He Sui Chen is treating us tonight, and the venue is set at the most famous Yuanqiao private club in Licheng.
There is a different world inside the ancient garden courtyard. There is a bamboo floor as soon as you enter the door, which looks particularly beautiful under the flowing light of lanterns. There are private rooms on the second floor with a quiet and private environment. It is usually hard to get a seat.
After arriving at the place, He Suichen silently let go of her hand and casually put his left hand in his trouser pocket. This reserved and self-contained look was completely different from the one in the car. It also deceived the passing waitresses, who all stared at him and whispered, "Who is this distinguished guest?"
When Gu Qingwu heard this, she thought that this man's face alone was enough to make him flirt with other women. She pursed her lips and followed him expressionlessly. The thick and soft carpet muffled the sound of her footsteps, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the private room upstairs.
He Sui Chen slowly opened the door and led her in.
Going around the screen, a man in a casual suit was sitting at the table, sipping tea.
Seeing the overly beautiful woman next to He Suichen, he put down his teacup, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this my sister-in-law?"
Gu Qingwu moved her red lips and was about to say that she had recognized the wrong person.
He Suichen had already walked over calmly, and with his bony hands he pulled open the chair, and said jokingly, "Just try to call her and see if she agrees."
Fortunately, that person didn't listen to He Suichen. He stood up with a polite smile and greeted Gu Qingwu: "Hello, I'm Zhou Tingliu."
After the introduction, Gu Qingwu learned that this was a well-known gold medal lawyer in the legal circle. As long as he was willing to take over, there was no case that he could not win. He had a close relationship with He Sui Chen and was willing to help without asking for any money.
However, Gu Qingwu felt that he still had to pay the remuneration. After all, he couldn't let others work in vain.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Tingliu said in a veiled tone, "Don't be polite, Miss Gu. Sui Chen will repay this favor for you. If you have any troubles in the entertainment industry in the future, just come to me. Sooner or later, we will be family..."
The relationship between Gu Qingwu and He Suichen was really hard to explain. They had never been together before, but people still misunderstood them. Seeing that she was choking on her words, Zhou Tingliu kept leading the topic to He Suichen with a slightly mischievous tone.
As expected of a good brother, he sold out He Sui Chen in just a few words.
Gu Qingwu learned from Zhou Tingliu that He Sui Chen was the most popular among girls in this circle. The reason was simple. He came from a prominent family and was mysterious and low-key. He had never had a love history with anyone. It was no wonder that he became the most suitable son-in-law for marriage.
Therefore, his whereabouts are always closely watched. No matter what occasion he attends or what flight he takes, he is bound to run into one or two people who hand him a room card.
"—there are more exciting things."
Zhou Tingliu's words were somewhat teasing: "The only daughter of the Lin family in Sicheng ran away from marriage for him, causing a sensation in the city. She begged him to be her lover for three days and said that she would accept the family marriage if her wish was fulfilled. In the end, she didn't get any sympathy from Sui Chen and has not married yet."
Gu Qingwu raised her eyelashes slightly and looked at He Suichen, who was a chair away from her.
He Suichen was also looking at her, but he was talking to Zhou Tingliu: "What are you saying to confuse the public? Are you drunk from drinking tea?"
Zhou Tingliu stopped at the right time, not daring to offend this person too much, for fear of being held accountable later.
Half an hour later.
A lot of people came to the party this time, and the box soon became lively.
Gu Qingwu was not familiar with anyone present, and for the sake of peace and quiet, he was not curious about anyone.
Quietly, go and see the traditional carved screen, which is decorated with handwritten ancient Chinese characters, full of ancient charm.
She was watching carefully when someone in the box said, "Someone is coming."
Then, a tall, bright-colored woman walked out from behind the screen. She was wearing a red dress. Surprisingly, both the color and style were very similar to hers.
Perhaps it was women's nature that both of them noticed each other's existence at the same time.
Gu Qingwu didn't even blink, and her delicate face showed an unusually calm expression.
Instead, the bright and beautiful woman looked her up and down, her gaze undisguised, until a young man walked over and asked, "What wind brought Miss Lin here?"
"I happened to be on a business trip in Licheng."
Lin Yuanting had a cold expression on his face. He walked directly towards He Sui Chen and greeted him with a slight curve of his lips: "Brother Sui Chen."
He calls me brother as soon as we meet, so we must have a very special relationship.
Gu Qingwu picked up the cup and took a sip. The sour taste between her lips and teeth made her frown.
I don't know how much lemon juice was put in this glass of water.
She's so jealous!
On the other hand, He Sui Chen had a distant attitude towards everyone. He didn't feel anything special towards Lin Yuanting and just asked a few questions about the old man of the Lin family.
Lin Yuanting smiled brightly and prepared to sit down on the chair next to him.
He Suichen tapped lightly on the edge of the table, signaling her to change chairs as there was someone here.
In a strangely quiet second, there was inexplicable silence in the box.
But He Sui Chen seemed not to notice it. He glanced sideways and stared at Gu Qingwu who was drinking water with his head down.
Everyone followed his extremely indifferent gaze, unable to help but explore and look over secretly.
