Chapter 434: One wrong step, all wrong steps
Wang Yuanling was very calm: [It’s okay, I have an umbrella in my car.]
Now that she said that, I had to go.
Gu Zhou rubbed his forehead with the fingers holding the cigarette, feeling a rare sense of helplessness.
I glanced and saw a figure at the corner of the stairs outside the tea room.
A stern look flashed across his eyes, his tone still lazy: "I'm also the developer of Health City. If Mr. Dan Ling goes alone, it seems like I'm not very interested in the project."
The implication of these words is that he wants to see her.
Wang Yuanling raised his lips silently, and his mood, which had been gloomy just now, suddenly changed.
She deliberately said: [It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if I go or Mr. Gu goes, after all, we are partners.]
Gu Zhou chuckled softly, with a hint of nonchalant sneer: "It's true, but I can't get over it mentally. I'm a person who sets very high standards for myself, so please know."
This is really bullshit. It's bullshit that has opened the door. It's bullshit all the way home.
Wang Yuan smiled brightly: [Then may I ask, how would Mr. Gu, who has very high requirements, like to arrange this?]
There was someone hiding outside the tea room door, and the shadow slanted to the door, completely exposing the other person.
But Gu Zhou turned a blind eye and continued to curl his lips: [I will cooperate with whatever Mr. Ling arranges.]
Thinking of Mr. Wang's decision to release Zhou Zhenghai, Wang Yuanling's eyes flashed, and he keenly sensed an opportunity... Perhaps he could use Gu Zhou to thwart this matter. He simply said: "Okay, if Mr. Gu wants to come, we can watch the scene together. I'll go and wait for Mr. Gu."
Gu Zhou casually exhaled a puff of cigarette, the gray smoke curling upward, and his pronunciation was lazily magnetic: [Wait for me, I'll be there, you can hang up now.]
Wang Yuanling was slightly startled, and subconsciously asked, "Why didn't Mr. Gu hang up first?"
Gu Zhou's low voice contained a lazy, yet heart-piercing ambiguity: [My chances are slim to begin with, so shouldn't I race against time to gain a chance to improve myself?]
Wang Yuanling was confused: [What opportunity?]
Gu Zhou spoke slowly, his tone lingering: "Of course, it's an opportunity to pursue you. For example, letting the lady hang up first will show my gentlemanliness and, by the way, it will also give me a chance to win some points in your heart."
Sometimes Wang Yuanling wanted to pry open his mouth and see how many naughty things were hidden inside.
Gu Zhou did not wait for Wang Yuanling's response.
Just wait until the ruthless hang-up sound.
He took a deep puff of cigarette, with the corners of his mouth curled up deeply.
He locked the screen quickly, raised his unfocused eyes, and cast his gaze precisely at the shadows outside the door frame. He said slowly, "When did you develop the habit of eavesdropping?"
The air seemed to be stagnant for half a minute.
Gu Zhen finally stepped out from behind the door frame. His face was solemn, his brows twisted with an unresolved gloom and suspicion, his eyes as sharp as a knife, piercing straight at Gu Zhou.
Gu Zhou's lazy posture did not change at all. He even blew out another smoke ring comfortably and watched it slowly dissipate in the air. He was so carefree and unrestrained that he didn't care about his father's anger at all.
He raised his chin slightly and met Gu Zhen's scrutinizing gaze with a calmness that was almost provocative.
Gu Zhen walked closer step by step, his cotton slippers making a dull sound as they stepped on the wooden floor, and every step felt like stepping on a taut string.
However, Gu Zhou on the opposite side was not affected by the low pressure at all.
Still puffing his cigarette leisurely.
Gu Zhen's face was inversely proportional to the paleness of the smoke ring.
He scolded sternly: "I tell you, anyone can do it, except the Wang family!"
Gu Zhou raised the corners of his lips, lifted his long legs, moved down from the coffee table, and sat with his legs apart. His dark eyes were filled with sharpness: "Wang's family is not okay? Then the engagement on Wednesday can be cancelled. Isn't your future daughter-in-law Wang Ruier also from the Wang family?"
