Scheming White lotus (18): Why call him “Zhou Qinghao”? Just call him “Zhou Huanghao¹“!

During breakfast, Gu’s parents also wished Gu Juntian a happy birthday. Gu’s father also said, “Tonight, let’s go to the kitchen and cook a few dishes to celebrate your birthday.”

They rarely celebrated birthdays when they were away, and they didn’t care about their own birthdays, but they missed Gu Juntian for many years, and now they finally had the opportunity to celebrate Gu Juntian’s birthday, so they must prepare well.

They and Zhou Qinghao started discussing the menu a few days ago, planning for each of them to cook two dishes to celebrate for Gu Juntian together.

“No wonder you asked me a few days ago if I was free tonight.” Gu Juntian said.

Of course he was free tonight, and he specially set aside time to do strength training with Zhou Qinghao.

“It’s not a big deal, just celebrate together as a family.” said Mrs. Gu with a smile.

“Okay.” Gu Juntian said.

Zhou Qinghao couldn’t help but laugh.

Family!

He was also counted as part of their “family” by Gu’s mother!

Only Grandpa Gu looked around and felt particularly unfamiliar. Where was his Xiao Bao?

Zhou Qinghao was smiling as he picked up some food for Grandpa Gu. Grandpa Gu glanced at him and smiled as well: “Xiaobao, you eat too.”

While the Gu family was very happy, Cheng Mingyan, with red eyes, threw the scarf he had spent a lot of time weaving for Gu Juntian into the trash can.

He would give Gu Juntian gifts every year, and they were all gifts that he made himself to express his feelings.

In the past he always built models, but this time, since he became Gu Juntian’s fiancé, he wanted to give him something more meaningful.

He studied for a long time and tried to weave a scarf for Gu Juntian.

He spent a long time weaving this scarf, but it was no longer useful now.

Cheng Mingyan was sad for a long time before he calmed down and went on a date with Chu Zhan.

Chu Zhan was the blind date that Cheng’s father found for him.

The Chu family was richer than the Gu family. The Gu family was founded from scratch by Old man Gu, but the Chu family had existed for hundreds of years.

During the Republic of China period, the most famous gold shop in this city was the Chu Family Gold Shop.

Later, the whole family moved to Hong Kong and continued their jewelry business, accumulating countless funds and becoming a large and prosperous family.

Chu Zhan was the eldest grandson of the Chu family. He was highly respected and had started managing the company at a young age. He was no worse than Gu Juntian.

So what if Gu Juntian didn’t like him? There were still others who liked him!

Cheng Mingyan went to see Chu Zhan, and then inevitably showed a sad face in front of Chu Zhan.

Chu Zhan asked the reason with concern, and Cheng Mingyan told him about him and Gu Juntian. Of course, he was speaking from his perspective. In his eyes, Gu Juntian was a charlatan.

“Don’t feel bad for Gu Juntian. He’s not worth it.” Chu Zhan comforted Cheng Mingyan.

Even though someone was comforting him, Cheng Mingyan became even sadder and tears started to fall from his eyes.

Chu Zhan reached out to wipe away his tears: “Mingyan, how about I help you vent your anger and give him some trouble?”

Chu Zhan said this because he liked Cheng Mingyan very much and also because he hated Gu Juntian.

The Chu family was a large family. His grandfather had eleven children in total. Some of his uncles and aunts were even about the same age as him.

There were even more people of his generation. Although he was the oldest, many of his cousins ​​had already graduated from college and joined the company.

The Chu family did have more assets than the Gu family, but the Gu family only had one heir, Gu Juntian. What about the Chu family?

There were dozens of people eyeing the shares held by his grandfather!

The Chu family consisted of more than just his grandfather’s branch. Several of his grandfather’s brothers also hold a lot of Chu shares.

The Chu family was indeed a large family with a lot of total wealth, but what ended up in his hands was probably less than what Gu Juntian had.

Gu Juntian got so much without doing anything, but he had to fight and compete for it. In this situation, how could he not be jealous of Gu Juntian?

He had not had a good life these years and had encountered countless conspiracies and plots. His sexual orientation was exposed by his youngest uncle, who wanted his grandfather to abandon him.

His liking for Cheng Mingyan was also related to his own experience.

