Chapter 42 Chapter 42 It is clear that he and Gu Huaiyan have a childhood marriage...

The next day, Ruan Zhao got up very early. Mrs. Ruan cooked porridge for him and heard someone coming out of the kitchen.

"Get up so early? Why not? Get some more sleep."

"Yeah." Ruan Zhao had already changed his clothes and was adjusting the buttons with his hands, but his feet didn't stop. "I have to go to the studio today."

He didn't sleep well last night, and there were some dark circles under his eyes, which obviously could not escape Mrs. Ruan's eyes.

"Work?" Mrs. Ruan was both distressed and relieved. "Well? Have a good breakfast before leaving. I'll ask the driver to take you there."

"No, I'll go buy some when I get there." Ruan Zhao walked to the door, then suddenly stopped and turned to Mrs. Ruan and said, "Thank you, Mom, for preparing breakfast for me." Then he walked out without looking back.

"Why are you being so polite to me?" Mrs. Ruan muttered, and hurriedly chased after him, "Zhao Zhao, your brother is coming today, you should come back early."

But the person has already left, and I don’t know whether he heard it or not.

Ruan Zhao arrived downstairs of Gu's Hotel early. Actually, Xiaozhen School has been on holiday recently. Because Gu Huaiyan injured his arm last time, she specially let Ruan Zhao rest until the year before the holiday. First, Ruan Zhao helped them too much, and second, Ruan Zhao could take care of the injured Gu Huaiyan at home.

But why would Gu Huaiyan need his care? Ruan Zhao looked down at the tip of his shoes. He was so busy at work that he didn't even send him a message last night.

Although in the past, it was always Ruan Zhao who took the initiative to greet Gu Huaiyan, but this time he didn't know what he was doing and just refused to take the initiative.

Xiao Zhen had just arrived. When he saw Ruan Zhao pushing the door open, he was startled. Then he smiled and waved at him. Ruan Zhao nodded and sat down next to Xiao Zhen.

"Why are you here? Are you here to accompany Mr. Gu?" Xiao Zhen chatted with him while debugging the equipment. The atmosphere was relaxed, as if they were just chatting about family matters.

However, Ruan Zhao couldn't sit still, and nodded absentmindedly.

Xiao Zhen didn't look at his face, didn't notice his discomfort, took out his cell phone from his pocket, came over and said, "I went to my fiancé's house two days ago. Look, this is a big red envelope his mother gave me."

Ruan Zhao looked at her? Mobile phone, the money in the red envelope was taken out and spread out.

"Ten thousand and one hundred, meaning one in a million." Xiao Zhen secretly bumped into Ruan Zhao's shoulder, "Boss Gu's family is so rich, how much did his mother give you for the meeting?"

She? She had completely regarded Ruan Zhao as someone like her who was about to get married.

Ruan Zhao's mind sank, and he asked, "Will you give this to everyone you meet?"

"Of course, no matter how much, we will give it to you. This is the custom in our country. Only when our parents approve can we get married legally." Xiao Zhen paused and looked up at Ruan Zhao, "Don't you know about this? Mr. Gu's family hasn't given it to you yet?"

When Ruan Zhao was asked by her, his face became hot and his heart was very sour. He stammered, "His...his mother hasn't come back yet."

"Rich people are busy." Xiao Zhen said quietly, "Just wait and see. When he comes back, his mother will probably give you a huge sum of money, which is beyond the reach of us small citizens."

Ruan Zhao's face turned red. Xiao Zhen laughed at him for being thin-skinned, but he didn't know that he was ashamed. He lied for the first time in his life, and it was because of this.

After spending the whole morning in the studio and helping to read two fairy tales, Xiao Zhen packed up and was about to leave. After Ruan Zhao sent her off, she finally went to Gu Huaiyan's office reluctantly.

It was lunch break time, and Ruan Zhao was still lingering at the door of Gu Huaiyan's office, his heart beating like a drum, wanting to go in but not finding a suitable reason. At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and his heart suddenly tightened, but he saw Gu Huaiyan's assistant coming out.

"Mr. Ruan!" Assistant? He looked surprised, "Why are you here?"

"I, I'll come to see Huai Yan." Ruan Zhao touched his nose and lowered his head to go into the office.

"Ah? Is Mr. Gu here?" The assistant quickly opened the door for him. "Mr. Gu is going on a business trip to the next city today. Didn't I tell you?"

The office was empty except for a few piles of documents on the desk. Ruan Zhao glanced at it. Waiting for the assistant? Where did he sneak after leaving? He hammered on the desk.

As soon as he came out, he felt that the sky was overcast. He walked two steps on the street, and the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He hurriedly took it out and answered it. It was Mrs. Ruan.

"Zhao Zhao, are you off work yet?" Ruan Zhao wanted to go to work, but Mrs. Ruan treated him like an adult with a proper job. "Your brother is home, and he brought you a lot of gifts. What time are you coming back?"

The smile on Ruan Zhao's face disappeared, and he said sullenly, "I'll go back now."

After hanging up the phone, Ruan Zhao called a taxi. Just after he gave the address, the phone rang again. He hurriedly asked the driver to wait. If it was Gu Huaiyan looking for him, then he would not go back yet.

It was an unfamiliar number. Ruan Zhaogang had just answered the call when a noisy voice came from the other end.

