Chapter 89 That's Not What I Mean
Seeing Lin Qing's smug look disappear at the door, Gu Baozhu could no longer bear it. She turned around with a look of unwillingness on her face.
"Yanbai."
Her voice was tight.
"Since Gu Miaomiao is gone, why don't you hand over her work to me?"
"But you let a servant take care of it?"
Jiang Yanbai looked at her tearful appearance, and the irritation in his eyes caused by Gu Miaomiao was forcibly suppressed by him.
He took a step forward and gently ruffled Gu Baozhu's hair.
"You just came back from abroad and are not familiar with the company's business."
His voice was low and deliberately soothing.
"Lin Qing has been in the Gu family for a long time and has a better understanding of the Jiang Group. Letting her take over is only temporary."
This explanation made Gu Baozhu's expression a little better.
She raised her head, her eyes still watery, but with a more scrutinizing look.
"Is that really the case?"
"Yanbai, you don't have any other thoughts about her, right?"
Jiang Yanbai withdrew his hand and frowned slightly.
"I have chosen to marry you."
"I will never have anything to do with other women again."
Gu Baozhu immediately burst into laughter and raised her chin proudly.
"That's natural."
She affectionately took Jiang Yanbai's arm and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Besides, you can't possibly be attracted to anyone else besides me, right?"
Jiang Yanbai's body stiffened.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the woman leaning against him, and a strange sense of disharmony came over him again.
This is not right.
The girl in his memory who shared half a piece of bread with him in the corner of the orphanage was not like this.
She is not talkative, but extremely tough and has a light in her eyes.
Instead of being like it is now, full of calculating commercialism.
Jiang Yanbai calmly withdrew his arm and put some distance between them.
His dark eyes stared at Gu Baozhu.
"That's right."
"I haven't been back to the orphanage we stayed in for a long time."
He spoke tentatively.
"Do you want to go back and take a look?"
The smile on Gu Baozhu's face froze for a moment.
The unnatural feeling was so fast that it could not be captured, but it did not escape Jiang Yanbai's eyes.
"Why... do you want to go to that place?"
Her voice was a little weak.
"I have a shadow over there."
She knew nothing about the so-called orphanage, and every word she said would increase the risk of being exposed.
The dark color under Jiang Yan's eyes became darker.
He pressed on.
"Are there shadows?"
"Are you not having a good time there?"
"Have you forgotten that we once had a secret base?"
She avoided his gaze and hesitated.
In a hurry, she could only stomp her feet like a spoiled child, speaking in a coquettish tone.
"Oh! I said I don't want to go and that's it!"
"Why do you keep bringing up the past?"
She came up again and shook Jiang Yanbai's arm hard.
"Let's talk about getting engaged next month, okay?"
got engaged.
Jiang Yanbai looked at her face as she tried to change the subject, and his suspicion grew even stronger.
The last bit of tenderness in his eyes disappeared completely.
"Your career is on the rise now."
He spoke slowly, his tone expressing neither joy nor anger.
"About the engagement, how about... later?"
"Why?"
There was a hint of panic on Gu Baozhu's face.
"Don't you want to be with me?"
Her voice trembled.
Jiang Yanbai's eyes were cold, without a trace of warmth.
"I'm doing this for your own good."
Gu Baozhu immediately put on her usual coquettish face, took a step forward, and wrapped her fingers around the cuffs of his suit.
"I don't need you to do good for me."
Her voice was soft and sweet, with a deliberate flattery.
"For you, I'm willing to do anything."
Jiang Yanbai lowered his eyes and looked at her pretentious posture.
He was silent for a few seconds.
"good."
"We'll see next month."
This perfunctory promise made Gu Baozhu very happy.
She immediately concluded that Jiang Yanbai still couldn't bear to part with her.
The stone in her heart fell to the ground, and her courage grew.
"Since that bitch Gu Miaomiao has been driven away by you."
She held his arm in an intimate manner, but there was a calculating glint in her eyes.
"Why don't I stay in her room upstairs?"
"This way, we'll be closer."
Her voice dropped even lower.
"If you miss me in the middle of the night, it's convenient for you to come over."
Jiang Yanbai didn't answer.
He raised his head, looked past Gu Baozhu and looked towards the second floor.
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Gu Baozhu thoughtfully.
"That room was where Gu Miaomiao lived."
"Everything inside is hers."
"Don't you feel disgusted?"
However, Gu Baozhu didn't hear Jiang Yanbai's refusal at all.
She just thought it was a man's modesty.
"As long as I can be closer to you, of course I would."
She smiled brightly.
"Besides, we're getting engaged next month, so marriage is a foregone conclusion."
She stood on tiptoe and leaned close to his ear.
"If you don't want me to live in her room, that's fine. I can just move down and live with you."
Her fingers drew circles on his chest, her tone a little coquettish.
"Could it be that you still want to regret it?"
Jiang Yanbai looked at her face full of greed and calmly grabbed her rebellious hand.
"It's impossible to go back on your word."
His voice was steady.
"You're a girl, you don't think so much."
"But I have to consider your reputation."
These high-sounding words froze Gu Baozhu's smile on her face.
She was about to open her mouth to retort and fight for herself.
Jiang Yanbai interrupted her before she could say anything.
"alright."
"No need to say more."
Jiang Yanbai refused coldly.
But Gu Baozhu knew how to read people's expressions and how to turn disadvantages into favorable situations since she was a child.
The stiffness on his face lasted only a moment.
She quickly put on an understanding smile and softened her attitude.
"Okay, I won't force you."
She took a step back.
"Since you don't want to live with me, I won't force you."
Her tone became considerate.
"Why don't you clean up Gu Miaomiao's room upstairs and let me live in it."
"Auntie Wang is very quick and efficient. She was able to clear out everything in one night."
"Make sure there's no trace of that bitch left."
Jiang Yanbai frowned, and a hint of impatience finally revealed in his eyes.
"Why do you insist on having that room?"
His voice was colder than before.
"I told you, it's full of her things, and I don't want anything to do with her anymore."
He took a step closer, with a strong sense of oppression.
"Or do you want me to remember clearly every time I go upstairs to find you that that bed and that room were where Gu Miaomiao slept?"
Gu Baozhu's face instantly lost all color.
"I...that's not what I meant."
She lowered her head and bit her lips hard.
"I won't say any more."
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