Popular Top Stream (2): How can this person do dirty and tiring work!

Gu Juntian flipped through the original owner’s memories and found that although the original owner was love-struck, he was still very capable.

He had a poor relationship with his parents, and Aunt Qiao, whom he was attached to, passed away early, leaving only the young and helpless Qiao Qiao.

All of this made the original owner grow up quickly. He was determined to ensure that Qiao Qiao would have a good life, so he studied very hard, wanting to make a name for himself.

The original owner had excellent grades. When Qiao Qiao entered the entertainment industry at sixteen, the original owner had already been admitted to a top university in the country at nineteen, majoring in computer science.

Now, six years had passed, and the twenty-five-year-old original owner was pursuing a master’s degree.

The original owner was very smart and could handle all sorts of daily chores; he developed these skills to take care of Qiao Qiao.

After Aunt Qiao passed away, the original owner considered himself the head of the family.

He took care of Qiao Qiao’s food, clothing, housing, and transportation, independently solving various problems that he and Qiao Qiao encountered. Over time, he learned to do everything.

When Qiao Qiao entered the entertainment industry, the original owner was worried that Qiao Qiao would be wronged and bullied in the circle, so he worked even harder!

He had always been a bit aloof, never bowing to anyone before, but in order to help Qiao Qiao land a good role, he didn’t know how many smiles he had to give.

Although the original owner’s parents were not close to him, he was still their son, and they had never treated him poorly.

If it weren’t for Qiao Qiao, the original owner, who received a large allowance every month, could definitely live very comfortably and do whatever he wanted. 

But unfortunately, the original character was wholeheartedly devoted to “supporting” Qiao Qiao.

He was clearly a rich second generation, but he ate at the school cafeteria every day, living like an ordinary student, just to save money to help Qiao Qiao get resources.

He even went into debt for Qiao Qiao and deceived others emotionally.

But even after doing all this, the original character didn’t have a good ending.

In the original plot, the original character framed Zhou Qinghao, falsely accusing him of a crime, and after becoming single again, he wanted to continue pursuing Qiao Qiao.

But Qiao Qiao was already with Qin Yanming.

After the second episode of the variety show ended, Qiao Qiao and Qin Yanming confirmed their relationship and sweetly got together.

The original owner loved Qiao Qiao too much. He couldn’t bear to blame Qiao Qiao, so he silently withdrew and continued to support Qiao Qiao.

Every time Qiao Qiao had a conflict with Qin Yanming, he would go to the original owner to cry and complain. The original owner would then stand up for Qiao Qiao, questioning Qin Yanming, and even getting into fights for Qiao Qiao and Qin Yanming.

And this didn’t end well for the original owner.

Apart from being a movie emperor, Qin Yanming was also the young master of the Qin family, which was very wealthy.

He was constantly troubled by the original owner, which made him resent the original owner. He caused some trouble for the original owner and even exposed the original owner’s debt situation.

All of this combined made the original owner’s father very disappointed in him and stopped giving him money.

The original owner’s mother had only one son, and she didn’t give up on him. However, she had a failed investment and lost a lot of money due to a betting agreement. She not only couldn’t help the original owner with money but also had to work day and night filming movies and variety shows to earn money to pay off her debts.

Moreover, the film and television industry was in decline, and the original owner’s mother was much older and couldn’t take on many roles… She no longer had the same vigor as before.

As for the original owner? Because he spent too much time on Qiao Qiao, he couldn’t find a good job and could only drift aimlessly.

The original owner lived a very miserable life. Unable to bear the longing, he went to find Qiao Qiao, but not only was he mocked by Qin Yanming, Qiao Qiao also didn’t take him seriously.

He lived his life in such a miserable state.

But he deserved it.

If he had been a bit more clear-headed, he would never have ended up like this.

Gu Juntian didn’t have the original owner’s feelings and biases towards Qiao Qiao; he viewed Qiao Qiao objectively and thought there was something wrong with him.

At first, the original owner valued Qiao Qiao a lot, but their relationship was purely brotherly.

After Qiao Qiao entered the entertainment industry at sixteen, they spent less and less time together. The original owner made friends in college, and naturally, they drifted apart.

But when they met again, even though Qiao Qiao had been close to the original owner before, there hadn’t been much physical contact. Suddenly, Qiao Qiao hugged the original host, insisted on sleeping together, and repeatedly expressed how much he missed the original owner…

Qiao Qiao also regularly sent messages to the original owner whenever he had the chance.

As these things happened more frequently, the original owner’s feelings for Qiao Qiao began to change.

Was all of this really unintentional on Qiao Qiao’s part?

Even if it wasn’t his design, didn’t he feel the slightest bit embarrassed about accepting the benefits from the original owner while simultaneously rejecting him?

In the matter of Zhou Qinghao, Qiao Qiao’s scheming was even more evident.

At first, he got close to Zhou Qinghao, riding on Zhou Qinghao’s popularity. Once he became famous himself, he complained to the original owner about Zhou Qinghao, using the original owner’s hand to ruin Zhou Qinghao.

After Zhou Qinghao was forced to retire, many of Zhou Qinghao’s fans turned to support Qiao Qiao. Coupled with Qiao Qiao’s CP with Qin Yanming, which garnered huge traffic… he replaced Zhou Qinghao and became the hottest star. Many resources that originally belonged to Zhou Qinghao also ended up in his hands.

He played this hand too beautifully.

Gu Juntian didn’t believe he was innocent.

From start to finish, the one who suffered the most was Zhou Qinghao.

According to the original owner’s memories, Zhou Qinghao was actually a bit socially anxious and not very good at interacting with people, which was why he always had a cold demeanor.

But he was quite simple-minded. This was evident when the original owner confessed to him; he naively believed it and even treated Qiao Qiao like a younger brother, taking care of him.

And what happened?

Not only did he get used by Qiao Qiao, but he also became Qiao Qiao’s stepping stone.

His ending was even worse than the original owner’s, because some extreme fans who hated him chased him down in a car, and he accidentally got into an accident, resulting in the car being destroyed and him dying.

Gu Juntian thought of this and sighed inwardly.

He had become the original owner and, while living in the original owner’s body, had also inherited everything from the original owner.

The original owner didn’t owe anything to Qiao Qiao, but he owed Zhou Qinghao.

At this time, although the original owner hadn’t yet framed Zhou Qinghao during a live broadcast, he had already tricked Zhou Qinghao into giving resources to Qiao Qiao and helping Qiao Qiao in various ways.

In the previous livestream, Zhou Qinghao was criticized by haters for being overly attentive to Qiao Qiao, called a “simp,” and accused of stealing the spotlight, with some even saying he was just a wooden post… He had already lost a lot of fans.

Since all of this was related to the original owner, he needed to make amends and also prevent Zhou Qinghao from being further framed by Qiao Qiao.

Gu Juntian began to ponder what to do next.

He was already in the car heading to the variety show, having taken the money given by the production team. Given this, he would definitely participate well in the variety show.

And during the process of participating in the variety show, he needed to draw a clear line with Qiao Qiao and help Zhou Qinghao stabilize his public image.

He also needed to apologize to Zhou Qinghao and break up with him.

Zhou Qinghao really liked the original owner. Breaking up with Zhou Qinghao might be a bit cruel for him, but he had no intention of falling in love, so he naturally couldn’t deceive Zhou Qinghao.

Of course, he would give Zhou Qinghao some compensation.

At this time, the original owner’s mother had not yet lost a large sum of money due to the betting agreement. This actress, who had spent her whole life in the entertainment industry, had a very wide network of contacts in the circle.

Zhou Qinghao’s acting skills were actually quite good. He could ask his mother to give Zhou Qinghao some movie resources and mentor him more.

In the future, when his own career develops, he could compensate Zhou Qinghao even more.

Gu Juntian felt that before he traveled to this world, he must have been a big shot.

The original owner studied computer science in college and learned artificial intelligence during his master’s program.

Because he had to spend time helping Qiao Qiao with various chores, the original owner couldn’t focus on his studies after going to college.

After starting his graduate studies, he found it even harder to keep up with his advisor’s pace.

The original owner hadn’t learned a lot of knowledge and was still worrying about his thesis.

But Gu Juntian was different. When he reviewed the original owner’s memories just now, he found that the things the original owner didn’t understand, he naturally understood. Many ideas popped into his mind, and he couldn’t wait to go back to school and discuss them with his advisor, to research further.

In fact, the original owner’s field of study was very popular. If the original owner had focused on his studies, even without his family’s financial support, he could have found a good job.

But during the master’s program, the original owner helped Qiao Qiao find resources, solved various troubles for Qiao Qiao, and even participated in variety shows. Moreover, due to the emotional entanglement with Qiao Qiao, the original owner spent sleepless nights in sorrow, wasting a lot of time.

The original owner not only had poor grades but also missed the best opportunity to find a job. On top of that, with Qin Yanming’s interference, the original owner ended up without even a stable job.

The original owner was too foolish.

Nothing is more important than one’s own career.

If the original owner’s career had developed well, he could have given Qiao Qiao more support, and Qiao Qiao would definitely not have given up on the original owner to turn to Qin Yanming.

After establishing a career, you have everything.

Gu Juntian thought a lot but didn’t show it, maintaining a perfect smile in front of the camera.

If nothing unexpected happened, the live stream should be starting now.

Like the original owner, Gu Juntian didn’t plan to enter the entertainment industry, but even so, he still needed to manage his public image well.

In fact, in the original plot, the original owner ended up in such a miserable state largely because he framed Zhou Qing Hao2.

Although Zhou Qinghao was forced to retire from the entertainment industry due to online insults, people within the circle all knew that Zhou Qinghao was wronged.

Zhou Qinghao’s private life was not as chaotic as the original owner claimed.

The original owner was too harsh on Zhou Qinghao, which made some people in the circle have a bad impression of the original owner and keep their distance.

Moreover, with Qin Yanming’s suppression… Later, when the original owner was really out of money, he considered debuting as a star, but it was extremely difficult and he couldn’t get any popularity.

“Xiao Tian, are you awake?” A voice sounded. Gu Juntian turned around and saw a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties sitting on the other side of the car.

This middle-aged man was also a guest on this episode of the variety show.

The show was called “Return to the Countryside” and each episode featured six guests. The production team took them to small villages, where they “retreat to the countryside” and lived rural lives.

Of course, during this time, the director also assigned them some tasks.

For example, the guests had to perform for the villagers, and the number of small red flowers given by the villagers determined which room they would stay in. Additionally, the guests needed to reenact scenes from movies or TV shows drawn by lots, and they received supplies based on their performances.

During the filming of the first episode, among the six guests, Zhou Qinghao had the highest popularity, and Qiao Qiao’s popularity was also quite good. However, the other four had little to no popularity, and two of them didn’t perform well in the variety show.

In the second episode, the director replaced the two who didn’t perform well with the original owner and the award-winning actor Qin Yanming.

Now, besides him, Qiao Qiao, Zhou Qinghao, and Qin Yanming, there were two more people participating in the variety show.

These two people, one very young, was a singer who came from a talent show, named Zhao Li. The other was the middle-aged man in front of him, named Hu Bingshan, a professional supporting actor who had been acting for thirty years.

This time, the original host went to the variety show filming location with Hu Bingshan.

Previously, Qiao Qiao had mentioned Zhao Li and Hu Bingshan to the original owner.

Although Hu Bingshan took good care of Qiao Qiao during the live broadcast, according to Qiao Qiao, Hu Bingshan didn’t like him very much.

The original owner deeply loved Qiao Qiao, so naturally, he didn’t like Hu Bingshan.

In the original plot, the original owner said nothing and just fell asleep as soon as they got in the car. Later, when they finally woke up, Hu Bingshan tried to talk to them, but the original character was indifferent, leaving the audience with a not-so-great first impression of them.

Gu Juntian wouldn’t do that. He smiled and looked at Hu Bingshan: “Brother Hu, sorry, I stayed up late last night working on my thesis and didn’t sleep well. I accidentally fell asleep… Will this affect the live stream?”

The original character didn’t sleep well last night because Qiao Qiao’s role was “snatched” by Zhou Qinghao, leading to a fight between them…

But this was obviously not something that could be said.

“It’s okay, we’re just starting filming, and besides, with your good looks, everyone would love to watch you even if you’re sleeping,” Hu Bingshan said with a smile.

Hu Bingshan knew about Gu Juntian ‘s identity.

He was the son of a movie queen, and Hu Bingshan wanted to befriend him.

“Brother Hu, you really know how to flatter people,” Gu Juntian said with a smile.

Hu Bingshan replied, “You have a charming way of speaking too. I’m older than your mother, and yet you call me brother.”

Gu Juntian said, “This is what my mom taught me. She said that when I see someone her age, I should call them older brother or sister. I usually just call her sister Gu.”

After the original owner’s parents divorced, the original owner stayed with her mother.

The original owner held a lot of resentment towards her mother, feeling that her mother didn’t care for or love him. However, Gu Juntian could understand the original owner’s mother.

When the original owner was young, it was precisely the golden period of her mother’s career development.

In the earlier years, the entertainment industry didn’t actually make much money. Before getting married, the original owner’s mother was just a somewhat famous actress. By the time of the divorce, she actually didn’t have much money.

She became famous after the divorce and even won the Best Actress award.

If she had stayed at home taking care of the children instead of pursuing her career, she would never have become a household name. She and the original owner might have been living off the charity of the original owner’s father.

Moreover, she didn’t completely neglect the original owner. She arranged for many people to take care of the original owner and would occasionally come to see him.

Later, she and the original owner grew apart because the original owner valued Aunt Qiao more than her. They even had arguments over Aunt Qiao, and the original owner said things like, “I want Aunt Qiao to be my mom.”

She was dissatisfied with Aunt Qiao and Qiao Qiao because of this, but the original owner only had Aunt Qiao and Qiao Qiao in his heart and eyes, so the two naturally couldn’t get close.

Speaking of this, Gu Juntian felt that Aunt Qiao also had problems.

When the original owner was still very young, if she had talked more to the original owner about his mother, talked more about his mother’s hardships, instead of constantly telling the original owner how a “good mother” should be, the original owner wouldn’t have such great resentment towards his mother.

The original owner’s attachment to Aunt Qiao might have been deliberately guided by Aunt Qiao.

Anyway, as someone focused on their career, he didn’t think the original owner’s mother did anything wrong.

If it were him, he wouldn’t have given up his career to get married back then, nor would he have insisted on having children during a divorce.

Getting married and having children delayed the original owner’s mother by at least five years!

“I didn’t expect Gu Yinghou to be so humorous behind the scenes,” Hu Bingshan laughed.

“Is this a joke? One time she came to school fully armed with sunglasses and a mask, and I called her ‘sister’ again. My classmates thought I had a rich girlfriend” Gu Juntian sighed.

People knew that Gu Yinghou had a son with her wealthy ex-husband, but the original owner had never shown his face on camera before, so very few people knew his identity before this live broadcast.

When Gu Yinghou came to the school to find him, his classmates indeed didn’t recognize her.

However, because the original owner didn’t treat Gu Yinghou well, at that time, the original owner’s classmates didn’t see Gu Yinghou as the original owner’s wealthy girlfriend. Instead, they were concerned and asked the original owner if he was in trouble.

“Hahaha!” Hu Bingshan laughed, and his impression of Gu Juntian instantly improved.

Those watching the live stream also had a very good impression of Gu Juntian .

“Gu Yinghou’s son is so handsome!”

“Gu Yinghou’s ex-husband is on the rich list. He’s a second-generation rich kid, and he’s not only handsome but also wealthy!”

“I’m really looking forward to this episode of ‘Return to the Countryside’! This time, not only is Movie Emperor Qin¹ joining, but also Gu Yinghou’s son!”

“Young Master Gu has no airs at all, love it, love it.”

“This variety show is pretty good, but Zhou Qinghao is a bit annoying.”

“Annoyed by Zhou Qinghao +1, his fans are also really irritating.”

“It’s one thing for him to steal the spotlight on the show, but he also looks down on people.”

……

Zhou Qinghao was a top-tier celebrity with a huge fanbase.

With so many fans, there were also many haters, and it all became a chaotic mess, which had led to some bystanders having a not-so-great impression of him.

Especially since Zhou Qinghao’s performance in the variety show was very poor.

The variety show “Return to the Countryside” focused on rural life, where guests needed to cook their own meals, do their own laundry, and were assigned various farm tasks.

Qiao Qiao didn’t know how to do anything, so Zhou Qinghao could only help out.

Originally, Zhou Qinghao’s actions would have improved his public image, but his fans had always disliked Qiao Qiao, the “vampire.” They couldn’t stand their idol helping Qiao Qiao, so they posted unfriendly comments and kept cursing him.

Of course, these comments that seemed to be defending Zhou Qinghao were actually creating animosity towards him. They might not even be from his fans; it could be someone deliberately trying to tarnish his reputation.

Zhou Qinghao had blocked many people’s paths in the entertainment industry.

No matter what, passersby had a bad impression of him after seeing these comments.

Moreover, some say Zhou Qinghao was doing this to steal the spotlight, while others said he was trying to curry favor with Qiao Qiao…

Passersby who just wanted to watch the variety show are really annoyed with Zhou Qinghao.

Even Zhou Qinghao’s fans had left quite a few, because they felt he was not the brother they imagined.

In fact, at this moment, the audience in the live streams of Zhou Qinghao and Qiao Qiao were arguing again.

Zhou Qinghao, Qiao Qiao, and Zhao Li were the first to arrive at the variety show filming location.

The place where they were filming the variety show this time was a small village in the mountains near Taihu Lake.

Here, in the summer, it wa a popular summer resort with a very good environment, making it very comfortable to stay, but now it was winter, and it just happened to be the time of the year when the humidity returned.

The house chosen by the production team for the guests to live in was actually quite nice, a two-story brick and tile building. However, the house was dirty and empty, colder inside than outside, with a layer of small water droplets condensing on the glass, emphasizing the dampness and coldness.

Qiao Qiao and Zhao Li, dressed lightly, immediately complained about the cold. The two of them chatted non-stop, exchanging jokes, while Zhou Qinghao remained silent.

At one point, Qiao Qiao asked Zhou Qinghao a question, but he didn’t respond in time because he was lost in thought.

While they were talking, Qiao Qiao suggested cleaning up the house they lived in before others arrived, and then started searching for tools around the house. At this moment, Zhou Qinghao slowly began to move, but he seemed dazed and out of it.

It was at this moment that Qin Yanming arrived.

“Ah! Movie Emperor Qin!” Qiao Qiao and Zhao Li were excited and rushed out to greet Movie Emperor Qin.

Zhou Qinghao, however, only gave a faint greeting to Movie Emperor Qin and then continued searching for tools.

The people watching the live stream were immediately dissatisfied.

“What’s wrong with Zhou Qinghao? He didn’t even greet Movie Emperor Qin properly.”

“Yeah, always with that stern face.”

“Just now, Qiao Qiao talked to him, and he didn’t even respond.”

……

Of course, some people were dissatisfied, but others were speaking up for Zhou Qinghao.

At this moment, Zhou Qinghao still had a huge fan base, and his fans were incredibly passionate: “Why can’t my brother be a bit cold towards him when Movie Emperor Qin isn’t warm towards my brother?”

“My brother has been busy with schedules for the past few days, he’s just too tired now.”

“Exactly, does everyone have to curry favor with people like Qiao Qiao?”

“Qiao Qiao just knows how to suck up to my brother, and now he’s trying to please Qin Yanming!”

……

Others were not to be outdone: “This is hilarious, Zhou Qinghao’s fans actually dare to mock Qiao Qiao for sucking up to people. Haven’t they seen how their idol fawns over Qiao Qiao?”

“Exactly, Qiao Qiao is a rich second generation. His enthusiasm for Qin Yanming is just because he saw his idol. Zhou Qinghao is different; he practically kneels to Qiao Qiao.”

“Zhou Qinghao claims to be a cool, aloof god, but when he sees a capital god, he kneels down.”

……

Their livestream room was buzzing non-stop, and the popularity surged.

At this time, Zhou Qinghao had already gathered all the tools needed for cleaning the room.

“By the way, we just discussed it and decided to clean the house!” Qiao Qiao said, then moved a stool for Qin Yanming: “Movie Emperor Qin, you’re our senior, you can rest here while we clean up!”

Qin Yanming replied, “How can we do that? We’re all participating in this variety show together, we should work together.”

“But, Movie Emperor Qin, you got injured while filming before!” Qiao Qiao said.

A month ago, Qin Yanming got injured while filming.

That injury was minor and had actually healed long ago; otherwise, Qin Yanming wouldn’t have been able to participate in this variety show.

But it was quite dirty here, and Qin Yanming really didn’t want to work.

When he acted, he was very serious and willing to endure hardships for the sake of filming because he loved acting.

But doing housework… As the young master of the Qin family, he had never done any housework since he was a child, didn’t know how to do it, and didn’t want to do it.

“Movie Emperor Qin, I’ll take care of your work!” Qiao Qiao patted his chest to assure Qin Yanming.

Qin Yanming knew that he was not good at physical labor and couldn’t tell rice from wheat, so seeing him offer to help, he couldn’t help but laugh: “Then I’ll trouble you with it.”

Qin Yanming had known Qiao Qiao before this variety show.

Previously, they were filming in the same location and stayed at the same hotel. Qiao Qiao was his fan and always waited by the door just to greet him or have breakfast with him. It was quite cute to see.

They were staying at the most expensive hotel in the area, and no one from their crew was staying there. After seeing each other often, they decided to have a meal together.

During their conversation, Qin Yanming realized that Qiao Qiao and he were probably from the same circle; they had a lot in common.

In short, they got along quite well. Recently, when he was resting due to an injury, he even watched Qiao Qiao’s live stream.

Qin Yanming watched “Return to the Countryside” for Qiao Qiao. He entered Qiao Qiao’s live stream room and ended up encountering several times when Zhou Qinghao’s fans came together to curse, saying that Qiao Qiao didn’t do any work himself and blamed all the dirty words on Zhou Qinghao.

Qiao Qiao was a rich young master. Wasn’t it normal for him not to do dirty or tiring work in the live stream? Later, it was Zhou Qinghao who took the initiative to do it. Why were Zhou Qinghao’s fans cursing Qiao Qiao?

Qin Yanming felt very sympathetic towards Qiao Qiao.

As for Zhou Qinghao… Qin Yanming was the young master of the Qin family, a fact that most people were unaware of, but many in the circle did know.

After those people found out, they flattered him just like Zhou Qinghao flattered Qiao Qiao.

Qin Yanming knew Zhou Qinghao’s background; Zhou Qinghao had no backing and his rise to fame was purely due to luck. It was completely normal for someone like him to try to curry favor with Qiao Qiao.

Qin Yanming came to participate in this live stream because Qiao Qiao invited him.

He quite liked Qiao Qiao, and since Qiao Qiao kept inviting him, he agreed, planning to come to the live stream to relax.

But he didn’t want to interact much with the other participants, especially Zhou Qinghao.

If he got entangled with Zhou Qinghao, it would be troublesome.

Didn’t Qiao Qiao get entangled? People outside even thought he was sucking Zhou Qinghao’s blood!

In the end, Qiao Qiao, Zhao Li, and Zhou Qinghao went to clean up.

But only Zhou Qinghao was seriously cleaning. Qiao Qiao and Zhao Li would suddenly exclaim, chattering away about what to do next, chatting with the people in the live stream, showing them various things they found, yet they didn’t do any work from beginning to end.

“There’s actually mushrooms here! I can’t believe mushrooms can really grow inside the house!” Qiao Qiao was talking to the people in the live stream again.

Zhou Qinghao was still busy working.

Gu Juntian arrived just then.

And as soon as he arrived, he was completely captivated by Zhou Qinghao, who was busy working.

Wait, how could this person be doing dirty and tiring work!

He didn’t belong in this house; he shouldn’t be here!

He should be high and mighty, shining brightly!

Gu Juntian’s heart raced, and without thinking, he rushed forward and snatched the rag from Zhou Qinghao’s hand.

Notes

1. He is referred to as Movie emperor, a title for those who have won the best actor award. ↩︎

Scheming White lotus (Extra): No matter what Zhou Qinghao looks like, he likes him.

Gu Juntian took a month off for his honeymoon.

This month, he wanted to do nothing but focus on accompanying Zhou Qinghao.

But Zhou Qinghao disagreed.

Gu’s company had so much work to handle, how could we just leave it unattended?

Zhou Qinghao lay at home for two days and then wanted to take Gu Juntian to the company to work.

After holding a press conference two days ago to publicly showcase the hexagonal diamond, the employees of Holy Emperor were swamped. He and Gu Juntian couldn’t just stay at home doing nothing.

Gu Juntian didn’t want to go, so he finally came up with a compromise: “We can work from home.”

Their previous fight was a bit intense, so Zhou Qinghao should rest for a few more days.

“This is what you said.” Zhou Qinghao urged Gu Juntian to go to work.

He also wanted to lie down and do nothing, but when the people at the company couldn’t find Gu Juntian, they started looking for him.

God knew how many messages he had received these past few days!

Gu Juntian could only go to the study to work, and he didn’t forget to bring Zhou Qinghao along.

However, once he started working, Gu Juntian didn’t think about anything else and devoted himself wholeheartedly.

It only took three hours for Gu Juntian to handle all the work that needed his attention.

Zhou Qinghao was deeply impressed and also breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s how it should be. This is your company, you need to pay more attention, you can’t just push all the work onto me.”

A while ago, Gu Juntian kept pushing Holy Emperor’s work onto him.

He didn’t understand a lot of things at all and could only grit his teeth and make decisions, but fortunately, nothing major went wrong.

“The Holy Emperor is also your company,” Gu Juntian said.

Zhou Qinghao didn’t react for a moment: “My company?”

Gu Juntian said, “Yes, your company. I’ve already hired a lawyer to handle the share transfer. In a few days, I’ll transfer half of my shares in Holy Emperor to you.” 

Zhou Qinghao was shocked: “Transfer half the shares to me? Are you crazy?”

Gu Juntian said, “We’re already married, what’s wrong with splitting the company? Besides, I’m not splitting it with you; I’m only giving you the shares of Holy Emperor.”

Zhou Qinghao said, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll run off with the money?”

Gu Juntian asked, “Would you be willing?” Zhou Qinghao liked him so much, he would do anything to be with him, so he didn’t believe Zhou Qinghao would run away.

Zhou Qinghao really didn’t want to run away. He stared at Gu Juntian for a while, then said, “I want to fight with you, the kind of fight that happens in bed.”

Gu Juntian was unwilling: “Your body hasn’t recovered yet…” 

“Are you going or not?” Zhou Qinghao glared at him.

Of course, he was going. Gu Juntian reluctantly agreed.

After everything was over, Zhou Qinghao nestled in Gu Juntian’s arms and kissed him, “Gu Juntian, how can you be so good? I really, really like you.”

