Chapter 79: The Betrayal and the Dinner Date

Alone in the restroom, Zhou Ruoyu watched the retreating figure of the friend who had stabbed her in the back. For a moment, she was speechless, choked with emotion.

She couldn’t understand why this had happened, and she felt as though she would never escape this sorrow. Taking two deep breaths, just as she felt she couldn’t bear it anymore, the girl suddenly snapped back to reality. Then… she immediately clicked the little lightbulb in the upper right corner!

[Ding-dong! Detected that Little Fish is seeking help. Based on your current situation, this successful person’s tip offers the following suggestion: Go freeload off Gu Jiachen’s meal. Let Gu Jiachen comfort and guide you until Little Fish is completely happy again. This will resolve the pain of being backstabbed! Following this tip will earn you 10,000 success points and a splendid pen. Failure will result in wallowing in depression, then living a life where you are fed daily by your archenemy CEO in a dark room.]

Huh? No… That’s not…

Looking at this absurd prompt, Zhou Ruoyu felt both tearful and speechless. Was she really in such a state… Could a meal really make it better?

And what was this weird failure penalty about? A dark room, daily feedings… What on earth was happening?

Whimper… But maybe the prompt wasn’t wrong. She really did need someone to accompany her. Besides, she couldn’t turn down Gu Jiachen’s invitation.

So, after a while, though still troubled, Zhou Ruoyu stood up, left the company, hailed a taxi, and went to the appointment.

That evening, inside a high-end restaurant on a commercial street, Zhou Ruoyu sat blankly in her seat. No matter how Gu Jiachen called to her, this little rabbit seemed to be hibernating, giving no response at all.

Her expression looked as if she had suffered a great injustice, tears constantly welling up at the corners of her eyes. The girl’s anguish kept echoing a single question in her mind: Why… why did Sister Ling Bo do that?

In theory, they were good friends. Even if Ling Bo didn’t consider her a friend, at the very least they were colleagues who saw each other every day in the office. To so blatantly steal her design, even though she had no evidence to retaliate… Could she really feel okay about it in her heart? Wasn’t she afraid that Zhou Ruoyu would hold a grudge?

And doing something so disgusting, trampling on their friendship at such a cost—what was Ling Bo after? Was it just for the design competition’s twenty-thousand-yuan prize?

Not to mention that Zhou Ruoyu herself wasn’t confident her work would win. Why was Ling Bo so sure she would? Even if she did win first prize, for twenty thousand yuan to lose her conscience, to be hated by her most trusted friend, and possibly face gossip—was Ling Bo’s vision really that narrow?

And even if that were the case, if it were true, then why had she been so kind to her before? Was it just to gain her trust? But they had no grudges, so why do this?

After much agonizing, she still couldn’t figure it out, and grew even more aggrieved, feeling that her sincere friendship had been wasted on a dog. Tears began to fall like little pearls, streaming down her face.

Her napkin was ready, but the black-haired, long-legged little loli continued to sob, oblivious. The CEO, at a loss, could only lift her chin with one hand and, as she looked up in panic, gently wipe the tears from her cheeks.

“What’s wrong, little rabbit? You’re upset again like this. You were fine this morning, weren’t you? Did… did someone bully you again?”

After gently wiping her tears, Gu Jiachen asked, even feeling a bit flustered. Seriously, how could this little rabbit cry every time she went to a new department? Was she bullied every Friday without fail? Wasn’t that… a bit too consistent?

The black-haired, long-legged little loli lowered her head, uncertain whether she should speak. After a long moment, she let out a long sigh and decided to treat her archenemy as a confidant, slowly beginning to speak:

“I… I got transferred, you see. So when I went to the new department, there was an older sister who took me under her wing. We became good friends, and I really treasured that friendship. But then… then today, she suddenly stole my design and entered the competition I was originally going to sign up for. And when I confronted her, she denied it and mocked me. I… I just can’t understand why she would suddenly do this. I’m… I’m really sad… Sob… I’m sorry, President Gu, I…”

Zhou Ruoyu tried to hold back her tears. After all, this was a date with her benefactor. Normally, if a kept woman cried while accompanying her patron to dinner instead of serving him properly, a hot-tempered patron might just flip the table and leave…

She wasn’t afraid of Gu Jiachen flipping the table; she was mainly afraid of him retaliating against her. But what the girl hadn’t expected was that, seeing her so pitiful, Gu Jiachen didn’t show any impatience. Instead, he continued to gently wipe away her tears.

“Don’t rush. Take your time… Tell me the whole story from start to finish.”

Just as Gu Jiachen was comforting her, the restaurant server suddenly approached and asked, “Sir, when should we serve the food? Should we wait a bit longer?”

“Hmm…” Gu Jiachen tilted his head, then looked at the girl and asked softly, “So, little rabbit, what do you think? Are you too sad to eat now and want to wait a bit, or do you want to drown your sorrows in food and talk while eating?”

“Ah, this…”

Zhou Ruoyu really hadn’t expected the choice to be hers. She had thought the delay was because the high-end restaurant took longer to prepare quality dishes. Now it seemed that Gu Jiachen had deliberately delayed serving because he saw how upset she was.

The black-haired, long-legged little loli grew nervous. After a long pause, she whispered, “Maybe… let’s talk while we eat? But… President Gu, do you really want to hear about this mess of mine?”

“I’m interested in anything about you, little rabbit~”

Gu Jiachen gave a mischievous smile, then signaled the server to bring the food. Soon, a lavish spread was placed before Zhou Ruoyu. She hesitated, not daring to pick up her chopsticks, until Gu Jiachen first picked up a piece of meat for her and said with a smile, “Eat first. When you’re full, you’ll have the strength to continue talking.”

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