The Deepest Color of the Night

A few days later, when Gu Yuan looked back at his family's mansion, he really brought that set of Four Treasures of the Study as a gift.

Every year, Gu Mingzong's birthday is a grand event for the entire family group. There is a constant stream of business partners, important subordinates, and major relationship chaebols. For three full days.

Gu Yuan arrived on his first day as the eldest son.But when he became an adult, the father-son relationship with Gu Mingzong became more and more tense, so he only brought along a few subordinates including Fang Jin, and the rest were easygoing and very low-key.

"I hardly come back these years except for birthdays, and I am getting more and more unfamiliar with this place," Gu Yuan stood in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling glass windows in the bedroom, looking at the lush green grass and the long row of luxury cars in the manor: "It feels like It's so strange, it's like being a guest."

Fang Jin rummaged through the closet, picked out a black slim suede suit, and said, "Let's wear this today."

There were only the two of them in the huge bedroom, and Gu Yuan, with his strong and strong upper body naked, looked up and down with critical eyes for a moment, and commented: "Mrs."

Unexpectedly, Fang Jin insisted unusually: "No, it will stand out aura, and it must be very suitable for you!"

First Young Master Gu is usually a very tough and stubborn person, but Fang Jin's disobedience is even rarer.Gu Yuan watched him hold the hanger motionless, with a look of anticipation in his expression, and for some reason suddenly came up with the idea of ​​compromise.

"...Bring it here."

Fang Jin smiled and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"This is today, when there is a professional stylist at the formal reception, it will not be your turn to talk." Gu Yuan said while putting on his clothes, not sure if he was warning Fang Jin or just for his own sudden compromise. Justified, and then instructed after a while: "Bring the tie."

Fang Jin brought a fine black silk tie with dark florals, Gu Yuan frowned and glanced at it, not bothering with him, he raised his strong neck to motion for him to come and tie it on.

Fang Jin seems to be omnipotent.He understands accounting, auditing, and risk management; he can speak English and German, he can drive a car and a small helicopter, and he can use simple self-defense techniques; Several different ways to play.

It would be great if it was a woman, I can marry her and ask him to give birth to me, Gu Yuan thought absently.

But then he was taken aback again, thinking how could I have such a terrible idea, haven't I looked for Xiao Qing'er for too long?

"Gu Yang's mother is also here today." In order to dispel the strange and uncomfortable feeling at that moment, Gu Yuan said casually, "It is said that she brought relatives and girls from her natal family, and I don't know who she intends to sell to."

Fang Jin pressed the bow tie with one hand, looked up at him with a little surprise.

"You don't know? His mother doesn't live here. My father has a strange temper. There are so many people around him. No one is allowed to live in this villa for a long time. He only occasionally asks someone to come and stay with him for two days."

"...No, I was thinking..." Fang Jin fastened his tie, stepped back half a step, and said, "Mrs. Chi gave birth to Gu Yang, and her position in the Gu family is very stable, so there should be no need to send young girls to curry favor with Mr. Gu." I think she may have come for you, after all, you have already reached the marriageable age..."

His ending is very soft, and if you listen carefully, there is actually a little bit of inflection.

But Fang Jin usually behaves cautiously and conservatively, so Gu Yuan didn't notice anything unusual: "Oh, you think so too?"

Fang Jin asked: "...then will you agree?"

Gu Yuan turned to face the floor-to-ceiling mirror.I have to say that Fang Jin has a good vision. The dark black suede suit looks very crisp on him, and the excellent slim fit highlights the wide shoulders, narrow hips and long legs. The red gold sapphire tie clip is the finishing touch.

"Dream." Gu Yuan said casually, "Her girl, tell her to keep it for herself."

He turned around and brushed past Fang Jin, without turning his head, he said, "Come here, follow me to meet the boss."

·

Before Gu Yuan visited his father, he had to make an appointment first. Gu Mingzong's secretary arranged the time according to the itinerary, and after two confirmations, the trip could finally take place--it's no one who can make it like this between father and son.

Gu Yuan led Fang Jin through the ornately decorated corridor on the third floor, passed the long path of the open-air garden, and then entered the north side of the villa.This area gathers conference rooms, audio-visual rooms, and large study rooms, and it is the area where Gu Mingzong usually works at home; Gu Yuan left home to study abroad alone when he was young, and moved out immediately after returning to China, so he is not as familiar with this place as he is. How many guests.

The guests who came to visit at this time were concentrated in the auditorium and ballroom on the east side of the villa, and the huge floor of the study was empty.Gu Yuan climbed the last step of the stairs, and suddenly saw two figures turning out at the end of the corridor, they were Gu Yang and his mother Chi Wanru.

Coming from this direction at this time, it is obvious that he just came out of Gu Mingzong's study.The other party was also taken aback when they saw Gu Yuan and Fang Jin, and then Chi Wanru laughed first: "Hey, isn't this the young master? It's been a long time!"

Gu Yuan said politely, "Aunt Chi."