Gu Juntian replied, “I like you a lot too.”

Being with Zhou Qinghao made him feel completely fulfilled.

He wanted to be with this person forever.

Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao did not hold a wedding.

They had no interest in the ceremony; with that time, they might as well “fight” a few more rounds.

However, with the changes in Holy Emperor’s shares, everyone who needed to know about their marriage already did.

The news about Gu’s research on the  hexagonal diamond was reported by various media outlets, and Holy Emperor’s fame skyrocketed. Countless people went to buy Holy Emperor’s jewelry, which even led to a shortage in supply.

As a result, Holy Emperor became a jewelry brand recognized by everyone and began its rapid expansion.

In many cities, the stores and counters that originally belonged to the Cheng family, selling jade, had now been transformed into Holy Emperor’s counters.

It was at this time that people discovered that Gu Juntian had given half of Holy Emperor’s shares to Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao suddenly became the major shareholder of Holy Emperor.

“This CP is too good to ship!”

“Mr. Gu’s love for Zhou Qinghao is absolutely true love.”

“I’ve seen wealthy families divorce and split a huge sum of money, but this is the first time I’ve seen a wealthy family give their partner a huge sum of money right after getting married.”

“Some people said the public proposal was just for show… Can a show give this much equity?”

“Envy, jealousy, and hatred, why can’t a handsome, generous president fall in love with me?”

……

The online buzz was lively, but in reality… the officials reassessed the importance of Zhou Qinghao in Gu Juntian’s heart.

Then, Zhou Qinghao’s treatment skyrocketed.

At first, Zhou Qinghao found it a bit hard to adapt, but over time, he gradually got used to it.

He suddenly soared to great heights, and logically speaking, the people in the Holy Emperor’s Design Department would be jealous.

However, they weren’t.

Mainly in the past, their income was decent but not extraordinary.

Now it was different!

As the Holy Emperor developed better and better, their income increased, and they got more and more opportunities.

Originally, they all shared one piece of cake.

Now? Although Zhou Qinghao alone occupied a huge piece of cake, the remaining people had seen their share go from one piece to ten…

They were already very satisfied, so naturally, they wouldn’t be jealous of Zhou Qinghao.

Moreover, Zhou Qinghao was now their boss; how could employees be jealous of their boss?

The designers at Holy Emperor were very satisfied with their current lives.

However, Huo Pinghai, who was dismissed by the Chu family, could not accept all of this.

His life was getting worse, but Zhou Qinghao? This person had actually become a major shareholder of Holy Emperor.

Why did Gu Juntian like such a person?

Zhou Qinghao, what right do you have?

Huo Pinghai was so jealous that his eyes turned red.

He even hated Cheng Mingyan.

If it weren’t for Cheng Mingyan, even if he had conflicts with Zhou Qinghao, they wouldn’t be too serious, and he wouldn’t have been dismissed by Gu’s.

If that were the case, he could still be at Gu’s now earning a high salary, instead of being unemployed!

After being dismissed by Gu’s, he was dismissed by Chu’s again, and now, no company in the industry was willing to hire him.

It was all Cheng Mingyan’s fault!

Cheng Mingyan, who was blamed by Huo Pinghai, wasn’t doing well either.

He and his father weren’t very capable, but they had been pampered since childhood and had high standards for food, clothing, and other expenses. Now that they were out of money, they still wanted to eat and drink well.

Seeing that they were about to squander their entire fortune, Cheng’s mother was furious and took over the financial control, forbidding them from spending money recklessly.

With their spending restricted, Cheng Mingyan felt like he couldn’t go on living.

He used to hate Gu Juntian a lot.

Back then, when he hadn’t yet been beaten down by reality, he always felt that the world was vast and his feelings were the most important.

Gu Juntian betrayed his feelings, he was just a villain.

But looking back now, he finds his past self quite amusing.

Compared to Gu Juntian, Cheng Mingyan now hated Chu Zhan even more.

Gu Juntian never once said he loved him, but Chu Zhan was different.

He and Chu Zhan had been in love.

Chu Zhan acted as if he loved him, but then suddenly dumped him, targeted the Cheng family, and when the Cheng family was being dismantled and sold, he used the previous loan contract to force them to repay the money.

The family fortune they had worked so hard to protect was taken away by Chu Zhan.

In contrast, Gu Juntian was relatively kinder.

The money the Gu Group had given them in the past was not less than what Chu Zhan had given, and he had not asked for it back.

Chu Zhan was too much!

Chu Zhan, who was hated by Cheng Mingyan, was also not having a good time.

The Chu family and the Gu Group were competitors. Now, the Gu Group was becoming more and more prosperous, with an increasing market share. In contrast, the Chu family was starting to decline, with a decreasing market share.

Not to mention, the Chu family members were still fighting among themselves!

If Chu Zhan were very capable and could suppress everyone else, the Chu family might be able to regain its former glory. But Chu Zhan did not have that ability, and neither did the other members of the Chu family.

The Chu family was showing signs of decline, like a ship that hit a reef and was slowly being submerged.

Meanwhile, Chu Zhan was still fighting with others for control of the Chu family.

He had invested too much in the Chu family, the sunk cost was too high, and he could no longer leave.

Gu Juntian had long stopped caring about these people’s situations.

One day he had a dream, dreaming that the world he was in was originally a novel with Cheng Mingyan as the protagonist, but he didn’t take it seriously.

Given the current situation, he and Zhou Qinghao were the ones who resembled the protagonists in the book.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, seven years had gone by.

In these past few years, the country’s technological level had rapidly improved, and their nation’s development was thriving.

The Gu Group had developed even better!

The market share of Old Town Gold was increasing year by year, and as for Holy Emperor… Now, Holy Emperor was the largest jewelry brand in the country and a luxury brand that was popular worldwide.

But Gu Juntian was not happy.

Recently, Zhou Qinghao had been getting colder and colder towards him.

In the past, Zhou Qinghao would sweetly call him “brother” every day, but recently, Zhou Qinghao hadn’t called him “brother” for a whole month.

Was it because he didn’t cherish what he had once he got it? Or was it the seven-year itch?

How could Zhou Qinghao treat him like this!

Gu Juntian woke up early in the morning and saw Zhou Qinghao sleeping soundly beside him, and his expectations rose again.

After Zhou Qinghao woke up, would he kiss him and then call him “brother” a few times?

No.

After Zhou Qinghao woke up, he headed straight to the bathroom.

The two of them went to the gym together. After warming up on the treadmill, Zhou Qinghao also started lifting weights. Gu Juntian’s expectations rose again—was there a possibility that Zhou Qinghao “wouldn’t” know how to use the equipment, and then let him teach him?

No way.

Zhou Qinghao completed all the training by himself.

He didn’t act spoiled or throw a tantrum, nor did he ask for a kiss to continue training.

During breakfast, Zhou Qinghao didn’t sneakily touch him either.

Zhou Qinghao had changed.

Gu Juntian, who arrived at the research institute on time to do research, was very conflicted and couldn’t help but ask the person next to him, “Has my charm decreased?”

“The harm? Or the charm quark? Which experiment are you talking about, Mr. Gu? Which value has decreased?” The researchers beside Gu Juntian looked puzzled.

Gu Juntian: “…”

Gu Juntian ultimately decided to go to the Gu group to take a look.

Zhou Qinghao might have been too busy, which was why his attitude towards him changed so drastically.

In these seven years, Gu Juntian had produced an immense amount of results.

Although the vast majority of his research findings had not been made public, he still attracted attention, and the country paid extra attention to his safety.

On his way to the Gu Group, there were quite a few people protecting him.

On the road, Gu Juntian asked his bodyguard beside him, “Xiao Li, has my looks declined?”

Rooks value? What did rooks have to do with any value? Xiao Li was momentarily stunned before realizing that Gu Juntian was talking about his looks.

“Mr. Gu, after all these years, your looks haven’t declined at all, and your demeanor is even better!” Xiao Li said.

He was speaking sincerely. Seven years had passed, Gu Juntian was already over thirty-five, but his appearance hadn’t changed at all, and his demeanor was even more outstanding!

Zhou Qinghao was the same; his current aura was not at all inferior to Gu Juntian’s.

This was not surprising, after all, for the past few years, Zhou Qinghao had basically been managing the Gu Group, while Gu Juntian had spent most of his time in the research institute.

“Then why did Zhou Qinghao’s attitude towards me suddenly change?” Gu Juntian was puzzled.

Xiao Li was also puzzled.

Zhou Qinghao’s attitude towards Gu Juntian changed? He didn’t notice it at all.

These two were still as close as before, spending every day together.

They quickly arrived at the Gu Group. When Gu Juntian went upstairs, he happened to see Zhou Qinghao reprimanding his subordinates.

He had a cold expression on his face, looking quite unapproachable.

Seeing Zhou Qinghao like this made Gu Juntian feel a bit restless inside.

At this moment, Zhou Qinghao also saw Gu Juntian. The indifference on his face disappeared, revealing a smile, “Juntian, you’re here?”

“I came to see you.” Gu Juntian smiled and sat down next to Zhou Qinghao, asking, “Are you tired?”

“Not tired.” Zhou Qinghao replied.

He used to think that managing a company was very difficult and that he wouldn’t be able to do it, but after actually starting to do it, he found out that he was quite good at managing the company.

Now, during work hours, when he gets tired of drawing, he takes care of some company matters, and when he gets tired of company matters, he draws. His days were very fulfilling.

After work, he could still sleep with Gu Juntian, who was always by his side. This life was really too comfortable!

Gu Juntian came to find Zhou Qinghao, originally intending to ask him why he hadn’t been acting cute for such a long time. But when he actually saw Zhou Qinghao, he completely forgot what he wanted to ask.

Xiao Li, who was following Gu Juntian: “……” President Zhou saw President Gu and his expression changed drastically, becoming particularly enthusiastic towards President Gu. President Gu was perfectly fine, so why did he feel that President Zhou’s attitude towards him had changed?

Hmm, maybe Mr. Gu was just looking for an excuse to see Mr. Zhou.

Thinking this, Xiao Li felt he had uncovered the truth.

He observed quietly, trying to reduce his presence, while next to him, Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao chatted about some company matters. Then, out of curiosity, Gu Juntian asked, “What happened to that secretary of yours who talks a bit annoyingly? Why isn’t he here?”

Upon hearing Gu Juntian’s words, Zhou Qinghao’s expression slightly stiffened, then he replied, “He’s a spy and has already been caught.”

Gu Juntian said, “I told you, that guy is not quite normal, he gives me the creeps.”

Zhou Qinghao twitched his lips.

“Turns out that sissy is a spy,” Gu Juntian continued.

Zhou Qinghao couldn’t take it anymore, lunging forward to pinch Gu Juntian’s face, “Gu Juntian, are you done? Are you happy constantly attacking me?”

Gu Juntian was taken aback: “Attacking you?”

Zhou Qinghao said, “If it’s not attacking me, then what is it? That guy is just imitating me!”

The story went back to six months ago.

At that time, one of Zhou Qinghao’s secretaries left due to health reasons, so he promoted a young person from below.

That young person was very capable and hardworking, and Zhou Qinghao was quite satisfied with him.

But two months ago, Gu Juntian suddenly told him that his secretary’s voice was a bit disgusting.

The secretary’s voice was quite pleasant, where was it disgusting?

Zhou Qinghao found it a bit strange, but he trusted Gu Juntian, so he paid a bit more attention to that secretary.

Then, through the surveillance, he saw that the secretary, with his back to him, was fawning over Gu Juntian, mimicking the way he used to act spoiled and call Gu Juntian “brother.”

At that moment, Zhou Qinghao felt like he had swallowed a fly.

Because of Gu Juntian, there were also official people around Zhou Qinghao.

Now someone was secretly trying to seduce Gu Juntian… He immediately approached the official people, pretending to be concerned and saying this person had issues.

Then, the officials thoroughly investigated this person.

Upon investigation, they discovered that this person was a spy.

The officials arrested this person and interrogated him for more information.

The organization this person belonged to sent him over to spy on Gu’s research institute.

He joined the Gu Group seven years ago, but couldn’t find any useful information within the Gu Group. He also discovered that Zhou Qinghao knew nothing about research.

So, the organization he belonged to assigned him a task: to seduce Gu Juntian.

As for how to seduce him… they provided him with a list of Gu Juntian’s preferences.

In short, according to the investigation by the organization behind that person, Gu Juntian liked delicate, pure, and sweet types who would act coyly behind the scenes.

Zhou Qinghao originally perfectly matched Gu Juntian’s aesthetic, but over the years, as Zhou Qinghao became more entrenched in his role as president, his presence grew stronger, and he became increasingly indifferent to others, sometimes even reprimanding subordinates… Gu Juntian’s feelings for him were certainly not as deep as they once were.

Moreover, the two had been together for a long time, and the novelty had worn off…

This organization planned to sabotage the relationship between Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao, and make that person imitate Zhou Qinghao’s previous demeanor to seduce Gu Juntian.

They felt that the plan was going very smoothly.

On one occasion, they deliberately staged a scene for Gu Juntian to see Zhou Qinghao with a cold face cursing. At that moment, Gu Juntian was tense all over, his face looked very bad, and it was obvious that he was angry.

Later, that spy spoke to Gu Juntian in a flirtatious tone, and Gu Juntian couldn’t help but glance at him several times…

Unfortunately, just when their plan was about to succeed, somehow, it was exposed.

Zhou Qinghao: “……”

Zhou Qinghao finished reading the investigation report with the expression of “old man on the subway looking at his phone”¹

What these people thought was completely different from the actual situation.

For example, when Gu Juntian saw him scolding with a cold face… Gu Juntian was indeed tense all over and had a bad expression at that time.

But that was because Gu Juntian realized that his brain had gone haywire again and wanted to fight with him.

Gu Juntian told him about this, and then the two went to the bed in the lounge to “fight.”

After that, Gu Juntian even kissed him, saying he liked his cold expression just like he liked him in ancient costumes.

At first, he was actually a bit worried, afraid that Gu Juntian seeing him scolding people would ruin his image in Gu Juntian’s eyes, but the outcome was beyond his expectations.

That incident eventually became a beautiful memory between him and Gu Juntian. He didn’t even realize that someone had set him up.

As for that person who used a disguised voice to seduce Gu Juntian… Gu Juntian told him about it immediately and even found the person’s voice disgusting.

Because of Gu Juntian’s attitude, Zhou Qinghao didn’t take that person seriously.

But after reading the investigation report, he started to think about something.

Did Gu Juntian not like him acting cute and calling him “brother”?

He spoke that way initially to cater to Gu Juntian, but later on, it became second nature.

He considered this a little game between him and Gu Juntian.

But if Gu Juntian didn’t like it, then he wouldn’t do it.

He was already in his thirties, so it was indeed strange to speak like this.

Gu Juntian was seduced two months ago, and he received the investigation report a month ago.

In this past month, he had restrained himself from teasing Gu Juntian and gradually reduced the frequency of his acts of cuteness.

In the past few days, he hadn’t even been acting spoiled at all.

After he did this, Gu Juntian’s attitude towards him didn’t change one bit; he would even take the initiative to hug and kiss him.

Today, Gu Juntian even suddenly came to see him, which made him feel that not acting in a way Gu Juntian disliked was the right thing to do.

But when Gu Juntian talked about that person in front of him, calling him “disgusting” and “effeminate” that was going too far!

Was his previous behavior really that annoying? Why did Gu Juntian have to say that about him?

Zhou Qinghao was unhappy.

Gu Juntian was a bit shocked when he heard Zhou Qinghao’s words: “Is that person imitating you? Really?”

The moment he saw that person, he felt uncomfortable all over. If it weren’t for the novelty, he wouldn’t have looked at him more than once. Zhou Qinghao had never made him feel this way before!

Wait, putting aside personal subjective feelings, the person’s demeanor and actions did indeed resemble Zhou Qinghao’s spoiled manners.

Gu Juntian suddenly felt guilty thinking about how he had just harshly criticized that person.

At the same time, something suddenly clicked in his mind.

Gu Juntian asked Zhou Qinghao, “Qinghao, have you been thinking I don’t like it so you haven’t been acting cute with me lately?”

“Do you like it?” Zhou Qinghao asked.

Gu Juntian coughed lightly, “I don’t like it when others do that, but I still like it when you do.”

Zhou Qinghao: “…”

Gu Juntian felt a bit embarrassed, “You can keep doing it in the future.”

Facing Gu Juntian’s expectant gaze, Zhou Qinghao couldn’t help but laugh, “Brother, do you like me no matter what I do?”

Gu Juntian shivered slightly, then nodded without hesitation.

Yes, no matter what Zhou Qinghao did, he liked it.

Notes

1. This meme ↩︎

Scheming White lotus (24): The atmosphere was so good and he was dressed so beautifully, but Gu Juntian actually wanted to fight with him?

Although many people were skeptical, everyone knew that under the circumstances where the official had already issued an announcement, the fact that Gu Juntian cultivated hexagonal diamonds should be true.

So, Gu Juntian was not just a business prodigy, but also a research prodigy?

There were more and more discussions about Gu Juntian online, and the Gu Group’s reputation was also rising.

Nowadays, the most famous jewelry company in the country was undoubtedly Gu.

And the most famous jewelry designer in the country was Zhou Qinghao.

Ordinary people were completely unfamiliar with and did not understand the jewelry design industry, but now, thanks to the power of the internet, they knew Zhou Qinghao and even knew that Zhou Qinghao was a jewelry designer.

Zhou Qinghao’s current fame was unmatched by any other jewelry designer.

By the end of the day, Zhou Qinghao received many phone calls and messages—his former teachers, classmates, and friends all contacted him to congratulate him.

Zhou Qinghao was in a pretty good mood, not because of the sudden enthusiasm from these people, but because of Gu Juntian’s regard for him.

During this time, the slight unease he felt because of Gu Juntian’s increasing excellence instantly vanished.

Next, he needed to keep working hard, draw well, and not let Gu Juntian down.

The internet was buzzing, but Gu Juntian’s life was still the same as before.

He woke up at six every morning, and after washing up, he exercised with Zhou Qinghao. After a quick rinse post-exercise, he had breakfast with his family.

After breakfast, around eight o’clock, he would go to the Gu Group diamond cultivation base for research under the protection of professionals, while also handling company affairs.

He had already completed the reforms for the Gu Group, and since the Gu Group was now developing well, he didn’t need to do more.

He just needed to keep an eye on the overall direction of the Gu Group.

Compared to managing the jewelry company, he preferred doing research. As long as the company didn’t have any problems, that was enough.

Recently, he had been studying alloys and various machines, but he was actually also very interested in AI.

In the future, he could study each of these topics one by one and conveniently monetize the research results.

His career would definitely develop better and better!

At five in the afternoon, Gu Juntian clocked out on time.

The people working with Gu Juntian on the research: “…”

This research base of the Gu Group had already undergone a major transformation and was now being tightly protected by officials assigned to it.

There was a lot of valuable research data here, and the researchers here were top talents from all over the country.

Since those researchers came here, they had been working tirelessly on their research, wishing they could stretch a day into two, and eating nutrient supplements for every meal.

Gu Juntian, on the other hand, worked from nine to five every day, and had a hearty nutrient meal at noon, making him stand out from them.

“Mr. Gu, our experiment is about to succeed. Aren’t you going to wait a bit?” someone asked.

“No, I need to go home for dinner,” Gu Juntian replied.

Was going home for dinner that important? They had already decided to stay at the Gu Group’s diamond cultivation base for the next few months!

At this moment, Gu Juntian added with a smile, “My boyfriend is waiting for me at home.”

Today was the day Zhou Qinghao did strength training, he had to go back, he still had something to tell Zhou Qinghao.

The researcher who spoke to Gu Juntian: Alright, Gu, you have a boyfriend, you’re amazing!

When Gu Juntian got home, he saw some medical staff coming out of their house.

These medical staff were arranged by the state.

Gu Juntian’s research results were extremely valuable. After he shared his findings with the officials, they were prepared to give him a large sum of money.

However, Gu Juntian didn’t want any money; he only asked the officials to upgrade his laboratory.

Upgrading the laboratory cost a lot, but the officials didn’t lose out at all.

After their personnel upgraded the laboratory under Gu Juntian’s guidance, they immediately applied those techniques to other laboratories, and even to military applications…

Gu Juntian’s value was too great; in comparison, they were contributing a bit less… They could only work hard to help Gu Juntian with various chores and take care of the people around him.

For example, for the old man’s illness, the country arranged for the top domestic doctors to help with the treatment.

The old man’s condition was much better now than before, thanks to receiving the best treatment and because Gu Juntian was so outstanding that the old man was in a great mood.

Now, no matter who he saw, he wanted to talk about his grandson, and he was becoming more and more clear-headed.

Gu Juntian greeted the medical staff, and after entering the house, he saw old man Gu talking to his father: “Did you see? I’ve raised Juntian exceptionally well! Of course, you’re not bad either. The photos you took are quite nice, but they can’t compare to Juntian…”

Father Gu felt a bit sour.

He had always been the favorite here with the old man, but now, he was overshadowed by his own son.

However, his son was indeed exceptional.

“Juntian is back! Come and have dinner.” The old man smiled and called out to Gu Juntian, then had the dishes he loved brought out.

“I knew it, Grandpa loves me the most.” Gu Juntian greeted the old man and then sat down next to Zhou Qinghao.

He sat up straight, already prepared for Zhou Qinghao to talk to his family while reaching out to touch his hand.

However, after waiting for a long time, Zhou Qinghao didn’t make a move.

The food had already been served, and Gu Juntian could only eat with disappointment.

After finishing the meal, Gu Juntian said to Zhou Qinghao, “Qinghao, come to the study with me. I have something to discuss with you.”

Although Zhou Qinghao wasn’t very enthusiastic today, he still had good news to share with Zhou Qinghao.

Gu Juntian took Zhou Qinghao upstairs, and when Gu’s father, Gu’s mother, and old man Gu saw this scene, they exchanged knowing smiles.

The young couple was going to be alone together again!

After bringing Zhou Qinghao into the study, Gu Juntian handed a document to Zhou Qinghao: “Qinghao, your second uncle’s case of embezzling the assets your parents left for you will go to trial soon.”

This case was previously being followed up by people he arranged, but not long ago, the state intervened.

If nothing unexpected happened, Zhou Qinghao’s second uncle would be severely sentenced for crimes such as embezzling others’ property, child abuse, intentional injury, and theft.

All the illegal activities his second uncle committed in his lifetime had now been uncovered.

Zhou Qinghao was taken aback when he heard this.

He knew that Gu Juntian was very busy.

He didn’t expect that Gu Juntian, despite being so busy, still remembered to stand up for him.

Gu Juntian was too good to him!

Zhou Qinghao was very excited: “Juntian, thank you.”

“No need to thank me,” Gu Juntian said, starting to get tangled up again.

Zhou Qinghao should be very touched, right? Then why didn’t he come over to hug and kiss him?

Gu Juntian wanted to say something but didn’t know how to start, so he could only stare at Zhou Qinghao.

At this moment, Zhou Qinghao had already started looking at the documents in his hands.

He was very young when his parents passed away, so he didn’t understand many things.

Now, seeing the documents, he realized that his parents had left him so much money.

He could have lived very well…

Zhou Qinghao’s eyes were a bit red.

Gu Juntian no longer waited for Zhou Qinghao to come into his arms; he stepped forward and hugged Zhou Qinghao, saying, “Don’t cry, I’ll be by your side from now on.”

Zhou Qinghao smiled and said, “Yes, you’ll be by my side from now on.”

Burying his head in Gu Juntian’s arms and holding him tightly for a long time, some less-than-harmonious thoughts inevitably popped up in Zhou Qinghao’s mind.

“Brother Juntian, how about I repay your great kindness and virtue by offering myself to you?” Zhou Qinghao said, kissing Gu Juntian’s chin.

Gu Juntian immediately felt at ease. He lightly coughed and said, “Stop joking, it’s time for strength training.”

“You can train on the bed too. How about I practice squats on you?” Zhou Qinghao suggested.

Gu Juntian didn’t say anything more and pulled him towards the gym.

He wasn’t used to Zhou Qinghao being serious, but when Zhou Qinghao acted like this, he found it a bit hard to handle.

Zhou Qinghao was being pulled forward by Gu Juntian, and he chuckled to himself.

Gu Juntian like this, how did it look like he was fleeing in a panic?

“Brother, slow down, I can’t keep up…”

“Seriously.” Gu Juntian sighed, turned around, and picked up Zhou Qinghao to leave.

Now it was Zhou Qing Hao’s turn to be dumbfounded.

To get to the gym, they had to pass through the living room, and Gu’s parents were still there!

He just couldn’t bring himself to get off Gu Juntian!

Zhou Qinghao didn’t dare to say a word, burying his head in Gu Juntian’s neck, and couldn’t help but kiss the neck in front of him.

Gu Juntian felt a tickle on his neck, completely satisfied.

That day, after finishing strength training, Gu Juntian gave Zhou Qinghao another hexagonal diamond.

During this period, Gu Juntian had gradually cultivated many hexagonal diamonds.

Among them, those that were of suitable size and good quality were all given to Zhou Qinghao. The remaining ones that were too small or of poor quality were given to the researchers for study.

Cultivating hexagonal diamonds was quite troublesome and requiredsomeone to keep an eye on them.

He was impatient with this task; except for the first one, all the subsequent hexagonal diamonds were cultivated by others. Gu Juntian felt embarrassed to take them all.

Most importantly, those that were too small were of no use to Zhou Qinghao.

Unknowingly, the hexagonal diamonds that caused a sensation and attracted countless curious onlookers had ended up in a small jar with Zhou Qinghao.

Lying in bed, holding the jar filled with hexagonal diamonds close to his chest, Zhou Qinghao closed his eyes, ready to sleep.

His dream tonight would definitely be sweet again.

As for tomorrow…

He had drawn up a design, creating a pair of men’s rings, and planned to find time tomorrow to make them himself.

If Gu Juntian was slow to propose, then he would do it!

He couldn’t be kept from eating meat forever.

Next door, Gu Juntian was also getting ready for bed.

Before sleeping, he browsed the internet.

Online, there were still many people talking about Hexagon Diamonds, and some were discussing Zhou Qinghao.

“Gu Juntian is so lucky to have such a handsome boyfriend!”

“How come Zhou Qinghao isn’t my wife?”

“Wife Qinghao is really cool!”

……

Looking at these comments, Gu Juntian’s expression became serious.

More and more people were coveting Zhou Qinghao.

The first time he saw Zhou Qinghao, he thought Zhou Qinghao should be radiant and dazzling, admired by everyone.

Now, Zhou Qinghao was indeed very dazzling, but the situation was a bit off.

Why were these people calling Zhou Qinghao “wife”? Zhou Qinghao clearly belonged to him!

He and Zhou Qinghao had been cultivating their relationship for some time now and could prepare for marriage.

