Chapter 13 Chapter 13 We are all men, I understand...

The next morning, a thin layer of mist filled the courtyard, and the mist brought with it the moisture of late autumn, making the flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard wet.

Gu Huaiyan came down from the stairs and found that Uncle Wang had peeked at him from the restaurant, then greeted the restaurant with a strange look on his face. An unknown feeling suddenly crept into his heart, and at the same time, he also smelled a certain "nourishing" fragrance in the air.

Sure enough, as soon as he went downstairs, Ruan Zhao ran out of the restaurant with a large bowl in his hand that was bigger than his face.

"Huai Yan, have breakfast before you leave."

Gu Huaiyan glanced in the direction of the restaurant, fearing that he wouldn't be able to leave after eating this breakfast.

“No.” Gu Huaiyan put on his coat in a casual manner, “I have an urgent meeting, I’ll eat after I get to the company.”

"You've worked so hard..." Ruan Zhao felt sorry for him, then his eyes lit up, "Then wait for me, I'll fill the soup for you." After saying that, he ran back to the kitchen.

Uncle Wang went to the entrance to help Gu Huaiyan get his leather shoes. After that, he looked at him with pity. Finally, he couldn't help but said earnestly: "Don't be sad. Master Ruan is really doing this for your own good. We can get treatment if we are sick. It's not a big problem."

Gu Huaiyan sat on the sofa at the entrance, paused while changing his shoes, and looked up at Uncle Wang: "Who told you that I have a problem? I have no problem."

Uncle Wang patted him on the shoulder: "We are all men, I understand."

"You know what I mean." Gu Huaiyan changed his shoes, stood up and straightened his clothes. It was fine if Ruan Zhao didn't understand, but even Wang Bo didn't understand. Why were all the people in this family like this?

At this time, Ruan Zhao came over with a thermos. Seeing the scarf that Gu Huaiyan had placed on the sofa, he immediately put down the thermos and took the scarf to put on Gu Huaiyan.

"You can eat it directly in the morning. It should still be hot when you bring it with you. If you want to eat it at noon, let Xiao Zhao heat it up for you."

He was still wearing the same creamy white pajamas he had worn yesterday, made of pure cotton velvet, with a section of his white and tender collarbone sticking out of the collar. Gu Huaiyan lowered his eyes and could just see that section of his neck. There seemed to be a very small mole below the collarbone, but it was not clear in the backlight. When he realized that he was staring at someone, he became unhappy again.

"Okay, it's too late." He raised his chin, shook his head impatiently, then picked up his briefcase and was about to open the door. Before he touched the doorknob, Ruan Zhao's voice rang out from behind him again.

"Wait a minute, how come you forgot what you just said?" Ruan Zhao handed him the thermos bucket.

Gu Huaiyan took it very reluctantly, and his eyes turned to him: "Hurry up, I'm going to open the door."

"I'll go up now." Ruan Zhao said, and left, looking back every few steps, but his eyes lingered on the thermos in Gu Huaiyan's hand.

So how important is this broken soup? He had to find a way to make Ruan Zhao give up this idea.

After the others got on, Gu Huaiyan went out with a gloomy face. As soon as he got on the car, he threw the thermos aside, looking unhappy.

"Good morning, Mr. Gu." Xiao Zhao greeted him very tactlessly. "What delicious food did you bring? And you put it in a thermos."

Gu Huaiyan glanced at him and had already arranged a place for Tang.

"This soup is made at home. Ruan Zhao said it tastes good, so I asked him to bring it to you for you to try."

"Brought it for me?" Little Zhao was touched. "Master Ruan is so good to me...wuwuwu, I have chosen him for the rest of my life..."

Gu Huaiyan's face darkened and he said coldly, "Do you want me to recognize him? He doesn't lack drivers."

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The flight to City A was at 10 a.m. Gu Huaiyan did not go to the company that morning and went to the airport with Ruan Zhao. As soon as they sat down in the first-class cabin, Ruan Zhao shook out a blanket in front of the flight attendant.

The white background with blue embroidery clearly showed that it was a rival airline. The flight attendant was as if she was facing a formidable enemy. Could it be that this gold card customer was here to cause trouble?

Gu Huaiyan seemed to sense something. He glanced sideways and saw Ruan Zhao carefully covering his legs with a blanket and then preparing to open the window to look outside.

"Sir..." The flight attendant looked at the two of them with a smile, but her eyes were more focused on Ruan Zhao.

Ruan Zhao smiled at her, and then she heard the flight attendant say, "We have prepared a blanket for you on the flight. It's better than this one. Do you want to try it?"

"One is enough for me. Please get one for the gentleman next to you. Thank you." Ruan Zhao was naturally referring to Gu Huaiyan.

Gu Huaiyan saw him carrying a backpack in the morning, but he didn't expect that it contained a blanket from another airline. Could it be that he developed the habit of frugality because he had lived a hard life abroad since he was a child?

Thinking of this, Gu Huaiyan frowned slightly. After he woke up from the "nightmare" of his previous life, he asked someone to investigate Ruan Zhao.

Before being found by the Ruan family, Ruan Zhao had been living in an orphanage. As an adult, he worked in a supermarket and barely managed to maintain his daily life.

As for how tiring or difficult that kind of life was, Ruan Zhao never mentioned it.

"Ruan Zhao." After the flight attendant left, Gu Huaiyan glanced at the blanket on his legs and said, "You have a family now, and you won't live the same life as before."

Ruan Zhao listened to Gu Huaiyan's words attentively with his eyes wide open, then nodded, and then his ears turned slightly red and he turned his head to look out the window.

The plane was taking off and there was a rumbling sound in his ears, but Gu Huaiyan could still hear his thoughts.

