In the study, Gu Ran took off her glasses and rubbed her eyebrows. Just by hearing the footsteps going upstairs, she knew who was coming.
She closed her eyes and never opened her eyes to look over.
The study door was open, and the footsteps stopped at the door.
Gu Xiao glanced at the assistant beside her, who was holding a cup of coffee on the tray.
"When you are tired, take a good rest. The Chamber of Commerce can be taken care of by Si Yu."
The woman's pretty brows wrinkled slightly, a little impatient, and her voice was cold and stern: "A Ying, since when did my Chamber of Commerce become a place where others can come and go casually?"
Assistant Aying was stunned.
Mr. Gu, this man is the chief minister, and the entire country of China is under his control. Is there any place he cannot go?
But she didn't dare to say this, so she could only stand aside with her head half lowered.
Gu Xiao knew that she was targeting him, so she winked at her assistant Aying, indicating that she could go out first.
It doesn’t matter whether Aying leaves or not.
In the end, she was forced to leave quietly because the person opposite was the president of a country.
They were the only two people left in the study.
Gu Ran held his forehead with one hand, raised his eyelids, and looked at Gu Xiao momentarily with a pair of amber eyes, without any emotion in his brows.
"If Gu Shouting has something to do with me, if it's about the Chamber of Commerce, please come to me when I'm at work tomorrow. It's my off-duty time now."
She sounded businesslike.
Gu Xiao sighed helplessly, it was like this every time they met.
Hasn’t my daughter been found now?
"A husband can do other things besides work when looking for a wife." His tone was no longer indulgent, and it was rare to hear the joy and anger of a normal person.
Gu Ran glanced at him one more time, then immediately looked away.
"You'd better have other things to do." Gu Ran was rarely willing to listen to him. He stood up from the desk and walked around to the sofa next to the guests, "Let's talk."
Gu Ran's back was turned to him. In fact, Gu Xiao didn't need to speak, she could guess what he wanted to come to her for.
Gu Xiao followed her and walked over, "My parents are back, why didn't you tell me?"
Gu Ran was slightly startled and looked at Gu Xiao in surprise.
The prepared words were stuck in his throat for a moment.
She didn't expect him to ask such a question, and she didn't even know how to answer it.
However, she was only stunned for a few seconds and immediately answered: "Gu Shouting came to me today just to ask about this matter? You didn't know that my parents were coming back before you came in."
Gu Ran sat on the sofa. There was a bottle of red wine and a goblet on the white marble coffee table. She poured herself a glass of wine out of habit and took a sip. "If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't worry." Take a roundabout way!”
Gu Xiao frowned, paused, and then said: "In the presidential election in a week, I hope you can..."
"Let the Chamber of Commerce support you, right? I understand, please come back."
Seeing Gu Ran's strong and perfunctory attitude, Gu Xiao's expression froze, and his self-esteem seemed to be rubbed on the ground. The hands hanging by his sides clenched unconsciously, and after a moment, he let go as if he was frustrated.
"I know you have issues with me, and I've tried my best to make up for it over the years. I don't ask you to forgive me. I just hope you don't lose your temper. The votes from the Chamber of Commerce are very important to me. I'm not doing this for myself. , I want the whole of Huadu not to fall into the turmoil of more than ten years ago."
"Of course I know how righteous Gu Shoutong is, don't worry." Gu Ran crossed his legs and leaned on the sofa. You held a wine glass in one hand, and the smile on your face did not catch your eyes.
Gu Xiao felt something in his heart. After a pause, he added, "If I can't be elected, I hope you can fully support our son."
"That's impossible!" The smile on Gu Ran's face disappeared instantly.
Decisive attitude.
"My son has what he wants to do, so don't impose your ideas on him! Can't you see? Ever since you started to cultivate Si Rui as the heir to the throne, have you ever seen him smile?"
She would rather Si Rui didn't recover his memory and be a happy fool than he is now.
She didn't want to admit that she understood that Gu Xiao couldn't help himself in this position, so she didn't want Si Rui to face the same choice in the future.
Gu Xiao looked into Gu Ran's stubborn eyes, and her heart felt like it was pricked by a needle, the pain was vague but sharp.
"I understand." Even if everyone does not support him, he must ensure the tranquility of this country.
Before leaving, Gu Xiao thought of something, paused and turned around, "Is the little girl okay with you? She is from Beihan."
"I know, the Prime Minister doesn't have to worry." She wouldn't make it difficult for the little girl, did she need to remind her specifically?
Seeing that she still looked awkward with him, Gu Xiao sighed, "You look a little bad, take care of yourself."
"If you don't have the leader in prison, don't worry."
After Gu Xiao left, A Ying came in carefully holding a stack of information.
"Mr. Gu, the information you want."
"Put it there." Gu Ran was not in a hurry to look at the information. He swung the red wine in the glass and drank it. "By the way, A-ying, where is the little girl we sent two days ago?"
Strangely enough, she had only met the little girl once, but she was deeply impressed by her.
She heard that the virus in the Imperial Capital this time was caused by her insistence on developing slums, and she was even more curious about her.
"Miss Ye will be placed in the servant's room at the back." A Ying replied.
Hearing the words "maid's room", Gu Ran's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"Why did you put her there? Change her place. Put her in the front building." After all, she is Li Beihan's person, so what's the point of putting her in the servant's room.
After Gu Ran finished explaining, he got up and went to the rooftop.
Here you can overlook the night view of Huadu. Watching Gu Xiao's car drive away, she skillfully lit a lady's cigarette.
What on earth has she been shouting about all these years?
Punish yourself or punish him?
After a while, she picked up her phone and made a call.
"Put it on, the entire chamber of commerce fully supports Gu Xiao in this presidential election."
…
In the backyard, in a room in a two-story building.
Ye Nanyi was holding the computer and checking information, not caring that she was in a room that was not even ten square meters at this moment.
She promised President Gu that she would find out the truth about the virus before the presidential election.
It's just that she just made some vague guesses, suffering from the lack of evidence.
Now she can't leave here, and many things cannot be verified.
"Dong dong..."
There was a knock on the door, "Ms. Ye, excuse me. I am Mr. Gu's assistant A Ying. I feel wronged by letting you live here. Mr. Gu ordered you to change rooms."
"Thank you, Mr. Gu, for me. It's nice for me to live here. No need to bother."
"Miss Ye, please don't make things difficult for me."
Ye Nanyi looked around.
That's okay, the signal here is not good anyway, so it would be good to find another place to live.
