Mu Ning felt so soft that she lifted his forehead hair, leaned over and kissed him.
He murmured unconsciously, "I want to drink water."
Mu Ning wanted to pour it for him, but as soon as he moved, he held her tightly in his arms, "...don't run away."
Mu Ning was amused, "Don't you want some water?"
"If you don't drink anymore...you are not allowed to leave."
But he obviously looked uncomfortable, but he was afraid that she would leave, and he endured the burning pain in his throat.
Mu Ning coaxed him for a long time, then gently broke away from his arms and stood up to pour water.
There was no hot water in the hotel, only room temperature. Mu Ning unscrewed the bottle cap and wanted to help him get up to drink, but she frowned in discomfort when she touched him.
Mu Ning had no choice but to drink it into his mouth first, lower his head to put his lips to his, and feed it to him in small sips.
The water that reached his mouth was warm. Mu Ning had brushed his teeth and ate a mint candy, so it still had a mint aroma.
Gu Zhiyin felt that her mouth was sweet, so he instinctively probed between her lips and teeth, wanting to take in more.
The tip of Mu Ning's tongue was sucked. This completely unconscious move had no offensive power and would only make people feel distressed.
Because it was too beautiful for him, he couldn't help but want to get closer.
Only Mu Ning could fill the missing part of the beauty in Gu Zhiyin's heart.
No one in this world can do it except her.
…
After the wedding, Gu Zhiyin returned home immediately without taking Mu Ning, and happened to be on a honeymoon trip in Ireland.
After playing for more than half a month, Mu Ning felt homesick, so they returned.
Just as the project was about to start, Mu Ning had a lot of preparation work to do and had to be busy for a while.
During this period, she and Gu Zhiyin went to pay homage to Zhang's mother and also visited Mrs. Gu.
When Mrs. Gu saw Gu Zhiyin, she didn't say anything because she was wearing a ventilator, and she burst into tears.
Gu Zhiyin stood beside the hospital bed and remained silent.
Mu Ning could see that Mrs. Gu's cloudy eyes were eager to be forgiven by Gu Zhiyin.
But Gu Zhiyin's eyes were too knowing and calm, and Mu Ning couldn't tell whether he forgives her or not, nor could she guess what he was thinking.
His expression was always very calm, as if he was seeing an insignificant person.
The nurse came over to examine Mrs. Gu, and Gu Zhiyin took Mu Ning away.
On the way back, he sat in the car and lit a cigarette.
Mu Ning sat quietly beside him and did not disturb him.
Gu Zhiyin looked out the window and rested his elbows on the window sill, as if he was meditating or recalling something.
He waited until the cigarette butt burned out before turning sideways and snuffing it out.
Close the car window and hold Mu Ning in your arms.
But Mu Ning felt that he threw himself into her arms out of grievance.
Mu Ning let him bury his face in his shoulder, hugged him back distressedly, and asked softly: "Do you want to visit the old house?"
She felt Gu Zhiyin's figure stiffen for a moment, and then heard him say in a low voice: "I'm not going."
Mu Ning stroked his back, "Okay, it's all over."
The Gu family's old house has been vacated, and only a few servants are still there to guard the house.
"Ning Ning, actually I..." Gu Zhiyin didn't say any more and lowered his eyes.
Mu Ning held his face gently, looked into his eyes and smiled, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it."
Gu Zhiyin shook his head, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Ning Ning, you are right, father and son will look very similar."
He swallowed hard and said, "You can tell at a glance whether you are your biological child or not."
Mu Ning understood what he was saying.
He was telling her that he and Gu Qijing were biological father and son, and Mrs. Gu was his biological grandmother.
In fact, she guessed what he wanted to say before he spoke.
Only this secret was so difficult for him to tell.
Now that this secret was told by him personally, Mu Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
She curved her lips and smiled, "So that's it."
Gu Zhiyin's willingness to take the initiative to tell her proved that she had touched the deepest part of his heart.
She is the person he trusts and relies on the most.
It was hard for Mu Ning to imagine what the consequences would be if one day she deceived him and betrayed him.
She hoped that day would never come.
…
On the day of the groundbreaking ceremony, city leaders came.
The scene was very grand, and Gu Zhiyin personally accompanied the senior leaders on inspections of the project.
Just as the groundbreaking ceremony began, a group of gangsters came over with people to cause trouble.
A group of people held up banners and deliberately cried in front of the city leaders!
They accused Gu Zhiyin of occupying their land and destroying their houses in their hometown. They also accused him of causing his son to lose his job. There were even stock investors who came to accuse him of disrupting the economy and driving ordinary families to death...
Even more outrageous, someone brought a basket of vegetables and rotten eggs and smashed them.
Song Heng shouted coldly, "Let them stop!"
The bodyguards rushed out in time and stopped them.
Because many leaders came to the city today to prevent trouble at the scene, Gu Zhiyin ordered Song Heng to mobilize all security team members to guard the scene.
Sure enough, someone gathered this group of people to cause trouble.
Soon, people from the police station came and took the group away.
Although the matter was settled, the impact was still very bad.
The leaders all heard it, and this group of people had great opinions on Gu Zhiyin.
They felt uncomfortable, but for Gu Zhiyin's sake, they didn't have an attack on the spot.
The groundbreaking ceremony ended in a noisy manner, and Gu Zhiyin held a banquet to apologize that night.
Mu Ning accompanied him and poured wine for the leader when the other party spoke.
"Mr. Gu, please don't do something too obvious. Although we turn a blind eye, if it arouses large-scale public outrage and files a lawsuit with the province, there is nothing we can do if there is an order from above. Covered up.”
Mu Ning poured the wine for a moment, which sounded like a bad word. It was an overt and covert warning.
Gu Zhiyin smiled casually and said, "Don't worry, everyone, as long as my boat doesn't capsize, none of you will capsize."
The expressions on all the leaders' faces quickly darkened.
Gu Zhiyin held the wine glass and stood up lazily, "I'd like to toast you all to this glass."
He stood under the light and drank with such dignity.
The leaders winked at each other.
They were on the same boat as Gu Zhiyin. If something happened to Gu Zhiyin, they would not run away.
So they had to pick up their glasses and join in to compliment him.
…
This is how the Jinling project officially started.
Mu Ning often had to go to the construction site and tanned a lot. Gu Zhiyin knew that she loved beauty and invited a beautician to come to her home to take care of her skin.
Huang Cancan made several appointments with Mu Ning, but she declined politely.
First, don't get too close to her, lest Huang Jin take the opportunity to do something.
Second, Mu Ning is really busy these days and doesn't even have time to have afternoon tea.
Mu Ning rejected Huang Cancan's invitation for the last time, and the next day, the media broke a piece of news that became a hot search topic on various online platforms.
"The daughter of the Huang Group once worked as a paid-dating girl. She became pregnant with the child of an unknown young mistress. She pestered her ex-boyfriend endlessly and demanded that he take responsibility. The man expressed his unwillingness to be the successor, and Huang Cancan threatened to die..."
"Yesterday, Huang Cancan was sexually assaulted by a group of men during the process of paid dating, resulting in the miscarriage of the child..."