He had heard about Cheng Mingyan and Gu Juntian before. Cheng Mingyan fell in love with Gu Juntian when he was in junior high school, and he had been chasing after Gu Juntian ever since, loving him passionately.

This kind of passionate, unrequited love was what he had always dreamed of.

Cheng Mingyan had a simple personality and was a bit silly. When he was with Cheng Mingyan, he didn’t have to worry about being betrayed.

In short, Chu Zhan had a good impression of Cheng Mingyan the first time he met him.

Cheng Mingyan looked at Chu Zhan curiously: “How are you going to help me vent my anger?”

Chu Zhan talked about some things about business competition. Cheng Mingyan listened very carefully but didn’t understand much.

Seeing Cheng Mingyan’s confused look, Chu Zhan smiled.

Cheng Mingyan was completely different from his cousins ​​who were full of wits and tricks.

The Chu family could not support such a person who knew nothing.

As for taking action against Gu…

Recently, Gu Juntian had been carrying out reforms in Gu’s company, and the moves were quite big, so that many people in Gu’s company were dissatisfied with Gu Juntian. If he could take this opportunity to bite off a piece of meat from Gu’s company, his grandfather would definitely treat him differently.

He wanted to become the successor of the Chu family and take charge of the Chu family.

By then, the other members of the Chu family would have to live their lives according to his mood!

Thinking of this, Chu Zhan said, “Mingyan, if I want to vent your anger, I must know something about the Gu family… Do you and your father know the situation of the Gu family?”

Cheng Mingyan told everything he knew.

The more Chu Zhan listened, the more helpless he became. Cheng Mingyan knew too little about the Gu family!

However, Cheng Mingyan knew many people in Gu’s company, which was a pleasant surprise for him.

The collapse of a building often started from the inside. If he could plant some bombs inside Gu’s, he would have nothing to fear!

Chu Zhan was a very patient hunter. He had made up his mind to hunt a huge beast.

He felt that he would definitely succeed.

Gu Juntian was a ruler who had never experienced the ups and downs of life and had always lived under the protection of Grandpa Gu.

Perhaps because of this, Gu Juntian was eager to prove himself. As soon as he took the position of president of Gu Group, he wanted to make drastic reforms, which caused many people in Gu Group to be dissatisfied with him.

Now was the best time for him to deal with Gu Juntian and the Gu family.

Gu Juntian didn’t know what Chu Zhan was thinking. Today, he went home early and had dinner with his parents to celebrate his birthday.

Gu’s father and mother sometimes stayed in remote places for a long time. They all knew how to cook, but their skills were average.

But they did not make the Chinese food that Gu Juntian usually ate. Instead, they chose to make foreign food that Gu Juntian had never eaten. The resulting food was eye-opening.

As for Zhou Qinghao, he, like his father and mother, could cook but his skills were average.

He made longevity noodles and sweet and sour spare ribs for Gu Juntian.

He discovered that Gu Juntian liked to eat sour and sweet things.

Gu Juntian really liked the food cooked by Zhou Qinghao.

Since people made it for him, he would definitely eat more.

Gu Juntian, who had been very restrained during meals, quickly ate the food made by Zhou Qinghao.

Gu’s father and mother: “…” The relationship between this young couple was really sweet in every aspect.

Gu Juntian ate and talked about work. He also said, “Grandpa, Dad, Mom, Qinghao, I have developed a new type of aluminum alloy today that is wear-resistant and very hard! This alloy can be used to make safes to store precious gems.”

Recently, he had been going to Gu’s research base frequently and had purchased a lot of equipment. When he had free time, he even conducted various experiments himself.

Today, he had created an aluminum alloy that was high in strength, high in toughness, and difficult to damage.

Jewelry made from this alloy could last for hundreds of years without damaging and would still look as bright as new.

Unfortunately, the experts at the institute thought that aluminum alloy was not worth the money and could not be sold at a high price, so it was not suitable for making jewelry…

After discussion, they finally used this alloy to make some boxes, which they planned to use to store precious gems in the future.

This was not a significant achievement, but Gu Juntian still told his family about it.

No matter what he did, his family would think he was great!

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Gu’s father, mother, and grandfather said, “Juntian, you are amazing.”

