You’re 01—?!
What is parasailing? It’s an activity where a big parachute is attached behind you, connected by ropes to a speedboat. As the boat moves forward, the wind fills the parachute and lifts the person up into the air.
If the speedboat goes fast, the person is lifted high. If it slows down, the person drops low enough to touch the surface of the sea with their feet—
Ning Yi had never tried it before and thought it was so fun!
Of course she had to let her husband experience something this exciting too. After all, with Young Master Gu’s noble body, he definitely wasn’t the type who could ever end up hanging in the sky by himself!
Ning Yi: With a wife like me, I’m literally spoiling my husband all the way up to heaven. (dog-head-holding-a-rose emoji)
Gu Cheng, up in the sky: “…”
How to put it— the wind was pretty strong.
There was also a sense of weightlessness as he rose and dipped.
Looking down, he could see Ning Yi’s slender calves and pale feet beneath her fluttering floral skirt, and he could easily imagine how happily she must have been swinging back and forth just now.
This really was the sort of thing Ning Yi found genuinely fun, and yet she had shared it with Gu Cheng so he could experience it too.
It really did seem like a kind of special love… maybe.
Young Master Gu, suspended in midair, fell into a certain train of thought.
From afar, Ning Yi saw that her husband hanging over there didn’t seem especially happy, so she called out, “What’s wrong, hubby? Don’t tell me you’re afraid of heights! Don’t worry, the life jacket you put on your baby is perfectly secure!”
Gu Cheng had already calmed down. “That’s not it.”
Ning Yi thought about it and decided that made sense. After all, her business emperor had no weaknesses, no soft spots.
“Then do you like the way your baby expresses love?”
Gu Cheng was silent for a few seconds before finally saying, “Mm.”
Ning Yi said deeply, “That’s good. From now on, I’ll share half of my happiness with you, hubby.”
Gu Cheng: …That didn’t sound like such a good thing.
But listening to her cheerful voice in the wind, he grew quiet for a moment and finally decided to accept his own comforting logic.
A special kind of love.
“…Mm.”
So he stretched out a hand as well, feeling the wind brushing across his face. “Thank you, baby.”
Down below, Assistant Zhou stood behind “Young Master Gu” and quietly said to “Young Master Gu,” “Young Master, if you’re interested, I can arrange another speedboat so you and Madam can fly together.”
“Hm?” Ning Yi turned around.
Seeing Assistant Zhou’s considerate expression practically screaming I think you two could fly off together as a loving pair, Ning Yi waved her hand. “It’s fine, he… I’ve already experienced it!”
Assistant Zhou: “?”
Did Young Master Gu mean that if she had played it, then it counted as him having played it too?
No wonder Young Master had once said, “To see her is to see me”!
Young Master Gu loved her so much that he treated Madam as another version of himself!
—Ah! This is love! TvT
Flying together didn’t happen, but staying together definitely did!
After all the day’s work was finished, and after enjoying the yacht and eating and drinking to their hearts’ content, Gu Cheng took Ning Yi back to the hotel.
Assistant Zhou did one final check of the hotel room setup to make sure everything was in order, then, smiling, quietly withdrew after accomplishing his mission without seeking credit.
The hotel had excellent soundproofing. He and the bodyguards were all stationed outside.
Young Master and Madam could fully enjoy their private world together!
Once inside the room, Gu Cheng loosened his expression and undid one button on his shirt. He was just about to get himself something to drink when he caught sight of that bathroom, transparent on all four sides.
Young Master Gu: “…”
Young Master Gu undid two more buttons of his shirt.
Ning Yi, meanwhile, was completely free of any inhibitions, happily standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows admiring the sea in the sunset.
A sheet of golden shimmering light.
She was even holding a bottle of alcohol.
When they came, Gu Cheng hadn’t allowed her to bring it, but when they passed the shopping street here, he had really gone and bought her a bottle.
It was a local specialty—tea liquor. It had the rich body of baijiu, with the fragrance and lingering sweetness of tea leaves. The alcohol content wasn’t low. Ning Yi only drank a little for pleasure; with her alcohol tolerance, as long as there wasn’t any sudden repeated switching back and forth like last time, she wouldn’t get drunk.
