Chapter 25: Losing Everything
For more than two whole hours, the plate in front of Gu Zhi had barely been touched. Instead, he had been constantly dealing with food that didn’t suit Ruan Yi’s appetite.
The man seemed to remember all her dietary habits. Before Ruan Yi could even frown at a taste she didn’t like, the hated food had already been taken away.
Before she finished chewing the food she liked, he had already ordered a second portion. The drink in her cup was refilled even more promptly than by the waiter.
The waiter looked astonished. This Japanese restaurant used meticulous service as a major selling point. But every time he saw the timing and tried to add water for Ruan Yi, he was beaten to it by the man beside her. His hand froze awkwardly in the air.
This person… came to steal his job, right! He didn’t look dressed for it either. The waiter secretly competed with Gu Zhi in his heart.
He stared at Ruan Yi’s cup, trying to beat Gu Zhi to it once. Unfortunately, until Ruan Yi was full and satisfied, he didn’t grab a single chance to refill the water.
Ruan Yi looked at Gu Zhi, who had evolved into a “Universal Service Robot,” feeling somewhat guilty in her heart. Blaming herself for being too lazy, she actually raised her brother to be like this.
She felt a bit apologetic, so she slapped Gu Zhi’s hand away. “You eat yours! Don’t compete with the waiter for work.”
After saying that, Gu Zhi actually acted a bit aggrieved.
The waiter instantly had tears welling up in his eyes, thinking he could finally pour water for Ruan Yi once. But Ruan Yi’s stomach was already full, so she refused.
The man glanced at the waiter and playfully took the juice Ruan Yi had left, putting it into his mouth.
The waiter looked like he had nothing left to live for. His professional career seemed to have suffered a huge setback.
Ruan Yi: What exactly are these two fighting for…
In the car on the way back, Ruan Yi leaned on the leather seat, breathing evenly and steadily.
Gu Zhi covered her with his jacket. Reaching out, he tucked her scattered hair behind her ear, his fingertips brushing past her reddened earlobe.
The girl had drunk some fruit wine and was sleeping soundly at this moment. It seemed even doing something wouldn’t wake her up.
When a warm kiss landed on the center of her brows, the girl’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she hummed dazedly, dodging in the opposite direction.
A large hand embraced her incredibly skillfully. The delicate temperature of the back of her neck came from his palm. The sound of a violent heartbeat was exceptionally obvious in the quiet car.
Gu Zhi controlled her neck to tilt back slightly until exposing her lustrous, fair skin.
Warm breath brushed over the sensitive skin on the side of her neck. Ruan Yi shrunk her neck in her sleep. Unfortunately, the person doing the bad deed knew her too well. Just a light rub on her earlobe, and the soft skin of her neck uncontrollably exposed itself completely.
Thin lips brushed against delicate skin, leaving light kisses one after another on the protruding collarbone. The tip of his tongue constantly swept over a patch of slightly hot pink-white.
The girl let out a soft, thin whimper in her sleep, and fine redness appeared on her neck.
He tasted the sweet fragrance seeping from the girl’s skin. His fingers unconsciously clasped her slender waist. His body stiffened for a few seconds, seemingly undergoing an intense ideological struggle in his brain.
If this continues, I won’t be able to stop…
Finally, he took a deep, restrained breath, straightened up, and gently rubbed that patch of reddened skin on the girl with his finger pad.
Suddenly feeling a slight vibration from the phone in his pocket, the screen lit up with a dim blue light.
He glanced at the message calmly, maintaining a steady posture as he slowly pulled out the phone.
Although dealing with the message on the screen, his peripheral vision always kept an eye on the girl’s movements. Typing was on silent mode, and the keyboard light was dimmed very low.
A few words stood out on the screen: “24:00, West City.”
After the message showed as read, he put away the phone.
No rush. Things have priorities. Wait until he carried his treasure steadily to bed first.
Help Ruan Yi wash up, then apply those bottles and jars. He couldn’t bear to have Sister complain about uncomfortable skin when she woke up. Serving Sister well was the most important thing.