He Sui Chen obviously didn't show too much attentiveness to Gu Qingwu in the box, but it seemed as if everything was clear to everyone. It was rare for him to have such a pure and abstinent life for so many years and finally have this day.
When the situation is about to become awkward.
It was Zhou Tingliu who came out to smooth things over, and said jokingly, "Someone's six senses are not pure."
At the party tonight, Gu Qingwu was the only one who was concentrating on eating seriously.
She originally had a poor appetite, but because she successfully invited Zhou Tingliu to help her teacher, she regained her appetite when faced with the table full of delicious food.
When Gu Qingwu was half full, there were already a lot of crab shells piled up on the plate next to him.
He Sui Chen saw her slowly wiping each of her slender fingers with a wet wipe, so he asked someone to pay the bill.
He took Gu Qingwu away first. The group of people gathered in the box were still going on. Outside the Yuanqiao Private Club, the driver had been waiting for a long time.
After getting in the car, Gu Qingwu couldn't help but sneeze, perhaps because the air conditioner was on for too long tonight.
He Suichen told the driver to turn up the temperature. He unbuttoned his suit jacket with his long fingers, took it off slowly, and draped it over the woman's slender shoulders. He said in a low and indifferent voice, "Do you still like seafood so much?"
Gu Qingwu was just about to take his clothes but was distracted by the question.
After two seconds of silence, she nodded slightly. Thinking of Zhou Tingliu's agreement to take her teacher's case, she said politely, "Thank you for the lawyer thing. I'll treat you to a seafood dinner some other day when I have time."
He Sui Chen could tell her voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't know if it was because she had eaten too many crabs or had a cold.
He leaned lazily on the back of the chair, glanced at the woman with a very fake smile, and said in a nonchalant tone: "You don't have to treat me to a seafood dinner. If you really want to thank me, give me a gift."
Give a gift
Gu Qingwu couldn't laugh anymore. Originally, when she said she would treat the man, she was planning to write him a blank check and deal with him casually.
Who knew he would end up shooting himself in the foot? He had put on a good front, but it was hard to refuse outright: "I haven't made much money from filming in the past few years, so you may not like my gift."
"How do you know I don't like it?"
For every word Gu Qingwu said, He Suichen had ten more words waiting to stop her. There was no smile in his deep eyes as he added, "Think about it carefully."
"… "
She has a beautiful mouth, but she shouldn't talk!
After a forty-minute drive, the car stopped in the hotel's underground parking lot.
Gu Qingwu was confused by He Sui Chen's questions. She got out of the car in a daze, took the elevator upstairs with him, and waited for the suite on the top floor. Only then did she realize why she had to stay here tonight.
When she turned around, she saw He Sui Chen telling her naturally: "Go take a hot bath and go to bed early."
Gu Qingwu stood there thinking for a moment, then turned around and went to the bathroom silently.
Soon, the bathroom light came on and the sound of gurgling water was heard.
Gu Qingwu stayed inside, threw the red dress she was wearing tonight on the edge of the bathtub, paused for a moment, and then stopped looking. No matter how many women He Suichen had been warmly invited by when he was abroad, and what had happened to the woman wearing the same dress as her tonight.
None of this has anything to do with her.
The hot water in the bathtub gradually became colder, and my smooth skin also felt a hint of chill.
At this time, two restrained knocks were heard outside the door. It seemed that she had been taking a shower for too long, so He Sui Chen reminded her that it was time to come out.
Gu Qingwu wrapped herself tightly in a large white cotton bathrobe. When she opened the door and went out, she saw He Suichen standing by the coffee table. He skillfully opened the paper bag with his long fingers and took out a thermometer.
After He Sui Chen finished reading the instructions word by word, he gestured for her to sit on the sofa.
Gu Qingwu didn't know what he was going to do. After taking a hot bath, she felt a lot more relaxed. She slumped down on the sofa, hiding her snow-white knees under her bathrobe, and pulled the soft pillow comfortably into her arms.
She opened her beautiful black eyes and saw He Suichen put the thermometer in his mouth. She felt a little strange, but she didn't think much about it. Instead, she got back to the point and mentioned what she hadn't finished talking about in the car: "I thought about it carefully. When giving gifts, the gift is usually small but the sentiment is great..."
He Sui Chen took out the thermometer and found that the measured temperature was normal.
He turned around and his deep gaze fell on Gu Qingwu who was speaking.
She tilted her head back, her long, thick black hair falling in disarray, making her face look delicate and small. Her outline was softened by the light, making her look like an intricately carved porcelain doll in an expensive glass cabinet.
Especially when she smiles, the faint mole on her nose bridge adds a touch of innocent charm.
The room became silent. Gu Qingwu breathed faster, trying to break the ambiguous atmosphere. She continued, "It's okay if I give you a feather."
Next second.
He Suichen's slender, cold fingers had already slid to the side of her face, and with a little force, he easily forced her bright red lips to open. He calmly put the thermometer between her lips, and said in a low voice: "Measure it, three minutes."
Gu Qingwu was caught off guard and her face instantly became hot, with her skin temperature more than twice as high as before.
If memory serves me right, he had just measured the temperature with the thermometer himself and put it in her mouth.
