Chapter 10: Ruan Ruan Looks So Good When She’s Teasing Me

After buying a leather belt, Su Ruanyuan marched straight to the headquarters of the Gu Group.

She dialed Gu Jinzhou’s number, her sweet, crisp voice ringing out in a high-pitched, playful tone: "I've arrived! Come and pick me up at once! I just bought a new belt—I, the Niohuru Ruanyuan, am going to let you taste the feeling of being whipped!"

Inside the dim, silent conference room, every sound could be heard in every corner. A ripple of soft, stifled laughter broke out. So, this was how the CEO spent his private time!

Gu Jinzhou pinched the bridge of his high nose, his voice husky as he said, "Ruanyuan, I am in a meeting. There are people everywhere here."

Su Ruanyuan: !

It would have been enough to say he was in a meeting, but he had to add "there are people everywhere." He was clearly teasing his little cat!

And Su the cat had been successfully baited. An overwhelming sense of shame flooded her tear ducts. Her eyes welled up, and she stammered incoherently for a long time before she could manage a single word.

"I..."

"I’m not Ruanyuan."

"I’m Yingying."

Inside the room, sitting next to Gu Jinzhou, was a female clerk wearing a Chanel-style tweed jacket—Gu Yingying.

Gu Yingying whispered, "Ruanyuan, it’s me, Yingying. I’ve been interning at the Gu Group for half a month now. Didn't you know?"

Su Ruanyuan: !!

She hung up the phone immediately, her slender figure looking increasingly frail under the bright sun. Today, Ruanyuan had died of social embarrassment! But tomorrow, Ruanyuan would be a hero once again!

Just then, Secretary Yang walked out. "Miss Ruanyuan, CEO Gu has instructed me to escort you. Please go to his office to rest. Is this the new belt you purchased? Let me carry it for you."

Su Ruanyuan looked at Secretary Yang with teary eyes. *Even you are laughing at me.*

Secretary Yang couldn't help but smile, offering comfort: "Everyone thinks Miss Ruanyuan is very cute."

*Everyone thinks...*

Su Ruanyuan bit her lip. Her lifelong reputation had been ruined by Gu Jinzhou; she feared everyone now viewed her as a lecher.

***

Half an hour later, Su Ruanyuan sat in the white executive chair, her legs draped arrogantly across the mahogany desk. She had deliberately taken off her shoes to expose her snow-white feet, trampling on Gu Jinzhou’s desk and his dignity!

The moment Gu Jinzhou stepped into the office, he blocked all the CEOs and executives following him outside.

"Come back in twenty minutes."

"Understood, Mr. Gu."

Recalling the little episode in the conference room, everyone shared a knowing, meaningful smile.

Gu Jinzhou didn't care about his own thick skin, but Su Ruanyuan was crying with shame, faint tear tracks visible on her fair, delicate face. He set down his fountain pen, retrieved a label-less jar of cream, and after washing his hands, began to apply it to her face.

Ruanyuan had a "tear-incontinence" constitution; she had been a crier since childhood. Once, she had cried so much she developed eczema on her face. Gu Jinzhou had been heartbroken, unable to sleep for several nights while she slumbered peacefully. At just twelve years old, Gu Jinzhou had resolutely emptied his own piggy bank to invest in a laboratory dedicated to developing a baby cream suitable for her sensitive skin.

Because the research was so successful, the lab’s baby cream took over the market among the socialite elite—eight thousand per jar, and still in short supply. Why did it capture the socialite market? In the Hong Kong elite circle, who didn't know that Su Ruanyuan was the apple of Gu Jinzhou's eye? If he spent his money to create a cream and put it on Su Ruanyuan’s face, it had to be the best! They naturally followed the trend, buying it for their own children.

Later, that laboratory earned Gu Jinzhou three more "piggy banks." It was his first investment, and it was a total victory.

Su Ruanyuan covered her face, refusing to let him apply the cream.