“Hubby,” Ning Yi turned and called to Gu Cheng, “do you want some?”
Gu Cheng had just come out of the bathroom. Taking another look at the alcohol in her hand, he said with great restraint, “No.”
It would get in the way.
Better not lose control.
Ning Yi: Mm-hmm. He’s afraid of delaying work, I understand!
Then I’ll just enjoy it myself, haha.
Travelling really was nice. During the day, they messed around at sea, and at night, they just enjoyed the scenery. Ning Yi sat by the window, savouring the faint fragrance of tea liquor lingering between her lips and teeth, watching the warm golden sunset gradually sink out of sight in the distance.
Night slowly fell, and the air grew a little cooler.
Ning Yi carefully put away the bottle, then strode boldly toward the bathroom—
Their suite had a huge massage bathtub, and beside it was a carefully arranged wooden tray holding things like glass cups and a comb, as well as bath bombs specially meant for bubble baths.
Ning Yi casually tossed two bath bombs into the water and watched them fizz and spin around in the tub, slowly dissolving into soft pink bubbles. The whole process was actually pretty soothing!
Steam rose up, and the glass on all four sides became slightly foggy, but—
You could still see everything very clearly!
So when Ning Yi casually reached out and flung off the dress she was wearing, Gu Cheng nearly lost his grip on the teacup in his hand.
“A Yi,” Gu Cheng’s gaze passed through the glass and fell on her fair skin, “didn’t you notice—”
“Hm?” Ning Yi turned around, and when she met Gu Cheng’s dark eyes through the misty glass, she gave him an open, carefree smile. “Hubby, do you want to soak too?”
As she said that, she even turned back to size up the bathtub with her eyes. It was practically as big as a small swimming pool—there’d be no problem fitting several people in it.
“I think it cou—”
Before she could finish, a thread of cool air slipped in from outside the glass door.
Then the door closed again.
Gu Cheng walked in, instantly taking up a strong sense of presence in one corner of the bathroom. He was so tall that he blocked part of the overhead light, and the shadow he cast covered Ning Yi’s fair shoulders. Beneath his shirt, the muscles of his body were taut, slightly dampened by the steam, revealing beautiful lines.
He lowered his eyes slightly. A dangerous blue glint pressed deep in his pupils as he said in a low voice, “Are you being a little too unguarded around me?”
Back when his leg hadn’t healed, that was one thing. But now she still dared to be this direct?
If she didn’t mean to invite him, then at the very least… well, she should show a little restraint.
Even though, ever since they started swapping bodies, they had already become very familiar with each other’s bodies. He had even helped Ning Yi bathe before.
But seeing her like this now was still… quite a shock.
What Young Master Gu himself didn’t realize, however, was that he was trying to demand bodily modesty from someone who had survived the apocalypse.
Not to mention, this apocalypse survivor had just had a little alcohol.
So now she was even more uninhibited! Hahaha!
Ning Yi threw him an utterly frank, flirtatious glance. “You and me, brothers to the end—no need for all that formal stuff!”
Bro, we’re bros.
Gu Cheng: “…”
Carrying a slightly dangerous sense of pressure, he stepped closer and lowered his head. “Who’s your brother, hm?”
His breath brushed across Ning Yi’s nose, warm with heat.
Ning Yi blinked, then remembered the bubble bath behind her. “Hey, stop messing around. The water temperature is perfect right now—if we don’t get in soon, it’ll get cold!”
So Ning Yi turned and stepped toward the bathtub.
Something flashed before Gu Cheng’s eyes, and he couldn’t help but lift his head toward the ceiling.
But one hand still moved instinctively to steady her, in case her careless self slipped.
Holding onto Gu Cheng’s firm, sturdy forearm, Ning Yi sat down steadily in the warm, fragrant water and happily blew at the bubbles. Her hearing was good enough that she could even catch the sound of the waves outside the hotel window. The whole atmosphere was incredibly relaxing.
Meanwhile, Gu Cheng lowered his eyes.
