Chapter 8 Mr. Lu, the phone call is not connected

Jian Yao choked and hastily turned her head away. Her sight happened to see Assistant Xu who was trying to hold back his laughter in the front driver's seat through the rearview mirror, and her face turned red.

Jian Yao: “That’s not necessary…”

After this incident, all thoughts about Lu Chengze were instantly forgotten, and he became much more lively.

Seeing that she had come out of her emotions, Gu Zhiyan calmly withdrew his hand, raised the corners of his lips, and said, "It was just a joke."

Jian Yao knew, of course, that Gu Zhiyan was joking. To be able to bring the company to this level in such a short period of time was not only a matter of ability, but also required extremely high emotional intelligence and the ability to control people's emotions.

He was amusing himself.

Jian Yao turned her head and looked at Gu Zhiyan's impeccable profile. Her long feathery eyelashes trembled and her eyes were clear. "Thank you for what happened today. You don't have to worry about the prenuptial agreement. I won't take it seriously."

Yaoguang was founded by Gu Zhiyan, and its development till now has nothing to do with her. This agreement is obviously unfair and cannot be counted.

Gu Zhiyan sat there with no change in his expression, but Jian Yao inexplicably felt that the atmosphere around him seemed to be silent for a moment.

Jian Yao had no time to explore the emotion that flashed across his eyes. The cold and low voice spread like ripples and fell into her ears.

"Gu's family always keeps their word. Marriage is a matter where women's rights are more likely to be infringed upon. Providing life security and a sense of security to their partners is a man's most basic responsibility."

He paused for a second, then continued, "Besides, Yaoguang is just a company I founded out of love. You don't have to feel any psychological burden at all."

His nonchalant attitude made it seem as if Yaoguang was just a small, unknown company, but Jian Yao knew how valuable Yaoguang was.

Even if Gu Zhiyan's main assets are shares in the Gu Group, it does not mean that Jian Yao can shamelessly take over a listed company.

However, there is no point in arguing with Gu Zhiyan about these things now. It won't be too late to talk about it when the day of divorce comes.

It was not rush hour, so the road was still clear.

The car stopped at the gate of the community, and Jian Yao realized that she had forgotten to tell Gu Zhiyan where she lived.

She looked at the familiar gate of the community and her eyes widened. "You knew I lived here?"

Although the two have been classmates for many years, they don't have much interaction because of Lu Chengze. She didn't expect that he actually knew where she lived.

Gu Zhiyan opened the car door and got out with her.

He leaned lazily against the car, tall and straight, and chuckled when he heard it, "I've already said it, Lu Chengze and I don't get along, only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle."

Jian Yao suddenly remembered that she and Lu Chengze lived in the same neighborhood. She touched her nose awkwardly, thinking that she seemed to have benefited from Lu Chengze.

She clutched the bag in her hand and said, "I'll go up first. Please contact me anytime if you need anything."

"Wait a moment."

"Huh?" Jian Yao turned her head.

"Should we add a contact method first?" Gu Zhiyan shook the phone in his hand, and on the screen that lit up was a QR code in black and white.

Jian Yao said "Oh" and took out his mobile phone to scan the code to add him.

When leaving the note, I hesitated for a moment, but still carefully typed in his full name, Gu Zhiyan.

"Then I'm leaving?"

Jian Yao paused the screen and said goodbye to Gu Zhiyan.

Gu Zhiyan nodded slightly and watched Jian Yao's figure disappear in the community before getting into the car.

Jian Yao's house and Lu Chengze's house are not only in the same community, but also on the same floor of the same building.

The apartment has one elevator and two units, with an interior area of ​​180 square meters.

When they bought the house, the two had already tacitly agreed to be together. They bought it specifically because it was close to Lu's family and they could move in together after marriage.

But now, Jian Yao felt a little ironic as she looked at the tightly closed door opposite.

She didn't sleep all night and was busy all day. She returned to her room, took her clothes and went to take a hot bath.

She was so sleepy and tired that she didn't notice the phone screen on the desk light up, showing a dozen missed calls.

I came out of the bathroom, blew my hair dry, and fell asleep without even applying any skin care products.

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Corridor of Shanghai Hospital.

Lu Chengze stood at the window at the end of the corridor and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

Assistant Lin stood behind him, holding his phone with a tired look on his face, "Mr. Lu, the call is not going through."

Lu Chengze paused with his hand holding the cigarette, frowned, and showed an impatient look.

Assistant Lin was afraid that he would be angry, so he called him again.

The busy tone echoed in the empty corridor until the familiar announcement was made and the call was automatically hung up.

The expensive cigarette that had just been smoked for two puffs was abruptly cut off and thrown on the ground. Through the lingering smoke, Assistant Lin could clearly see the faint blue-gray color in Lu Chengze's eyes.

From the time Miss Liu got into trouble until now, they haven't had a moment's rest.

Even he, who was used to working overtime, felt his eyelids were dry and his head was confused, not to mention President Lu.

Assistant Lin held the phone in his hand and tried to comfort her, "Why don't you go and have a rest first, and I will continue to contact Miss Jian Yao."

Anyway, Miss Jian Yao has a soft temper, so when she goes back, she can just let Mr. Lu pick a gift to coax her.

He has been living this way for years and is used to it.

She always seems to be calm, peaceful and gentle. Even when she is angry, she speaks softly, is understanding and easy to coax.

Although Mr. Lu really went too far this time, Miss Liu did cut her wrists after all, so Miss Jian Yao should be understanding.

"No."

Lu Chengze looked down at his phone. Apart from a bunch of notifications, there were no messages or calls.

The last phone call was before he boarded the plane. They agreed to go together to choose an engagement dress that day.

She had been looking forward to it since the night before, and even gave him the clothes and jewelry he was going to wear that day and asked him if they looked good on him.

When she called him, he was about to board the plane. He was thinking about Liu Yiyi and didn't answer the phone...

After that, there were no more calls from Jian Yao.

This was the first time she hadn't contacted him for so long.

She should be jealous, should complain that he abandoned her and missed the engagement party she had been looking forward to for a long time, and should explain how Wu Yue was humiliated at Jian's house yesterday.

But no.

Nothing.

Lu Chengze suddenly felt flustered for no reason, his tightly pursed lips were bloodless, and his fingertips hesitated on the two words "Yaoyao" for a long time, but did not press down.

He knew that he was sorry for her this time, but Liu Yiyi had saved him, so he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

After all, this is a human life, Jian Yao will understand.

It has been like this all these years. She has never argued with Liu Yiyi about anything, right?

Lu Chengze was lost in thought.

Assistant Lin flipped through the notes on his phone, "The old house said that my wife is going on a trip abroad, and the family will go with her. She may not attend the engagement party..."

Assistant Lin's voice became lower and lower.

Lu Chengze's face suddenly turned terribly gloomy. "What did the old man say?"