The air was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The atmosphere was so oppressive that one could hardly breathe.
Su An took a deep breath, and out of the corner of her eye saw the sadness and unwillingness almost overflowing from Lu Ziying's eyes, and couldn't help but want to say something.
But before she could speak——
"Gu Jingchen! You'd better remember what you said today!"
Lu Ziying suddenly said something viciously and turned around to leave without looking back.
Her high heels made a clanging sound on the ground as she walked away.
Su An, on the other hand, always stood by the desk with his head lowered, waiting for Gu Jingchen to "give up."
Gu Jingchen remained silent.
It wasn't until Lu Ziying's footsteps faded away that he seemed to have recovered from his anger and wanted to bend down to pick up the fragments of the photo frame on the ground.
"Mr. Gu, I'm coming."
If Su An was still standing still at this moment, she would be too short-sighted, and she hurriedly wanted to step forward to help.
The next second——
"Need not."
Gu Jingchen threw out two words coldly, instantly making Su An freeze on the spot.
Then he bent down and picked up the pieces on the ground bit by bit.
The glass of the photo frame has been completely shattered and there is no way to continue using it.
Gu Jingchen simply threw the photo frame and broken glass into the trash can. He just pulled out the photo and looked at it intently for two seconds. Then he turned around and took out a book that Su An usually liked from the bookshelf, being careful that the photo was caught in it.
Su Jing watched quietly.
Seeing his careful movements and the expression of cherishing the photo, my heart was overturned for a moment.
After Gu Jingchen finished all this, she immediately said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, I wanted to stop Mr. Lu, but she just barged in. Considering that we now have a cooperative relationship with the Lu family, I didn't dare to stop him too much.
We can only stay here to prevent her from messing with things in your office. In the end..."
Su An's eyes flickered for a moment, not knowing how else to explain.
Gu Jingchen was so angry just now. If she wanted to blame her, it would be useless for her to say anything now.
Su An unconsciously clenched her fingertips, but forgot that there was a wound on her finger. She accidentally touched it, and her whole body trembled subconsciously, and the wound began to throb with pain.
Her abnormality did not escape Gu Jingchen's eyes.
Gu Jingchen's eyes slowly moved down, and he saw her fingertips wrapped in a light-colored handkerchief, which had been penetrated by a small amount of bright red color.
"Are you hurt?"
Gu Jingchen frowned. For some reason, the anger that was still raging suddenly subsided a lot.
He also suddenly realized that although he was angry just now, he had no intention of blaming the person in front of him.
If it had been Tang Ze at this moment, he would probably have had more than half a year's bonus deducted.
but……
Gu Jingchen's eyes flickered for a moment, thinking that she seemed to have stood up from the ground when he just entered the door, and he immediately understood something.
At that time, Xia Xiaomo was squatting on the ground to pick up the photo frame, so that was why her hand was injured?
"Thank you, Mr. Gu, for your concern. I'm fine..."
Su An's reply suddenly interrupted Gu Jingchen's train of thought.
Gu Jingchen came back to his senses instantly, and then saw her holding the injured hand behind her back.
Then an even stranger feeling arose in my heart.
Why……
Obviously he hasn't confirmed Xia Xiaomo's identity yet, he just has suspicions.
But when he saw her injured, his first reaction was worry?
Gu Jingchen didn't like this feeling very much.
I was about to tell her to go back and deal with it on her own, but when the words came to her lips, she hesitated.
For a long time——
He suddenly turned around and picked up the intercom phone on the table.
As soon as the call was connected, he directly ordered in a low voice, "Assistant Xia is injured, go get some iodine and cotton swabs and send them to her office."
After saying that, hang up the phone directly.
Su An was suddenly startled.
She never expected that Gu Jingchen didn't blame her, but cared about her?
Su An stood there, unable to help but feel a little dazed.
Then I heard——
"You can go back."
Gu Jingchen's voice was still cold, without any warmth.
But there is really no intention to continue to "raise troops to prosecute".
Su An hurriedly came to his senses and agreed, "Thank you, Mr. Gu, then... I'll go back first."
After saying that, she turned and left without looking back.
Gu Jingchen listened to her walking away and sighed helplessly in his heart.
He had clearly warned countless times not to be influenced by Xia Xiaomo.
