Gu Chenhuan's face turned extremely ugly for a moment. He didn't want to take the phone, because taking the phone would mean admitting that he sent someone to set up Xiao Yi to hold him back. He just looked in the rearview mirror, Shi Tian Those cold eyes that seemed to be able to completely penetrate his true face made Gu Chenhuan feel as if his whole body was being roasted by a slow fire, and even his facial expressions could not be pretending to be natural.
Gu Chenhuan took Shi Tian's cell phone and said in a low voice, "It's over." After saying that, he hung up the phone with an embarrassed expression. By chance, the car had already arrived at the hotel where Shi Tian was staying.
As soon as the car stopped, Shi Tian immediately opened the door and got out of the car. Gu Chenhuan quickly got out of the car and wanted to help Shi Tian. Shi Tian suddenly turned around and forced Gu Chenhuan to pull over with a cold look in his eyes. He said with a cold face, "No, I'm walking steadily. You make things difficult for my elder brother, so I won't thank you for sending me back."
Gu Chenhuan was about to say something, but Shi Tian took the lead and spoke again, "I have made everything clear that day. Gu Chenhuan, if you really want to pursue me, first of all, don't do anything Things that make me hate you.”
"The person you want to be engaged to is Xiao Yi, right?" Gu Chenhuan said suddenly when Shi Tian turned around and was about to enter the hotel.
Shi Tian stopped and turned to look at Gu Chenhuan expressionlessly, "You have already investigated, why are you still asking me?"
Shi Tian's indifference made Gu Chenhuan both desperate and heartbroken. Every time he looked at Shi Tian's indifferent eyes, he would feel an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
He once captured this man's heart in just a few days with his unremitting tenderness and thoughtfulness. Now, I'm afraid it will never be that simple again. At that time, like a tired and desperate cat, he had a certain sense of reality. The surrender and confusion just melted into his arms in a chaotic manner, but now, his brain is clearer than at any moment in his life, and his heart is more decisive, just like when he first met him in Xingchen four years ago. , that kind of careless stubbornness, the heart is as if it is entangled with thousands of strands of steel wire, and it is extremely hard.
Now, it seems that no matter how hard I try, I can't untie this hard shell and touch the softness inside.
"Shitian, I've been miserable for the past four years without you. If I had to watch you get engaged to someone else and do nothing, I would go crazy..." Gu Chenhuan's hands were clenched tightly around his body. He turned to the side, and finally slowly relaxed it. He glanced at Shi Tian, whose expression remained unchanged, gave a self-deprecating smile, and whispered, "I can't wish happiness to the people I love and others, forever. Can't do it..."
"It's late, bye."
Shi Tian turned around and entered the hotel. He could feel Gu Chenhuan's eyes following his back. It wasn't until he entered the elevator that Shi Tian felt like he could completely shake off Gu Chenhuan's eyes.
On the way back, Gu Chenhuan received a call from his subordinates. After listening to his subordinates' report, Gu Chenhuan realized that he had been charged with an "unjust crime."
"What? You weren't the one who touched the porcelain?"
"Brother Chen, God help us." Reported by subordinates, "Before I had time to take action, I was overtaken by an old man. Because I did hold him back in the end, I didn't take action."
After listening to his men's words, Gu Chenhuan suddenly felt like a dumb man eating yellow lotus.
When he took Shi Tian's cell phone and said a word, he immediately hung up. He never thought that the person on the other end might not be one of his subordinates.
It was not my fault at all, but I accepted all the blame in front of Shi Tian.
I'm afraid that if he goes to Shi Tian to explain himself, Shi Tian won't believe it.
After Gu Chenhuan hung up the phone, he slammed the steering wheel with an angry expression.
If I had known, I would have gritted my teeth and refused to admit it.
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After thinking carefully all night, Gu Chenhuan decided to give up setting a trap for the Xiao family's business development in K City.
He originally just hoped that Shi Tian would take the initiative to approach him in order to solve the troubles encountered by the Xiao family, but after experiencing last night, Gu Chenhuan finally understood that no matter how perfectly his men carried out the plan, Shi Tian would still suspect him. .
Liao Mingyi expressed regret that Gu Chenhuan suddenly gave up the plan. He and Gu Chenhuan had different ideas. From the beginning to the end, Liao Mingyi was planning for Gu Chenhuan's business. What he wanted was not to bring Shi Tian and Gu Chenhuan closer. opportunity, but how much benefit can be obtained in the plan.
In the next few days, Gu Chenhuan no longer took the initiative to look for Shi Tian. He recovered as he had been four years ago and began to appear at some business banquets. His every move was once again closely surrounded by envious eyes. Except for It is puzzling that he suddenly invested a large amount of money into the clothing and textile business despite his main businesses such as tobacco, alcohol and real estate.
After a series of efforts, Gu Chenhuan finally had the opportunity to meet Shi Tian at various events, but such opportunities were rare because most of the time, those who attended banquets or some business negotiations on behalf of the Xiao family were It's Xiao Yi.
Gu Chenhuan also found out during later investigations that Xiao Yi and Xiao Shi were not biological brothers in the first place.
Xiao Shi is the son of an old friend brought back from the orphanage by Xiao Haiyan and his wife. He was only three years old when he entered the Xiao family. He has been weak and sick since he was a child. Xiao Yi is a biological son of the Xiao family. He and Xiao Shi are only three years apart, so they can be considered the same as Xiao Shi. grow up.
