Chapter 49.1: Apartment Part 1

Names mentioned in this chapter :

-苏芮 (sù ruì) - Su Rui, our female protagonist

-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead

-周子渊(zhōu zǐ yuān)- Zhou Zi Yuan, young chairman of the Zhou Company

-唐俊(táng jùn)- Tang Jun, Tang Xiao's elder brother and son of the chairman of Tang Jing Group

-唐景集团(táng jǐng jí tuán)- Tang Jing Group

-周氏集团(zhōu shì jítuán)- Zhou Group

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Today is Su Rui's first day interning at the Gu Company. She had already gone through a lot of preparation, so it was alright to wear a relatively smart attire to accompany Gu Yu Cheng to the party in the evening.

So after applying beautiful make-up in the office, it was about time to leave.

Su Rui had wanted to send a WeChat message to Gu Yu Cheng asking if he was ready. Who knew that he had already arrived at the planning department.

"You are done?" Su Rui was slightly stunned when someone behind her suddenly stopped her. Then, she turned her head slightly and saw Gu Yu Cheng beside her, and she subconsciously asked.

As soon as Su Rui said that, she immediately regretted it.

What's done...

Was there even a need to say that?

For a moment, Su Rui's face was somewhat flushed.

"En." Gu Yu Cheng softly responded. His voice was still somewhat "deep and low".

"Then, let's go." Su Rui stood up, held Gu Yu Cheng's hand, smiled at him, and said.

When she said that, Su Rui's gaze was filled with a small hint of gloating, but she didn't dare to make eye contact with Gu Yu Cheng.

......

"Is it the place where you and Zhou Zi Yuan and the others met last time?" Su Rui asked.

When he was drinking with Zhou Zi Yuan and Tang Jun, Gu Yu Cheng had sent her a location, and Su Rui felt it was a little familiar when she saw the road signs around her.

When Gu Yu Cheng heard her question, he smiled, nodded his head, and explained, "It was opened by Mrs Zhou, who is Zhou Zi Yuan's mother."

"Let's go." Gu Yu cheng parked the car and escorted Su Rui out of the vehicle.

The location was the place where the three of them met frequently. However, it wasn't a small private room today, and it was this banquet hall on the second floor instead.

After all, it was a small gathering, and there weren't that many formalities.

When Su Rui and Gu Yu Cheng arrived, Zhou Zi Yuan and Tang Jun were already there.

Over here, Zhou Zi Yuan and Tang Jun were chatting with one another.

As they saw the two people entering the entrance of the hall, their eyes lit up.

"They are here."

"Who?"

"Who else could they be?" Tang Jun cocked his eyebrows and gestured Zhou Zi Yuan to look over at the entrance.

Upon hearing that, Zhou Zi Yuan turned around and looked towards the entrance.

Then, he saw Gu Yu Cheng, who was in a suit, entering in a high-profile manner.

Of course, Gu Yu Cheng's "high-profile" was merely because of the person beside him.

Looking at the girl that was in Gu Yu Cheng's arms, even Zhou Zi Yuan, who had bragged about how "knowledgeable and experienced" he was, had a flicker of amazement in his eyes.

"Now I finally know why our brother Gu's sago palm has finally bloomed[1]." Taking a sip of alcohol, Zhou Zi Yuan looked at the two of them and leisurely said with his lips curved.

Although he has previously seen Su Rui's photo on the internet and when a certain someone flaunted in his Moments[2], seeing the person in real life is different than in pictures.

Frankly speaking, before this, Zhou Zi Yuan had never thought that Gu Yu Cheng would be the first person among them to find his other half.

One aspect was because Gu Yu Cheng's temperament is a little cold. A more important point Zhou Zi Yuan had never mentioned was he felt that a man like Gu Yu Cheng would not be able to find a woman worthy of him.

But he never thought that this guy was so lucky.

Yes, it is just luck.

In terms of family background, appearance and all other aspects, Su Rui was not inferior to Gu Yu Cheng.

The most crucial point was that this girl's temperament was a perfect match for Gu Yu Cheng.

Which was why as soon as they entered, they unconsciously attracted a lot of attention.

"Heh heh, that's why I am still a little envious of him." Zhou Zi Yuan sneered as he mumbled to himself.

Upon hearing that, Tang Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "If you are envious, you can find one too."

After saying that, Tang Jun had already put down his wine glass, got up and walked over towards Gu Yu Cheng and Su Rui.

"Why don't you introduce us?" Looking at Su Rui and then at Gu Yu Cheng, Tang Jun said with a slight smile.

The corner of Gu Yu Cheng's lips quirked when he heard that.

"This is Tang Jun. The young president of Tang Jing Group and the other is Zhou Zi Yuan, the vice-chairman of Zhou Group." Gu Yu Cheng pointed at the two people in front of him and formally introduced them to Su Rui.

As Gu Yu Cheng spoke of this, it made Su Rui recall the recent content she learnt from her internship. Gu Yu Cheng added, "Zhou Group is currently involved in Gu Company's Maple Mountain development. In addition, we are also cooperating in the UCST project. The early long-term cooperation you have read before the company's project report last year, which is something you should be aware of."

Previously, when Gu Yu Cheng brought Su Rui to the banquet hosted by Gu Company, Zhou Zi Yuan had already seen that Gu Yu Cheng didn't treat Su Rui as an outsider.

So, at this moment, Zhou Zi Yuan wasn't too surprised when heard Gu Yu Cheng explaining to Su Rui.

It is just that....

"Wouldn't it be fine if you just said we are brothers? Why are you talking so distantly?" Casting a teasing glance towards Gu Yu Cheng, Zhou Zi Yuan raised his eyebrows and said.

After saying that, he looked towards Su Rui with a smile in his eyes as he asked, "Am I right, Su Rui?"

