Scheming White lotus (2): Could it be that he fell in love with Zhou Qinghao at first sight?

Gu Juntian put on his clothes and tied his tie while thinking about the future. He didn’t go downstairs until he was ready.

The original owner’s parents had been missing for many years, and the original owner’s grandmother died early. The original owner was raised by his grandfather and had a very good relationship with him.

Because of this, although he clearly disliked Cheng Mingyan at the beginning, he was more tolerant of him.

As for his later behavior, Gu Juntian felt that he was kicked in the head by a donkey, which caused him to suddenly become a love brain¹.

The original owner’s grandfather was already very old, and in order to take care of him, the original owner returned to the old house every day.

As soon as Gu Juntian went downstairs, he saw the original owner’s grandfather already sitting at the dining table.

This old man in his nineties was wearing a Tang suit, his sparse white hair was neatly combed, but his face was expressionless. His deep eyes… well, his eyes were not that deep. Gu Juntian even saw a hint of confusion in his eyes.

The old man was already 95 years old. He sometimes spoke incoherently and sometimes could not remember things from the past.

There was nothing that could be done about it. At this age, the brain would inevitably degenerate to some extent.

Now, he had become the original owner, and the original owner’s grandfather was his grandfather. Gu Juntian strode to the table, smiled at the old man, and greeted him in a loud voice: “Grandpa, good morning!”

Grandpa Gu’s eyes became clearer: “Good morning.”

Gu Juntian smiled and sat down in front of Grandpa Gu and had breakfast with him.

In the early years, Grandpa Gu set some rules, including not talking while eating or sleeping.

Therefore, the original owner and his grandfather rarely communicated during meals.

Unfortunately, the original owner was very busy, and on weekdays he only accompanied his grandfather for meals.

Although the original owner lived with his grandfather, they rarely communicated with each other. Gu Juntian thought that this was why his grandfather was so close to Cheng Mingyan, who always came to talk to him.

Although the engagement between Cheng Mingyan and the original owner was arranged by the old man, Gu Juntian did not blame the old man.

It was normal for a 95-year-old man who spoke incoherently to do stupid things.

It was because the original owner was not sober that he harmed others and himself.

“Grandpa, this is delicious, try it!”

“Grandpa, the sun is shining brightly today. Go down and bask in the sun!”

“Grandpa…”

Gu Juntian smiled and talked to his grandfather.

Grandpa Gu smiled happily: “Okay, okay!”

After a while, he asked again: “What did you say?”

Gu Juntian repeated what he had said before.

Grandpa Gu seemed to understand and suddenly said, “Bring your wife back for dinner tonight. I haven’t seen her for a long time.”

Gu Juntian was stunned for a moment, then sighed.

According to the original historical trajectory, because grandpa said this, Gu Juntian brought Cheng Mingyan back home tonight.

But now looking at it… at this moment, maybe Grandpa Gu thought he was his dad!

Anyway, he would not bring Cheng Mingyan back just because of this sentence.

After breakfast, Gu Juntian got into the driver’s car and headed for the company.

While on the road, he, who had the original owner’s memory, had already turned on the computer familiarly and started checking emails and processing today’s work.

Of Gu’s two brands, “Old Town Gold” mainly sold gold jewelry and did not have high requirements for design.

It was the end of the year now, and most of the new designs by designers were related to the zodiac sign of the next year.

Gu Juntian took a look and then emailed the person in charge of the Old Town Gold Design Department, asking him to lead his designers to design more accessories with good meanings, preferably ones related to a successful career and a lot of money.

Young people nowadays like money.

He remembered that the original owner’s boyfriend, Zhou Qinghao, had the habit of wearing a gold ring on the middle finger of his right hand to pray for wealth. He said that he saw this on the Internet…

Gu Juntian specifically mentioned this point and asked the people in the design department of “Old Town Gold” to design more rings with “fortune-seeking” elements, and then market this matter so that young people who originally did not wear gold rings would buy them and wear them specifically for the purpose of seeking wealth.

