Chapter 136: Chapter 136 Pre-Marital Anxiety
Zhou Yuan hurriedly said, “I know, you’re the big president of the group, with so many people depending on you for their livelihoods. If you’re not busy, then nobody else can eat.”
Gu Cheng nodded, but his hands did not leave the keyboard and mouse.
Zhou Yuan hastily added, “I just ca up to see you, I’m not asking for your company. I’ll sit for a while and then go, you quickly get back to your work.”
She was very afraid of disturbing him, also scared that he would find her annoying.
At that mont, Gu Cheng glanced at her.
She imdiately felt all her nerves tense up.
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“I, I’ll leave now.”
Just as she was about to pick up her small bag, Gu Cheng stopped her.
“Why don’t you wait a bit longer, let’s have dinner together after work?”
Indeed, they hadn’t seen each other for more than a week. No phone calls, no ssages—it didn’t seem like they were about to get married, and Gu Cheng was aware that he had neglected his little wife.
Zhou Yuan’s mood was instantly healed; she quickly replied, “Sure, sure, you do your work, and I’ll wait for you here.”
Zhou Yuan took out her phone to watch a drama, feeling relieved.
Worried about disturbing his work, she put on headphones.
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But she looked up at him from ti to ti.
He was indeed busy, never leaving his desk, and Assistant Bai delivered a stack of docunts, so marked as urgent.
He also made a half-hour phone call, all about work.
Zhou Yuan regretted coming even more.
The wait felt excruciating. He was so busy, while she just watched dramas here, as if they belonged to two different worlds.
Finally, the workday ca to an end.
His quitting ti was not fixed; he could only leave after finishing his work.
As a result, it was already 9 p.m.
Gu Cheng seed to rember Zhou Yuan only then.
“Sorry for making you wait so long.”
Zhou Yuan brazenly said, “We’ll be husband and wife soon, why say these polite words?”
Gu Cheng asked, “Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?”
“You decide, I’m okay with anything.”
Half an hour later, they arrived at a rather quiet restaurant.
Gu Cheng must also have been very hungry, he began eating heartily, while Zhou Yuan nibbled her food.
This was only their second ti eating together since they had t.
While eating, Gu Cheng asked Zhou Yuan, “You’re graduating this year, right?”
“Yes, but you can get married while still in university,” Zhou Yuan said, worried he would change his mind.
Gu Cheng chuckled, then asked, “What are your plans after graduation?”
This was a serious topic.
If Zhou Yuan said she only wanted to be a good wife and mother, it would seem like she lacked ambition, and she feared Gu Cheng would look down on her.
She replied, “I studied dical equipnt, so I might work at my dad’s company, or maybe…”
She was uncertain.
When she had applied for university, she was a girl without her own opinions, with university and major choices filled in by her parents, prioritizing only that she should stay close to ho.
But deep down, she wanted to be a singer, the wandering kind, though she was too embarrassed to tell others.
Gu Cheng said, “Family does not lack the work you would do. Do whatever you like after you graduate.”
After speaking, he resud eating.
Watching him, Zhou Yuan felt a surge of sweetness in her heart.
Lately, she’d been plagued with insecurities, depressed by a word from him, and just as easily excited by another.
“Brother Cheng, do you have any plans after dinner?” Zhou Yuan asked.
“I usually just go ho to sleep,” said Gu Cheng.
Zhou Yuan felt disappointed again.
Couldn’t they make an appointnt to et up?
…
When Zhou Yuan got ho, her parents were waiting for her in the living room.
The family had a rule that if it was past 9 p.m., she had to be ho.
But knowing she was with Gu Cheng, they had stopped enforcing it.
Mr. Zhou, seeing Zhou Yuan looking unhappy, couldn’t help but ask, “What’s the matter? You don’t seem too happy.”
Zhou Yuan walked over to her father, zoned out for a few seconds, then asked, “Dad, do you think it’s right for to marry Brother Cheng?”
Mr. Zhou touched Zhou Yuan’s forehead—no fever.
“Why do you ask that? Isn’t marrying Gu Cheng your dream? Now your dream is about to co true.”
Zhou Yuan said, “But I always feel like, Brother Cheng doesn’t really like . The reason he’s marrying is because I seduced him that night.”
Mr. Zhou scoffed internally, thinking, you’re just realizing this now?
“What are you thinking now? Having second thoughts?” Mr. Zhou said, “If you want to back out, you still… have ti.”
Zhou Yuan imdiately asserted, “Of course I won’t back out. If I did, he would beco the laughingstock of Feng City. He’s already been let down by a woman once, if it happens again, he’ll have to beco a monk for the rest of his life.”
Mr. Zhou scoffed internally again, thinking that if she already had her own answer, anything he said would be pointless.
Mrs. Zhou asked, “What did you do with Gu Cheng this afternoon? Why are you saying all this now?”
Zhou Yuan shared her experience from the afternoon.
Mr. Zhou imdiately understood, “Next ti, don’t go to his company again. n are very particular about not mixing business with pleasure. Besides, he really is busy. A young girl like you going there is not appropriate, you can’t help, and you might just distract him.”
Zhou Yuan felt aggrieved, “Okay, I won’t go there anymore.”
But if she didn’t contact him, he wouldn’t reach out to her.
Well, she could only wait until after the wedding. At least after getting married, he would have to co ho every day.
…
Su ixi went shopping today.
The deputy director’s grandson was ready for his full-month celebration, and doctors at or above the associate director level were invited to celebrate.
Locals did not accept cash gifts, so they usually gave presents. Su ixi did not want to seem stingy, so she went to a jewelry store in the shopping mall to see if there was a suitable longevity lock for the baby.
As she was choosing, two more people walked in.
Su ixi didn’t look up, but both of the newcors recognized her at the sa ti.
“Oh, isn’t this the Second Young Mrs. Gu?”
“Ah Xi?”
They spoke simultaneously, but with entirely different intonations.
Su ixi turned around, and to her surprise, she saw Leng Yiran and Wan Manyu.
Why were they together?
Leng Yiran’s gaze harbored hostility upon seeing Su ixi.
But Wan Manyu was composed, pointing to Leng Yiran and said, “She’s my cousin; we ca shopping together today.”
So that was it.
Leng Yiran’s tone was sarcastic, “The esteed Second Young Mrs. Gu needs to shop in this kind of store? Hasn’t the Young Commander given you any jewelry?”
Su ixi couldn’t be bothered with her and just said, “I’m buying my things, what’s it to you?”
Su ixi had only used Gu Wei’s credit card once, preferring to use her own for general purchases, spending within her ans.
Seeing that Leng Yiran kept glaring unpleasantly at Su ixi, Wan Manyu asked, “The Second Young Mr. Gu you ntioned, is that the sa person you’ve had a crush on since you were young?”
“Yes, I got cut off by soone, didn’t I?” Leng Yiran stared at Su ixi as if she was an enemy.
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