When Gu Xiyu woke up the next day, he was alone in bed, and the white cat was no longer there.
His phone battery was only at 10%, and there were dozens of missed calls, all of which were from Gu Xun and Xu Caiting.
He didn’t call back and switched off the phone. He rubbed his cheeks and sat up from the bed, staring at his exposed toes that were outside the quilt for a long time.
There was an extra bottle of something on the table by the window. After he got up, he walked over, took a look, and found that it was an eye disease-related medicine.
‘Does Ji Chen have bad eyes?’
The window curtains were wide open, and he could see the man coming out of a small courtyard not far away. He was holding the phone to his ear, and his lips moved slightly. A white cat was running and shaking its body around him.
It was unknown if it was just a coincidence or if the other party was keenly aware of his gaze when the man suddenly raised his head and their gazes met.
“Yes, tell Mr. Andrei I want to meet him in advance to talk about the transfer of shares.” Ji Chen walked out of the other yard while talking in a low voice. He stuffed his other hand inside the trouser pocket, putting the key in his hand there.
“Gu family? It has nothing to do with Fengming, so I don’t need to help you deal with it.”
As he said this, he suddenly raised his head. His gaze fell on the window on the third floor of the mansion, and his smile deepened: “I want to see who dares to intervene.”
..
After Gu Xiyu washed up and changed his clothes, he walked towards the door of the room.
This world is very unfamiliar to him. Staying at the Ji mansion was as uncomfortable as staying at the Gu house. It’s just that he was here as a guest, so it wasn’t appropriate to stay in the bedroom for too long.
“Yes, the drama’s performance that year was really risky, but it was also very successful…”
As soon as Gu Xiyu opened the door, he saw the two people passing by in the hallway, talking and laughing. The moment he saw the appearance of one of them, he subconsciously slammed the door shut.
The boy next to Ji Zixuan looked a lot like Fu Nian!
“….”
Calm down; Fu Nian probably doesn’t know that the original owner liked him. Those emotional problems of the original owner shouldn’t fall on him. There was no need to worry.
After the psychological preparation, Gu Xiyu opened the door of the room calmly, then nodded to the two astounded people outside the door, “Good morning.”
His attitude was so natural, as if what had just happened was an illusion.
“… Xiyu?” The flaxen-haired boy recovered first, but his tone was still one of surprise.
“Long time no see, Fu Nian.” Gu Xiyu greeted him calmly.
Ji Zixuan hesitated: “Do you know each other?”
Fu Nian smiled generously: “Didn’t I mention the very good friend I made when I came to China for middle school? It was him.”
Seeing some confusion on Fu Nian’s face, Ji Zixuan explained: “Didn’t I just tell you that my uncle got married? You were curious about what kind of partner my big devil-like uncle would choose, that’s him.”
Gu Xiyu’s attention was attracted by Ji Zixuan’s words: “Big Devil?”
Ji Zixuan thought he was angry for Ji Chen, and explained: “Sorry, it’s because the few times we met my uncle when abroad, his attitude was always very cold. Moreover, we have heard of many of his ruthless business methods, so Fu Nian gave him that name in private.”
Gu Xiyu gave a rare smile: “It’s okay, it’s quite suitable.”
He noticed that Fu Nian’s gaze was always on him, and when their eyes met, the gentle and sensible youth nodded at him: “It’s been a long time since we saw each other. I didn’t expect us to meet again in this way. I’m really surprised.”
After learning about the relationship between Gu Xiyu and Fu Nian, Ji Zixuan’s attitude towards Gu Xiyu became much more friendly and closer; at least, he wasn’t as alienated and indifferent as at their first meeting.
People of the same age always have more topics to talk about when they get together, and Fu Nian was an attentive person. He probably knew Gu Xiyu’s situation and deliberately started talking about topics he was familiar with. Although Gu Xiyu didn’t like small talk, the ones before him were the male lead and the second male lead. He didn’t mind making friends with them.
When it was closer to noon, more and more people appeared in the Ji family mansion.
Some were direct relatives of the Ji family, while others were distant relatives who had been invited to stay with the Ji family as guests.
Most of the guests became interested in Gu Xiyu when they learned that he was Ji Chen’s partner.
