Chapter 3 (Part 1)
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The fan meeting went in full swing. The Shang Group employees and Secretary Chen organized the reports needed by the president, then sent them to the office but he did not leave them directly.
Shang Jinyan took the report and started studying it. Suddenly he noticed that Secretary Chen hadn’t left, he glanced at him, and asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Mr. Shang, today is the fifteenth of the month. Aren’t you supposed to meet Miss Gu as per the agreement?”
Each appointment between Shang Jinyan and Gu Li is arranged by Secretary Chen, which generally occurred on the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month and could be adjusted due to certain circumstances.
If it was usual, Shang Jinyan would’ve informed him in advance, but today it had reached the agreed day, but the President did not mention Miss Gu. Also, Secretary Chen felt that President Shang has some indescribable feelings in recent days because this person was quiet. He not only mobilized all personnel orders within the group but also asked him to collect the latest news of the Qin Group.
However, Shang Jinyan didn’t show any other intentions other than instructing him to do certain things. With his excellent sixth sense, Secretary Chen concluded that Shang Jinyan was planning something big.
Hearing Secretary Chen’s words, Shang Jinyan remembered Gu Li, the only woman who stayed with him in his previous life until he was assassinated.
That’s right, Shang Jin Yan had also been reborn. His first instinct after being reborn was to kill the vicious villains. First of all, he had two uncles related by blood no less, but he didn’t expect them to raise a tiger in the end. Qin Yue conspired to murder him with his two uncles, It was the modern retelling of the farmer and a snake.
He endured to this day to deal with them, just to follow what he did last time, but also pulled out the hidden enemies within the group. It seems that after returning to China to acquire the Shang Clan, some of the enemies were still hiding in the company, they were so deep inside that they were using other employees to divert his attention from them.
“Follow the routine as usual.”
Thinking of Gu Li, Shang Jinyan had a rare touch of warmth in his heart. Although Gu Li was only in a contract with him, she had been by his side obediently for so many years and never betrayed him.
He was the type of person who was emotionally insecure, who would not tolerate betrayal by others, nor can he look down on unclean women.
In his previous life, he was busy with his career and devoted himself to expanding the Shang clan. Apart from Gu Li, he didn’t have time for others. From his point of view, he felt that she was different from the other women, but he didn’t know how she ended up after he was murdered. Did they let her go calmly and live well, or was her life affected by him, her career in the entertainment industry damaged ever since?
A Bentley Mulsanne a car worth more than five million was traversing at a high speed on the highway, Gu Li silently looked out the window, Secretary Chen acted as the driver and drove without uttering a single word.
The car drove through the mountain, this was a famous rich area in Tongzhou, with a price of two or three hundred thousand yuan, those who lived here were either rich or expensive.
“Miss Gu, we are here, please get off.”
Secretary Chen interrupted Gu Li’s thoughts. She looked out the car window, and a white villa appeared in front of her eyes.
In the memory of the original owner, she has never been to this place, but the president of Shang Group, Shang Jinyan owned a lot of real estate. Even if he changed places every time they met, he could easily arrange for accommodation.
Before he reached here, Gu Li had already taken a shower and changed into a long aqua blue one-piece dress. Originally, Xiaoyu had prepared another one for her with a backless dress. Gu Li directly rejected it after seeing it and opted for the one she was wearing currently.
She didn’t want to please Shang Jinyan, she only wished that Shang Jinyan could lose interest in her and decided to terminate the contract so that she would not be considered a part of the plot at all.
When Gu Li got out of the car, Secretary Chen told her that Shang Jinyan was still on the way, and asked her to go in and wait for a while.
The exterior of this villa was very modern. Gu Li walked into the villa wearing seven-centimeter high heels. The interior decoration style was mainly gray, with extraordinary taste. As a well-informed first-line star in her previous life, Gu Li still has some artistic accomplishments. At a glance, she recognized several elegant and valuable paintings on the wall, their prices would easily start around eight figures.
She scolded Shang Jinyan dozens and hundreds of times in her heart. Since the owner wasn’t here, it wouldn’t be good for her to move around. The high heels Gu Li was wearing tired her out. After a few glances at the decoration in the living room, Gu Li sat on the sofa.
Her thoughts were a little messy, she transmigrated into an online novel somehow and became a contract lover. She didn’t know how to face Shang Jinyan.
If it’s just an ordinary benefactor, Gu Li could barely treat it as a one-night stand.
She had a few boyfriends in her previous life. She was not a conservative person. Everyone is an adult, so she should be very open.
But Shang Jinyan was not an ordinary sugar daddy, but rather a villain in the novel with a very bad ending. Besides, the author has written Shang Jinyan a bit abnormal to highlight the male protagonist, so she had a feeling that Shang Jinyan did not have a sense of fear.
Gu Li sat on the sofa and waited for a long time. Sitting like this, she felt like a concubine in ancient times, waiting for the emperor to come.
She couldn’t help but smile, amused at the idea.
When Shang Jinyan entered the door, he saw Gu Li sitting on the sofa. She was wearing a water-blue dress with hemlines scattered on the sofa. Her posture was straight, with a swan-like beauty and a smile on her face, her eyes widened like she was shocked when she saw him coming in, and the smile that was too late to converge with the widened eyes looked particularly bright.
As per Shang Jinyan’s memory, Gu Li stayed with him before his death. At that time, Gu Li was already a first-line star. The last time, Gu Li was busy due to work and was in a suburban area and the two had not seen each other for more than two months.
At that time, Gu Li’s every move was elegant, wearing a thick layer of makeup as a mask, which made people unable to see through or guess her emotions.
Of course, to him at that time, Gu Li was just a bedtime partner on a whim. He didn’t want to know her or cared about her inner thoughts.
“What did you think that made you so happy?”
Shang Jinyan’s question was very natural. Although Gu Li felt a bit disagreeable, she did not think too much.