Chapter 56 - We Need to Talk (2/2)

Yi Ran shook her head blankly and did not pay attention to the rest of her mother’s words. She just hurriedly said, “What happened? What did Gu Tingchuan do?”

Mother Yi thought about it and looked at her husband. Neither of them answered for a while.

“Well, it seemed that Xiang Dongsheng’s company needed help. It’s a business matter, and we didn’t understand it very well.”

Because of this, Yi Ran spent all evening fuming. She was upset with her cousin but she also didn’t want to call her and directly confront her. She also felt a little upset with Gu Tingchuan as well.

Although, at this moment, she still couldn’t determine exactly why she was upset with him, she couldn’t help but feel upset nevertheless.

When she got home, she went online and chatted with a few good friends for a while. Gu Tingchuan finally returned home at around 9 o’clock.

Recently, the weather in the daytime had started to dry out, and the occasional rain also did not help with the heat. Even with the air conditioner on in the office, he still felt sticky whenever he had to step out and return home. He walked up to Yi Ran and kissed her on the cheek, saying, “I’ll take a shower first and come out to talk later.”

However, it was clear that Yi Ran was not the type of person to hold things in her heart for long, especially when she had been holding in her unhappiness since dinner. She thought about it for a while, then she rushed into the bathroom, raised her voice and called out his name. “Gu Tingchuan, I have something to say to you.”

The bathroom was already full of steam. Through the frosted glass, she could see the vague outline of the man’s body. Initially, Director Gu thought he was hearing things and so he slid open the glass door to check. He saw her standing outside and his expression slightly twitched.

She was…planning to watch him take a shower?

Gu Tingchuan was silent at first but when he saw that she had no intention of leaving, he asked, “What happened?”

Yi Ran was too busy watching his reaction and did not pay attention to how embarrassing the scene was. She just said, “Did you plan on hiding what you did?”

Gu Tingchuan’s hair was already wet. Seeing her frowning so hard, his heart felt funny and so he remained silent for a while. He squeezed the shampoo bottle and began washing his hair.

“No.”

“Do you dare say no?!” She took a step closer to him, staring at the other person’s expression and ignoring the parts that should be ignored.

Gu Tingchuan rubbed the shampoo over his black hair. The white foam gathered just above his eyebrows, making him look gentle and harmless and completely without his usual cold indifference. He cleared his throat and said, “Then what do you want me to say?”

“Why did you hide that fact that you met with Yi Jinting? Why didn’t you say anything to me?”

So it was regard this matter. If she hadn’t mentioned it, he would have completely forgotten about it.

Gu Tingchuan washed out the foam on his head and his black hair clung wetly to the sides of his head. He looked down at her with a softer expression than usual and his eyes no longer looked so sharp. He had already guessed what was on her mind. He said, “It’s not an important matter so I didn’t think to mention it to you.”

He frowned and added, “Your cousin’s company had encountered some troubles and needed some funding. They knew my family and I had a good relationship with the bank and wanted me to come forward to introduce them.”

“But I still felt uncomfortable.” Yi Ran pursed her lips tightly and involuntarily twisted her fingers. “I know that friends and relatives should receive favors and that family ought to help each other, just like Xiang Dongsheng had initially helped introduce me to my current job. But…you’re not this kind of person. You dislike people using these types of sentimentalities on you just to gain face.”

Gu Tingchuan saw that her eyebrows were furrowed and so he took her words seriously. He rinsed the hair conditioner out of his hair. As he stood under the hot water, he looked at her with heated eyes, making him look tempting and irresistible.

“You’ve stood there long enough.”

“…… ah?”

Before Yi Ran could react, Gu Tingchuan suddenly reached out to wrap his fingers around her hand. He leaned over and whispered lightly into Mrs. Gu’s ears, “Be good. Don’t make a sound.”

After hearing this sentence in his low, magnetic voice, even a girl with a bad temper can instantly become as obedient as a sheep.

He directly pulled her into the shower. Her clothes immediately became drenched. She squealed, then laughed uncontrollably. She turned around and tried to escape but was strongly restrained by the man and could not move at all.

Behind her was the cold tiles and in front of her was nothing but hot skin.

Yi Ran found that there was no way out.

The thin T-shirt on her body became completely wet and stuck to her skin uncomfortably. The man in front of her looked down very patiently as he blocked her in with his hands on both sides of the wall, completely enclosing her within his sphere of influence.

“I didn’t tell you about this because I thought they had already spoken with you. But, it wasn’t a big deal.”

“No one told me at all. It was only after dinner today that my dad mentioned it to me.”

She spoke with a little bit of grievance. She didn’t understand why they went looking for her husband but left her completely in the dark.

Did they think that she didn’t understand the operations and strategies of commerce? Or, did they think that she had no right to influence Gu Tingchuan at all?

It really made no sense to her.

Gu Tingchuan lowered his head and buried his face in her neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist, noting that the texture underneath the clothes was silky and alluring. He said quietly, “You don’t have to worry about these matters. It was only because they did something wrong. If I knew at first that they were like this, I wouldn’t have helped them.”