Qin Hongyu's path of trying to court Ding Ruola was full of hardships. He never expected that such a small studio would be full of hidden talents. There were people from the Mei family, and even the Lu family, which usually didn't participate much in business activities, was involved.
Neither of these two families was easy to deal with. If he offended them because of Ding Ruola, he would be in big trouble in the future.
By then, the Gu family would surely not care about their past family ties and would directly kick him out.
In the vast city of Kyoto, even if he tried his best, he would never achieve what he had today again.
Thinking of this, Qin Hongyu felt a chill down his back. He casually found an excuse, saying that he didn't have time today and that they could celebrate some other time.
Ding Ruola was naturally happy about it, and the other main creative staff also had no objections.
After Qin Hongyu left, Mei Xuejian called Ding Ruola aside and specifically told her to stay away from this man.
Mei Xuejian was a young master in the upper - class circles of the capital. He knew well about the details of other families.
This man just liked beautiful and young girls, and he was very good at courting them. None of the girls he took a fancy to could escape his clutches.
Although Mei Xuejian's words might have been a bit exaggerated and embellished, sometimes the truth was even more dramatic than the rumors.
After the two parties officially signed the contract, Qin Hongyu used Bi Shuang as leverage and insisted that Ding Ruola go to meet him.
Ding Ruola thought that it had been a long time since she last saw Bi Shuang, so this was a good opportunity.
She remembered Mei Xuejian's words. She originally planned to take Fang Siyan with her that day, but Fang Siyan was too busy with work and couldn't take a break.
Ding Ruola didn't want to trouble Fang Siyan or add to his burden.
So she went alone to meet Qin Hongyu and Bi Shuang.
When she arrived at the scene, Ding Ruola found that only Qin Hongyu was there.
"Where's Bi Shuang?"
Qin Hongyu looked at Ding Ruola with a half - smile. He picked up his phone and called Bi Shuang. Ding Ruola didn't hear clearly what they talked about.
She vaguely heard a woman's voice saying that they would meet in half an hour.
But she didn't really trust the man in front of her, so she decided to send a message to Bi Shuang herself.
[Ding Ding: Xiaoshuang, when will you come?]
[Bi Shuang: In about half an hour!]
There was still half an hour to go. Ding Ruola didn't want to sit face - to - face with this man in the coffee shop. She decided to go for a stroll in the shopping mall outside. Unexpectedly, the man also wanted to follow.
They didn't walk around for long when Qin Hongyu kindly bought Ding Ruola a cup of fruit tea.
Lychee!
It was exactly her favorite flavor. Ding Ruola tilted her head and glanced at Qin Hongyu, then took the drink from his hand.
The man had already kindly opened the drink. Ding Ruola carefully examined the straw and didn't find anything strange, so she took a few sips.
Ding Ruola's shoes were uncomfortable, so she finally stopped walking around and just found a place to sit down.
At first, it was okay, but the longer she sat, the thirstier she felt.
She grabbed the drink and took a few big gulps. The more she drank, the thirstier she became, just like the feeling after drinking alcohol.
Ding Ruola felt that the things in front of her were starting to blur. She struggled to take out her phone. Coincidentally, the interface was on the chat page with Bi Shuang.
[Ding Ding: Xiaoshuang, when will you come?]
Just as she sent this message, her hand lost its strength.
The phone in her hand was snatched by the man beside her.
"You—you..."
Ding Ruola felt that all the muscles in her body seemed to be out of control, and even her vocal cords stopped working. Her mouth opened with difficulty, but no sound came out.
"What's wrong with me?"
Qin Hongyu put his arm around Ding Ruola and let her lean on his chest. Then he sent a message to Bi Shuang.
[Ding Ding: You don't need to come. Fang Siyan has something to do!]
[Bi Shuang: Okay!]
The man put the girl's phone into his clothes, then took out his own phone and called Bi Shuang.
"Xiaoshuang, Miss Ding has left!"
Bi Shuang thought the whole thing was very strange. She couldn't figure out why Ding Ruola would ask her out through Qin Hongyu.
Wasn't it more convenient for the two girlfriends to just make an appointment to meet directly?
She was almost there, but both of them told her not to come.
Such a coincidence was really hard to explain.
Qin Hongyu half - carried Ding Ruola towards the parking lot and drove to the Gu family's hotel.
If he had known that he would meet Gu Tingjun in the hotel today, he would never have gone to the Gu family's hotel.
He was still holding the room card in his hand when he was suddenly called out.
He turned around and saw Gu Tingjun.
What day was it today? How could he run into this guy?
Gu Tingjun was familiar with Ding Ruola. With just a quick glance, he recognized that the girl in Qin Hongyu's arms was Ding Ruola.
Gu Tingjun also knew well about Qin Hongyu's character. As long as a girl in the company was a bit good - looking, she would inevitably catch this beast's eye and then be defiled by him.
Gu Tingjun had always known about these things.
As long as it didn't affect the Gu family's business, he didn't care.
However, the situation today was a bit different.
He didn't expect this man to be so bold that he had reached out to someone outside the company.
And this person was Ding Ruola.
Qin Hongyu didn't know the relationship between Gu Tingjun and the girl in his arms.
He stopped in his tracks and watched as Gu Tingjun slowly approached him.
"Give her to me!"
The two words were short and powerful. Qin Hongyu was overwhelmed by the man's aura.
He thought carefully. He didn't have any tasks to complete today. The only thing this guy could want now was the girl in his arms.
Qin Hongyu reluctantly pushed Ding Ruola towards Gu Tingjun.
Gu Tingjun directly picked her up by the waist and walked towards the elevator.
Such a strong physique and still claiming to be sick!
Qin Hongyu looked at the room card in his hand, pouted, and could only reluctantly cancel the room.
Fortunately, he didn't pay for the hotel room, or Qin Hongyu would have really suffered a great loss.
Bi Shuang came to the shopping mall but didn't see anyone. She called Ding Ruola, but the call was immediately hung up.
She called several times in a row, and Ding Ruola hung up immediately every time.
This wasn't right!
Bi Shuang knew Ding Ruola well. Even if she had something very important to do, she would usually answer the phone.
She decided to call Fang Siyan on a whim.
Coincidentally, Fang Siyan had just finished a meeting at this time.
Since the man was holding some documents, he had Zhang Jun answer the phone for him.
"Hello!"
The voice on the other end of the phone wasn't Fang Siyan's. Bi Shuang immediately asked for Fang Siyan to answer the phone.
"Has Ding Ruola gone back?"
Bi Shuang's question made Fang Siyan's heart skip a beat.
At this critical moment, Ding Ruola must not have any accidents!
He said that he understood the situation, then asked someone to locate Ding Ruola's phone.
He followed the private detective's instructions and found the number of Ding Ruola's phone.
The private detective was quite capable and immediately found Ding Ruola's phone.