“Why?” Lu Jingchen looked at her deeply. Although he didn’t expect anything, he still wanted to understand.
“Well, because Brother Jingchen has also helped me a lot.” Gu Ningning belatedly realized that her attitude was problematic.
She couldn’t drag Lu Jingchen into this.
Nor could she harm him.
Therefore, she had to keep her distance from him.
However, since he had come to her for help, she had to assist him.
Lu Jingchen sighed, disappointed once again.
“These are a few companies started with the money my mother left behind that my grandfather has been managing for me these past few years.” Lu Jingchen thought that he was about to leave, and whether he lived or died was hard to predict. If he left them to the old man, they would eventually belong to Lu Xueshi.
If Lu Xueshi could treat Gu Ningning wholeheartedly, even if he had conflicts with him, he would be willing to leave them to the Lu Family Members.
But Lu Xueshi was coaxing Gu Ningning on one hand, while on the other, he was doting on Shen Xiuxiu.
Clearly, he cared more about Shen Xiuxiu.
Clutching the document bag, Gu Ningning’s heart tightened.
She instinctively tried to hand it back to Lu Jingchen: “Brother Jingchen, this won’t do!”
Lu Jingchen held her hand, saying very seriously: “Ningning, you said you would definitely help me.”
She was really going back on her word so quickly.
“I…” Gu Ningning was speechless for a moment.
She had just spoken too absolutely.
She thought he had some difficult problem to solve.
This was him giving her his money.
It was the early stage of economic system transformation, and these companies were pioneers; later on, they would all become leaders.
After her rebirth, she had already changed a lot, and she had also changed Lu Jingchen’s fate.
But his few companies, after all the twists and turns, had ended up in her hands again.
Only the process was different.
This situation suddenly made her scared again.
Her hand clutching the document bag tightened slightly.
Because she was gripping it too hard, her fingers were slightly pale.
Seeing her emotional distress, Lu Jingchen hesitated: “Ningning, are you alright? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?”
“I’m fine, I’m fine.” Gu Ningning quickly shook her head, took a deep breath, “Brother Jingchen, don’t you have any relatives on your mother’s side?”
It was indeed impossible to benefit that scoundrel Lu Xueshi.
But she also had psychological trauma.
“No.” Lu Jingchen shook his head, his expression a bit forlorn, “Ningning, I only ask this one thing of you.”
These companies could provide Gu Ningning with security.
It was better than them falling into the hands of the Lu Family Members.
“Aren’t you afraid… I’ll give these companies to Brother Xueshi?” Gu Ningning felt a bitter ache in her heart.
Actually, facing Lu Jingchen, her emotions were somewhat complex; there was guilt from her previous life and an unfulfilled love from two lifetimes.
She didn’t quite dare to face him.
It had only been a few days, and she still couldn’t forget everything that happened at the guesthouse.
Lu Jingchen froze for a moment. He looked deeply at Gu Ningning: “Ningning, I don’t know what you want to do, but I know that you don’t actually care about him.”
He could tell.
“I, how could that be!” Gu Ningning was a little anxious, raising her eyes to look at him in disbelief.
If he could tell, could Lu Xueshi also tell?
“The person involved is confused, the bystander sees clearly.” Lu Jingchen reminded her, “Don’t worry, Big Brother won’t be able to tell, otherwise he wouldn’t have fallen into your trap and begged Grandfather to find a school for you.”
He had seen everything that had happened these past few days.
He truly couldn’t understand Gu Ningning anymore.
Gu Ningning finally let out a sigh of relief: “But…”
“Alright, Ningning, I’m still on a mission and can’t delay too long. I’m entrusting these companies to you. I’m offering thirty percent of the company’s profits as a retainer. The contract is inside; I’ve already signed and stamped it. You just need to add your signature.” Lu Jingchen glanced at the watch on his wrist, speaking somewhat anxiously.
He turned and left.
“Brother Jingchen,” Gu Ningning still called out, “Be well. I’ll wait for you to come back.”
She also sensed that Lu Jingchen had something he hadn’t finished saying.
Before going on a mission, he entrusted his assets to her to manage.
He actually trusted her so much.
Hearing this, Lu Jingchen stood at attention but didn’t look back: “Okay, I’ll definitely come back.”
There was a hint of daze in his eyes.
Then he quickly left.
It wasn’t until his figure disappeared around the corner that Gu Ningning withdrew her gaze.
She lowered her head to look at the document bag, then casually put it into the villa in her space.
She went home with her schoolbag.
Cultural Troupe.
Shen Xiuxiu held a Xiaoqing shirt, her eyes curved into crescents as she smiled: “Brother Xueshi, you’re so good. Only you think of me.”
“Of course, you’re my woman,” Lu Xueshi said with a sense of accomplishment.
Actually, this was just something he bought casually.
Compared to the clothes he bought for Gu Ningning before, it was much cheaper.
“Brother Xueshi, you’re so naughty.” Shen Xiuxiu playfully chided him, “I’m not, you’re going to marry Gu Ningning.”
“Have you forgotten what I said?” Lu Xueshi embraced her, wrapping his arm around her slender waist, “I’m marrying her just for the engagement settled between our two families before, and also for the money. The old man of the Gu Family saved my family’s old man back then, and my old man is very generous to his savior. You’ll know by looking at the betrothal gifts and the wedding house.”
If he weren’t marrying a daughter of the Gu Family, the old man would never offer such high betrothal gifts.
Don’t even dream of a villa in Chongwen District.
Shen Xiuxiu nodded with a wronged expression: “I know, Brother Xueshi is also forced into it. Gu Ningning has all sorts of bad habits, only knows how to dress up, and has no culture. It’s really a pity that Brother Xueshi has to marry her.”
After a pause, she asked again: “Why isn’t Brother Jingchen marrying her?”
“She only likes me,” Lu Xueshi said, annoyed, “It’s fine. Once I get the money and the house, I’ll kick her out.”
Of course, he had other plans.
However, he said this intentionally to appease Shen Xiuxiu.
“Alright, this is braised pork I packed for you from the State-run Restaurant. Eat it while it’s hot.” At this moment, Lu Xueshi took out a lunchbox.
Shen Xiuxiu was even more touched. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.
The kiss made Lu Xueshi feel an unbearable itch.
But this was the Cultural Troupe, so he could only endure it.
“Did you buy medicine for your mother with this month’s salary again?” Lu Xueshi asked hesitantly.
His eyes were full of heartache.
“Yes, my mother’s illness is getting worse and worse.” Shen Xiuxiu sighed, opened the lid of the lunchbox, and hesitated for a moment before picking up her chopsticks.
Actually, she had hesitated between taking it home for her mother to eat and eating it herself.
Lu Xueshi’s expression was quite natural: “Don’t worry, Auntie will get better. Then, your life will be easier.”
Shen Zhengshan was, after all, the commander of the war zone.
“I hope so.” Shen Xiuxiu narrowed her eyes, a hint of impatience in them.
She actually didn’t like this family.
Her parents were too strict with her, and everything in the house was based on principles.
They spoke in official tones, all about lofty ideals and ideology.
She was really fed up.
She also wanted to live as freely and unrestrainedly as Gu Ningning, doing whatever she wanted.
But from a young age, she was like a piece of clay; whatever her parents molded her into, that’s what she had to be.
She had no say in it at all.
The daughter of a war zone commander, yet she had to recall past hardships.
Sometimes, she was really fed up.