As for “Holy Emperor”, a brand that made high-end jewelry, this brand paid great attention to design. Some designs were even tailor-made for some expensive jewelry.

Many of the jewelry produced by Holy Emperor were unique in the world.

If Holy Emperor wanted to develop, it needed clients of high enough status and also needed to work hard to discover talented designers.

Gu Juntian flipped through the design drafts of Holy Emperor’s designers, and found that the design of the original owner’s boyfriend Zhou Qinghao was eye-catching and his personal style was very obvious.

Zhou Qinghao was four years younger than the original owner and was twenty-five years old this year.

He was able to draw such designs at such a young age, and his future was limitless. He would have become a famous designer in no time. However, because of falling in love, he ended up losing everything and died.

There was really no point in falling in love, the right thing to do was to build a career.

Gu Juntian took note of it and planned to give Zhou Qinghao more opportunities and train him well in the future.

The original owner was a bad person and killed someone, but he was different.

He was a good man and would support other people’s careers.

As for love… After Zhou Qinghao became successful, he could go find a little wolfdog, but don’t come to him.

He had no interest in people like Zhou Qinghao.

Gu Juntian arrived at the company early and started working in high spirits.

He loved to work!

It was just that Gu’s management seemed a bit chaotic to him… Gu Juntian was busy with his work while thinking about ways to improve it.

Gu Juntian devoted himself to his work, but not long after he started, he was disturbed.

First, Cheng Mingyan sent him a message: “Brother Gu, what do you want to eat for lunch? I’ll bring it to you!”

Gu Juntian replied, “Don’t send it, I’ll block you.” After sending it, he blocked all contact information of the other party.

Cheng Mingyan sent many messages to the original owner every day and called him from time to time…

This person was too troublesome and it affected his career.

Then, Zhou Qinghao sent him a message: “Brother Juntian, shall we have lunch together at noon?”

Gu Juntian replied: “Sorry, I’m busy, so I won’t eat with you today.”

In the original plot, there was also an incident where these two people sent messages to the original owner.

The original owner asked Cheng Mingyan not to deliver the meal just like him, but Cheng Mingyan delivered it anyway. He happened to run into Zhou Qinghao who was looking for the original owner to have dinner together. A conflict broke out between the two sides and Zhou Qinghao was slapped in the face by Cheng Mingyan.

Gu Juntian didn’t want to waste his precious time on such things, so he simply decided not to eat with Zhou Qinghao.

As for Cheng Mingyan, although he had already refused and blocked him, Cheng Mingyan might still come. Fortunately, the original owner had instructed his secretary not to allow Cheng Mingyan to enter his office, so Cheng Mingyan could not disturb him.

Zhou Qinghao sent another message: “Brother Juntian, I won’t bother you anymore. You must eat well and take care of your health.”

Following this message, Zhou Qinghao also sent a cat emoji holding a love heart.

Gu Juntian did not reply and continued working.

What was a grown man doing being so sticky?

Now was working time, hurry up and get to work!

Downstairs, the Holy Emperor Design Department.

Zhou Qinghao sent a message, but didn’t receive a reply for a long time. He couldn’t help but feel a little anxious and even had no mood to draw.

During this period, Gu Juntian became much colder towards him, and he also keenly discovered that Gu Juntian was very tolerant of Cheng Mingyan.

Gu Juntian explained to him that he didn’t like Cheng Mingyan and that the fiancé Cheng Mingyan was arranged by his grandfather and he did not admit it.

But Zhou Qinghao was still uneasy and full of hostility towards Cheng Mingyan, especially after Cheng Mingyan joined the Gu family.

He had nothing but Gu Juntian. Why would Cheng Mingyan want to compete with him?

Whenever Zhou Qinghao thought of Cheng Mingyan, his teeth itched with hatred.

In Zhou Qinghao’s office, a young man of about the same age as him saw that Zhou Qinghao was unhappy, and chatted with people around him in a good mood: “Zhou Qinghao’s face is so ugly, it must be because President Gu ignored him! President Gu obviously already has a fiancé, but he still pesters President Gu, how shameless.”

