23: Chapter 23 The dog man is avoiding her

Song Yuan drove to the agreed-upon jewelry store. He had previously brought Lin Xueyao here to try on rings, but he no longer wanted the one he had intended to buy then. Instead, he chose the most expensive diamond ring in the store.

The employee who greeted him recognized him and, upon hearing he wanted the most expensive one, smiled broadly.

"Mr. Song, you truly have excellent taste. This is the treasure of our store! Miss Lin is truly blessed to have found such a loving husband like you!"

Song Yuan scoffed. 'Miss Lin doesn't deserve it.'

"My wife's surname is Gus. Please wrap it nicely for me. Card!"

The saleslady realized she had said too much, her expression stiffening, not daring to speak.

Song Yuan didn't have much savings on his card, so he used a credit card. In a few days, after selling that house, he would have plenty of money. He could still afford a ring.

He wanted to give Gu Shiyu the best; she deserved better than Lin Xueyao.

Song Yuan carefully put away the ring the saleslady had wrapped and left. What he didn't know was that in a corner of the jewelry store, a pair of eyes watched him leave.

Qiao Xi was Lin Xueyao's best friend. Of course, she had to inform Lin Xueyao immediately about this matter.

After Song Yuan left, she immediately called Lin Xueyao.

"Yaoyao, guess who I ran into at the jewelry store?"

"Who?"

"Song Yuan! Your simp is about to make his move. I saw him swipe his card and buy the most expensive ring in the store. Just wait, he's coming to propose to you soon. Don't say yes too quickly, okay~"

Lin Xueyao scoffed on the other end of the phone.

"There are still three days until the wedding. I knew he was getting anxious. But Song Yuan has completely angered me, and I won't forgive him that easily."

Qiao Xi encouraged her.

"Yes, this time you must set some rules for him, otherwise, in the future, he'll know you're good-tempered and definitely try to control you. If the tiger doesn't show its might, he'll think you're Hello Kitty!"

Lin Xueyao sniffled, touched.

"I know, baby. Only you are good to me, truly considering me from my perspective."

"Of course, who else but your best friend? Send me Song Yuan's number, and I'll help you give him a good talking to."

After hanging up, Lin Xueyao didn't think much of it and sent Song Yuan's phone number to Qiao Xi.

After sending the number, she sat at her desk, lost in thought. Xiao Nianchen had been out of contact for several days. She had even wondered if that scoundrel was avoiding her?

But soon, she dismissed the thought. She remembered how Xiao Nianchen looked when he was falling for her, so sincere, almost as if he would pull out his heart to show her. He wouldn't lie to her.

Soon, she thought of Song Yuan again, that clueless blockhead who couldn't coax people, wouldn't deliver gifts, got lost picking people up, couldn't say nice things when apologizing, and now that he bought a ring, he probably wouldn't know where to propose to her.

Thinking of this, Lin Xueyao felt a faint sense of anticipation. If Song Yuan could design the proposal ceremony to be more touching and romantic, choosing the three-Michelin-star restaurant in the CBD, and buying a bouquet of ninety-nine roses, she might consider forgiving him.

Lin Xueyao had already begun to fantasize about Song Yuan proposing to her. Although that man wasn't good at coaxing girlfriends, at least his looks were online. She had a premonition that Song Yuan would appear downstairs at Hengyue Building soon.

Lin Xueyao charged her phone and took out a small mirror from her drawer to touch up her makeup. Her team leader called out from behind her.

"Lin Xueyao, General Manager Gu's meeting is about to start. Bring your laptop and voice recorder to take meeting minutes!"

Lin Xueyao immediately put down her lipstick and rushed to the meeting room on the top floor with her tools. She didn't dare to challenge the authority of the 'demoness'; if she was one minute late, the 'demoness' could kick her out.

Inside the meeting room, all attendees had arrived. Gu Shiyu entered with her assistant, and the atmosphere in the meeting room immediately became heavy, filled with a sense of oppression.

Gus was planning to enter the real estate industry and had recently acquired a piece of land in the northern suburbs to build a resort.

Manager Xu, who was in charge of that project, began to explain the three proposals his department had submitted. The first two were dismissed as useless by Gu Shiyu.

As Manager Xu was explaining the third proposal, the phone on the conference table rang.

The people around the conference table dared not speak. Their phones were always on silent during meetings. Their 'demoness' CEO hated having meetings interrupted, and no one dared to cross her.

Normally, Gu Shiyu wouldn't answer calls during a meeting, but today she glanced at her phone, made a 'pause' gesture, answered the call, and walked out of the meeting room.

She left a room full of people looking at each other, no one knowing what had happened.

Someone whispered gossiping,

"Did I see wrong? General Manager Gu just seemed to smile!"

"You didn't see wrong. I think General Manager Gu has been a little different these past two days, but I can't quite put my finger on how. It's like she's gained a bit of humanity?"

"General Manager Gu isn't in love, is she? Otherwise, I can't think of whose call would make her interrupt a meeting to answer."

"That must be it."

...

Outside, Gu Shiyu received a call from Song Yuan.

"Give me fifteen minutes. If you're bored, go grab a coffee. I still have some work to finish, but I'll be quick!"

Song Yuan had asked her yesterday, and she said she wasn't working overtime today, which was why he drove over to pick her up after work.

"No rush. Finish your work, then come downstairs. I brought my laptop; I can write some code in the car."

Gu Shiyu was a person who valued time the most. She disliked waiting for people and equally disliked being waited for.

Her excellent upbringing since childhood made her feel guilty about wasting other people's time.

Hearing that Song Yuan could write code in the car, her sense of guilt lessened a bit.

"Then if you need anything..."

She wanted to say that if he needed anything, he could call her assistant Ms. Xu, and Ms. Xu could arrange everything for him. But then she remembered that her CEO identity hadn't been revealed to him yet; her persona was merely a team leader in the security department.

The rest of the words were swallowed back.

After hanging up, Gu Shiyu returned to the meeting room, and everyone's mouths automatically closed.

Gu Shiyu glanced at her wristwatch.

"The final proposal, finish presenting it within ten minutes. Any irrelevant nonsense will be held back."

Manager Xu's mind raced, quickly distilling the core of the proposal, but the final proposal was still rejected by Gu Shiyu.

Fifteen minutes later, Gu Shiyu stepped out of the CEO's private elevator, her light beige high heels making crisp sounds on the floor.

Employees passing by in the lobby greeted her, and Gu Shiyu nodded in response. Outside the building, she saw Song Yuan's car parked by the roadside greenery.

Gu Shiyu walked over, directly opened the passenger door, and sat inside. She tossed her bag onto the back seat, leaned back to relax, clearing her mind and throwing all that work behind her.

She abandoned her multi-million dollar luxury car and sat in Song Yuan's car, which cost only hundreds of thousands, yet she felt a sense of relaxation she had never experienced before.

Gu Shiyu realized that when she was with this man, she felt the most relaxed and at ease.