He should get ready to propose, as for how to propose…

Gu Juntian planned to wait until he cultivated enough hexagonal diamonds to make the set of ancient-style jewelry designed by Zhou Qinghao, and then propose.

The set of ancient-style jewelry designed by Zhou Qinghao included a necklace, bracelet, ring, hairpin, and a beautiful hair crown. Each piece was designed simply and could be worn by both men and women.

The first time Gu Juntian saw the design, he thought the jewelry would suit Zhou Qinghao perfectly. If Zhou Qinghao wore this set of jewelry, how elegant would he look?

This piece of jewelry, made with hexagonal diamonds, will not be sold; it was exclusively for Zhou Qinghao.

Its greatest purpose was to promote Zhou Qinghao’s fame.

At that time, the Gu Group will hold a press conference to showcase this set of jewelry to the world.

The brand Holy Emperor and Zhou Qinghao will be known worldwide along with this set of jewelry.

He could also propose to Zhou Qinghao at that press conference, and then they could naturally get married.

Afterwards, he could  still take a break for a while and go on a honeymoon with Zhou Qinghao.

The current problem was that the crown needed to be set with large gemstones, but the existing hexagonal diamonds were too small.

He needed to keep working hard.

Gu Juntian devoted himself wholeheartedly to research and development. To focus on R&D, he handed over some of the company’s tasks to Zhou Qinghao.

“You don’t need to do anything, just listen to their reports and help me sign a few documents,” Gu Juntian told Zhou Qinghao.

But when Zhou Qinghao arrived at the conference room with his drawing board, planning to draw design sketches while acting as a mascot, he realized he had been tricked by Gu Juntian.

This meeting was obviously very important!

It concerned the handling of the Cheng family, and there were many decisions that Gu Juntian needed to make.

Now that they couldn’t reach Gu Juntian, everyone was waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhou Qinghao could only make the decision with a blank expression.

Well, now that one thing had happened, more would follow. Similar situations were becoming more and more frequent, and Gu Juntian always pushed the tasks onto him.

He had to start learning to handle company affairs.

He needed to work out, draw design plans, and now he also had to learn to manage the company… Zhou Qinghao was so busy that he couldn’t even find time to make rings for himself and Gu Juntian.

When he finally found the time to make the ring, Gu Juntian told him that they had already cultivated a sufficiently large octagonal diamond that could be set into the ancient-style hairpin of that jewelry set.

“Qinghao, in half a month, Gu’s will hold a press conference to showcase that set of jewelry to the world. After the press conference, the names of the Holy Emperor and you will definitely resonate around the globe!” Gu Juntian looked at Zhou Qinghao with great satisfaction.

Using such a precious diamond to make jewelry, his name would definitely be remembered by many people.

Originally planning to propose, Zhou Qinghao decided to wait until after the press conference to do so.

This press conference was too important, and during this time, he and Gu Juntian had a lot of things to do. He didn’t have time to prepare a romantic proposal.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Gu Group press conference.

The Gu Group’s press conference was held in the morning, inviting some people to attend in person and live-streaming the event.

Early in the morning, Gu Juntian brought Zhou Qinghao to the venue of the press conference.

The researchers who had been working with Gu Juntian recently also came here.

This piece of jewelry embodied their hard work.

Today, Gu’s Jewelry was showcasing hexagonal diamonds to the world, and it was also their country’s way of presenting their scientific achievements to the world. They were definitely watching.

They also wanted to see Zhou Qinghao.

This was the person who single-handedly monopolized most of the hexagonal diamonds!

Now, they had seen Zhou Qinghao.

Hmm, very good-looking, no wonder Gu Juntian had been thinking about him.

The press conference would start at nine, but by eight, the venue was already packed with people.

As the time approached, the eyes of the entire world were focused here.

The management of the venue was very strict; anyone with identity issues was not allowed inside.

Normally, a press conference for a jewelry company would be attended by people from the jewelry industry and the media, but Gu’s press conference was different.

Those attending this press conference were all people from the scientific research field. Besides their own country’s researchers, there were also researchers from other countries.

These people who rushed here from abroad were currently chasing after their country’s researchers, asking questions.

“Did you really cultivate hexagonal diamonds? This is just incredible!”

“How did you manage to cultivate them? Can you tell us about it?”

“My friend, I’m really curious. Can you share some information with me? Of course, if there’s something you can’t disclose, that’s fine.”

“I heard that Mr. Gu researched the hexagonal diamond? Can I consult him?”

………

“The press conference is starting,” Old Zhou reminded everyone.

The researchers immediately stopped talking, took their seats, and waited to see the hexagonal diamond.

At the same time, countless people opened the live stream to watch the Gu Group press conference.

“It’s the weekend today, I was supposed to sleep until ten, but to watch this press conference, I got up early at nine. It wasn’t easy.”

“I heard that the precious hexagonal diamond is set in the jewelry designed by Zhou Qinghao. Will Zhou Qinghao show up later? I’m here to see Zhou Qinghao.”

“I’m here to see Zhou Qinghao too. I’ve only seen his photos before, but now I want to watch the live stream and fully appreciate his stunning beauty.”

“Zhou Qinghao’s looks are really good enough for him to debut right away. I heard his family isn’t well-off, and I don’t know why he didn’t choose to debut but instead became a jewelry designer.”

“I’m different from you all. I’m here to see Gu Juntian. I want to know who took my Qinghao wife away!”

“I’m also curious about Gu Juntian’s looks! I’ve searched online for a long time and still haven’t found any photos.”

People were chatting in the comments section about Zhou Qinghao and Gu Juntian, when someone said, “I envy you guys who can watch men without any worries. Our teacher made us come to the press conference, and after watching, we have to write a review. I feel like crying.”

“Our professor also made us come, saying this is a groundbreaking press conference.”

“The most famous professor from our school came to this press conference, and our class advisor has been sending out the live stream link, urging everyone to watch.”

……

The press conference was starting now.

Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao walked onto the stage together, holding the set of jewelry made from hexagonal diamonds, while the lights in the venue dimmed.

In the dim light, the jewelry in Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao’s hands emitted a dazzling brilliance.

Was this what hexagonal diamonds were like?

The entire venue was silent, and those watching the live stream forgot to send comments.

From ancient times to the present, luminous pearls have always been considered extremely precious, and now, they had seen them!

They were so beautiful!

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on those jewels.

The enormous gem on the crown made people want to possess it from the bottom of their hearts.

One minute later, the lights came back on.

At the same time, a gasp echoed through the venue: “My God!”

“So much, so big?”

“Is this really a hexagonal diamond?”

……

As for the bullet comments, they were filled with “Beautiful,” “Night Pearl,” “Want it”…

Gu Juntian began introducing the hexagonal diamond: “Ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago, our Gu Group artificially synthesized a hexagonal diamond. Its refractive index is between 2.41 and 2.42, and its density is…”

After briefly introducing the parameters of the hexagonal diamond, Gu Juntian said, “As you can see, this is a very beautiful diamond. The Holy Emperor used this gemstone to create a set of jewelry. Now, let my boyfriend, Zhou Qinghao, introduce the design concept.”

Zhou Qinghao took the microphone and began introducing the jewelry set he designed.

After being amazed by the jewelry, the live stream viewers were further astonished by Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao.

“So handsome ah ah ah ah!”

“Gu Juntian is actually this handsome?”

“Look, the CEO is blushing!”

“These two are a perfect match!”

“I’m dying from the cuteness ahhhhhh!”

“I want Qinghao as my wife, and Juntian as my husband!”

……

Ordinary people were very happy, but those who came for the hexagonal diamonds were a bit dumbfounded.

Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao didn’t explain how the hexagonal diamonds were made, nor did they detail their characteristics. Instead, they were seriously introducing the jewelry they were holding, which made the audience a bit unaccustomed.

Why weren’t these two talking more about the hexagonal diamonds?

Why weren’t these two bringing out some instruments to show the uniqueness of the hexagonal diamonds?

Wait, was this press conference being held by a jewelry company?

That was alright.

On stage, Zhou Qinghao was very nervous.

This was his first time attending such a grand and important event, and he was tense all over.

But with Gu Juntian by his side, he felt less scared.

After Zhou Qinghao introduced the design concept, Gu Juntian took the microphone again.

He introduced the brand Holy Emperor and then began to present various jewelry made with synthetic diamonds by Holy Emperor.

He even painted a grand picture for people, talking about the glorious future of Holy Emperor.

The researchers: “……” They didn’t want to hear this!

Finally, Gu Juntian said, “Today, besides introducing Holy Emperor and this set of jewelry made from hexagonal diamonds, I have something very important to do.”

Those who were looking forward to Gu Juntian giving a more detailed introduction about the hexagonal diamonds all perked up.

However, including Old Zhou, those researchers who had worked with Gu Juntian for a while knew that things were not that simple.

Sure enough, Gu Juntian suddenly looked at Zhou Qinghao standing next to him: “Zhou Qinghao, would you marry me?”

Zhou Qinghao felt a rush of blood to his head, as if he were in a fog.

Gu Juntian proposed to him?

In such an important occasion, Gu Juntian proposed to him?

At this moment, his mind was a blur, but he didn’t forget to answer: “I do!”

Gu Juntian smiled and took Zhou Qinghao’s hand, leading him away.

“So sweet!”

“Ahhh! It’s a proposal!”

“So romantic!”

“May you be together forever!”

“May you grow old together!”

……

The barrage suddenly exploded, and those who were watching the live stream of the hexagonal diamond, including some researchers who were watching the live stream late into the night due to time zone differences, had looks of disbelief on their faces.

The press conference had only been going on for less than half an hour; it couldn’t possibly end like this, could it?

This wasn’t what they wanted to see!

Fortunately, at this moment, Old Zhou took the stage.

What Old Zhou held in his hand was not jewelry inlaid with hexagonal diamonds, but real hexagonal diamonds.

However, the hexagonal diamond he was holding was a bit small, far smaller than those previously set in the jewelry, giving a somewhat shabby impression.

Earlier, Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao introduced the jewelry and the Holy Emperor in less than half an hour, and casually proposed marriage.

Next, he would spend two and a half hours introducing the hexagonal diamonds.

This was originally supposed to be Gu Juntian’s job, but Gu Juntian said he was getting married and would be on leave starting today, not wanting to stay on stage any longer.

Only he, this old bone, could handle it.

Old Zhou began to explain earnestly.

Those who wanted to understand the hexagonal diamond were finally satisfied upon seeing this situation. As for ordinary people, they had already lost interest by this time.

How to put it… they couldn’t understand.

Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao were still better; even though what they talked about also involved expertise, they could listen to it with great interest.

Many people left the live stream to ship CPs elsewhere.

Cheng Mingyan’s phone was still streaming live. He watched the sweet couple in the live stream and always felt it shouldn’t be like this.

His family went bankrupt.

Although his parents left some money, their family could still live a relatively decent life, but it was a far cry from before.

Especially since Chu Zhan not only broke up with him but also teamed up with Gu Juntian to deal with the Cheng family.

Cheng Mingyan was in great pain. He wanted to apologize to Gu Juntian and ask him to spare their family. Today, he went to the venue of the Gu Group’s press conference, hoping to get in.

But the security guards wouldn’t let him in, so he could only watch the live stream.

Previously, he looked down on Zhou Qinghao, but now their positions had reversed. In the future, Zhou Qinghao would be the wealthy one, and he would be the poor one…

It shouldn’t be like this…

Chu Zhan was also watching the live stream. Seeing Gu Juntian, who was full of vigor and confidence in the stream, he had to admit that he couldn’t compare to this person.

Gu Juntian was completely unaware of these people’s complex feelings.

Having successfully proposed, he brought Zhou Qinghao to the backstage and said, “Qinghao, since you accepted my proposal, let’s go get our marriage certificate tomorrow.”

Zhou Qinghao finally came to his senses: “Why did you suddenly propose to me?”

Gu Juntian’s proposal caught him off guard; he didn’t even know how he had reacted just now.

Was his expression a bit ugly? Was his outfit too plain?

He had refused some steps when the stylist was doing his makeup in the morning, and now he regretted it.

“It’s not sudden. We’ve been dating for a long time and have been living together for a few months. It’s time to get married,” Gu Juntian said.

If they didn’t get married soon, he wouldn’t be able to take it anymore; he was so excited that even a cold shower wouldn’t help.

He was doing this for Zhou Qinghao’s sake; Zhou Qinghao had always wanted to sleep in the same room with him, hadn’t he?

Zhou Qinghao asked again, “Is it really appropriate to propose in a place like this?”

“No, today is very suitable for this occasion,” Gu Juntian replied.

Only such an occasion was worthy of Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao’s slight unease vanished without a trace after meeting Gu Juntian’s gaze.

This was fine for now; in the future, everyone would know that Gu Juntian was his.

Zhou Qinghao couldn’t contain his happiness, his eyes on Gu Juntian sparkling as if they could shoot out sparks.

“Let’s go home,” Gu Juntian suggested.

“Okay,” Zhou Qinghao replied, then asked Gu Juntian, “What about this jewelry?”

The jewelry made with hexagonal diamonds was still in his arms at this moment.

Gu Juntian said, “This set of jewelry belongs to you, just take it. You can put it in the safe I gave you before.”

Not long ago, Gu Juntian gave Zhou Qinghao a safe, which was said to be made of very valuable metal.

Zhou Qinghao didn’t know much about metals, but he really liked that safe, and now he could indeed put this set of jewelry inside.

However, he really didn’t expect that such precious jewelry would be directly given to him by Gu Juntian.

He thought this set of jewelry would become the treasure of the Holy Emperor’s store.

Looking at the set of jewelry, Zhou Qinghao’s heart stirred, and he suddenly had an idea.

His original plan was to propose to Gu Juntian while wearing traditional attire, and for that, he had specially bought a set of traditional clothes.

There was no need to waste that set of clothes. Once they got home, he could perhaps change into the traditional attire, put on the jewelry, and then give Gu Juntian a traditional-style proposal.

The more Zhou Qinghao thought about it, the better he felt about the idea.

The two of them quietly left the press conference and returned to the Gu Group under the escort of professional security personnel.

It was only noon, and the Gu Group was just preparing to have lunch.

“Dad, Mom, did you watch our live stream?” Gu Juntian asked.

Of course they watched it, Gu Father said with a smile, “Congratulations! When do you plan to hold the wedding?”

“The wedding doesn’t matter, we should get the marriage certificate first,” Gu Juntian replied.

Just as he finished speaking, he received a call from the authorities asking when he planned to get the marriage certificate.

Gu Juntian said, “I plan to get the marriage certificate tomorrow.”

“Picking up the certificate tomorrow? We’ll arrange for someone to come over and help you with this, so you don’t have to go in person,” the official said.

Gu Juntian was now very well-known and had attracted a lot of attention from various parties. It would be problematic if he went to the civil affairs bureau himself, so it was better for them to send someone to his place.

“Really?” Gu Juntian asked, “Can you come over today to help us with the marriage procedures?”

Of course, that was possible.

So, after Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao finished dinner, they went to their home and got their marriage certificate.

Zhou Qinghao had always hoped to marry Gu Juntian.

Now, he and Gu Juntian had gotten the certificate!

Zhou Qinghao looked at the marriage certificate again and again, and finally said, “I’m going to put it in the safe!”

Gu Juntian: “……” He didn’t even look closely at the marriage certificate!

However, if Zhou Qinghao wanted to keep it, then let him keep it.

They were married now, and he had taken a long leave.

They could stay in one room, taking things a step further.

When the time came, the safe would be in his room, and he could look at the marriage certificate however he wanted.

Gu Juntian also walked upstairs, planning to tidy up his room and add some things.

On the other side, Zhou Qinghao was changing clothes in his room.

Gu Juntian would occasionally transfer money to him, and since moving to the Gu Group, he had never been short of money.

So he spent quite a bit of money ordering a very beautiful ancient costume.

This wasn’t a traditional ancient costume, but one made to resemble the outfit of the male lead from a fantasy drama. Previously, Gu Juntian had accidentally seen that TV show and mentioned that the male lead’s clothes looked good and that they would suit him.

He remembered this and then had someone make him clothes based on that male lead’s outfit.

After putting on the clothes, Zhou Qinghao started putting on a wig.

He meticulously dressed himself, and before long, a man in ancient attire appeared in the full-length mirror.

Next, Zhou Qinghao put on the jewelry made of hexagonal diamonds.

Gu Juntian had a good eye; this outfit really suited him.

Zhou Qinghao took a deep breath, went next door, and knocked on Gu Juntian’s door.

The door was quickly opened, and Gu Juntian appeared at the door.

Zhou Qinghao noticed that Gu Juntian was momentarily stunned upon seeing him, and then Gu Juntian’s entire demeanor tensed up.

Zhou Qinghao extended a hand, showing Gu Juntian the two rings in his palm: “I want to grow old with you, are you willing?”

Gu Juntian snapped back to reality and without thinking, replied, “Of course I’m willing!”

Zhou Qinghao smiled.

Gu Juntian added, “Qinghao, you’ve been training for a long time, your body has improved a lot, and you’ve even gained muscle… Shall we have a spar?”

Zhou Qinghao felt a bit flustered upon hearing Gu Juntian’s words: “Fight… fight?”

Were they really going to fight?

At a time like this, Gu Juntian couldn’t possibly mean a real fight, so this “fight” must have another meaning.

“Yes, fight. It’s not convenient to fight in those clothes, so go change into some sportswear. There are too many things here, and it’s not very convenient. Let’s go to the gym to fight.” Gu Juntian looked at Zhou Qinghao, full of fighting spirit.

Right now, Zhou Qinghao was so handsome that he couldn’t take his eyes off him.

Then, for some unknown reason, a surge of fighting spirit welled up from the depths of his heart, and he couldn’t wait to have a passionate fistfight with Zhou Qinghao.

Just a good old-fashioned fistfight.

Zhou Qinghao, with a slightly shy expression, froze.

Gu Juntian actually really wanted to fight him!

In such a good atmosphere, dressed so beautifully, Gu Juntian actually wanted to fight with him?

Was Gu Juntian out of his mind?

After several attempts to pounce on Gu Juntian, only to be rejected each time, the accumulated resentment made Zhou Qinghao furious.

He couldn’t hold back any longer and charged at Gu Juntian like a fierce beast: “Fight? You still want to fight at a time like this? If you have the guts, let’s fight in bed!”

After finishing speaking, he dragged Gu Juntian towards the bed.

Although Zhou Qinghao had been training for a few months, in terms of strength, he was far inferior to Gu Juntian and shouldn’t have been able to drag him.

But Zhou Qinghao was clearly angry, and Gu Juntian didn’t dare to resist, so he could only obediently be dragged to the bed.

Angry Zhou Qinghao looked quite good, he really wanted to fight, no, wait…

Fighting in the usual sense was naturally impossible, it could only be a magical fight.

After the “fight,” the inexplicable surge of combativeness in Gu Juntian dissipated, leaving only a deep sense of satisfaction.

As he took care of Zhou Qinghao, he couldn’t help but wonder.

What was going on with him yesterday? Why did he want to fight Zhou Qinghao?

Zhou Qinghao shouldn’t be able to beat him. If he fought Zhou Qinghao…

Wasn’t this domestic violence? How could this be allowed!

A good man wouldn’t do such things!

Of course, “doing it” a few hundred or thousand times in bed was fine; he was starting to look forward to it.

He really missed out on a lot before.

Zhou Qinghao lay on the bed, his whole body sore.

Gu Juntian was still quite capable; he really misunderstood Gu Juntian before.

Although he felt a bit uncomfortable, he finally felt at ease inside.

This was the life he had always dreamed of!

Running and lifting weights every day, only being able to look but not eat—what kind of miserable life had he been living before?

Scheming White lotus (23): As a man of seven feet tall, can’t you have a little ambition?

Just as the people around him were in shock, Gu Juntian said again, “The hexagonal diamonds we have cultivated so far are still too small. If we improve the machines and purchase some new equipment, I can cultivate larger hexagonal diamonds.”

The researchers were very excited upon hearing this.

The larger the hexagonal diamonds they cultivated, the more applications they would have!

“We can provide the equipment!”

“Do improvements to the machines require manpower? I have many mechanical engineers on my side.”

“If you need anything, just let me know!”

……

Gu Juntian smiled and said, “Then I’ll trouble you all. Once I have cultivated all the hexagonal diamonds needed for my boyfriend’s set of jewelry, you can take any hexagonal diamonds I cultivate in the future for your research.”

The researchers were all very pleased to hear this, but they also felt that something was a bit off.

It was really unusual for them to be ranked behind making jewelry instead of doing research.

At that moment, Gu Juntian said, “The set of jewelry my boyfriend designed requires the largest diamond to be at least twenty carats. Let’s aim for that first.” 

Many researchers: “……” So, the reason Gu Juntian thought the current hexagonal diamond was too small was because his boyfriend’s jewelry design required a larger diamond?

This person couldn’t be a love-brained person, could he?

Also, making a 20-carat hexagonal diamond was a million times more difficult than making a 1-carat hexagonal diamond. Gu Juntian was speaking so casually about it; wasn’t that a bit suspicious?

You should know that when their country initially researched synthetic diamonds, they could produce one-carat synthetic diamonds very early on. However, after researching for a long, long time, they finally managed to create ten-carat synthetic diamonds.

The set of jewelry designed by Gu Juntian’s boyfriend, who knew when it would be released.

However, Gu Juntian was a remarkable person; who knew, he might be able to create a miracle?

Those researchers all gathered around Gu Juntian, asking him what he needed.

Gu Juntian was also not polite and listed everything he needed.

There was one particularly good thing about collaborating with the authorities: he could upgrade his laboratory without spending any money.

The research bigwigs: “……” Gu Juntian was asking for a bit too much! With so many requests, it must be hard to get the funding approved, right?

Wait, he had already produced several high-value items?

Then it was no problem, the funding he needed would definitely be approved.

After Gu Juntian made the list, those negotiating with him would report what he needed. Once everything was ready, the higher-ups would send over what he requested.

While these people were helping Gu Juntian apply for equipment, they were also pondering something.

Gu Juntian seemed to care a lot about his boyfriend. Shouldn’t they also pay more attention to that person?

Zhou Qinghao, right? They will arrange for someone to investigate his situation immediately!

After resolving the laboratory equipment upgrade issue, Gu Juntian looked at those researchers: “Does anyone want to try cultivating hexagonal diamonds? My laboratory is open for your use.”

If these people could help him cultivate hexagonal diamonds, that would be great. It would save him a lot of trouble and give him time to do other things.

There were really many things he needed to do, such as handling various affairs of the Gu Group, or figuring out ways to improve the machines in his hands.

He also needed to supervise Zhou Qinghao’s training, which was a top priority!

Some people went to study hexagonal diamonds, but there were still some who stayed behind to learn from Gu Juntian about the methods of making the alloys he developed.

In recent years, their country had made significant progress in the field of alloys, but there were still many alloys they couldn’t produce.

On one hand, the formulas for those alloys were in the hands of foreigners; on the other hand, those alloys were genuinely difficult to make.

The mixing methods, compositions, and strengthening techniques for each type of alloy are different.

Steel can be hardened through quenching and made tougher through tempering, but the treatment methods for aluminum alloys are different.

Nowadays, aluminum alloys are used in many fields, but aluminum itself is a bit soft, and its strengthening capabilities have almost been fully developed. The No. 1 alloy developed by Gu Juntian was so hard because its strengthening method was different from previous ones.

However, it’s very difficult to make further advancements, and Gu Juntian did not plan to continue researching aluminum alloys.

He handed over his previous research data to these researchers, allowing them to study it slowly. Gu Juntian then said, “Next, I plan to research titanium alloys.”

Some of the equipment he wanted couldn’t be made from aluminum alloy, so he tried to create some high-hardness titanium alloy.

On Earth, the reserves of titanium are actually not low; it’s just that the extraction methods haven’t improved, which is why titanium is not cheap.

If he could improve the extraction methods for titanium…

The total amount of titanium resources in their country was nearly one billion tons!

Gu Juntian described the vast prospects to these researchers studying alloys, then provided them with a research direction and let them conduct their own research.

As for himself… it was getting late, and he needed to go home and rest.

Today was Zhou Qinghao’s day for strength training. He could be a bit late, but he absolutely couldn’t miss it.

Time had flown by in the blink of an eye over the past few days.

The Old Town Gold’s “Buy Gold, Get Diamonds” promotion was still ongoing, and the fame of Holy Emperor was growing.

“Holy Emperor is truly a treasure brand; their designs are so unique!”

“HolyEmperor’s products are also of great quality. For example, the Brilliant series—those diamonds are incredibly dazzling!”

“Did you notice? During this year’s New Year period, many celebrities wore Holy Emperor’s jewelry at events.”

“It feels like Holy Emperor is playing a very big game!”

……

While chatting, someone suddenly raised a question: “Do you all remember? A year ago, everyone online was mocking President Gu, saying he couldn’t manage the company. They said when Old President Gu was in charge, Gu’s was doing well, but once he stepped down, Gu’s started to decline and the stock price plummeted. But now, looking back, it seems that’s not the case…”

“Ever since the official announcement that Gu’s had developed a new diamond cultivation method, Gu’s stock price has been soaring, and it’s already broken records!”

“Mr Gu bought a large amount of Gu’s stock at the end of last year when Gu’s stock price plummeted, and he really made a fortune.”

“Previously, it was said that Gu’s promotion of buying gold and giving away diamonds was because of a cash flow problem, and they had to sell off their stock. But the actual situation is that Gu has a new method for cultivating diamonds, so diamonds are not valuable to them. So it wasn’t a fire sale; they were actually making a killing.”

“Has anyone calculated how much Gu made this New Year?”

Remember when someone said that there was constant turmoil within the Gu Group and many people resigned? According to internal sources, after those people resigned, the Gu Group’s work efficiency actually increased!

“Upstairs, your information isn’t internal enough. I heard that Mr Gu was originally going to fire those people, but somehow, they were poached by the Chu family… The Chu family helped Mr Gu save a huge amount in settlement pay.”

“Is that so? So those people knew they were going to be fired and jumped ship first?”

“Chu’s actually became the white knight? I’m dying of laughter. They were secretly saying that Gu’s didn’t respect talent and that they had a good eye for people, but in the end, they just dug up a bunch of employees that Gu’s didn’t want.”

“Mr Gu’s move was too brilliant. Now I suspect that the dirt on him online was actually released by him.”

“It really is possible. He first leaked his own dirt online, taking advantage of Gu’s stock price drop to buy back a large number of Gu’s shares. Then, during Gu’s turmoil, he forced those he intended to let go to jump ship, and used Gu’s massive online traffic to run a ‘buy gold, get diamonds’ promotion. Finally, he smoothly launched the Holy Emperor brand… this is truly a classic business case where everything is interconnected!”

