Chapter 115: Betrayed You
Chen Yan followed Gu Zhenzhi and, after getting into the car together, saw Gu Zhenzhi immediately open his laptop. Tentatively, he asked, “Mr. Gu, when you asked me last time how to tell if you like someone, you must have been talking about Miss Ruan, right?”
Gu Zhenzhi’s calm eyes lifted slightly from the screen as he met Chen Yan’s curious gaze, which was nearly bursting with interest.
His pale fingers tapped lightly on the keyboard twice. “You’re very curious?”
Chen Yan, feeling the chill in those eyes, suppressed the eagerness in his own, shrinking back slightly. “No, no, I was just asking casually, just casually…”
Gu Zhenzhi glanced at him once with a steady look before returning his attention to the screen.
About five seconds later, Chen Yan’s eyes darted again toward Gu Zhenzhi, unable to contain his curiosity.
“Mr. Gu, did you read the file I sent you? The standards for liking someone—that was the essence I painstakingly summarized!”
At the word “essence,” Gu Zhenzhi’s expression shifted subtly.
He recalled Chen Yan’s social media post:
“Heartbroken from online love, worked in the countryside planting rice seedlings, crossed the Yalu River for love, now need two beautiful ladies to heal my wounds.”
Essence? Gu Zhenzhi’s skeptical eyes met Chen Yan’s.
Chen Yan could no longer hold back and turned, practically climbing onto the passenger seat.
“Mr. Gu, can I explain it to you in detail? Like… a bit more thoroughly?”
Before Gu Zhenzhi could respond, Chen Yan pulled out his phone and opened the summary file. “First, you notice her instantly in a crowd. Because at that moment, your eyes see no one but her; everyone else is just a passerby.
“Next, you find yourself constantly focused on her. Seeing her walk closely with another man makes you uneasy—you want to claim her as your own.
“And most importantly, from now on, you can’t bear to see her bullied by anyone. You want to protect her every moment, holding her gently in the palm of your hand…”
Every criterion Chen Yan described perfectly matched every action Gu Zhenzhi had taken.
His expression grew somewhat dazed as his gaze drifted out the window.
“Mr. Gu, from what I see, you and Miss Ruan fit all these points quite well…”
“We’re not compatible,” Gu Zhenzhi said coldly, the words slipping out effortlessly.
Chen Yan’s face stiffened slightly, but daringly he leaned closer to the screen. “Mr. Gu, you say that with your mouth, but your body seems to betray you…”
Gu Zhenzhi furrowed his brows.
As he pondered Chen Yan’s words, he lowered his head. The hand holding the stylus silently wrote two characters on the screen—Ruan Cha.
Gu Zhenzhi’s eyes flickered away.
He slammed the laptop shut, his jaw clenched tightly. “Are you very bored?”
Chen Yan silently turned around.
Clearly, he had done everything he was supposed to do, yet still refused to admit it.
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Back in the classroom, Ruan Cha waited for about twenty minutes.
After twenty minutes, a message popped up on her phone.
“Boss, Mr. Gu has left, and Li Junmei has also come out of the school carrying her things.”
A faint smile lifted the corner of Ruan Cha’s lips as she lowered her head, her expression shifting swiftly.
The next moment, once lively and vigorous, she weakly raised her trembling hand. “Teacher, my stomach hurts badly. May I go to the restroom?”
The teacher, seeing it was Ruan Cha, nodded immediately, worried something might happen. “Class monitor? Yun Yan, please help Ruan Cha.”
Ruan Cha ignored Yun Yan trailing behind her, clutching her phone tightly as she rushed out of the classroom.
Ten minutes later.
In a quiet alley.
Ruan Cha blocked Li Junmei’s path, lips curling into a defiant smile. “Let’s settle this properly, shall we?”