☆, Familiar appearance 04-15
London, England.
In the apartment.
"A breaking international news report: LB, a Fortune 500 company, announced yesterday that its branch in City B, China, will soon declare bankruptcy and cease operations due to mismanagement. Meanwhile, media outlets photographed Chu Yaofeng, the eldest son of the EC Group. Unaffected by the incident, he was seen on a cruise with eighteen young models, playing on the ship and passionately kissing in the sea. When asked by the media if the rumors were true, he stated that he hadn't been in contact with his third brother, Chu Tianze, for a long time and was unaware of the situation."
The woman sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed had a slight smug smile on her lips. She was very beautiful, the kind of beauty that was stunning. Her face was delicate and slender, her skin was smooth and fair, her lips were like cherry blossoms, her eyebrows were like ink paintings, and her eyes were like autumn water.
She slightly raised her long, swan-like neck and clapped her hands.
After a "snap" sound, there was a "bang" sound.
"Ah—an earthquake! An earthquake!"
"It's alright, it's alright." The woman gently patted the little boy sitting on the ground, who looked flustered.
The boy looked no more than six or seven years old, with a bowl-cut hairstyle that didn't make him look silly; on the contrary, it gave him a touch of childlike innocence and cuteness. The little boy was extremely handsome, with a pair of large, bright eyes that were almost identical to a woman's. His nose was already very high for his young age, and his small mouth was as pink and tender as a cherry. His face was like jade, and his delicate features were practically perfect.
The little boy rubbed his back, which had been patted so hard, and pouted so much his lips could hold a soy sauce bottle. He complained, "Then why did you wake me up? I just had such a beautiful dream, I dreamt that... wait, you were laughing, and it was a lewd laugh..." Then, without any restraint, the shameless Gu Jingcheng hugged Gu Li's leg and asked in a childish voice, "Mommy~ did you get a raise? Are you going to take me to eat abalone and hairy crab? Muah muah muah."
The little guy's mouth is already watering.
Gu Li slapped the little glutton hard on the back of the head again, and sneered, "I'm telling you, Gu Jingcheng, besides eating, can't you think of anything else?"
He ate two family buckets of KFC for lunch today, and his tummy is already bulging and hasn't digested yet, but he's already thinking about eating again.
Eat, eat, eat—you must have been a starving ghost in your past life.
The little guy held his head and thought about it seriously for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up and his drool became even more profuse. "Are you going to take me to the swimming pool to see pretty girls? Okay, okay, let's go now."
Just as Mommy was about to slap him again, the little guy nimbly did a backflip and landed steadily on the ground.
Gu Li's lips twitched helplessly a few times. This brat was born after she had carried him for ten months, but apart from his eyes, he didn't resemble her at all. Instead, he looked more like his charming but heartless father, even sharing the same lecherous genes.
"Pack your things, we're going back to China in a couple of days." With that, Gu Li went back to her room, pulling her suitcase out of the bottom wardrobe, which was covered in a thick layer of dust.
It's been almost eight years since this box was last touched, hasn't it?
She couldn't help but sigh, thinking that she would only ever keep it as a souvenir, but she never expected that she would be able to use it one day. Home, I'm back.
"Xiao Li, you're not kidding me, are you? You really want to take me back to your hometown?" The little guy rolled around on her bed, extremely excited.
"If you don't want to come back with me and suffer, you can go find your godfather." Gu Li put the clothes into the box one by one and said in a relaxed tone.
"Hmph, I've suffered all kinds of hardships, as long as you don't sell me out, that's fine." Little Gu Jingcheng looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
He jumped off the bed, scurried back to his room in his slippers, found his piggy bank, and poured out a few bright green bills.
He needs to hurry down to the supermarket to buy his favorite snacks and stock up. Once he leaves, he doesn't know when he'll be able to come back.
Oh, goodbye beautiful London...
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On the plane
There was someone in the restroom. Gu Li turned the doorknob twice but couldn't open the door. Just as he was about to turn around and go back, a sweet, delicate female voice came from inside.
"Feng, I miss you so much. You haven't called me for days. Have you set your sights on some young model?"
Then, a magnetic yet flirtatious male voice rang out—
"Honey, you know I've been so busy lately. Grandpa's been watching me every day, and I haven't left the house for days. So I came to see you as soon as I had a spare moment... Ouch..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Li's ears turned red, and her temples suddenly throbbed.
She was a grown woman who had given birth, so she could naturally understand the panting sound a man made.
Damn it!
She clenched her fist, thinking angrily, "What kind of people are these days? Have they all evolved from beasts? Don't they have any morals anymore?"
In broad daylight, regardless of the occasion, are they really that impatient?
"Feng, I really miss you so much..." the woman said coquettishly.
"...Sweetie, I miss you too." The man's flippant voice finally rang out after a while.
Gu Li clenched her fists tighter and tighter. Although she couldn't see what the scene inside was like, she could fully imagine how intense and passionate the scene must have been.
After listening for a while, she couldn't take it anymore. She turned her head forcefully, intending to kick the door hard to scare the two scoundrels, Chu Yun and Xiang Yu, inside. However, she accidentally lost one of her earrings.
Oh no! The earrings were a gift from her brother for her eighteenth birthday. She was afraid of losing them, so she usually kept them locked in a drawer at home. She only took them out to wear today after returning to China, to express her longing for her brother.
She looked down, searching for her earring, unaware that the door behind her had suddenly opened—
"Ah, wind! There really is someone eavesdropping at the door." The woman's scream startled Gu Li.
Gu Li turned around, about to retort, but when she looked up and saw the man in front of her, her heart trembled violently, and she couldn't utter a single word that had risen to her throat.
It was like being struck by lightning; I was stunned for a full half minute!
How could it be him?