But the way they showed interest was not well-intentioned.
“Huh? So you graduated from a domestic university. I have never heard the name of the university you mentioned.”
Gu Xiyu calmly said: “Domestic universities have good resources. In many cases, they are not worse than foreign ones.”
“Gu Technological? There are many big companies with the Gu name, which one is your father’s?”
Gu Xiyu: “It’s just a small personal company. It’s not big enough to talk about.”
“I thought Ji Chen’s vision would be higher, but I didn’t expect… Ah, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you embarrassed. Please don’t mind.
Gu Xiyu: “His vision is really not very good.”
Otherwise, he wouldn’t get married to the person who wants to mess with him.
They were annoying, but he was just a passerby in this world. These people’s attitudes do not affect his life.
That was until a middle-aged uncle with a small mustache sat down on the solo sofa and glanced at him with disgust: “I used to think that although Ji Chen was withdrawn, he was at least a normal person. I did not expect that he was mentally ill, and he actually liked men.”
“This gentleman, liking the same sex is not a disease. I hope you can read more related books or materials before you make a statement about something, so as not to make you look uneducated.”
Ji Chen had just come from the study upstairs when he heard the two sentences. The other party’s tone and attitude sounded good, but the content was very direct and merciless.
The middle-aged man on the sofa stood up angrily and scolded, “Is that the attitude you should show your elders? Sure enough, a bad person attracts the same kind of bad person. Only Ji Chen, who has such a terrible mother, would choose a terrible partner like you!”
His voice was a little loud, and almost everyone in the hall stopped talking and looked at them in amazement.
He raised his hand to slap Gu Xiyu, but the slap never descended.
Gu Xiyu lightly squeezed the uncle’s hand, and he was no longer able to resist. He didn’t look at the uncle with anger but only confusion: “I don’t know much about the Ji family’s affairs, but objectively speaking, even if Ji Chen’s mother really did some terrible things, what do they have to do with him?”
Human minds and emotions were always so complicated. After having lived for so long, he no longer tried to understand it.
The old man was taken aback because of the seriousness of Gu Xiyu’s words, and he said angrily: “Why is he not related? He could even beat his own brother until he could only lie in the hospital for the rest of his life. He definitely is not a good seed!”
Ji Chen leaned against the wall at the top of the stairs and looked at Gu Xiyu silently, as if what they were talking about had nothing to do with him.
After a brief silence, Gu Xiyu suddenly replied: “Then what he did was still too merciful.”
He said as he let go of the hand of the person in front of him. He didn’t mind that the others in the hall were watching him, and he added softly: “If I had a brother like him, then the grass on his grave would be a meter high by now.”
“When the third madam was discovered cheating outside, the fifth young master was only one year old. He was just learning to walk and talk. He was so young, he didn’t even know that he was about to bear the disgust from his biological father and the oppression of his own brothers.”
The old butler probably regarded Gu Xiyu as someone who could really bring Ji Chen happiness, or he just finally had someone to talk to. After serving Ji Chen coffee last night, he dragged him into the corridor and said a lot of things;
“Others say that he was too cruel towards the eldest young master, but no one knew how much the eldest young master bullied him until high school. The most serious incident occurred before he was even ten years old. He was trampled on and his bones were broken, and it took him a long time before he got better. Even now, he still suffers when the weather gets cold.”
“He didn’t cry at that time. He sat alone in the back garden, suffering until I found him bleeding and took him to the hospital. I asked him why he didn’t ask for help, and he said it was because he knew he would not get any help even if he had asked. He was so small at that time, but his head was clearer than anyone else. He never came back to the house because of those memories, but he knew he would get back at them.”
“He was obviously at an age where he should be carefree, but he had never experienced the word ‘happy’ since his childhood.”
It was said that a hateful person must have had a reason to cause today’s situation. It was probably this pitiful past that made Ji Chen a hateful person in the eyes of others.
“You…you, you!” Gu Xiyu’s retort really didn’t give the Ji family face, and the spectators were stunned.
But Gu Xiyu no longer cared about the old man’s broken words because the system prompt happened to ring out at this time.
[The target’s risk value is -5. The current risk value is 70.]