The water was pink. The foam half covered and half revealed. Her skin was white like a piece of warm jade in drifting mist.
Ning Yi looked up and asked with complete sincerity, “Are you getting in or not? It’s really comfortable.”
She was honestly so good to her husband now! Whenever there was something nice, she always thought of him. ^3^
The man who had been invited again and again finally smiled.
A cool curve tugged at the corner of his lips. Then he knelt down halfway beside the bathtub, his slender fingers landing on the tip of her raised chin and lightly lifting it. “Do you not know what an invitation like this means?”
With utter innocence, Ning Yi said, “Ah, I didn’t mean anything else by it!—”
Gu Cheng looked into the purity in her eyes and, for a few seconds, briefly doubted his own personal charm.
In the end, he thought: Fine. Then I’ll be the one with other intentions.
His hand slid down from her chin and came to rest at the side of her neck. “What do you think this means?”
Ning Yi: Huh?
Is he trying to pinch my artery?
But that didn’t seem quite right either.
Then his hand moved lower, settling between her collarbones. “What about this?”
Ning Yi: Pressure point attack? OnO
Then lower still, one point, two points.
Even his voice had grown slightly unsteady. “Then what… does this mean?”
After a few moments—
“Okay, okay.” Ning Yi said in a small, blushing voice.
“Got it?”
Covering her chest, Ning Yi said, “I got it… but not completely.”
It was weird, but also kind of that.
Mm. He was playing some very new kind of game—she’d have to study it!
Gu Cheng couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh.
But just as the corner of his lips lifted, he suddenly switched into Ning Yi’s body.
Gu Cheng: “?”
The two of them stared at each other. Ning Yi had a deeply thoughtful expression on her face.
Then at last, she stretched out a hand and groped herself twice.
Gu Cheng: “?”
What Ning Yi mainly wanted to know was what it felt like for the person doing the touching.
Gu Cheng: But is your technique even right?
At first, Ning Yi felt like there was nothing much. But after moving a little, she felt like there might actually be something.
Instinctively, Ning Yi wanted to give that “something” a friendly little greeting, but Gu Cheng had already expressionlessly caught hold of her hand.
Then the two of them switched back again.
“Still want to continue, do you?” Gu Cheng asked with an icy smile.
Only then did Ning Yi finally feel a little embarrassed.
She slid farther down into the water until only her little head was sticking out above the surface.
The pink water reflected her flushed red face.
“Forget it, I’m taking a bath,” she declared in a mighty, imposing way, though her voice was tiny. “Anyone who dares interfere with this king’s bubble bath shall be executed without mercy!”
Gu Cheng couldn’t help laughing.
“Alright, alright.”
This silly girl—at least she finally knew how to be shy.
That counted as a major step forward in their relationship.
In any case—
Although the bathing process was a little hard to describe, they still finished the bath nice and warm.
It was extremely comfortable! The massage function in the bathtub was amazing too! Rich people really did live well!
In the end, Ning Yi got so sleepy from the massage that she was practically drowsing off.
After washing up and coming out all clean, she was half-asleep as Gu Cheng wrapped her in the blanket. “No more playing, no more playing. Goodnight, big ji—”
Gu Cheng directly covered her mouth, then switched off the light.
It was a very good night for sleeping.
—And tonight,
there was only one person who couldn’t sleep!
Ding Ziyue danced wildly under the moonlight: Why, why?!
She had worked hard all day, yet still hadn’t managed to wait for 01! That night she had no choice but to find a hotel to stay in in this coastal city, and according to the hacker’s report, she still wasn’t far from 01’s location.
He was clearly nearby, clearly protecting her from the shadows—so why wouldn’t he show himself?
After thinking it over, Ding Ziyue could only come up with one explanation—01 was probably so ugly he couldn’t bear to be seen, which was why he still didn’t dare appear before his goddess.
She was certain that 01 definitely had special feelings for her.
After all, Ding Ziyue had even taken screenshots and saved the time of every single like 01 had ever given her. Every time he came to check on her, it was always late at night—the perfect NetEase Cloud emo hours. And after Jiang Linyi made their relationship public in a grand announcement at her birthday banquet, 01 had never liked another post again.
