Gu Ziheng offered a faint smile. “A-Chen, you enrolled late, so you might not have paid attention to these things. When you entered school, Mianmian was already close to graduation. He worked under me for two years, and his capabilities and potential were excellent in every respect. It’s just a pity that not long after our cooperation began, Mianmian resigned.”
After saying this, he sighed with some regret.
Chi Chen looked at Feng Mian in front of him with a strange expression, his thin lips pressed tightly together, words catching in his throat.
The requirements at Gu Ziheng’s company were exceptionally high. To be able to get in and then receive such high praise from Gu Ziheng meant his abilities were absolutely extraordinary. With such brilliant credentials layered one upon another, how did he end up… becoming a plaything sent over to warm a bed?
The Feng family deserved its decline; there was nothing unjust about it. They had the ambition, but lacked the vision.
He looked Feng Mian up and down, then suppressed the strange look on his face and wore a hypocritical smile for him. “That’s truly impressive.”
Gu Ziheng withdrew his gaze, turned toward Chi Chen at his side, and said, “Why is Mianmian staying at the Chi residence temporarily?”
Chi Chen felt immense pressure as he met his gaze; he tugged at the corner of his mouth and said in a forced tone, “He must have come to look for Chi Yu, I suppose. I see they know each other.”
After saying this, he gave Feng Mian a signaling glare, forcing him to accept the claim.
Feng Mian’s lips moved, and he nodded helplessly.
Chi Yu was Chi Chen’s cousin, a person whose temperament was even more malicious than Chi Chen’s own. From the very first day he arrived, he could feel that person’s inexplicable hostility toward him.
Gu Ziheng looked at Feng Mian before him with a gentle gaze and probed, “I’d like to reminisce with Mianmian. Why not have Mianmian come over to my place to stay for a few days?”
Having said this, he didn’t look at Feng Mian, but turned his head to look at Chi Chen beside him.
Chi Chen couldn’t help but feel nervous whenever he saw Gu Ziheng. In the past, Gu Ziheng had been cool and indifferent toward him, let alone actively requesting anything. Now, with Gu Ziheng staring directly at him like this, his head went hot and his scalp tingled. His mouth seemed to bypass his brain, and he was about to blurt out an agreement. However, before he could speak, a low voice suddenly echoed from the stairwell.
“What is it that is so ‘old’ that it cannot be said here?”
Everyone turned to look at the sound, seeing Chi Mingzhou standing on the stairs. Chi Mingzhou scanned them all with an indifferent gaze, his expression neither cold nor warm.
Gu Ziheng’s expression froze the moment he saw the man on the stairs.
Chi Chen’s face lit up with joy upon seeing Chi Mingzhou, and he hurriedly called out, “Uncle!”
Chi Mingzhou nodded in response.
He slowly descended the stairs and arrived in the living room, looking down at Gu Ziheng sitting on the sofa. His cold, amber-colored eyes were like ice that had remained frozen for ages, carrying a bone-chilling coldness.
Feng Mian slowly lowered his head, refusing to look at their power struggle.
His complexion was terrible; he was finding it difficult even to stand, feeling lightheaded and dizzy, as if he would collapse at any second.
An strange atmosphere quietly spread among them, with only Chi Chen, off to the side, unaware of a single thing.
Feng Mian raised a hand to support his forehead and said to Chi Chen, powerlessly, “I’m not feeling well. I want to go back upstairs to rest for a while.”
Chi Chen looked at him and saw his poor complexion. He was just about to nod in agreement, but before he could even speak, Feng Mian suddenly swayed and collapsed straight toward him. Chi Chen was shocked, and before he could react, his embrace suddenly felt heavy. From the side, Gu Ziheng’s anxious and uneasy voice had already rung out: “Feng Mian!”
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