Chapter 21 Chapter 21 This cat shit stinks
As dusk fell, Xiao Zhao parked the car outside the courtyard. Ruan Zhao was still worried about Gu Huaiyan not being able to eat his salty pastries. When he got out of the car, he patted Gu Huaiyan's shoulder comfortingly, but unexpectedly, he was grabbed by the other party.
"What are you doing?" Ruan Zhao got out of the car awkwardly, not wanting to be held by him at all.
"What are you talking about?" Gu Huaiyan said seriously, "You are allowed to hit me when I get off the bus, but I can't pinch you?"
It turned out that Gu Huaiyan had misunderstood, and Ruan Zhao quickly explained: "I didn't hit you."
"Then what are you doing?" Gu Huaiyan was still pretending to be angry.
Ruan Zhao saw this and didn't expect that he had misunderstood so deeply, so he had to tell the truth: "I was worried that you couldn't eat my salty cakes, so I wanted to comfort you."
"Really?" Gu Huaiyan didn't seem to believe it, but he still said helplessly: "Then you comfort her."
Ruan Zhao: ??? Wasn’t the pat on the shoulder just now a consolation?
Under Gu Huaiyan's persistent gaze, Ruan Zhao had no choice but to raise his hand and pat his shoulder again.
Ruan Zhao is 176 cm tall, but Gu Huaiyan is 10 cm taller than him. He took the photo of Gu Huaiyan just now when he was still standing up. Although it is a bit embarrassing to take the photo now because of his height, what is more embarrassing is that his other hand is still being held by Gu Huaiyan. The two of them are getting closer and it seems as if they are going to hug each other.
"Okay." Ruan Zhao lowered his head, his face hot.
It wasn't because he was shy about being too close to Gu Huaiyan, but because he felt ashamed of the discordant thoughts that he couldn't help but have.
[Gu Huaiyan took advantage of Ruan Zhao taking pictures of him to pull him into his arms, his hands roaming around his waist...]
His thoughts stopped abruptly, Gu Huaiyan frowned slightly, his eyes wandering darkly over Ruan Zhao's waist. Although there was a thick cotton coat between them, he seemed to be able to really imagine the touch, delicate and smooth, and perhaps with two shallow dimples.
Just as he involuntarily took a step forward, his hand trembled.
"Are you done?" Ruan Zhao took a big step back and put some distance between them. "I told you I was just trying to comfort you and I didn't mean to hit you. Now that you pinched me a little more, let's just call it quits, okay?"
Ruan Zhao's avoidance reminded Gu Huaiyan of the inner voices he heard while playing chess, which made him very annoyed. He didn't expect that Ruan Zhao had thought about doing that with Ruan Cheng when he just returned to China. Not to mention how dangerous this idea is in this society, there is no merit in picking out Ruan Cheng alone, so what is there to think about?
"No." Gu Huaiyan said.
"Then what do you want to do?" Ruan Zhao couldn't free himself, so he had to continue to compromise.
Gu Huaiyan glanced at Ruan Zhao's struggling hands, which had turned a little red, but he wanted to squeeze them tighter.
"Let me ask you, who is better, me or your brother?"
It took Ruan Zhao several seconds to realize who his brother was. It turned out that Gu Huaiyan was asking about Ruan Cheng, but Ruan Cheng had been abroad and had never come back, so he had never even seen him. Of course, Gu Huaiyan was better.
But Ruan Zhao didn't want to be too blunt, so he said, "Everything is fine."
Although he said so, Gu Huaiyan's complexion had visibly improved. It was really strange. Why did Gu Huaiyan ask this? Did he want to be his brother too?
"Don't think about it." Gu Huaiyan frowned and squeezed his fingers, "Don't hide from me."
Ruan Zhao was stunned for a moment, then thought of the past few days. It seemed that his behavior was too obvious and was noticed by Gu Huaiyan. He said guiltily, "No, I didn't hide from you."
"Really? I thought you were avoiding me. You refused to let me teach you how to play chess this afternoon. Do you want to wait for Ruan Cheng to come back and teach you?"
"No, I don't want him to teach me." Ruan Zhaojun's handsome eyebrows frowned frequently. The feeling of his fingers being kneaded became more and more difficult to ignore. It was not light or heavy, but it always drilled into the gaps between his fingers, making it difficult for him to have wild thoughts.
"You don't want me to teach you." Gu Huaiyan grabbed his hidden hand and put it in his palm. "It's such a simple thing that you can learn in one go, why don't you let me teach you? We live together every day, it's obviously very convenient."
He played with Ruan Zhao's hand as if it were a jade artifact, starting from the first phalanx and slowly rubbing into the gaps between the fingers.
