.
For a moment, she really wanted to go with Li Sen and get away from everything here, including the person who was bothering her.
But……
“I signed up for a summer art class,” she said softly, her voice full of apology. “I really wanted to go with you, but I probably can’t get away. I’m so sorry.”
Li Sen sighed, said nothing, but gently kissed her forehead, then released her and opened the car door for her.
Jiang Chuyu's feet had just touched the ground when she heard Li Sen's voice coming from behind her.
"If you ever want to leave, you can contact me anytime."
The car door closed gently, and the black sedan slowly drove away.
Jiang Chuyu stood there, motionless for a long time.
*
Back in the dorm, I was immediately surrounded by my roommates.
"Finally back?" Lin Yun spoke first, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
Caiyan stepped forward and closed the door, locking it as she did so.
With a "click," Jiang Chuyu's heart skipped a beat.
Shi Qing then pulled her to sit down on the chair in the middle, and the three of them quickly formed a circle around her, trapping her inside.
"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely." Caiyan looked down at her. "Tell me, what's going on between you and Gu Zeming?"
Jiang Chuyu instinctively shrank back, "What? What's going on?"
"Stop pretending!" Lin Yun raised her voice, "We all saw Gu Zeming at the ward door today..."
Lin Yun seemed to find it difficult to speak, her face turning red.
Caiyan picked up the conversation, her voice trembling with excitement: "Gu Zeming actually kissed you in front of Li Sen! That's Gu Zeming! He's so virtuous, doesn't get close to women, treats money like dirt, is outrageously outstanding, and usually ignores everyone. How could such a good person suddenly... go wrong?"
Jiang Chuyu felt her cheeks burning. From Caiyan's words, it seemed as if Gu Zeming had been ruined by her.
I'm innocent!
He was inherently wicked; he was just better at disguising it than others.
Jiang Chuyu sighed for a while, knowing that she couldn't hide it anymore, and whispered, "It's... just like what you saw."
"What did we see?" Lin Yun leaned down and stared at her. "What we saw was Gu Zeming kissing you in front of Li Sen, and in such an ambiguous position. It's like he's a completely different person!"
Caiyan nodded vigorously: "He's usually so aloof and cold, like a Taoist priest without any desires, but suddenly he's so... so wild? He really gave us a big scare!"
Jiang Chuyu bit her lip, unsure how to explain.
Shi Qing suddenly squatted down, grabbed her hand, and her eyes were frighteningly bright: "Chu Yu, to be honest, did you and Gu Zeming know each other a long time ago? The way he looked at you was strange, not the way he looked at an ordinary junior."
The three men stared intently at her. Jiang Chuyu had nowhere to retreat, so she admitted, "We dated for a week." Her voice was so soft it was almost inaudible. "Then we broke up."
The air froze for a few seconds, then erupted in a deafening scream.
"Aaaaaaah!!!" Caiyan was the first to jump up, "Really?! So that rumored girlfriend who was all over the place was actually you?!"
Jiang Chuyu nodded guiltily.
Lin Yun slammed her hand on the table: "Damn it! Jiang Chuyu! You really managed to win over Gu Zeming by relentlessly pursuing him? You eat so well all the time, yet you act like nothing's wrong in front of us. You're so arrogant!"
"No, I..." Jiang Chuyu tried to explain, but Caiyan angrily poked her forehead: "What a waste! Do you know how many girls want to pursue Gu Zeming? And you, you got him and then dumped him? Wait, you were the one who dumped him, weren't you?"
Jiang Chuyu nodded timidly.
Caiyan and Lin Yun exclaimed in unison, "Holy crap!"
The air fell silent again, and the roommates had to re-evaluate the person in front of them.
Jiang Chuyu is usually too listless, always appearing lethargic and uninterested in anything, deliberately minimizing her presence, to the point that everyone overlooks certain objective conditions.
She comes from a wealthy family, is a rich heiress with hundreds of thousands of yuan in pocket money every month, attends a prestigious university, and has a beautiful face. It's actually quite reasonable for a girl with these qualities to have dated a few handsome men.
Even so, her roommates still found it unbelievable that Jiang Chuyu could win over Gu Zeming.
“That’s not right,” Lin Yun was the first to raise a question. “Gu Zeming is usually extremely cold and aloof. It’s said that he especially hates unambitious and scummy people. You’re so lazy all the time, how did he even notice you?”
Jiang Chuyu sighed helplessly: "You should ask him that question."
"If we dare to ask him, would he still be asking you?" the three said in unison.
Jiang Chuyu lowered her eyes and muttered softly, "I don't understand him either..."
"Forget it," Caiyan waved her hand, "Then what do we do now? Li Sen saw it all, he must mind a lot, right? Will you two break up?"
Jiang Chuyu recalled Li Sen's gaze and those words from earlier.
"If you ever want to leave, you can contact me anytime."
Even after such a terrible thing happened, he didn't blame her once, always so well-mannered, but she always felt that something was off.
"I don't know," Jiang Chuyu shook her head.
"If you really break up, would you consider getting back together with Gu Zeming?" Shi Qing suddenly asked.
"Well..." Jiang Chuyu hesitated for a moment when her phone rang.
She looked down at the caller ID.
"Answer it!" Caiyan urged. "Is it Gu Zeming?"
"no."
"Who is that?"
"My mom."
Jiang Chuyu said, pressing the answer button.
Jiang Shan's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiao Yu, have you finished your exams?"
Jiang Chuyu thought that Li Sen had already told Jiang Shan about their situation, and immediately said nervously, "The exam...the exam is over."
"Oh, okay, let's get together at the apartment in a few days. Your brother did well on his final exams, especially French. We should thank Mr. Gu properly and treat him to a meal..."
Jiang Chuyu breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Okay."
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Author's Note: My dear little angels, I'd like to change the title of this story to be simpler and easier to remember. I've been thinking about it all day, and I think "Indulging My Pleasure" is a good title. Do you all think it's better to keep the original title, or is changing it better? [Please][Please][Please]
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