What did that mean? It meant that the fact she had a boyfriend had left him heartbroken, so all he could do was keep his distance!
Not to mention, this time, after Ding Ziyue came to this city, he had also appeared nearby. Even though he still hadn’t shown himself, Ding Ziyue, as someone deeply familiar with how romantic plotlines developed, knew that this had to be a mixture of inferiority and longing.
Late at night, unable to sleep, Ding Ziyue finally looked at the follower count on her CMore homepage and calmed down—
Once Young Master Gu returned to A City, he was going to sign a contract with CMore. By then, if founder 01 appeared, it would have nothing to do with her anymore! She had to become that ray of light—the one who encouraged him and guided him—before 01 appeared in public!
Ding Ziyue mobilized every brain cell in her body, and at last slowly revealed a determined smile. Since he refused to come out, then he couldn’t blame her for being forceful. Even using a little moral coercion wouldn’t be out of the question.
After all, she had to seize this opportunity and let Young Master Gu—and everyone else—see her commercial value!
So the next day,
Ding Ziyue’s CM account posted a video—
She directly tagged 01 and called him out publicly, deliberately tying herself to him!
In the video, Princess Ding stood with the sea and sunshine behind her, letting the ocean breeze stir her hair as she smiled with incomparable gentleness.
“I’ve actually always known that you’ve been silently paying attention to me, because I was one of the very first CMore bloggers to join your platform when it was just beginning. When you had nothing, I believed you would definitely make it! ……”
“I know that I’ve accompanied you all the way here, and you’ve also been silently watching me, silently liking my posts. We’ve both been growing together ……”
This was Ding Ziyue’s strategy—to force his hand!
Since he lacked the courage to face his goddess, Ding Ziyue would take the initiative herself! At the same time, she wanted 01 to know that even though she had a boyfriend, she was still willing to encourage him, support him, and be his light! Ding Ziyue thought she was simply too clever!
“I know you don’t want to face the public, but I know that you and I are different. There must be so much we could talk about, because we admire one another and our souls resonate! ……”
Ding Ziyue wasn’t worried about sounding exaggerated, because after so many rounds of Ding family marketing, Princess Ding already had a fixed army of paid commenters.
[Wow, a princess as outstanding as Yueyue really would attract the attention of exceptional people.]
[Oh my god, so Yueyue and this big shot actually have this kind of history?]
[Soon the Gu Corporation is going to lead the investment in CMore, and this founder big shot still hasn’t appeared. Yueyue probably just wants to give him courage and help him face the public, right? So kind, love her already.]
…
[Ahhh big shot, come out already! As a loyal CM user, I’m super curious who you are too!]
Looking at the online response, Ding Ziyue saw that it was basically just as she had predicted!
And she wasn’t afraid Jiang Linyi would get angry, because in the prophetic dream, all kinds of outstanding men were supposed to fall in love with her anyway, and Jiang Linyi was supposed to get wildly jealous over it!
Now that Wander, that lovesick male supporting character, had been stolen away by Ning Yi, then 01 might just be the replacement lovesick male supporting character!
The more Ding Ziyue thought about it, the more likely it seemed. After all, no one understood better than she did how much this world revolved around her—she was the centre of this world!
Ding Ziyue’s heart surged with excitement. She felt that this move of hers had simply been absolutely perfect.
This way, no matter who 01 turned out to be in the end, as long as he wasn’t some completely unimaginable hidden tycoon, everyone’s attention would stay focused on the connection between Ding Ziyue and 01, and her association with CMore would become deeply ingrained in people’s minds!
She relaxed completely and happily scrolled through the news.
—The daughter of the Wang family in H Province publicly declares her love for Young Master Gu?! Witnesses recently saw Miss Wang speaking with Young Master Gu in front of his Maybach!
As another leader in the internet industry, the Wang family had shown a strong intention to form a marriage alliance this time, and had even hinted at the possibility of deep, mutually beneficial cooperation with Gu Capital within the industry. Behind this lay countless enormous profits!
Ding Ziyue felt bitter for three seconds, then suddenly burst into laughter—
Ning Yi was probably panicking to death by now, wasn’t she?!
