Gu Zhiyuan had always been cold - hearted beneath his warm exterior. But at this moment, Shen Youjin's words still stabbed at his heart.
"Do you mean that, in your eyes, I'm a 'harm'?"
Shen Youjin thought that Gu Zhiyuan sometimes had no sense of his own behavior. It was like a bad neighbor never realizing they were disturbing others.
"If one day I were to send you to an old woman's bed and then suddenly have a conscience and want to live a good life with you, wouldn't you be worried?"
"Worried about what?" Gu Zhiyuan said seriously. "Youjin, if you feel insecure, we can sign an agreement."
Once he had made a decision, he would not change it. Shen Youjin didn't know that at that time, he hadn't really made up his mind to send her to someone else's bed.
He just didn't expect Shen Youjin to overhear him, and this was the thing he regretted the most!
Shen Youjin gave a soft laugh. Love and hatred could be rebuilt, but once trust was broken, it could never be the same again.
Even though so much time had passed, she still couldn't trust Gu Zhiyuan.
Because she finally saw his true nature. This man was only suitable for business, not for love.
"A marriage certificate can't even guarantee that two people won't change their hearts. What can this piece of agreement guarantee?" She was like someone who had just heard a funny thing. "Forget it!"
Gu Zhiyuan fell into a long silence. He knew that no matter what he said now, it was useless.
If time could turn back, he would surely tie an invisible rope around her, so that she could only stay by his side forever.
He stood up only after watching her finish a bowl of noodles.
"Let's go! I'll take you back."
Shen Youjin answered and didn't refuse.
When they came out, Gu Zhiyuan's car was blocked.
While he was on the phone asking someone to move the car, she saw that the dessert shop on the roadside was open.
She had seen this brand in magazines. It was a newly - rising brand in the dessert circle and was quite famous.
She usually hardly touched these desserts to control her figure. Even when she did, she only took a small bite. But today, for some reason, she really wanted to eat them when she saw the shop.
When the clerk saw a beautiful woman with an elegant figure come in, wearing eye - catching and luxurious designer brands, she immediately introduced the desserts enthusiastically.
She chose a strawberry mousse and a piece of dark chocolate. While the clerk was packing them for her, the wind chime at the door rang.
Even without turning around, she could feel the intense gaze.
The clerk smiled and handed the packed cakes to her.
"Ms. Shen, welcome to come again."
She nodded. As she turned around, she saw two girls standing not far behind her.
One of the sweet - looking girls was standing there, staring fixedly at her.
"You're Shen Youjin, right?"
Chi Tingwan walked towards her with her female companion. She was wearing a wine - red knee - length dress, and her long black wavy hair was draped behind her. The light in the shop shone on her side face, making her look like a masterpiece of the creator.
What was most hateful was that Shen Youjin in person was a hundred times more beautiful than in the photos. Chi Tingwan recognized her almost at first sight.
At first, she couldn't believe that anyone could be this beautiful. But at this moment, she felt like she was so inferior.
However, she quickly straightened her back. So what if she was beautiful? She was still a bastard daughter!
Shen Youjin didn't answer her, just looked at her in confusion.
"I'm Bai Beichen's fiancée. Please stay away from other people's men in the future!" Chi Tingwan crossed her arms, and the disdain in her eyes was obvious. "Don't think that others don't know your intentions. Do you think a daughter of a mistress can marry into a wealthy family? You'd better look at yourself in the mirror more often! The only person he likes is me!"
Her voice was so loud that it immediately attracted the attention of others in the shop.
Daughter of a mistress? Wasn't that a bastard daughter? What good could she be?
"Bai Beichen's fiancée?" Shen Youjin found it funny when she heard this. "If you're so confident, why are you coming to me?"
"If you weren't always pestering him, why would I come to you?" Chi Tingwan was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted. She sized Shen Youjin up and down and suddenly sneered. "You look decent in your clothes, but you don't even have a decent piece of jewelry on you. You're just trying to act like a socialite to get money! Why did Beichen ever take a fancy to someone like you?"
Shen Youjin looked at Chi Tingwan. She wasn't the first person to say such things to her. Except for renting a set of expensive jewelry for banquets, she was always empty - handed at other times.
She had sold all the jewelry they had given her.
"Just because she doesn't wear them doesn't mean she doesn't have them." Gu Zhiyuan's cold voice suddenly interrupted. "Ms. Chi, it's not right for you to look down on others like this."
Chi Tingwan turned around, and the haughty look on her face instantly faded.
Everyone in the capital knew the name of the Gu family, a jewelry business with a 200 - year history, and it had become even more famous under Gu Zhiyuan.
Compared with the youthful Bai Beichen, Gu Zhiyuan was elegant and mature, like a blushing prince in a comic.
Many socialites in the capital liked his type, but no one had ever won his favor.
She had even heard that a girl was almost obsessively in love with Gu Zhiyuan, but had never succeeded.
At this moment, he walked up to Shen Youjin and personally put a million - dollar ruby necklace around her neck.
His long fingers were gentle and deliberate. His eyes looked at the girl in front of him affectionately and intently in full view of everyone.
Everything disappeared at this moment, leaving only her. It made people jealous to the core.
Shen Youjin lowered her head and looked at the pigeon - blood ruby on her chest. She had seen it once in his most precious box.
This wasn't the most expensive jewelry he had, but it was his favorite. And now, he had put it around her neck with his own hands.
A faint feeling welled up inside her. When she looked up again, Gu Zhiyuan had already turned around and was looking at Chi Tingwan with a cold expression.
"Ms. Chi, I hope that the next time we meet, you'll learn the word 'courtesy'. Otherwise, your Chi family's business won't need to continue!"
After saying that, he put his hand on Shen Youjin's shoulder and left the dessert shop.
Chi Tingwan watched their backs, her fingers tightly clenched, and her fingertips almost digging into her flesh.
Why? Why on earth? With her family background, how could this woman make both the young master of the Gu family and the young master of the Bai family crazy about her just because of her face?
"Sister Tingwan, that woman is so arrogant! Are you just going to let her go like this?"
The girl beside her finally came back to her senses from Gu Zhiyuan's good looks and wealth and looked at Chi Tingwan, inciting her.
Chi Tingwan was extremely hateful. She gritted her teeth and took out her phone, dialing a number. "Lu Zixiao, are you out of prison? I've found a beautiful girl for you to have some fun with!"