“This case could be in a textbook! Previously, the popularity of Old Town Gold couldn’t compare to other brands, but now it’s the hottest in the country! As for Holy Emperor, it was a niche brand before, but now who doesn’t know about it? The rings and bracelets from the Brilliant series cost several tens of thousands, yet there are still a bunch of people scrambling to buy them!”

“Gu’s really raking it in; Mr Gu is playing a very big game.”

“Does anyone remember when someone from Gu’s accused Mr Gu of nepotism online, saying he was nurturing his boyfriend who had no real skills? I just found out that the Brilliant series from Gu’s was designed by Mr Gu’s boyfriend, and many other pieces of jewelry were designed by him too!”

……

Zhou Qinghao had been exposed, and many of the works he designed were posted online.

After joining the Gu Group, Zhou Qinghao had been working very hard and had designed many works.

Recently, he had a burst of inspiration, and the number of works he designed had increased even more.

Moreover, with Gu Juntian willing to give him opportunities, almost all of his works were produced and placed in the Holy Emperor’s exclusive cabinet for sale, or made into unique pieces of jewelry.

Now, all of his works were brought out, along with their prices and descriptions, and posted online.

So many works put together, experienced people could see that he was an outstanding designer with a personal style.

Even inexperienced people could see that the jewelry he designed was very beautiful.

Plus, the Gu Group deliberately guided public opinion…

“I really like this design style!”

“This person is amazing, right? He has so many beautiful designs!”

“Several celebrities wore the jewelry he designed during the New Year!”

“I work in the jewelry industry, and with such design talent, even if he weren’t the president’s boyfriend, he should still be given special training.”

“Some people say he can only produce so many pieces of jewelry because he’s the boyfriend of the CEO. They just don’t understand design.”

“If you want to support someone, they have to be worth supporting.”

“I showed Zhou Qinghao’s work to my boss at the foreign jewelry company where I work, and now he is eager to recruit him.”

……

It was at this time that photos of Zhou Qinghao appeared online.

Zhou Qinghao was exceptionally handsome, and when he was in university, many people paid attention to him. His university’s forum still had his photos.

After he started working at Gu’s, he once followed Manager Zhong to attend events and also participated in some design competitions, leaving behind photos as well.

After these photos were posted online, netizens started screaming.

“My goodness, is Zhou Qinghao this handsome?”

“When he was in college, his looks were already astonishing. After he started working, he became even more stunning, making people’s hearts race.”

“I understand Gu Juntian, wanting to become Gu Juntian.”

“Such a handsome man, why isn’t he mine?”

“Graduated from a prestigious university, talented and good-looking, why can’t I find a boyfriend like that?”

“If I were Gu, I would definitely bring everything to him!”

……

Zhou Qinghao suddenly became an internet sensation.

Cheng Mingyan and Cheng Mingyan’s friends saw this immediately and were furious.

When Gu Juntian was ridiculed by the entire internet, Cheng Mingyan and Cheng Mingyan’s friends were very happy and even celebrated.

When Gu’s company held a promotion to buy gold and give away jewelry, they were still very pleased, thinking that Gu’s company was struggling and trying to recover funds.

For this reason, they even belittled Gu Juntian in front of their family.

But the world changed too quickly; it wasn’t long before Gu Juntian became a business prodigy, and even Zhou Qinghao, the mistress, was praised endlessly online.

Cheng Mingyan and his friends couldn’t accept it.

At the Yu family home, when Old Master Yu and Yu Li’s cousin were talking about Gu Juntian and praising him endlessly, Yu Li couldn’t help but say, “It’s the diamond cultivation institution under the Gu Group that improved the diamond cultivation method. What does that have to do with Gu Juntian? Why are you all praising Gu Juntian? He has no real skills and his character is bad!”

Old Master Yu looked at Yu Li with a complicated expression, somewhat relieved that he had more than one grandson. Otherwise, the Yu family’s fortune would eventually be squandered by Yu Li!

As for Gu Juntian, he hadn’t paid much attention to him before, but recently, seeing the actions of the Gu Group, he started to envy Old Man Gu.

His eldest grandson was much better than Yu Li, and he had the ability to maintain their wealth, but compared to Gu Juntian, he lacked a lot of determination.

“Gu Juntian is just lucky!” Yu Li said again.

“If someone still thinks he is just lucky at this point, that person must be a fool,” Old Master Yu said.

What Gu Juntian did was intricately connected, not simple at all.

He even used those who were targeting him!

And then there was the national aspect.

He didn’t know exactly what was in the Gu Group’s diamond cultivation base, but one thing he was sure of was that the country currently valued the Gu Group highly.

The Gu Group’s future was limitless, and getting on good terms with Gu Juntian would be very beneficial for them.

Originally, Yu Li was Gu Juntian’s friend, and their family had the upper hand, but unfortunately, this grandson was very foolish and actually fell out with Gu Juntian.

“Even if Gu Juntian is capable, so what? His character is bad…”

“Where is Gu Juntian’s character bad?” Old Master Yu asked.

“He abandoned Mingyan!”

Old Master Yu chuckled lightly, “To say ‘start a mess and end a mess,’ you have to have been together. Has he ever been with Cheng Mingyan? Cheng Mingyan and the Cheng family are really out of their minds. At the time, Cheng Mingyan helped the old man Gu. Although it couldn’t be said that he saved his life, he did act with righteousness. If the Cheng family had been a bit more restrained, the Gu Group would have been willing to give them a bit more benefit. But they were greedy and wanted to bind Gu Juntian with a marriage contract. Now it’s bad; Gu Juntian has made a move against the Cheng family. The Cheng family probably won’t be able to hold on.”

During the New Year period, the Gu Group’s affairs kept coming one after another, capturing everyone’s attention, so much so that no one noticed that Gu Juntian was secretly targeting the Cheng family.

It was only in the last couple of days that they became aware of this matter, but by then, the Cheng family was already on the brink of bankruptcy.

“Gu Juntian has taken action against the Cheng family? How come I didn’t know? Minyan didn’t say anything either,” Yu Li said, utterly shocked.

Old Master Yu was speechless.

This matter had caused quite a stir. Yu Li usually didn’t get involved in business affairs, so it was unusual for him to be unaware of it.

But Cheng Mingyan didn’t know about this matter, leaving people at a loss for words.

While they were talking, Yu Li’s phone rang. It was Cheng Mingyan calling, crying on the phone, saying that the Gu Group was targeting the Cheng family and that his father was already at his wit’s end.

“Don’t worry, Mingyan, there will definitely be a way! Go find Chu Zhan, he will definitely help you!” Yu Li said.

On the other end of the phone, Cheng Mingyan was silent: “Chu Zhan said he can’t help me… Yu Li, can you help me?”

Yu Li looked at his grandfather and found that his grandfather was talking to his cousin again, without even glancing at him.

He knew that his grandfather definitely wouldn’t help him.

Yu Li could only respond with silence.

Cheng Mingyan eventually hung up the phone in tears.

After hanging up, Cheng Mingyan called Chu Zhan again, but the call didn’t go through.

Chu Zhan couldn’t help Cheng Mingyan at all right now; he was already overwhelmed.

He hadn’t intervened in the “Gu Group sending fake diamonds” incident, so initially, the authorities hadn’t approached him.

But later, the officials found out that he was the one who had previously smeared the Gu Group online, so they still had a talk with him.

What he did could be considered business competition, not illegal or criminal, so he didn’t face any punishment.

However, when he was doing fine, some people from the Chu family would try to step on him. Now that he was in trouble, they naturally attacked him, saying he offended the state and harmed the Chu family.

And just as he resolved this issue, the Gu Group had already made a stunning comeback, making him the target of ridicule by others: “Chu Zhan, you really don’t know the heights of heaven or the depths of the earth, thinking you could acquire the Gu Group.”

“You caused trouble for Gu Juntian, and it ended up making Gu Juntian even more successful. It’s quite funny.”

“I heard you looked down on Gu Juntian before? I don’t know where you got the courage from.”

Chu Zhan endured these mockeries, planning to wait for the storm to pass before doing something impressive. Then he realized that the people he had poached from the Gu Group had no real abilities.

For example, that Huo Pinghai, who kept saying that the Gu Group was unfair and that he was better than Zhou Qinghao in every way, but he was being suppressed by the Gu Group.

And the result? After Huo Pinghai arrived at the Chu family, all the design drawings he produced were mere imitations of those from the designers of the Holy Emperor, and he even copied Zhou Qinghao!

In other words, he could only plagiarize others.

Such a designer was completely unnecessary for the Chu family!

Just when Chu Zhan thought these people were not worth using, he learned that Gu Juntian had long wanted to dismiss them.

The people he recruited were all the ones Gu Juntian wanted to dismiss, and Huo Pinghai had already been fired.

Realizing this, Chu Zhan almost spat blood.

Once he knew about this, others naturally found out too, and he was mocked again. This time, even his grandfather called him in for a scolding, saying he had poor judgment in people.

Chu Zhan started to doubt his life—was he really not as good as Gu Juntian? Was the gap between them really that big?

It was at this moment that Chu Zhan discovered that the Gu Group was dealing with the Cheng family.

After being with Cheng Mingyan, Chu Zhan had lent a large sum of money to the Cheng family to stabilize the Cheng family.

He knew that the Cheng family’s situation was very poor and that the Cheng family would definitely not be able to repay the money he lent them.

He wasn’t actually so kind as to give money to the Cheng family; he did this to gain the Cheng family’s trust and then, at the right moment, use this loan to control the Cheng family.

Father Cheng was incompetent, Cheng Mingyan won’t manage the company, and he was Cheng Mingyan’s lover.

After the Cheng family trusted him, the Cheng family’s company would eventually fall into his hands.

Chu Zhan had long considered the Cheng family as his own possession, but now that the Gu Group was making a move on the Cheng family, he was both shocked and angry.

But he couldn’t do anything.

Even if Father Cheng handed over the Cheng family to him at this moment, he wouldn’t be able to stop the Gu Group. Moreover, Father Cheng might not even be willing to let him manage the Cheng family.

Chu Zhan knew that the money he gave to the Cheng family was probably going to go down the drain.

He was furious and talked to Cheng Mingyan, only to find out that Cheng Mingyan didn’t even know the Cheng family was facing a crisis. Instead, he was unhappy about Gu Juntian being praised as a business genius.

Chu Zhan felt his heart sink for a moment. He couldn’t help but ask himself, was Cheng Mingyan really the partner he wanted?

At this moment, Cheng Mingyan was calling him.

He silenced the phone and put it aside.

The phone screen remained lit, displaying the note “Mingyan.”

Chu Zhan had no intention of answering the call; he was reading online news related to Zhou Qinghao.

In the mouths of Cheng Mingyan and his friends, Zhou Qinghao was a person who appeared to be pure and innocent on the outside but had a black heart on the inside.

Chu Zhan had heard Zhou Qinghao curse Cheng Mingyan and also found Zhou Qinghao crude and unsophisticated.

He had a very poor impression of Zhou Qinghao.

Previously, he thought that Gu Juntian was indeed someone who grew up in a sheltered environment, having never experienced any storms, which led him to be deceived by such a pretentious man.

People from poor backgrounds always go to great lengths to climb up the social ladder. They are solely focused on making money and won’t invest genuine emotions.

He had seen many such people and thought they were far inferior to Cheng Mingyan.

But now, he had seen the works designed by Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao was still very young, yet he already had his own design style, and he was also very talented.

Such a designer, once nurtured well, could become a money-making machine!

The key point was, Zhou Qinghao was good-looking.

In terms of looks, Zhou Qinghao far surpassed Cheng Mingyan, so it was no wonder Gu Juntian would abandon Cheng Mingyan and choose Zhou Qinghao.

Chu Zhan was just browsing news related to Zhou Qinghao when his phone, which was on silent, lit up again. This time, it was a call from his mother.

Chu Zhan answered the phone, and his mother immediately started scolding him: “Chu Zhan, I had such high hopes for you, but look at what you’ve done!”

“I don’t mind you liking men, but you shouldn’t like Cheng Mingyan!”

“He’s a joke, you know? Gu Juntian doesn’t even like him, but he keeps sticking to him and even insists he’s his fiancé…”

“Gu Juntian is fed up with him, which is why he took action against the Cheng family.”

“Hurry up and break up with him, so Gu Juntian doesn’t take it out on you!”

“I heard some news, Gu Juntian is not simple…”

……

Chu Zhan’s mother was a very capable woman. After reprimanding Chu Zhan, she hung up the phone.

What his mother said was different from what Cheng Mingyan told him!

Feeling something was off, Chu Zhan immediately called over one of the people he had poached from the Gu Group, someone who had been performing quite well, to inquire about the specific situation between Cheng Mingyan and Gu Juntian.

At first, this person tried to speak up for Cheng Mingyan, but after Chu Zhan got angry, he still told the truth.

Gu Juntian had already been in a relationship with Zhou Qinghao, and Cheng Mingyan suddenly appeared. Later, Cheng Minyan claimed at Gu’s that he was Gu Juntian’s fiancé, which made Gu Juntian very angry and he fired Cheng Mingyan.

“Young Master Cheng said the engagement was arranged by Old Man Gu for him and Gu Juntian. There might be some truth to that” this person chuckled awkwardly.

Chu Zhan was so angry he almost laughed.

Cheng Mingyan said he was originally Gu Juntian’s fiancé, but later called off the engagement.

He even thought that Gu Juntian had dated Cheng Mingyan before, and that they broke up because Gu Juntian fell for someone else.

It turned out it wasn’t like that at all!

He actually thought he had struck gold and that Gu Juntian had poor judgment!

Gu Juntian was the smart one. Cheng Mingyan couldn’t do anything right and had nothing to offer. Compared to him, Zhou Qinghao was much better.

After getting together with Cheng Mingyan, he suffered heavy losses; even his grandfather, who used to value him highly, had started training others.

The funds he had accumulated, after being lent to the Cheng family, were destined to never be returned.

The more Chu Zhan thought about it, the angrier he became.

At that moment, he suddenly thought that perhaps he could join forces with the Gu Group to deal with the Cheng family.

Although the Cheng family was on the decline, they still had quite a bit of assets. He could take advantage of the Gu Group’s dealings with the Cheng family to pick up some bargains from behind.

Chu Zhan had a bit of a liking for Cheng Mingyan.

But this bit of liking was not enough for him to give up everything for the Cheng family.

Chu Zhan was determined to break up with Cheng Mingyan and continue fighting on the Chu family’s battlefield!

Gu Juntian quickly found out about Chu Zhan’s actions against the Cheng family, and after knowing, he was dumbfounded.

In the original plot, Chu Zhan’s love for Cheng Mingyan was genuine. He even severed ties with his mother because she disapproved of Cheng Mingyan.

But now, Chu Zhan was starting to deal with the Cheng family?

However, the original plot had long been altered by him, so this wasn’t surprising.

Acquiring the Cheng family’s company was just a small matter for Gu Juntian.

For him, his career and Gu’s company were the most important!

He wanted to reveal the existence of hexagonal diamonds to elevate the Gu Group’s reputation and make his own career flourish.

Although they hadn’t cultivated enough hexagonal diamonds to embed in the set of jewelry designed by Zhou Qinghao, they could start building anticipation.

When people’s expectations for hexagonal diamonds reach their peak, Zhou Qinghao’s designed jewelry would make its grand debut… By then, the whole world will know Zhou Qinghao’s name!

Wait, how did it suddenly turn into Zhou Qinghao’s career flourishing?

Forget it, they were all family. Zhou Qinghao’s career was his career.

While many people were posting online about the jewelry they bought from Holy Emperor, Gu’s company issued an announcement saying they had cultivated a special diamond, the hexagonal diamond, and they would use this diamond to create a unique set of traditional Chinese-style jewelry.

On Earth, there were naturally occurring hexagonal diamonds, but not many people had actually seen what they were like.

The hexagonal diamonds cultivated by Gu Juntian were even more beautiful than the natural ones.

After receiving strong light, they could illuminate the surroundings, like a night pearl.

“Hexagonal diamond? What is that?”

“Is Gu’s announcement real or fake?”

“Are you kidding me? I looked it up, hexagonal diamonds are very difficult to form. The existing hexagonal diamonds have all been found in meteorite craters. Even foreign research institutes can’t cultivate visible hexagonal diamonds yet. How could the Gu Group possibly cultivate them?”

“If the Gu Group dares to say that, they must be able to produce a finished product!”

“Gu Group, are you a bit off? Improving diamond cultivation methods is one thing, but you even managed to cultivate hexagonal diamonds?”

“I said, how come my mentor went to the Gu Group and never came back? Turns out it was for the hexagonal diamond!”

“I want to see what the hexagonal diamond looks like!”

“Jewelry made from hexagonal diamonds, I can’t wait, I want one!”

……

Under Gu’s announcement, there were many comments, most of which were positive.

But some people didn’t believe it at all.

“Is this a scam? If Gu’s company really had such capability, it should be a military enterprise, not a private one.”

“Using such precious diamonds to make jewelry? You can’t scam people like this!”

“Exactly, if they really had such diamonds, they would definitely use them for research first!”

……

These doubts were seen by the officials.

They thought these people were right; such precious diamonds shouldn’t be used for jewelry.

But there was nothing they could do about it; after all, the person who developed this jewelry was a love brain.

Gu Juntian developed this hexagonal diamond entirely to help Zhou Qinghao gain fame!

Really, a grown man couldn’t have a bit of ambition?

Forget it, researchers all had their quirks; they could only understand and respect them.

Thinking this, the authorities also released an announcement, stating that through persistent research, Gu Juntian had cultivated hexagonal diamonds, taking the country a big step forward in related fields and achieving a breakthrough.

“The official certification is out, the Gu Group really has cultivated hexagonal diamonds!”

“Wait, why does the official announcement say that Gu Juntian cultivated hexagonal diamonds?”

“Hexagonal diamonds should have been cultivated by the researchers, what does Gu Juntian have to do with it?”

“Did they make a mistake in the announcement? It sounds like hexagonal diamonds were cultivated by Gu Juntian.”

……

Many people left comments asking the official to change the announcement, but the official did nothing.

These hexagonal diamonds were indeed cultivated by Gu Juntian. Recently, Gu Juntian had been working hard to cultivate even larger hexagonal diamonds.

What they admired most was that this person could manage the company while also doing research.

Previously, they thought Gu Juntian was like what was said online, not good at managing a company, but now looking at it… Gu Juntian was clearly very good at it.

A researcher whose career was delayed by being a president? Not at all!

Ordinary internet users saw the hexagonal diamond and were just curious for a moment before going about their business, but some people were stunned when they saw this news.

The challenges that top foreign research institutes couldn’t overcome, their country actually managed to conquer?

When did their country’s technological level become this high?

Scheming White lotus (22): Gu Juntian actually planned to use such a precious thing to make jewelry?

The hexagonal diamond cultivated by Gu Juntian was very small, less than one carat.

The small gem was being pinched by Gu Juntian, making the hearts of those researchers race.

Gu Juntian, you must hold on tight and not lose this precious hexagonal diamond!

People had previously found large hexagonal diamonds in meteorite craters, but the cultivated hexagonal diamonds were very small and even invisible to the naked eye.

And in their country, they couldn’t even cultivate hexagonal diamonds that were invisible to the naked eye!

This tiny hexagonal diamond, its significance was immense!

By the way, what was precious was not just the hexagonal diamond; Gu Juntian’s laboratory was also extremely valuable!

Gu’s diamond cultivation base must be protected!

Gu Juntian also needed to be protected!

“Mr. Gu, please be careful.”

“Mr. Gu, can we study this diamond?”

“Mr. Gu, how did you make this diamond?”

……

A group of people surrounded Gu Juntian, asking him questions non-stop.

During the process of cultivating hexagonal diamonds, Gu Juntian recorded detailed experimental data. He said to the people in front of him, “You can go to my laboratory and I’ll give you a brief introduction.”

After finishing speaking, Gu Juntian led these people into his laboratory. After briefly introducing the various instruments in the lab, he handed over the experimental data he had recorded to them.

“This instrument looks really good.”

“I don’t quite understand this step.”

“The instruments used by Gu’s jewelry company are even better than those in our research institute.”

“They specifically researched several alloys to improve the instrument!”

……

After Gu Juntian introduced the cultivation methods of hexagonal diamonds to these people, he brought his secretary and started discussing cooperation with the officials responsible for negotiations here.

The officials had already talked to the people at the Gu group’s diamond cultivation institution. During the conversation, they were very puzzled. 

These Gu group members didn’t even know what was going on; they had no idea how precious the things they had researched were!

You should know that one of the alloys they disdained, thinking it couldn’t be made into jewelry or a safe, was actually useful in the medical field.

This alloy was not new; it had existed for a long time, but their country had been unable to produce it until now, leaving them in a bind.

The country spent a lot of money to specifically establish a laboratory, but they couldn’t produce this alloy. Now, a jewelry company came to conduct research and unexpectedly saw the finished product…

Truly, after searching high and low, it came effortlessly.

This whole process gave people an incredible feeling.

Gu group was so amazing.

The Gu group members all acted that way, and the officials thought Gu Juntian also didn’t know how precious these things were. However, the truth was quite the opposite.

After Gu Juntian started talking to them, they quickly realized that Gu Juntian knew the value of what he had created.

It made sense; even if Gu Juntian didn’t know how to manage a company, he was personally trained by Old Man Gu, who had been navigating the business world for decades, so he naturally couldn’t be completely clueless.

The officials didn’t dare to underestimate him and seriously discussed cooperation with him.

This time, they fell silent.

Who exactly said Gu Juntian couldn’t manage a company? With Gu Juntian’s negotiation skills and ability to control the situation, he didn’t resemble a researcher at all; he seemed more like a seasoned veteran in the business world.

Gu Juntian was willing to provide the technology he had developed to the country free of charge. Of course, the country should also gave him some benefits, such as helping him expand and improve the Gu group’s diamond cultivation base, and giving the Gu group more opportunities.

“It’s getting late, let’s discuss the details tomorrow.” As they were talking, Gu Juntian suddenly spoke up.

The official person was a bit confused, it was only nine o’clock, was it really that late?

Encountering such an important matter, they just wanted to finish the discussion quickly!

Gu Juntian said, “It takes about fifty minutes to drive from here to my home. By the time I get back, it will be around ten o’clock in the evening. After handling some chores and taking a shower, it will be almost eleven. I go to bed by eleven at the latest.”

The official looked at Gu Juntian with a face full of admiration.

Young people with such a healthy lifestyle are rare these days.

Many people involved in research have quirks, and it seemed that Gu Juntian had them too.

“Mr. Gu, you should go back and rest. We’ll arrange for someone to escort you,” they politely suggested, planning to assign some people to protect Gu Juntian.

This was a treasure!

Gu Juntian also didn’t refuse: “Thank you.”

Not long after Gu Juntian left, the researchers studying the hexagonal diamonds came out of the laboratory.

“Is Mr. Gu still here? We have encountered some issues and would like to consult him.”

The official said, “Mr. Gu said he goes to bed at eleven o’clock at night, and he has already left.”

“Mr. Gu has a good routine, which is great. Going to bed at eleven at night is still a bit late, so let’s have him sleep before ten in the future; it’s better for his health.”

“Yes, let him go to bed early and wake up early, so his health can improve.”

“He must take good care of himself and live to be 120 years old.”

……

Gu Juntian’s approach to research was completely different from theirs, giving people a sense of being wildly imaginative, yet he still managed to succeed.

They hoped Gu Juntian could live for two hundred years and create more things!

These research bigwigs praised Gu Juntian’s work schedule and then stayed up late to study the materials left by Gu Juntian.

Taking care of your health is very important, but they couldn’t sleep!

The experimental records left by Gu Juntian, although they couldn’t understand much of it, still provided them with great inspiration, and they couldn’t stop.

Compared to Gu Juntian, they were still not disciplined enough.

These people admired Gu Juntian’s good habits and self-discipline, but they didn’t know that Gu Juntian was eager to go home mainly because he was afraid of worrying Zhou Qinghao.

Moreover, if he slept too late, he wouldn’t be able to take Zhou Qinghao for training tomorrow morning.

What if Zhou Qinghao slacked off and didn’t exercise?

Alright, Zhou Qinghao was a very hardworking person and wouldn’t slack off. Actually, he just wanted to spend time with Zhou Qinghao and give him the hexagonal diamond he just made today.

He had worked so hard, wasn’t it reasonable for him to take some time off to exercise with someone he liked?

Thinking this, Gu Juntian sent a message to Zhou Qinghao, saying that he had already set off and would be home around ten o’clock.

After coming out of the lab, he had already replied to Zhou Qinghao.

But seeing all the messages Zhou Qinghao sent him during the day, along with the many solutions he wrote for the Gu group’s current crisis, made him want to send Zhou Qinghao a few more messages as well.

Thinking this, Gu Juntian took a photo of the hexagonal diamond on his hand with his phone and showed it to Zhou Qinghao.

After chatting with Zhou Qinghao for a few minutes, Gu Juntian began to handle the company’s affairs.

Today, a lot happened online, but with the intervention of a certain country, everything had been resolved, and he didn’t need to do much.

While Gu Juntian was in the car, he briefly reviewed some documents, and by the time he got home, he had already finished all his work.

The car parked in the villa’s underground garage, and as Gu Juntian just got out of the car, he saw Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao was waiting for him in the garage.

“It’s so late, why aren’t you asleep yet?” Gu Juntian asked.

“If you don’t come back, I won’t feel at ease.” Zhou Qinghao’s eyes were very bright.

It was normal for Gu Juntian to be too busy with experiments to answer calls, but today, the Gu group’s diamond research base had been sealed off by the authorities.

Zhou Qinghao had a general understanding of what Gu Juntian was doing, knowing that Gu Juntian would be fine and might even gain a tremendous opportunity, but he was still a bit uneasy.

“I’ve already come back. You should go to bed early. I’ll wake you up for a run at 6:30 tomorrow morning,” Gu Juntian said to Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao looked at Gu Juntian speechlessly.

So many things had happened, how could Gu Juntian only be thinking about running?

Zhou Qinghao’s gaze fell on the small gem and couldn’t look away: “This gem is so beautiful and unique.”

“It’s very unique. This is the special type of diamond I mentioned to you before, the one I wanted to synthesize. The set of antique-style jewelry you designed will definitely look beautiful when inlaid with this kind of diamond,” Gu Juntian said.

“This kind of diamond is indeed very suitable for setting in antique jewelry,” Zhou Qinghao said while holding the small gem.

“This gem absorbs light energy and then glows in the dark, and it is harmless to the human body…” Gu Juntian introduced the hexagonal diamond he had researched to Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao asked, “What is this diamond called?”

Gu Juntian said, “It’s called the Hexagonal Diamond. Alright, you should go to sleep now.”

While Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao were talking, they had already reached the third floor. He pushed Zhou Qinghao into his room and then went back to his own room to sleep.

The more Zhou Qinghao looked at the diamond in his hand, the more he liked it, so he took out his phone and searched for hexagonal diamonds.

This search, Zhou Qinghao fell silent.

