I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Ishikawa Dong hesitated for a long time; he was actually still a bit young.

But you can't exactly let people call him "Little Stone," can you? That would be too disrespectful.

Just then, his phone rang.

"Hey, Ya-ge, what's wrong?"

"I can't come today. Could you help me push forward that game we talked about yesterday?" Chen Ya's voice came from the other end of the phone.

His voice sounded unusually tired.

“Okay, I’ll help you. Are you alright? Should we come over and take a look?” Ishikawa Takashi asked.

"It's nothing, nothing at all. I'll rest for a bit and come over tomorrow. Please don't come."

"……Row."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ya sighed deeply, picked up the basin in his hand, and walked towards the bathroom.

After changing the water and washing the towel, I returned to the bedroom and gently placed the damp towel on Lu Aiai's forehead.

"Ah!"

Lu Ai'ai, lying on the bed, sneezed loudly.

I stayed with Lu Aiai until she fell asleep last night, and when I woke up this morning, her cold seemed to have gotten worse.

This person has absolutely no common sense and looks like she can't go back to school, so Chen Ya can only help take care of her.

To be honest, helping out would affect my own game development. Right now, I'm in a critical situation where my game is on the verge of collapse, and I can't afford to waste time.

But if I don't help her... this girl is really quite pitiful.

Besides, the reason she caught a cold was mostly due to herself.

If she hadn't stayed up all night drinking at the bar yesterday and then sat waiting for him at his door in the evening, she probably wouldn't have caught a cold so easily in this weather.

"Ring ring..."

The phone rang, and Chen Ya took it out to look at the screen. The caller ID showed "Gu Yuqing".

"Hey……"

I answered the phone reluctantly, and a lazy voice immediately came from the other end.

"I took my annual leave, so please continue playing ball with me today."

Chen Ya glanced at Lu Aiai lying on the bed and said softly, "No, I have something to do today..."

"What do you want? Is it more important than $1 million?"

"Cough cough, I've caught a bit of a cold." Chen Ya coughed twice on purpose.

"Where do you live? I'm coming over," Gu Yuqing said on the other end of the phone.

"No need, it'll infect you..."

"Then tell me your home address, and I'll consider it another task you've completed and give you another ten million."

“My home is Room 1, 3rd Floor, Unit B, Building 23, Fugui Garden Community, at the entrance of Xishu Road Hutong. Knock on the door when you arrive.”

"beep--"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ya suddenly saw Lu Aiai lying on the bed.

broken.

I acted impulsively just now and I think I did something wrong.

Chapter 325 Keep a close eye on me

After spending ten million to finally pry open Chen Ya's mouth, Gu Yuqing hung up the phone with an arrogant expression, as if she had won a battle.

Actually, she didn't need to ask Chen Ya's address. Because she already knew where his home was.

She had slept at someone's house the night before. With Gu Yuqing's quick wit, she had already set this location as a starred spot on her phone's navigation app. It would appear as soon as she clicked the search bar, with the note "thief's den".

The purpose of asking Chen Ya for his address wasn't really to get the address itself, but rather to get a sense of Chen Ya's attitude and conduct a compliance test, to let him know who was in charge.

She could pretend to be confused and not remember Chen Ya's address, his birthday, his shoe size, or even his name.

After all, she is the daughter of the Gu family, so this arrogance is to be expected; after all, important people tend to have bad memories.

But Chen Ya couldn't hide anything from her.

He had to answer her every question. That was obedience.

If Wu Qiutong knew about this little thought of hers, she would definitely laugh at her until she went crazy—she really treated Chen Ya like her own man and was even starting to train him.

Moreover, I've never heard of such a sucker as her, spending 1 million US dollars just to "train" her.

It's unclear who trained whom.

Therefore, she will not let Wu Qiutong know about this this time. She will never let her know.

The money she spent was simply a different way of being by her side.

What matters is companionship, not a hundred million dollars.

From another perspective, the current $1 million is really not important to her anymore.

Besides the villa she lives in, Gu Yuqing's assets also include:

The other three properties in Beijing; one property each in ten major domestic tourist cities including Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Hainan, and Kunming; stocks currently valued at 70 million yuan and funds worth 120 million yuan; and two companies in which she is the legal representative.

This amount of assets is insignificant compared to what the Gu family owns, mainly because it all belongs entirely to her.

Since she started getting involved in finance at the age of 15, she has been writing various legends in her own account, all of which she earned herself.

Admittedly, Gu Yuqing is not the kind of foolish second-generation rich kid who thinks she got to where she is today because of her own efforts and not her parents. She knows perfectly well that she owes her success to her family.

If an investment fails and she loses everything, her family will help her replenish the principal. However, any profits she makes can be kept for her—with this kind of business approach that can be described as cheating, she is naturally invincible.

That is why all the assets she owns are controlled by her family.

In addition to real estate, she also holds substantial debts through various contracts and companies, with her family as the creditors.

The reason her father threatened her to obey was that the family could use any means to enforce these debts at any time, leaving her with no cash flow.

While her property will not be affected, she will also be unable to obtain a mortgage loan or sell it directly—the funds will be withdrawn the moment they arrive in her account.

Without liquid funds, her business career would be doomed. She would become a caged bird, living in poverty in a luxurious property and receiving meager dividends.

She was very anxious inside, much more so than she showed in front of Chen Ya. Sometimes she would even throw a tantrum.

