During dinner that evening, Lu Dongjue noticed that Yun Suiwan's seat hadn't arrived yet.
She'll probably be a little late.
Everyone was seated when a noise came from the doorway. Lu Dongjue instinctively looked towards the door and saw Gu Fanyan walk in.
His expression immediately darkened.
Gu Fanyan came to his side with a smile on her face. She said, "I just went to see Sui Wan. Her secretary brought her dinner back to eat."
"oh."
Lu Dongjue picked up the bowl and ate mechanically. The sweet rice tasted like wax in his mouth.
Gu Fanyan looked at his micro-expressions and did not continue speaking.
Because Lu Dongjue remained silent, everyone ate the meal in a very subdued atmosphere.
After dinner, Gu Fanyan said she wanted to take a walk on the mountain and asked Lu Dongjue to accompany her.
Lu Dongjue initially wanted to refuse her, but when he thought about how far she had come, he agreed.
The two walked side by side, occasionally encountering people from the construction project, who all gave them knowing smiles.
Mr. Lu and Ms. Gu are a perfect match.
"Dongjue, did something happen between you and Suiwan?" Gu Fanyan suddenly asked as they walked.
Lu Dongjue paused, looking at her.
Gu Fanyan turned around, a knowing smile on her face.
She looked away and said in a relaxed tone, "Even if something happened between you two, it would be perfectly normal. After all, it's a place where a man and a woman are alone together."
Gu Fanyan didn't say it more bluntly, but she was pointing it out to Lu Dongjue in front of him.
This made Lu Dongjue feel a little guilty.
After all, Gu Fanyan was his girlfriend.
"Dongjue, I'm just reminding you to protect yourself."
"What?"
Gu Fanyan stopped and looked at Lu Dongjue again, a helpless smile appearing on her face.
“I went to see Suiwan, and she was full of energy and asked me to leave you.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Dongjue's expression turned somewhat somber.
Gu Fanyan looked up, and Lu Dongjue could see the disappointment on her face more clearly.
"At the end of the year, she told me everything that had happened to you. You..."
Gu Fanyan paused.
"Dongjue, will you break up with me because of this?" Gu Fanyan's voice was tinged with sorrow.
Lu Dongjue pursed his thin lips and remained silent.
Gu Fanyan gave a self-deprecating laugh, "I really miss our life abroad. Back then, you and I were free from any third party interference, and our lives were simple and happy."
"Fluffy smoke".
"Dongjue, why am I so hostile towards her? It's because I understand her, I know her character. You were trapped, and instead of thinking about how to survive, she was thinking about how to get your hands on you. Do you think she's naive?"
Faced with Gu Fanyan's barrage of questions, Lu Dongjue had nothing to say.
He and Yun Suiwan spent almost every night in the cave embracing and holding each other. He didn't shy away from it sometimes because it was for his own protection.
However, having a relationship with her was not part of his plan.
"Dongjue, I'm very confused. In the past, Suiwan would snatch anything that was mine. I thought there would be an exception this time, but I was naive."
"Clouds seep into every nook and cranny at the end of the year."
"She may not be very interested in you; she just likes to take my things."
Reflecting on Yun Suiwan's attitude towards him, she indeed didn't have much interest in him.
Thinking of this, Lu Dongjue felt a lump in his throat.
“Dongjue, if you’re bewitched by her and want to be with her, that’s fine with me. You know me, I’m not the kind of person who would pester someone.”
After saying that, Gu Fanyan burst into tears.
He let Gu Fanyan down in this matter.
"Fan Yan, it's all my fault." Lu Dongjue stepped forward and pulled Gu Fan Yan into his arms.
At that moment, Yun Suiwan appeared not far away.
After lying down all day, she was exhausted and thought she would go out for some fresh air after dinner.
Unexpectedly, they witnessed Lu Dongjue and Gu Fanyan's intimate behavior.
"President Yun..." Yelena called out with concern.
Yun Suiwan withdrew her gaze and turned to walk back without saying a word.
However--
"The end of the year?" Gu Fanyan noticed her.
Lu Dongjue subconsciously released Gu Fanyan and looked at Yun Suiwan.
Yun Suiwan stood upright, showing no signs of discomfort.
"At the end of the year, didn't the doctor say you needed to rest?" Gu Fanyan said.
Yelena stood directly in front of Yun Suiwan, saying, "Quiet rest doesn't mean you can't go for a walk."
She harbored a great deal of resentment towards this Miss Gu.
"Oh," Gu Fanyan replied good-naturedly.
Lu Dongjue's gaze toward Yun Suiwan held a deeper meaning.
In the morning she was so weak she could barely move an inch, but now she's taking a walk as if nothing's wrong.
She lied to him.
Lu Dongjue grabbed Gu Fanyan's hand and said coldly, "Let's go."
After saying that, Lu Dongjue brought Gu Fanyan to Yun Suiwan.
Yun Suiwan's face remained calm and still, while Lu Dongjue walked past her without even glancing at her.
Gu Fanyan turned around, a smug look on her face.
After they walked away, Yun Suiwan's legs went weak, and she would have fallen to the ground if Yelena hadn't been there.
"President Yun..."
"I'm fine."
Yun Suiwan held Yelena's arm tightly and said, "Let's go back."
"Um."
**
Yun Suiwan and Lu Dongjue's relationship suddenly deteriorated.
Even in public, they would stand at the furthest distance from each other.
Aside from unavoidable greetings, they never even make eye contact when they're alone.
After resting for a few days, Yun Suiwan was almost fully recovered and returned to work.
Because she and Lu Dongjue were both the owners of the project, they inevitably met frequently.
During a meeting, the two of them sat next to each other, but they didn't even make eye contact throughout the entire meeting.
Manager Liu felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
The meeting discussed whether to restart tunnel construction.
Lu Dongjue and Yun Suiwan disagreed.
Lu Dongjue supports the tunnel reconstruction so as not to delay the progress of the ski resort project.
However, Yun Suiwan disagreed, arguing that the existence of the tunnel did not affect the ski resort.
Because of this, neither of them would back down.
“The tunnel’s main purpose is for sightseeing, but now that there are unstable factors, it’s better to abandon it,” Yun Suiwan said.
"The tunnel can't just be left lying there unattended; that's not in line with the Lu Group's style of doing things."
"Style? The Lu family's style really doesn't care about people's lives."
"Miss Yun, please do not resort to personal attacks."
"I'm stating the facts. How could such a massive project suffer a collapse? If there were casualties, who would be responsible? You, or the Lu Group?"
At this point, Yun Suiwan finally looked at him properly.
Her eyes were cold and devoid of any emotion.
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