But……
He seemed to be still affected.
He couldn't get angry at her until her identity was confirmed.
Can only...
Let’s wait until there is news from country e.
On the other side——
Su An didn't let out a sigh of relief until he returned to his office.
Not long after, someone also brought her the things Gu Jingchen had just arranged.
Su An thanked her, briefly cleaned her wound, and wrapped it with a band-aid. Only then did she have time to carefully sort out what had just happened.
She had expected that Gu Jingchen would get angry.
But I didn't expect that they would all be directed at Lu Ziying!
It didn't affect her at all!
Gu Jingchen seemed to be much more tolerant towards her than when she was around him just now.
She could feel that he treated her even more differently than he treated Tang Ze!
If this momentum continues, maybe she can really...
An idea quickly flashed through Su An's mind.
Then a complicated smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his lips.
It's not that I haven't thought about playing the emotional card with Gu Jingchen to make him fall in love with her in her current status, so that she can develop further.
But what if...
If he can really like her now, does it mean that the shadow of "Su An" in the past is not that important to him.
However, she is indeed not someone else.
Although she only changed her appearance and identity, she was still the same Su An on the inside.
Will Gu Jingchen fall in love with the same person twice?
The more Su An thought about it, the more confused she became. The chaotic thoughts and the stinging pain from the wound on her hand were almost all tangled together, giving her a headache.
After a while, she simply stopped thinking and picked up her phone.
It doesn't matter who Gu Jingchen likes.
She just came to complete the task she was supposed to complete.
They are already two parallel lines that do not intersect.
What she has to do now is to deal with the follow-up of the tattoo incident so as not to cause more trouble.
Su An thought about it and hurriedly sent a message to the tattoo artist she had contacted last time to confirm the time.
This time the other party was very quick, and within a few seconds of sending the message, the reply came immediately.
【I'm free anytime, just let me know before you come tomorrow.】
Su An looked at the reply and hurriedly replied with a thank you, and then felt relieved.
The next day——
She deliberately ended her work early and rushed to the address the tattoo artist had given her as soon as she got off work.
But when I came to the door, I found that there was no store as I expected.
But a family...
Liquor and tobacco shop?
Su An stood at the door cautiously and looked inside, but did not go in immediately.
But she didn't expect that immediately after, a woman with long, wavy hair came out of the house holding a cigarette and asked her directly, "Miss Su?"
"Ah...Hello, I am."
Su An nodded subconsciously.
Then he saw that the other party's eyes seemed to be looking around his body subconsciously, and then he said, "Come in."
After saying that, she turned around and walked directly towards the store.
Su An hesitated for two seconds, thinking that this was the place introduced by Leng Yun after all, and it would still be useful for them to keep her, so she would not be harmed, so she hurriedly followed.
After walking in, I realized that there was no difference between this place and ordinary tobacco and alcohol.
But the woman in front didn't have the slightest intention of stopping, but walked straight towards a secret door on the wall.
Su An followed up again, passed through the door, and heard a "pop" in her ears!
The lights inside were turned on.
Only then did she see clearly that this place was really special. It was almost a small tattoo shop with complete equipment!
"Come here, let me see your tattoo first."
The woman was very cool. As she spoke, she put out the cigarette in her hand at the corner of the table, and then waved to Su An.
Su An also saw her easy-going personality and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she walked over and sat down by the bed, slightly lifting the clothes at the waist, revealing the butterfly.
Her tattoos are not too big or too complicated.
It's just a black and white butterfly with the most ordinary lines.
The woman only glanced at it, nodded, and commented, "It's not bad, it's not complicated. How do you want to change it?"
"I……"
Su An paused after hearing this, and his mind went blank for a moment.
She didn't know much about this kind of thing, so there was a special reason why she left this tattoo in the first place.
Now I suddenly need to modify it, and I don’t seem to have any favorite patterns.
Thinking about it, Su An suddenly asked, "How should I call you?"
"I?"
The woman was startled, then chuckled, "You can just call me Sister Ya."
"Sister Ya."
Su An nodded, and then continued, "I don't have any requirements for the pattern of the tattoo. I just want to leave a butterfly wing in the lower left corner, and the other places just need to be covered."
She expressed her demands very succinctly.