Finally, it would be time to deal with that dreg.
The bedroom door opened. Ruan Yi sank into the soft bedding. The man watched as the strap of her slip dress slipped down at some point, revealing half of a lustrous shoulder.
The moment his fingertips touched the zipper on her back, until the light sound of the zipper sliding to the end mixed with the friction of fabric, completely peeling off, he greedily took the girl’s flawless whiteness and softness into his eyes. The girl’s skin glowed with a luster more alluring than pearls under the moonlight.
Why must there be business tonight of all nights.
He gently draped the silk nightgown over the soft and fair skin. The girl’s slender waist felt hot in his palm. Gu Zhi didn’t look away; instead, he stared at her fixedly.
Clearly breathing rapidly, his Adam’s apple rolling heavily, yet he still used trembling fingertips to button up the beautiful spring scenery inch by inch from the bottommost pearl button.
Night was like ink. At a construction site in the West City, an abandoned terrace was shrouded in damp fog.
Ruan Jianming’s knuckles gripping the phone turned white. The screen reflected his signature on the equity transfer agreement document. The document that should have been locked in a safe was now coiled like a venomous snake on the tablet handed over by a masked man.
“You… this is fraud! How can I lose everything… You tricked me into signing a blank agreement. This is a forged document!”
The masked man, seemingly a subordinate, took a step forward. “Mr. Ruan Jianming, you were told before signing the agreement: in business, there is no such thing as a sure profit.”
Ruan Jianming took half a step back, his lower back hitting the rusty guardrail. The night wind blew, making his already sparse hair look like only a few strands remained.
“You fucking play word games with me. I won’t acknowledge it, absolutely not! Who exactly are you? Were you sent by that bitch Ruan Ying!”
The man sitting behind several masked men chuckled lightly. His slender fingers tapped the armrest casually. Each sound was like a heavy hammer hitting Ruan Jianming’s eardrum.
A tall figure rose from the shadows. The silhouette of broad shoulders and a narrow waist outlined a nearly oppressive presence under the light.
The man seemed to deliberately not mask his face, but his features were completely unclear in the pitch-black darkness. The masked subordinates subconsciously took half a step back, clearing a path.
“Ruan Jianming, your gambling debts in Macau last month, and the ledger of your useless son embezzling public funds, are much more exciting than forged documents.”
“Who exactly are you! Speak quickly! Don’t let me find out you are in cahoots with that bitch mother and daughter pair!” The muscles on Ruan Jianming’s face twitched uncontrollably as he roared.
“Bitch mother—and daughter? Looks like you’ve already chosen your ending for yourself.”
Ruan Jianming looked up, trembling all over, only to see leather shoes stepping into the moonlight first. Long legs wrapped in black suit pants took unhurried steps.
As the man walked out of the shadows step by step, a structured suit vest outlined a lean waistline. When that face was finally exposed under the moonlight, Ruan Jianming’s pupils contracted suddenly.
“Uncle Ruan, hope you’ve been well.”
When he bent down, the hem of his suit swept over Ruan Jianming’s trembling shoulders. The scent of mint mixed with gunpowder smoke rushed to the face.
Ruan Jianming’s cloudy eyes filled with terrified tears. Dark water stains spread on his suit pants.
He let out a desperate scream so high-pitched it broke, suddenly cut off by the muffled sound of a heavy object, coming to an abrupt halt.
Ruan Ying had been busy inside and out with company matters and had slept very poorly these past few days. During a rare leisure time in the day, she was tasting donkey-hide gelatin and bird’s nest for breakfast.
The phone rang ding-a-ling. It was from the assistant.
After listening for just a while, Ruan Ying looked shocked. The ceramic spoon fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
In just one short night, all those plans she had prepared to deal with Ruan Jianming were thrown into disarray.
Ruan Jianming was confirmed to have brain paralysis, becoming a vegetable who needed to be bedridden for life.
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