Hmm——
【Luck Points +10, Current Total Luck Points: 70】
Gu Cha’s eyes suddenly widened as a soft foreign object intruded, slowly encroaching on his warm territory.
“No… hmm hmm…”
Lu Chenyu, burning with a hidden fire, naturally could not be gentle. The force of his lips was heavy and fierce. Gu Cha couldn’t resist at all and soon found himself struggling for breath, one hand pressing against Lu Chenyu’s chest, the other forming a fist weakly hitting Lu Chenyu’s shoulder.
One of Lu Chenyu’s hands covered Gu Cha’s eyes. He kept nibbling at Gu Cha’s lips, and only when Gu Cha’s hand dropped from hitting him did Lu Chenyu release him.
With a serious expression, he pinched Gu Cha’s cheeks and lifted his head: “Young Master… remember this, it’s called a kiss.”
Gu Cha gasped heavily, unable to say a word.
“Keep your distance from them, or I won’t spare them… and I won’t spare you either.”
This time, Gu Cha caught his breath and wanted to ask why, but Lu Chenyu didn’t give him the chance.
…………
Compared to other heirs of wealthy families, Lu Chenyu started engaging with Gu Family Company’s affairs a bit late. Gu Songqing had deliberately cultivated him, taking him along for both major and minor matters.
However, every time Lu Chenyu went out with Gu Songqing, he always brought Gu Cha along, which greatly displeased Gu Songqing.
This time, when attending a banquet, Gu Songqing could no longer hold back: “Gu Cha is useless. Bringing him along serves no purpose at all. Why does Chen Yu bring Gu Cha?”
Lu Chenyu ignored Gu Songqing’s exasperation and calmly adjusted Gu Cha’s burgundy little tie: “Father, Cha Cha has been your biological son for eighteen years. Now you say he isn’t, then he isn’t. Aren’t you afraid of what people might say?”
“Bringing him along, showing our faces, and presenting the image of a loyal, affectionate son—wouldn’t that be good?”
Lu Chenyu spoke reasonably, but whenever Gu Songqing saw Gu Cha, he thought of the eighteen years he had raised someone else’s son, and his heart was filled with anger. He snorted in frustration and walked ahead.
Gu Cha watched Gu Songqing’s retreating figure, blinked, and grabbed Lu Chenyu’s hand, pleading: “I still shouldn’t go, right? Father is right—Cha Cha is useless… Bringing Cha Cha along will only trouble you…”
“No,” Lu Chenyu rejected in one word.
Gu Cha instantly pouted in displeasure.
From the first day Lu Chenyu took over Gu Family affairs, he had kept Gu Cha by his side. His goal was to prevent Gu Cha from wandering off, to have him constantly under his watch so that Wen Xuqian and that careless “thing” couldn’t approach him, and to stop Gu Cha from attracting attention again.
“Ahem, ahem.”
Zong Lan “accidentally” coughed on the sofa. Gu Cha looked over, and Zong Lan gave him a warning glance. Gu Cha immediately withdrew his gaze, lowering his eyes to stare at his shoes.
Zong Lan also found Lu Chenyu’s behavior hard to understand. She had privately warned Gu Cha: “Don’t covet the Gu Family’s possessions. Don’t think that just because Chen Yu is kind-hearted, you can set your sights on the Gu Family. Know your place.”
At that time, Gu Cha dared not—and could not—argue with Zong Lan. He could only lower his head and mutely agree.
“Go out first. Wait obediently in the car for me.” Lu Chenyu gently pushed Gu Cha.
“Okay, okay.”
Once Gu Cha left, only a few servants and the two masters remained in the living room.
Zong Lan did not intend to persuade Lu Chenyu. She was already at the extreme end of indulgence toward him; she didn’t want to interfere with what he wanted to do. But Gu Cha was different.
Lu Chenyu picked up his black suit jacket. As he left, he said expressionlessly to Zong Lan: “Mom, don’t scare him anymore. He’s timid and easily frightened.”
Zong Lan awkwardly parted her lips.
…………
Gu Cha had attended over a dozen business banquets with Lu Chenyu. Gradually, he began to relax at these events. Previously, everything had gone smoothly, but this time, Gu Cha “caused trouble.”
Today was the Wu family’s banquet, hosted by Wu Ze’s father, Wu Wei.
When Gu Songqing brought Lu Chenyu and Gu Cha into the banquet, all the experienced old foxes immediately noticed them. Gu Songqing introduced Lu Chenyu and greeted them.
Gu Cha disliked these scenes. He broke free from Lu Chenyu’s hand, pointed to a spot in the corner, and walked off.
Gu Cha stepped slowly, his eyes sparkling as he looked at the dazzling array of food, murmuring to himself, “Wow, wow.”
Suddenly, Tong Tong’s voice appeared in his mind.
【Cha Cha! There are cherry cheesecake cupcakes over there! They’re really tasty!】
“Tong Tong, you’re awake?!” Gu Cha exclaimed in surprise. It had been so long since he last spoke with Tong Tong.
【Mm-hmm. But Tong Tong wasn’t really sleeping before; Tong Tong went back to the system headquarters for a meeting.】
“A meeting?”
Gu Cha carried a cupcake in one hand and a doughnut in the other, heading toward the corner.
【Yes. Once your Luck Points reach 60, the system holds a meeting. Reaching 60 means our mission has entered the first bottleneck stage.】
【That means ordinary intimate interactions can no longer absorb the male lead’s Luck Points. We need… a more intimate, intimate interaction.】
【But the headquarters didn’t say what “more intimate, intimate interaction” is… Asking other systems doesn’t help either; they won’t tell Tong Tong.】
There were still many delicious treats in front of Gu Cha. He ate with great joy, his mouth stuffed with strawberry halo puffs, unable to respond to Tong Tong for the moment.
Tong Tong looked on enviously, especially regretting not having a physical form.
Once he finished the treats in his mouth, Gu Cha spoke: “So this is the first bottleneck stage, huh.”
【Mm-hmm.】
Tong Tong hesitated.
【Cha Cha, Tong Tong is hungry too. Can you stay for a bit while Tong Tong goes to the system interface to eat?】
Of course, Gu Cha agreed.
During the brief pause in his busy eating, Lu Chenyu glanced toward the corner. Seeing Gu Cha happily eating dessert, he smiled faintly and withdrew his gaze.
When Gu Cha was about to eat his fifth macaron, his small plate was suddenly taken away by an outstretched hand… The food was poured onto a larger tray.
Gu Cha stared in surprise at this stranger’s action.
The stranger wore a black vest over a white shirt, a black bow tie around his neck, and had a white towel over his arm.
Gu Cha recalled that these people seemed to be the banquet’s servers. He was unhappy about this waste of food and asked, “…What are you doing?”
The server ignored him, standing to the side without even a glance, appearing somewhat haughty.
Gu Cha asked again, “Why are you doing this… don’t you know this is wasting food?”
The server lightly glanced at Gu Cha and let out a scornful “hmph” through his nose.
???
A cloud of question marks surrounded Gu Cha.