“You will definitely be able to come up with better materials in the future!”

“Our family’s safe should be made of this material!”

……

Zhou Qinghao looked at Gu Juntian with sparkling eyes: “Gu Juntian, you know a lot!”

Seeing Zhou Qinghao’s admiring eyes… Gu Juntian immediately decided to research more things in the future.

He feels that he was very experienced in research!

Gu Juntian sat next to Zhou Qinghao, accepting his family’s blessings and also received a birthday gift from his family.

His parents gave him a decoration with a beautiful meaning that they brought back from Africa. His grandfather gave him a piece of jade that he had treasured for many years. As for Zhou Qinghao…

Zhou Qinghao said: “Juntian, I will give you my gift later.”

Gu Juntian glanced at Zhou Qinghao.

Give it alone? was Zhou Qinghao going to make another request to him, such as kissing him before giving it?

Zhou Qinghao’s requests were too many!

Well… he was quite looking forward to it.

After dinner, Zhou Qinghao and Gu Juntian went upstairs together.

Gu Juntian’s room was near the staircase. He stopped at the door of his room, but did not rush into the room. Instead, he said to Zhou Qinghao, “Let’s go change clothes and then do strength training.”

“Yeah!” Zhou Qinghao responded with a smile.

“I have prepared a lot of sportswear for you, you can pick the one you like.” Gu Juntian said again.

“I know!” Zhou Qinghao said with a smile.

Gu Juntian looked at Zhou Qinghao, feeling a little conflicted.

Where was the gift he was promised? Why hadn’t Zhou Qinghao given it to him yet?

Zhou Qinghao refused to give any gift, so Gu Juntian had no choice but to open his door and prepare to go in to change his clothes.

As a result, as soon as he entered the door, Zhou Qinghao squeezed in and said, “Gu Juntian, before you start training, let me give you my gift first!”

Finally came! He asked why Zhou Qinghao didn’t send it before, it turned out that he wanted to send it after entering his room.

Gu Juntian looked calm and asked, “What do you want to give me?”

Zhou Qinghao took out a box and handed it to Gu Juntian: “This is a small thing I designed myself and asked someone to make it.”

This box was exactly the same as the one the original owner received.

Gu Juntian was not jealous. He was confident in himself. Compared to the original owner, Zhou Qinghao must love him more!

It was just that… he actually got the box smoothly and was not taken advantage of by Zhou Qinghao, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Why did Zhou Qinghao suddenly change? Where did all the yellow in his mind go?

Gu Juntian glanced at Zhou Qinghao, opened the box, and saw a beautiful tie clip inside.

The gemstones on this tie clip were ordinary, but its design was very unique, eye-catching and impressive.

This tie clip appeared in the original plot!

Cheng Mingyan wore this tie clip!

The most important thing was that the original owner believed that Zhou Qinghao had plagiarized because there was a design in the design drawing that Zhou Qinghao submitted to the company that was very similar to this tie clip.

In the jewelry industry, many designs are similar. After all, it is difficult to make rings, necklaces, bracelets and the like very unique.

Even in the field of gold jewelry, everyone copied each other.

Or maybe they are not copying each other, but copying their ancestors, such as the auspicious dragon and phoenix gold bracelet, which is produced by almost every brand.

Of course, high-end brands cannot do this. They have very high requirements for works and do not allow plagiarism.

But to be considered plagiarism, either the work produced is exactly the same as that of others, or several works are similar to others.

It would be fine if only one of Zhou Qinghao’s works was similar to someone else’s, but the original owner didn’t even ask anyone to investigate the specific situation or listen to Zhou Qinghao’s explanation, but directly concluded that Zhou Qinghao had plagiarized. It was a bit puzzling.

After Gu Juntian traveled through time, he saw many works designed by Zhou Qinghao. At that time, he felt that the works that Zhou Qinghao was identified as plagiarized in the original plot were consistent with the style of Zhou Qinghao’s previous works, and he definitely did not plagiarize.

And now…

The original owner thought that Zhou Qinghao’s work copied Cheng Mingyan’s tie clip, and even thought that this was evidence that Zhou Qinghao had ulterior motives and was targeting Cheng Mingyan. What happened? The tie clip was designed by Zhou Qinghao!

