Yu Yuan thought Gu Shaocheng was just saying he wanted to take him to buy glasses, but the car drove straight to the World Center after leaving the hospital.
He had no concept of top-tier shopping malls, but the mere mention of the word “mall” was enough to give him a headache. Unexpectedly, Gu Shaocheng had a floor cleared out in advance, and before the two even got home, the hashtag #GuShaochengSpendsMillionsForLove# had already gone viral.
The glasses brand that Gu Shaocheng took Yu Yuan to buy was a high-end jewelry brand. He first selected the five most expensive ones. Considering that these glasses, which were covered with top-quality diamonds and jewelry, were not suitable for Yu Yuan to wear normally, he unusually and considerately helped him choose three pairs of lightweight, classic frameless glasses.
He really felt that Yu Yuan’s big black-rimmed glasses were an eyesore, and subconsciously thought that his face should be clearly visible.
However, after taking the measurements, Yu Yuan put his black-rimmed glasses back on because the earliest model of these glasses would have a one-month customization period, and Gu Shaocheng told him to switch to contact lenses first.
Yu Yuan had never worn contact lenses before. The thought of a stranger getting close to him to put them on made him want to die. He shook his head violently and refused to comply.
Gu Shaocheng now has a phobia of Yu Yuan. The first time, Yu Yuan vomited all over him, and the second time, Yu Yuan bumped into him and his jaw still aches. Seeing this, Gu Shaocheng turned away with a dark face and let him go for the time being.
Yu Yuan followed behind him, muttering in a very low voice, “Even if I’m a jumping spider, I only have eight eyes. I have to wear eight pairs of glasses in shifts. If this kind of news gets out, will anyone really believe that we have a good relationship? It’s ridiculous…”[1]because Gu had bought 3 pairs of glasses jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1304429_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1304429_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });
What Yu Yuan didn’t know was that with Gu Shaocheng’s spending power, he could have the store manager come to his home to customize items. The reason he cleared the store and brought him out to choose items himself was to do something outrageous.
As expected, the moment the two left the store, reporters who had been following them not only posted pictures of Gu Shaocheng personally selecting items for his mistress online, but also used the store clerk’s lip reading combined with images from the official website to confirm the models and prices of each item they purchased.
If this happened to an ordinary rich kid, netizens would at most laugh it off and exclaim, “I’m quitting being a factory worker!”
But Gu Shaocheng still has a case on his hands. His absurd behavior has been all over the trending topics and even angered the Gu family patriarch to the point of being hospitalized. Everyone thought that this time, with no one to cover for him, Gu Shaocheng would finally have to pay some price. But then he turned around and took his mistress to buy glasses worth more than ten million yuan…
This incident sparked outrage among netizens, who quickly overwhelmed all available hotlines to report it.
On the other hand, due to Gu Shaocheng’s illness, Old Master Gu had long separated him from the Gu Group.
Gu Shaocheng can reap the benefits without ever touching the power center of the Gu family. Just like Miss Gu back then, as long as the old master Gu’s decisions remain unchanged, no matter what scandals happen to the mother and son, it will not affect the stock price of the Gu family. This has been a long-standing tradition of the Gu family.
Therefore, besides waiting patiently, most netizens can only vent their anger online.
[Is there really no law in this world?!]
[So many people said he was going to jail this morning, but Gu Shaocheng wasn’t afraid at all; he even took his boyfriend out for a stroll. Haha.]
[Judging from Gu Shaocheng’s arrogance, he’s probably already found a scapegoat. Besides, I heard the old nanny only suffered minor injuries, so the maximum sentence he’ll get is only three years…]
Netizens, having nothing to do with Gu Shaocheng, turned their attention to Yu Yuan, who appeared in the same video.
Gu Shaocheng only cleared one floor of the shopping mall, but the reporters’ cameras and microphones were enough to take all sorts of high-definition pictures from different floors. The slender young man in the cheap T-shirt and jeans standing next to Gu Shaocheng looked really out of place.
Although Gu Shaocheng has always had a terrible reputation, no matter how fierce the online criticism, it has to be admitted that Gu Shaocheng’s 1.9-meter-tall model figure, coupled with a perfect face with a slightly mixed-race look, would not only surpass the looks and physique of many overseas supermodels in the entertainment industry, which is currently lacking in new talent.
