LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 5 - I'll remember this grudge today!
“Didn’t you just say you could? Why are you silent now?” Gu Yan stared intently at the silent Song Qiuzhi as he asked.
Song Qiuzhi’s mind was in chaos.
She was somewhat regretful about speaking too quickly and saying things she shouldn’t have, but she was even more angry about Gu Yan’s scheming nature.
She had almost thought he was looking for her to repay a favor, but unexpectedly, he still wanted revenge…
“I misunderstood,” Song Qiuzhi took a deep breath before slowly saying, “I misinterpreted something earlier, but now I understand.”
“Understand? What do you understand?”
Gu Yan chuckled lightly, crossed his legs, and tapped his knuckles on the desk, tilting his head to glance at Song Qiuzhi: “What’s your choice?”
This bastard…
The female protagonist gritted her teeth internally.
He clearly just wanted to make her say out loud that she “wanted to be kept” by him!
“I…”
Song Qiuzhi hesitated to speak, but couldn’t answer Gu Yan’s question.
As Gu Yan watched Song Qiuzhi stammer and struggle to speak, the amusement in his eyes grew even deeper.
“Song Qiuzhi, my patience is limited.”
Song Qiuzhi pressed her lips together and raised her eyes to look at the confident Gu Yan, emotions churning in her heart.
If looks could kill, Gu Yan would have died ten thousand times already.
Gu Yan’s finger paused in its tapping on the desk, and he said mockingly: “I just acquired Fanxing Entertainment, and I’m not very familiar with the company’s situation yet.”
“But—”
“I seem to remember there’s a female artist who joined at the same time as you, what was her name… Su Yuerang, right? If someone doesn’t know what’s good for them, I can always keep someone else…”
Gu Yan hadn’t finished speaking.
Song Qiuzhi instinctively stepped forward and suddenly slammed both hands on the desk: “No!”
Gu Yan stared at Song Qiuzhi and raised an eyebrow to ask: “Why not?”
Song Qiuzhi blinked, only then belatedly realizing that she had lost her composure a bit.
“Ahem…”
The momentum she had just built up instantly deflated.
Song Qiuzhi stepped back half a step and explained awkwardly: “Well, that… that Su Yuerang, she doesn’t have proper principles, she’s always trying to use underhanded methods.”
Gu Yan didn’t speak, just stared at her with a smile.
Song Qiuzhi felt unsettled by Gu Yan’s stare, especially that faint smile at the corner of his mouth, which was even more eye-catching.
“You, you should think it through carefully…”
“If you really give the resources to Su Yuerang, you’ll, you’ll definitely regret it one day.”
The curve of Gu Yan’s mouth grew more pleased.
Song Qiuzhi didn’t dare to meet Gu Yan’s eyes anymore. She suddenly realized that she seemed to have fallen into another one of Gu Yan’s traps.
He did it on purpose, right?
Suddenly bringing up that woman Su Yuerang at this moment, he must have investigated something beforehand, then suddenly brought it up to provoke me?
To tell the truth…
Song Qiuzhi secretly regretted that she had really fallen for it.
Gu Yan’s fingers tapped the desk again, his expression still composed: “Oh? So what should we do?”
Song Qiuzhi took several deep breaths, then looked at Gu Yan with a serious expression.
“Give the resources to me, I’ll do it.”
“But, but… ahem, I also have a few conditions.”
Conditions?
He wasn’t afraid of Song Qiuzhi’s conditions; he was afraid she wouldn’t jump into the trap.
“Go ahead, I’m listening.”
Gu Yan lowered his eyes slightly, his crossed hands in front of him perfectly hiding the slight upward curve at the corners of his mouth.
Song Qiuzhi pressed her lips together, then hesitantly spoke: “Al-although you mentioned keeping me, but you… you can’t ask me to do that kind of thing.”
That kind of thing?
Gu Yan was stunned for a moment before he understood what Song Qiuzhi meant.
“That’s fine.”
He agreed to Song Qiuzhi’s request without hesitation.
Song Qiuzhi’s heart relaxed slightly. She hadn’t expected the most difficult point to be resolved so easily. If this guy Gu Yan really wanted to do that kind of thing, she wouldn’t have accepted it even if it killed her.