A rich young lady from the internet industry was coming to arrange a marriage alliance, and it fit the Gu Group’s current needs perfectly!
Wouldn’t Ning Yi soon be kicked out, then? After all, what could she possibly use to compete with someone like that?
Don’t tell her she thought she could pull an internet company out of nowhere too. What a joke!
Ding Ziyue perked up and worked even harder to contact 01—
This round, she was going to sit back and laugh while watching Ning Yi’s miserable ending!
Ahahaha!
Meanwhile, after having a wonderfully long sleep, Ning Yi woke up lazily.
Only then did she see the huge uproar the heroine had stirred up.
By that time, Gu Cheng had already gone out to work, and Ning Yi was the only one left in the entire hotel suite.
Yawning, she flipped through her phone.
Netizens were all closely following whether Princess Ding had found 01—
[Who exactly is founder 01?]
[The princess has said this much already. If 01 still doesn’t show up, then he’s not much of a man, is he?]
Ning Yi: ?
But I’m not a man to begin with.
So Ning Yi quite justifiably locked her phone and happily went back to sleep for a second round.
By the time Gu Cheng returned to the hotel, Ning Yi had just woken up.
Still with her eyes closed, she sat up on the bed hugging the blanket and opened her mouth like a ferocious beast: “So——hungry——”
Sometimes Gu Cheng also wanted to know whether a life of eating, sleeping, waking, and eating again was really that enjoyable.
But seeing how endlessly entertained Ning Yi was by it, it really did seem as if in her previous life she had been deprived of a lot of food and a lot of sleep.
Ning Yi roared like a tiger: “Hungry ahh O口O——!!”
“…I brought you some clam omelette from around here.”
Gu Cheng lifted the paper bag in his hand and said helplessly, “Finish that, tidy yourself up, then we’ll go eat.”
Ning Yi immediately obediently took it. “Okay.”
At noon, she shamelessly squeezed another lavish meal out of her husband.
Thinking that once she extracted several hundred million in investment financing from him, Gu Cheng might not be this generous anymore, Ning Yi ruthlessly ordered eight dishes. It was local cuisine, and some of it couldn’t even be eaten in A City. Ning Yi ate until she was thoroughly satisfied.
By now, Gu Cheng was used to it. As long as she could eat, that was fine.
After the meal, Ning Yi patted her stomach and asked, “Are we going back now?”
Gu Cheng had already finished the work on his end, so they could head back to A City today. After all, once they got back, there was still the CMore signing to prepare for. This round of financing involved several venture capital firms, and there were still plenty of procedures to go through.
“Mm.” Gu Cheng glanced at her. “Didn’t get enough fun?”
The moment she heard the word “fun,” Ning Yi somehow immediately thought of how the two of them had “played” by the bathtub the night before.
Even someone as shameless as she was felt a little embarrassed for no reason.
Ning Yi: “Of course not. Let’s go, go home.”
Big yacht, see you next time!
Gu Cheng looked at her sideways, as if he didn’t believe her.
So Ning Yi put on a deeply emotional face: “—We’re not leaving, Jack?”
Gu Cheng turned around expressionlessly.
“We’re leaving right now, Rose.”
After Ding Ziyue posted that video and added marketing efforts to guide public opinion, the buzz around her online only grew bigger and bigger, and her popularity got a major boost!
Hacker: [Latest address]
Hacker: [01 has already left X City]
Ding Ziyue smiled. Perfect. She was heading back to A City too—
She also wanted to witness with her own eyes the sight of Ning Yi being thrown out of the Gu family!~
The plane took off and landed in A City.
Only after getting off the plane did Ning Yi remember to take a look at Ding Ziyue’s video.
She clicked in, watched for a few seconds, then backed out with her scalp tingling in discomfort.
Ding Ziyue’s tone sounded very much like when she had wanted to become Young Master Gu’s light and had recorded those three melancholy BGM bone-conduction headphone voice messages for Gu Cheng.