He Sui Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He waited patiently for three minutes and then took it out and looked at it.
The thermometer slid across Gu Qingwu's tongue. She pursed her lips subconsciously, vaguely feeling the man's scent lingering there, and she became absent-minded.
After reading it, He Suichen touched her forehead with his fingertips for a few seconds and whispered, "You have a low fever. You need to take medicine."
Gu Qingwu's eyelids were red from the burns, and she could no longer tell whether she had a cold or not.
She had lived for 23 years and had never been so intimate with a man. This behavior had already crossed the line, and she couldn't continue to play dumb. Gu Qingwu didn't understand what He Suichen was thinking when he pretended to be so righteous on the surface.
But she knew very well that this man was very cunning and could easily flirt with any woman.
She couldn't handle it at all.
Gu Qingwu forced herself to calm down, pushed He Suichen away with her palm, and went to look for her shoes distractedly, avoiding his particularly deep gaze: "I'll go get a new room, you go to bed early."
After saying that, he didn't let He Sui Chen take him downstairs.
As for the antipyretic medicine on the coffee table, he should keep it for himself.
That night, Gu Qingwu ran down from the luxurious suite on the top floor wearing a white bathrobe, and pulled Luo Yuan to open a new room for her.
The matter of Chu Sanyan came to an end, and the next day, they should set off back to Sicheng.
However, before going back, Gu Qingwu did not forget the promise to give He Sui Chen a gift.
She doesn't like to owe favors to others, so it's better to settle the matter as soon as possible.
Gu Qingwu had no experience in giving gifts to men, so she handed the task to Luo Yuan without changing her expression.
The next day at noon, Luo Yuan came back from the mall carrying shopping bags. He put his things on the sofa and was about to take a break when he saw Gu Qingwu from the corner of his eye, who had just woken up with disheveled hair. If it weren't for her stunning face, she wouldn't look like a goddess at all.
"Miss, I'm running errands for you like a slave. Your flight is at 2 o'clock, and you haven't washed up yet?"
Gu Qingwu felt like he really had a cold. When he woke up from a nap, his forehead ached slightly and his throat felt sore.
She walked over unhappily, threw the shopping bag that was in the way on the sofa onto the carpet, sat down and said in a hoarse voice, "Why are you in such a hurry? Haven't you gone to the penthouse suite to deliver the gifts yet?"
Luo Yuan immediately said indifferently: "That's too much. You want me to deliver the gifts too?"
After the thermometer incident last night, Gu Qingwu didn't want to meet He Suichen for the time being. She clasped her hands together in a pitiful manner and said, "Please, please... Think about it, if I deliver myself to He Suichen like a little white rabbit, what if He Suichen detains me again? Should I still go back to work in Sicheng?"
Luo Yuan was speechless. Time was running out and he couldn't miss his flight. He picked up one of the shopping bags on the carpet and walked out the door.
He cursed angrily: "There are few good guys like this!"
"… "
**
After giving the gifts, Gu Qingwu checked out immediately and caught the flight back to Sicheng on time.
In the cabin, she took off the sunglasses that were covering her face, sat by the window, covered with a warm blanket. Because she had just taken cold medicine, she felt a little drowsy with her head against the back of the chair.
However, when she raised her thick eyelashes slightly, she noticed from the corner of her eye that Luo Yuan was holding a shopping bag from the mall when he sat down on her left.
"Brother Yuan, what treasure did you buy that you couldn't bear to put in the suitcase for air shipment? Is it a gift for your sister-in-law?"
Luo Yuan handed it to her mysteriously, and lowered his voice to prevent people around from eavesdropping: "Condoms, new limited edition of brand X, only high-end VIP members can get them."
Gu Qingwu's fingertips paused, and when he was about to throw it back to him, his eyes accidentally glanced into the shopping bag.
Then, her dark pupils suddenly contracted, and she slowly took out a navy blue shirt and an expensive belt from the bag, and looked into Luo Yuan's shocked eyes.
The two of them looked at each other in silence, one second, two seconds, three seconds...
"Don't tell me—" Gu Qingwu said five words, took a deep breath and said, "You gave the wrong gift. You gave a bag of condoms to He Suichen in my name?"
Luo Yuan was petrified instantly, as if he had experienced a devastating disaster: "I told Mr. He with certainty that you personally selected it and it took you a long time to choose."
What the hell is that? Who asked him to add to the drama and took him so long to choose
Gu Qingwu's tightly pursed lips were devoid of any color, and she was too calm to speak. Before the plane took off, she decisively took out her cell phone and used her fingertips to open the man's contact number in the address book.
She edited the message word by word for a long time, and mustered up the courage to send it: [Mr. He, I sent you the wrong gift, I’m really sorry... If you haven’t opened it, please help me throw it away, and I will definitely give you a replacement next time.]
Gu Qingwu held the phone so tightly that it became hot. Just when she thought it would fall into oblivion, a ding sound was heard. The light from the screen shone on her delicate, pale face. She blinked her eyes closely and clicked on it to see.
—This is a message from He Sui Chen.
On the interface, there is a short text: [This gift is very touching and will be useful in the future.]