Chi Wanru was wearing a deep red dress, she looked like she was only in her 30s, she looked like Gu Yang's older sister.But she has occupied a very important position in the Gu family over the years. Ten years ago, she even almost aspired to the throne of the head of the house—but then for some reason, it is said that something happened, and Gu Mingzong suddenly gave up the idea of ​​letting her in.

For Gu Yuan, who was still studying in the UK at the time, he escaped a catastrophe, because he was about the same age as Gu Yang, and the only reliance was his status: although his mother was not considered a serious Mrs. Married, good or bad has a famous name.

If Chi Wanru officially entered the door, Gu Yuan's life in these years will never be easy.

But even if she didn't enter the house, Chi Wanru is well known as Gu Yang's biological mother, and no one can take her seriously inside and out.Gu Yuan stood still and exchanged a few words with her, only to hear her ask with a smile: "—The young master has been outside these few years, has he met any lady he likes? Just now your father mentioned to me about you Things, he even had Gu Yang when he was your age."

Gu Yuan was bored in his heart, but on the surface he only said indifferently: "It's not decided yet, I want to work on my career first in the past few years."

"Career and family don't conflict. A man can concentrate on sprinting forward only when the rear is stable. You don't have a mother, and your father told me to pay attention just now. I happen to know a few..."

"Thank you, Aunt Chi, you don't need to worry about it." Gu Yuan looked at his watch gracefully: "—Fang Jin! Hurry up or it will be too late!"

The sarcasm hidden in Chi Wanru's words was blocked back, with a displeased expression on her face.

However, before she had time to say anything, at this moment, Fang Jin, who had been hiding behind Gu Yuan just now, raised his head and said "yes", that voice attracted Chi Wanru's gaze.

——She froze for a moment.

At this moment, Gu Yuan was turning his head impatiently, Gu Yang didn't notice the slight change in his mother's expression; only Fang Jin met her eyes, the former was calm, but the latter's exquisitely made-up eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.

"Mrs. Chi," Fang Jin said.

"..." Chi Wanru asked, "Did I meet you somewhere?"

"You are mistaken."

The two stared at each other for a few seconds before a smile appeared on Chi Wanru's red lips: "...I'm sorry, I must have made a mistake."

The confrontation in that short moment was so treacherous and covert that neither of the Gu family brothers standing by noticed it.Gu Yuan politely nodded goodbye to his younger brother, then strode towards his father's study, Fang Jin also followed.

However, behind them, Chi Wanru turned to look at Fang Jin's back, her expression was extremely indescribable.

"What's the matter, mother?" Gu Yang finally noticed something strange.

"That person...that person just now, why did he follow Gu Yuan?"

Gu Yang didn't take it seriously: "Oh, you mean Fang Jin? The eldest brother said that he was one of the assistants sent by his father, and the others were all driven back. Only he was able to behave and do things. He was left behind—what, do you know him? ?”

Chi Wanru withdrew her gaze, with an unconcealable surprise on her face, but quickly shook her head: "No, you don't understand... Forget it."

·

Gu Yuan raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, waiting for a moment, Gu Mingzong's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Gu Yuan took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

Gu Mingzong's study is like a large office, which is also surrounded by meeting rooms, tea rooms and inner rooms for naps.It is said that the inner room is very luxuriously furnished, and Gu Yuan once speculated maliciously whether his father's favorite mistress was qualified to enter the inner room of the study—but after thinking about it, his own mother was already dead, and now pantothenic acid It should be Chi Wanru and Gu Yang who are right, so I put it aside.

The outermost office room is exactly like a study room, with large floor-to-ceiling glass windows and mahogany bookcases against the wall. Gu Mingzong stood behind the huge desk and flipped through a book without raising his head and said, "Sit."

Gu Yuan called his father, then walked to the big leather sofa against the wall and sat down, Fang Jin obediently stood beside him.

It is said that Gu Mingzong loved outdoor sports when he was young. In the 90s, he went hiking in western Hunan alone, climbed snow-capped mountains in Nepal, and even modified his own off-road team to cross the desert in Inner Mongolia.Years of outdoor exercise has made him in excellent physique, so far his figure is very neat, just simply standing there, Yuan Ting Yue Zhi's aura is very strong.

His face is exactly the same as Gu Yuan's 20 years later. Although the corners of his eyes have shown traces of time, he does not look old. Combined, the two Yuan Guyang brothers are hard to come by.

"You're a few minutes late," Gu Mingzong said while flipping through the book.

Gu Yang said neither humble nor overbearing: "Just now I ran into Aunt Chi outside, and it took me a while to chat."

Gu Mingzong was noncommittal, and did not mention whether he really asked Chi Wanru to pay attention to Gu Yuan's future wife candidate. He only said: "Whenever you do something, you have to think about it before and after, and take all possible variables into account in advance. The scope of consideration. Otherwise, if you delay seeing me for a few minutes today, you will also be delayed on more important events tomorrow?"

Gu Yuan stood up: "—Yes."

Only then did Gu Mingzong say coldly: "You are so grown up, yet you still act so rashly."

