War of Roses: The Proud Tycoon，Please Surrender!-Chapter 233: Come Back with Me

The ringing of the phone pulled Gu Yan back to her senses.

"Gu Yan, where are you? Are you free tonight? Let me treat you to dinner."

Xue Xianglan’s voice came through the phone, as casual as ever.

Gu Yan didn’t want to go back to that house, nor did she want to see Tang Yuxiu, so she agreed.

The two set a place to meet and then hung up the phone.

Gu Yan stood there for a while before heading to the agreed restaurant.

The restaurant wasn’t far from where she was, and it wouldn’t take her more than ten minutes to walk there slowly.

At this time, there were still quite a few people in the restaurant. Gu Yan arrived too early and didn’t want to go in, so she stood outside in a daze.

Across the street, a clothing store was having a sale, with music playing from the speakers outside.

"Actually, I’m content just to be loved without worries, always happy. But blindly loving without much thought isn’t mature enough. Until I can’t bear it and ask you, you didn’t bring up that unspoken deception. The road ahead is toxic; if you want to keep the love, you must submit..."

These lyrics seemed to perfectly fit her current mood.

Too many things had happened today, and she still felt as if it was a dream.

Everything had been fine before, but suddenly, it felt like her whole world was collapsing.

Perhaps some happiness wasn’t meant to be hers from the start and shouldn’t have been pursued.

What if you caught it? In the end, isn’t it still emptiness?

If you have to lose what you’ve gained, it might be better not to have it at all; at least there’s something to remember.

At least it’s beautiful.

Now that everything was laid bare, what she thought was good, suddenly turned out to be so unbearable.

While she was lost in thought, a voice brought her back to reality.

"Gu Yan, what a coincidence."

Gu Yan looked up to see Qin Junnan’s handsome and gentle face appear before her.

He was dressed in a black suit, walking steadily, his eyes warm and gentle.

"Senior?" Gu Yan was surprised.

"It’s been a while, how have you been?"

Gu Yan nodded, pulling a smile, "I’m doing well."

She hadn’t seen Qin Junnan since that banquet.

A lot had happened during this time, and she hadn’t had the mind to think about Qin Junnan. Besides, she had lost contact with the people in her phonebook after losing her phone during the kidnapping.

After a pause, Gu Yan asked, "And you, Senior?"

Qin Junnan looked at her noticeably unwell complexion and the bandage on her forehead, his eyes giving away no hint of his thoughts, only nodding and saying, "I’m fine. By the way, is your phone broken? I tried calling you, but couldn’t get through."

"Yes, I accidentally lost my phone earlier and hadn’t bought a new one until a few days ago. Since there weren’t many contacts to begin with, I just swapped to a new card. Sorry, Senior."

Qin Junnan gave a warm smile, "No worries, as long as you’re okay. Would it be convenient to exchange phone numbers again?"

"Sure," Gu Yan agreed readily and gave him her number.

Qin Junnan entered the number and let Gu Yan’s phone ring, stopping only after she saved it.

"Senior, are you here for dinner?"

"Yes, meeting a client."

"Then you should go in, don’t let me delay you."

Qin Junnan looked at her, paused for a moment, and said, "No worries, I came early, still some time before the meeting. How about you? Waiting for someone?"

"I’m meeting Xianglan for dinner."

"Why not wait inside?"

"I feel like standing outside for a while."

Qin Junnan nodded, "Then let me wait with you."

Gu Yan was surprised and quickly shook her head, "No need, it’s too much trouble."

"No trouble at all. Remember, you accompanied me to the banquet last time, I haven’t thanked you yet. Let’s have dinner sometime to show my gratitude."

Gu Yan smiled embarrassedly, "Really, it’s nothing, just a small matter."

"It’s necessary."

Beneath Qin Junnan’s seemingly gentle exterior was a presence that couldn’t be refused.

Gu Yan was at a loss, about to say something, when she heard the screech of a car braking abruptly.

The sound was so piercing that Gu Yan’s eyelid twitched instinctively.

Turning to look, she saw that familiar Bugatti.

Immediately, Tang Yuxiu pushed open the car door and walked straight toward her.

His demeanor wasn’t good. Typically expressionless outside, now Tang Yuxiu could be described as gloomy.

Gu Yan’s heart skipped a beat, feeling both worried and irritated.

Tang Yuxiu halted three steps away from her and narrowed his eyes coldly at Qin Junnan.

Why did this person keep lingering around? Every time he and Gu Yan were unhappy, Qin Junnan was always there to be an eyesore!

Was he deliberately trying to annoy him?

Qin Junnan saw Tang Yuxiu, initially surprised for a second, then confused as to why Tang Yuxiu was looking at him like that.

In his memory, he seemed not to have offended him.

But Qin Junnan still maintained a friendly smile on his face, "President Tang, what a coincidence."

"Huh." Tang Yuxiu sneered coldly, then turned his eyes away, looking at Gu Yan, clearly showing he couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to Qin Junnan.

Qin Junnan, "..."