Gu Jinzhou said coldly, "If you won't let me apply it to your face, where should I put it? This cream has more than one use. Does Ruanyuan want to play on the chair? I can accommodate you."

He possessed the face of a refined scoundrel, the kind of "scum-su" look that could kill a person with desire. Su Ruanyuan dared not provoke his anger and kissed his chin to appease him.

"Brother Jinzhou~"

"Say it again."

"Jin~zhou~ brother~~~"

Gu Jinzhou’s long, sharp eyes were satisfied. After gently applying a bit of cream to her cheeks, he took her snow-white, delicate foot and kissed it. "Why aren't you wearing socks? The air conditioning is a bit cold; you’ll catch a cold."

*Unbelievable,* she thought. *He has to manage even this.*

Seeing that Gu Jinzhou was no longer angry, "Niohuru Ruanyuan" instantly became arrogant again. Her crisp, sweet voice sounded brazen: "If I wore socks, how could I trample on your dignity?"

Gu Jinzhou’s eyes darkened. So, she called this feast for the eyes "trampling."

The obsessed Gu tycoon unbuttoned his shirt, his low, hoarse, and sexy voice like a siren, seducing Ruanyuan to trample his body to her heart's content.

The muddled little treasure followed his lead, only to realize she’d been tricked.

***

"Gu Jinzhou, I hate you... boo hoo... you pervert! You lunatic!"

Gu Jinzhou let her pull his ears and hair, his phoenix eyes brimming with doting laughter: "Ruanyuan looks very beautiful when she bullies me."

The tear-prone Ruanyuan felt her CPU overheating; she couldn't even cry anymore. Her clothes were perfectly intact, and Gu Jinzhou’s were as well, yet they had just done something incredibly scandalous.

*Oh, heavens!* Gu Jinzhou’s repertoire was growing, and she really couldn't take it anymore.

***

After work, Gu Jinzhou didn't rush to take Su Ruanyuan away; instead, he had her meet someone: Fei Rong.

After getting off work that night, Fei Rong and her husband had visited a highly reputed temple. Originally, she hadn't been able to see the venerable master, but by chance, she had climbed a wall and caught a glimpse of him. The master had sighed, saying that since it was fate, they might as well sit and chat. After hearing about Fei Rong's situation, the master gave her a paper talisman.

Fei Rong said, "Look, it’s this talisman! As long as I keep it on me, I am normal, but the moment it leaves my body, I am no longer myself."

Su Ruanyuan: "I don't understand what you mean?"

Though she said she didn't understand, she already knew exactly what was going on in her heart.

Fei Rong said bitterly, "I have no ill will toward Miss Ruanyuan; slandering you was truly not my intention! I will prove it to you now!"

Fei Rong dropped the talisman on the table, and her eyes instantly changed. She looked at Su Ruanyuan with a critical gaze: "You’re nothing but an adopted daughter of the Gu family, shamelessly hooking up with the CEO. If the Gu Group collapses, it will be entirely the fault of a siren like you! If you’re smart, leave the CEO at once!"

Su Ruanyuan quickly shoved the talisman back into Fei Rong’s hand.

Fei Rong covered her mouth, her eyes filled with tears of regret: "You all saw it, didn't you? I really was possessed by something unclean. It was that evil thing that forced me to speak ill of Miss Ruanyuan!"

Su Ruanyuan: "I believe you."

This was the plot of the novel acting out. The NPC Fei Rong’s mission was to mock Su Ruanyuan, but Fei Rong had awakened! The willpower of such a person was incredibly strong; it would be a shame to fire her. Anyone who struggles for their own destiny should not end up with a bad result.

Su Ruanyuan: "Brother Jinzhou, please don't fire Sister Rong, okay? Give her a chance to reform."

Fei Rong was deeply moved. Miss Ruanyuan was so kind; who on earth could have used her to curse someone as wonderful as her?

Gu Jinzhou: "Very well. I won't fire her."