NOVPUB17: Chapter 17: President Gu Is Afraid of Being Cuckolded, Please Bookmark_1
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Jian Ran returned home and headed straight to Tang Bao’s room.
The little girl was sweetly asleep, hugging a TFboys doll with a look of utter satisfaction, warming Jian Ran’s heart.
The little fan sure was diligent!
Even in her sleep, she clung to her idol.
Jian Ran kissed Tang Bao’s forehead and was about to stand up when she heard the little one murmur dream words with pouted lips.
“Xiaoming, our Boy is the most handsome.”
Jian Ran couldn’t help but chuckle.
Several days had passed, and she hadn’t expected Tang Bao to still remember that joke.
“Who says I don’t have a daddy?
My daddy is as handsome as Boy.
Boy is the angel he sent to me.
Daddy is just too busy, so he let Boy stay with me for now.”
Jian Ran: “…”
The smile that had just appeared on her face was frozen by Tang Bao’s words.
When she was younger, every time Tang Bao asked who her daddy was, Jian Ran would evade the question by pointing to TFboys or EXO on the TV and tell her they were angels arranged by her daddy to keep her company.
Unexpectedly, she had always remembered, and presumably, that was also why she liked TFboys and EXO.
Jian Ran felt a heavy weight in her heart.
Tang Bao must have been upset at kindergarten again.
She reached out to gently stroke the little one’s hair, her beautiful eyes filled with distress.
“Good girl, Mommy’s little treasure, good night.”
…
After returning to her room, Jian Ran kept pondering the deep meaning in Gu Mochen’s words during the car ride.
Most likely, although they were husband and wife in name, Mr.
Gu was still afraid of being cuckolded, wasn’t he?
The reason Mr.
Gu was so worried must be due to the provocations of some green tea bitches, and as for that Lan Xing…
Thinking of the woman’s malicious intentions, Jian Ran squinted her eyes slightly and a glint flashed across them.
…
The next day, after sending Tang Bao to kindergarten and having a brief chat with the teacher, Jian Ran hurried to the Gu Family company.
In the design department, Jian Ran’s design work “Artisan’s Heart” had been successfully selected by Dongheng International, and the news had spread throughout the department.
It was just one night’s networking that had clinched Dongheng International’s most important design project for the year.
Everyone tacitly understood and looked at Jian Ran with a deeper meaning.
They did not know that Jian Ran and Qin Mu had been old acquaintances.
Jian Ran didn’t plan to explain and just responded with a faint smile.
On her desk was a bunch of Pansies sent by Qin Mu’s messenger.
Jian Ran: “…”
It really did match Qin Mu’s flamboyant temperament.
The flower language of Pansies is “Please think of me.”
Jian Ran tugged at the corner of her lips and then immersed herself in work.
After her confirmation, having her designs selected would mean a bonus…
That was Jian Ran’s motivation to work.
Well, with the bonus, she could take Tang Bao to a TFboys concert.
The little one would surely be ecstatic.
…
The others thought that Jian Ran had slept her way to the top the night before to secure the design project, but only Lan Xing knew the truth, and, eaten up with jealousy, was always looking for ways to trouble Jian Ran.
“Jian Ran, this is Dongjiang Group’s draft for interior decoration design, help me revise it.”
Interior decoration?
She was a designer, not an interior decorator.
Frankly, she did it on purpose.
The woman was dressed in a low-cut outfit, exuding an imposing presence that was truly distasteful in its arrogance.
“I know it’s mealtime now, and a little later won’t starve anyone to death.
Besides, this is for the company’s sake.
I have to give this to Mr.
Gu this afternoon.
Delaying Mr.
Gu’s matters will leave you in a predicament that you can’t escape.”
Lan Xing, holding a grudge in her heart, hurled the design drawing directly at Jian Ran’s face without saying a word, but Jian Ran swiftly dodged.
“Be smart about it.”
After saying that, Lan Xing glanced disdainfully at Jian Ran and sauntered off in her seductive high heels, leaving Jian Ran with a darkened expression.
…
At 1 p.m., after Lan Xing returned from lunch, Jian Ran, hungry, handed over the well-prepared design drawing to Lan Xing, who had initially provided a draft claiming it needed revisions when, in fact, it lacked any substance.
Jian Ran had spent over an hour designing it.
Lan Xing took a quick glance at it and her eyes lit up.
It was indeed a fine piece of work.
“That’s all it is.
Oh, and since you’ve missed the lunch break, you might as well stay hungry today.
It wouldn’t do to eat during work hours in the afternoon, would it?”
Jian Ran: “…”
Shameless.
Jian Ran pursed her lips, managing to squeeze out a hint of a smile.
“Alright.”
Lan Xing, seeing the merit in Jian Ran’s design, plotted in her heart, “Jian Ran, come with me to Mr.
Gu’s office.
Mr.
Gu’s feedback can be a learning opportunity for you.
But remember, this design belongs to me, and you have nothing to do with it.
Understood?”
Upon hearing Lan Xing’s words, a sardonic smile curled the corners of Jian Ran’s mouth.
So Lan Xing intended to parade her design as her own, bask in Gu Mochen’s praise, and put Jian Ran on the sideline to assert her dominance.
Jian Ran nodded nonchalantly, “Understood.”
…
With hunger paling her face, Jian Ran followed Lan Xing into the CEO’s office.
Lan Xing deliberately lifted her already short-enough skirt a bit higher and lowered her neckline.
Jian Ran gave a fleeting glance to Lan Xing at her side.
In contrast to Lan Xing’s elaborate and heavy makeup, Jian Ran’s beauty was fresh and compelling, capturing immediate attention.
“Mr.
Gu, here is the design you requested.
Please take a look, I’ve spent three days preparing it,” Lan Xing said, bending over to present the cleavage of her chest fully before Gu Mochen.
Instead, Gu Mochen caught the sparkle in Jian Ran’s beautiful eyes and the smile on her lips, paying no attention to Lan Xing.
Lan Xing waited expectantly for Mr.
Gu’s praise, while Jian Ran, raising an eyebrow, also looked forward to Gu Mochen’s reaction.
“Smack…”
With a sudden loud noise, Gu Mochen raised his hand and slammed the folder onto the ground.
“Lan Xing, as the design department head of the Gu Family, how could you make such a rudimentary mistake?
There shouldn’t be more than three colors in the space design, excluding white and black.
And yet, your design contains four colors.”
Lan Xing’s face changed color.
Shocked at Gu Mochen’s unexpected outburst, she quickly bent down to pick up the folder.
To her surprise, there were indeed four colors in the space design.
Such a basic mistake; Jian Ran couldn’t possibly be unaware.
Realizing something, Lan Xing glared fiercely at Jian Ran beside her.
Jian Ran’s lips curved in satisfaction as she watched Lan Xing erupt in anger.
Calm and composed, she stood to the side and took the initiative to speak.
“Mr.
Gu, please don’t be angry.
I believe that the supervisor didn’t do it intentionally.”
After finishing, Jian Ran smiled sweetly, directly causing Lan Xing’s face to darken with fury nearly to the point of a stroke.
