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Nian Wanru's eyes were filled with bewilderment, but she subconsciously held onto Gu Qingyao's hand. She raised her eyes and looked at Gu Yanzhi, "Yan Hao, the child is still here."

"I'll take you back to your room and sleep. Look how drunk you are." Gu Yanzhi also eased up his tone and sighed.

He walked down the stairs and extended his hand to support Nian Wanru. Then, he looked at Gu Qingyao and asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I was so worried that I didn't fall asleep when I thought about how my mother hadn't come back yet." Gu Qingyao whispered.

Gu Yanzhi patted Gu Qingyao's head and said: "Father has been really busy lately, and it's really late when he gets back. Your mother might have thought about it too much, don't take it to heart, go rest now."

"Right." Gu Qingyao obediently complied. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I'll go and get mother some hangover soup, okay?"

"No need. You can go to sleep now and get the kitchen to bring you over later." Gu Yanzhi looked at Nian Wanru with a thoughtful expression.

Although Gu Qingyao agreed, she did not really fall asleep.

The doubt in her heart was like a snowball rolling bigger and bigger. Nian Wanru's actions just now were like needles stabbing her heart, causing her to be unable to let go of it.

After a long while, Gu Qingyao finally let out a sigh and rubbed her eyes.

She heard the noise outside lessen and fell asleep in a daze.

On the second day, when Gu Qingyao went down to eat breakfast, she saw Nian Wanru sitting on the sofa as usual, looking bored to death as she changed channels.

"Mom." Gu Qingyao smiled and sat down: "Mom seems to have gotten drunk last night, is it better today?"

"Fortunately, your father gave you a massage last night. Otherwise, I don't know how he would have a headache today." Nian Wanru laughed: "Everything is fine, don't worry."

Gu Qingyao looked at Nian Wanru's smiling face and heaved a sigh of relief. "What happened to mother last night?"

"Last night … Last night, I had a meal with a friend and accidentally chatted a bit more. I came back late. " Nian Wanru sighed: "Did I make you worry?"

"Yes, my mother was not in high spirits when she came back last night." Gu Qingyao said carefully.

"That's why I said not to drink as much as possible." Nian Wanru sighed.

Gu Qingyao didn't know if Nian Wanru really forgot what happened last night, or what.

She looked over and saw that she had put on the earrings again. As they chatted, they did not mention anything about last night's behavior.

"Oh yeah, Mr. Li said that he could not go to the Birthday Feast for the weekend, I asked again yesterday, but Mr. Li still rejected me." Gu Qingyao said.

"Yes, I thought of it too." Nian Wanru sighed, and said: "The matters back then were also not handled well by the Gu family, and now Mr. Li's own business is becoming better and better. At this time, if the Gu family still wants to ease the relations, I'm afraid it'll become more and more difficult."

"Then …" Gu Qingyao hesitated.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. What do you think about your father's special assistant? What do you think about her?" Nian Wanru suddenly asked with a smile.

Gu Qingyao's heart skipped a beat.

"Mom said that Ling Xiaoman will help?"

"Right." Nian Wanru looked over seriously.

Gu Qingyao hesitated for a while, then said: "Ling Xiaoman is very tactful in the world, and is suited to assist in this position. The only thing that is lacking is that her business foundation is too poor, what she does for this position is an assistant."

"Your father... It's been a while, isn't it? " Nian Wanru stuttered.

Gu Qingyao nodded her head: "After all, it's special assistance. Other than personal time, we should spend most of our working hours together, right?" She paused for a moment before continuing, "Oh right, I ate together with Mr. Li yesterday, and we even saw father, Assistant Ling, and Yue Jingfeng together at the Crystal Flower Hotel."

"Is that so..." Nian Wanru was deep in thought.

If it was his previous life, Gu Qingyao would have treated this conversation as though it was nothing out of the ordinary.

But now, how could she even think like this?

Nian Wanru's words and loss of composure, were all filled with deep meaning.

Thus … Was Nian Wanru suspicious of Ling Xiaoman too?

"I heard that your grandfather's Birthday Feast is going there too." Nian Wanru coughed lightly, and said.

Gu Qingyao's face immediately changed.

Ling Xiaoman wants to go to Gu Yuanshan's Birthday Feast?

Why should she?

"I was thinking too much about this matter last night. Now that I think about it, it might be because I'm thinking too much. After all, this is the company's special assistance. It would be more convenient to bring it with me should anything happen." Nian Wanru forced a smile.

Gu Qingyao looked at Nian Wanru's expression, but the bottom of her heart was unspeakably resentful.

No, it was impossible for Ling Xiaoman to appear at such an occasion.

Regardless of whether her intimate relationship with Gu Yanzhi was real or fake, appearing at this kind of place, was no different from reaching the top!

Gu Qingyao chuckled and said confidently: "Don't worry mother, Assistant Ling Xiaoman will not come."

"You … Xiao Yao, don't make your father angry because of this kind of thing. Your father was already extremely troubled because of Mr. Li in the first place. " Nian Wanru said softly.

Gu Qingyao didn't know whether her mother's rationality was the source of all this, but since she was here, all of this couldn't be established!

Gu Qingyao smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry Mom, I won't make Dad angry. Dad loves me the most!"

Her smile was innocent and beautiful.

Only then did Nian Wanru relax and gently pat the back of her hand.

After all, the Gu family liked their son very much. With a son, even if they had a backer in the future, they could still get Nian Wanru to follow them here.

But the more they said it, the more unwilling Nian Wanru became. If it really went according to their wishes, then what about Gu Qingyao?

The Gu family liked their son so much, so in the future, wouldn't Gu Qingyao's position be taken even less seriously?

On the contrary, she and Gu Yanzhi's relationship was steady, and Gu Yanzhi also doted on Gu Qingyao a lot.

If he had to say it, the only thing that mattered was Gu Yuanshan …

Nian Wanru sighed, thinking that after all, their lives were with Gu Yanzhi, and their financial resources were not restricted to others, so it was enough for their family of three to live happily.

Qing Yao, you should go to your grandfather's Birthday Feast for the weekend. You don't need to say anything to the old man, just ordinary birthday wishes will do, it's only once a year, don't vent your anger on your grandfather on the Birthday Feast, understand? Nian Wanru patted Gu Qingyao's head and gave her a serious reminder.

Gu Qingyao nodded her head obediently. If it was in the past, when she was free from worry, she would definitely make mistakes, but in this life, she had to take things step by step.

Gu Qingyao finished her breakfast and then casually went upstairs. She looked at Xiao Ze and smiled: "Help me reserve some things for Assistant Ling."

"Assistant Ling?" Xiao Ze was startled.

"Yes, I'm going to go shopping and ask Assistant Ling to come and pick me up after work." Gu Qingyao said calmly.