Ning Yi hadn’t expected Princess Ding to follow them on this business trip, and she certainly hadn’t expected Ding Ziyue to try to tie herself to her. This plotline hadn’t existed in the original novel at all—after all, there had been no CMore platform in the original book, and this version of Ning Yi should long since have been emotionally tortured bloody and thrown into a psychiatric hospital.
All one could say was: worthy of being the heroine—her imagination really was astonishing!
With a bit of a headache, Ning Yi stuffed her phone back into her pocket.
Then she shrank her neck a little.
Tsk—A City really was much colder than the coast!
A well-defined hand reached over and loosely tightened her scarf, his voice cool and indifferent. “That’s what you get for not dressing properly.”
Before Ning Yi could speak, the bodyguards ahead suddenly touched the earpieces by their ears and said something, then quickly formed a tight protective ring around Gu Cheng and Ning Yi.
After getting the update, Assistant Zhou came over and said quietly, “Young Master, some reporters have arrived outside. It’s a mixed crowd.”
Gu Cheng’s expression remained calm. “Mm.”
Ning Yi thought to herself: Hoh. What kind of celebrity treatment is this for the king of all show-offs? People came to greet him at the airport?
What she didn’t know was that during this business trip, lots of photos had been taken of her and Gu Cheng—
Fans had discovered that although Young Master Gu hadn’t spent that much time on this trip with Sister Ning, they had still left behind plenty of sweet moments!
Some people had witnessed their “world-famous painting” moment, standing on the yacht deck like the male and female leads of Titanic. Others had seen Sister Ning looking incredibly cool while parasailing, while Young Master Gu stood below gazing up at her dotingly and even waving.
[So sweet, ahhh.]
[I want to experience this rich-people romance vibe too!]
[Umm, but is no one paying attention to what’s going on in the wealthy families? That Wang family heiress from another province is making a big move.]
—and that was precisely the main reason the reporters had come to the airport to meet them this time!
They had rushed over after catching wind of it, because last time, when Young Master Gu had made his kingly return at the ball, the news of his rise had been broadcast directly online through the CM live-streaming platform, and the reporters hadn’t managed to get the scoop firsthand!
But now the Gu Corporation was about to lead the investment in the CMore platform, entering the internet industry and seeking a new business loop. At such a moment, the Wang family from H Province appearing on the scene would undoubtedly make them a perfect power alliance with Gu Cheng, the emperor of the business world!
In contrast, Young Master Gu’s current wife, Ning Yi, had an ordinary résumé and an ordinary family background. From a conventional point of view, she could be said to have no competitive edge at all. So if there were any possibility whatsoever of changes in Young Master Gu’s marriage, that would be exactly the kind of explosive news reporters were hoping for!
Some entertainment reporters on site were even more advanced—they were simply holding up their phones and livestreaming Young Master Gu and Ning Yi’s arrival.
Right now, netizens were waiting for 01 to show up, and in the meantime had drifted over here to enjoy the gossip too.
Soon, Young Master Gu and Ning Yi appeared in the airport hall.
With more than ten people in their entourage before and behind them, the two of them were surrounded in the centre. There was absolutely no mistaking them, and the reporters immediately surged forward as one.
Both of them had extremely outstanding presences.
The tall man was cold and stern, every gesture carrying the noble aura of someone in a position of power. The woman beside him was slender and beautiful, yet not weak at all. Her whole bearing was calm and unhurried. Even facing the crowd surging toward them, she showed not the slightest surprise, as though she had long been used to countless grand scenes.
…Well matched.
That word automatically surfaced in everyone’s minds.
And then, somehow, the reporter rushing at the very front found himself unable to ask the question he had prepared: “The Wang family heiress of H Province has publicly declared her love. Young Master Gu, are you planning to divorce? Is there a possibility of marital changes?”
But even if he didn’t ask, someone else did it for him.
The moment that question came out, many of Gu-and-Ning’s CP fans online immediately exploded.
[What is wrong with you???]
[Gu-and-Ning are so sweet, how could there possibly be marriage trouble?!]
[Ah, but objectively speaking, Ning really isn’t worthy of Gu, is she…?]
The comments split into multiple camps and instantly devolved into a fight.