The hexagonal diamond in his hand suddenly felt a bit hot.

At the same time, in the Gu group’s diamond cultivation base, those research big shots remembered something: “What about the hexagonal diamond that Mr. Gu made?”

“Yeah, what about that diamond?”

“Did Mr. Gu take the diamond?”

“It should be, such a precious item, Mr. Gu will definitely take good care of it. By tomorrow, he should have it back.”

“Let’s continue our research.”

……

These people chatted while continuing to study the materials left by Gu Juntian.

Tonight, they were too restless to sleep.

Those who couldn’t sleep weren’t just them.

Those people who targeted the Gu group before couldn’t sleep today.

Gu group probably had connections, which was why the government’s response to the hacking incident involving Gu was astonishingly swift.

They all got visited by the police.

Chu Zhan was lucky; he didn’t get involved in this matter and thus wasn’t implicated. However, after learning about the situation of those who caused trouble for the Gu group, he couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

The energy that Gu possesses was much greater than he imagined.

Actually, today, seeing the Gu group being attacked, Chu Zhan also wanted to step in.

After learning that officials went to the diamond cultivation base, he wanted to post news online such as “Gu’s Diamond Cultivation Base Suspected of Illegal Activities, Under Official Investigation.”

But before he could make a move, he realized something was off.

Those people didn’t seem like they were going to the Gu group diamond cultivation base to cause trouble. Later on, even more heavyweight figures specifically went there.

Fortunately, he didn’t take action!

Chu Zhan broke out in a cold sweat, completely baffled at the same time.

Even if Gu had improved the diamond cultivation method, the authorities didn’t need to take it so seriously, did they? They even sent the military over!

What happened to the Gu group?

Time flew by, and before they knew it, it was the next day.

Gu Juntian got up early in the morning and called Zhou Qinghao to go for a run.

When Zhou Qinghao was running, he was lifting weights beside him.

After playing for a while, Gu Juntian noticed something—Zhou Qinghao was looking at him a lot today!

Was it because he looked really handsome today?

He didn’t know if Zhou Qinghao would suddenly run over and kiss him after running for half an hour.

He was quite looking forward to it.

Gu Juntian was just thinking about this when he heard Zhou Qing Hao ask, “Gu Juntian, the one you gave me yesterday, is it really a hexagonal diamond?”

Gu Juntian said, “Of course.”

Zhou Qinghao took a deep breath.

He always knew that Gu Juntian was very impressive, but he really didn’t expect Gu Juntian to be this impressive!

Suddenly jumping off the treadmill, Zhou Qinghao rushed towards Gu Juntian and hugged him again: “Gu Juntian, I want to kiss you!”

Zhou Qinghao’s face was within reach, and Gu Juntian went in for a kiss.

Zhou Qinghao was really something; they were lovers, if he wanted to kiss, just do it, why ask?

Purely a waste of time.

Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao kissed for a long time, then he supervised Zhou Qinghao to finish the remaining distance. Only then did he go to the Gu Diamond Cultivation Base, satisfied, to continue discussing cooperation with the officials.

When Gu Juntian arrived at the training base, he was beaming and walked with a spring in his step, clearly having had a good rest last night.

But here at the diamond cultivation base, many people have dark circles under their eyes, clearly showing they haven’t rested well.

When Yu Zixing saw Gu Juntian, he looked as if he had seen a savior.

Those old-timers in the research field, yesterday they dragged them to ask all sorts of questions until late into the night, and when they were done asking, they didn’t go back to sleep but instead ran to their dorms to sleep!

Those seniors slept in the dormitory beds, while the people protecting them slept on the floor. Yesterday, their dormitory was packed with people, and they couldn’t sleep at all.

“There’s nothing for you to do today, so go get some more sleep.” Gu Juntian knew the situation of Yu Zixing and the others, so he simply let them rest.

After finishing, he walked towards the person who had come to negotiate with him, smiling.

Next, it was his stage.

Gu Juntian had already thought about what conditions to propose to the officials, but before he could speak, the other party asked, “Mr. Gu, where is the hexagonal diamond you cultivated yesterday? Everyone wants to see it. Old Zhou flew in last night just to see it.”

Gu Juntian fell silent for a moment, then said, “They must be even more curious about how these hexagonal diamonds are cultivated. How about this, I’ll take them to see how hexagonal diamonds are cultivated.”

That diamond, Zhou Qinghao wanted to return it to him this morning, but he didn’t accept it.

The first hexagonal diamond he made was originally meant to be given to Zhou Qinghao.

So if others want to research, keep cultivating it.

Gu Juntian took those people to the laboratory to cultivate the hexagonal diamonds. After he finished all the preparatory work and delegated the remaining tasks, he finally had the time to negotiate properly.

In this negotiation, he had the advantage of time, place, and people, making it really easy to talk.

The news online about Gu group giving fake diamonds had long been completely clarified.

And this commotion had made some people who originally didn’t know about this matter aware of it. If nothing unexpected happened, in the coming time, the sales of gold jewelry in Old Town Gold would increase again.

Those who supported the Gu group were inevitably delighted to see this situation. As for those who targeted the Gu group… they now dared not speak up, fearing that someone might come knocking on their door.

It was at this moment that the authorities released an announcement stating that Gu had developed a brand new diamond cultivation method, significantly speeding up the diamond cultivation process.

“It turns out they developed a new diamond cultivation method. No wonder the Gu group can give away so many diamonds!”

“So the diamond that Gu gave is 100% real.”

“Did the Gu group collaborate with the country?”

“Definitely collaborated, that’s why the Gu group was targeted yesterday and the issue was resolved so quickly!”

……

While people online were talking about this matter, some mentioned that officials went to Gu’s diamond cultivation facility for research yesterday.

“Here’s an insider tip. It is said that because the Gu group has given away so many diamonds, the authorities found it unbelievable and specially sent someone to check the situation at the Gu group. When they checked, they were stunned! The reason the Gu group could give away so many diamonds is that they improved the diamond cultivation method! The country has been researching it for so long without success, but a jewelry company like the Gu group actually improved it. I heard that the country has already decided to cooperate with the Gu group.”

“Is that so?”

“Official: What’s going on with your jewelry company? You’re even doing scientific research?”

“Country: It seems the jewelry industry also needs a thorough inspection.”

“After the comprehensive assessments in the industrial and agricultural sectors, the jewelry industry will also undergo a thorough assessment!”

……

It was at this time that the jewelry brand Holy Emperor under the Gu group took the opportunity to launch various diamond jewelry, with the flagship being the Brilliant Series.

The Brilliant Series included necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, studs, and more, with many pieces also available in men’s styles.

These diamond jewelry pieces were very beautiful, sparkling like the Milky Way. Although they were not cheap, they werediamond jewelry!

“I’ve always known about Old Town Gold; there’s a store near my house. But this brand, Holy Emperor, is the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“Besides the Old Town Gold under the Gu group, there was actually a Holy Emperor!”

“Holy Emperor’s jewelry is so beautiful!”

“The Brilliant series has such a strong sense of design, I really want to buy it like crazy!”

“There is a Holy Emperor counter at the mall near my home. I’ve bought their products before, and I’m already on my way there now.”

……

Gu Juntian started planning early, and he had already prepared the promotional plan for the Holy Emperor well in advance.

At this moment, the company’s staff began the promotion according to the plan he had devised.

For a time, news about the Old Town Gold gold and the Holy Emperor was everywhere online.

The brand “Holy Emperor” wasn’t well-known before, but now, thanks to Gu’s massive traffic, it had suddenly become popular.

Evening, Gu’s Diamond Cultivation Base.

In front of many witnesses, the second hexagonal diamond was cultivated.

Everyone didn’t witness the cultivation of the first hexagonal diamond, but this one was born under their witness.

They all looked at it, touched it, and even conducted various experiments with it.

This was indeed hexagonal diamond; its hardness surpasses that of regular diamonds.

This thing could be applied in many areas.

If they could use this kind of diamond in some of the equipment at their research institute…

In an instant, everyone came up with many uses for the hexagonal diamond and even started fighting over its ownership.

Gu Juntian said, “This hexagonal diamond is mine.”

The crowd thought for a moment and felt that Gu Juntian was absolutely right.

This hexagonal diamond was indeed cultivated by the Gu group, and it truly belonged to Gu Juntian.

They shouldn’t have fought over this diamond before.

“Yes, this hexagonal diamond belongs to you, Mr. Gu,” an old academician said, then asked Gu Juntian, “Mr. Gu, what do you plan to do with this hexagonal diamond?”

Gu Juntian said, “My boyfriend designed a set of ancient-style jewelry. I studied hexagonal diamonds specifically so that his ancient-style jewelry can be inlaid with unique gemstones! His set of jewelry requires a total of forty-two hexagonal diamonds for inlaying. For the next month, I will focus on helping him cultivate hexagonal diamonds, and these diamonds will all belong to him.”

The old academician who was talking to Gu Juntian was dumbfounded.

The others present were also left speechless.

Gu Juntian added, “Furthermore, the Gu group needs to use these six diamonds for promotion to enhance the reputation of the Holy Emperor jewelry brand under the Gu group.”

The researchers across from Gu Juntian were already numb.

Such a precious thing, and Gu Juntian actually planned to use it to make jewelry?

This was wasteful, just as unbelievable as using Alloy No. 1 to make a safe!

Wait, Mr. Gu clearly knew the value of Alloy No. 1, yet he still used Alloy No. 1 to make safes. Now he was using hexagonal diamonds to make jewelry—didn’t that seem normal?

Scheming White lotus (21): The president of Gu Group is a buried scientific research genius!

February 18, the ninth day of the first lunar month.

Today was the first day back to work after the Spring Festival holiday.

Mr. Gu had been running a promotion where you buy gold and get diamonds for free since February 1st. Excluding today, it had already been 17 full days.

Gu’s employees had just started work when they began discussing this matter: “Where did our company get so many diamonds?” 

“I have a relative who bought a big diamond ring when she got married. I didn’t buy one, so she kept mocking me. This New Year, I went to buy 50,000 yuan worth of gold jewelry in the old city and received a one-carat diamond as a gift. That diamond is even brighter than the one she wears, and her face turned extremely ugly.”

“Our Gu group synthetic diamonds have very high purity, and they are definitely beautiful.”

“This New Year, our company really became popular. When I attended a family gathering during the New Year, everyone was asking me about Gu’s, wanting to know if MrGu really couldn’t manage the company and if Gu’s was going to go bankrupt, hahahaha…”

“I was also questioned during the New Year, and my parents are worried that I might lose my job.”

“They’re really overthinking it. Isn’t our company doing fine right now? Sure, some people were poached, but Mr Gu bought back some shares from certain shareholders.”

“Insider news: In the new year, our company will be adding some benefits. I heard it’s because we made too much money during the New Year period!” 

“Looking forward to it!”

“The Holy Emperor is releasing jewelry made from synthetic diamonds. Have you seen it?”

“I’ve seen it, it’s really beautiful. I heard it was designed by Mr. Gu’s boyfriend. I really want to buy it.”

……

When the Gu Group was the subject of much discussion, Gu Juntian received a call from the authorities, saying they wanted to conduct a survey on the diamond production of the Gu group.

Gu Juntian had always adhered to the rules, so he naturally wouldn’t disagree. He immediately stated that he welcomed any official investigations at any time.

After some discussion, the national side decided to visit Gu’s diamond production base tomorrow morning to assess Gu’s diamond output.

If Gu’s diamond production was particularly high, some manufacturers that needed diamonds as industrial raw materials could place orders with Gu to purchase Gu’s diamonds.

Using such a fine diamond just for making jewelry was a bit of a waste.

After both parties reached an agreement, Gu Juntian continued with his work.

At this moment, those who disapproved of the Gu group finally couldn’t sit still.

The decline in diamond prices was a major trend, but Gu group directly giving away diamonds was still a bit excessive!

They even gave so much, making such a big fuss, this was clearly undermining the diamond industry!

The Gu group was doing this, how could others sell diamonds?

In the past, some people praised natural diamonds for being so much better, but now there were so many people who had obtained synthetic diamonds. These people had taken their synthetic diamonds for testing and found that ordinary appraisal institutions couldn’t even tell whether their diamonds were synthetic or natural, leading to doubts about natural diamonds.

There were comments all over the internet claiming that there was no difference between lab-grown diamonds and natural diamonds, which had significantly impacted the business of natural diamonds.

There were some people who had taken a dislike to Gu Juntian. They hired someone to cause trouble at an Old Town Gold store, claiming that the diamonds they received as gifts after purchasing gold were fake.

At the same time, they asked someone to film a video and blow it out of proportion.

“The diamond that Gu gave is fake; it’s not a diamond at all, it’s moissanite.”

“A diamond cultivation machine can only cultivate one diamond at a time, and larger diamonds take several days to cultivate… Now, the production of synthetic diamonds is indeed very high, but without externally purchasing diamonds, it is impossible for Gu to take out that many diamonds at once!”

“From the data I’ve collected, Gu’s has already sent out a massive number of diamonds. There’s no way they could have that many diamonds unless the ones they sent were fake.”

“I went to Old Town Gold to buy something, and the diamond they gave me from Old Town Gold was shown to a professional. He said it wasn’t even a diamond!”

……

The incident at the store in the Old Town Gold occurred during the day on the ninth day of the lunar month. That night, the video spread rapidly online, and the whole matter began to escalate.

By the tenth day of the lunar month, more and more people knew about this matter.

Those who went to Old Town Gold to buy a large amount of gold jewelry and received diamonds as a result were all in a panic.

Ordinary people, without experience, find it very difficult to distinguish between diamonds and moissanite with the naked eye. In other words, if they received a fake diamond, they wouldn’t be able to tell at all.

Was Gu’s family trying to deceive them?

You should know that selling moissanite as diamond has always been a common occurrence. On the internet, some people even refer to moissanite as “synthetic diamond.”

The Gu group didn’t even provide a certificate proving that what they sent was indeed diamonds!

Moreover, the “diamond” given by Gu was a gift, which meant that even if they reported Gu for deceiving consumers, they might not succeed.

It’s like going to some jewelry stores to buy jewelry, and in the end, the store gives them a piece of jade, saying it’s worth eight thousand, but when they have it appraised, they find out it’s worth at most two hundred… In this situation, they have no way to protect their rights.

That’s just a freebie!

The diamonds that Gu group was sending now were in the same situation.

Some ordinary people who received diamonds after buying gold from Gu’s were anxious and wanted to get to the bottom of the matter.

At this time, more and more people were attacking the Gu group online, including hired trolls and those who simply disliked the Gu group.

Back then, many people spent tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands on diamonds. Now that diamond prices had plummeted, some of them were feeling quite upset and were taking it out on Gu.

This matter was actually quite similar to buying a house.

Some people bought houses at high prices earlier, and even though housing prices have been falling ever since, some real estate developers are actually giving away houses… People who bought houses at high prices are definitely not happy.

For a time, the Gu group had a very bad reputation online, and Gu Juntian was once again dragged out and criticized.

“When the Gu group was managed by Old man Gu, everything was fine. Ever since Young Gu took over, a whole bunch of problems have arisen!”

“He only resorted to a big clearance sale out of desperation. Can he really give away genuine items? The stuff he gives away must be fake!”

“Those who take the diamonds for appraisal and find out they are real diamonds, they are all their accomplices!”

“The Gu group is really going to be finished!”

……

Of course, some people attacked Gu, while others believed in Gu, thinking that Gu had no reason to lie about this matter.

After all, lab-grown diamonds were really cheap now.

Moreover, not everyone couldn’t tell the difference between diamonds and moissanite. Diamonds are much more beautiful than moissanite, and experienced people could still distinguish between them.

They thought the Gu group was hacked.

But after they spoke up for Gu, they would be attacked by the water army¹, which would repeatedly throw out data, saying that based on domestic production, Gu couldn’t possibly have that many diamonds to give away.

When both sides were arguing online, the officials arrived at the Gu group’s diamond cultivation base.

They saw online that Gu group sent fake diamonds, but they didn’t believe it.

Yesterday, they conducted a more detailed investigation into the matter of the Gu group’s diamond delivery and also examined some of the diamonds sent by the Gu group. All those diamonds were genuine, not at all fake moissanite, and the quality of the diamonds was excellent!

However, under normal circumstances, the Gu group indeed couldn’t produce that many diamonds…

“This Gu group, could it be that they have improved the diamond production technology? The technology for cultivating diamonds abroad is indeed more advanced than ours” a middle-aged man in the official team spoke up.

Synthetic diamond technology, their country had been researching it, but because they were a step behind at the beginning, their country’s current diamond cultivation technology could not keep up with foreign countries.

Another person said, “Improving diamond production technology isn’t that easy. They might have secretly bought some diamond cultivation machines and hoarded them for a long time before finally taking out so many diamonds at once.”

“I think so too, but in any case, the Gu group’s diamond production is definitely not low!”

Everyone chimed in, and together they arrived at the Gu group research base.

As soon as they arrived, they saw a few young people standing at the door, looking around.

Seeing them, these young people greeted them with beaming smiles.

“Welcome, welcome!”

“Mr. Gu was originally here waiting, but he ran into some issues at his lab and hurried over there. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

“Let us first take you on a tour of our Gu group diamond cultivation facility!”

“This place is very big, very advanced!”

……

These young people included Gu Juntian’s secretary and three young men from this training base who were responsible for assisting Gu Juntian in researching alloys.

Everyone else was busy, but these three guys were relatively free because Gu Juntian hadn’t been researching alloys for the past few days. They looked decent, so they were brought in to make up the numbers.

These three people were the senior interns that Gu Juntian recruited some time ago, and the first one to come to Gu’s was named Yu Zixing.

He studied materials, and this major didn’t make it easy to find a job. It was also not easy to find an internship.

Unfortunately, his family didn’t have much money, and he didn’t plan to pursue further studies; he wanted to start working as soon as possible…

Just when he was worried about his job, he saw that the Gu group was hiring, and the salary offered was quite high.

For the sake of money, he came to the Gu group without a second thought and even brought two of his own classmates along.

Then once he came in, he couldn’t go out.

The Gu group was too busy, there were too many things to do!

He and his classmates not only lived in this research base but also didn’t go home for the New Year. His parents once suspected that he had been deceived and sold to Southeast Asia.

He actually wanted to go back for the New Year, but Gu’s offer was just too good!

At first, when Gu said that the internship salary was 10,000 a month, he thought it was excessively high. It was not easy for them in this field to find a job that matched their expertise. Initially, he actually chose this dead-end major because his family didn’t understand.

He was already prepared to do a job unrelated to his major in the future, but he didn’t expect that a company would be willing to offer him a monthly internship salary of 10,000… He and the two classmates he brought along were very excited. After they entered the research base, even though they had to work overtime every day, they still endured it.

The dormitory was right in the base, saving them the time of commuting back and forth!

They knew that the capitalists arranged dormitories for them in order to better exploit them, but saving on rent was still a good thing.

He and his classmates stayed at the company for a month, with all meals and accommodation covered. When payday came, they joked with each other, saying that since they had no expenses at the company, they could save their entire salary. After a few years, they could have hundreds of thousands saved up, which was quite good.

In short, they happily went to collect their wages, only to find out that the company didn’t give them the ten thousand they had initially agreed upon.

It was not that they gave less, but that they gave more.

Their internship salary was indeed 10,000 a month, but overtime was calculated separately.

So, Gu gave each of them thirty thousand.

The three of them were worried that the internship unit would give them a bad evaluation, and since they didn’t have partners and their families were not here, they worked overtime every day for various reasons. So, they ended up working a lot of overtime!

Although there were many overtime hours, Gu’s company provided meals and accommodation, and Mr. Gu had a very good temper. Their work was also very interesting, as they could conduct all sorts of strange and unusual experiments.

When they thought they could only earn ten thousand a month, they had no complaints about the company.

As a result, they earned thirty thousand in a month.

They thought that Gu was offering them a salary of ten thousand for the internship just to make them work overtime for free. Who would have thought that besides the ten thousand for the internship, they could actually earn twenty thousand in overtime pay?

Yu Zixing and his classmates were all excited.

The moment they received the money, they felt they could fight for the Gu group for a lifetime.

So during the New Year, they didn’t want to go home at all.

Overtime was really good; with the salary and bonus for February combined, they might be able to earn fifty thousand.

This was fifty thousand! Fifty thousand!

If the company didn’t prohibit it, Yu Zixing felt he could work a few extra hours every day.

You have to understand, his family was not well-off, so he had never seen so much money before.

His parents suspected he had been trafficked because the wages he received were simply too high.

In short, he loved the Gu group, he loved work!

The research base had been very busy, but today there was nothing for Yu Zixing and the others to do. They were the most free people in the entire base, so they were brought in to host the officials.

Yu Zixing felt a bit uncomfortable.

He had grown up this much, and it was still the first time he was done something like this.

However, the officials had a very good attitude. After chatting with the officials for a bit, Yu Zixing and the other inexperienced students quickly opened up and spoke freely.

Then, the officials learned that Gu’s company had indeed improved diamond cultivation technology. Nowadays, the diamond production at Gu’s diamond cultivation base was astonishingly high, and the cost was very low.

They had studied for so many years but couldn’t increase the diamond cultivation speed this much or reduce the cultivation cost this low. Gu’s research base was just too impressive!

Running a private enterprise was not easy these days!

They didn’t know if the Gu group was willing to sell this technology to them…

Thinking this, they followed Yu Zixing and the others inside and saw the machine that the Gu group used to cultivate diamonds.

The machine had indeed been modified, and theoretically, this was feasible. However, the existing metal could not withstand such great pressure. Normally, Gu’s machine would break down after making diamonds like this a few times.

After examining the machine, the officials couldn’t help but frown, and one of them even voiced their doubts.

Yu Zixing said, “The metal used in the machines we just bought indeed doesn’t have enough hardness and is prone to breaking, so we switched to a different alloy!”

“What alloy did you switch to?” the official asked.

Yu Zixing said, “We switched to Alloy No. 1, this alloy is very useful…”

Yu Zixing excitedly introduced Alloy No. 1 and said, “This alloy can’t be used to make jewelry. When we first researched it, we thought it was useless. We never expected it could be used to modify machines!”

Yu Zixing’s classmate said, “This alloy isn’t useless either! Didn’t Mr. Gu say from the start? It can be used to make safes. The safe Mr. Gu ordered for his home, made from Alloy No. 1, is already finished.”

“We also made some safes to send to the Holy Emperor, specifically for storing precious gems. These safes cannot be broken by violence, and their security is excellent!”

“Mr. Gu plans to make some diamond-encrusted safes in the future and sell them at a high price.”

“This idea is good!”

Yu Zixing and the others were chatting happily, each taking turns to speak.

The official listening to them speak already felt short of breath.

The parameters of this alloy could completely be used to make airplanes, warships, rockets, and all sorts of high-tech items. How could Gu group even consider using it to make safes?

What was called wasteful extravagance? This was wasteful extravagance!

Wait, among the people who came today, although there were experts, they all specialized in synthetic diamonds. Given the current situation, they needed someone to “support” them.

The officials discussed it for a moment and asked Yu Zixing, “Could you provide us with the data on this alloy you have researched?”

Before meeting with the official representatives, Gu Juntian had already informed Yu Zixing and the others, saying that no matter what the officials wanted to know, they could tell them.

Therefore, Yu Zixing immediately handed over a copy of the Alloy No. 1 data to the official.

Then the officials immediately started making calls to recruit people.

Gu’s not only had diamonds, but also rare alloys. Hurry, everyone!

After making several phone calls and reporting the matter, the officials let out a long sigh of relief, looked at each other, and were a bit puzzled about the current situation.

“How did Gu manage to develop such an alloy?” the team leader curiously asked one of the researchers under his command.

Not long ago, after years of research, their country finally mastered a method for producing an alloy.

That was a type of aluminum alloy. With this aluminum alloy, their country could make better weapons!

As a result, that type of aluminum alloy was simply no match for the one developed by Gu.

This was just ridiculous.

“Perhaps it was a twist of fate?” the researcher pondered, utterly baffled.

Another person disagreed: “Such alloys cannot be made simply by putting a few metals together. It often requires some special techniques to thoroughly fuse those metals together. Gu might have talents in this area.”

“No matter what, this alloy definitely can’t be used to make a safe!”

“Yeah, using it to make a safe is such a waste of this metal!”

After they talked, they finally calmed down and continued chatting with Yu Zixing and the others.

At this point, Yu Zixing also realized something was off: “Is Alloy No. 1 very precious?”

“You study materials, and yet you don’t know how precious this alloy is?” The official was quite helpless.

“I don’t know. We also used Alloy No. 1 to make some tools for making jewelry. At that time, Mr. Gu was quite pleased and said that this alloy was quite useful, more so than Alloy No. 2, No. 3, and No. 6, but not as good as Alloy No. 4 and No. 5. Alloys No. 4 and No. 5 can be used to make jewelry.”

The official looked completely bewildered and said, “You guys have developed several types of alloys? What are the parameters of those alloys?”

Yu Zixing took out the parameters of those alloys to show to the officials and briefly introduced these alloys.

The official, after reading it, gasped.

What was going on with this Gu group?

Such an alloy, they just made it casually?!

Their country was developing rapidly, but in certain areas, they still faced bottlenecks.

Like the 7050 aluminum alloy, their country studied it for a long time before finally being able to produce it.

And now, the parameters of the No. 1 alloy presented by Gu are astonishing, far surpassing the 7050 aluminum alloy. They even brought out several other special alloys!

If the parameters of these alloys were accurate, some could be used in the medical field, some in the aerospace field, and some they didn’t even know where they could be used, but they would definitely have some use.

Such an alloy was actually being used to make jewelry… Had the Gu group gone mad?

“I’ll contact the higher-ups again!”

“Simply calling people over isn’t enough! We need to call in the army!”

“If what they say is true, this place must be protected, and nothing inside can be leaked out!”

“This place should be upgraded to a secure unit.”

“Call quickly! Call quickly!”

……

The officials started to recruit people again.

Yu Zixing: “……” This situation was getting more and more suspicious!

The officials spent quite a bit of time looking for people before finally getting the job done.

Then, they looked at Yu Zixing with serious expressions: “Your company has developed something like this, why didn’t you report it?”

Yu Zixing looked at them in confusion: “Are these alloys really that precious?”

“That must be very valuable!” the official said, “You seem to know a lot about these alloys. Have you been involved in the research?”

“I participated, but I was just following orders and helping the boss…”

“What did you even study for your PhD? You’ve been involved in research and still don’t know its value.” The official was speechless.

Yu Zixing said, “I haven’t done a PhD, I haven’t even done a master’s degree. I’m in my fourth year and I’m interning here.”

Official: “!!!” They thought that to be involved in such research, Yu Zixing must at least be a PhD, but he was only a senior?

“I think the parameters of this alloy are a bit good, but everyone around me seems to think it’s perfectly normal…” Yu Zixing was conflicted.