Fang Jin, who was on the side, slightly shifted the center of his body to the soles of his feet, thinking that the relationship between father and son was as rigid as the rumors outside.

Compared with Gu Yang, Gu Yuan's biggest disadvantage is that he doesn't have a mother who can turn around in front of Gu Mingzong.Although Chi Wanru failed to provide her son with a mother's family with a background and influence, she has spoken soft words and listened to Gu Mingzong in front of Gu Mingzong for so many years, and she can still give Gu Yang some information at critical moments. The subtle help is very important. huge.

Apart from this point, Gu Yuan has another thing that doesn't please his father, that is, he is indeed too similar to Gu Mingzong when he was young.

The leader of the wolf pack is still young and strong, but the younger generation has grown too sharp fangs. Even his own son is also taboo. How could Gu Mingzong like to see him so much?

Gu Yuan probably also realized that the conversation would be stiff if this continues, so he coughed and took the initiative to say: "This week's father's birthday, I specially found a set of the Four Treasures of the Study as a congratulatory gift. Pens, inks and paper are all common things, except for the inkstone It’s the old Kengduan inkstone that I came here specially for a visit—here is the list of gifts, please check to see if you like it.”

He took out an exquisite envelope from the inside pocket of his suit, held it up with both hands, and Gu Mingzong took it and opened it.

It was quiet in the study room, and after a while, Gu Mingzong said calmly, "Mm", "I have a good vision."

Gu Yuan glanced at Fang Jin, which means you think I made the right choice, but Fang Jin's eyelashes twitched slightly.

"I usually spend more time on my career, and these are all false." Gu Mingzong put away the gift list and said, but his tone softened a bit: "I heard that you are negotiating a joint venture waterway contract with Mingda Shipping Group recently, listen The opportunity is good. People from the government are behind Mingda Shipping. If this order can be done well, the future prospects of the project will be very bright;

Gu Mingzong was regarded as the founder of the empire in the southern transportation industry. No one dared to underestimate what he said, and Gu Yuan immediately answered yes solemnly.

"Money laundering is rampant at the upper echelons of Mingda, so be careful when cooperating with them, and their security level is particularly poor..." Gu Mingzong pointed out a few more words, almost all of which were inside information about the other company. After a while, he probably lost interest and waved his hand: " Go to the auditorium ahead, I will go there later."

Gu Yuan had been listening very carefully, and then he leaned over to say goodbye, and led Fang Jin out of the study.

"Huh—" Gu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he got outside, and stretched his stiff shoulders: "I said earlier that I shouldn't have greeted Chi Wanru, every time I meet her, something bad will happen!"

Fang Jin said with a smile: "However, Mr. Gu explained that the matter of Dahang Shipping is still very valuable, and we must investigate carefully when we go back."

"I know, I'll check if he doesn't say anything. Do you really think I still need to rely on his advice?"

Fang Jinxin said that you listened very carefully just now, why did you try to be brave in front of me... But on the surface, he nodded obediently and said, "Of course not."

Gu Yuan just gave up.

The two walked through the corridors and halls of the villa, and on the east side was an auditorium and dance floor that were half open to the outdoors.Today is the first day of the celebration, and most of the people who came to the door were family friends, and the reception was already quite lively; as the eldest son of the family, Gu Yuan attracted countless gazes as soon as he entered the venue, and soon a group of people crowded around him and surrounded him.

Gu Yuan is obviously handy in this kind of high society social occasions. Among the countless pictures of clothes and toasts and conversations, his every move is as eye-catching as if he had his own halo.

Fang Jin's identity was not enough for that circle, so he stood near the entrance of the reception, silently watching Gu Yuan's back in the crowd.

After a long time, he shook his head and sighed self-deprecatingly.Just as he was leaving here to get something to drink, he suddenly heard a pleasant female voice behind him: "Assistant Fang?"

Fang Jin turned her head, Chi Wanru's long skirt was dragging to the floor, holding a champagne glass, looking at him with a smile.

"... Madam Chi."

Chi Wanru's exquisite makeup makes her look ageless at all, and the whole set of diamond jewelry looks more luxurious and dazzling under the light.She took a sip of champagne, looked Fang Jin up and down for a moment, and then asked leisurely, "Are you feeling better?"

"Okay," Fang Jin said calmly, "Thank you for your concern."

"It's nothing, it's just that it was said that you made it very serious in the end... For a while I thought you were dead. What happened afterwards?"

"I went to school in Germany and just came back a few months ago."

Chi Wanru nodded with a smile, and suddenly asked: "Then are you still following Mr. Gu, or have you changed to the young master of the Gu family?"

The meaning hidden in these words is actually very sharp, just as Fang Jin was about to answer, suddenly a man dressed as a bodyguard from the Gu family stepped forward through the crowd, and the other party bowed his head: "Assistant Fang, Mr. Gu is waiting for you in the study, and asked you to come over. "

Chi Wanru's expression moved slightly.

Fang Jin smiled at her: "I will follow whomever Mr. Gu asks me to do." Saying this, he bowed politely, turned his head and walked out of the reception.