When Yu Yuan puts on glasses, he becomes completely indistinguishable from the crowd. Coupled with his small, malnourished body from childhood, it’s not uncommon for him to shrink back when he sees an enthusiastic but unfamiliar shop assistant, appearing several inches shorter on the spot.
One was tall and handsome, the other timid, thin, and short. One netizen commented: “[If the title hadn’t specifically mentioned ‘young boyfriend,’ I would have thought Gu Shaocheng was leading a monkey…]”
This post immediately garnered a flood of likes and comments, but soon someone recognized Gu Shaocheng’s mistress as Wang family’s biological son, whom he had just recognized last month.
Unlike the marriage between the Gu and Wang families, which was only known to people in the entertainment industry, the news that Wang’s mother, a veteran actress who had retired from acting for many years, had recognized her biological son caused quite a stir.
Not to mention Wang Jingxiao, the “fake young master” who was switched at birth in the Wang family, who has been in the entertainment industry for two years as a well-known rich second-generation and star second-generation, and is now enjoying a smooth career and high popularity.
The dramatic unfolding of the story, along with the stark contrast between Yu Yuan and Wang Jingxiao standing on either side of Wang’s parents, made many of Wang Jingxiao’s fans feel sorry for their brother, and netizens also lamented the cruel twist of fate.
Just when everyone thought that Yu Yuan’s appearance made it impossible for him to inherit his mother’s business, the Wang family’s wealth was enough to support a useless brat.
No one expected that in the blink of an eye, this person would become Gu Shaocheng’s mistress again, and he was still wearing the same clothes that he wore when the Wang family recognized him. Everything about him was outrageous yet incredibly real, presented to the general public.
[What?! Is the world of the rich really that small?!]
[Isn’t the Gu family incredibly wealthy? How could Gu Shaocheng stoop to marrying someone so ugly…?]
[The case is solved. It was definitely the Wang family who sent someone to take the blame for Gu Shaocheng, but they demanded that he repay them with his body. /doge]
The outlaw Gu Shaocheng and his plain-looking boyfriend became an instant sensation. Netizens condemned Gu Shaocheng as worse than an animal, while also wondering why he would date a “monkey” if he was such a scoundrel.
Yu Yuan had no idea what Gu Shaocheng was up to, but he kept an eye on the online discussions and naturally saw the online comments about him.
Yu Yuan always felt that his only advantage was that he had a fairly intelligent brain and was more aware of his excessively thin body than anyone else. So when he saw it, he was not angry at all, but even took a look at the Photoshop contest that netizens had started on this issue with great interest.
When Gu Shaocheng got home, he confiscated the broken glasses that Yu Yuan had tied with a rope. This time, he didn’t give Yu Yuan a chance to shake his head. Yu Yuan either had to wait a month for new glasses or learn to wear contact lenses. He didn’t want to look at this ugly thing anymore.
After dealing with the glasses, Gu Shaocheng led Yu Yuan into the study, the reason being that they still needed to demonstrate their intimacy.
However, once inside the study, without a nanny following him, Gu Shaocheng focused on reviewing the information he had collected. In his previous life, he had no desire to compete, but now that he had a second chance, he would donate the entire Gu family business without giving anyone a chance to take advantage of him.
However, after only half an hour, my temples started to ache as if pricked with needles.
In a daze, Gu Shaocheng heard the woman’s familiar scream again, as if he had returned to the state where he was almost strangled to death by his mother during a seizure…
A powerful hand gripped his throat, and the woman covered his mouth while choking him, screaming hoarsely, “You’re possessed by a demon! I’m going to strangle you, you monster!”
The same hallucination had occurred so many times that even though he had a splitting headache and difficulty breathing, he quickly regained a sliver of reason from the hallucination.
Listening to the ongoing conversation, the woman’s screams mixed with the man’s gentle soothing words, the crackling sound of the belt swinging in the air, and the burning pain as it was swung at him… Gu Shaocheng leaned on the table for a while to catch his breath, beads of cold sweat quickly forming on his forehead, and a cold smile slowly curled up on his lips.
