Chapter 26: Refusing to Wed

Lin Mu noticed her expression and couldn't help but add, "Everything here was personally selected by Mr. Gu. Even the clothes in the wardrobe were chosen by him."

Gu Fangyu froze. She had assumed Gu Hanchen was keeping a mistress, but she never expected that the one being kept was actually her.

As she re-examined the room's decor, she realized with a start that those subtle, feminine touches...

The four of them chatted lively, and upon learning that Tang Ying and Yaya had not yet eaten, Boss Xiao booked a luxury private room at the hotel. Once everything was arranged, he led the three of them inside to dine.

In truth, Mieshi had carried that massive totem and planted it directly atop the city gate tower. Now that he had retreated to the rear, he remained within the protective range of the totem pole.

Lan Ximo’s gaze remained fixed intently on Xiao Zhiqiao. She was eager to see if Xiao Zhiqiao, as one of the masters of the Seven-Colored Hell, would truly consume the magic potion. Once the potion touched her lips, her fate would be sealed.

Officer Fu’s words touched upon the incident in the mountain village; it seemed Hu Ze had already made inquiries when he contacted the local police department yesterday. However, Li Muyu had not expected that someone from the local mountain patrol would be from that very mountain village.

My first thought was that this must be a lie—it was impossible. Yet, the cold, tense faces before me were all telling me that this was real.

Everything that happened that day was like a nightmare, leaving a deep psychological scar on Cao Tao. Of course, he insisted that what he felt for Yuan Lizhen was true love.

Just then, Yang Bin successfully hacked into the Daguan Securities system. Discovering he had administrative privileges, he attempted to add two zeros to the end of the orders placed by the firm's traders.

Where on earth did she get her money? Would anyone really come here? Even if they did, it would only be a handful of people, yet the proprietress’s attire certainly didn't look like that of a poor woman.

Xu Yanhui smiled and said, "You just got back. Aren't you going to go pay your respects to the Madam?" The two brothers had once been hostile toward Fang Wuniang, but after learning the true cause of their biological mother's death, their animosity had vanished. Even so, they still didn't call her "Mother," referring to her as "Madam" instead.

"What are you talking about?" Yu Simu feigned ignorance, but Huo Yusheng became even more curious about the latter half of her sentence.

Ding Xiaofei nodded. "I understand. You go ahead and get back to work." These three weren't necessarily the ones he valued most, but securing them now would at least silence those old fogies on the board of directors.

The next scene required Lu Yu to open the window to let the smoke out. In the garden, a maid would shout that there was a fire. Lu Yu looked at the sky with a displeased expression, then pulled his lips into a debauched and rakish smile.

"You’re planning to sell diet pills?" Joey’s eyes widened, a flash of surprise crossing her face. "Diet pills? Is there actually a market for that?" She felt that she was the one who needed to gain weight, and she truly couldn't imagine what someone who wanted to lose weight would be like.

It was considered an excellent fortune, and the grandparents expressed their deepest gratitude before taking their leave. Before departing, they handed over an additional red envelope containing one thousand yuan.

"Considering what?" Ye Min opened the file she had asked Zhuo Xi to prepare regarding that foreign-owned company, Aihang. She hadn't had the time to compete with the Fanghua Group recently, but now that she was free, it was time to reciprocate and give Fanghua a grand "gift."

Mo Linpei seized the moment, leaning into Han Huayu with teary eyes. "My foot hurts so much." She could have easily avoided the waiter when she turned, but because Han Huayu hadn't chased after her quickly enough, she had steeled herself and collided with him on purpose.

Since things had come to this, could she confess to Lu Bielie that when she first met him, she had really wanted to slap him to death or bash him with a frying pan?