There was a small lamp on in the courtyard, and the warm orange light enveloped the two of them. Ruan Zhao was so distracted by his rubbing that he tried his best to control himself from having random thoughts.
"I, I don't want to get too close to you..."
"Why?" Gu Huaiyan lowered his voice, "I don't dislike you, do you dislike me?"
"No!" Ruan Zhao felt that he was too despicable compared to Gu Huaiyan. Gu Huaiyan respected him so much, but he always wanted to do that kind of thing with Gu Huaiyan. If Gu Huaiyan knew that he was such a person, he would definitely stay away from him. But when he wanted to keep a distance from Gu Huaiyan, Gu Huaiyan felt that he was rejected by him. Gu Huaiyan was originally sensitive because of his physical problems, and now he must be very uncomfortable.
Gu Huaiyan had a question in his mind: Is there something wrong with my body?
"I..." Ruan Zhao paused, and finally admitted: "Sometimes I think of things that are not good for you, so I don't want to meet you. I don't mean to abandon you."
After saying this, he tried to pull his hand back, but Gu Huaiyan didn't let go.
"Have you ever heard a word?" Gu Huaiyan temporarily put aside his inner doubts and enlightened Ruan Zhao by citing classics, "A gentleman is judged by his deeds, not his heart. As long as you don't do it, you are still a gentleman no matter what you think. So no matter what you think, I don't mind. But now that you are avoiding me because of this matter, it seems that I am petty."
Ruan Zhao was frightened and stunned. He looked at Gu Huaiyan, his bright eyes flashing under the light.
I didn't expect Gu Huaiyan to be so generous!
Ruan Zhao was deeply moved and asked in a low voice: "Are you saying that I can think whatever I want?"
"Of course, think about it." Prime Minister Gu Huaiyan had a yacht in his stomach.
Ruan Zhao secretly reflected on himself when he saw this, thinking that he should not judge others by his own mean standards. Gu Huaiyan was a man of high moral character and a broad mind, and that he should emulate him.
Gu Huaiyan listened to Ruan Zhao's evaluation of himself with a smirk on his face and his tail was raised to the sky.
The two men entered the house one after the other. Uncle Wang was shoveling poop for Diandian. Since coming to Gu's house, Diandian has become more and more relaxed and fat, as if the whole Gu family owes it something. All day long, it sits paralyzed in the cat bed or on the sofa like a big boss. It even doesn't like cat food unless you give it canned food. In short, it has become very picky.
Ruan Zhao squatted over and touched Diandian, who purred in comfort. Gu Huaiyan saw this and suddenly felt that this cat was a bit redundant, so he stood behind Ruan Zhao and said, "If you have nothing to do tomorrow, you can come with me to the company."
Uncle Wang, who was shoveling shit, glanced at Gu Huaiyan. Didn't this guy hate it when people asked about his work? Why did he bring the young master to the company again?
Last time you said you didn’t like it, but now there’s a smile in your eyes. You’re obviously looking forward to the young master’s approval!
The dead duck is still stubborn!
Gu Huaiyan glanced over and Uncle Wang suddenly pinched his nose and said, "This cat shit stinks."
Diandian meowed, turned over, and exposed his belly in an indecent manner.
"No." Ruan Zhao touched the cat's belly and refused without raising his head. "I need to practice reading stories at home, otherwise I will stutter easily."
"Practice for a week?" Gu Huaiyan asked.
"Well, practice every day." Until you can tell stories very fluently.
Seeing how determined he was, Gu Huaiyan had no choice but to change his mind: "Then I'll pick you up on Friday night."
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It was Friday, four days after Ruan Zhao last went to work. Before this, he always felt that his story reading was not smooth and he would stutter a bit in some places. Although his little listeners did not mind, he still wanted to read the story better.
【I'll pick you up at nine o'clock.】
Before Ruan Zhao left the house, he received a message from Gu Huaiyan. Ever since the last time Gu Huaiyan said those words to him in the courtyard, he had not been so nervous. Perhaps because he was so focused on reading the story well, he had not thought much about those unspeakable things in the past few days.
【good.】
Ruan Zhao replied to Gu Huaiyan and got into Xiao Zhao's car.
It gets dark early in U City in the winter. It is completely dark at six o'clock. There are few pedestrians on the streets on Fridays, and there are even fewer people near U University.
"Young Master, I'll go back to the company later and pick up General Gu." Xiao Zhao said when Ruan Zhao got off the car.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhao." Ruan Zhao nodded and walked into the half-new office building.
The lights in the office building's lobby had been in disrepair for a long time and flickered when Ruan Zhao entered. Little Zhao looked at them with some worry in his heart, then suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly picked up the box on the passenger seat.
