Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Naturally Unsuited to Dining Out with Tang Yuxiu
Gu Yan paused for a moment, and once again solemnly reiterated, "Boss, did you get the key point? It’s helping, not ordering."
"It’s the same to me."
When had he ever helped in this way? Done such things?
This woman was setting a precedent for him.
"It’s definitely not the same, there’s a big difference! Boss, help me out!"
Tang Yuxiu looked at her pitiful appearance and couldn’t help but sigh slightly in his heart.
"Next time you get hurt like this again, don’t expect me to apply medicinal wine for you." He snorted coldly. If she got such an injury again, she would only have herself to blame!
He had already told her to fight back. If she didn’t, while she could dodge, and ended up getting beaten for nothing, he’d feel quite embarrassed.
"Mmm." Gu Yan nodded vigorously, "I’ll definitely remember Boss’s words, there won’t be a next time."
"That better be the case." Tang Yuxiu neatly placed the suit in order, loosened the tie and put it next to the suit, and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt as he walked towards Gu Yan.
Gu Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, watching such a Tang Yuxiu, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
It wasn’t the first time she thought Tang Yuxiu was handsome; his looks were naturally outstanding, very hard to find someone who could compare.
But this time, at this moment, looking at his figure walking towards her, slightly against the ceiling light, she suddenly felt something was different. She couldn’t quite say what was different, yet she was reluctant to look away.
Tang Yuxiu stopped in front of her, and she was still in a daze.
"What, mesmerized by me?" Tang Yuxiu felt rather pleased by Gu Yan’s appearance.
Gu Yan snapped back to reality, her face slightly red.
"Who’s mesmerized by you? Stop being narcissistic. Admiring good-looking things is everyone’s instinct. If you didn’t have such a good-looking face, who would look at you twice?"
Gu Yan blurted out a long string, and Tang Yuxiu wasn’t annoyed, a faint, teasing smile on his lips.
"Can’t help it, naturally good-looking face, something you can’t compare to."
"Hmph!" Gu Yan rolled her eyes at him, "Shameless."
"This face isn’t something I can just discard if I say so, so I have no choice; it’ll stick with me for life."
If you like this face, you can look at it anytime.
Such a thought suddenly popped into his mind, and Tang Yuxiu was slightly stunned. Was this his heartfelt words to Gu Yan?
While he was slightly stunned, Gu Yan already didn’t want to see his narcissistic face anymore, turning over and laying on the bed, facing the other side.
"Stop talking nonsense and feeling so good about yourself, hurry up and apply the medicinal wine for me."
Tang Yuxiu quickly returned to normal, looking down at her, "How can I apply when the clothes aren’t off?"
Oh, Gu Yan forgot she needed to undress.
She turned her head, "Turn around, no peeking."
"It’s not like it’s the first time, why so concerned."
"I’m concerned, is it not allowed for me to be shy?"
"Hmph, pretentious." Tang Yuxiu snorted coldly, but ultimately obediently turned around.
Gu Yan got up, "Being pretentious is a woman’s natural right."
After quickly taking off her clothes, she immediately lay down, pressing her arms tightly to her sides, trying not to leave a gap.
Tang Yuxiu opened the bottle of medicinal wine again, the pungent smell overwhelming, a kind of torture for him.
It smelled awful.
Applying medicinal wine for her again this time, she wasn’t as sensitive; practice makes perfect described her.
The pain wasn’t as evident, but the bruising on her back still looked pronounced.
But it had indeed faded somewhat since yesterday.
Gu Yan closed her eyes, feeling that Tang Yuxiu’s rubbing was quite skillful. It didn’t hurt her; it even felt comfortable.
After a day of piano practice, her body and mind were tense, gradually completely relaxing at this moment.
When Tang Yuxiu finished applying the medicinal wine, he found Gu Yan had fallen asleep again.
Young Master Tang was speechless; did she consider him her masseuse? She fell asleep both times he applied the medicinal wine, and slept so soundly and comfortably.
No matter how much dissatisfaction he mumbled in his heart, he still wouldn’t deliberately wake her up.
He still helped her put on her pajamas; after washing up, he came out and gently held her in his arms to sleep.
The next morning, You Shuyang didn’t come to pick up Tang Yuxiu for work.
Gu Yan was puzzled and only after asking did she know You Shuyang wouldn’t have to come anymore. He had a car and could drive her to the company himself.
Gu Yan’s first thought was that full-time nanny You Shuyang could finally resign from his driver duties.
Indeed, when You Shuyang received Tang Yuxiu’s order, he was almost moved to tears.
Finally, he could sleep in; finally, he didn’t have to get up earlier than the boss and work an extra half hour.
Tang Yuxiu and Gu Yan chose to have breakfast outside again. After two meals, Tang Yuxiu suddenly missed the toast, bread, and milk Gu Yan prepared before.
And the dinners she’d make.
"How many days until your hand heals?" he asked after taking a sip of coffee.