[Why are so many people suddenly saying Sister Ning isn’t good enough for Young Master Gu just because his leg is healed? Sister Ning is amazing too, okay!]
[Exactly! And am I the only one who thinks Sister Ning has this weirdly boss-level aura about her?]
[Face stans, just admit you only care about looks.]
[Objectively speaking, Sister Ning is definitely beautiful, but in terms of family background and career, she really doesn’t have much to show, does she?]
[The Wang family clearly has more commercial value, and since when is there any such thing as love in wealthy families? Seeing CP fans shipping this so hard, I’m honestly worried you’ll get slapped in the face later. Kind of painful to watch.]
…
The comments were flying by fast, and only then did Gu Cheng cast a cool glance at the camera.
“Who said that?”
At this distance, even with the human wall of bodyguards between them, the reporter at the front still felt an unstoppable, emperor-like, icy pressure from him. The surroundings fell silent at once.
That look from above, carrying a trace of contempt, directly crushed everyone present so thoroughly that no one could ask another question.
Gu Cheng couldn’t be bothered wasting time at all. He simply left the airport with Ning Yi and the team.
[Ahhh, did you see that?! As expected of that man!]
[So handsome, ahhhhh!]
After returning from the business trip, Gu Cheng took Ning Yi straight back to the company with him.
In the president’s office.
The secretaries had accumulated a large pile of documents waiting for Young Master Gu’s review.
Gu Cheng scooped Ning Yi onto the leather sofa in the office to amuse herself, and casually stuffed a bottle of chilled mung bean drink from the temperature-controlled cabinet into her hands.
…In the past, something like that would never have appeared in Gu Cheng’s office.
Now? Better not even mention it.
Seeing Ning Yi sitting there obediently, drinking mung bean juice while looking down at her phone, Gu Cheng finally took the files and started handling them.
The first thing he picked out was the material related to CMore.
“Young Master, online public opinion about CMore is currently divided into several main directions. Among them, the matter of Ding family heiress Ding Ziyue publicly calling out founder 01 is receiving the most attention…” Assistant Zhou had already swiftly compiled everything and was now reporting it to Gu Cheng. “However, 01 has already agreed to appear on the day the contract is signed, so the online uproar isn’t especially important…”
Comparatively speaking, what Assistant Zhou was more worried about was the Wang family heiress!
Right now, Gu Capital was standing right at the mouth of the internet-industry trend, and leading the investment in CMore was the clearest signal of that. The Wang family had taken note of this, and the confidence behind Miss Wang’s high-profile declaration of love came from the generous terms her family had offered the Gu Corporation!
If the two families formed a marriage alliance, the two biggest giants of two provinces could achieve mutual benefit and shared victory. The benefit involved was absolutely enormous.
Even inside the Gu Corporation, people could no longer sit still. Taking advantage of Gu Cheng’s two-day business trip, Gu Zhisong had repeatedly put forward proposals at the group meetings, precisely because if this marriage alliance really happened, Gu Cheng would become utterly unstoppable.
Although Assistant Zhou deeply believed in the feelings between Young Master Gu and Madam, he was also equally wary of those colossal forces in the arena of business warfare.
From the standpoint of commercial value, Madam really was in danger.
—and Ning Yi thought so too.
She really was in danger!
Because Ding Ziyue had practically gone crazy, she was basically trying to mobilize the entire internet to find 01.
Actually, at this point, Ning Yi’s little hidden identity was already close to being exposed—but she wanted to reveal it with a bit more ceremony!
Just in case her husband got angry that she had deceived him, and those several hundred million in funding went flying away.
As Assistant Zhou continued giving his report, he secretly noticed the slight furrow in Ning Yi’s brow, and his heart seemed to tighten as well—Madam still loved Young Master, right? Madam didn’t want to be separated from him either!
Assistant Zhou: So tragic. I’m dying from this ship. T-T
Ning Yi scrolled through her phone for a while: So annoying!
Ever since Ding Ziyue had posted that video and tagged her, every repost and comment from netizens tagged her all over again. Her notifications had completely exploded!