As for why this tie clip ended up in Cheng Mingyan’s hands… Cheng Mingyan walked in Gu’s house like it was his own, and he was also “carefree”. According to his way of thinking, he might have just thought the tie clip looked good and took it away.

The biggest problem actually lay with the original owner.

In the original plot, although the original owner at this time still quarreled with Cheng Mingyan, he already liked Cheng Mingyan a little.

On the contrary, Zhou Qinghao, who catered to him in every way, made him feel bored and unfresh.

The original owner naturally began to ignore Zhou Qinghao.

At that time, Zhou Qinghao always framed Cheng Mingyan. Perhaps he had sensed something and could only use this to attract attention.

Gu Juntian stared at the tie clip for a long time.

Zhou Qinghao said: “I know this tie clip is worthless, I have prepared another gift…”

Zhou Qinghao was about to take off his clothes when he was hugged by Gu Juntian: “This tie clip is very precious. It is the best gift I have ever received.”

After saying that, Gu Juntian kissed Zhou Qinghao: “Thank you!”

Zhou Qinghao was very happy that the gift he had carefully prepared was liked by Gu Juntian.

But this was not the gift he wanted to give most!

Forget it, kiss first.

After kissing for a while, Gu Juntian let Zhou Qinghao go: “I’m going to change my clothes.”

Zhou Qinghao was stunned for a moment, and quickly chased after him: “Brother Juntian, I have another gift for you. I want to give myself to you.”

Facing Gu Juntian, he could only take the initiative, otherwise he wouldn’t get any meat!

Zhou Qinghao started pulling the zipper again.

Gu Juntian: “…” He was wondering why Zhou Qinghao was so honest before, it turned out he was waiting for him here!

Gu Juntian picked up Zhou Qinghao and put him outside the door: “Hurry up and change your clothes and get ready for exercise!”

After saying this, Gu Juntian closed the door coldly and ruthlessly.

He also wanted to take things further with Zhou Qinghao.

But Zhou Qinghao’s health was too poor, and doing this would not benefit his health at all.

Most importantly, they were not married yet!

He wanted to marry Zhou Qinghao when he was not so busy, and then enter the bridal chamber naturally.

To this end, Gu Juntian also took the time to learn some theoretical knowledge.

The more he learned, the more he felt he had to be more careful and cautious. No matter what, he had to have some free time so that he could take good care of Zhou Qinghao.

No, he couldn’t think about this anymore. If he kept thinking about it, he would become as yellow as Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao didn’t know what Gu Juntian was thinking. He was dumbfounded as he looked at the closed door in front of him.

What was wrong with Gu Juntian? He obviously wanted him too, so why didn’t he want to touch him?

The beautiful night he had been looking forward to for a long time was gone again!

Zhou Qinghao felt a little indignant.

But he quickly recovered.

Even if he couldn’t eat meat, he could just drink some soup while exercising. He was not picky.

Come to think of it… the reason why he failed just now was actually because he was too weak.

When Gu Juntian held him and put him outside the door, he had no power to resist!

If he worked out well and built up a muscular body, maybe he could suppress Gu Juntian and do this or that to him!

When the time came, he would squeeze Gu Juntian dry!

Thinking of this, Zhou Qinghao took exercise more and more seriously.

When he became good at martial arts, let’s see how Gu Juntian could escape from his grasp!

Gu Juntian was taller than him. Zhou Qinghao knew that his ideas were difficult to realize, but as a human being, one still had to have dreams.

Zhou Qinghao, who had a dream, worked hard to exercise, and even when he was panting, sweating profusely and his heart rate soared, he did not forget to take advantage of Gu Juntian.

Gu Juntian admired Zhou Qinghao very much. Zhou Qinghao was really very perseverant, but he used this perseverance in the wrong place.

At this time, Zhou Qinghao panted and asked Gu Juntian: “Brother Juntian, huh, today I wore the underwear I bought online under my coat. Do you want to know what it looks like?”

Gu Juntian: “…” Why was he called “Zhou Qinghao”! Just call him “Zhou Huanghao”!

Notes

1. Huang means yellow, and in this context, yellow referes to erotic/perverted things/thoughts ↩︎