Chapter 405 I Volunteer to Help You
"Mr. Gu..." She spoke, her voice softer than expected, with a hesitation she didn't even notice: "Thank you for your kindness, but I'd better handle this matter myself."
Gu Zhou looked at her seriously: "Why don't you accept my help?"
She was slightly startled for a moment, then smiled: "Even if Mr. Gu is my partner, I can't use this to threaten you to help me."
Gu Zhou's voice was heavy: "I am helping you voluntarily, it is not a threat."
Her watery eyes curved slightly, but she didn't respond immediately.
Use the serving chopsticks to pick up the chicken and put it into his bowl.
Raising her eyelashes, she met his deep black eyes with a graceful smile: "I appreciate Mr. Gu's kindness, but I'd rather forget it."
Gu Zhou's expression was dull, and his long, bony fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a regular, soft sound. "Give me a more convincing reason."
Wang Yuanling put down his chopsticks and spoke in a gentle yet distant tone, "Mr. Gu and I are only collaborating on the Health City project. How can I include other projects in the scope of cooperation and ask Mr. Gu to invest in them?"
Their eyes met in the air.
Her gentle smile seemed to be swallowed up silently by his bottomless black eyes.
"Putting aside our partnership, we are also friends. It's normal for friends to help each other, isn't it?" His voice was lazy and slow, as if he was patiently solving a problem she didn't know how to solve.
"Boss Gu." The corners of her lips remained curved as she met his heavy gaze. Her voice was soft but clear: "Even if we're friends, there's no such thing as helping someone without any reward. Besides, you've already helped me a lot, and I don't want to owe you any more."
His eyes suddenly grew stern, and he asked sharply, "So, you're not accepting my help because you think my intentions are impure?"
He stared at her without blinking.
The scrutiny was so sharp that it almost peeled off a layer of skin from her body.
Her heart tightened, but she maintained a dry smile on her face: "No, I didn't mean that at all. I'm really embarrassed to owe Mr. Gu any more favors."
Gu Zhou lowered his eyes and said no more. He just picked up the piece of chicken she put in the bowl and chewed it silently.
She studied his expression.
Still relaxed, with no sign of anger.
However, this calmness inexplicably made her feel a little uneasy.
The private room is obviously spacious.
But there was an inexplicable sense of stagnation in the air.
She couldn't help but glance at Gu Zhou out of the corner of her eye, trying to catch a trace of his emotions.
But he remained casual and unchanging, making it impossible for her to judge his true mood at the moment.
She just put down her chopsticks.
A piece of clean white tissue was handed to him.
She raised her eyes, followed the tissue, and met his nonchalant face.
"Are you full?" he asked lazily.
"Thank you." She took the tissue and squinted her eyes: "I'm full. Is Mr. Gu full?"
Gu Zhou nodded lazily.
Wang Yuanling's voice was filled with relief: "That's good."
Changing the subject, he probed, "Mr. Gu, you came here specially today. Besides your brother's engagement party, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"
Gu Zhou said casually, "No."
No?
Not like that.
But of course she wouldn't question it, she smiled faintly: "Okay, then Mr. Gu...would you like to come to my company for a visit?"
Gu Zhou, who was originally leaning leisurely on the back of the chair, leaned forward slightly and stood up in a casual posture.
His dark eyes narrowed and fell on her pretty face: "I'm going back to the group for a meeting."
Wang Yuanling was stunned for a moment, then smiled and joked, "Mr. Gu has a meeting this afternoon, but he still took the time out of his busy schedule to invite me to the engagement party. Thank you so much."
Gu Zhou put his hands into his pockets and skipped over her words: "Let's go?"
She smiled and said, "Okay, let's go." Then she stood up.
Until we returned to Wang's ground parking lot.
Wang Yuanling glanced at Gu Zhou's sleek Maybach – the driver's seat was empty. Her brows furrowed slightly. "Mr. Gu, are you driving again?"
The car was unlocked, and Gu Zhou opened the door, saying nonchalantly: "Automatic transmission, one-handed driving is no problem."
He sat in.
When the finger bones are pressed against the car door handle, ready to close it.
The car door was pulled open by a force in the opposite direction.
Gu Zhou paused in closing the door, raised his deep dark eyes, and stared at her who was trying to stop him from closing the car door.
The sunlight shone through the car window onto his well-defined profile, half of it bright and half of it in shadow, adding a touch of elusive depth.
She smiled sweetly: "Boss Gu, I happen to be going to your company. Can I take a ride with you?"
Gu Zhou stared at her gentle smile for a few seconds, then raised his chin towards the passenger seat and said, "Get in the car."
Wang Yuanling didn't move, still smiling and saying, "Boss Gu, I'm hitchhiking, so let me drive. Otherwise, I'd be embarrassed."
Gu Zhou didn't respond, just stared at her intently.
When she could hardly hold back her smile.
Gu Zhou finally moved.
He got out of the car.
Her tall figure cuts off the light in front of her.
Lazily: "Thank you."
She responded with a smile: "Mr. Gu, you're welcome."
Along the way.
She wanted to make small talk.
But as soon as he got on the bus, he sank into the chair, closed his eyes and rested, his posture casual.
She didn't get a chance to speak.
He just rode quietly all the way, acting as a 'driver.'
Arrived at the destination.
She had just applied the parking brake.
Turn your head.
Unexpectedly, she met Gu Zhou's dark eyes.
Her eyelashes froze slightly, and then she smiled politely: "Mr. Gu, we're here."
Gu Zhou kept his gaze fixed on her face and nodded lazily.
Seeing that he didn't move.
Wang Yuanling hesitated for two seconds, but decided to get off first. She then said, "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for the ride. I'll be leaving now."
Gu Zhou didn't respond.
Just staring at her.
Wang Yuanling was confused. After a pause, he decided to turn sideways to open the car door.
My fingertips just touched the door handle.
He was pulled back by a huge force behind him.
My waist bumped into something soft.
She lowered her eyelashes and saw that the hand that had pulled her was now resting on the edge of the console.
It seemed like he had anticipated that she would bump into it, so he put his hand here in advance to prevent it.
Her abdomen was pressed against the back of his hand, and the gauze material in front of her abdomen could not block the warmth from the back of his hand.
For a moment.
She felt a surge of heat in her abdomen, giving her goose bumps.
She unconsciously pursed her lips, raised her eyelashes and met his deep, dark eyes: "Mr. Gu? What's wrong?"
Gu Zhou's eyes were fixed on her, and his gaze was like ice and fire, nailing her firmly to the seat.
In the narrow space of the carriage, the cold woody scent on his body mixed with an invisible sense of oppression almost suffocated her.
The hand placed between her abdomen and the control panel remained motionless, like an iron hoop or a hot brand.
He did not answer her question immediately, but just used his deep black eyes to trace her face inch by inch.
From her forced calm eyes, to her slightly tense jawline, to that forced, almost failing smile.
The air was as stagnant as a solid, with only the silent confrontation between the two people colliding violently.
The few seconds of silence felt like a century.
"Wang Yuanling."
He rarely called her by her full name, and at this moment, the tension in her heart was aroused.
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