The CEO is domineering, the devil Boss is addicted to pampering

Chapter 1284 Yun Rui's sincerity: ambiguous substitution

The pen fell on the report with a "click", and the ink left a small black shadow on the words "Letter of Intent to Acquire".

Gu Yunqian leaned back in his chair, pressed his brow with his slender fingers, and suddenly felt his temple throbbing.

He originally thought that after Lin Xu's "escape", things would gradually calm down, and Gu Yunxi would be depressed for a while at most, but would eventually come to the conclusion.

But he didn't expect that she would be forced to the point where she would need to see a psychiatrist, and he didn't expect Qi Ruixiang to interfere.

Qi Ruixiang, this idiot, is really a bad teammate, but he just has to mess things up at this time.

Do you think you can please your sister this way?

Or was there another purpose? Gu Yunqian's fingers drew a cold arc on the table. No matter what the reason was, it disrupted his plan.

He picked up the intercom and dialed Lin Junze's number: "Check Qi Ruixiang's movements. How many people did he send? How far has he investigated?"

"We're already investigating," Lin Junze's voice came quickly, "Boss Qi acted quickly and seems to have found several witnesses who were fishing by the river at the time. And... he seems to have contacted Yang Bin's people."

Yang Bin?

Gu Yunqian's eyes suddenly turned cold.

That old fox has always been careful to protect himself, so why would he suddenly get involved?

Does Qi Ruixiang have any bargaining chips in his hand?

Or, Yang Xiaotang...

A series of questions swirled in his mind, making his originally clear thinking become confused.

He always thought that he was in control of the overall situation. Lin Xu's stay or departure, Gu Yunxi's emotions, and even Qi Ruixiang's attitude were all within his calculations.

"Tell the people in London to keep a close eye on Qi Ruixiang and don't let him find out anything he shouldn't."

Gu Yunqian's voice carried an unquestionable command.

"Also, find a way to get St. Thomas' Hospital to... suppress Miss Gu's medical records and prevent the news from getting out."

"Yes." Lin Junze responded and hung up the phone.

The office fell silent again, with only the antique clock on the wall ticking, as if urging something.

Gu Yunqian walked to the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass of whiskey. The amber liquor swayed in the glass, reflecting the gloom in his eyes.

He thought of Gu Yunxi's red eyes at his mother's birthday party, and her stubborn look when she argued with him for Lin Xu, and suddenly felt a little irritated.

Wasn't he doing all this for her own good?

A poor boy like Lin Xu who has nothing is not worthy of the young lady of the Gu family, and cannot give her the life she wants.

He just extinguished this relationship that shouldn't have happened in advance, why did things turn out like this?

Qi Ruixiang's investigation can no longer continue.

He had personally planned Lin Xu's "death", and although it was done perfectly, there was no guarantee that there would not be any clues left behind.

Once Qi Ruixiang finds out the truth, not only will his plan fail, but if Gu Yunxi finds out, she will probably hate him completely.

And Gu Yunxi's mental state gave him even more headaches.

His sister looks weak, but she is extremely stubborn at heart.

Lin Xu's incident dealt her such a heavy blow. If she were provoked again, I really don't know what outrageous thing she would do.

Gu Yunqian drank the whiskey in the glass in one gulp. The spicy liquid slid down his throat but failed to dispel the chill in his heart.

He knew that every step now had to be taken with caution, as any mistake could lead to a complete loss.

He picked up the phone, turned to Qi Ruixiang's number, and hesitated for a long time with his fingertips hovering over the dial button.

In the end, he put down his phone. Calling now to question would only make him look guilty. He needed to calm down and rethink his plans.

The rain outside the window started falling again at some point, hitting the glass, making a dull sound.

Gu Yunqian looked at the blurry night scene outside the window, his eyes becoming increasingly profound.

Since this chess game has gone out of control, he can only make a new move. Even if it costs him a greater price, he must regain control of the situation...

On the other side, Yang Xiaotang stared at the number on the mobile phone screen with the note "Qi Ruixiang", his fingertips hovering above the dial button, hesitating for a full three minutes.

Snowball rubbed his head against the back of her hand, and the cat hair stuck to the light gray sweater she had just changed into, like a layer of fine snow.

Finally, she pressed the call button, and a busy tone came from the receiver, each of which seemed to hit her tense nerves.

Ever since his father forcibly took him home after the birthday party, Qi Ruixiang seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. He never contacted her again, nor did he mention what he had not finished saying that night.

These days she has been wondering whether she shouldn't have said those words about ginkgo leaves at the banquet and whether she offended him because of it.

"Hello?" The moment the call was connected, Qi Ruixiang's deep voice came through the electric current, and there seemed to be a vague sound of wind in the background, as if it was outdoors.

Yang Xiaotang's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly clenched her phone, her fingertips turning white from the force: "It's me, Yang Xiaotang."

She deliberately made her tone sound casual, but her eyes involuntarily drifted to the window - the ginkgo leaves there were all over the ground, the same color as the day of the birthday party, "It's just... I want to ask you about the documentary you mentioned last time, have you found it?"

In fact, she doesn't care about documentaries at all. She's just looking for an excuse.

These days, she would always think of his profile looking at the rain in the car, the arc of his Adam's apple rolling when he drank beer, and even her hands subconsciously clenched when her father mentioned "London".

"Not yet." Qi Ruixiang paused, as if paying attention to the movements around him, "I'm on a business trip. I'll find it for you when I get back."

"Business trip?" Yang Xiaotang frowned subconsciously. His voice did not contain the noise of business negotiations, but instead revealed an unusual quietness, as if... In an empty room? "Where did you go?"

"It's a project matter, it's not convenient to talk about it." There was no emotion in his tone, but Yang Xiaotang keenly caught a hint of deliberate alienation.

She remembered her father once said that the more calm and indifferent a person like Qi Ruixiang appears, the more hidden things he has in his heart.

Just like my father himself, every time he mentioned an old case from twenty years ago, he was very secretive.

The air suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of Snowball yawning coming through the receiver. Yang Xiaotang looked at the falling ginkgo leaves outside the window, and suddenly realized that there was always more than just Gu Yunxi in Qi Ruixiang's eyes behind the lenses.

That night in the car, his panic when he heard himself mention Cambridge might not just be because of Gu Yunxi.

"Then... be careful." She didn't dare to ask any further, but her heart sank.

"Yeah." Qi Ruixiang responded, "Nothing else?"

"No, no more." Yang Xiaotang hung up the phone in a hurry, and her red ears were reflected on the phone screen.

She walked to the window, looked at the traffic downstairs, and suddenly grabbed her coat and ran out. Snowball meowed behind her, but she didn't look back.

She didn't know what to do, but her intuition told her that Qi Ruixiang was lying.

At this time in London, Qi Ruixiang stood by the window in the hotel corridor, looking at the light on in Gu Yunxi's room downstairs, and slowly put away his mobile phone.

Yang Xiaotang's voice just now had the unique clarity of a young girl, like a stone thrown into still water, creating tiny ripples in his heart.

He didn't mean to lie to her, he just didn't know how to explain that he was standing outside another woman's door at the moment, and this woman's heart would always belong to the "missing" person.

He remembered the look in Yang Xiaotang's eyes when she came to his rescue at the birthday party. It was clear and a little stubborn, just like Gu Yunxi when he was young.

The moment the phone screen went dark, he seemed to hear again the barely audible sigh that Yang Xiaotang made before she hung up the phone...