Gu Chenhuan didn't know how Xiao Shi died and how Shi Tian replaced Xiao Shi. The only thing he knew at this moment was that Xiao Yi liked Shi Tian.
Since Shi Tian has lived in the Xiao family for so long, Xiao Haiyan and his wife must also know Xiao Yi's thoughts about Shi Tian, so the engagement between Shi Tian and Xiao Yi must have been approved by the Xiao family.
Many things could not be confirmed from Shi Tian's mouth, so Gu Chenhuan could only secretly speculate in his heart.
In order to have more opportunities to meet openly with Shi Tian, Gu Chenhuan intervened in the cooperation between the Xiao family and the Qiu family not long after he entered the adult world. Gu Chenhuan's joining made both Xiao and Qiu very excited. Gu Chenhuan Huan is like a towering golden mountain in K City. As long as this man can help clear the way in K City, there will be no troubles that cannot be solved.
"You didn't spend the money like this." Liao Mingyi was a bit dumbfounded. "The Xiaoqiu family has gained the most from this cooperation. You won't make much in the end by investing so much money. Moreover, if the cooperation between the Xiaoqiu family goes wrong, No matter what the accident, the one who suffers the most is you who has spent the most money.”
After a long time, Gu Chenhuan and several close friends gathered in Xingchen again.
No matter how many times I was cut by Shi Tian's cold eyes during this period, my bleak life finally had a goal. In addition, I thought that I could naturally ask Shi Tian out in the name of discussing business in the future, so Gu Chenhuan's mood seemed to be not bad.
Gu Chenhuan drank wine and said calmly, "Although it is a bit troublesome, it is much better than the previous idea."
Now he only thinks about how to turn his cooperative relationship with Shitian into a friend step by step.
At least, let Shi Tian see his honesty first.
In fact, Gu Chenhuan still feels somewhat lucky at this moment. Fortunately, he did not create difficulties for the Xiao family in a hot-headed manner but chose to approach Shitian in a step-by-step manner.
"Yes, Xiao Qiu and his wife will invite you to play golf tomorrow. If nothing else, Shi Tian should also go."
"Well, there will be many opportunities like this in the future." Gu Chenhuan leaned on the back of the sofa with his eyes closed, and the corner of his mouth raised a comfortable arc, "Maybe we can talk more happily in the future."
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Every night after returning to bed after work, Gu Chenhuan would habitually send a text message to Shi Tian. Even if he never received a reply, the moment the text message was sent, Gu Chenhuan would still feel satisfied for a moment. , as if he was no longer alone in the lonely bed on a cold night.
"Are you free tomorrow? How about meeting?"
After struggling for a long time, Gu Chenhuan finally sent this text message. In his eyes, based on his contact with Shitian during this period, he should have reached the point where he could ask the person out to chat.
Like every night, there was no reply for a long time.
Gu Chenhuan put down his cell phone in disappointment and prepared to fall asleep. Half an hour later, a message notification sound suddenly came from his cell phone.
Gu Chenhuan quickly picked up his phone and opened the text message. Sure enough, it was from Shi Tian, and it said: Let's meet at the same place tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Indescribable ecstasy surged over him. Gu Chenhuan silently thought about He Shitian's "old place" in his heart, and an antique tourist park in K City flashed through his mind.
Four years ago, he often took Shitian there to watch the night view. Sometimes Shitian would go there alone, sit on a bench and look up at the stars.
I also heard Shi Tian say to himself the words "see you at the same place", which was what he meant at that time.
The next day, the sky was gloomy throughout the morning, but it did not affect Gu Chenhuan's mood at all. For him, Shi Tian's willingness to agree to his appointment was the result of his hard work during this period.
Gu Chenhuan arrived at the antique landscape garden an hour early. The landscape garden was still the same as four years ago, and the interior scene had not changed much. Gu Chenhuan found the bench where Shi Tian often sat and sat down.
Perhaps because of the cold weather, there were not many tourists in the garden.
Light snow started to fall in the sky. Gu Chenhuan was sitting motionless on a bench wearing a black trench coat with the collar turned up, like a dark sculpture. Gradually, a thin layer of snow covered his trench coat.
It wasn't until the sky was getting dark and there was almost no one left in the garden that Gu Chenhuan took out his mobile phone and looked at the time. He found that it was already past six o'clock in the evening, and the phone showed that the battery was low.
I was so excited last night that I forgot to charge my phone.
Gu Chenhuan wanted to call Shi Tian, but as soon as the number was dialed, the phone automatically turned off.
Putting away his phone, Gu Chenhuan stood up and looked around at the empty surroundings, then sat down again.
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"You're really going to surprise me. I thought you wouldn't come at first." Guan Ling, who was half drunk at the end of the hot pot meal, said with a smile.
After drinking a few glasses of spicy white wine, Shi Tian's face turned a little red. He chuckled and said, "Didn't I reply to your text message?"
"Reply my text message? When? No, I didn't hear back from you after I sent the text message last night."
Shi Tian frowned, "I was sleeping at that time. Although my mind was not clear, I definitely replied to your text message."
"You can't fucking pronounce it wrong."