“Does President Gu really have a fiancé?” a colleague asked curiously.

“Yes, it’s Cheng Mingyan, the new guy in the logistics department. He and President Gu grew up together, and it was Old Mr Gu who arranged their engagement,” the man said.

His name was Huo Pinghai, and he joined the company with Zhou Qinghao.

Three years later, Zhou Qinghao was not only highly valued in the company, but also became President Gu’s boyfriend. However, he was always reprimanded by his leader.

Huo Pinghai had always disliked Zhou Qinghao.

Some time ago, he saw Cheng Mingyan and Zhou Qinghao clashing in the tea room, so he contacted Cheng Mingyan. Now he had completely stood on Cheng Mingyan’s side.

After hearing what Huo Pinghai said, the colleagues in the office looked at Zhou Qinghao with a strange expression.

It was no secret that Zhou Qinghao and President Gu were in love, but who would have thought that Zhou Qinghao was actually the mistress.

Huo Pinghai did not lower his voice when he spoke, and Zhou Qinghao also heard it.

His teeth clenched tighter and tighter, but he couldn’t refute.

Cheng Mingyan was indeed Gu Juntian’s fiancé.

After giving Huo Pinghai a cold look, Zhou Qinghao took out his cell phone and contacted Gu Juntian’s secretary.

Gu Juntian had several secretaries, one of whom was his high school classmate.

Before, it was thanks to this high school classmate that he was able to meet Gu Juntian by chance and make Gu Juntian notice him.

Zhou Qinghao finally relaxed after getting in touch with his classmate.

He pulled out some magazines and began to study the jewelry.

He immersed himself in this research and forgot everything that made him uncomfortable.

Until the screen of the mobile phone placed aside lit up… Zhou Qinghao quickly picked up the phone and saw the message from his classmate.

After reading the message, he didn’t care about anything else and took the elevator upstairs. Then, at the door of Gu Juntian’s office, he saw Cheng Mingyan, who was being held by a secretary and holding an insulated box in his hand.

When Zhou Qinghao saw Cheng Mingyan, anger burned in his heart.

A month ago, Cheng Mingyan ran up to him to declare his sovereignty, proudly saying that he was Gu Juntian’s fiancé. Afterwards, Cheng Mingyan even entered Gu’s family and kept getting close to Gu Juntian.

He didn’t even dare to pester Gu Juntian like that!

Zhou Qinghao was envious and jealous, and he was also uneasy about Gu Juntian’s indulgence towards Cheng Mingyan.

Cheng Mingyan was in his early twenties. His face was full of collagen and his well-maintained skin was white with a hint of red.

He was a young master who was loved by his family. He was arrogant. When he saw Zhou Qinghao, he looked dissatisfied and asked, “What are you doing here?”

Zhou Qinghao looked weak and timid, with disdain flashing in his beautiful eyes: “I am Juntian’s boyfriend, I come here whenever I want, what are you doing here, Young Master Cheng?”

When Cheng Mingyan heard the word “boyfriend”, he was furious: “What’s a boyfriend? I’m Brother Gu’s fiancé!”

Zhou Qinghao wanted to say something, but suddenly he noticed that the door of Gu Juntian’s office was open…

Zhou Qinghao looked very aggrieved, but his words were very unpleasant: “Young Master Cheng is really shameless. He obviously doesn’t like you, but you still insist on being a mistress. Have you never seen a man in your eight lifetimes?”

Cheng Mingyan had been spoiled since childhood, how could anyone say such a thing? He glared at Zhou Qinghao and reached out to hit him: “What nonsense are you talking about!”

Cheng Mingyan didn’t hit Zhou Qinghao. Someone held his hand. Then, Gu Juntian’s voice rang out: “Cheng Mingyan, what are you doing?”

Gu Juntian was busy until noon and then stopped.