Gu Xiyu saw Ji Chen at the entrance of the stairs. The latter was wearing dark clothes again, and was leaning against the wall, staring at him with eyes that were too dark to see emotions.
Before he could react to Ji Chen’s attitude, he heard the cold voice of the system.
[There is a problem with this evaluation program.]
Gu Xiyu was puzzled: “?”
But the system did not answer him again.
Ji Chen raised his hand to cover half of his face, lost in thought.
‘There is a problem with his evaluation program.’ He repeated it to himself again in his heart.
How could he be easily pleased by Gu Xiyu’s blunt words?
“Old Madam’s here!”
Lin Fangru’s appearance interrupted all the quarrels. She only glanced at Gu Xiyu, who had just caused a stir but said nothing. Perhaps she didn’t know what happened, or she knew but didn’t care.
“I called everyone to come over today, mainly because I want to officially announce the old man’s will to everyone in the Ji family.”
Ji Yan, the head of the Ji family, passed away from illness not long ago, and his will had not been made public until now. After receiving Lin Fangru’s instructions, the lawyer in charge stood up with the will and began to read it out.
Most people in the Ji family didn’t care about the distribution of property. What they cared about most was who was going to be the new patriarch of the Ji family. The Ji family had big businesses, if the patriarch was someone who couldn’t convince them, how could they suppress other companies?
Based on the current situation, except for Ji Chen, who succeeded with his own hands so that no one else dared to provoke him easily, there would be opinions no matter who was in that position. But the Ji family members knew about the bad relationship between Ji Yan and Ji Chen. It was basically impossible for him to get that seat. With such a situation, there were a few who thought they had the ability to inherit, so everyone in the hall had different thoughts.
Gu Xiyu, who already knew the result through the system’s introduction, was very calm.
The contradiction between the target and the protagonist of this world started with the announcement of the will.
Ji Yan chose Ji Zixuan to inherit the position of the new Patriarch and to take over all the properties under the Ji family. He was only a 25-year-old young man, and the moment the result was announced, he was naturally questioned.
“Zixuan? He is so young, he hasn’t even made that many achievements externally yet. Is he really competent?” Sure enough, when the lawyer read out Ji Zixuan’s name, everyone in the hall began to whisper.
Lin Fangru said unhappily: “What do you mean that he doesn’t have many achievements? How many companies has Zixuan stabilized for the Ji family abroad? How many cooperations have been obtained for the Ji family, increasing the income of the Ji Group’s foreign branches?? Are these not enough to prove his ability?”
“It’s not that we don’t approve of the old man’s decision, but don’t you think that Zixuan is still too young? He has also just returned from abroad.”
“What we mean is that before he thoroughly understands the operation of all the Ji family’s industries, shouldn’t he get support and assistance from the more experienced elders in the management of the Ji family?”
Lin Fangru sneered: “Do you think he needs a regent to manage the business like in ancient times? Don’t think that I don’t know what you are thinking about. You want to assist so that you can just climb to the top.”
“Eh, why are you thinking like that…”
Ji Chen and Gu Xiyu, as “husbands,” stood side by side without any communication.
Gu Xiyu noticed Fu Nian, who was sitting next to Ji Zixuan and was staring at him. He leaned a little closer to Ji Chen and took the initiative to ask: “Are you surprised?”
Ji Chen stared at the noisy crowd in front of him, and said casually: “Everything was as expected.”
Gu Xiyu was quiet for a few seconds, then asked him quietly: “Then are you angry?”
This time, Ji Chen finally turned his head to look at him, and only after a momentary pause did he smile inexplicably: “I’m actually very angry. Are you going to coax me?”
An automatic notification suddenly popped up from the system.
[A special task has been triggered.]
Special task?
[These are special tasks the main system sends out after calculating and analyzing feedback in the background. Special tasks are likely to alleviate the target’s risk value and help the mission executor’s subsequent development. The target’s risk value can also be reduced whenever the tasks are completed. Work hard, host! Fighting!]
As soon as Gu Xiyu heard this explanation, the task was sent over.
[Special task: Please find a way to make the target happy.]
Gu Xiyu: “?”
Is this hellish system joking with him?
