newbobooks 17: It is a star in the sky.
17: It is a star in the sky.
The hot breath from Geng Huan made Gu Xinglan's ear itch, so she rubbed her ear and moved away from him.
He managed to dodge it, but how did he dodge it? Like an iron hook that ensnares the heart.
Geng Huan originally only wanted to disgust his younger brother, who avoided him like the plague, but he had to admit that the person his brother brought was indeed quite attractive, and with a few gestures, he drew everyone's attention.
Although Geng Yi was young, he had seen everything, both things he should and shouldn't have seen.
Seeing the stunned looks on the sofa, he felt a wave of nausea.
Without pausing, Geng Yi recovered and grabbed Gu Xinglan's clothes, leaving the private room with extreme speed.
No one was supposed to come to this suite.
He brought Gu Xinglan here to avoid these people.
But I never expected to run into the whole thing.
With a loud bang, the suite door was slammed shut.
Geng Huan's expression gradually faded.
On the sofa, someone crossed their legs and took a drag of their cigarette: "That looks like someone from my family?"
"You're keeping him? You're so bold as to dare to seduce young children."
"No, it's from the company, a junior host."
"Oh, that's even more incredible! You're abandoning your own beauty to chase after some philandering bastard with sky-high ambitions?"
Meng Guanhe stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, then picked up his wine glass and took a sip: "What 'wild chicken'? Speak properly."
Seeing the protagonist return from the door, the group's teasing shifted: "Why is your younger brother's temper even worse than before after all these years?"
Geng Huan tossed his hair back: "Does it stink? It only stinks to you."
“Aren’t you the same? Did you hear him just now? He called someone else ‘brother’.”
"..." Geng Huan returned to his seat, his smile seemingly indifferent, but his hand gripped the whiskey tightly, and he swallowed several mouthfuls.
"Why bring this up? What are we here for today? To welcome Geng Huan, aren't we?"
"Let's go, let's go, don't keep the people outside waiting."
The group straightened their clothes and went outside in twos and threes.
Most of the people outside were from the Geng family. When they saw Geng Huan, they thought, "He's the crown prince, he's the one who deserves this title."
The head of the Geng family is still at the company. He sent his assistant to the scene with sports cars and villas, giving them a grand display.
"Where's my dad?" Geng Huan interrupted his assistant's invariable opening line: "Thank you, I understand. He's busy again, right?"
The assistant adjusted his glasses and said in a low voice, "Master hasn't seen you for four years, and he misses you. Recently, the government opened up a new plot of land, and the bidding process for its development seems open... but in reality, it has been monopolized by the Li family of Wushui. Master has been busy with this matter lately."
The Li family is the local power in Wushui, while the Geng family is from Huangkou City. The Geng family in Huangkou has many branches, and this branch in Wushui is a new one. The head of the Geng family wants to gain a foothold in Wushui City, a place where celebrities and aristocratic families gather, so of course he has to be busy, even to the point of having to go to the hospital.
Geng Huan nodded, seemingly unconcerned.
He wasn't completely ignorant of things while he was abroad; he paid attention to domestic affairs to some extent.
His father is so busy, but the head of the Li family spent hundreds of millions to get married a couple of days ago and even made it into entertainment and financial news. What were the comments saying? Anyway, they were all infatuated with him.
To be able to swoon over someone who's almost forty, you must be starving.
Who is the marriage partner again? Making a young girl in the prime of her life marry someone old enough to be her father is too cruel. Only someone with a thick skin would buy trending topics.
Geng Huan smiled.
Geng Huan spent four years studying for the CFA abroad and never met Li Taihe, let alone the mysterious bride.
Meanwhile, the mysterious bride in Geng Huan's mind was hiding under the table.
In one of the private rooms, a crouching figure could be vaguely seen through the draped lace tablecloth at a large round table.
Gu Xinglan was covered in cold sweat.
Who did he just see?
That pot-bellied man who wanted to take him to the auction...
"Big brother, what are you squatting down for?" Geng Yi took a few sips of the chocolate milk on the table and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Gu Xinglan forced a smile: "...My stomach hurts."
Although he is now dressed as a man, his face remains unchanged.
That person was watching him so closely in the garden, he might have been recognized.
Suddenly I felt a rubbing sensation on the top of my head.
Gu Xinglan looked up and saw Geng Yi holding a chocolate milk in one hand and placing the other hand on his head.
"Touch your head and it won't hurt anymore." The child's voice was light and calm, giving people a sense of trust for no reason.
Gu Xinglan: "..."
"Thank you, little friend." Gu Xinglan felt a pang of guilt for having deceived the child.
From his vantage point, you could just see the keychain on his pot-bellied waist.
The keychain has the character "孟" on it.
Meng family?
In my previous life, I seemed to be in the overseas business. In China, I worked in the transportation industry, taking orders from various companies and shipping them overseas. I earned a considerable amount of transportation fees every year.
It seems that when Li Hetai took over the Li family, the Meng family was already on the verge of bankruptcy and falling apart.
Gu Xinglan narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze intensely focused as she recalled events from her previous life, trying to evoke her memories.
Little did he know, in Geng Yi's eyes, this appearance was no different from his family's big dog.
She also loves to lie at his feet, enjoys his head pats, and is just as... adorable.
Geng Yi subtly tugged at Gu Xinglan's hair, but couldn't bear to pull it upwards.
This person isn't a dog; if he dies, there won't be another one.
"Geng Yi, why don't you go to your brother's table?" Someone approached the table.
"Hello, Uncle Meng." Geng Yi greeted him sweetly, but his hand was pressed down on the chair next to him, indicating that he did not want the man to sit next to him.
Gu Xinglan, who was under the table, was quite frightened.
People coming and going all around would chat with Geng Yi for a few minutes.
Gu Xinglan pieced together from her fragmented memories that the Geng family only had one son, and no others.
But this kid surnamed Geng is quite extraordinary.
Is Geng Huan, the eldest son of the Geng family, his older brother? His biological brother? His cousin? Or his half-brother?
System: [Your memory seems quite good.]
The interruption sent the clues in Gu Xinglan's mind flying away.
"Could you please be a little quieter next time?" Gu Xinglan frowned.
He could recall fragmented memories from anything he saw, but when it came to himself, he couldn't remember anything. He forgot who his parents were, forgot his childhood and school days, and only remembered some trivial memories after graduating from university, as well as his internship, especially his time with Li Hetai. He couldn't remember anything else...
System: [That's quite serious. Don't worry, this system can get you whatever you want.]
Gu Xinglan smiled helplessly.
Perhaps it was because the gaze from above was too direct, Gu Xinglan raised her eyes and saw Geng Yi's small face, which was very close to hers.
"Big brother, you have a very handsome smile..."
The atmosphere was a bit strange.
Gu Xinglan swallowed hard and replied, "Like spring flowers?"
He was about to ask if there were any other exits when the child shook his head, kicked his foot, and crawled under the table, his voice filled with excitement: "No, like your name, Star, the star in the sky."