Chapter 26.1 - And the tiles fall.
Please consider supporting this site by turning off or whitelisting this site on your Adblocker.
Trigger Warnings: domestic violence
Gu Yu appeared to be in a trance these days.
His mind was in a mess like a cotton-filled duvet, unable to hold his ground on company affairs anymore. Father Gu went back to flip over several reports, only to feel his temples throbbing and could only laugh amidst his anger.
Having smashed a mug on the ground: "Truly a useless second-generation, to even dare to eat, drink and have fun using the company!"
Hearing these words, the coldness in his heart was no less than that of the December river water in the middle of winter. In these past days, Gu Yu had already done his best with all his efforts, until he no longer had any drive of energy for anything else, until there was only a patch of blue under his eyes, until, even as a person who typically cared about his attire the most, there were even wrinkles on the cuffs of his dress shirt.
He just stared at Father Gu with his chin taut and teeth clenched, saying nothing. That same night, he drunkenly went to find Wu Yunrui.
Her bedroom light was still on as she had just come back from the bar; within her purse were several business cards.
How to pick and choose; in the end, the choice would of course be the one with the highest title.
After clearing her throat, she dialed the number and had just greeted the ‘Chief Liu’ on the other side with her charming voice when suddenly, she heard the doorbell ring. Her brows raised, she then, just quickly, said a few words before hurriedly hanging up.
As soon as she opened the door, there was a strong whiff of alcohol. As Gu Yu’s stance faltered, he leaned his whole body against Wu Yunrui, curses pouring out from his mouth. The last time she had seen him like this had been a few years ago.
Wu Yunrui brought him a towel and helped him wipe his face. Gu Yu was just lying on the sofa, eyes out of focus, but there was a sense of ferocity between his brows.
He suddenly turned to stare at Wu Yunrui, eyes fixed.
Wu Yunrui had followed him through their mutually bitter days, so naturally, there was sincerity and real feelings in their relationship. Only, it was later gradually mixed with other things. For example, even when they were in bed together, Gu Yu would still need to take time to answer Cen Simiao's calls.
In the beginning, she would still get angry and throw a temper, where Gu Yu would still be patient and coax her. Later, it became that she was just being unreasonable, then finally another type of sentence...
If you want to continue living those hard times like before, then we can just spread everything on the table and talk it out.
Wu Yunrui clenched the towel. Of course, she wasn’t willing! Why should he be able to enter that rich, extravagant world with just one step while she had to go back to the times when she had to think thrice before spending even 100 yuan?
She curved her eyes, appearing incredibly gentle, as she lightly wiped Gu Yu's cheek. All of a sudden, he grasped her arm, and with a flip of their bodies, he now had her pressed underneath him.
Just as she was about to kiss him, she felt something tighten around her neck, and she started to have difficulty breathing. She was being mercilessly choked.
Wu Yunrui's eyes widened as she desperately twisted around and struggled, dryly retching. Within her ears rang his drunken words: "Gu Xichen, do you feel particularly happy as you treat me like a fool?"
His tone was fierce. She gritted her teeth and went to pinch him, but the strength in her hands gradually weakened. After a while, Gu Yu finally calmed down, he then rubbed his forehead irritably before turning back to coax her.
Wu Yunrui trembled, she was terrified to the extreme. She looked up at him with her lips tightly pursed, then, all of a sudden, her mouth opened and she burst into tears.
For the past few days, the Gu family had been very calm, seemingly as if everything was at peace. Cen Simiao would stealthily run over to Lu Mi’s every day. Upon seeing the increase in money on the company's account book, her eyes narrowed in joy.
Lu Mi was currently on top of a stool, cleaning the light on the ceiling as he didn’t want anyone from the custodial department to come into the office. He wrung out the rag as he said, "My skill in business is good, right? We’ve already gained so much money in such a short time."
Cen Simiao raised her eyes. "I’m more concerned about your ability to forget."
Just having some business deals snatched would only make the Gu family temporarily dispirited, after all, their foundation was still there. But if some technical personnel were to be dug away, now, that would truly be hitting them close to home.
Lu Mi raised his brows, then answered in a rather indecent tone, “Don't worry, I’ll definitely be able to accomplish it. Even if I have to do it myself, I would be willing.”
Cen Simiao wanted to have the facedown as soon as possible...
An Zeru hasn’t contacted her since he left the Gu family that day, Cen Simiao was a bit puzzled by it all. If one were to say he was throwing a temper tantrum, well, then it still wouldn’t really make much sense.
But when she went to ask the system what was going on, it was particularly focused on going through the forum to read up on the latest plug-in ‘Autumn Sugar Roasted Chestnut’, and simply ignored Cen Simiao.
Her heart was miffed. "Can you be a bit more professional? Look at other people's systems, which of them is like you and just know how to eat?"
The system was coquettish and finicky by nature and immediately exploded, “Then why don’t you look at the hosts of other systems, which one wasn’t working like cattle?! The system can just cheer on the side and the mission would be done! But you?!”
Cen Simiao was stunned. "You can’t even cheer on the side! Slag! Scum!"
The system was so angry that it accidentally downloaded a Calabash Brothers animation, then even worse, directly threw out the seeking death mission.
【—Ding, may the host please pay attention to the seeking death mission. Find fault and quarrel with the male lead. May not reconcile within half a month. No matter how considerate he is, you must maintain indifference.】
As they had delayed their departure during the last world, the seeking death task in this world was changed to be directly enforced with no right to refuse.
Cen Simiao gnashed her teeth in anger. Was this system sick or something? Presently, they still didn’t know what was going on over at An Zeru’s side, yet it still decided to throw in a task like this? Then until when would this be dragged on as she continues to be tossed about?
An Zeru had been truly busy recently. His family’s company was in a bit of a slump, so his father has been so angrily anxious that the other seemed to be on the verge of having a heart attack.
Later, the other then began to grumble whether he could step up a bit more and that the family would need to rely on his support in the future.
An Zeru massaged his glabella. "You just stay at ease. My studio has been trying to find a solution, it’ll be resolved soon. Don't recklessly worry over it."
His studio had just been established not too long ago, and for outsiders who didn’t know the situation, they just appeared to be a grassroots team.
An Zeru actually didn’t add any falsity to these words but simply no one believed him, so instead, the other even made a show as if to hit him. An Zeru gave a ‘tch’ and bent to dodge, then he walked back over with a cup of water and a few pills in his palm. "Hurry up and take them, otherwise you won’t even have the strength to hit me later on."
Then he heard the other start mumbling again: "What exactly has been going on lately? The Gu family’s plummeting, while our family is also like this..."
An Zeru’s brows furrowed.
When he went back to his room, he took a look at his cell phone. There was nothing at all. Cen Simiao again didn’t remember to find him. He fell onto the bed, turned over, then dialed her number.
The other side didn’t pick up.
An Zeru frowned, opened up Weibo, and browsed for a few minutes before calling again.
Still didn’t pick up.
Pursing his lips as he waited, he then refreshed the home page.
Suddenly, his gaze froze from seeing one of the newest microblogs.
{@Xiao Xichen: So bored, nothing to do.}
Placing the tip of his tongue against his teeth, he bit it once before he turned to lay on his side with one leg bent up. He lifted his chin and called again.
It was directly rejected this time.
An Zeru returned to the Weibo interface and saw that she had made another post.
{@Xiao Xichen: Going to watch an American series, anyone has any recommendations?}
His eyes narrowed, sh★t.YinYue has something to say:
This is that longer chapter with raw character count over 10k, so I will be posting it as I finish going over it.
<< || Novel's Page || >>
Comments
Post a Comment