Gu Yan felt a bit uneasy. After all, he didn’t want others, even Qin Junnan, to know about her relationship with Tang Yuxiu.

But seeing Tang Yuxiu’s demeanor now, it seemed like her thoughts no longer mattered.

No one could stop what Tang Yuxiu wanted to do.

"Moving fast enough!" Tang Yuxiu mocked coldly.

Gu Yan looked at him, feeling both angry and a bit wronged.

What did he mean? Did he think she left just to meet Qin Junnan again?

Ha, it’s not the first time, Gu Yan, why do you feel wronged? Moreover, who are you to him? What does he take you for? Why should you bother because of him?

Gu Yan turned her head away, refusing to even look at him.

Everyone has a temper, especially after today’s events, which had a big impact on Gu Yan.

She didn’t want to see Tang Yuxiu’s face at all, it made her feel hypocritical.

Hypocrite, wolf in sheep’s clothing!

It’s really disgusting.

"Come back with me!"

Tang Yuxiu saw that Gu Yan ignored him, and his anger rose, but thinking of that damn report made his headache terribly, reminding himself not to get angry with Gu Yan!

Endure, must endure.

Gu Yan still didn’t move, nor did she look at him or respond.

Tang Yuxiu’s hand beside him clenched and then loosened, speaking in a deep voice, "Gu Yan, don’t make me say it a third time! Come back with me!"

Gu Yan turned her head, looking coldly at him, "That’s not my home. Why should I go back?"

She’s really angry, going head-to-head with him.

And right in front of Qin Junnan!

Tang Yuxiu suppressed his temper, trying to make his voice sound less harsh.

"Gu Yan, I’ll explain everything when we go back. There are things I haven’t done, and I haven’t done them. Don’t listen to one-sided words from others."

Hearing this made Gu Yan annoyed. What’s one-sided words?

"Tang Yuxiu, it’s clearly written in black and white. Is that one-sided words?" Gu Yan sneered, "Honestly, if you admitted it directly, I might still think you’re a man, but with solid evidence you still deny it? I really look down on you."

His own woman saying she looked down on him in front of another man, Tang Yuxiu’s feelings were indescribable at this moment.

Wasn’t this telling others that, as a man, he had no responsibility, no accountability, and no masculinity? He’d lose all face.

But Young Master Tang still held back, knowing that if he lost his temper now, Gu Yan might be burned by it, and it could become troublesome in the future.

With Qin Junnan present, many things were inappropriate to say. Tang Yuxiu gritted his teeth secretly and simply said nothing, stepped forward, grabbed Gu Yan’s wrist, and pulled her to his side.

"We’ll talk when we get back."

"Why does it have to be said back there? Can’t it be made clear here?"

Tang Yuxiu probably had never been so accommodating to anyone, and for him, this was already being extremely humble.

"Gu Yan, if you want to make a scene on the street, letting people see our jokes, or make your senior see us as clowns, I have no problem. Just make it clear here."

Gu Yan paused, glaring angrily at Tang Yuxiu, the latter still expressionless, but his eyes unfriendly.

His voice was so low that only Gu Yan beside him could hear it clearly. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

And Qin Junnan next to them didn’t know what they said, only seeing Gu Yan’s face turn unpleasant, glaring at Tang Yuxiu but not resisting standing by his side.

Gu Yan gritted her teeth and quietly replied, "Fine, I’ll go back with you."

Tang Yuxiu secretly smirked contentedly.

"Let’s go." Young Master Tang completely regarded Qin Junnan as air, just pulling Gu Yan to leave.

But Qin Junnan blocked their way at this time.

Tang Yuxiu, holding the unhappy Gu Yan, squinted his eyes, "Young Master Qin, is there anything else?"

Qin Junnan glanced at Gu Yan and asked, "Where are you taking Gu Yan, President Tang?"

"Didn’t you hear what we said? I’m taking her back."

"But I don’t think Gu Yan is that willing."

"How do you know she’s not willing?" Tang Yuxiu turned to Gu Yan, tightened his grip on her hand, signaling her to speak.

Gu Yan bit her lip, reluctantly glared at him, and said to Qin Junnan, "Senior, we have something to do, we need to go. See you another time."

See you another time? Tang Yuxiu thought darkly, later he’ll trip up Qin Junnan to make him leave Jiang City for a while.

"Is everything really okay?" Qin Junnan asked worriedly, "Your face doesn’t look good."

"It’s nothing, I just felt a bit upset earlier, and I accidentally hit my forehead, there’s quite a bit blood. No need to worry, senior."

Hearing her say that, Qin Junnan couldn’t say much more, only nodded reluctantly and said, "If anything happens, call me. I won’t let anyone bully you."

"Thank you, senior." Gu Yan smiled slightly.

And Tang Yuxiu, watching them go back and forth with their concern and worries, felt quite uncomfortable, especially when Gu Yan smiled at Qin Junnan.

Yet, she’s angry with him now, not knowing when she would smile at him again.

Feeling quite imbalanced, but he brought it upon himself, he didn’t even have the right to complain for now.

"Are you done talking? If you’re done, come back with me."