【Besides my family, there is also Huai Yan. 】

Gu Huaiyan felt a little proud inside, because he found that when Ruan Zhao called him Huaiyan, his voice sounded quite nice.

After arriving in City A, the person who came to pick us up at the airport was the manager in charge of the resort's reception project. He was a young man who had just graduated named Zhao Yihan. He had previously interned in City U. Seeing that he had outstanding work ability, Gu Huaiyan kept him in the company and arranged for him to come to City A.

Zhao Yihan hadn't seen Gu Huaiyan for a while, and his eyes were particularly warm when they met.

"Hello, Mr. Gu." Zhao Yihan stretched out his hand to Gu Huaiyan to help him with the luggage. In the past, whenever Gu Huaiyan came to City A on business trips, he was the one who helped put the luggage in the trunk.

"I can do it myself." Gu Huaiyan's hand holding the suitcase retreated a bit, "You help him carry it."

Only then did Zhao Yihan realize that there was a little tail following Gu Huaiyan, and the smile on his face suddenly became a little awkward.

"Excuse me, my box is a bit heavy. Let me help you carry it." Ruan Zhao said as he put the box horizontally so that they could carry it together.

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Zhao Yihan almost lost his concentration, but thinking that Gu Huaiyan was right next to him, he hurriedly helped Ruan Zhao carry the boxes.

He had heard before that the Gu family had an engagement with the Ruan family, but it was a different era now, and there was no such thing as an arranged marriage. Moreover, Gu Huaiyan was young and promising, and might not necessarily be attracted to the Ruan family.

He once worked at the head office in U City. Based on his understanding of Gu Huaiyan, if Gu Huaiyan were to look for a partner, he would definitely look for someone with equal abilities to himself and with whom he could make progress together in his career.

As for the two sons of the Ruan family, in his opinion, they were totally unworthy of Gu Huaiyan.

"Mr. Gu, the afternoon meeting has been arranged. Are we going directly to the company?" Zhao Yihan asked while driving.

Gu Huaiyan and Ruan Zhao had already eaten on the plane, so Gu Huaiyan said, "I'm going to the company for a meeting first, you take Ruan Zhao back to the hotel to rest."

"Okay, Mr. Gu." Zhao Yihan agreed, but what he was thinking in his heart was that Gu Huaiyan just called Ruan Zhao's name so awkwardly, it seemed that the two of them did not have that kind of relationship yet.

After sending Gu Huaiyan off, Zhao Yihan drove Ruan Zhao to the hotel. The hotel belonged to his own company and was not far away. Ruan Zhao sat in the car quietly looking at the scenery. Before coming, he had heard from Xiao Zhao that the resort in City A was very beautifully planned, so he didn't want to miss any scenery.

"Mr. Ruan, how come you have time to come here with Mr. Gu? Don't you have to go to work?" Zhao Yihan suddenly asked.

Ruan Zhao glanced at him and shook his head: "I'm not at work."

The car stopped in front of the hotel. After Zhao Yihan got out of the car, he went straight to the trunk to get Gu Huaiyan's luggage. Seeing this, Ruan Zhao dragged out his own suitcase as well.

"Which school did Mr. Ruan graduate from?" Zhao Yihan asked.

Ruan Zhao shook his head. He had never been to school seriously.

"No way? There are still people who haven't been to college these days?" Zhao Yihan showed an exaggerated expression on his face. "Sorry, Mr. Gu and I are schoolmates, and I thought Mr. Ruan was also, but the people Mr. Gu usually contacts are graduates of famous universities and have successful careers. Mr. Ruan, do you have any common topics with him?"

“…”

After Zhao Yihan left, Ruan Zhao sat alone in the room for a long time. He didn't know why he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. City A was good everywhere, but he didn't like it here.

His window faced the garden. At some point a group of children came into the garden. One of the children saw him and waved and made faces at him. At this time, a boy next to him pressed the child's hand down and smiled at him.

"What are you doing?" Ruan Zhao opened the window, and in an instant the laughter and joy from outside came in.

"Take them to play games, want to play together?" the boy invited.

When Gu Huaiyan got off work, Ruan Zhao was playing One, Two, Three Wooden Figures with a group of children in the garden. He turned his back to pretend to be a ghost. When he turned around and saw someone moving, he immediately smiled.

The early winter sunset shone on him, making the whole season warm. Gu Huaiyan couldn't help but slow down his pace.

"Xuanxuan, you moved." Ruan Zhaolian's voice was filled with joy.

The older boy standing next to Xuanxuan smiled and pushed Xuanxuan: "Xuanxuan, you've been arrested many times, don't be naughty this time."

“No.” The child called Xuanxuan stomped his feet and said, “I want to stand with brother Zhaozhao.”

"That won't work." Su Yun smiled and said, "You have to be a ghost now, and Zhao Zhao can only stand here with us." After saying that, he called Ruan Zhao over.

Seeing Ruan Zhao happily running over, the boy was about to put his hand on his shoulder. Gu Huaiyan's face darkened and he called out "Ruan Zhao!"

All of a sudden, the kids playing games all looked over. Xuanxuan took the opportunity to hug Ruan Zhao's thighs and looked at Gu Huaiyan carefully: "Brother Zhaozhao, I'm scared."

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Ruan Zhao touched Xuanxuan's hair and pulled his legs out of his hands.

Xuanxuan refused to let go, so Su Yun held Xuanxuan and said to Ruan Zhao, "Contact us when you get back."

Gu Huaiyan's eyes darkened, and Xuanxuan happened to see it. He grabbed Ruan Zhao's coat with all his strength and shouted, "Brother Zhao Zhao - he won't hit you, will he? - if he bullies you, you have to tell us - we will protect you -"