Chu Yaofeng.
I never expected that the first acquaintance I would meet upon returning to China would be him.
What a small world!
Compared to his somewhat immature self eight years ago, Chu Yaofeng is now much more mature and composed. His unparalleled good looks, however, remain unchanged, still so handsome that it's hard to look away.
Coming to her senses, Gu Li's first thought was to run. She had just taken half a step back when Chu Yaofeng coldly spoke, "Who are you? What are you trying to eavesdrop on?"
"I..." He didn't recognize her? Gu Li touched her face and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Even if she wasn't wearing sunglasses, let alone sunglasses, Chu Yaofeng might not recognize her. Things are different now. She is no longer the ugly, unsophisticated, and cowardly Gu Xiao Ai from eight years ago.
Now that she has a new identity as Gu Li, it's like she's been reborn. Except for the memories that can't be erased, everything about her has changed.
"Sorry, I just needed to use the restroom, I didn't mean to eavesdrop," Gu Li said with a smile.
Seeing that her expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book, Chu Yaofeng narrowed his long, narrow eyes and looked her up and down.
36D, what a great figure!
Although most of her face was covered by sunglasses, Chu Yaofeng, who had seen countless people, could tell from her pointed chin and snow-white skin that she must be a beauty.
A womanizer like him, a master hunter, would rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free. And this woman was quite interesting; she remained calm and composed while talking to him, not swayed by his stunning looks. He admired her remarkable self-control and even more so her enviable figure.
"Nana, you go back first, I'll interrogate her." Chu Yaofeng spoke to the woman, but his smiling gaze was fixed on Gu Li.
"Feng..." The woman pouted, about to whine and complain, when Chu Yaofeng glanced at her. Startled by the cold light in his eyes, she immediately shut up. She glared resentfully at Gu Li, who had ruined her plans, and deliberately bumped into her shoulder hard as she passed by.
Gu Li, unaware that she might be secretly malicious, lost her footing and leaned to the side.
Chu Yaofeng caught her in his arms with lightning speed. Gu Li, still in shock, fell into his embrace, and a long-lost masculine scent wafted into her nostrils.
She didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore. (Shu Quewu Jin)
Gu Li sighed in frustration, knowing that if she didn't answer him, this scoundrel would keep bothering her. She bit her lip before replying, "Annie."
Chu Yaofeng chuckled unexpectedly, his face full of cunning and suspicion. "You didn't just make up a fake name to try and fool me, did you?"
Damn, what does it mean to look at someone with new eyes after three days of separation? At this moment, Gu Li couldn't help but think highly of him. This bastard must have eaten Taibai Jinxing's golden pill; he's so clever he's almost become an immortal.
"If you don't believe me, do you want me to show you my ID card?" Gu Li said with a smile, already having a plan in mind.
Chu Yaofeng nodded. "OK! If you don't mind the trouble, I don't mind at all."
Gu Li had been waiting for him to say that. She felt around in her pocket and then said apologetically, "I put my ID card in my bag. Wait for me here, I'll be right back."
Chu Yaofeng remained motionless, his fiery eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile at the corner of his mouth widened. "It's fine if you didn't bring it with you. Let me see your face. I have a particularly good memory, especially for beautiful women. I can remember a beautiful woman's face after seeing her only once."
Gu Li panicked and immediately covered her face with her large sunglasses, stammering, "I...I'm not a beauty, I'm not good-looking at all, I'm ugly!"
"Don't be modest, be good, let me see." Chu Yaofeng's voice suddenly became incredibly gentle.
Gu Li's heart pounded. She couldn't let him see her. It would be terrible if he started to entangle her in the future. She had barely escaped from the hellish Chu family and didn't want to go back.
In the midst of the panic, Gu Li had a sudden inspiration. "Alright, I can show you my face, but you have to be prepared. I recently had eye surgery and got a very serious eye disease. This kind of eye disease is highly contagious. You can get infected just by looking at it twice. If you're not afraid, I'll let you see it now."
After saying that, Gu Lizhen reached out to take off her large sunglasses.
Chu Yaofeng kept a wicked smile on his face, staring at her without blinking.
Seeing that he wasn't falling for it, Gu Li was so nervous that her heart was about to burst out of her chest. With a cold expression, she was about to go all out and kick him to escape.
Suddenly, Chu Yaofeng's hand gripped her right hand, which was resting on her ear.
Gu Lixin was startled and stared at him in disbelief. Did he intend to do it himself?
"Heh, if that's how it is, then forget it." Chu Yaofeng wasn't a coward, but he was never short of women. His feelings for this woman were just a passing fancy. He did appreciate beauty, but he wasn't so lustful as to risk his life. If she really infected him with some weird disease, wouldn't that give those who hated him and were waiting to see him make a fool of himself something to mock? Heh, he wouldn't give those people what they wanted.
If you want to see Chu Yaofeng make a fool of himself, wait until your next life!
Gu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully he hadn't seen through her.
She lowered her head, her voice tinged with displeasure at being rejected, "Now, you can move aside, right?"
Chu Yaofeng lowered his hands from the wall, crossed them to his chest, and took a step back.
Once freed, Gu Li didn't want to linger for even a second longer and turned to run away.
Chu Yaofeng stared intently at her retreating figure as she hurried away. For some reason, he felt that the woman's back looked somewhat familiar.
Running so fast, she was clearly afraid of him.
Could it be that they had actually met before, and he had left a very bad impression on her? Otherwise, he really couldn't understand why she was afraid of him.
Chu Yaofeng shrugged, not wanting to dwell on this useless question. He turned around, his eyes momentarily blinded by the glare.
What is it?
He walked over, picked it up, and saw that it was a pearl earring. He immediately realized that the woman from earlier seemed to be missing an earring in her right ear.
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