Gu Zhen was choked and angry: "Don't play word games with me, you know who I'm talking about!"
Gu Zhou said nothing, holding the cigarette between his bony fingers and puffing it out freely.
Gu Zhen’s face became increasingly darker.
Gu Zhou finally took action. He slowly and methodically put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray. The scarlet light was completely extinguished, leaving only a wisp of green smoke.
He raised his eyes, and the inattention in his eyes faded a little, replaced by an almost sharp calmness.
"You're mistaken." Gu Zhou chuckled, a little playfully, "I'm not here to ask for your consent."
Gu Zhen's face darkened even more, and he raised his voice: "What did you say?!"
Gu Zhou changed the subject, his smile not showing in his eyes: "But I'm curious, what's your reason for stopping me from being with her?"
"I told you, the Wang family is complicated and not suitable for in-laws."
Gu Zhou didn't care: "Isn't this simple? The Wang family is complicated internally, so once she becomes a member of the Gu family, won't she be able to stay away from the complexity?"
"Gu Zhou!" Gu Zhen scolded, "I think you've been bewitched by that woman and have lost your mind!"
Gu Zhou sneered: "Then give me a good reason not to accept her."
The tea room was dead silent, with only the sound of raindrops outside the window hitting the taut air.
The father and son's eyes met silently in the air, and the previous tension was replaced by a deeper and more complicated contest.
Beneath Gu Zhou's appearance of being trapped in love, his hidden thoughts seemed to be much deeper and more dangerous than Gu Zhen had expected.
Gu Zhen said sternly, "If you don't accept it, then you don't accept it. Wang Yuanling is not qualified to be the daughter-in-law of my Gu family in any way. If you insist on doing this, then I can only talk to her in person."
Gu Zhou laughed, leaned back, and placed his hands on the top of the sofa, looking carefree: "Okay, whatever you want."
"you!"
Gu Zhou was calm and composed: "But I have to remind you that what you are doing is purely to promote the relationship between me and her. In short, if I want to be with her, it can only be her. Don't waste your energy."
Gu Zhen was so angry that he shouted: "Do you really think there will be any result between you and her?!"
Gu Zhou's dark eyes narrowed instantly, a sharp gleam flashing through them as he questioned, "Then please tell me, why won't there be any result between her and me? Or is it because there's a feud between you and Old Master Wang? So you think that the Wang family will put the same obstacles in our way as they did to you?!"
Gu Zhen fell silent immediately, his stern eyes scrutinizing and sizing him up: "There is no connection between me and the Wang family, let alone any grudges."
Gu Zhou frowned and sneered, asking, "Do you really think I'm so stupid as to not notice anything?"
Gu Zhen was silent, and kept looking at him, as if wanting to know his reaction to what he had learned.
Before coming here, he still wondered if he was being too suspicious.
But now, seeing my father's silent reaction.
Gu Zhou could already determine that there was a secret between his father and Old Man Wang.
It was completely different from what his father said: there was no connection or grudge between him and the Wang family.
If you don't want to say it, then you can't say it. If you can't say it, then it's a shameful secret.
But no matter what, he would not let the four shameful words "shameful" fall on her.
The rifts between the previous generation should be left to the previous generation to deal with.
He would not sit idly by and let them continue to put pressure on her.
A cold light flashed in Gu Zhou's eyes: "Since you can't give a reasonable reason to prevent me from being with her, then I'm sorry I can't listen to you."
He said this, suddenly stood up from the sofa, stretched out his long legs, and strode towards the door.
In the tea room.
All that remained was the faint smell of tobacco and the silence after a silent battle.
outside the house.
The rain was so heavy that it seemed to be breaking through everything.
Gu Zhen stared at the bright red taillights of the car that were blurred in the heavy rain, feeling out of control and powerless.
Is it really true that one wrong step will lead to all wrong steps?
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