One of Yu Zixing’s classmates said, “We’ve seen you not react to anything you see, so we thought these were all normal.”

Another classmate of Yu Zixing said, “Actually, I think there are many things about the Gu group that are not normal, but I’m too busy to think about it much.”

The three of them exchanged glances, all feeling quite helpless.

The place they worked at, was it really a jewelry company?

Speaking of which, their manager Gu even wanted to synthesize a new metal before, that is, the element K.

This metal was synthetic; their country still couldn’t produce it.

Because this metal was a cancer killer, its production was low, and its price was astonishing. It used to be 30 million dollars per gram, but now it was a bit cheaper, still costing 10 million dollars per gram.

When he was short on money before, Mr. Gu was already thinking about making a move.

However, now that they didn’t lack money anymore, Mr. Gu didn’t bring it up.

They were somewhat familiar with this metal, after all, it could be found online. When they first heard Mr. Gu mention it, they thought he was joking, but now looking at it, perhaps Mr. Gu wasn’t joking after all?

Mr. Gu might really want to make a difference.

Thinking this, Yu Zixing said, “These alloys were all researched by President Gu. We’re just helping him out a bit; we really don’t understand anything.”

“Yeah, we’re just helping out Mr. Gu.”

“My grades are average; I almost ended up interning at a cleaning company before.”

……

Official: “……This Gu group was really getting more and more outrageous!”

Taking a deep breath, the official leading the team asked, “Where is your President Gu?”

Yu Zixing said, “Mr. Gu has been trying to cultivate hexagonal diamonds lately. He’s in the lab right now.”

“Hexagonal diamonds? He wants to cultivate hexagonal diamonds?!” The officials were dumbfounded.

They came for the synthetic diamonds, and since they knew a lot about diamonds, they naturally knew what hexagonal diamonds were.

This type of diamond had already been cultivated by research institutes abroad, but the hexagonal diamonds produced were either extremely small or could only exist for a very short period of time.

Even so, those research institutes had discovered through their studies that hexagonal diamonds possessed many peculiar characteristics.

If this type of diamond was really developed, it could not only be used to make the most expensive jewelry but also have significant industrial applications!

The most crucial part was that the machine capable of cultivating hexagonal diamonds itself represented cutting-edge technology!

“Growing this type of diamond is very troublesome. Mr. Gu said he can’t grow it in a short time,” Yu Zixing said.

The official person, upon hearing this, breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Zixing followed closely, saying, “Mr. Gu thinks he will be able to cultivate the hexagonal diamond by next month.”

Official: “…” They didn’t want to say anything anymore; now they just hoped that the Gu group wasn’t bluffing.

If Yu Zixing and the others were not boasting, then their country’s technology level could see a significant improvement after visiting a jewelry company for research.

When the officials arrived at the Gu group research base, it was ten in the morning; now, it was already noon.

The officials, in shock, had already forgotten about lunch, but Yu Zixing and the others were young and got hungry quickly, so they couldn’t stand it.

Yu Zixing said, “How about we go eat first? The food here is really good!”

The official noticed Yu Zixing’s bright, sparkling eyes and followed him to the cafeteria.

The food here was indeed quite good. They took a tray and then could go around picking up food one item at a time. There were a lot of food options available.

Yu Zixing and the others each took a lot, but the officials had something on their minds and took very little.

Then, before they could even take a few bites, the person who started shaking first arrived.

These people brought a lot of equipment over and immediately asked, “Where’s the alloy? Where’s the alloy? How can you still think about eating? Where’s the alloy you mentioned?”

Official: “…” Actually, they weren’t in the mood to eat either.

These people quickly saw the metal they were thinking about. Of course, they didn’t just see Alloy No. 1; they also saw Alloys No. 2, 3, and 4.

Using the tools brought along, they conducted a simple test and took a look at the modified machines used by Gu to cultivate diamonds. These people also started making phone calls to recruit others.

“Arrange for some people to come over and escort us back! I want to use the lab’s equipment to conduct more detailed tests on these metals!”

“Our research institute’s equipment isn’t good enough; it would be best to send some to the capital!”

“Get more people to come pick us up, carrying these metals, I don’t dare go out.”

“Make sure to protect this place!”

“Gu Juntian is a genius, we must protect him well!”

“The Gu group’s research base is a treasure!”

“Can I apply to work at the Gu’s Research Base?”

……

The people above were all stunned and asked, “What about Gu Juntian? We want to talk to him.” This Gu Juntian was a bit beyond their expectations…

Now that the Gu group could produce so many good things, they needed to cooperate with the Gu group, which meant they needed to have a good talk with Gu Juntian.

“We haven’t seen him yet.”

“He’s doing research, let’s not disturb him for now.”

“I heard he isn’t very good at managing a company? Letting him manage a company is such a waste of talent; he should be doing research!”

“We just chatted with someone from Gu’s company, and we heard that Gu’s company got hacked. You guys should handle it quickly. Gu’s company sent real diamonds; it’s such bad luck to get hacked!”

“Yes, we must definitely help the Gu group resolve this matter. We can’t let someone like Gu Juntian feel disheartened!”

……

As time went by, those scientific big shots in this city, one by one, all entered Gu’s diamond cultivation base.

The higher-ups were also paying more and more attention to the Gu group.

Right now, there were people online slandering Gu’s company. They must resolve this issue immediately so they could better cooperate with Gu’s company!

At this point, it was already the afternoon of the 10th.

Online, the incident of Gu group using moissanite to impersonate diamonds as gifts had been getting more and more attention.

Many people had posted evidence claiming that Gu’s gift was a real diamond, but there were still those who didn’t believe it: “It’s all Gu’s hired trolls.”

“The Gu group could never have given moissanite to everyone. Some people were lucky enough to get real diamonds, but others received moissanite.”

“Blackening Gu’s name for life, if you don’t want to give a gift, you don’t have to, but deceiving people is just wrong!”

“Can I return the gold jewelry I bought from Old Town Gold? I don’t want it anymore!”

……

The online uproar was intense, and Gu’s employees couldn’t help but mention it: “Someone must have deliberately smeared us!”

“The diamond we gave you is a genuine one.”

“Exactly, how can moissanite compare to diamonds? I can tell the difference at a glance!”

“What are we going to do now? A lot of people are clamoring for refunds.”

……

Gu’s employees were a bit worried, and Zhou Qinghao was no exception.

Seeing Gu group being wronged, seeing someone cursing Gu Juntian online, he was furious, absolutely livid.

He thought of many solutions, wrote them on the computer, and sent them to Gu Juntian, but Gu Juntian didn’t reply. He also called Gu Juntian, but no one answered.

He asked Gu Juntian’s secretary and found out that Gu Juntian had gone off to do research again.

So what should they do now? The Gu group couldn’t just do nothing, right?

Zhou Qinghao felt that he couldn’t just sit and wait for his doom, so he steeled himself and went straight to the public relations department of the Gu group, asking them to issue a statement saying that the Gu group definitely sent diamonds and not moissanite, with a tenfold compensation for any fakes.

Immediately after, he had the Gu group legal department send out a lawyer’s letter, preparing to sue those who slandered the Gu group.

If Zhou Qinghao were just a designer, no one at Gu Group would listen to him, but he was Gu Juntian’s boyfriend, a senior executive at Gu Group, and they were well aware of Gu Juntian’s regard for him.

They were already planning to do something, and now that Zhou Qinghao had stepped up, they might as well handle it according to what Zhou Qinghao said.

After Gu did this, the voices questioning Gu online indeed decreased a lot, but many people did not see Gu’s statement, and with the addition of internet trolls, the online uproar continued.

However, the situation was gradually improving, and the Gu group members breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, they also looked at Zhou Qinghao with new eyes.

Previously, in the eyes of many, Zhou Qinghao was just a decent-looking, somewhat talented young designer. Being noticed by Mr. Gu was just a stroke of luck.

In addition, Cheng Mingyan, Huo Pinghai, and others had spread bad rumors about Zhou Qinghao everywhere… and some people thought Zhou Qinghao was a two-faced hypocrite.

But now looking back… Zhou Qinghao was decisive in his actions, and he didn’t seem simple.

No wonder President Gu liked him.

Gu’s handling of the situation was still very decisive, but calming the online uproar was not so easy.

It was at this moment that the authorities took action.

First, Gu’s statement was pushed on various platforms, then news unfavorable to Gu was suppressed and banned from being pushed. Following that, the police quickly arrested the people who falsely accused Gu of sending fake diamonds and issued an announcement stating that Li and Wang, after receiving money from Zhang, filmed a video to frame Old Town Gold. They had now been arrested and brought to justice.

Afterwards, official agencies also stated that Gu’s diamond cultivation base had developed new technology for producing diamonds, increasing diamond production by more than tenfold.

That evening, everything was already settled, and the efficiency was astonishing.

The netizens were all shocked.

“The official response is so quick!”

“Is the Gu group producing diamonds this quickly? Is it for real?”

“The officials have said so, can it still be fake?”

“So the diamond that Gu gave is real?”

“I suspect the Gu group has connections; their speed in handling this is truly remarkable.”

“The blogger I follow analyzed this matter. He said that Gu’s diamond production is quite impressive, and Gu might have reached a cooperation with the authorities, which is why they could resolve this issue in such a short time.”

“Gu’s technology is pretty impressive; it can actually increase diamond production by this much!”

“No matter what it is, once our country produces it, the price drops immediately. The day when diamonds are worthless is probably coming soon.”

……

These things online hadn’t really affected those big shots in research.

Gu Juntian had instructed before that no matter what the officials wanted to see, they should be shown. These scientific research bigwigs took a good tour of the Gu group’s diamond cultivation base and had a good chat with the Gu group members.

They firmly believed that the president of Gu’s was an overlooked scientific genius!

They had no other plans right now; they just wanted to take Gu Juntian to their research institute to do scientific research.

Unfortunately, Gu Juntian had been staying in the lab and hadn’t come out.

A group of people had been waiting by the laboratory door for a long time, and finally, the laboratory door opened.

Right after that, Gu Juntian came out from the door.

“Mr. Gu, you’re finally out!” The people from the Gu group all came forward.

They were all a bit flustered.

The officials had surrounded them here, and now they couldn’t get out. When they reported their safety to their families, they couldn’t say this or that.

They only entered a jewelry company, so how did it suddenly become a secret unit?

“Yes, I’m out.” Gu Juntian said.

He didn’t want to stay in the lab for so long either, but there was no choice. The experiment that had been stalled for so long suddenly made progress today.

Just now, he cultivated the hexagonal diamond!

When cultivating octahedral diamonds, they could not be left unattended, so he had been continuously monitoring them.

Today, he actually had a lot of things to do.

Now he had been stuck in the lab all day and didn’t know what was going on outside.

Gu Juntian thought this and looked around at the people in front of him.

Among these people, there were many he didn’t know, who should belong to the official side.

He was not stupid; on the contrary, he was very smart. He knew very early on that what he had researched was very valuable.

The people who worked with Yu Zixing on the alloy were asked to work overtime during the New Year, actually for the sake of confidentiality.

He had always wanted to collaborate with the authorities, but he had only been here for a few months, and there were still quite a few things he needed to take care of, so he hadn’t started working on this matter yet.

“Hello, President Gu! I am from the XX Research Institute, specializing in alloy research…”

“Hello, Mr. Gu, I am engaged in mineral research…”

“Mr. Gu…”

A group of people surrounded Gu Juntian, eagerly introducing themselves.

These researchers, who usually didn’t pay much attention to online news, turned the internet upside down today for Gu Juntian.

They heard that Mr Gu was not good at management… Why not come to their research institute then!

Gu Juntian chatted with them with a smile, his long sleeves dancing gracefully, handling everything with ease.

He would be at a loss when it came to Zhou Qinghao, who would flirt with him at every turn, but he could always handle any situation with others.

“Everyone, I’m sorry, but I’ve been busy cultivating hexagonal diamonds today and couldn’t entertain you” Gu Juntian said, opening his hand to show them the small hexagonal diamond he was holding.

Those researchers gasped in shock the moment they saw the hexagonal diamond emitting a bright glow.

This was a gem harder than diamonds, and there were hardly any of these gems in the world!

Such a precious and priceless treasure, and Gu Juntian was just casually holding it?

They didn’t agree with using Alloy No. 1 to make safes, but this diamond should be kept in a safe made of Alloy No. 1!

Notes

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Scheming White lotus (20): Where did Gu get so many diamonds?

The sales of gold in the old city have skyrocketed, making peers extremely envious.

Chu Zhan even felt that Gu Juntian’s move to put himself in a desperate situation was a brilliant move.

Although the profit from Old Town Gold would decrease after sending out so many diamonds, its sales had indeed increased, which could bring huge cash flow to the Gu family.

In this way, Gu’s company would not lack funds, and there won’t be any cash flow problems in the short term.

This should be the trick that Old Man Gu came up with for Gu Juntian.

Ginger is indeed still as spicy as ever. Although Old man Gu was sometimes confused, when he was clear-headed, he could still come up with strategies for Gu Juntian.

Old Master Gu was still being open-hearted with Gu Juntian.

How come he didn’t have such a good grandfather?

Chu Zhan was increasingly jealous of Gu Juntian and wanted to imitate the Old Town Gold by organizing a similar event of buying gold and giving diamonds.

The price of lab-grown diamonds had indeed come down, and the production was not low, but in the short term, they would have to raise prices to buy a large quantity of diamonds.

If studying Gu’s theory required a large amount of funding, some people might not be willing to do it.

There were many shareholders and management members in the Chu family, and many of them were on the opposite side of Chu Zhan.

One of Chu Zhan’s uncles said, “Chu Zhan, you’re targeting the Gu family for Cheng Mingyan, aren’t you? You’ve already caused us to lose a lot of money, and you still want to continue… Are you out of your mind?”

Chu Zhan said expressionlessly, “My actions against the Gu family are for the future of the Chu family. Over the years, the Gu family’s market share in gold jewelry has been increasing year by year, while the Chu family’s market share has been declining. We need to find a way to suppress the Gu family.”

Everyone present knew that Chu Zhan was dealing with the Gu family not for Cheng Mingyan, but for profit.

But some of them, from the very beginning, didn’t want Chu Zhan to succeed.

If Chu Zhan succeeded, he would become the heir of the Chu family, which was not good for them.

In that case, they would definitely “frame” Chu Zhan.

“People are saying that you’re going after the Gu family to get back at Cheng Mingyan. This can’t be just a baseless rumor.”

“I heard you personally gave the Cheng family quite a bit of money?”

“How easy is it to acquire the Gu family? If it’s not for Cheng Mingyan, why are you targeting the Gu family? In my opinion, acquiring the Cheng family makes more sense.”

“Exactly, that company of the Cheng family has way more problems than the Gu family!”

……

Chu Zhan knew that at this point, no matter what he said, it would be useless, so he didn’t argue with them. Instead, he said, “Right now, Old Town Gold has made a big splash with their ‘Buy Gold, Get Diamonds’ promotion. If we don’t do anything, our gold jewelry sales will plummet this Spring Festival. For the sake of market share, we should probably do a similar promotion.”

He previously smeared Gu Juntian and Gu group, hoping to make Gu Juntian overwhelmed and causing Gu group’s stock price to plummet.

Who would have thought that Gu would take this opportunity to expand the fame of Old Town Gold?

People always want to get a bargain, and claiming “factory closing, clearance sale” has always been a great promotional tactic.

Gu used this method.

Nowadays, the internet was full of news about how the new president of Gu’s didn’t know how to manage, the company lacked funds, and Old Town Gold could only hold big sales to recoup funds.

Who wouldn’t be moved after seeing it?

Gold is a hard currency, and the people of their country had a love for gold that was ingrained in their very bones.

Right now, Old Town Gold was having a gold sale, and some people who originally didn’t want to buy gold were going to buy it!

If they didn’t hold events, who would buy their gold?

But the other members of the Chu family did not agree: “You want to hold an event, but where are the diamonds coming from?”

“Gu’s ability to do this is because they have their own synthetic diamond cultivation base, but we don’t!”

“With so many diamonds, where are we supposed to buy them? Where’s the funding coming from?”

……

When the Gu family first started this activity, they conducted an investigation to find out where Gu’s diamonds came from.

The result was that it was something they cultivated themselves.

Previously, Gu Juntian took a lot of Gu family’s funds to buy equipment. At that time, many people in the Gu family were dissatisfied, and they thought Gu Juntian was being very foolish. Now that they thought about it, maybe Gu Juntian had already planned this out!

They were already prepared, but they rushed in trying to follow the trend. If they weren’t careful, they might not only fail to ride the wave but could end up crashing!

Of course, there were people standing on the opposite side of Chu Zhan, and naturally, there were also people standing on Chu Zhan’s side.

Everyone held onto their own opinions, and after a heated debate, they could only go ask Chu Zhan’s grandfather to make the final decision.

Chu Zhan’s grandfather said, “Doing it this way will make people hate us. We might as well not do it.”

Synthetic diamonds had been around for a long time, and their prices had been continuously dropping, but they hadn’t really made their way into the lives of ordinary people. The jewelry industry had been consistently promoting the benefits of natural diamonds, tracing their origins to prove their value.

This is because many people don’t want synthetic diamonds to take away their jobs.

Those who spent a lot of money on natural diamonds in the early years also find it hard to accept that their diamonds are now worthless.

Gu Juntian suddenly organized this diamond giveaway event, as if diamonds were worthless. There would definitely be many people who would be upset and end up hating him.

The people of the Chu clan, upon hearing Old Chu’s words, immediately felt a bit of schadenfreude.

Old Chief Chu continued, “Gu Juntian won’t be able to keep this up for long either. The equipment for cultivating synthetic diamonds is quite expensive, and the speed of cultivating synthetic diamonds is very slow. Even if the Gu family has their own synthetic diamond cultivation base, their reserves won’t be too large. They won’t be able to keep this activity going forever.”

Indeed, Gu Juntian would only cause trouble during this Spring Festival holiday at most. It couldn’t go on forever. If the Chu family could hold out for these few days, it would be fine.

While those who made money from natural diamonds target Gu Juntian, they could still enjoy the spectacle of the Gu family.

A group of people started flattering Old Master Chu, and Chu Zhan watched them, secretly sighing.

His grandfather was getting older and more timid, and now he will miss the opportunity.

After technological innovation, the industry would inevitably undergo changes sooner or later.

The person who dares to be the first to eat crabs might just soar to great heights.

Gu Juntian might be able to lead the Gu family to glory.

Such thoughts emerged in Chu Zhan’s mind, but soon, he brushed them aside.

Gu Juntian was just a love-struck fool, completely smitten by a two-faced, scheming man who was solely out to exploit him for money. How could someone like that possibly have such grand plans?

He probably just recently acquired too many shares, and his funds were insufficient. He really had no choice but to team up with Old Man Gu to come up with the idea of “giving diamonds.”

Chu Zhan thought so, and so did others.

However, the reality was completely different from what they imagined.

Gu Juntian had already planned to do this shortly after he traveled through time.

To this end, he purchased equipment, improved the methods for cultivating synthetic diamonds, and stockpiled a large quantity of diamonds.

Diamonds of one carat and above were all cultivated by the Gu family’s diamond cultivation institution; they had stockpiled a lot of them. As for diamonds below one carat, he procured them from the market.

Small diamonds were actually quite cheap. He didn’t care whether they were synthetic or natural, as long as the price was right, he bought them up and had stockpiled who knew how many.

Besides hoarding diamonds, he also prepared a large amount of gold jewelry; otherwise, the Gu family’s gold jewelry wouldn’t be enough to sell!

The day before New Year’s Eve, Gu Juntian gave a big red envelope to the people who were carrying out this plan with him and even celebrated a bit in the company conference room.

“I originally planned to hold a celebration banquet for everyone to have a meal together, but organizing that is too much trouble, and drinking is bad for our health. So I suggested that we skip it and just give everyone some money instead!” Gu Juntian said to his employees while sitting at the head of the conference room.

The employees cheered. 

It was almost the New Year, and there were already many social gatherings. As workers, they didn’t want to increase their social obligations.

Opening a thousand worth of drinks for them was not as good as giving them a thousand in red envelopes.

“However, I have prepared a small gift for everyone. It’s the Brilliant Series diamond jewelry just released by Holy Emperor. You can wear it yourself or give it to someone else,” Gu Juntian said.

Since the production of synthetic diamonds had already increased, his Holy Emperor could now release a series of synthetic diamond jewelry!

The Brilliant Series was the first batch of synthetic diamond jewelry launched by the Holy Emperor.

All the jewelry in this series was designed by Zhou Qinghao. Gu Juntian planed to use this as a starting point to make Zhou Qinghao the top jewelry designer in the country.

The people in the conference room all knew that the company had been preparing to launch the Brilliant series of jewelry during this period.

The Holy Emperor was taking the high-end route. Although the Brilliant series jewelry used synthetic diamonds, the price was very high. Gu Juntian gave it to them as a gift, and they liked it very much!

After giving out the rewards, Gu Juntian discussed the work arrangements with these people.

“Previously, we gave some well-known bloggers diamonds and had them shoot videos of buying jewelry in the Old Town Gold and receiving diamonds, which received widespread attention. Next, we can talk to these bloggers and have them create another video asking the Holy Emperor for help in designing various accessories made from the diamonds they received.”

“You can also use this opportunity to promote the Brilliant Series, letting them include the Brilliant Series jewelry in the video.”

“Holy Emperor is a domestic high-end jewelry brand, and this point needs to be emphasized! Nowadays, people are increasingly fond of supporting domestic products.”

……

The power of online promotion cannot be ignored.

The sales of Old Town Gold had actually already increased before the diamond promotion. The reason for this increase was that Gu Juntian had people design many rings with “wealth-attracting” elements.

Among them, a gold ring made up of interlocking small coins had become a bestseller.

It happened this way because they hired influencers to advertise, claiming that wearing this ring on the right middle finger could attract wealth.

Young people nowadays don’t usually believe in ghosts and gods, but if they hear about something that brings good fortune, they might just give it a try.

Speaking of which, the success of their diamond giveaway event this time was also because of the increased popularity of the Gu family.

They really had to thank those who criticized the Gu group. Without them, where would Gu group get so much traffic?

However, speaking of this matter, people online were still saying that the new president of the Gu family was incapable of managing the company and was very wasteful. Should they address this?

Someone brought this matter up with Gu Juntian.

Gu Juntian said, “It’s a baseless rumor, there’s no need to specifically clarify it.”

It wouldn’t be long before those people realized that he was not incapable.

The more he was mocked now, the greater the shock would be for the people when the situation reversed in the future.

Maybe it will trend again.

It was all free traffic, why not take it?

He was even willing to stoke the fire, previously he had pushed this matter, making people think that he couldn’t manage the company and had no other options, which was why he gave the diamond.

“President Gu is magnanimous!”

“If Mr. Gu doesn’t mind, actually making people think this way is quite good!”

“In the future, Mr. Gu will surely amaze the world!”

……

Gu Juntian was too generous; they didn’t mind saying a few good words about him.

Of course, they said these things because Gu Juntian was really awesome.

You should know that the machine used by the Gu family to cultivate diamonds was personally improved by Gu Juntian!

If it weren’t for the fact that Old man Gu was lacking an heir, which led Mr Gu to learn management, and if Mr Gu had entered the research field, he might have become a top researcher, shining brightly in the field of science.

They heard that Mr Gu, in addition to improving diamond production equipment, also upgraded other equipment used for synthesizing gemstones, and even developed several alloys that were not available on the market.

Gold is very soft and not suitable for setting in jewelry. They often use 18k gold for setting jewelry, which contains 75% gold and the remaining 25% is other metals. This is actually an alloy.

The alloys that Mr Gu made were not all suitable for making jewelry, but it was ultimately not a mistake for him to develop in this direction.

They heard that Mr Gu was still synthesizing a special type of diamond, but that project was confidential, so they didn’t know the specifics.

But no matter what, the diamond industry was destined to undergo a dramatic transformation.

Not only were synthetic diamonds now of very high purity, but they were also getting larger and cheaper.

Who knew, one day, they might even embed a big diamond on top of the Gu group building.

“Alright, it’s about time, everyone go back. I need to clock out too and head home for the New Year,” Gu Juntian said with a smile.

Today was the last working day for Gu before the Spring Festival; tomorrow was New Year’s Eve, and Gu would not be working.

The people in the design department were all waiting for the end of the workday.

In the morning, they had already finished various wrap-up tasks, and in the afternoon, they gathered together to drink tea and chat.

“After Huo Pinghai left, the atmosphere in our office has really improved a lot.”

“He complains about everything all day long, it’s a bit annoying.”

“The company lost a lot of people, but as a result, efficiency actually improved… I heard from the sales department that they are all very grateful to Chu’s. Chu’s took away the troublemakers from their department!”

While chatting, someone asked Zhou Qinghao, “Qinghao, recently Old Town Gold has been giving away diamonds. Where does our company get so many diamonds from?”

Zhou Qinghao said, “I’m busy drawing every day, so I’m not clear about these things.”

Gu’s diamond, he knew exactly where it came from.

Gu Juntian had already told him while having dinner.

But these things, he wouldn’t tell anyone else.

The colleagues in the design department didn’t doubt Zhou Qinghao’s words.

Zhou Qinghao’s current speed of producing pictures was really fast. He was fully focused on this, so he definitely didn’t have time to deal with other matters.

Moreover, even if President Gu liked Zhou Qinghao a lot, he wouldn’t talk to Zhou Qinghao about too many company matters.

Only Manager Zhong didn’t believe Zhou Qinghao’s words.

President Gu had already said he wanted to marry Zhou Qinghao, and they were living together. How could Zhou Qinghao not know about President Gu’s matters?

As for Zhou Qinghao saying he was busy drawing every day… others might believe it, but Manager Zhong did not.

Don’t think he didn’t know. During this period, Zhou Qinghao not only left work on time but also never brought work home!

He could only say that Zhou Qinghao’s work efficiency was too high!

He really envied Zhou Qinghao, envied Zhou Qinghao’s talent, and also envied Zhou Qinghao for having strong support from President Gu.

The people in the design department were chatting and then started talking about the Brilliant Series again.

The jewelry designed by Zhou Qinghao was strongly promoted by the company, and they were so envious that their eyes turned red.

But he was Mr. Gu’s boyfriend, and he was very talented. They really couldn’t compare.

“Qinghao, did the company adopt that set of ancient-style jewelry you designed recently? After the Brilliant series, are you planning to release a separate series?” someone asked.

They designed jewelry, but rarely created traditional styles. Although in recent years, with the popularity of Hanfu, more and more people were buying traditional-style jewelry, modern-style jewelry was still relatively more popular.

Not long ago, Zhou Qinghao had a burst of inspiration and designed a set of ancient-style jewelry.

Just looking at the design drawings of that set of jewelry, they thought it was very beautiful, but they assumed the company would leave it unused.