“昭昭！是你跟顧懷晏有婚約！？”張銘在電話那？頭嚎叫，“你知道你走後我哥把我揍得有多慘嗎，關了我整整一天，現在才讓我拿到手機，我不？知道顧懷晏的未婚夫是你啊，以前？就聽說你們兩？家？好，那時候我哥他們說要跟顧懷晏結婚的是阮澄！唉，要是我知道變成你了，我也不能帶你去酒吧啊，說實話…我就，我就是看你第一眼就喜歡……唉，你看他也比我們大，還是咱倆般配一點，要不？你……”

Zhang Ming's words became more and more outrageous, and Ruan Zhao became more and more annoyed. How could he say that it was Ruan Cheng who was going to marry Gu Huaiyan? It was clearly him and Gu Huaiyan who had been engaged since childhood! Ruan Zhao was furious for the first time? He lost his temper.

"You're making so much noise!"

After beating Zhang Ming, Ruan Zhao hung up the phone immediately and glanced at the driver in front of him who was secretly looking at him. He scratched his head in annoyance and said to the driver, "Go ahead, it's the same address as before."

The taxi drove Ruan Zhao all the way with green lights, but Ruan Zhao seemed not to be fast enough, so he turned off his phone, rubbed his face, and got off the car.

Ruan Cheng came back from working abroad, and the house and the courtyard became lively. In just half a day, the ornamental trees in the yard were hung with small lanterns, and some New Year goods were placed in the yard, making it look very decorated.

As soon as he entered the yard, Ruan Zhao heard laughter from inside the house. He curled his lips and tried to regain his happy mood. However, when he stepped into the house, the first person he saw was Gu Huaiyan!

Because of Ruan Cheng's return, the Gu and Ruan families gathered together. Gu Huaiyan, who was supposed to be on a business trip in the next city, was sitting on the sofa in casual clothes, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and he didn't know what he was looking at. However, when Ruan Zhao saw him holding a mobile phone, his nose was sour. Didn't you tell him that you were on a business trip? No? Didn't you tell him that you were on a business trip? So he ran to the hotel like a fool.

Ruan Zhao turned his eyes away, pretending to be invisible and walked towards the stairs.

At this time, Gu's mother, who hadn't been seen for a few days, came out from the side hall today. I don't know who she was chatting with. She laughed from time to time. Her voice was very lively. When she saw Ruan Zhao, she was immediately surprised and said, "Zhao Zhao'er is back!"

Ruan Zhao raised his head suddenly, and saw her holding someone's hand affectionately, and she looked nicer than she did to anyone else.

And? Although Ruan Zhao had never seen this person before, he recognized him at first sight.

This is his brother, Ruan Cheng.

Zhang Ming's words exploded in Ruan Zhao's ears again. Ruan Zhao looked at Gu's mother's tightly held hand. Zhang Ming said that Gu Huaiyan's previous engagement was with Ruan Cheng.

When Mrs. Gu called out, everyone in the living room looked at Ruan Zhao. Mrs. Ruan ran out of the kitchen, wiped her hands and said, "It's finally time to get off work. We're all waiting for you. Let's eat."

Ruan Zhao felt his head buzzing, and he glanced at Gu Huaiyan involuntarily. The other person was sitting on the sofa, staring at him motionlessly.

Thinking of what Gu Huaiyan said to him yesterday, and thinking of what happened after he left, as well as the situation when he just went to Gu's house, Ruan Zhao felt choked up and thought to himself: What work? I? No? It's them, how can I have a job!

Although he thought so in his heart, he still smiled stiffly in front of everyone and said, "I'm going to change my clothes."

"It's okay, isn't it? I'm in a hurry." Mrs. Ruan came up and held his arm and walked him to the stairs. She turned around and said to everyone, "Let's go to the restaurant and wait for Zhao Zhao first."

Ruan Zhao walked up two steps by himself, and when he looked back, he saw Gu Huaiyan already walking towards the restaurant, and next to him was Ruan Cheng, who was about the same height as him. The two walked very close, and Ruan Zhao was distracted, as if he saw them when they were young.

Over the years, the Ruan family has not changed the layout of the house. Ruan Zhao remembered that there was a photo of Gu Huaiyan and Ruan Cheng standing in the corridor, with their shoulders linked and smiling.

Ruan Zhao couldn't hold back as soon as he entered the room. He seemed to lose all his energy. He didn't think he was that fragile, but tears just flowed out uncontrollably.

Once the door was opened, it could never be closed again. He cried without stopping and stood at the door wiping his tears.

There was a knock on the door. Ruan Zhao wiped his eyes vigorously and said with a choked voice, "Right away."

He was waiting outside for dinner, and his aunt had come to urge him to go, so he couldn't cry anymore. But when he thought about the two of them sitting together in such a warm and noisy atmosphere, and he would feel like an outsider if he squeezed in, Ruan Zhao started to sob again.

The knocks on the door continued, as if demanding his life. Ruan Zhao hurriedly went to look for clothes, but perhaps because she thought he didn't respond, the aunt actually turned the doorknob herself.

Ruan Zhao panicked and hid in the closet, covering his mouth.

Once the door was closed, it was pitch black inside and nothing could be seen. Ruan Zhao covered his mouth tightly, trying hard not to make any sound.

The door opened and someone walked in. Ruan Zhao held his breath, expecting his aunt to leave quickly, but then the footsteps came straight to the closet. He got nervous and burped with a very strange sound due to the unfinished crying.

Before he could panic, the cabinet door was opened with a bang, and dazzling light leaked in. Ruan Zhao closed his eyes reflexively, and when he opened them again, he saw Gu Huaiyan's face close to him.

There were traces of tears on Ruan Zhao's face and his eyes were red and swollen. Gu Huaiyan admired him carefully for a few seconds, then stretched out his fingers and wiped his face.

"I asked you if you like me? If you like me, you run away. Then? Why are you crying like this if you are so heartless?"