Night Fire Lingering

Wen Yan pretended not to realize the inappropriateness of his words and gave him the order to leave: "You should leave now, President Gu."

The address "President Gu" created distance between the two and revealed their identities.

"If I leave, will Jiang Huaixu come back?" Gu Yanci looked down at Wen Yan, taking advantage of his height.

"Gu Yanci, what are you thinking!"

Wen Yan clenched her fists. This guy is a real bastard!

Gu Yanci got the answer she wanted and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Wen Yan, the Jiang family is no good either. Don’t be deceived by Jiang Huaixu’s appearance,” Gu Yanci said.

He knew that Wen Yan had always been in love with a man like his brother, Gu Jingzhou, who was upright and honorable.

Jiang Huaixu was the kind of style she liked.

Wen Yan's face turned cold: "Gu Yanci, do you even know him? How can you give him such a evaluation?"

Gu Yanci was so angry that he laughed.

The outward kindness vanished, revealing a cold and sharp true side.

He approached Wen Yan step by step, ignoring the growing distance between them and ignoring Wen Yan's inability to retreat until she had nowhere left to go and was backed against the wall.

"Ha! You're so protective of him? You really like him? Hmm?"

"Gu Yanci!" Wen Yan pressed her hands against his chest. "Please leave my room, or I'll call the police!"

Gu Yanci ignored this and bent down.

The man's breath grew closer, and a powerful sense of invasion washed over me.

Just when Wen Yan thought he was going to force a kiss on her, his lips stopped at the corner of her mouth.

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Wen Zhizhi, I regret not kissing you forcefully in front of him just now!"

……

The man closed the door to the room from the outside.

After Gu Yanci left, only Wen Yan's breathing could be heard in the large suite.

She breathed a huge sigh of relief and slid off to the ground as if she had been freed.

—I regret not kissing you forcefully in front of him!

Wen Yan knew that Gu Yanci's words were not a threat, but rather that he had genuinely had this thought—right when she appeared wearing his bathrobe!

If Gu Yanci really did that, Wen Yan couldn't imagine what she would do.

That kind of behavior is absolutely despicable!

Soaking in hot springs is supposed to help you sleep, but after experiencing such emotional ups and downs, Wen Yan was exhausted both physically and mentally. She didn't want to think about anything, so she simply buried herself in the covers and fell asleep immediately.

Once I fall asleep, I won't think about that damned bastard Gu Yanci anymore!

The next day.

Wen Yan was woken up by her phone ringing.

She answered the phone casually: "Hello."

There was silence on the other end of the receiver.

Wen Yan was still sleepy and didn't make a sound. She looked like she was about to fall asleep again in the quiet.

The other party spoke hesitantly, "Hello? Mr. Gu? This is Mr. Gu Yanci's phone, right?"

It seems the other party confirmed the phone number.

Wen Yan's mind went blank for two seconds before she suddenly snapped back to reality.

I glanced at the phone; it was the latest white Apple phone. She was indeed using this model.

But then I looked at the caller ID again: Ministry of Justice.

Ministry of Justice?

She did save the phone numbers of several legal departments of the Gu Group when she was in the Mingke project team, but they were all in the format of 'Legal Department-xx'.

This isn't her phone!

This is Gu Yanci's phone!

Wen Yan remembered that when Gu Yanci left yesterday, she was the one who threw his phone to him, but she probably threw the wrong phone and it turned out to be her own...

Wen Yan sat up abruptly, her throat tight, wanting to say something but not knowing where to begin explaining.

"Excuse me, is Mr. Gu with you? The meeting is about to start, and we're just waiting for him. Could you please ask if Mr. Gu will be attending today?" The other party's attitude and wording were extremely respectful.

Wen Yan recognized the voice as belonging to the legal director of the Gu Group.

Judging from what she said, it seemed as if she was some kind of woman that Gu Yanci had found.

Wen Yan's panicked heart immediately calmed down and cooled down.

It seems Gu Yanci is indeed not clean; it's common knowledge that he cheats on his wife, and his subordinates are all used to it!

"Please wait."

Wen Yan got up and got out of bed. She put on a coat and went to knock on the door next door, but she saw that the door was open and the cleaning staff was cleaning.

"Are you looking for someone?" the housekeeper asked. "The guest in this room has already checked out."

Wen Yan closed her eyes, thinking she should swear.

But you should still calmly tell the legal director on the other end of the phone, "I'm sorry, I found this phone. I don't know the owner. You can try to contact him in other ways, such as his family, subordinates, or assistants."

Wen Yan hung up the phone and tried to call her own phone, only to realize that the screen was locked and she could only receive calls, not make any!

Wen Yan took a deep breath in anger, turned around and went back to her room to call her own cell phone using the room phone.

"beep--"

The call was answered quickly.

Gu Yanci's deep, pleasant voice came through the receiver: "Hello."

"Gu Yanci, my phone!" Wen Yan sighed. "Where are you now? We swapped phones. Someone from your legal department just called you."

She took the wrong phone, so the responsibility lies with her and she can't afford to get angry!

Gu Yanci was sitting at the head of the conference table, and the second person to his right was the Director of the Legal Department.

He received an urgent email last night about work and rushed back to attend the meeting, arriving a few minutes late. When he entered the meeting room, the legal director had just put down his phone, looking like a complete idiot, and hesitated to speak when he saw him.

At that time, I probably called his cell phone, and Wen Yan answered.

Gu Yanci was in a subtly good mood, leaning back in his chair: "I'm in a meeting at the company. If you're in a hurry, come find me at the company."

"Me!" Wen Yan was so angry she almost choked. "I was with my classmates, and I didn't drive. How could I get here?"

"Should I ask Zhou Qi to pick you up?"

"...No need, I'll figure it out myself!"

With so many eyes watching, why would Zhou Qi take the call?

Everyone in the conference room saw the president at the head of the table hang up the phone, a silent smirk playing on his lips.

Everyone looked at each other with expressions of horror.

The boss is so happy that he even had his assistant, Zhou, answer the phone. Who made that call?

"The meeting continues."

Gu Yanci held Wen Yan's phone in his hand and gave an order.

After the meeting ended, the legal director immediately went to Gu Yanci and told his boss that his phone had been picked up by a stranger.

"She said she doesn't know me?" Gu Yanci asked ambiguously.

“Yes.” The general counsel nodded, then realized something was wrong and looked to Zhou Qi for help.

Zhou Qi looked blank: "The person who answered the phone is Miss Wen, you know her too."

“Warm… oh my god—” The legal director swallowed the word “damn” back, trying to hide his shocked expression.

No, he accidentally overheard the boss's woman's voice before she was fully awake, such a soft, seductive voice... Wouldn't the boss hold a grudge against him and make things difficult for him?!