Chapter 35 - Standing on Tiptoes to Kiss (2/2)

Gu Tingchuan almost felt pity for her. After a few seconds of calm silence, he sneered, “No, you will never understand me. And, I have already found the best partner.”

Every word as like a knife to her heart.

When Yi Ran entered the room, she found Guo Baiyu on the ground with tears on her face and Gu Tingchuan standing over her.

He frowned slightly, wondering if he needed to explain to her. But, she had already guessed the situation. She looked down at the woman on the carpet and said coldly, “Miss Guo, my husband is only giving me face tonight. I just wanted to help you a little, and so he helped you clean up this mess. Please don’t go too far. I really hope that you can learn from today’s lesson. In the future, you need to understand self-esteem and self-love. Otherwise, no one can help you next time.”

She narrowed her eyes, looking like a good teacher standing in front of her elementary school students. However, there was no smile in her eyes.

Guo Baiyu looked at Gu Tingchuan, whose mouth had curved up in a smile. At this moment, she felt as if she was falling into a bottomless abyss. In front of her…they were trusting and loving each other…

……

This night was unexpectedly “lively.” They walked out through the hotel door, away from the warm shelter of the air conditioner and into the cold wind. Even as Yi Ran looked up to see the moon nestling brightly among the stars, she pulled her coat tighter around herself.

To her surprise, Gu Tingchuan suddenly took her two hands and rubbed them with his warm palms.

Yi Ran looked down at his knuckles and immediately recalled the scene earlier. She lowered her head and gently pressed her lips to his fingers. This unexpectedly childish act surprised him.

The powerful and omnipotent Director Gu, because of a young girl’s single action, was dumbstruck.

Yi Ran looked up at him and said earnestly, “Don’t do anything so scary in the future. If you fought more with those two, you might have gotten hurt, let alone for the sake of that woman. You’re kind enough to help her, but how dare she hug you?”

After saying this, she couldn’t help but want to march back and give Guo Baiyu a kick.

“Gu Tingchuan, didn’t we say before that we need to take care of each other’s body?”

At these words, his heart suddenly lurched as he was overcome with a deep emotion that overtook all his senses. He was touched and could only rub his forefingers back and forth on her hands. He slowly whispered, “Yes, I remembered.”

“But I didn’t expect you to be able to fight like this. My mother, no wonder he was so physically fit…” The last part she whispered to herself, not wanting him to hear.

At this time, under the bright lights of the entrance way, she saw the red mark left by one of the man’s fist on Gu Tingchuan’s right cheek. In her heart was a bit of reluctance.

She didn’t say anything. Instead, she rose on tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss to Gu Tingchuan’s cheek. This made him feel even more astounded.

However, after kissing him so impulsively, she felt a bit shy. After her lips left his cheek, she dared not look at him and remained silent.

Fortunately for Yi Ran, at this time, the manager personally drove Gu Tingchuan’s car in front of them. She quickly got in.

After she fastened her seat belt, she happened to see the mobile phone in her hand and immediately remembered something. She told Gu Tingchuan, “Oh yes. My mom called just now to ask if you are free this Friday evening. My cousin and her family invited the whole family for dinner.”

Without waiting for Gu Tingchuan to respond, she immediately added, “If you have work or don’t want to go and socialize, it doesn’t matter. You don’t have to go. Anyway, this is not a particularly important dinner.”

“I remember that there shouldn’t be anything schedule for that evening. But, let me confirm with Xiao Zhao first.” After saying this, he suddenly remembered and turned to look at her. “Do your relatives know that we are married?”

Yi Ran’s eyelids jumped a little and she said with a weak laugh, “They know I got married…”

The meaning of this sentence was that they knew that she was married but not to whom.

Gu Tingchuan simply admired their family. One was bigger than the other. He shot a quick glance at her fingers resting on her knee and smiled slightly.

“Hey, that’s because the rest of our families haven’t met each other yet since we got married.”

“It seems that you really need a wedding ring.” He was sitting next to her in the driver’s seat. The faint moonlight streamed through the window, making his bright eyes gleamed with a scorching heat.

“Otherwise, even your relatives wouldn’t know that you were married.”

Before she could say “ok,” he added again, “And that you’re married to me.”