But she is also absolutely rational: no matter how anxious she is, she can't stop eating; every day of life is a gift, and she can't waste a single day.

After obtaining Chen Ya's address, she began to carefully dress up with the help of the maids.

Clothes of all styles were taken out of the wardrobe for her to choose and mix and match.

Finally, she opted for a Harajuku-style outfit, wearing a light red tube top and a black jacket over it, revealing her stomach and slender navel.

She wore ripped jeans from ifanshi, white socks, and white sneakers on her lower body, showing off her two long, fair, and rosy legs, which looked healthy and well-proportioned.

The young woman carefully selected her lipstick shade and perfume scent, and from among the more than thirty luxury watches in her watch cabinet, she chose a Jaeger-LeCoultre green leather gold watch and wrapped it around her wrist.

She then chose an exaggerated pearl earring in a "bad girl" style, wearing it only on one ear; she also wrapped a black lace ribbon around her neck, making her collarbone appear more prominent.

Today she also chose a matching pink lingerie set from a French luxury brand. It was just delivered a few days ago and she just washed and dried it. She really likes this lingerie set.

The dressing process lasted an hour. The maid serving her curiously observed Gu Yuqing and finally couldn't help but ask:

"Miss Gu, is the person you're meeting today a man?"

Gu Yuqing asked the maid to style her bangs, saying, "Yes."

"Is it... that you have a strong liking for that man?"

Why do you ask that?

The maid covered her mouth and chuckled, "Because I could tell you put a lot of effort into your outfit this time."

Gu Yuqing silently finished styling her hair, then chose a handbag to take with her. She asked the maid next to her to bring over the full-length mirror.

Just as the maid had almost forgotten her question, she spoke:

"To be honest, I definitely have feelings for him, but I wouldn't say he's my sweetheart."

Upon hearing this, the maid holding the mirror practically had her eyebrows flying into her bangs.

I'd never heard of Gu Yuqing having feelings for any man before, but today she admitted it so easily.

"Would you consider developing a relationship with him in the future?" the maid asked with some concern.

This relates to whether they will have another male head of household in the future.

"..." Gu Yuqing thought for a while and said, "I should be a staunch advocate of remaining single, and it's unlikely that I'll develop anything further with anyone, but I can't deny that I do like him. I'll just let things take their course."

The maids around her showed undisguised surprise.

Gu Yuqing herself didn't even realize that she had just said she had a good impression of someone, but a moment later she admitted that she "liked" them.

The female lead, however, seemed completely indifferent. She was always honest with herself and disdained any pretense of being aloof or arrogant. If she liked someone, she liked them; what was the harm in admitting it?

"This one will do." Gu Yuqing chose the bag, picked up the car keys, and turned to the maid, saying, "Don't worry, if there's any possibility of having an extra male master, I'll definitely let you know."

With that, she walked out gracefully.

The maid took a deep breath, watched Gu Yuqing's graceful figure disappear through the door, and mustered her courage to call out:

I wish you success!

Wishing someone success is a very versatile blessing. "Success" can be seen as overall success in life or as success in the things being done at present.

The maid's wish for her success was somewhat subtle, because Gu Yuqing wasn't going out to achieve any specific goal; she was just going out to have fun. Why use such a heavy word as "success"?

But Gu Yuqing didn't care, waved her hand without turning her head, and got into her Porsche.

All the way.

When she arrived at Chen Ya's house, she successfully fainted from anger.

……

She stood in front of Chen Ya's door, took a deep breath, took out a mirror, and spent a long time fixing her hair with her hands before finally knocking on the door.

She heard footsteps coming from inside the door, and soon the iron door was pushed open.

Chen Ya, wearing a pure white cotton long-sleeved T-shirt, appeared in front of her. Sunlight shone through his back, making his hair seem to glow, giving him a transparent, youthful feel.

"Hi!" Gu Yuqing greeted him cheerfully, secretly hoping Chen Ya would react to her new outfit.

But Chen Ya's expression looked somewhat solemn.

"Let me make one thing clear first: I absolutely did not intend to lie to you," Chen Ya said seriously, seemingly rambling on.

Gu Yuqing's expression, which was originally full of girlish charm, 7% confidence, and 3% shyness, suddenly collapsed.

"What did you lie to me about?"

"Don't be angry."

"What did you lie to me about?"

"Can you not be angry?"

"That depends on what you lied to me about."

Chen Ya took a deep breath and said, "Actually, I don't have a fever."

Gu Yuqing's long, dark eyelashes fluttered as she looked him up and down, from his white crew-neck T-shirt to his pajama bottoms.

"So what if I figured it out? Isn't that great?"

Gu Yuqing felt that if Chen Ya was just using a fever as an excuse not to see her, it was understandable. After all, their relationship was only business-related on the surface, and who would want to see their boss on their day off?

“The person with the fever is someone else,” Chen Ya said. “Actually, I said I couldn’t keep the appointment because I was taking care of that person. To make things easier, I just said I had a fever. I never expected that a casual lie would become so troublesome.”

Gu Yuqing frowned.

First of all, she didn't know who Chen Ya needed to take care of, even though he claimed to be a single young man.

Even if he has someone to take care of, what is there that he can't tell you, that he would deliberately lie?

He's still blocking the doorway, trying to stop me from getting angry; everything about him seems so suspicious.