Yang Sijie quickly sent another text message, "Busy person, can you fulfill your promise of lunch and dinner today?"
Gu Susu thought for a moment and replied, "I'll be a bit busy during lunchtime, let's aim for dinner."
"Alright, but remember you owe me a lunch."
Gu Susu gave an OK gesture and gritted her teeth, thinking that no matter how difficult it was to say, she had to explain things clearly to him tonight.
She threw herself into her work in a good mood, but she couldn't shake the feeling that her colleagues were looking at her differently today.
Their gazes weren't malicious; she could sense envy, but she also wondered if she was overthinking it.
She and Qin Tianyi had confirmed their feelings for each other, reconciled, and she was happy, so she saw everyone as envying her.
Thinking this, she didn't pay much attention to her colleagues' glances.
It wasn't until lunchtime that a young female colleague approached her that she realized she wasn't just imagining things.
"Sister Susu, how did you find such a handsome and rich boyfriend? I'm so envious. Are you getting married soon? You must invite us to the wedding!"
Gu Susu was completely out of the loop and said inexplicably, "What boyfriend? I'm not planning to get married."
The young female colleague smiled strangely and said, "Don't play dumb. It's all over the internet. 'Returning Tycoon Falls for Childhood Sweetheart,' the women in those photos are clearly you. There's also a photo with our company entrance as the background, you holding a large bouquet of roses, with your tycoon boyfriend beside you. Many colleagues from our company saw it when they passed by. You two are too happy and romantic!"
Gu Susu now only wanted to quickly see what gossip news was online. She smiled at the young female colleague and said nothing.
She didn't even have time to eat lunch, as she was looking at the rumors online.
No, they couldn't be called rumors. They were all published in the financial section, with text and photos, especially the photos, which showed no mosaic treatment for Yang Sijie and her face.
Photos of her and Yang Sijie in various places and occasions, as if someone had been following them all along.
Photos of her entering and leaving Yang Sijie's villa, both day and night.
Photos of Yang Sijie leaving her place early the morning before yesterday, all clearly visible.
Now she had no way to defend herself. Her relationship with Yang Sijie was known to the world, and the most troublesome thing for her was how to explain it to Qin Tianyi.
Last night, they had finally cleared up all misunderstandings, reconciled, and even looked forward to a happy future for their family of three after resolving the current troubles.
But now, if Qin Tianyi found out and saw these, she couldn't imagine what would happen. Perhaps, as Shu Yan had once said, Qin Tianyi would think she was the worst woman in the world.
Her fingers trembling, she closed the computer on her desk and stared blankly at the now dark screen.
Even though she felt her phone vibrating, she didn't look at it. No matter who sent the message or WeChat, she didn't want to see it.
At this moment, she just wanted to ask Yang Sijie what was going on with all this online.
She picked up her phone and dialed Yang Sijie's number, but no one answered.
She tried calling Mark's phone again, but Mark's phone was turned off.
Who had been following them? Did Yang Sijie not know about this either?
With such explosive news appearing in the financial section, Yang Sijie allowed these reports to spread all over the internet without intervening?
Gu Susu tried hard to calm herself down, thinking that she and Yang Sijie had already agreed to have dinner together, so she would naturally see him after work.
Once she met him, she would understand everything. After she clarified things with him, she believed he would make all the false reports online disappear.
...
Xiao Anjing, holding the proposal that Qin Tianyi had rejected, hurried to his office.
He habitually walked in without knocking and saw Qin Tianyi staring at the computer, repeatedly browsing something.
He moved closer to get a better look and found Qin Tianyi's gaze was cold, with a sneer on his lips as he continuously looked at photos of Yang Sijie and Gu Susu together.
Xiao Anjing didn't understand why he was still so fixated on this woman.
Even though Qin Tianyi had broken off his engagement for this woman, she had still fallen into Yang Sijie's arms. Without even looking at the news online, anyone could tell how intimate their relationship was.
"My dear young master, what time is it now? You still have the mood to look at this gossip."
Qin Tianyi finally noticed someone beside him and asked, "When did you come in? If you don't knock again, believe it or not, I'll never let you step into my office again."
Xiao Anjing quickly said, "I'll be mindful next time."
"What is it?"
"Why did you reject Saiou's investment in Mishang? At this time, allowing Saiou to invest in Mishang, the funds they bring can help us get through the difficulties temporarily," Xiao Anjing said incomprehensibly. "If you refuse Saiou, relying solely on Mishang's annual profits, it's impossible to support the entire Aoxiang Group!"
"Drinking poison to quench thirst," Qin Tianyi glanced at him and said, "Do you know how Saiou, a fashion company that was once on the verge of bankruptcy, suddenly became a major investor? Who is the person behind them?"
Xiao Anjing couldn't answer this either, he scratched his head and said, "We haven't found out yet, but after all, they are bringing real money to invest in Mishang..."
"We cannot let them invest in Mishang. No matter how difficult it is for us now, I will not let Mishang's controlling stake fall into someone else's hands. You don't need to say more."
"Tianyi, can you be more clear-headed? This won't work, and you're unwilling to do that either. Are you going to watch the entire group be destroyed?"
Qin Tianyi had other plans and said, "We won't be easily defeated, and Aoxiang Group is not as fragile as you think. Find a way to hold on for a while longer, I need to go abroad."
Xiao Anjing asked in confusion, "What are you going abroad for?"
"Don't you remember, the projects we invested in abroad back then can help us in an emergency? Besides, isn't Yang Sijie a returning wealthy businessman? I don't believe he has no weaknesses. I'll go abroad personally to investigate him."
Xiao Anjing thought for a moment and sighed, "Alright, this is the only way now."
"But I can't let the Shu family, the Huo family, and Yang Sijie know my true purpose for going abroad. I'll go out under the guise of a vacation, and I'll bring Xiao Xingxing, and... and Susu."
Xiao Anjing's eyes widened immediately, and he said incredulously, "You saw the news online, right? Miss Gu is now Yang Sijie's girlfriend. How can you bring her along? She wouldn't want to!"