His thin lips were pressed tightly together, and his breathing was heavy. Just as he was struggling to suppress his emotions, he heard a clear laugh coming from the beanbag chair at the other end of the study.
—”Hahahaha, what the heck is a banana?!”
Yu Yuan’s concentration has been far superior to that of ordinary people since childhood. He can concentrate on reading and doing exercises in a second, let alone playing on his phone. He forgets that he is sharing the same large study with Gu Shaocheng while playing on his phone.
He couldn’t help but laugh when he saw that netizens had photoshopped rows of glasses in the glass display case of an eyewear store into bananas. Yu Yuan wiped away the tears of laughter, saved the picture, and clicked on the next one to continue laughing.
Gu Shaocheng’s large hand gripping the armrest suddenly tightened, his slender fingers turning white from the excessive force.
His remaining rationality told him that Yu Yuan probably didn’t mean to laugh so happily when he was having an episode, but perhaps because he had been angered by Yu Yuan many times in a row, he couldn’t suppress his anger when he heard the other party’s crisp laughter in a daze.
Gu Shaocheng swept everything off the large table onto the floor, and scattered trinkets fell everywhere with a clatter, while the computer monitor crashed to the ground with a dull thud.
Yu Yuan’s laughter stopped abruptly. He looked up but saw a blurry image, only then realizing that Gu Shaocheng had confiscated his glasses.
He was a little scared. Was Gu Shaocheng angry because he laughed too loudly?
Yu Yuan carefully held up his phone and first checked the situation through the rear HD camera. He found that Gu Shaocheng was not glaring at him fiercely, but was leaning over his desk, panting heavily, his tense arms trembling slightly. He must be having an attack.
Just then, a notification popped up on the screen: [Shocking! The latest development in the nanny case is like this…]
Yu Yuan couldn’t care less about any of that right now. If it weren’t Gu Shaocheng who was having an attack, he would probably have chosen to stay put.
He took a deep breath, patted his chest with his fist, and silently chanted a slogan: “I will never forget the kindness of being reborn, and I will always remember the care I receive at the end of my life!”
Gathering his strength, Yu Yuan strode over. He remembered that Gu Shaocheng had spare medicine in his drawer, which he had seen the other take last time.
After confirming the target location, Yu Yuan moved even faster, while also keeping an eye on the scattered ornaments, documents, books, computers, etc. on the ground. Yu Yuan felt like he was clearing mines.
Just as he finally managed to get around to the desk after some twisting and turning, Gu Shaocheng suddenly propped himself up and sat up straight. Yu Yuan was startled, and since he wasn’t wearing his glasses and couldn’t see clearly, he didn’t notice the wooden hourglass at his feet.
Seeing Gu Shaocheng in pain with veins bulging on his forehead, Yu Yuan was overwhelmed with filial piety and wanted to rush over to get medicine for his father. However, he stepped on an hourglass and lost control of his body, falling straight forward.
In a split second, his survival instinct made him grab the only thing in front of him—a clump of thick, downy hair.
Because his hair was a bit short, Yu Yuan used almost all his strength in his haste to firmly grasp Gu Shaocheng’s short hair on the top and back of his head with both hands.
After the man let out a muffled groan, the study fell into a deathly silence.
Yu Yuan slowly released his hand. Facing Gu Shaocheng, whose sinister black aura was about to materialize, he trembled his hand, and three strands of hair that fell from his palm drifted onto the other’s pale hand.
Gu Shaocheng’s eyes flashed dangerously: “What do you mean?”
Yu Yuan stammered, giving an irrelevant answer: “Have you… have you ever heard of a hair loss experiment? You only lost three hairs after scratching your scalp twice. Your hair really has a strong ability to pull out hair.”
He nervously swallowed, afraid that if he stopped talking, Gu Shaocheng would unleash his fury. Recalling the new words he had learned online today, he continued to force himself to speak: “No, as expected of you, golden ratio, top-notch physique, perfect divine face, supreme brain, a Gu family expert, terrifyingly powerful…”
After saying that, he even gave a shaky thumbs-up, looking both weak and resilient.
Gu Shaocheng: “…”
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