Even Zhou Qinghao himself didn’t expect to see the finished product.

But after Gu Juntian looked at the design drawings, he took his design drawings away.

According to Gu Juntian, he was trying to synthesize a special diamond. Once that special diamond was synthesized, he would use it to make his set of jewelry.

“Mr. Gu said that set of jewelry won’t be available for a while,” Zhou Qinghao said.

“That jewelry is really beautiful and very elegant. It’s actually perfect for celebrities to borrow and wear on the red carpet,” someone said.

Zhou Qinghao smiled and didn’t say anything.

He had designed quite a few pieces; the Brilliant series would be mass-produced and sold, but there were also some pieces that used precious gems to create unique jewelry.

Gu Juntian had already contacted some celebrities, lending them the jewelry he designed so they could wear it on the red carpet.

Gu Juntian had been nurturing him and caring for him very much.

Zhou Qinghao felt that after getting to know Gu Juntian, he had become better and better.

Not to mention anything else, his body was much better now, and he had gained quite a bit of strength.

It was just that he still couldn’t beat Gu Juntian.

Everyone was chatting when Gu Juntian came in from outside.

Although people online were discussing Gu Juntian, saying he was a prodigal son and that the Gu family business would eventually collapse under his management, the people of the Gu group thought this was all nonsense.

Anyone who had actually met their president wouldn’t think like that!

Mr. Gu was tall, handsome, and exuded an imposing presence; the aura of a domineering CEO was impossible to hide.

Just by his appearance, it made people inexplicably want to trust him.

Moreover, the decisions he made at the company, although they caused some turmoil, clearly made Gu’s much more vibrant than before!

“Qinghao, it’s getting late, let’s head back,” Gu Juntian said.

He was here to pick up Zhou Qinghao.

Here, they placed the most importance on New Year’s Eve. For tomorrow’s New Year’s Eve, he planned to stay at home and spend quality time with his family. The same goes for the Spring Festival the day after tomorrow.

Starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, he would go to the research institute to continue studying his special diamond.

Now, he could already cultivate very small, special diamonds, but he couldn’t produce finished products large enough to be used for jewelry.

He needed to improve the equipment a bit more.

As for how to improve…

Actually, he was able to improve the diamond cultivation equipment before by relying on the new alloy he developed himself.

The equipment he bought had some subpar metal materials on it, but once he replaced them with the metal he synthesized, it worked perfectly!

Further improvements in other areas… Their machines had significantly increased the speed of diamond cultivation compared to others.

Now, the new alloy varieties he had developed were more than before, allowing for further improvement of the equipment.

In the days before, besides purchasing equipment, he also hired some professionals in the field of machinery. Now that he was going home for the New Year, those people were still busy at the Gu Group research base.

At the current pace, it wouldn’t take more than a month for the special diamonds visible to the naked eye to be cultivated.

When those special diamonds come out, Holy Emperor would definitely become famous and turn into a well-known jewelry company!

Gu Juntian was full of confidence about the future.

He was also very satisfied with his career.

Although Zhou Qinghao persistently seduced him, he held his ground, resisted the temptation, and continued to shine in his career.

On the morning of New Year’s Eve, Gu Juntian, as usual, got up early and went to find Zhou Qinghao.

Zhou Qinghao’s door was open, but Gu Juntian did not go in. Instead, he stood at the door and asked, “Qinghao, are you ready?”

Previously, when he came to find Zhou Qinghao, he saw that Zhou Qinghao’s door was open, and since Zhou Qinghao invited him in, he went in.

Then he saw Zhou Qinghao, who was naked.

Zhou Qinghao was really working hard; he needed to be careful, lest one day he accidentally fell into a trap.

That was a good thing for him, but it might hurt Zhou Qinghao.

“Here!” Zhou Qinghao came out of the room and gave Gu Juntian a speechless glance.

Gu Juntian was so naive and cowardly that he didn’t even dare to enter his own room now.

However, this kind of Gu Juntian really made people want to tease him a bit.

Zhou Qinghao thought to himself, then stepped forward and grabbed Gu Juntian’s hand: “Brother Juntian, do you want to come to my room tonight? We can watch the Spring Festival Gala and celebrate the New Year together?”

Here he came again! Zhou Qinghao was back again!

Gu Juntian changed the subject: “Qinghao, I’m not working today, so let’s skip the run and go for a walk nearby.”

Zhou Qinghao said, “Brother Juntian, you haven’t answered my question yet!”

Gu Juntian sighed, “Why do you always think about these things? We haven’t even gotten married yet!”

Zhou Qinghao was immediately stunned upon hearing Gu Juntian’s words.

Gu Juntian added, “Even if we get married, you can’t keep dwelling on this matter. It’s not good for your health, and when you get older, you’ll suffer.”

Zhou Qinghao’s eyes inexplicably felt sour, and he suddenly wanted to cry.

He held back his tears and managed to put on a big smile.

He always knew that Gu Juntian valued him, but he never expected that Gu Juntian had been rejecting him all along because he wanted to wait until marriage.

Marriage, ah, what a wonderful word it was!

He really wanted to marry Gu Juntian, very, very much.

But he had always been very anxious, fearing that one day Gu Juntian would no longer want him.

Now that Gu Juntian had mentioned marriage and even expressed concern about his life in old age, Zhou Qinghao wanted to hug Gu Juntian and give him a kiss.

If he wanted to do it, just do it. He jumped up and hugged Gu Juntian: “Brother Juntian, you are so great, I really love you so much!”

Gu Juntian had just wanted to say “I know” when he was kissed.

A wonderful New Year’s Eve, starting with Zhou Qinghao taking the initiative to kiss!

Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao kissed for a long time before taking Zhou Qinghao for a walk.

This city was located on the southern coast. It got a bit cold in winter, but not excessively so.

The two of them were outside, walking and chatting, talking about a lot of things.

Zhou Qinghao only took a good look at the environment around the Gu family at this point.

The house where the Gu family lived was in an older neighborhood, and each building in the neighborhood was a standalone luxury villa.

These villas were not arranged in a neat row; they were integrated with the community landscape, standing in a staggered manner among the flowers, plants, and trees, creating a unique and charming scene.

“This neighborhood is really beautiful,” Zhou Qinghao said.

Gu Juntian agreed, “Indeed, now in the city, they don’t allow building such villas anymore.”

The house they lived in, with the front and back yards combined, was about 200 square meters, and the house itself occupied around 400 to 500 square meters.

Such houses still existed in more remote areas, but in the city, they had long been prohibited from being built.

This was purchased by Old Man Gu over twenty years ago when the original owner was still a child. The original owner grew up here, and Cheng Mingyan also lived here.

Gu Juntian knew Cheng Ming Yan well; at six or seven in the morning, he was definitely still sleeping and wouldn’t be out, so he and Zhou Qinghao won’t be disturbed.

Indeed, they went for a walk outside and only encountered a few elderly people practicing Tai Chi in the neighborhood.

These elderly people, upon seeing Gu Juntian, all smiled and greeted him, “Xiao Gu, long time no see.”

“Xiao Gu, your family’s gold jewelry has been selling quite well lately!”

“Xiao Gu, is this your boyfriend?”

……

Recently, there had been all sorts of ridiculous rumors in their neighborhood, saying that Gu Juntian was a heartless man who had wronged Cheng Mingyan, saying that Gu Juntian’s boyfriend had been bullied in the Gu family, saying that Gu Juntian was mismanaging the company and that Gu group was on the verge of bankruptcy, and even saying that Gu Juntian had spent a lot of money buying shares and diamonds and was about to go bankrupt…

These people didn’t believe a word.

Gu Juntian and Cheng Mingyan had always had a bad relationship. The engagement was just something the Cheng family said; they never even saw the engagement banquet. How could Gu Juntian be so heartless and ungrateful?

Gu Juntian’s boyfriend, they hadn’t seen him being mistreated. The Gu family always took him along when they went out, and it seemed like they got along well.

As for Gu Juntian not being able to manage the company… These old-timers once gathered together to analyze the Gu family’s actions during this period and felt that Gu Juntian’s abilities were far greater than they had imagined.

They, the founders of the family business, thought that if their descendants could maintain the family business and be good managers, that would be great.

Previously, in their eyes, Gu Juntian was seen as someone capable of maintaining the status quo.

But now looking back… Gu Juntian not only had the ability to maintain his achievements, he could also expand his territory!

When Old Man Gu was still around, he didn’t show his abilities, but as soon as Old Man Gu stepped down, he immediately began to reveal his talents.

Old Man Gu was so lucky to have such a grandson!

“Yeah, this is my boyfriend, he’s a designer.” Gu Juntian introduced Zhou Qinghao to them.

Zhou Qinghao greeted these people with a smile.

He only cared about Gu Juntian, not about anyone else.

He used to be afraid of facing Old man Gu because Old man Gu was Gu Juntian’s grandfather.

Now, he wasn’t even afraid of the old man, so naturally, he won’t be afraid of anyone else.

The people in the neighborhood saw Zhou Qinghao being poised, clear-eyed, and eloquent, and all thought that Gu Juntian had good taste.

There were a few younger ones who said that Gu Juntian’s partner was after his money and had questionable character, but now that they’ve seen the real person, they felt that Zhou Qinghao was completely different from what they were told.

This person was quite good-looking!

Cheng Mingyan was someone they watched grow up. As a person, he was fine, but in terms of looks, he really couldn’t compare to Zhou Qinghao.

If it were them, they would also choose Zhou Qinghao.

Gu Juntian chatted with them for a while and then left with Zhou Qinghao.

And not long after they left, an old man strolled over.

He chatted with the elderly people who were exercising in the morning and learned that Gu Juntian had just left. One of the elderly people said, “If I had known, I would have come earlier!”

Others were curious: “You want to meet Gu Juntian? Why?”

The old man said, “It’s nothing much. Didn’t he take out a lot of diamonds this time? I just want to ask him where those diamonds came from. How come he still hasn’t finished delivering them after so many days?”

Diamonds are actually widely used in various cutting tools, in addition to being made into jewelry.

In fact, the large quantities of synthetic diamonds produced by their country before had all been used to make various tools.

Now, Gu’s group suddenly taking out so many diamonds to give away was quite astonishing. If Gu group’s synthetic diamond cultivation base could produce diamonds in large quantities, then certain industries might have to place orders with Gu group for diamonds.

“Isn’t it said that the Gu family raised it themselves?”

“The cost of those diamonds shouldn’t be low. Xiao Gu is also losing money this time but it’s worth it!”

“My old lady went to Gu’s and bought over a million worth of gold jewelry all at once, just for the pigeon egg that Gu’s gave her… Seriously, that diamond is super bright!”

……

Everyone started chatting, and the old man who was curious about the origin of the Gu family diamond joined the conversation.

As for how the Gu family’s diamond came to be… after the New Year, let the curious people go ask the Gu family themselves.

Right now, the New Year was the priority.

Actually, it was not just this old man who was curious about the origin of the Gu family diamond.

A jewelry company suddenly produced so many synthetic diamonds that even the national authorities were curious.

Their country’s synthetic diamond production was the highest in the world, but it seemed they had underreported their own country’s diamond production.

However, Gu’s company did purchase a lot of synthetic diamond cultivation equipment, and they had been cultivating synthetic diamonds for many years, so they didn’t take it too seriously.

The New Year was coming soon. After the New Year, go ask the Gu family!

Gu Juntian did not know that many people were curious about the origin of the Gu family’s diamonds.

He spent a perfect New Year with his family and Zhou Qinghao.

This New Year, he didn’t take Zhou Qinghao for strength training, but he still got taken advantage of by Zhou Qinghao.

He was very satisfied.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Qinghao took Gu’s father, Gu’s mother, and old man Gu to the amusement park, while Gu Juntian, with a bitter smile, headed to Gu’s diamond cultivation base to study the cultivation methods of special diamonds.

During the New Year, the employees at the Gu group headquarters building all went home to celebrate, but at this research base, people were coming and going, and many were busy working.

As soon as Gu Juntian walked in, many people came up to ask questions: “Mr. Gu, I’ve encountered a problem here!”

“Mr. Gu, the newly developed alloy has been tested, and its ductility is extraordinary!”

“Mr. Gu, there was a bit of a problem on my end…”

……

After Gu Juntian traveled to this world, he immediately came here to take a look.

At that time, the people here didn’t really take him seriously and didn’t pay much attention to him.

But over time, their attitude towards him completely changed.

Their president Gu was clearly a research talent whose career was delayed by the domineering CEO.

Look, it had only been a little while, and they had already figured out so much!

Gu Juntian said, “You all take your time, I’ll solve them one by one.”

He was going to start working, striving to synthesize the special diamond he wanted as soon as possible!

The new type of diamond that Gu Juntian planned to synthesize was called hexagonal diamond, also known as lonsdaleite.

On Earth, there actually exist naturally occurring hexagonal diamonds. They are very beautiful and can quickly absorb light energy and then slowly release it. For example, they absorb light energy during the day and continue to release it at night, resembling the legendary night pearl.

Hexagonal diamonds, like regular diamonds, are composed of carbon elements. They are hexagonally symmetrical, which is why they are called hexagonal diamonds.

Because the light it emits is harmless to the human body, it can be worn with peace of mind and is a top-notch material for making jewelry.

Actually, foreign research institutes have already artificially cultivated hexagonal diamonds, but the hexagonal diamonds they produced are very, very small and cannot be used to make jewelry.

Gu Juntian wanted to synthesize larger hexagonal diamonds; such a beautiful “pearl of the night” would surely astonish the world!

At that time, use this kind of diamond to create the jewelry designed by Zhou Qinghao!

Zhou Qinghao’s design was so beautiful, only such gems were worthy of it!

During the New Year holidays, the Gu group had no work that required Gu Juntian’s attention, so he devoted himself entirely to the research institute, focusing on studying the cultivation methods of hexagonal diamonds.

Gu Juntian studied for several days, and the stores in Old Town Gold selling gold had gone crazy selling it.

When the ‘buy gold, get diamonds’ promotion first started, many people were unaware of it, but now, more and more people knew about this promotion.

Right now, it was just the time for the New Year, and many people had some spare cash. Gold jewelry was different from other types of jewelry; it was very valuable…

Many people rushed into the old city to buy gold jewelry.

Those who planned to get married preferred to buy jewelry made of Old Town gold.

In the past, buying a one-carat diamond ring would cost fifty thousand. Now, if you went to the old town and spent fifty thousand, you could not only get a one-carat diamond but also a piece of gold jewelry worth fifty thousand. It was a great deal!

As for the Old Town Gold, it came with a diamond. If you wanted a ring setting, you needed to spend extra money to make one… A simple style ring setting cost just a thousand bucks, it was really cheap!

After more people started buying, there were also more people showing off their diamonds online.

After more people started showing off diamonds online, even more people began buying gold!

This ultimately formed a virtuous cycle.

Gu Juntian suddenly realized that the funds on their company’s books were a bit excessive.

This event could be extended for a while.

The diamond cultivation equipment was very expensive, but when in use, it mainly consumed a lot of electricity; other cost could be ignored.

Simply use more and cultivate a bit more diamonds, so their diamond cost would be even lower.

Gu’s diamond cultivation facility was continuously growing diamonds, while the people outside were already dumbfounded.

Where did the Gu family get so many diamonds?

The country couldn’t sit still anymore.

At first, they didn’t take Gu’s gift of diamonds seriously, thinking that Gu’s funds were about to run out, and he was just making a desperate move, sending a few diamonds and then stopping.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, the Gu family had been sending it for half a month.

All over the country, even in some towns, there were Gu’s stores, and the number of diamonds they had given away was astonishing.

Diamonds, besides being used for jewelry, are also important industrial materials. The production of these things was something the country had to keep track of!

Where did the Gu family get so many diamonds from?

No way, they had to go ask!

Scheming White lotus (19): Gu’s move left other companies dumbfounded.

When he woke up the next morning, Zhou Qinghao found that his muscle soreness was not as severe as before.

It seemed that his muscles had slowly begun to adapt to the exercises that Gu Juntian had arranged for him.

Defeat Gu Juntian, sleep with Gu Juntian, and he will reach the peak of his life in no time.

Zhou Qinghao, who had a lot of things to do in life, washed up early, and when Gu Juntian came to call him to go jogging, he smiled at Gu Juntian and said, “Good morning!”

After saying that, he saw the tie clip that he had given him yesterday, which was worn on Gu Juntian’s tie.

Gu Juntian really valued him and always kept him in his heart, which made him want to tease Gu Juntian: “Brother Juntian, I am very happy to see you so early in the morning. If I can see you as soon as I wake up one day, I will be even happier!”

Gu Juntian said expressionlessly: “Let’s go downstairs and go for a run.”

If when he woke up, Zhou Qinghao was lying next to him, smiling at him, maybe even without clothes on… No, he couldn’t think about it anymore, he was going to have a nosebleed!

When Zhou Qinghao saw Gu Juntian like this, his smile became even brighter.

Zhou Qinghao had a good appetite while eating breakfast, and when he arrived at the company, he was full of inspiration and drew several design drawings in one breath.

Design manager: “…” Love really made people crazy.

Zhou Qinghao had been extremely efficient recently. In just two weeks, he had completed work that would take others a year to complete.

The manager of the design department was named Zhong. He was also a designer in his early years. He worked so hard that he had a lot of health problems. When he finally became the department manager, he felt that it was not worth it to ruin his health, so he started to take care of his health.

He stopped doing design a long time ago. Now he chose to promote young people and let them stay up late to do design.

Wasn’t this also giving young people opportunities?

Because he never put others down and was a senior aesthetician in the design industry, he was highly respected in Gu’s company and had secured a leading position in the design department.

He had admired Zhou Qinghao before, and now he praised Zhou Qinghao in front of Gu Juntian.

Gu Juntian was very happy to hear this and found it very useful.

Zhou Qinghao was his boyfriend, and praising Zhou Qinghao was praising him!

This manager had a really good vision. The original owner fired him, which was a bad move.

In the original plot, the original owner promoted Huo Pinghai because of his good relationship with Cheng Mingyan, and also framed Zhou Qinghao with the crime of plagiarism and drove him away.

Manager Zhong from the Design Department was very dissatisfied with this and showed it in front of the original owner.

The original owner was arrogant and couldn’t stand others contradicting him. He also felt that Manager Zhong didn’t do any design work on a daily basis and was a useless parasite in the company, so he fired him.

Manager Zhong immediately joined another company, and several designers in the design department followed him to another company…

Given the original owner’s behavior, how could the Gu family not be taken over?

Although this manager of the design department had not done designing for a long time, he had a good sense of aesthetics and was good at managing his designers. He never took credit for the work of his designers. What a talent!

Besides,  he was now in management, so he didn’t need to draw pictures anymore!

Thinking of this, Gu Juntian had a heart-to-heart talk with the manager: “Manager Zhong, my grandfather has always told me that you are a talented person. Please give me more advice…”

He said a lot, first increasing the salary of Manager Zhong, and then started talking about Zhou Qinghao: “Manager Zhong, you know, Qinghao is my boyfriend. I plan to let him take over the Holy Emperor after we get married. Now, I will just push his design out…”

Manager Zhong was actually a little worried before, fearing that Zhou Qinghao would take his position as department manager.

However, he thought too much. Mr. Gu planned to give the Holy Emperor to Zhou Qinghao. Under such circumstances, Zhou Qinghao would definitely look down on his position as department manager.

This was not the key point. The key point was that Zhou Qinghao was about to become successful, so he must have a good relationship with Zhou Qinghao!

Manager Zhong left happily.

Gu Juntian was also very happy.

Manager Zhong, who had talked to him for a long time, would definitely train Zhou Qinghao well!

As for letting Zhou Qinghao manage the Holy Emperor after marriage…

Gu Juntian planned to give half of his shares in Holy Emperor to Zhou Qinghao. If Zhou Qinghao wanted to manage it, let him do it. If Zhou Qinghao didn’t want to manage it, that was fine too.

The original owner squandered the entire Gu family for love. He just gave some shares to Zhou Qinghao. It was not too much right?

Gu Juntian continued to work, but Manager Zhong came to the design department with his hands behind his back.

As soon as he arrived at the design department, he saw Zhou Qinghao drawing the design drawings.

Zhou Qinghao drew a design for an ancient-style necklace in one go, and then turned around and started drawing the design for the same style of earrings…

The style of this work was similar to his previous works, but also slightly different.

Manager Zhong already knew that Zhou Qinghao was talented, but now, he was still shocked.

Zhou Qinghao’s talent far exceeded his imagination.

Such people really needed to be cultivated well!

Manager Zhong praised Zhou Qinghao and showed the drawings that Zhou Qinghao had designed during this period to other people in the design department.

Except for Huo Pinghai, everyone in the design department was convinced by Zhou Qinghao. As for Huo Pinghai, he was still resentful and even felt that Zhou Qinghao might have paid others to draw so many design drawings in a short period of time.

He was Mr. Gu’s boyfriend. If he wanted some design drawings, Mr. Gu would definitely find a way to get them for him.

Turning around, Huo Pinghai started complaining to Cheng Mingyan.

Cheng Mingyan said that after he left Gu’s, he could be arranged to work for Chu’s.

Chu’s was a bigger company than Gu’s! Huo Pinghai was extremely grateful and told Cheng Mingyan everything, of course, he couldn’t help but exaggerate.

Cheng Mingyan turned around and told Chu Zhan all this.

What he told Chu Zhan was, of course, not only the news he got from Huo Pinghai, but also some other news, which were told to him by people who came to him to complain about Gu Juntian.

Through his previous understanding of Gu Juntian and the information he got from Cheng Mingyan and Cheng Mingyan’s friends, Chu Zhan had a “clear” understanding of Gu Juntian.

He was ready to take action against the Gu family.

Gu Juntian’s birthday was in early January, and this year’s New Year’s Eve was in February.

As for the Chu family, they started to attack the Gu family in mid-January, using various means, including but not limited to poaching people from the Gu family, stealing the Gu family’s raw materials, and blackmailing the Gu family on the Internet.

These were all common tactics, and Gu Juntian countered them while secretly setting a trap for Chu Zhan.

In fact, he didn’t even need to dig a hole, Chu Zhan had already done some things that made him amazed.

How to say it… Chu Zhan poached many people from Gu’s company whom he originally wanted to fire.

He had been here for a short time, and although he had made some reforms to Gu’s company, he did not dare to make too big a move. He wanted to wait until after the New Year, and then slowly lay off those people he wanted to lay off one by one.

Among these people, some did not do any real work in the company but only knew how to flatter others, some liked to form small groups to exclude others, and some secretly sold out the interests of the company.

He disliked these people, and then, most of them were poached by the Chu family!

Chu Zhan was such a good person. Not only did he save him a lot of trouble, but he also saved him a lot of money.

He had to pay compensation to employees when they were fired, but he didn’t have to pay compensation if the employees resigned on their own.

Gu Juntian happily saw off a large number of Gu’s employees and told his parents about it happily during dinner.

Zhou Qinghao heard some rumors in the company and was very worried about Gu Juntian: “…” He was really worried for nothing!

These days he was worried about disturbing Gu Juntian, so he rarely took advantage of Gu Juntian. It seemed he could continue this in the future.

Besides… Chu Zhan was set up by Gu Juntian, right? Gu Juntian was really amazing!

Seeing Zhou Qinghao looking at him with admiration, Gu Juntian was in a good mood and said, “By the way, I have recently slightly improved the method of making artificial diamonds. Now the cost of cultivating artificial diamonds at our Gu’s artificial diamond cultivation base has been reduced a lot, and the speed of making artificial diamonds has also increased a lot…”

Zhou Qinghao admired Gu Juntian even more.

As expected of someone he liked, he could do everything!

After Gu Juntian talked about what he had done recently, he looked at Zhou Qinghao and said, “Qinghao, we are going to do strength training today.”

Zhou Qinghao now did strength training three times a week.

Gu Juntian attached great importance to this and personally instructed Zhou Qinghao every time, not afraid of trouble, and repeatedly taught him how to use fitness equipment.

He also had no doubt about why top students from prestigious universities could not learn how to use fitness equipment after so many attempts.

There was nothing to question, he worked really hard, it was reasonable for Zhou Qinghao to give him some benefits!

As for taking a cold shower afterwards…just get used to it.

Taking a cold shower could exercise the body, and he was also doing it for his own health.

So, it was another wonderful night in which Zhou Qinghao worked out hard so that he could sleep with Gu Juntian as soon as possible, and at the same time tried to take advantage of Gu Juntian as much as possible.

Gu Juntian was in a good mood, and the Gu family was not worried about Gu’s situation at all, but it was different for others.

Some shareholders of Gu’s company were very dissatisfied with Gu Juntian’s actions. Because of Chu’s endless actions, Gu’s stock price began to fall.

As a result, the market began to predict the future of Gu’s company, believing that it would be finished not long after Old man Gu stepped down and handed over the company to Gu Juntian, who was only in his twenties.

There were a lot of rumors out there, and Gu’s stock price kept falling.

Gu Juntian was not at all panicked by this situation. He just spread the word that if anyone wanted to sell shares, he would buy them!

His grandfather had a good vision. In addition to developing the Gu Group, he also invested in other industries in his early years and made a lot of money.

Gu’s parents donated whatever money they had, and although his grandfather loved his son, he also felt that it was better for his son not to have too much money.

When house prices were still high, he sold all the real estate investments he had made in his early years and gave all the cash to his grandson for safekeeping.

Gu Juntian was really rich, and he had no hobby of spending money, so he simply took out the money to buy shares.

Shareholders who had a good relationship with Gu Juntian and had always supported him had no intention of selling their shares. However, it was different for some shareholders who had a bad relationship with Gu Juntian.

They didn’t trust Gu Juntian and had wanted to sell their shares for a long time. Now Gu Juntian wanted to buy… After some arguing, they sold their shares.

In fact, they also wanted to sell it to someone else, but now many people had been poached from Gu’s company, and Gu Juntian had been carrying out reforms, so there was inevitably some turbulence, so that the stock price had been falling.

Apart from Gu Juntian, there was no one else who was capable of buying Gu’s shares in large quantities.

Chu Zhan wanted to acquire Gu’s, but he did not intend to buy Gu’s shares at this time.

Gu Juntian held a lot of shares. No matter how many scattered shares he bought, he could never surpass Gu Juntian and could compete with Gu Juntian.

In this case, it would be better to wait until Gu’s problems became more and more serious and the stock price becomes lower and lower before directly negotiating an acquisition with Gu.

Thinking of this, Chu Zhan spent money to discredit the Gu family.

Seeing so many negative news about Gu’s on the Internet, even Gu Juntian was criticized, and Gu’s stock continued to fall. Cheng Mingyan, who has been getting closer and closer to Chu Zhan recently, asked Chu Zhan worriedly: “Brother Chu, will Gu’s be in trouble? Although Gu Juntian is too much, Gu’s is Grandpa Gu’s life’s work…”

Chu Zhan said, “Don’t worry, I just caused some minor troubles for Gu. Gu will be fine.” His Mingyan was really kind. Even though Gu Juntian treated him so bad, he still cared about Gu Juntian.

