甜蜜的小狐狸

It seemed that he had to coax her face to face.

Grandma Gu, sitting across the table, lifted her eyelids and glanced at him before placing a chess piece on the board.

“What do you think about ending the engagement?”

At the sound of this, Gu Ziheng, who had been bored, sat up straight.

Shen Qinghe frowned and couldn’t help but interject, “Grandma, they’ve only been engaged for a little over a month. It’s not good to end it so abruptly.”

Grandma Gu dismissed it, saying, “There’s nothing wrong with it. The engagement was merely desperate measures at the time. Now that Ah Yan’s situation has found a solution, it has nothing to do with the engagement or celebration, and there’s no need to keep it for future marriage. Besides, she has already received the dowry she was entitled to, so even if the engagement is terminated, she hasn’t been treated unfairly.”

“But Miao Miao hasn’t done anything wrong, and she left all the dowry behind when she left Gu’s family. She didn’t take a single cent. If you terminate the engagement so suddenly, it will surely tarnish her reputation. How will she face those rumors and gossip? She’s still so young,” Shen Qinghe anxiously pleaded.

She truly liked Lu Miao and genuinely cared about her. Now, if the engagement were to be terminated, outsiders wouldn’t bother with the truth. They would simply assume that Lu Miao was cast aside by the Gu family. The Lu couple already disliked Lu Miao and wouldn’t help her; instead, they would seize the opportunity to slander her.

Rumors can be deadly, and how would she be able to stand her ground in the future?

“No dowry?” Grandma Gu pondered for a moment before speaking, “Then compensate her enough to sustain her for a lifetime.”

In the Gu family, once Grandma Gu made a decision, no one could sway her.

Gu Ziheng nervously looked at Gu Shiyan, afraid that his second brother would agree due to their grandmother’s pressure.

Gu Shiyan pressed the lock screen button with his fingertips and said calmly, “I disagree.”

Grandma Guts hand paused, and she said, “She isn’t suitable for you.”

“Then who do you think is suitable?” Gu Shiyu casually moved another chess piece.

Grandma Gu calmly stated, “You’re not young anymore. I have already selected a suitable marriage candidate for you. I’ll arrange for you to meet her in a few days.”

Gu Shiyu squeezed his phone with his fingertips and made a slight movement. Then, he stood up.

“I can promise you anything else except this.”

“There’s still some work at the company. I’ll take my leave. Please rest early.” After speaking, he turned and walked toward the exit.

Since the day his father passed away and he took over the company and the Gu family, he had lived as if he were an automated machine. Everything he did was for this family, for everyone here, and for the company. So even when he learned that his own life was short, he only focused on making thorough plans for his family, never considering himself.

But this time, he wanted to be selfish for once and think of himself.

Gu Shiyan’s fingers that were holding the phone moved slightly. The phone suddenly rang. He lowered his eyes and casually moved a chess piece before getting up.

Grandma Gu looked at the chessboard on the table, where Gu Shiyu’s red piece had already put the opponent’s king in check.

In this game of chess, he had won.

She slowly raised her hand and collected the chess pieces on the board. She had only wanted to test Gu Shiyan’s attitude since she heard about Lu Miao wanting to end the engagement.

She hadn’t expected that Gu Shiyan, who had always been obedient to her and even agreed to the ridiculous engagement and celebration, would be so firm in this matter.

In just over a month, Lu Miao had managed to change Gu Shiyan’s stance. This Lu Miao was truly extraordinary in her methods.

It seemed that she still didn’t know enough about Lu Miao.

On the other side, at Lingyue Manor.

Lu Miao had dinner with Auntie Xiu downstairs, and after washing up and preparing to rest, she suddenly felt a flicker in her heart.

She immediately got up and went to the balcony, looking up at the night sky.

She had placed a curse on the man she encountered at the stone gambling house, so as long as he had any abnormal movements, she would immediately sense it.

She waved her hand towards the night sky, dispersing the clouds, revealing the formation in the night sky. However, it appeared unchanged.

Lu Miao stood on the balcony, looking up for a while, and once she confirmed that the formation hadn’t changed, she lowered her head and prepared to go back to her room to continue sleeping.

But as she turned around, she saw a black car parked downstairs. Gu Shiyan was leaning against the car door, looking up at her.

The silver moonlight cascaded onto his face, highlighting the slight smile in his eyes.

His already outstanding features appeared even more refined and three-dimensional in the moonlight.

The night breeze blew, lifting the strands of hair on his forehead.

He seemed like a lazy and elegant big cat.

Lu Miao paused in her turning motion, then calmly turned back around, closed the balcony door, and lay down to sleep.

She, who usually slept well, was having trouble falling asleep.

After tossing and turning in bed for a few minutes, she silently recited a calming chant to herself several times.

In the end, she sighed and got out of bed.

Auntie Xiu had already gone back to her room to sleep downstairs. Lu Miao walked out of her room, stepping lightly, and opened the door.

“Not mad anymore?” Gu Shiyan smiled as he looked at her.

LU Miao calmly repnea, “I’m not mad.”

Gu Shiyan nodded, “Hmm, I was the one who was mad.”

Lu Miao turned around directly, but Gu Shiyan lowly chuckled and grabbed her wrist.

“Come with me.”

Lu Miao tried to free her wrist from his grasp, but Gu Shiyan held on tighter. He led her along the path shaded by greenery towards another direction.

Within Lingyue Manor, there were a total of twelve houses. Lu Miao lived in House No. 7.

Gu Shiyan led her to the front of House No. 9 and raised his other hand to enter the password on the door lock.

Then he looked at Lu Miao, raised his chin slightly, and gestured for her to push open the door.

It wasn’t surprising at all that Gu Shiyan had a house here, given his status and position. However, Lu Miao was curious as to why he had brought her to his place so late at night.

Lu Miao pushed open the door in front of her, and a strong medicinal fragrance immediately filled the air. As Gu Shiyan turned on the lights, she saw a full wall of transparent display cabinets facing the entrance.

The house was originally a three-story villa, but now the space between the first and second floors had been opened up, with an elevator installed on one side leading to the third floor. The entire space appeared exceptionally spacious.

Most of the compartments in the display cabinets were filled with various medicinal herbs. The area that used to be the living room had been divided into several sections, with numerous laboratory instruments and pharmaceutical equipment placed within.

The layout looked familiar to her.

Lu Miao took a closer look and realized that Gu Shiyan had essentially replicated Elder Sun’s research laboratory here. Lingyue Manor, with its price tag of several billion, was one of the best properties in Luo City in terms of location and inherent value. It was nearly impossible for people to buy such a house even if they had plenty of money.

Yet, Gu Shiyan had chosen to extravagantly convert a house worth billions into her own private research facility..