Chương 6: Don't joke

Gu corporation, President's office

Since he was done with saving the beauty, Gu Zichen wanted to deal with some real important matters. While he was reading some documents, his assistant Chen Fei and little bother Gu Zihao reported about the results of their investigations.

In a tone full of caution, Chen Fei explained "President Gu, It's like this. Miss Zhao...she was heartbroken and..attempted suicide because you blatantly rejeted her. So.. Elder Zhao...he tried to attack you for his daughter's sake.."

Gu Zichen said nothing and gave a slight grunt of affirmation. His face was devoid of expressions and he seemed to be deep in thought but one could feel the cold air emitting from him.

Gu Zichen looked calm externally but in reality, his heart was burning in anger. He couldn't believe that someone dared to kill him because of a stupid woman who couldn't accept the reality and control her emotions.

The other two men in the room already sensed someone's death coming up. They both looked at each other for a second and paid condolences to Zhao family in advance.

Chen Fei continued "Also Miss Li is back in the country and she was in your office in the morning to meet you and left after waiting an hour"

Gu Zichen narrowed his eyes as he looked at Chen Fei. "You wanna die?" His voice was dangerously low and those few words he spoke were like needles pricking one's bones. He hates when someone enters his office in his absence, let alone that woman who broke his heart.

Chen Fei shuddered and wiped the thin layer of sweat formed on his forehead. For a second, he forgot that his boss was no longer the same man to care about the young miss of Li family, Li Xiaoyi.

"Sorry, Boss"

Gu Zichen simply tilted his head to glance at his little brother. On the other side, Gu Zihao stood with a confused expression. "What?!"

He was completely an unrelated person in both the matters. What could he say regarding his brother's complicated personal life?

Gu Zichen sighed and asked "That woman from earlier...What's her name?"

Gu Zihao smiled brightly and clapped in excitement "Her name is Wu Jinyan. She's 25 years old. She graduated from Brilliant Acting school 3 years ago. And the good thing out of all, she's..."

Gu Zihao continued until his brother lifted a hand to make him stop from blabbing too much. Gu Zichen simply raised a brow and asked nonchalantly "Married?"

"Ahh..?!!"

"Is she married?"

Gu Zihao looked confused for a moment but still answered. "No... She was supposed to get married after her graduation but didn't. Now she was kidnapped because she didn't want to get married to the man her family chose..."

"Who's that man?" Gu Zichen enquired again.

"It's Han Shifeng. The second young master of Han family.The one who kidnapped her" Gu Zihao gave the information.

"That's enough..now both of you can get out" Gu Zichen said and tossed both his assistant and brother out.

Wu Jinyan regained her consciousness in the afternoon. She was thankful on feeling no pain or stinging sensation in any of her body parts.

She slowly opened her eyes and scanned her surroundings. The decorations were lavish and extravagant, definitely a place she's unfamiliar with.

She sat up to look at herself dressed in the same set of clothes as in the morning. She was also relieved that she successfully escaped from that Han something.

To divert her, a memory flashed in her mind. "In case you failed the audition, don't even bother coming back" It was her manager Lin Ran warning her a few days ago.

She realized it wasn't the time for her to cry over whether she got eaten or not but something else. "God.. I'm done..Sister Lin will kill me"

Although it was not entirely her fault, she still missed the audition and had to explain to sister Lin before it gets too late. She grabbed her belongings from the bedside table and hurried out of the room but on recognizing the man walking towards the room, she froze.

He's...that guy from yesterday. Last night, she saw him lying unconscious with blood continuously streaming down his face. Now he seemed pretty normal but with a bandage on his fore head.

Wu Jinyan sighed in relief. Her efforts paid off. Now he was perfectly fine and sound or else the poor world in which she was living would have missed this charming man.

It's just that she didn't expect him to get discharged from the hospital so soon. Her heart was still aching with the loss her body suffered yesterday but this man was moving around carelessly without taking rest.

"Hey, Why did you get discharged so early? Why are you roaming recklessly? Do you even know how much I invested in saving you?" Her face was full of disbelief and her words sounded as though she was severely wronged.

As she stared at him for a second more, her brain pictured some random fragments of memories.

'Wait...Those eyes' Wu Jinyan's face instantly turned red as she recalled how she acted before him that morning. She must have looked just like a crazy woman.

She tried to escape by running around him but she felt a hand on her wrist, stopping her.

Wu Jinyan looked at him with her face becoming redder and heart pounding. She couldn't take this anymore. But this man seemed to not let her go and she's already losing control under his intense gaze.

"I know that you saved my life before and I saved you this morning in return but I don't think that's enough to repay for your kindness"

"Alright..then what will I be receiving then?!" She simply went along, pulled her hand away and moved a step back to make sure she wouldn't be too close to him. She couldn't stay there for a second more and wanted to run as far as possible from him.

"ME"

Wu Jinyan saw him pointing to himself and she gulped subconsciously staring at his face sculpted to perfection.

What nonsense was he spouting? She thought she was hearing things. Her tiny heart was palpitating too furiously, she even heard the heavy drumming in her ears.

Looking at her red face, Gu Zichen chuckled leaning closer to her and whispered in his enchanting voice "Let me rephrase it.. I'm saying I'll repay your kindness by marrying you"

Marry!!

"Don't joke, okay" Wu Jinyan pushed him right away and ran out not giving him a second glance.

This man really had some malfunctioning mind to think of such twisted methods to repay her. She wasn't in a situation to laugh at his stupid joke.

Gu Zichen raked through his brain to bring out the proper words that could convince her immediately. He ran after her saying "Don't you think you really need a man by your side to protect you after what happened to you in the morning?"