The Tycoon's Little Darling: Uncle, you're going to spoil me rotten!

Chapter 18: Speaking the Talk

Unbeknownst to her, Jiang Chenyu's eyes had been fixed on her ever since they returned to the Jiang family's old residence.

"Jiang Chenyu, you helped me today, and I helped you, so we're even."

After explaining everything clearly, she happily climbed the stairs two steps at a time.

Jiang Chenyu watched her retreating figure until she disappeared from sight.

Gao Rou'er's gaze remained fixed on Jiang Chenyu; she had witnessed firsthand that the man's eyes were filled with the images of other women.

Gao Rou'er gritted her teeth in jealousy.

She feigned weakness, tugging at Jiang Chenyu's sleeve, and pitifully cried out, "Chenyu, you're finally back." "Did you drink today?"

Seeing his cold expression towards her, Gao Rou'er mistakenly thought that he disliked her getting drunk for him.

Gao Rou'er immediately shook her head, "No, if you don't like me drinking, I swear I will never touch a drop of alcohol again."

Jiang Chenyu glanced at the empty steps again, then turned around and said, "Let's go out and talk."

Gao Rou'er happily followed.

Upon arriving at a cool terrace, Jiang Chenyu brewed a pot of tea for Gao Rou'er.

He politely placed the teacup in front of Gao Rou'er.

Seeing Jiang Chenyu's sudden politeness, Gao Rou'er felt uneasy. She asked, "Chenyu, what do you want to tell me?"

Jiang Chenyu spoke coldly, "Don't waste your time on me. I only feel gratitude towards you. If we could be together, we would have been long ago." Because he disliked her, he didn't care about the listener's feelings when he spoke. "You're of marriageable age now. If you meet someone nice, try getting to know them."

His words were clear and straightforward enough that Gao Rou'er would definitely understand them.

Jiang Chenyu ignored the woman's tears and poured himself another cup of tea. "You know my situation. I'm a married man now. If you keep coming to my house to see me, it won't be good for you, for me, or for her. If you have anything urgent in the future, just call the landline at home."

Upon hearing the name "her," Gao Rou'er clenched her hands tightly, her knuckles turning white. "Is it Gu Nuannuan?"

Jiang Chenyu merely glanced at her without replying.

Gao Rou'er's eyes were filled with tears. She reached out to grab Jiang Chenyu's hand, but Jiang Chenyu picked up his teacup and drank tea at the perfect moment.

She shook her head, crying, "No, Chen Yu, it's not like that. You said you love me, how could you only feel gratitude towards me?"

"You saved my father's company for me, you acquired the Serena Group for me, and you even ran away from home on our wedding night to see me at the Ye Nan villa." "I never told you I liked you; it was all self-deception." Jiang Chenyu looked at her tear-streaked face and said, "Saving your father's company was to thank him for his kindness to me back then; acquiring Serena was a plan made a year ago, and I didn't even know what happened between you and Serena; leaving on our wedding night wasn't because of you."

"No, Chen Yu, you clearly admitted that you liked me that night, that you loved me."

Gao Rou'er burst into loud sobs at the Jiang family home.

Jiang Chenyu: "I never talk to people who are completely drunk."

Because she was drunk that day, Jiang Chenyu's reaction was neither indulgence nor a silent admission that he liked her, but rather... he was annoyed by talking to a drunk person.

Gao Rou'er's eyeshadow was smudged from crying. Jiang Chenyu finished his tea and got up, indirectly telling Gao Rou'er to leave, "It's hot outside, go back early."

Jiang Chenyu returned to the living room. As he went upstairs, he glanced through the window at the woman still crying on the balcony.