Gu Yan buried her head in the breakfast, "Going to apply the medicine again tomorrow, it shouldn’t take many more days."
She clearly felt her right hand getting better day by day; her fingers could move simply and didn’t hurt much.
That kick from Tang Yuxiu was indeed heavy, Gu Yan remembered the pain vividly, as if her hand was about to turn into mush.
She felt incredibly lucky that her finger bones weren’t broken.
Tang Yuxiu nodded lightly, saying nothing more.
Just as the two were about to finish eating, a gentle voice came.
"Yu Xiu, good morning, are you having breakfast here too?"
The person asking this was really just making conversation for the sake of it.
Isn’t it obvious they’re eating? Does it even need to be asked?
Gu Yan silently ridiculed, recognizing it as Nie Rong’s voice without even looking up.
Not because her voice was unique, but among the people Gu Yan knew, only her voice could be so gentle yet still unlikable to her.
But, she thought she didn’t actually have any negative feelings towards Nie Rong.
Nie Rong only greeted Tang Yuxiu; since their first meeting that night, she had ignored Gu Yan again for the second time.
The first time ignoring her could truly be excused as a first meeting, where her plain appearance seemed unsuitable next to Tang Yuxiu.
But after getting acquainted, ignoring her again at their second meeting couldn’t be easily justified.
Is it that women only have eyes for Tang Yuxiu, and she’s too ordinary and plain, lacking presence?
However, this wasn’t what Gu Yan cared most about; she was more puzzled by why they always encountered acquaintances whenever she and Tang Yuxiu went out for a meal.
Three times, twice with Nie Rong, once with Xue Jiarui and her annoying cousin.
Is she naturally unsuited to dine out with Tang Yuxiu?
While thinking all this to herself, Tang Yuxiu simply took a sip of coffee and raised his head slightly to nod at Nie Rong, "Miss Nie, we’re almost done."
He said, we.
This time, Nie Rong had no choice but to properly acknowledge the person sitting across from him, forcing a slightly stiff smile, "Hello, Miss Gu."
Out of courtesy, Gu Yan also smiled slightly, "Good morning, Miss Nie."
"Are you two dining together?" Even breakfast.
Gu Yan blinked, thinking it was yet another fairly dumb question.
She was sitting with Tang Yuxiu, so they were obviously eating together, and almost finished!
She smiled politely and nodded in response, "Yes."
Nie Rong maintained her gentle smile, but couldn’t help thinking more, this woman could sit in the passenger seat of Tang Yuxiu’s car and have breakfast with him.
Who exactly is she to Tang Yuxiu? She absolutely couldn’t believe what Tang Yuxiu previously said, that she’s not an important person.
Would an unimportant person be allowed to sit in the passenger seat and have breakfast together?
Dinner, breakfast, they’re all together, do they live together?
Nie Rong really didn’t want to believe this possibility.
"Miss Nie, is there something you need?" Tang Yuxiu spoke softly.
Nie Rong pulled herself from her thoughts, looking at Tang Yuxiu, and shook her head slightly, "No, I just came here to eat as well, happened to run into you, just saying hello."
Another coincidence of coming here to eat and randomly running into them.
They really do have some fate.
Gu Yan sighed inwardly but felt something was off.
"Well, Miss Nie, it was mindful of you, but we’ve finished our meal, so we won’t disturb you any further."
Tang Yuxiu’s words clearly indicated that Nie Rong wasn’t suited to join their table again.
Gu Yan could feel the air becoming a bit stifled.
Nie Rong’s smile wavered slightly but quickly resumed her original demeanor, "What interruption? I was being presumptuous, I’ll order now, there’s a lot of work at the company that can’t be delayed."
With one sentence, Nie Rong broke the awkwardness before leaving gracefully.
Watching her walk away, Gu Yan spoke up, "Boss, is it really okay to refuse a girl so directly?"
And she didn’t even say she wanted to join their table, what if she really hadn’t intended to? Wouldn’t that have been awkward for Tang Yuxiu?
However, Tang Yuxiu didn’t answer her, merely glanced at the food on her plate and asked, "Are you finished?"
Gu Yan paused, immediately replying, "Just a little left." Saying that, she dug in to quickly finish the last bite of food, washed down her milk.
"Alright, I’m done."
"Then let’s go." He called the waiter to settle the bill, and the two left the restaurant.
Inside the restaurant, Nie Rong watched as they got into the car together and left.
These past two days, someone had mentioned to her that a new employee joined the music group in Tang Group’s entertainment department, reportedly personally brought to report by You Shuyang, under the instruction of General Manager Tang, that employee named Gu Yan.
Nie Rong was surprised that Tang Yuxiu would privately arrange for someone to enter the company bypassing regular procedures, it was the first time she heard of such a thing.
The relationship between this Gu Yan and him was definitely not simple.
Thinking of this, she dialed a number; when the call connected, she simply said, "Help me look into a woman named Gu Yan, who’s now with Tang Yuxiu."
The person on the other end responded, and she hung up, then dialed another number.