Chapter 29: Even a Kiss Feels Inconvenient

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Xu Ziyu stepped into his office, and his assistant approached him, calling out, "Mr. Xu."

As he walked, Xu Ziyu asked, "How is the investigation into the Shang Meixiang case going?"

His assistant, Wang Yang, replied, "That case has been closed. It was just an ordinary rape case; there was no mastermind behind it."

Xu Ziyu sat down. "Has the Feitian design blueprint been approved?"

"It has been approved," Wang Yang said. "However, there are some parts that are not quite understood, and the cooperation of the designer is needed for the development process."

"How stupid, to not even be able to understand a design blueprint." Xu Ziyu opened the computer on his desk. "I see. You may go."

Wang Yang nodded and left.

After Xu Ziyu signed a few documents, his phone rang. He picked it up from the side and pressed the answer button. "Hello, Yueyue."

"Brother Ziyu, where are you?" a sweet, soft voice came through.

Xu Ziyu replied, "I'm at the company. Is something the matter?"

Guan Yueyue said, "It's just about some questions regarding the design. I wanted to find your brother, but I felt too shy to go. Would you be willing to take me with you?"

Is she not even bothering to hide it anymore? A cold sneer curled Xu Ziyu’s lips. "My brother isn't home; he went to the hospital early this morning. By the way, I’m hosting a gathering tonight. Let’s all go out to eat."

"Oh, okay."

***

Around four in the afternoon, Xu Ziyu arrived to pick up Guan Yueyue. Once she sat in his car, he took hold of her fair fingers. "Yueyue, can we sleep together tonight?"

Guan Yueyue looked at Xu Ziyu and pulled her fingers from his grasp. She felt that something was strange about him today—could he have discovered something? "Brother Ziyu, it’s not convenient for me today. Let’s do it another day."

"Then when will it be convenient?" Xu Ziyu asked.

Guan Yueyue laughed. "What are you in such a rush for, Brother Ziyu?"

Xu Ziyu did not start the car immediately. "Let me kiss you. That isn't asking too much, is it?"

Sitting in the car, Guan Yueyue felt as though she were sitting on pins and needles. "I really am not in a convenient state."

Xu Ziyu persisted, "Is it not even convenient for a kiss?"

Guan Yueyue could barely keep up the act. "Brother Ziyu..."

"Just a kiss. I won't do anything else."

Guan Yueyue did not move.

Xu Ziyu grabbed her arm and pulled her toward him. "Have you forgotten that you are my girlfriend?"

He definitely found out something. "I'm not in the mood." Guan Yueyue pushed his hand away. "I'm hungry. Let's just go eat first."

As Xu Ziyu drove, he asked, "Do you like me?"

"Of course I do," Guan Yueyue said, speaking against her own heart.

"Perhaps you liked me before, but ever since he arrived..." Xu Ziyu’s voice was very low, as if he were talking to himself. Everyone likes him—Father likes him, and you like him too. And he, Xu Ziyu, is nothing at all.

...

Inside the private dining room, although the air conditioning was running and set very low, Guan Yueyue still felt a sense of stifling agitation.

"Yueyue, have some chicken wings. You love these." Xu Ziyu kept piling food onto her plate.

Sitting opposite them were Shen Zhi and Ming Ziluo. The four of them were the only ones there.

"Yueyue has gained a little weight recently; she looks even more like a doll," Ming Ziluo said with a smile.

Xu Ziyu replied, "I plan to go to the Guan family to propose in a few days and have Yueyue marry me. Yueyue, what do you think?"

"Whatever Brother Ziyu decides is fine." Guan Yueyue took the food Xu Ziyu had given her and placed it back onto his plate. "Brother Ziyu, you should eat more."

Ming Ziluo glanced at Shen Zhi beside her. "Ah Zhi, I just realized that you and Ziyu look quite alike. You truly are brothers, after all."

Xu Ziyu looked at Shen Zhi. "Brother, when do you think would be a good time for me to marry Yueyue?"