Hearing Zhou Zi Yuan's words, Gu Yu Cheng faintly glanced at him and ignored him.

"My girlfriend, Su Rui."

Gu Yu Cheng wrapped one hand around Su Rui's waist and pulled her closer to him as he introduced Zhou Zi Yuan and Tang Jun to her. After doing that, he did not forget to eye Zhou Zi Yuan.

These kinds of actions of showing off and not forgetting to declare his right has nothing to do with age. It is probably just the nature of men.

Therefore, when Su Rui sensed Gu Yu Cheng's "small gestures", she just laughed secretly in her heart.

However, she cooperatively and affectionately stood beside Gu Yu Cheng and nodded towards the two of them with a slight smile.

"Hello, President Zhou and Present Tang."

"Haha, you don't have to be so distant. Just calling them Tang Jun and Zi Yuan will be fine." Zhou Zi Yuan said half-jokingly.

Before Su Rui could reply, Gu Yu Cheng, who was beside Su Rui, glanced coldly at Zhou Zi Yuan.

He lowered his head to look at Su Rui and said, "Just call them by their names."

"Tsk tsk. Gu Yu Cheng is such a boring person." Zhou Zi Yuan shook his head. He feignedly glanced at Gu Yu Cheng with a disdainful expression, but his gaze turned to Su Rui and said.

"Rui..." Zhou Zi Yuan was about to call out her nickname. Unfortunately, he wimped out once he met Gu Yu Cheng's threatening gaze.

"Ahem, Su Rui, don't you find it particularly boring to stay with this guy?"

Boring?

Su Rui blinked and looked at Gu Yu Cheng.

"Not bad." Su Rui said with a smile.

Not boring at all.

And...

She simply doesn't want it to be too "stimulating".

"Is that so?" Zhou Zi Yuan looked thoughtfully at Su Rui and then at Gu Yu Cheng. His smile was a bit obscene.

"Here, try it. This new batch of alcohol that I have just imported." Zhou Zi Yuan poured a glass of alcohol and handed it to Gu Yu Cheng. He looked at Su Rui again and asked with a wink, "Do you want to try it, Su Rui?"

"She can't drink alcohol." Gu Yu Cheng refused on behalf of Su Rui.

"Don't worry. The alcohol content of this alcohol isn't high." Zhou Zi Yuan, who hadn't given up, gave another meaningful 'you get what I mean' glance towards Gu Yu Cheng.

However, he was glared at by Gu Yu Cheng.

"Cough. Cough. Alright. Alright. Then, it would be fine if you drink two glasses, right?" Zhou Zi Yuan said with a shrug.

However, in his heart, he couldn't help but contemptuously ridicule Gu Yu Cheng.

He's creating an opportunity for Gu Yu Cheng, okay?

With such good teammates like him, this person doesn't even appreciate this opportunity.

Fine, fine, he can't help him.

Hmph, he will wait and see how bright Gu Yu Cheng will burn.

Zhou Zi Yuan thought that it was fine as long as Gu Yu Cheng was drunk, but he heard Gu Yu Cheng very calmly stated that he was not drinking today.

"That can't be, right?" Zhou Zi Yuan looked at Gu Yu Cheng with widened eyes.

Even Tang Jun, who was on the side, looked at Gu Yu Cheng with some surprise and asked, "Your assistant isn't free today? Can't you arrange for a driver to come?"

"No, I have something I need to attend to at night." Gu Yu Cheng said.

In the evening, he was going to take Su Rui to a place and didn't plan to have anyone follow them. Thus, he wasn't planning to drink today.

Hearing Gu Yu Cheng's words, Su Rui also felt a bit strange.

But she didn't ask him at this moment.

Halfway through the banquet, Gu Yu Cheng brought Su Rui to a quieter place when they finally left Zhou Zi Yuan and Tang Jun behind and the few chairmen who came over for a chat.

"Do you enjoy talking to them?" Gu Yu Cheng lowered his head and imprinted a kiss on Su Rui's lips as he asked.

Hearing the particular person with the surname Gu's question, Su Rui laughed uncontrollably.

"Not bad?" Su Rui said with a gentle smile and slightly crinkled eyes.

Even though her boyfriend's occasional possessiveness was a little childish with a mature and composed persona of Gu Yu Cheng, it still evokes a little bit of pride and joy in her heart as a girlfriend.

After saying that, without caring if anyone around them were watching, Su Rui also stood on tiptoe and gave a light peck on Gu Yu Cheng's lips.

"Let's go." Seemingly quite satisfied, the corner of Gu Yu Cheng's lips raised and he said.

"Now?" Su Rui was a little surprised.

"En." Nodding his head, Gu Yu Cheng asked again in an inquiring tone, "Go to a place with me?"

"Hm?" Su Rui was dumbfounded, "Where?"

Usually, if there was any arrangement, Gu Yu Cheng will inform her in advance. Unless...

When Su Rui was still puzzled, she heard Gu Yu Cheng say, "You'll know when you reach there. It's not far."

"Okay."

Forget it. It would be fine if she just follows him. Anyway, Gu Yu Cheng wouldn't sell her away.

"Should we inform Zhou Zi Yuan and the others?"

"No need." Gu Yu Cheng said in a deep voice.

"Pfft. Alright, then."

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[1] 铁树开花[tiě shù kāi huā]-Sago palm has bloomed. Sago palm only bloom once every three to four years with either male or female flowers. Thus, this phrase is a metaphor for something that is very rare or extremely difficult to achieve. Credits: Gardeningknowhow & Baidu

[2] 朋友圈[Péngyouquān]- Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat.) The Chinese translation of moment is known as 'Friends' circle', which means users can share and get access to accepted WeChat friends' information, creating an intimate and private communicating circle within the users' choice of close friends.