"Our Xiaojin?" Jiang Zeshen frowned deeply and looked at Gu Zhiyuan who had already walked up, asking, "I remember you two broke up a long time ago, right? It's slander for President Gu to promote like this outside."
Hearing this, Gu Zhiyuan gently pushed the silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled casually, "Xiaojin is my student. No one knows her better than me. Instead of discussing this with me here, President Jiang might as well think about how to coax her."
If Shen Youjin were really a woman who only cared about money, he wouldn't have chosen her back then, even if she were the most beautiful woman in the world.
"Hehe..." Jiang Zeshen felt annoyed whenever he heard Gu Zhiyuan acting so high and mighty. He couldn't help but sneer, "As far as I know, President Gu's problems are much more serious than mine. With President Gu around, my problems are just small things."
Although he didn't know what had happened between Gu Zhiyuan and Shen Youjin, judging from Shen Youjin's attitude towards Gu Zhiyuan, she had always been avoiding him and seemed very reluctant to have any contact with him.
"Kids will throw tantrums." Gu Zhiyuan was as calm as ever. "When she's had enough fun, she'll naturally come back to me."
Jiang Zeshen sized up Gu Zhiyuan, sneered, and then turned around and left directly.
So pretentious! Way too pretentious!
This man was indeed good-looking, but he would rather deal with Fu Qingye. Compared with Gu Zhiyuan, Fu Qingye seemed much more pleasing to the eye.
Seeing Jiang Zeshen leave, Gu Zhiyuan didn't care.
As long as someone didn't touch his interests, he never put them in his eyes. Moreover, the other person was just a fool adrift in the sea of love!
Upstairs, Shen Youjin was standing by the window. She had been watching for a long time. She didn't know what Jiang Zeshen and Gu Zhiyuan were talking about downstairs.
After a while, the doorbell rang. She didn't even need to think to know that it could only be Gu Zhiyuan.
She originally wanted to just pretend not to hear it, but unfortunately, a message quickly popped up on her phone: "Little apprentice, it's very impolite to shut the door in your teacher's face."
Shen Youjin rolled her eyes. This was her own home. It wasn't impolite for her to do so in her own home!
"Or, do you not even want the pearl pendant your mother left behind?"
Seeing this sentence, Shen Youjin immediately composed herself. A few seconds later, she still got up and opened the door for him.
Gu Zhiyuan was standing there in a white shirt. His face, which was as handsome as a manga hero, came into view, but she had no mood to appreciate it.
"I remember this pendant was a set with the earrings. My mother sold them when she was still alive. How did it end up in your hands?"
"I have my ways." Gu Zhiyuan looked at her calmly. "What about you? Aren't you going to invite me in for a sit?"
Shen Youjin was silent for two seconds, then stepped aside to let him in.
Gu Zhiyuan stepped into Shen Youjin's new home. The decoration style was very warm, which was quite in line with her taste.
However, there was no piano room in this house. The crystal piano worth tens of millions that he had once given her was still with him.
After she left, no one could ever play the melody he wanted to hear again.
After sitting down on the sofa, he pushed a beautifully wrapped gift box in front of her.
She opened it and took a look. It was indeed the one her mother had once given away.
But it had been so long. The once brilliant pearls had lost their luster because they hadn't been well maintained. No matter how much she wiped them with a cotton cloth, it was useless.
She looked up at Gu Zhiyuan. "What do you want?"
She didn't believe that he would give her something for free. His body flowed with the blood of capital. It was a pity that the only thing she could give him now was money.
"I was wrong to take advantage of your difficulties before. If this still can't make you calm down, I can tell you another piece of news." Gu Zhiyuan's voice was calm, but the words he said were like a thunderbolt. "Those earrings are in Bai Wenjing's hands. I think you know what she'll do."
As the mistress of the Fu family, Bai Wenjing had always disliked her son's first love.
Knowing that the earrings were related to her, in order to disgust her, Bai Wenjing might even give the earrings to someone from the Shen family.
No matter who it was from the Shen family, it would be an insult to her mother.
"Thank you. I see." Shen Youjin closed the lid of the gift box. "I won't take the past to heart."
She never liked to embarrass herself because of other people's mistakes. As for how to interpret this "not taking it to heart", it was up to Gu Zhiyuan himself.
Gu Zhiyuan stared into her eyes. They were as clear and innocent as ever, but he couldn't find his own reflection in them.
"Xiaojin, did I not treat you well enough? I've said that you'll always have special privileges with me."
Hearing this, Shen Youjin was slightly stunned, and then she thought it was a bit funny.
"Your special privileges are all clearly priced. I can't afford them, nor do I dare to. I know you want a beautiful and obedient puppet, but I couldn't be one before, and I can't be one now either."
Maybe once she was blinded by what she thought was love, but after that day, she had completely woken up.
"Xiaojin, you're still young." Gu Zhiyuan's face darkened. He stood up, his voice serious. "One day you'll find that power and money are more reliable than what you call love. Moreover, how do you know that I can't give you love?"
Shen Youjin raised her lips and retorted, "Does President Gu know what love is?"
"I can give you anything you like." Gu Zhiyuan looked at her confidently. "Including the freedom you want. Isn't that enough?"
The smile on Shen Youjin's lips widened, but there was a hint of mockery in it.
"Teacher Gu, if it weren't Li Nanchuan but you at my door that day, would you have rushed to save me without hesitation?"
Gu Zhiyuan was stunned. A few seconds later, he replied, "If you were by my side, such an accident would never happen in your life."
The smile on Shen Youjin's face disappeared. "It was you who taught me that there are no what-ifs."
The answer was already clear. Although she didn't really hope that someone would sacrifice their life for hers, she really couldn't accept that her partner would just stand by and do nothing when she was injured!
Gu Zhiyuan fell silent. After a long silence, he stood up and looked at Shen Youjin. "When you've thought it through, I'll come to pick you up."
Shen Youjin stood there without moving and didn't answer. Her face was slightly pale, and she had kept her distance from him all the time.
As soon as the door of the house closed again, she immediately rushed to the bathroom and retched.
She didn't know what had come over her just now. Suddenly, a feeling of nausea welled up in her stomach. She didn't dare to open her mouth for fear of revealing something.
Strange. There wasn't even any heat. Why did she feel like vomiting again?
After coming out of the bathroom, she looked at the jewelry box on the table. While pouring herself a cup of hot water, she started to worry.
The earrings were in Fu Qingye's mother's hands. She had no chance to meet Bai Wenjing at all. Couldn't she really pretend to be pregnant and be taken home by Fu Qingye?
She stroked her lower abdomen, afraid that her real pregnancy would turn into a fake one by then.
She had heard that Fu Qingye's mother's mental state was unstable and had intermittent outbursts. She didn't want to lose both her and the baby's lives.
Early the next morning, she was busy supervising the work at the studio. Maybe it was because Fu Qingye had given them a warning. It was very quiet around her studio. There weren't even two strange looks.
Just when the outside of the studio was finally restored to its original state, she suddenly felt a blackout in front of her eyes and fell to the ground.
Before losing consciousness, she saw Ling Qiuqiu appear in her sight. Ling Qiuqiu rushed over in a hurry and reached out to catch her.