"Sooner or later, she'll fall off the branch and break her neck."
...
Gu Sisi didn't hear the final curse. She had already started her new day's work in the office.
It was afternoon when Yang Qian burst into the office.
Gu Sisi looked at Yang Qian blankly. "What's up? You look so panicked."
"Sisi, my dear, something's happened!" Gu Sisi watched as Yang Qian locked the door, her face full of panic. She felt a bit confused.
Yang Qian rarely got so panicked. Seeing her in such a hurry, Gu Sisi took the thing from her hand. It was a newspaper.
There was a headline that read: The Young Master of the Wen Family and the Richest Man Huo Compete for a Strange Woman.
Then there was a photo of the three people. Although it was very blurry, Gu Sisi could clearly tell who the two men were.
"Xingyue Hotel?" Gu Sisi murmured, frowning slightly. Why did she feel like she had heard of this place somewhere?
"Sisi, people outside are all gossiping that your husband has fallen in love with someone else and is fighting with another man for a woman. They're laughing at you!" Yang Qian puffed out her cheeks in anger. Looking at the photo, she also looked helpless.
"I said something bad would happen. See, it did. He even went to fight for another woman yesterday."
Yang Qian kept muttering about her being a jinx, but her voice got softer and softer. "Hey, yesterday? Wasn't that phone call looking for you? How could he be with another woman?"
Yang Qian looked at the photo and then at Gu Sisi. After hesitating for a long time, she said, "Sisi, the woman in this photo... Could it be you?"
Gu Sisi's eyebrows knitted into a line. She had been drunk yesterday and really didn't have much memory, but it should be her, right?
She nodded.
"I knew it! It's impossible for Huo Cheng to cheat."
"..." You didn't say that.
Yang Qian looked at the photo again. "Then, who is this young master of the Wen Family?"
"The one who invited me out yesterday." Gu Sisi had a black line on her face. She didn't say Wen Xuanyang's name. Otherwise, Yang Qian would surely be shocked for a long time.
"The media didn't recognize you and misunderstood Huo Cheng?"
"Maybe." Gu Sisi wasn't quite sure what had happened yesterday either, so she just skipped this question.
However, this incident caused quite a stir.
From searching for the identity of the female protagonist in the photo to digging into the relationships among the three people, the heat of this incident never died down.
Gu Sisi didn't really care. She just buried herself in work. By the time she was free again, her identity had already been dug out.
Since the media had no new gossip to dig, they shifted the focus to the relationship between Huo Cheng's fiancée and the young master of the Wen Family.
The ugly duckling turning into a phoenix had already made many netizens envious, jealous, and hateful. Now with the addition of the young master of the Wen Family, Gu Sisi became the hottest person.
Many netizens were shouting for her to give them tutorials on how to snag high - quality men.
Where there were people who liked her, there were also those who poured cold water on her.
The word "indecent" was also pinned on her.
Being Huo Cheng's fiancée but still having something going on with other men, her behavior was shameful and promiscuous, bringing shame to the majority of female compatriots.
Gu Sisi was speechless when she saw this.
If these people knew that she had already married Huo Cheng, wouldn't they scold her even more fiercely?
Gu Sisi ignored them, thinking that things would soon pass.
But others didn't think so.
Before getting off work, General Manager Wang came to find Gu Sisi. "Come to my office."
Gu Sisi was summoned by General Manager Wang to discuss the next project. This was the advantage of the older generation. They had no idea what was going on online.
"Do you still have any questions?"
"No." Gu Sisi snapped out of her thoughts.
General Manager Wang glanced at Gu Sisi over his glasses and nodded. "Good. You should get prepared. This project is very important to the company. I have great confidence in you. You must win it."
"Yes!"
She would put in 100% effort. This was her usual habit.
Back in the office area, she almost couldn't stand the looks and discussions of her colleagues. She was sweating all over.
These people were really too idle.
The difficulty of this project was no less than the last one, and it was equally important. Gu Sisi had to be 100% focused to feel at ease.
She was busy until it was time to get off work. People in the office left one after another. Somehow, Gu Sisi could still feel their strange looks when they passed by her.
This situation had lasted for a whole day. It must have been affected by the online rumors. Gu Sisi didn't think too deeply about it.
When she got back to the villa.
"Madam, the meal will be ready in half an hour." Sister Hu took the bag on her back. It was quite heavy, filled with the materials she needed.
Gu Sisi leaned on the sofa to relax for a while, then stood up. "Okay. Call me when it's time for dinner."
"Okay, Madam."
...
Gu Sisi was so busy that she was dizzy. Before she knew it, an hour had passed. Sister Hu called her downstairs.
Huo Cheng wasn't at home. After Gu Sisi finished her dinner, she went into the study to work again. It wasn't until she had sorted out the whole idea of the project that she stretched slightly. Looking out of the window, it was already completely dark.
"Hasn't Huo Cheng come back yet?" Gu Sisi casually asked a servant.
"No." The servant answered, looking a bit evasive. "Master is still working overtime in the company."
"Okay, I see!" Gu Sisi turned around and went into the study again.
After a long time, when Gu Sisi came out, it was already very late at night.
"Madam, do you want some supper?" Sister Hu appeared out of nowhere.
Gu Sisi yawned and waved her hand. "No. I'm going to bed."
As soon as she finished speaking, she yawned again. She covered her mouth, and her eyes started to tear up.
"Hasn't Huo Cheng come back yet?"
"No. Master said he would be back late tonight. Madam, you should go to sleep first."
"Okay." Actually, Gu Sisi was just asking casually. She didn't have to wait for Huo Cheng to come home before she could fall asleep.
At breakfast the next morning, she was still the only one at the dining table. After asking the servant, she found out that Huo Cheng had come home too late yesterday and hadn't gotten up yet.
It was the first time Gu Sisi had heard that Huo Cheng overslept. She was a bit surprised, but then she thought that he was still more hard - working than her.
When she got to the company, Gu Sisi finally noticed something was wrong.
The surrounding discussions made Gu Sisi feel very strange. This time, the looks in people's eyes clearly showed hostility and disgust.
"Never judge a book by its cover! I didn't expect her to be such a person!"
"Really? She doesn't seem like that!"
"People may look alike but have different hearts..."
Some of the discussions reached her ears. Gu Sisi frowned but ignored them. The most important thing now was still work.
Unfortunately, this time General Manager Wang also seemed to know something.
"Gu Sisi, I know you have good working ability, but you also need to pay attention to your private life. Don't cause unnecessary trouble for our company."
Gu Sisi was confused. Her private life?
"Pay attention to what?" Gu Sisi simply asked. She really thought things were strange this morning.