This is a pair of Christmas socks that Gu Huaiyan asked him to buy, saying that he would give them to the young master today. However, he did not seem to ask the merchant for any decorations on the socks, so they are so ugly with nothing on.
Fortunately he remembered it now, otherwise he would be dead!
Xiao Zhao looked up at the broadcasting studio on the third floor where Ruan Zhao was and saw that the lights there were on, so he turned the car around and drove towards the shopping mall.
Inside the Gu's Hotel, Gu Huaiyan was leading several foreign guests to visit the hotel's interior. As the largest hotel in U City, Gu's Hotel, in addition to receiving domestic guests, is also responsible for welcoming foreign tourists who come to U City on business trips and travel, so there are often foreign companies visiting.
After the foreign clients finished their visit, Gu Huaiyan handed the remaining work to his assistant. A little earlier than expected, he was able to get off work at 8 o'clock to pick up Ruan Zhao.
Compared to his previous impatience to wait for people, Gu Huaiyan actually wanted to leave work early to wait for people.
So when Gu Huaiyan was dealing with the final matters, he tuned his cell phone to Ruan Zhao's radio station, intending to listen to whether Mr. Haibang was getting dressed or undressed today.
"…At this time, a fairy appeared and helped her transform into a noble lady. The mice in the house became coachmen, and the pumpkins became carriages…"
Ruan Zhao's voice became a little duller and gentler after coming through the radio. Gu Huaiyan signed with a faint smile on his face. It turned out that she was Cinderella today.
The only sounds in the office were Ruan Zhao's voice and Gu Huaiyan's signature. Suddenly, there was a noise behind the gentle voice of the story. Gu Huaiyan frowned and couldn't help but stop writing.
"Knock, knock, knock", it sounded like someone was knocking on the door. Gu Huaiyan's expression suddenly became strange, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
Just as he was about to put down his work and rush over, there was a sudden loud noise from the radio station, and then the radio signal was cut off!
Gu Huaiyan picked up his phone and walked out without even having time to put on his coat. While going downstairs, he called Xiao Zhao and asked him where he was.
"Mr. Gu, I'm almost at the company." Xiao Zhao replied while driving.
"Turn around and go back to Ruan Zhao." Gu Huaiyan went down to the parking lot, opened the door of another car, and without paying any attention to Xiao Zhao's inquiries, he hung up the phone and started the car.
Ruan Zhao's number kept ringing on the phone.
But the other party did not respond.
Gu Huaiyan stepped on the accelerator, and the dark blue sports car screamed and rushed into the night of U City with impatience.
In the studio, Ruan Zhao looked at the drunk middle-aged man in front of him and quickly pulled Xiao Zhen to his side.
He was broadcasting peacefully when there was a sudden knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw Xiao Zhen arguing angrily with a middle-aged man.
"Fuck..." the middle-aged man said incoherently, "This is my office, get out of here!"
"What do you mean your office? We rented this place with our own money!" Xiao Zhen was also furious. She started receiving harassing phone calls during class this afternoon. The other party insisted that their studio was the other party's office. Xiao Zhen was worried, so she came here directly after class. Unexpectedly, she ran into the person who harassed her downstairs. The other party reeked of alcohol and was obviously drunk and unconscious.
"Get out!" the middle-aged man yelled, pushing over the chair next to him. "I've been working here for three years. Why are you kicking me out?"
"You don't pay the rent and you still think you're right!" Xiao Zhen knew that this was the previous tenant and fought back without giving in.
The man was drunk, and when he heard that they owed rent, he immediately jumped up and was about to smash their machines with a bottle of wine. Xiao Zhen saw this and wanted to rush over to push the man away, but she forgot the power disparity between them. Not only did she fail to push him away, but she was knocked to the ground by him.
At this time, the man had lost control of his emotions. He believed that it was Xiao Zhen and Ruan Zhao who robbed his office, so he picked up the broken wine bottle and smashed it down!
A scream pierced the night.
Gu Huaiyan braked suddenly downstairs and rushed into the building without turning off the engine. He had no time to wait for the elevator and heard Xiaozhen's voice on the stairs.
The wine bottle hit the door frame, and glass fragments flew everywhere. It was the first time that Ruan Zhao encountered such a situation, and he had no idea what to do. He held Xiao Zhen in his arms, hunched his back and showed a dodging posture.
I thought I was going to be hit by this drunkard this time, but I heard him scream and then he flew out.
Ruan Zhao raised his head when he heard the sound, and then he saw the person blocking them.
"Huai Yan! Why are you here? You, your hand..."
The clean white shirt was soaked in blood. Ruan Zhao stared at Gu Huaiyan's arm hanging at his side with wide eyes and suddenly found a bloody cut on it!