Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Don’t Refuse a Toast Only to be Forced to Drink a Penalty (1) Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Don’t Refuse a Toast Only to be Forced to Drink a Penalty (1) “I wasn’t pretending, I really didn’t know…” Lu Wanwan spoke softly.
His nonchalant voice, “I’ll give you another chance, are you sure you don’t know?”
Lu Wanwan conceded defeat, “…”
“Xu Yuan told me to come to this crossroads, there’s no way he wouldn’t have told you.”
She felt a panic, it was only because of this.
“Also, your acting just now was too poor.”
She covered her face, didn’t Gu Annan just glance at her?
The car stopped at a red light, and Gu Annan turned his face toward her.
His deep, bottomless pupils made it impossible to read his emotions, and after a moment, “I don’t like being lied to.”
“It won’t happen again.” Lu Wanwan wished she could swear to heaven, her face full of repentance.
Gu Annan looked at the woman whose promises were as easy as drinking water, fearing she would forget his words in the blink of an eye.
“I don’t trust your promise,” he said in a low voice, enunciating every word clearly, “but remember, don’t let me catch you lying to me again.”
Lu Wanwan’s bright eyes peeked at him through the gaps between her fingers covering her face.
Finally, the red light passed, and Gu Annan’s gaze shifted forward.
After driving for a while and realizing the route was not quite right, they were almost at the Gu Building’s parking lot.
“I have something to do.” He responded tersely.
But she had nothing to do, so why did she have to come here too?
Not comprehending his thought process, after getting out of the car, Lu Wanwan could only follow him into the building.
There was an elevator in the parking garage with direct access to the CEO’s floor; she got in, still not understanding.
But still feeling the aftereffects of the recent lie and fearing setting off another landmine, she chose to remain silent.
“Mr. Gu…” The secretary stepped forward, about to say something, then stopped abruptly upon seeing Lu Wanwan behind Gu Annan.
“What is it?” Gu Annan asked directly with an icy face.
“Miss Ji came to see you,” the secretary’s voice hesitated a little.
Miss Ji had visited more than once; although it seemed that Mr. Gu and she had never made any progress, she always acted like she was Mr. Gu’s girlfriend.
She was haughty towards the staff, behaving like the lady of the house.
Even though Miss Ji wasn’t a member of the Gu company, she was the person in charge of the cooperation between the Ji and Gu companies. Through her work, she paid particular attention to the female colleagues on this floor, strictly monitoring anyone who tried to get close to Mr. Gu.
Several had been quietly ousted from Gu company by her, based on flimsy reasons; nobody here dared to offend her.
“Ji Jiayi?” Gu Annan inquired back.
“Yes, she said she wanted to discuss an issue with you about the recent cooperation project.”
The secretary was still in a daze.
What did ‘understood’ imply? Mr. Gu was—as always—concise and enigmatic.
“I’ll wait for you outside,” Lu Wanwan said, seeing that he had work to do and not wanting to go in with him.
She had dealt with that troublesome Miss Ji before, who was also Ji Shaoyang’s sister and well-acquainted with Gu Annan, and now she came to discuss business.
Perhaps it was better for her not to appear.
Gu Annan glanced at her, not reading anything from her expression, then after a while said, “As you like.”
After he returned to his office, Lu Wanwan prepared to go to the rest area.
“Miss Ji, Mr. Gu has returned. Please go to Mr. Gu’s office,” someone called out.
The sound of Ji Jiayi’s high heels clicked closer; this time she was dressed in a professional suit, looking a bit more mature.
Despite her sweet appearance, there was not a trace of a smile on her face.