Naivete is of no use to adults, especially those involved in business battles.
Ding Ruola is suffering now so that she won't be harmed in the future.
Fang Siyan knows his capabilities are limited and he can't protect Ding Ruola from every aspect.
Due to his special identity, he can't even make their relationship public.
Regarding the news from the school, he had the media treat it as a rumor. His current identity as a titular professor at University B is just to hide his identity in Fangyuan Group.
Ding Ruola has strong working abilities and excellent leadership skills, so it's natural for her to become a team leader.
After nearly half a month of internship, the most gossip she heard was about a person named Li Qianmo. She also wanted to inquire about Fang Siyan's gossip, but the people in the company all said they didn't know.
"Is he so aloof?"
"Shh!"
This topic is not allowed to be mentioned in the company, and Ding Ruola found it very strange.
She planned to go upstairs in the afternoon to ask Fang Siyan why. When she was about to enter the elevator, she met two acquaintances.
"Gu Qianxue, Gu Tingjun, you..."
Before Ding Ruola could finish her sentence, she was invited out of the elevator by the bodyguards.
She watched as the double doors of the elevator closed, and Gu Tingjun's pale face was covered by the heavy metallic luster.
She thought she probably wouldn't be able to see Fang Siyan if she went up now.
So she had to return to her seat.
When she passed by Zhang Wei's office, she took a peek inside, but there was no one there.
It seemed that Gu Qianxue came here to discuss cooperation.
She returned to her seat dejectedly, propping her chin up with her hand.
While in a daze, she felt a shadow appear in front of her. Ding Ruola was taken aback.
She slowly looked up and saw Gu Tingjun standing there.
"May I ask?"
"Can I invite you out for dinner tonight?"
Ding Ruola was stunned. She looked around, and there was no one around her.
"Don't look around. It's you!"
Gu Tingjun's persona is exactly like that of a domineering CEO. Ding Ruola didn't have a chance to refuse. Just as she was about to decline, the man had already left.
She called Fang Siyan, but Fang Siyan didn't answer. Soon, she received a message.
[Old Fang: Ruoruo, go back first. I have a meeting with Gu Qianxue.]
With Gu Qianxue?
Ding Ruola's face turned ugly. When it was time to get off work, Ding Ruola went to the tenth floor and saw that the lights in the meeting room were still on.
The curtains inside were all drawn, and the sound - insulation effect of the meeting room was extremely good. Ding Ruola stood at the door but couldn't hear anything. She decided to take a taxi home.
After going downstairs, the sky outside had turned gray - blue. There was a person standing at the door, holding a bouquet of flowers.
The height and dressing style were not Fang Siyan's.
Ding Ruola took a quick glance and pretended not to see, then tried to leave, but was grabbed by the wrist by the man.
"Miss Ding!"
"Gu—Gu Tingjun?"
This dressing style was also different. The man let his hair down and changed into a casual outfit. He looked much younger. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was a freshly - graduated college student.
"Don't you recognize me?"
Ding Ruola quickly tried to explain, but the more she explained, the worse it got.
"Are you saying I look old?"
Gu Tingjun had no other choice. He had been in poor health since childhood, and as the only boy in the Gu family, he had to shoulder the future of the Gu family. In order to establish himself in the family, he always pretended to be mature beyond his years.
Ding Ruola was sure that she couldn't get rid of this man today.
"I'll take you somewhere."
Gu Tingjun thought this girl had agreed to go out with him.
One of the main reasons he approached this girl was because of his mother.
He knew that in his mother's eyes, his feelings, no matter how precious they were, were just child's play.
The two of them stood in front of the game arcade.
"Here?"
Gu Tingjun had basically spent the first half of his life in the hospital and at home. He had never been to such a place before.
Ding Ruola grabbed Gu Tingjun's arm through his sleeve. She went to the coin - buying area and bought 100 yuan worth of game coins.
Girls always have a strong desire for the dolls in the claw machines.
She came to a claw machine. Inside was a Miffy rabbit, which was Ding Ruola's favorite.
She had already put a lot of game coins into this machine, but she didn't get a single Miffy rabbit.
"Is it that difficult?"
To make the dolls look more delicate and clean, the lights in front of these machines were all white. Gu Tingjun's face was made even whiter by these lights. The only red part was his lips.
His eyes were full of melancholy. Ding Ruola suddenly thought this boy was a bit cute.
"Do you want to try?"
Ding Ruola put all the game coins in her hand into Gu Tingjun's hand. Their hands touched.
It turned out that a man's hands could also be cold.
The silver - white game coins were placed on his fair hand.
Ding Ruola stood aside and directed Gu Tingjun to catch the dolls inside.
This machine seemed to recognize people. When Gu Tingjun made a move, he was always successful. He could catch whatever Ding Ruola wanted.
Ding Ruola thought that catching dolls required talent. She just didn't see that Gu Tingjun had just looked up the claw - machine strategy on his phone.
After all the 100 - yuan worth of game coins were used up, Ding Ruola was holding a bunch of Miffy rabbits in her arms.
Ding Ruola found a Miffy rabbit wearing a yellow dress and gave it to Gu Tingjun.
"Thank you for today!"
When she left the office today, she was in a very bad mood. She couldn't tell whether Gu Qianxue and Fang Siyan were alone in the room.
Just thinking about what Gu Qianxue had said, her heart felt like it was being bitten by thousands of ants. She just couldn't let it go.
Fortunately, Gu Tingjun was willing to accompany her to the game arcade.
She used to go to catch dolls when she was in a bad mood, but she had never been successful.
Today's different experience of catching dolls made Ding Ruola very happy.
She carried a bunch of Miffy rabbits home. Fang Siyan hadn't even changed his clothes. He was sitting in the living room, looking at the girl who came in without saying a word.
"Do you like them very much?"
Ding Ruola didn't react at first. She thought Fang Siyan was talking about the Miffy rabbits, so she sat down beside Fang Siyan with a smile.
"I've liked them since I was a child. You know that."
"Throw them away. I'll buy them for you."
She looked at the man's face. Her mouth had already made the shape of the Chinese character "ke" (meaning "but"), but before she could say "but", Fang Siyan had snatched the rabbit from her hand and thrown it directly on the ground.
"I understand!"
Ding Ruola threw all the rabbits in her arms into the trash can.
The cross on the Miffy rabbit's mouth seemed to be telling Ding Ruola that it was a mistake for her to go out with Gu Tingjun today.
The situation was completely different for Gu Tingjun. When he got back, the siblings were sitting in the back row.
Gu Qianxue watched as Gu Tingjun held the protagonist of a children's educational film in his hand, and the man's face would show a smile from time to time.
"You're really obsessed. Is that Ding Ruola really that good?"
Of course, she knew that Gu Tingjun had gone with Ding Ruola.
Gu Tingjun had this opportunity entirely because of Gu Qianxue. She deliberately slowed down the progress of the meeting so that Fang Siyan couldn't leave.