The person before her was none other than the man from that night.
As if recalling certain things, Su Yanyan instinctively wanted to step back.
However, the very next second.
The man pulled her forward instead, drawing the distance between them even closer.
“Don’t move.”
A magnetic, deep voice sounded by Su Yanyan’s ear.
The overwhelming pressure instantly made her truly afraid to move.
The young girl looked up at him with reddened eyes, timid and fearful. Those eyes were so innocent and pitiful that Gu Beichuan was instantly reminded of that night—the same reddened eyes, the same tearful pleas.
As if frightened by him, the girl froze completely still, looking so obedient and easy to bully that his throat involuntarily tightened.
“What are you crying about? The thing is already broken. Do you think crying like that will make it go back to how it was?”
When he spoke, his voice came out somewhat hoarse.
Hearing this, Su Yanyan’s sobbing quieted down a little.
She sniffled. “N-no… it can’t.”
The soft, delicate voice by his ear made Gu Beichuan’s heart feel as if a feather had lightly brushed across it, sending a tingling, ticklish sensation through him.
He couldn’t help but soften his tone. “Good, as long as you know that. And you dared to pick up glass shards with your bare hands—what if you cut yourself?”
Gu Beichuan had no idea that he looked exactly like a parent scolding their own child right now.
Even as he spoke, he took out a handkerchief, lifted the girl’s hand, and gently wiped it clean.
The girl’s fingers were fair, tender, slender, and long. Gu Beichuan didn’t dare use any force, carefully wiping each one one by one.
The man’s hands were very warm, and where his fingers touched seemed to burn slightly, instantly reminding Su Yanyan of how the man’s hands had roamed over her body that night.
No—the man that night had been even hotter than this, like a blazing furnace.
She felt like she had nearly melted back then.
At the thought, Su Yanyan’s face flushed red instantly, the color spreading all the way down to her neck.
She cautiously glanced up at the man and found that he was focused on carefully wiping her hands, completely unaware of her discomfort.
Instantly, she breathed a sigh of relief.
After steadying her emotions, she finally dared to speak. “Uncle, that day… I… I didn’t mean to…”
The girl’s voice trembled slightly. Gu Beichuan lowered his gaze and saw the girl hanging her head like a quail, looking utterly terrified.
“Mm, I know.” Gu Beichuan gave a soft hum.
At that moment, the manager came rushing over, about to scold the new hire for how she’d handled things.
However, when he clearly saw the man standing beside her, the manager’s face turned white with fear.
This new girl had offended Gu Beichuan, one of the most powerful figures in the imperial capital, on her very first day?
Just as he was about to charge over and reprimand the newcomer, he witnessed something even more terrifying.
There was Gu Beichuan, head lowered, carefully wiping the girl’s hands—focused and gentle.
What the hell? What was going on?
The manager barely stopped himself from blurting it out, then, still five meters away from the pair, he slammed on the brakes, made a sharp turn, and fled in the opposite direction.
Only after he was gone did the manager hurriedly ask HR, “What’s the name of that new girl who started today?”
By the time Gu Beichuan had finished cleaning both of Su Yanyan’s hands, someone walked over to him.
“President Gu, and this is?” The newcomer was someone from Gu Beichuan’s business circle. The two had dealings together, so naturally, he was well aware that Gu Beichuan kept his distance from women.
Who would have thought that the formidable head of the Gu family, a man who never so much as glanced at a woman, could be so gentle?
And toward a young girl, no less.
The man couldn’t help but crane his neck, curious to see what kind of breathtaking beauty had managed to snag Gu Beichuan, that old bachelor.
But before he could even get a look, Gu Beichuan directly clamped his hand over the back of the girl’s head and pressed her into his chest.
This…
The man twitched the corner of his mouth and gave an awkward smile.
Then, Gu Beichuan scooped the person in his arms up into an embrace and said apologetically, “Sorry, President Zhang, something came up today. Let’s reschedule another time.”
With that, Gu Beichuan strode away with Su Yanyan in his arms.
Only then did Su Yanyan, nestled in the man’s embrace, snap back to reality. Panicking, she tugged at his shirt and whispered urgently, “Uncle, put me down! I’m still on the clock!”
She’d caused trouble on her very first day at work, and now she was going to be skipping out entirely?
Gu Beichuan glanced down at the nervous girl in his arms, showing no intention of stopping. Instead, he said in a low voice, “I’ll put in a word… you won’t need to come back.”
“Wh-what?” Su Yanyan jerked her head up.
“Ow!” But the sudden movement sent her head straight into the man’s chin. Su Yanyan clutched her head, nearly tearing up from the pain.
Seeing the girl’s eyes redden again, looking pitiful and innocent, Gu Beichuan quickly pulled out one hand to rub her head.
But the next second, the girl craned her neck and blew gently on his chin while frantically rubbing it. “Uncle, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
The faint fragrance of the young woman’s body, combined with the touch of her soft, delicate hands, immediately made Gu Beichuan’s entire body tense up.
The hand he’d pulled out quickly returned to the girl’s waist, steadying himself as he finally made it out of the hotel’s main entrance.
Lin Xuan was just about to have the driver head to the parking lot when the car had barely started moving and he saw the boss who’d gone in moments ago come back out.
And it looked like he was carrying something in his arms?
He quickly got out and opened the rear door.
It wasn’t until the boss drew closer that he could see the thing in his arms was actually a girl.
For a moment, Lin Xuan’s expression was quite something to behold.
As a qualified senior executive assistant, Lin Xuan knew that the best thing to do at this moment was to keep his mouth shut and lower his presence.
In the car, the driver silently lowered the partition. Giving the boss a private, personal space at the appropriate time was the most basic rule of conduct for a qualified driver.
The girl’s soft, delicate body made Gu Beichuan reluctant to let go. The moment this thought surfaced in his mind, he silently cursed himself as a beast.
Thinking about how he’d laid hands on someone so young, he scorned himself again.
Young?
Suddenly, something seemed to occur to Gu Beichuan. He immediately asked Su Yanyan, “You… how old are you?”
The girl’s youthful appearance set off alarm bells in Gu Beichuan’s mind. The man who was always decisive and ruthless in business found his palms breaking out in a layer of sweat.
If the girl was a minor, this wasn’t just a moral issue anymore.
Seeing the man’s suddenly serious gaze, Su Yanyan stammered quietly, “I… I’m twenty-two…”
The job Youzi had found for her was arranged using Youzi’s cousin’s information. She was afraid of being found out, so she didn’t dare tell the truth.
The girl’s evasive gaze made Gu Beichuan’s head suddenly ache.
Pressing his hand against his own forehead, he spoke the next moment, “Children must not tell lies.”