Hearing Chu Zhan say this, Cheng Mingyan felt relieved.

However, the people around Cheng Mingyan were all gloating over the misfortune.

Among them, anyone who had spoken to Gu Juntian and spoke up for Cheng Mingyan was blocked by Gu Juntian.

Gu Juntian didn’t care about his friends at all, so they naturally didn’t care about Gu Juntian either.

Now that Gu Juntian was in trouble, they were quite happy!

“After Mingyan broke up with Gu Juntian, things have been getting better and better!”

“Chu Zhan is so good to Mingyan! He is much better than Gu Juntian!”

“Compared to Chu Zhan, Gu Juntian is really nothing. As soon as Chu Zhan made a move, Gu Juntian was in a state of panic.”

“Gu’s stock price has fallen so much, Gu Juntian will not be able to stand up to us anymore!”

“Gu Juntian must be regretting it now.”

……

They thought Gu Juntian must be feeling very uncomfortable at this moment.

And this was just the beginning. From now on, Gu Juntian would feel more and more uncomfortable.

In the blink of an eye, it was February, the end of the year.

Around the Spring Festival holiday, the sales volume of jewelry was generally high, and the sales volume of gold jewelry would reach a peak.

Many people buy gold to give to their elderly or children at home, and companies that sell gold jewelry also organize various activities.

Put a few inflatable dolls at the store entrance, let ugly people give out balloons at the store entrance, hold activities where you can get gifts for a certain amount of purchases, and let customers smash golden eggs…

In short, there are all kinds of tricks.

Gu’s stock price had been much lower recently. Because the Internet had penetrated into thousands of households, even ordinary people knew the negative news about Gu’s.

Some people said that the new president of Gu’s company was too young and didn’t know how to manage, so that Gu’s company was in chaos; some people said that the new president of Gu’s company promoted his cronies and drove away the team left by the old president; some people said that the new president of Gu’s company had no choice but to sell the house and buy shares in the face of falling stock prices…

Many people now said that Gu Juntian was incompetent, but among all the negative news related to the Gu family, not a single one said that Gu’s gold was bad.

This was also related to Gu Juntian. He didn’t care about other negative news, but if someone said that Gu’s gold was not good… he would sue the other party immediately!

Not only that, he also bought a lot of soft advertisements and had people put them everywhere, saying that the gold produced by Gu’s Old Town Gold was of high purity.

In fact, the gold purity of these brands that sell gold jewelry is in accordance with national standards. There is basically no difference between different brands. But after he placed more advertisements, people could see it by searching on the Internet, right?

In addition, Gu’s had just launched a series of jewelry that could bring good fortune, career, and romance, and had also hired someone to promote it…

The sales volume of Gu’s gold jewelry was not low.

At this moment, Gu Juntian also unleashed a major move—starting from February 1, Old Town Gold would launch a “Buy Gold, Get Diamonds” promotion!

As long as you purchase 50,000 worth of gold jewelry from Old Town Gold, Old Town Gold would give you a one-carat diamond!

With a minimum purchase of 10,000, you would get 30 points of diamonds as a gift!

For this event, he also invested a lot of money to hype it up along with the negative news about Gu.

Thanks to those negative news reports, Gu’s visibility and attention were higher than ever, making advertising particularly easy!

“There is too much negative news about Gu’s company. The company’s CEO is getting anxious. In order to stimulate sales, he is organizing an event where you can get diamonds for free if you buy gold!”

“The new president of Gu’s company is spending a lot of money to stabilize the stock price. He gives away diamonds for free when you buy gold!”

“Old Town Gold is facing bankruptcy. After selling houses to buy stocks, the boss started a gold sale and even gave away diamonds!”

“The price of artificial diamonds has dropped significantly, and Gu’s is even giving away diamonds!”

“In the past, the free diamonds given when buying gold were coupons for buying diamonds. Now, Old Town Gold gives away real diamonds!”

……

When artificial diamonds first came out, the cost of making them was very high, but as time goes by, the cost of making them is getting lower and lower!

Nowadays, the cost of producing a one-carat artificial diamond is only around three thousand yuan.

Gu Juntian recently modified Gu’s machine for cultivating artificial diamonds. Now, it cost less than one thousand yuan for Gu to produce a one-carat artificial diamond, and the bulk of the cost was electricity.

In addition, the efficiency of diamond manufacturing had also increased. Now Gu could manufacture artificial diamonds very quickly!

Shops like Old Town Gold that sold gold jewelry usually sold their gold jewelry at a price that was much higher than the gold price on that day. Calculated by gram, sometimes one gram cost one or two hundred yuan or even more.

Therefore, Old Town Gold’s gross profit margin had always been between 30% and 40%.

If we remove various costs such as rent, labor, and publicity, the net profit would of course be much lower, but the fixed costs were limited. If more jewelry was sold, the net profit would go up!

Now, if a customer bought gold jewelry worth 50,000 yuan, they would give him a one-carat diamond for free. It was really not a loss at all, and they could even make a lot of money!

If the customer bought a small amount, they would give him a smaller diamond, and if he bought a large amount, they would give him a bigger diamond. They also had three-carat, four-carat, and five-carat artificial diamonds!

The largest man-made diamonds on the market today are over 150 carats!

In short, give, give, give, give for real!

During the delivery process, they could also persuade the customer to have the diamond set in a ring at Old Town Gold. If the customer agreed, they could make another profit.

What about the customers? Many of them originally wanted to buy gold, but now they could get a diamond for free, so why not?

Previously, there was a lot of negative news about Gu’s on the Internet, and it even became a hot topic. In order to take advantage of the popularity, bloggers from all walks of life explained this matter one after another, which made ordinary people familiar with the brand of Old Town Gold, and invisibly increased the popularity of Gu’s.

Now, the young president of Gu’s company who couldn’t manage the company spent all his money to give away diamonds. This matter had become a hot topic again, and he had earned the title of “Spendthrift President”.

In order to increase sales, he gave diamonds to people who bought gold. If he didn’t spend money, who would?

Various bloggers on the Internet started to analyze the incident of giving diamonds away with gold in the old city, and many people had also explained to the public what artificial diamonds were…

Ordinary people already knew about the brand Old town Gold from short videos, and now they know about the free diamonds… Those who were planning to buy gold went straight to Old Town Gold and bought it!

Someone gave them diamonds!

Although the price of diamonds had dropped a lot in recent years, in the minds of many people, diamonds were still very precious and they wanted to have one.

As for whether it was natural or artificial, it didn’t matter. It was said on the Internet that there was actually no difference between them!

“Hubby, let’s go buy some gold. It’s a good way to preserve its value!”

“You said before that it’s not worth spending a lot of money on diamonds for a wedding, and that gold jewelry is best… I agree, let’s go to the old city to buy gold!”

“Honey, how about I give you a diamond ring? I didn’t even buy you a diamond ring when we got married!”

“In the past, you couldn’t even buy a one-carat diamond for 50,000 yuan, but now you can get one for free if you buy 50,000 yuan worth of gold jewelry… Buy it!”

……

Countless people from all over the country went to Old Town Gold’s stores to buy gold jewelry and at the same time received real diamonds from Old Town Gold!

Gu’s move left other companies dumbfounded.

The Chu family actually also had activities where after buying gold, they would give away gold lucky beads or jade.

But the gold lucky beads they gave were very small, and the jade they gave was just ordinary stuff, not worth much at all. Everyone still preferred the diamonds given by Old Town Gold.

Although artificial diamonds had been around for a long time, a one-carat artificial diamond still cost around four to five thousand yuan on the market.

If you bought jewelry worth 50,000 yuan in Old Town Gold, you would get 4,000 to 5,000 yuan worth of artificial diamonds for free. This was definitely better than some stores that only gave you a few small luck-changing abacus.

In short, buy it!

Sales of Old Town Gold had increased significantly.

Chu Zhan, who had spent a lot of time and money to discredit the Gu family during this period, was stunned when he saw Gu Juntian’s actions.

Gu Juntian played this move so beautifully!

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 ↩︎

Scheming White lotus (16): Gu Juntian is simply poisonous!

As soon as Zhou Qinghao’s hand touched Gu Juntian’s clothes, Gu Juntian grabbed it.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Juntian picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on him: “Qinghao, let’s talk.”

He had already found a lawyer, and on Monday, the lawyer would talk to Zhou Qinghao about Second Uncle Zhou’s matter.

But now he wanted to know everything Zhou Qinghao had experienced.

Zhou Qinghao looked at Gu Juntian speechlessly. He had taken off his clothes, and Gu Juntian wanted to chat with him?

Gu Juntian helped Zhou Qinghao pull the zipper: “Qinghao, you have a lot of old injuries on your body. How did you live when you were a child?”

Gu Juntian’s eyes were filled with heartache.

When Zhou Qinghao met Gu Juntian’s eyes, the colored thoughts in his mind slowly disappeared.

He could feel that Gu Juntian cherished him, which made him feel very warm.

He wanted to keep this warmth forever.

Zhou Qinghao wanted to make himself sound more miserable so that Gu Juntian would feel more sorry for him, but he was reluctant to make Gu Juntian feel uncomfortable.

He finally chose to tell the truth.

“When my parents had just passed away, he moved into my house. He said that dead people’s things were unlucky, so he threw away all my parents’ things. I refused to let him, so he slapped me. That was the first time he hit me…”

Zhou Qinghao’s parents were very rich, and they lived in a house with four bedrooms and two living rooms.

There were three south-facing bedrooms. His parents lived in the largest master bedroom, and the remaining two were for him and his grandmother respectively.

But after his parents died, he was driven out of his room by his second uncle and had to live in the small bedroom on the north side that was decorated as a study.

There was no bed inside, only a small tatami.

He didn’t like the small room at that time, but later, he had no place to live in the small room.

His second uncle mortgaged his parents’ house and couldn’t pay it back. After the house was taken away, the whole family had to squeeze into his second uncle’s old house.

The house was very small, so he could only live on the balcony.

The beatings became more severe each time.

Gu Juntian knew that there were many people in this world who had suffered miserably. The children in war-torn areas that his parents had rescued were much more miserable than Zhou Qinghao.

But he still felt bad for Zhou Qinghao.

Fortunately, he came here. If he hadn’t come, Zhou Qinghao would not only have a miserable childhood, but would also be forced to death…

“Don’t feel bad, I didn’t suffer much. At first I couldn’t beat him so I had to endure it. When I got a little older, I started fighting him. I even threatened him with a knife… Later he didn’t dare to hit me anymore,” Zhou Qinghao said with a smile. “If he asked me to cook, I would mess around, like using the oil from the range hood to fry the meat.”

Gu Juntian hugged Zhou Qinghao.

When Zhou Qinghao was having dinner with his second uncle, he used the oil from the range hood to stir-fry the meat, surely because he knew that he wouldn’t be able to eat the fried meat.

Besides, Zhou Qinghao’s grandmother was at home. Even if he could make trouble, how many times could he make trouble?

At that time, he was still a child without the ability to resist.

Gu Juntian patted Zhou Qinghao on the back.

Zhou Qinghao didn’t want to cry at first, but when Gu Juntian hugged him, he couldn’t help but burst into tears.

But this time, he did not make any “woohoo” sound on purpose, he just shed tears silently.

This should be the last time he cried.

As long as Gu Juntian is always by his side, he would have nothing to cry about in the future.

Zhou Qinghao cried so hard that his eyes were swollen when he woke up the next day.

Besides, there was not a single spot on his body that wasn’t sore.

Lying on the bed, Zhou Qinghao didn’t want to move at all.

But that was impossible, as he would soon be up for his morning run.

Yesterday, Gu Juntian held him and let him cry for a long time. However, just when he was happy because of their honesty and the warming of their relationship, Gu Juntian told him coldly that he still had to go running this morning.

Gu Juntian was simply poisonous!

But even so, he still liked Gu Juntian very much and looked forward to running with him.

Zhou Qinghao got out of bed slowly and washed up slowly.

He won’t put on makeup today because no one would see him anyway.

At half past six, Gu Juntian knocked on Zhou Qinghao’s door on time.

Zhou Qinghao opened the door and saw the handsome Gu Juntian. He felt all his fatigue disappear.

With Gu Juntian by his side, he could continue exercising!

Gu Juntian asked: “Does it hurt?”

Zhou Qinghao thought about it and told the truth: “It hurts.”

“Muscle soreness is inevitable. In the next few days, you should not do strength training to let your muscles recover, but you can still do a little aerobic exercise. I will adjust the incline later and you can walk on the treadmill.” Gu Juntian took Zhou Qinghao to the gym, and adjusted the slope and speed of the treadmill for Zhou Qinghao to walk slowly on it.

As for himself, he began to use other machines for strength training.

When Zhou Qinghao was exercising, he also had to persist in exercising, so that he could become stronger than Zhou Qinghao.

He couldn’t afford to be surpassed by Zhou Qinghao!

Gu Juntian was training very hard.

So Zhou Qinghao walked while trying to turn his head to look at Gu Juntian.

Gu Juntian looked really handsome when he worked out seriously.

Such a handsome man was actually his. Just thinking about it made him happy.

It was a pity that Gu Juntian didn’t come to guide him, so he couldn’t take advantage of the opportunity.

Today was Sunday, but Gu Juntian still had work to do.

After dinner, he glanced at Zhou Qinghao who was busy picking up food for Old man Gu and talking to Gu’s father and mother, and went to the study room with a little reluctance.

Unfortunately, because he hid it well enough, no one else could see his reluctance.

Seeing her son leave, Gu’s mother asked Zhou Qinghao: “Qinghao, do you feel sore?”

They all knew that Zhou Qinghao was dragged by Gu Juntian to exercise last night.

People who have just started exercising will feel very uncomfortable after straining their muscles. Zhou Qinghao must be in pain all over right now.

“It’s a bit sour, but it doesn’t matter much.” Zhou Qinghao said with a smile.

A muscle strain was really nothing, just rest for two days.

In the past, if he had a fever, was sick, or was injured, he would just do what he was supposed to do, and it was no big deal.

That is to say, since life was good now, he was inevitably pretentious.

“Don’t do strenuous exercise these days. Rest well and build up your muscles.” Father Gu also said.

“Juntian has already told me.” Zhou Qinghao said with a smile. When he mentioned Gu Juntian, his eyebrows smiled and his eyes were full of love.

When Gu’s father and mother saw Zhou Qinghao like this, they knew that Zhou Qinghao must like Gu Juntian very much.

They also liked Zhou Qinghao more and more.

However, at this moment, a bodyguard came in hurriedly from outside: “Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu, the Cheng family is here.”

“Cheng family? Which Cheng family?” Father Gu was curious. He seldom went home and knew nothing about the interpersonal relationships at home.

The bodyguard thought for a moment before speaking: “It’s the Cheng family who are in the jade business. They said they are here to cancel the engagement…”

“So it’s the Cheng family. We have nothing to do with them, right? Why cancel the engagement?” Father Gu looked confused.

Gu’s parents had only been back for a few days and had no idea about the so-called engagement between Gu Juntian and Cheng Mingyan.

The bodyguard reminded him, “Mr. Gu, the Cheng family is a little agitated and is making a fuss outside.”

Father Gu felt that the Cheng family was a little weird, and he didn’t really want to meet them.

But at this moment, Old Man Gu was sober: “Let them in.”

As soon as Old Man Gu opened his mouth, the bodyguard went out to pick someone up.

Father Gu looked at Grandpa Gu and said, “Dad, we have nothing to do with the Cheng family, right? Why would they want to cancel the engagement when everything was fine?”

Old Man Gu glanced at Zhou Qinghao and said, “This is a misunderstanding.”

When Zhou Qinghao first heard that someone from the Cheng family was coming, he was inevitably a little nervous, but after listening to what Gu’s father, mother, and grandfather said, he relaxed and was not nervous at all.

Just at this moment, Cheng’s father and mother came in from outside with Cheng Mingyan.

The three of them all looked unhappy. Cheng’s father started yelling as soon as he entered the room: “Gu Juntian, you have an engagement with my son Mingyan, but you are still entangled with other people outside. This shows that you don’t take our Cheng family seriously! You have to give us an explanation!”

Parents: “???” When did their son get engaged? They didn’t know!

After Cheng’s father finished speaking, he realized that Gu Juntian was not there. He hadn’t seen Gu’s father and mother for a long time and didn’t recognize them anymore. He looked at Grandpa Gu and said, “Grandpa Gu, we are here to cancel the engagement. Your grandson is going too far!”

Old Man was awake, but he pretended to be confused and looked at Mr. Cheng in confusion: “Who are you?”

Father Cheng frowned: “Grandpa, don’t pretend you don’t know me! My son is Gu Juntian’s fiancé whom you have officially recognized!”

As Mr. Cheng spoke, he pulled Cheng Mingyan to the front.

Cheng Mingyan also said: “Grandpa Gu, I am Mingyan!”

“Mingyan? I don’t know him. Where is my Xiao bao?” asked Grandpa Gu. Grandpa Gu liked Cheng Mingyan very much before, but today the Cheng family came to cancel the engagement, which made him dissatisfied with Cheng Mingyan.

He did match Cheng Mingyan and his grandson, but neither Cheng Mingyan nor Gu Juntian held an engagement banquet, so it could not be considered an engagement.

Now that the two of them haven’t gotten together, just let the matter go quietly. What did it mean that the Cheng family came to cancel the engagement?

The Cheng family wanted benefits, right?

Old Man Gu had been in the business world for decades, so he tended to overthink things.

At this moment, he thought about it more.

He suspected that Cheng Mingyan had ulterior motives when he “saved” him at the beginning, and that later he said in front of him that he liked his grandson, claimed the identity of his fiancé to pester his grandson, and now he said he wanted to cancel the engagement, all for the sake of gaining benefits.

He simply played dumb and got away with the matter.

“Grandpa Gu, I am the fiancé of your grandson Gu Juntian!” Cheng Mingyan said.

Grandpa Gu said, “My grandson is still young, where did he get a fiancé?”

Old Man Gu was confused and couldn’t explain the situation clearly. Mr. Cheng was unhappy and looked at Mr. Gu: “Where is Gu Juntian? Let him come out!”

“I’m here,” Gu Juntian came down from the building and asked Cheng’s father, “What do you want to say?”

When Cheng’s father saw Gu Juntian, he frowned and said angrily, “Gu Juntian, you are Mingyan’s fiancé, but you are having affairs outside and even brought people home. You must give an explanation to the Cheng family!”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Zhou Qinghao who was sitting on the sofa with disdain.

As soon as Cheng Mingyan arrived at Gu’s house, he saw Zhou Qinghao and his eyes turned red with anger. He said, “Gu Juntian, I want to cancel the engagement. I won’t love you anymore! I will find a better man than you!”

After listening to what the two said, Gu Juntian was speechless: “Cheng Mingyan, I remember I said several times that there is no engagement between us.”

He found this matter inexplicable.

If Cheng Mingyan wanted to find someone better, he could just go ahead and find him. He won’t hold him back. Why did he have to go through the trouble of canceling the engagement?

In the original story, there was actually such a thing. After Cheng Mingyan gave up, he went to the original owner to cancel the engagement, but the original owner refused to cancel the engagement and kept trying to keep him…

Then Cheng Mingyan’s blind date started to trouble the original owner. Cheng Mingyan’s friends persuaded the original owner to let Cheng Mingyan go free, but Cheng Mingyan repeatedly emphasized that he would not marry the original owner…

After going back and forth for a long time, the original owner went bankrupt and realized that he was not worthy of Cheng Mingyan, so he agreed to cancel the engagement.

When he saw this, he even thought that Cheng Mingyan was using the cancellation of the engagement as an excuse to continue to entangle the original owner.

Otherwise, they hadn’t even held an engagement party, Cheng Mingyan could just find another partner directly, why did he have to go through the trouble of breaking off the engagement?

Anyway, he couldn’t understand Cheng Mingyan’s thought process.

“Your engagement was arranged by Old Man Gu himself!” said Cheng’s father.

Gu Juntian said, “Does someone’s words mean an engagement? If I let Cheng Mingyan get engaged to Yu Li, does that mean they are engaged? If you want to cancel the engagement, go find Yu Li.”

Father Cheng was furious: “You are confusing the concepts!”

Cheng Mingyan also said: “Gu Juntian, you are ungrateful and treacherous!”

Gu Juntian smiled: “Cheng Mingyan, I was just thinking that you are ruthless, deep-minded, insidious and cunning.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Cheng Mingyan suspected that he had heard it wrongly.

Gu Juntian said, “Cheng Mingyan, you have always emphasized that you saved my grandfather’s life, but when my grandfather fainted, he was accompanied by a nurse and a housekeeper. The nurse had already briefly checked my grandfather’s condition and was about to perform CPR, but you jumped out and took the credit.”

“What do you mean by taking credit? I was just worried because the nurse was dawdling!” Cheng Mingyan said, “In such a critical situation, he was not in a hurry to perform CPR on Grandpa Gu! I think he had bad intentions!”

“Not all situations are suitable for CPR. The nurse initially checked the cause of my grandfather’s coma” Gu Juntian explained calmly.

There are many situations in which the elderly suddenly faint, and the first aid methods vary.

The nurse next to his grandfather was a professional. After his grandfather suddenly fainted, the nurse immediately began to investigate the cause. Only after the investigation did the nurse dare to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Grandpa Gu.

According to surveillance, Cheng Mingyan rushed out just when he was about to perform first aid.

“I don’t know!”

“You didn’t know and yet you dared to do this? Of course, I can think that you were kind-hearted in this matter, but what you did afterwards was shameful,” Gu Juntian said, “You found out that my grandfather was sick, so you bribed the butler and together with him misled my grandfather, making him think that we were a couple and wholeheartedly creating opportunities for us to get along…”

“I didn’t bribe the housekeeper!” Cheng Mingyan glared at Gu Juntian: “Gu Juntian, you actually think of me that way?”

“Then how else do you want me to think of you?” Unlike Cheng Mingyan’s excitement, Gu Juntian remained calm: “How dare you say that you know nothing about my grandfather’s illness? You clearly know that my grandfather is ill, but you still use my grandfather’s words as a token of authority and tell everyone that you are my fiancé… What do you want to do? Do you want to marry me and let me continue to help the Cheng family fill the hole?”

Cheng Mingyan never expected that in Gu Juntian’s eyes, he would be like this!

The pain of being wrongly accused made him cry: “I didn’t!”

Gu Juntian didn’t let him go, “You also tried to frame my boyfriend. Since you investigated Qinghao, you should know that after Qinghao’s parents died, his second uncle occupied the property and house left by his parents, beat and scolded him, and refused to pay for his tuition… Qinghao finally got rid of his second uncle, but you brought someone to make trouble, trying to make me misunderstand him as an ungrateful person. Cheng Mingyan, you have many tricks.”

In the original plot, Cheng Mingyan, with a pure and innocent appearance, exposed Zhou Qinghao’s “true face”.

Now that Cheng Mingyan was pestering him, he simply exposed Cheng Mingyan’s true face.

In the original plot, Cheng Mingyan always felt that he was innocent, and Cheng Mingyan still felt the same now.

But from his point of view, there was something wrong with Cheng Mingyan.

Since Cheng Mingyan could think that Zhou Qinghao was vicious from his own perspective and it was natural that he had wronged Zhou Qinghao, then he could naturally also think that Cheng Mingyan was insidious from his own perspective.

“I didn’t! I didn’t know Zhou Qinghao’s second uncle was like this!” Cheng Mingyan said.

Gu Juntian looked unconvinced and sneered: “If you say there is no such thing, then there is no such thing. However, if you keep pestering me, I don’t mind spreading the word about your actions in the circle.”

After saying that, Gu Juntian said to the bodyguard: “Show them away!”

“Gu Juntian, you can’t wrongly accuse me!” Cheng Mingyan tried to explain that he did not do anything that Gu Juntian said!

He saved Grandpa Gu purely out of kindness. He knew that Grandpa Gu was sick, but Grandpa Gu also liked him when he was sober. Grandpa Gu always hoped that someone would accompany Gu Juntian, and he felt that he could be that person.

As for Zhou Qinghao’s affairs, he was not the one who investigated Zhou Qinghao, and he really didn’t know that Zhou Qinghao’s second uncle was so bad.

But Gu Juntian didn’t want to listen to Cheng Mingyan’s explanation: “If you don’t leave, I will tell everyone what you did.”

Cheng Mingyan was struck by lightning and stopped talking. His father and mother took one side each and pulled him out.

They believed that their son was not such a bad person, but if Gu Juntian told anyone about this, their family would be disgraced!

But even so, when he was about to leave, Cheng Mingyan still questioned Zhou Qinghao: “Zhou Qinghao, did you say anything to Gu Juntian?”

Zhou Qinghao, who had been watching the excitement, said: “…” He really was shot even when he was lying down!

If Gu’s father, mother and grandfather were not around, Zhou Qinghao would definitely put on a show in front of Cheng Mingyan and say something like Gu Juntian loved him so much last night that he was sore all over and cried until his voice was hoarse, which would make Cheng Mingyan so angry that he would die.

But he still had to take care of his father, mother, and grandfather.

Zhou Qinghao could only keep smiling and watch the Cheng family leave with great regret.

After the Cheng family left, Gu’s father and mother immediately comforted Zhou Qinghao: “Qinghao, don’t be angry. Juntian has nothing to do with that boy. He only likes you.”

Zhou Qinghao smiled and said, “I know.”

The Gu family was having a great time, but the Cheng family was furious after being driven out.

Father Cheng said, “The Gu family is so unreasonable! My Mingyan has good intentions, but they think of him so much!”

Cheng Mingyan couldn’t accept that he was wronged: “They wronged me!”

Only Cheng’s mother was clear-headed. In fact, before she came, she felt that her family was wrong.

But seeing her husband and son’s behavior, she didn’t dare say much, for fear that they would team up to attack her.

Cheng Mingyan cried and explained to his parents that he had done nothing wrong and that it was Gu Juntian who had wrongly framed him.

Father Cheng said, “Mingyan, Dad knows you didn’t do anything bad, it’s Gu Juntian who has dirty ideas! Since Gu Juntian doesn’t acknowledge this engagement, you don’t have to worry about it anymore. Dad will arrange a blind date for you right away!”

“Okay.” Cheng Mingyan said. Now, he had really given up on Gu Juntian.

Father Cheng added: “Mingyan, you don’t have to worry about Zhou Qinghao. His eyes are red. I’m afraid he won’t have a good time after entering the Gu family. He might be bullied by the Gu family!”

At this time, Cheng Mingyan also remembered Zhou Qinghao’s red eyes.

With Zhou Qinghao’s family background, he would definitely be disliked by the Gu family, and even Gu Juntian, he would not be able to stay with him for long!