A few days later, when Gu Yuan returned to Gu’s mansion, he indeed brought the four treasures of the study as a gift.

Gu Mingzong's birthday is a grand event for the entire family group, with business partners, important subordinates, and major chaebols coming and going in a row. The entire celebration takes seven or eight days from the beginning of reception of guests to the end of the show, and there are three days for the formal reception alone.

As the eldest son, Gu Yuan arrived on the first day. However, when he became an adult, his relationship with Gu Mingzong became increasingly tense, so he only brought a few subordinates including Fang Jin, and the rest of the light car were very low-key.

"I hardly come back except for my birthday in recent years, and I am becoming more and more unfamiliar with this place," Gu Yuan stood in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling glass window in the bedroom, looking at the green grass and a long row of luxury cars in the manor: "It feels so strange, it seems like I'm here to be a guest."

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

There were only two of them in the huge bedroom. Gu Yuan was naked and strong, looking up and down for a moment with a picky look, and commented: "Ta Niang."

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

Mr. Gu is usually a very tough and stubborn person, but it is even rarer to look disobedient. Gu Yuan looked at him holding the clothes hanger without moving, and seemed to have a little expectation in his expression. Somehow, the idea of ​​compromise suddenly appeared.

“…Give it.”

Fang Jin smiled and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"This is today. When there is a professional stylist at the official cocktail party, it's not your turn to talk too much." Gu Yuan said while wearing clothes, not knowing whether he was warning Fang Jin or defending his instant compromise. After a moment, he instructed: "Get the tie."

Fang Jin brought a thin black dark flower silk tie, Gu Yuan frowned and looked at it, too lazy to bother with him, so he raised his strong neck and signaled him to come and beat him.

Fang Jin seems to be omnipotent. He knows accounting, auditing, and risk management; he can speak English and German bilingual, drive and small helicopters, and has simple self-defense skills; he can make Cantonese cuisine, make all kinds of soups, and even knows more than a dozen different ways of playing men's ties.

It would be great if it was a woman. You could marry him and ask him to give birth to a baby for me. Gu Yuan thought absent-mindedly.

But then he was stunned again, thinking to himself, why did I have such a terrible idea? Haven’t been looking for Xiao Qing'er for too long?

"Gu Yang's mother is here too today," in order to dispel the strange and uncomfortable feeling at that moment, Gu Yuan said casually: "It is said that he is also bringing her relatives and girls from her family, and I don't know who they are planning to sell them to."

Fang Jin pressed his bow tie with one hand and looked up at him in surprise.

"Don't you know? You can't live here. My father has a weird temper. There are so many people around him. No one can stay in this villa for a long time. He just occasionally asks someone to come and stay with him for two days."

"...No, I'm thinking..." Fang Jin tied his tie and stepped back and said halfway: "Mrs. Chi gave birth to Gu Yang. She has a stable position in the Gu family. She shouldn't have to send young girls to please Mr. Gu. I think she might be coming to you, after all, you have reached the age of marriage..."

His tail sound is very light, and if he listens carefully, it actually changes a little bit.

But Fang Jin is usually cautious and conservative in his words and deeds, so Gu Yuan did not notice anything unusual: "Oh, do you think so?"

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

Gu Yuan turned around and faced the floor-to-ceiling mirror. It has to be said that Fang Jin's vision is still good. The dark black suede suit looks extremely crisp on him. The exquisite slim cut highlights wide shoulders, narrow hips and long legs. The luxurious fabric makes the style elegant and powerful. The red gold sapphire tie clip on the half-windsor knot is the finishing touch.

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

He turned around and passed by Fang Jin, without looking back: "Come here, come with me to meet the boss of the head."

·

Gu Yuan had to make an appointment before meeting his father. Gu Mingzong's secretary arranged the time according to the itinerary and confirmed it twice before the trip was finally completed. There was no one else who had done this between the father and son.

Gu Yuan took Fang Jin and walked through the ornate corridor on the third floor, passing through the long path of the open-air garden, before entering the north side of the villa. This area consists of conference rooms, audio and video rooms and large study rooms, which are the areas where Gu Mingzong usually works from home. When he was a teenager, Gu Yuan left home and went abroad alone to study, and moved out immediately after returning to China. He is not much familiar with this place than the customers.

At this time, the guests who visited were all concentrated in the auditorium and dance hall on the east side of the villa. The huge floor of the study was empty. Gu Yuan climbed the last stairs and suddenly saw two figures turning out from the end of the corridor, which were Gu Yang and his mother Chi Wanru.

At this time, he came from this direction and obviously came out of Gu Mingzong's study. The other party was stunned when he saw Gu Yuan and Fang Jin. Then Chi Wanru laughed first: "Oh, isn't this the eldest young master? It's been a long time since we saw it!"

Gu Yuan said politely: "Aunt Chi."

Chi Wanru wore a long dark red dress and looked in her thirties, like Gu Yang's sister. But she has occupied a very important position in the Gu family over the years, and almost won the title of mistress ten years ago. But later, somehow, it was said that something happened, Gu Mingzong suddenly gave up the idea of ​​letting her in.

