Gu Xirou rushed to Gu Tingshen’s side with quick steps, grabbed his arm and started to cry. “Brother Tingshen, didn’t we agree that this project would go to me? If I have no achievements to show, then when we work with the Shen family of the capital in the future, I’ll lose so much face!”
She had already changed into a new set of clothes.
It was this season’s new style from some big brand, and it fit her very well.
So Gu Tingshen had all along kept clothes for Gu Xirou ready in the lounge of his own office. Hah…
“Brother Tingshen?” Gu Xirou looked at him with tears streaming down.
But Gu Tingshen hesitated and said nothing.
Just now, everything the client had said, directly and indirectly, showed he was very dissatisfied with Gu Xirou.
And on top of that, on Shen Suiwan’s side there was…
If he still insisted on having Gu Xirou take part in this project, it would not be worth the cost.
Earlier he had thought of using this project to add some luster to Gu Xirou, but on second thought, since she was already on close terms with the Shen family, it probably didn’t matter much even without this record of achievement.
“All right, Rourou, you go out first.” Gu Tingshen coaxed her.
Gu Xirou was deeply unwilling in her heart, but she was also afraid that making too big a scene would only give Shen Suiwan satisfaction, so she had no choice but to swallow her anger for the time being. After giving Shen Suiwan a resentful look, she walked out of the office.
Gu Tingshen turned to Shen Suiwan with a gentle smile again.
“Wanwan, all right, don’t be angry. We’ll do it all your way.” His voice was as gentle as ever and full of love. “You’re my wife. Would I really work against you?”
Shen Suiwan laughed coldly inside.
Nothing but two fake marriage certificates. What kind of wife did that make her?
What’s more, Gu Tingshen had merely weighed the pros and cons.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go now.”
“Wanwan, don’t be angry anymore, all right?” Gu Tingshen gripped her wrist. “Once this busy stretch is over, I’ll take you to Tromsø to see the northern lights. All right?”
Tromsø, the northern lights…
That was the place they had once agreed to go for their honeymoon after the wedding.
The place she had been looking forward to since three years ago.
When she heard him bring it up, small ripples rose in her heart despite herself.
But very soon they settled completely back into stillness.
There was nothing left to look forward to.
That place, she no longer wanted to go to.
And this person she had once looked forward to seeing the northern lights with, she no longer wanted either.
Although she said nothing, Gu Tingshen was smiling with complete confidence.
He firmly believed that as long as he brought up going to see the northern lights, she would certainly soften.
Because he knew how much she had looked forward to going there with him.
He had originally planned to take her, but recently there had been a lot going on at the company, and with Gu Xirou coming back to the country as well, it had been put on hold.
Once he took her there in a while, however much resentment she held, all of it would disappear.
Shen Suiwan gave a perfunctory response and turned to leave.
Gu Tingshen did not notice how perfunctory she was, and even said to her retreating back, “Tonight I plan to treat the client to dinner to smooth over this unpleasantness. Wanwan, come with me.”
…
That evening, Shen Suiwan and Gu Tingshen arrived at the restaurant together.
They had just gotten out of the car at the entrance when they happened to run into several clients from the partner company arriving as well.
The moment they saw Shen Suiwan, the several clients broke into smiles, and their manner was extremely courteous, as though the earlier unpleasantness had never happened at all.
“President Zhang.” Gu Tingshen shook hands with the man at the front.
“Ah, President Gu, you really are too kind,” President Zhang said with a smile. “Going out of your way to treat us to dinner.”
“It’s the least I could do.” Gu Tingshen smiled too. “The private room is already booked. After you, President Zhang.”
“After you… Ah, isn’t that President Liu? Lao Liu, what are you doing here too?”
President Zhang greeted a middle-aged man who had just gotten out of a car not far away.
Shen Suiwan followed his line of sight and happened to see the middle-aged man addressed as “President Liu” opening the rear door of a car and respectfully inviting the person inside to step out.
And the person who got out of the car was Huo Yanxiu.