Because Lin Na had already seen the lower left corner of the tattoo that night, that part had to be retained.
As for other places, as long as they are covered, they are not what Gu Jingchen remembers.
Butterfly patterns are very popular and not particularly special, and the lower back is not a special location either. Many women choose to have their favorite patterns tattooed on this place for the sake of sex appeal.
Therefore, covering up, but not completely covering up, is the best option at this moment.
Thinking about it, Su An saw Sister Ya walking over holding a brochure.
"You can choose. These patterns and butterflies all look good together. They can also be made into a size that just covers the place you want to block..."
"Thanks."
Su An took it casually, flipped through two pages, and quickly selected a pattern.
"That's it."
She pointed at the bright red flowers and returned the booklet.
Sister Ya didn't say anything more, she raised her chin towards the bed and motioned for her to lie down.
Sue Ann followed her instructions and got ready.
After doing some more preparatory work, the tattoo modification work officially began.
Su An closed her eyes and carefully felt the fine pain coming from her body, but she felt extremely worried.
Two hours later——
"alright."
Sister Ya stood up and said that, she raised her hand calmly and quickly took a photo of Su An's tattoo without making any sound.
Then he casually warned, "The area of your tattoo is not large. Depending on the situation, it should be able to recover in about a week. This is not your first time getting a tattoo. I don't need to say more about other precautions, right?"
"No, thank you."
Su An sat up, without putting down her clothes, but glanced at the mirror next to her and opened her eyes slightly.
She had just been thinking about what kind of effect it would have after finishing it.
But she didn't expect that it turned out to be much more beautiful than she imagined.
Blossoming red Manzhu Shahua submerged the black and white lines of butterflies, and only a little bit of the butterfly's wings were exposed in the lower left corner, which is coquettish and gorgeous.
"Are you satisfied?"
Sister Ya's voice came again.
"Well, it looks good, thank you."
Su An sincerely thought it looked good, thanked her, and then asked, "How much does it cost?"
"money?"
Sister Ya was startled when she heard this.
Then he suddenly laughed.
"Didn't Leng Yun tell you? You don't need to pay to come to my place. He hired me to do the work, and of course he paid."
"this……"
Su An was startled and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Sister Ya waved her hand indifferently.
"Don't think so much. I never ask about the people he introduces. When it's over, you can just leave, but remember..."
Sister Ya suddenly paused for a moment, then suddenly smiled at Su An and said in an unpredictable tone, "Remember, don't talk nonsense after you go out."
"I see……"
Su An's heart skipped a beat, and she realized that the identity of the person in front of her was definitely not simple, so she immediately agreed, and then got up and left without saying a word.
Sister Ya calmly packed away the tools she had just used. Listening to her footsteps walking away, she took out her phone and glanced at the photos she had just taken.
In the photo, a cluster of gorgeous flowers bloomed on the woman's slender waist, and a butterfly was hidden among them.
After admiring her work for two seconds, she edited the photo into a message and sent it, along with a message.
[It’s done, Leng Yun, you owe me again.]
Five days later——
The tattoo on Su An's waist is almost healed just like Sister Ya said.
Afternoon——
She dealt with the work at hand as usual, but she heard Tang Ze hurriedly passing by the door and rushing to Gu Jingchen's office, as if there was something urgent.
Su An glanced at it curiously, thinking that since Gu Jingchen didn't come, she probably didn't need to care about it, so she continued to look down at the document just now.
In the office——
Tang Ze had already handed a folder to Gu Jingchen respectfully and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Gu, the spokesperson project that El has been planning before has been finalized. They want to ask the actress Luo Yurou to cooperate. Luo Yurou
My agent is also interested in agreeing."
"Um."
Gu Jingchen responded and looked down at the documents.
el is a super A-list brand that Gu has been supporting in recent years, and it is almost popular all over the world.
This time it happened to coincide with el's annual fashion show, and a new spokesperson had to be drafted, so it received special attention.
Gu Jingchen quickly looked through the detailed cooperation plan.
Then I heard Tang Ze say from the side, "Mr. Gu, regarding this plan..."
He hasn't finished speaking yet——
Gu Jingchen's hand that was flipping through the documents suddenly stopped, and his eyes were fixed on a certain point.