Yu Sheng returned to her room and saw that it was already past eleven o'clock, so she hurriedly went upstairs to take a shower.
She hadn't washed her face since this morning, and her hair was a bit oily, so she didn't want to wash her hair separately. Instead, she took a shower and washed her face and hair together.
She had just finished a phone call with Gu Ye when she went into the dressing room to pick out some clothes. Since she was going to discuss business, she couldn't dress too casually.
A black hip-hugging skirt paired with fleece-lined black stockings, topped with a woolen plaid blazer, and underneath, a beige silk fleece-lined shirt with two pockets on the side of the collar that can be tied into a bow for a less formal look.
Yu Sheng changed her clothes and sat down at the dressing table to start putting on makeup. She was naturally beautiful, and with just a little makeup, she was exceptionally eye-catching. She originally wanted to wear her hair down, but thinking that tying it up would look more neat, she used a hair clip to tie her hair back.
Gu Ye received a call from Yu Sheng and came down from his office. He didn't recognize her at first glance.
Yu Sheng usually dresses in a gentle and elegant style, with her hair mostly down. Today's outfit isn't exactly professional, but it still has a certain flair. Plus, she doesn't usually dress like this, so Gu Ye finds it quite refreshing.
He walked up to her, looked her up and down several times, and said, "If you hadn't waved to me, I wouldn't have recognized you. Why the change in style today?"
"Aren't you going to see my brother on business? I was thinking it would be more appropriate to dress formally, is that alright?"
Yu Sheng's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing Gu Ye's sense of novelty and excitement.
The thought of Shang Yan seeing Yu Sheng dressed like this made him very unhappy.
He didn't want to say it out loud, so he said, "Isn't this a bit too formal?"
Yu Sheng looked up at herself and asked, "Is it too formal? I don't think so."
Gu Ye gripped Yu Sheng's slender waist, pressing her against the car wall, and said jealously, "High heels and black stockings—you've never worn anything like this in front of me, and now you're going to dress like this to see another man..."
High heels and black stockings are easily associated with sex. When Yu Sheng heard him say that, her cheeks flushed slightly and she said, "These aren't black stockings, they're black tights."
"Anyway, they're all...black..."
"..."
"I'm jealous of how you dress!"
"..."
It was lunchtime, and people were coming and going at the office building entrance. Yu Sheng was afraid that someone would take pictures of her with Gu Ye and post them online, causing trouble. She pushed him away and said, "Let's go eat first. Take my car."
Yu Sheng was afraid of getting smelly, so on the way there she told Gu Ye that she wanted to eat Western food.
There's a nice Western restaurant nearby, just a few minutes' drive away.
After Yu Sheng drove Gu Ye to the restaurant, they ordered food. Gu Ye then said to Yu Sheng in a coquettish tone, "Sheng Sheng, is it okay if I don't wear this to see your brother later?"
"I don't think there's anything wrong with wearing this. Besides, isn't this how all the girls in your company dress?"
"I can't control what others do, but you're my wife, I..."
Yu Sheng interrupted Gu Ye, "Gu Ye, don't you think this is a form of controlling behavior? Or do you think my brother will think something about me if I wear this to see him?"
Gu Ye stared at Yu Sheng for a while and then said with a serious expression, "He's not your biological brother!"
Yu Sheng stared at Gu Ye in shock. She never expected that he would think that Shang Yan had feelings for her. This made her very uncomfortable, and she felt that he was being unreasonable for having such thoughts. A surge of anger rose in her chest. She had no more appetite to eat with him and got up to leave.
Gu Ye quickly stood up and stopped Yu Sheng, saying, "I was wrong..."
"This isn't a question of whether you're right or wrong, but rather, how could you even have that kind of thought?"
Yu Sheng looked at Gu Ye with a puzzled expression. "Even if he's not my biological brother, even if we're not related by blood, he could never have those kinds of thoughts about me. Besides, he has a girlfriend!"
Gu Ye did not agree with what Yu Sheng said. Although he thought the possibility of Shang Yan having such thoughts about Yu Sheng was extremely small, they were not related by blood after all, and he felt uncomfortable seeing her dressed like that.
But Yu Sheng is angry right now, so there's no need for him to argue with her.
If you try to reason with her, she won't listen, and it will only worsen the relationship between the two of you.
All he has to do is admit his mistake.
So he said sincerely, "You're right, I was just out of my mind. Just pretend I was talking nonsense, okay? Don't be angry, okay?"
Seeing that Yu Sheng ignored him, Gu Ye lowered his voice and said, "Can we sit down first? Are people staring at me as we stand here?"
Yu Sheng looked around and saw that several guests at the next table were indeed looking at her, so she sat back down.
Gu Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down, pulling the chair forward. He reached out to hold Yu Sheng's hand, but Yu Sheng dodged it first.
He withdrew his hand somewhat dejectedly and said earnestly, "Sheng Sheng, I really didn't mean to say that, but please understand me."
Yu Sheng said irritably, "I don't understand."
"..."
While Gu Ye was speechless, he patiently said, "I don't feel safe at all in our current relationship. You're dressed so beautifully for work, how can I not worry? What if someone takes a liking to you and pursues you?"
"Then you can't say that my brother treated me..." She was too embarrassed to finish the sentence.
"That was just a slip of the tongue. As you said, how could your brother possibly have those kinds of thoughts about you? If he did, he would have done it a long time ago!"
"Okay, that's enough!" She didn't want to discuss this topic with him anymore.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore."
But if they didn't say something, it would be even more awkward for the two of them to sit like this. Gu Ye suddenly remembered the earrings and asked, "Did you bring the earrings?"
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