He was passionate about his career, but he was also clear about one thing: only if he had a good body could he have enough energy to do his career.

Work could be put off for later, but eating and sleeping must be done on time.

Gu’s building had a cafeteria, so Gu Juntian got up and planned to go to the cafeteria to eat.

He strode out of the office and saw two people standing not far from the door.

The two people seemed to be arguing, one was arrogant and domineering, while the other had tears in his eyes, which was pitiful.

The arrogant one was Cheng Mingyan, and the lovable one was Zhou Qinghao.

Gu Juntian didn’t expect that after he refused to have dinner with Zhou Qinghao, the conflict between Zhou Qinghao and Cheng Mingyan still happened.

In the original plot, Zhou Qinghao was slapped by Cheng Mingyan, and he looked particularly pitiful.

Seeing this, the original owner had a big quarrel with Cheng Mingyan, and Cheng Mingyan was so angry that he left.

After the quarrel, the original owner remembered that his grandfather wanted to see Cheng Mingyan, so he had to swallow his pride and go to the logistics department in person to invite Cheng Mingyan to his house for dinner.

Cheng Mingyan asked the original owner to apologize to him and also asked the original owner to have lunch with him, thereby confirming his identity as the original owner’s fiancé…

Now……

Gu Juntian held Cheng Mingyan’s arm tightly to prevent Zhou Qinghao from getting hit.

At the same time, his eyes fell on Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao was very handsome, far superior to Cheng Mingyan in terms of looks, but he was very thin and didn’t look like he had much flesh on his body.

At this moment he was trembling, obviously very afraid of Cheng Mingyan.

This scene made Gu Juntian feel uncomfortable.

How could Zhou Qinghao be so pitiful? Zhou Qinghao shouldn’t be so pitiful!

At this moment, Gu Juntian even wanted to slap Cheng Mingyan in the face.

This guy was too much, he actually hit Zhou Qinghao!

Although he was stopped this time, in the original plot, Zhou Qinghao was beaten!

That would have been fine, but after being beaten, he was abandoned by the original owner and had to eat alone…

Gu Juntian couldn’t help feeling distressed, and also felt that something was wrong.

He had the original owner’s memories and had some understanding of Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao’s character was not weak, and he had many thoughts. In fact, he got this slap in the face because he deliberately provoked Cheng Mingyan, just to gain sympathy and attention in front of the original owner.

Gu Juntian was not the original owner, so he did not think that Zhou Qinghao’s behavior was extremely evil, but Zhou Qinghao asked for the slap, so he did not deserve sympathy.

So why should he feel sorry for Zhou Qinghao?

Gu Juntian was a little confused, and at the same time, the hand holding Cheng Mingyan’s wrist unconsciously exerted more and more force.

Cheng Mingyan intuitively sensed Gu Juntian’s anger and felt extremely aggrieved: “Brother Gu, he was the one who scolded me first!”

Zhou Qinghao blinked his eyes, and the crystal tears that were about to fall hung on his eyelashes: “I didn’t scold him…”

He was telling the truth, Cheng Mingyan was the mistress!

Gu Juntian took a breath.

Zhou Qinghao was so pitiful, he must have suffered a lot of injustice!

Yes, he almost got beaten!

Even if he planned it on purpose, so what? He almost got beaten!

There might be something in here that the original owner didn’t know about…

Staring at the tear on Zhou Qinghao’s eyelashes again and again, Gu Juntian felt numb all over and extremely uncomfortable.

How could Zhou Qinghao cry? He should be high and mighty, looking down on people around him, not taking them seriously!

How could he cry!

Wait, his idea was a bit strange, why couldn’t Zhou Qinghao cry?

In a flash, Gu Juntian suddenly thought of a possibility.

Could it be that he fell in love with Zhou Qinghao at first sight?

1. Love brain is a popular Internet term that refers to a mindset that puts love above all else. People who put all their energy and thoughts on love and their partner once they fall in love can be described as having a “love brain”. From baidu. ↩︎