After all, having been a man for nearly thirty years in her previous life, Song Qiuzhi couldn’t accept such eye-searing scenes of forced intimacy.
“Second point, you can’t widely publicize this matter, is that okay?”
This was also a question that didn’t need thinking about. Gu Yan immediately nodded and agreed: “Fine.”
“Next condition, go ahead.”
Seeing how quickly Gu Yan agreed, Song Qiuzhi felt a bit more relaxed and tentatively suggested—
“Then… you can’t order me around to do this and that, is that okay?”
As soon as the words fell.
Gu Yan immediately raised his eyes to look at Song Qiuzhi. Several years hadn’t passed, and she was still so quick-witted.
First proposing two irrelevant conditions as groundwork, then suddenly throwing out such a vaguely conceptual request to trap him?
If he would fall for that, he wouldn’t be Gu Yan.
“That won’t work.”
Gu Yan flatly refused, while exposing Song Qiuzhi’s little scheme: “Your request is too vague in concept. If I order you to make me a cup of coffee, does that count as ordering you around?”
“And most importantly—”
“Song Qiuzhi, get this straight, I’m keeping you, not worshipping a Buddha.”
Hearing Gu Yan’s resolute rejection, Song Qiuzhi felt somewhat disappointed.
She hadn’t expected.
This guy’s reactions were quite quick.
“Alright…”
Song Qiuzhi sighed and said: “Then I have one last condition. If you agree to it, I’ll accept.”
“I need time to consider, at least let me see if you’re sincere.”
Hearing this, Gu Yan thought for a moment, then nodded.
“Good, very reasonable.”
“Next, I will finalize the cooperation with Mango TV, and you will enter the ‘New Generation’ variety show as a Class A contestant.”
“Is this enough to show you my sincerity?”
“However… when signing the contracts before the show starts filming, you’ll need to sign two.”
Song Qiuzhi blinked.
She didn’t immediately understand what he meant by signing two contracts.
Gu Yan leaned back in his chair and voluntarily explained: “One is the regular contract with the show production team, and one is the contract between us… the keeping contract.”
“Three-year term. Apart from not being able to demand that kind of thing from you and not being able to widely publicize it, during these three years—”
“Whatever I ask you to do, you cannot refuse.”
Song Qiuzhi suddenly felt speechless. She really wanted to grab Gu Yan’s collar and thoroughly criticize him.
Did this guy have to be so cautious?
Having to sign a contract for being kept was something Song Qiuzhi had never heard of before, not in either of her two lifetimes combined.
“…”
My native language is speechlessness.
Gu Yan looked at Song Qiuzhi in confusion, not quite understanding why her expression suddenly became strange: “What’s wrong? Do you have any other conditions?”
Song Qiuzhi slowly calmed her emotions, then shook her head: “No, nothing…”
“I agree, let’s settle it like this.”
“Do you have anything else?”
She just wanted to get far away from this dog right now, otherwise she really wouldn’t be able to resist cursing him to his face.
Hearing this.
Gu Yan thought for a few seconds, then answered: “No, that’s all settled then, you can go back to work.”
“Alright, I’m leaving then.”
Song Qiuzhi turned around without any lingering attachment.
Gu Yan frowned slightly and called out to stop Song Qiuzhi as she turned: “Wait.”
Song Qiuzhi’s footsteps paused, she secretly rolled her eyes and silently muttered a criticism of Gu Yan before slowly turning around.
“What else?”
Her tone was somewhat impatient.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and said flatly: “Even though we haven’t signed the keeping contract yet, your attitude is too poor even just facing your boss, isn’t it?”
Huh?
This dog, now he’s pulling rank on me?
But there was nothing she could do…
The current situation was that circumstances were stronger than people, so Song Qiuzhi could only tuck her tail in and behave.
“Yes, yes, yes, sorry Mr. Gu, this humble one will go back to work now.”
“Is this better?”
Gu Yan nodded with satisfaction: “That’s fine, go ahead.”
Song Qiuzhi turned around again without any lingering attachment, secretly rolling her eyes once more as she pushed open the door.
You dog!
I’ll remember this grudge today!