She had originally kept direct messages open to read user feedback, but now when she clicked in, all she saw was—
[Big shot, is Ding Ziyue really your goddess?]
[Big shot, big shot, hurry and respond to your light!]
[Big shot! Your light is waiting for you!]
Driven by the momentum Princess Ding had stirred up, the whole internet was now waiting for 01!
Ning Yi: Is this the karmic payback for how she mocked Gu Cheng back then?!!!!!
Ning Yi shut her eyes painfully.
And at that moment, on the other end of the phone, Ding Ziyue knew the timing was finally right—
She picked up her phone, preparing to deliver the final blow to 01!
Ning Yi was sitting there with her eyes closed in sorrow when the sofa beside her suddenly dipped a little. Then a hand reached over from the side, looped behind her neck, and lightly pinched her left earlobe. “Not happy?”
Ning Yi sighed. How the hell could anyone be happy right now?
Lowering his eyes to look at her drooping brows and eyes, Gu Cheng said pointedly, “It’s not as if I expected you to be that capable anyway.”
A marriage alliance was not the only path to business expansion, and he was a business emperor with limitless possibilities.
So if Ning Yi wanted, she could just stay by his side like this forever, happy and carefree.
Ning Yi sighed again: But I’m too capable, hubby!
What am I supposed to do? This is hard for me too! (heart-wrenching scream)
For some reason, Gu Cheng even felt a strange trace of pleasure rising in his heart. His hand rested at the side of her neck, letting her lean softly into his arms. He lowered his eyes, and then—
quite by accident, he saw Ning Yi’s phone wallpaper.
Ning Yi had already closed the CMore app, but at that exact cursed moment, a message notification popped up.
And of all possible messages, it just so happened to be Ding Ziyue’s final blow.
—[Ding Ziyue: I can still be your light.]
Gu Cheng: “?”
The line was so familiar that Young Master Gu felt a reflexive second of disgust.
But this was Ning Yi’s phone, not a message sent to Gu Cheng.
In an instant, Gu Cheng realized something was wrong.
And Ning Yi immediately knew disaster had struck. Pressed against his chest, the tips of her ears quietly drooped down.
Ah, well, she had originally wanted to tell him in a much more ceremonial way!!
Damn it!
Assistant Zhou, full of concern, was still trying hard to score points for Madam: “Young Master, although the Wang family is in the internet industry, the long-term competitiveness of several of their internet products doesn’t look promising. And although Miss Wang studied computer science, that may not necessarily give her much of an advantage…”
“And now that CMore’s funding is about to succeed, in the future we’ll be able to develop independently within the internet industry. As long as founder 01 can become an asset to our Gu Corporation, Gu Capital will have core technical support…”
After trying so hard for so long, Assistant Zhou realized that Young Master Gu hadn’t been listening at all.
Gu Cheng lowered his eyes to Ning Yi, slowly raised a hand, and slowly tapped open the screen of her phone.
Then he opened that private message.
The backend page loaded.
Her personal homepage.
A very simple white profile picture.
—Nickname: 01.
Gu Cheng’s pupils suddenly contracted.
Ning Yi: “.”
She simply gave up and lay flat.
With Gu Cheng’s intelligence, he actually didn’t need to open the profile to guess it already.
Anyway—the funding was already set in stone! Even if he got angry now, it was too late, hehe!
The president’s office fell completely silent.
Only after a long while did Gu Cheng’s low, slow voice sound out, carrying an emotion that was hard to describe.
“A Yi.”
“You’re… founder 01?”
0, 1… Ning, Yi.
Something slowly melted open in Gu Cheng’s eyes.
Assistant Zhou: Huh?
What did Young Master Gu mean? How had this suddenly gotten to 01?
At that moment, all the assistants, secretaries, and Gu Corporation staff in the president’s office turned to look over in confusion—
But they knew one thing: Young Master Gu never said pointless things.
Under everyone’s gaze, Ning Yi gave a beautiful, shy little smile.
“Mm-hmm. Let me formally introduce myself.”
“I’m 01. Looking forward to working with you.”
Everyone: “?!!!”
Wait—what does that mean?!?!
Madam is big-shot 01—?!!!
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