This was a disaster for Gu Yuan, who was still studying in the UK at that time, because he was about the same age as Gu Yang, and his only reliance was his identity: although his mother was not serious, Mrs. Gu, at least she was engaged before she was ill, and she had the reputation of being a legitimate child.

If Chi Wanru officially entered the door, Gu Yuan would never have had a good life over the years.

But even if he didn't enter, Chi Wanru was the well-known biological mother of Gu Yang. No one inside or outside could not help but take her seriously. Gu Yuan stood still and greeted her for a few words, and then he only heard her ask with a smile: "——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Gu Yuan was upset, but he only said lightly on the surface: "It's not decided yet, I want to work hard for my career in the past few years."

"The career and family do not conflict. Only when the rear is stable can men concentrate on sprinting forward. You don't have a mother, your father asked me to pay attention just now, and I happened to know a few..."

"Thank you, Aunt Chi, you don't have to worry." 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, and her face was quite unhappy.

However, before she could say anything, at this moment, Fang Jin, who had just been hiding behind Gu Yuan, looked up and said "Yes", and the sound attracted Chi Wanru to glance over.

——She was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, Gu Yuan turned his head impatiently, and Gu Yang did not notice the slight change of his mother's expression in an instant; only Fang Jin collided with her eyes, the former was calm, while the latter's delicate makeup suddenly shrank slightly.

"Madam Chi," Fang Jin said.

"..." Chi Wanru asked: "Have I seen you somewhere?"

"You admitted your mistake."

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Chi Wanru's red lips suddenly smiled: "...I'm sorry, I must have admitted my mistake."

The confrontation in just a moment was so bizarre and hidden that neither the Gu brothers stood beside him noticed it. Gu Yuan nodded and said goodbye to his brother in a polite manner, then strode towards his father's study, and Fang Jin followed.

However, behind them, Chi Wanru turned around and looked at Fang Jin's back, with an extremely indescribable expression.

"What's wrong with mother?" Gu Yang finally noticed something strange.

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

Gu Yang didn't care: "Oh, you said Fang Jin? The eldest brother said he was one of the assistants sent by his father, and everyone else was driven back. Only he could do things and be stayed - why, do you know him?"

Chi Wanru withdrew her gaze, her face still had an unconcealed surprise, but she quickly shook her head:

"No, you don't understand... forget it."

·

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

Gu Yuan took a deep breath and opened the door.

Gu Mingzong's study is like a large office, with a conference room, a tea room and an inner room for rest. It is said that the interior decoration is very gorgeous. Gu Yuan used to be full of malicious speculations whether his father's favorite mistress was qualified to enter the inner room of the study - but then he thought about it, his mother was dead and could not die anymore. Now it should be Chi Wanru and Gu Yang who are sour, so he gave up.

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

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

It is said that Gu Mingzong was good at outdoor sports when he was young. In the 1990s, he went to hiking alone in Xiangxi, climbing snow-capped mountains in Nepal, and modified an off-road fleet to Inner Mongolia to span the desert. Years of outdoor exercise made him in a very good physique and his figure is very neat. Just by simply standing there, Yuan Xiyuezhi's aura is very strong.

His face was exactly like Gu Yuan twenty years later. Although the traces of time were already visible in the corners of his eyes, he did not look old. Instead, he exuded the mature charm brought by time in the vicissitudes of life. This momentum probably adds up the two brothers Gu Yuan and Gu Yang, and it is hard to match them.

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

Gu Yang said with a humble and arrogant look: "I met Aunt Chi outside just now, and I chatted for a few words before I delayed it."

Gu Mingzong did not comment or mention whether he really asked Chi Wanru to pay attention to Gu Yuan's future wife candidate. He only said: "You must think about everything you do, and take all possible variables into consideration in advance. Otherwise, if you come to see me today, you will delay me for a few minutes, and tomorrow will be on more important matters?"

Gu Yuan stood up: "—Yes."

Then Gu Mingzong said coldly: "You are so adult, you are still so frivolous in your work."

Fang Jin, who was on the side, moved the center of his body slightly to the front of his feet, thinking that the father-son relationship was indeed as stiff as the legends outside.

Compared with Gu Yang, Gu Yuan's biggest loss is that there is no mother who can turn around in front of Gu Mingzong. Although Chi Wanru failed to provide her son with a powerful mother's family, she has been talking softly 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 huge.

In addition to this, Gu Yuan also has another thing that is not very popular with his father, which is that he is indeed too similar to Gu Mingzong when he was young.

The wolf in the pack is still young and strong, but the younger generation has grown into too sharp fangs. Even the biological son is still taboo. How could Gu Mingzong like to see him very much?

Gu Yuan probably realized that the conversation would be stiff if this continues, so he coughed and said, "This week, my father's birthday, I specially found a set of four treasures in the study to make a gift. The pen, ink and paper are all ordinary things, but the square inkstone is a Duan inkstone that I specially visited - the gift list is here, please see if it is suitable."

He pulled out an exquisite envelope from the inner pocket of the suit, held it up with both hands and handed it on it. Gu Mingzong took it and opened it and took a look.

The study was quiet, and after a moment, Gu Mingzong said quietly, "Hmm": "Good eyes."

Gu Yuan glanced at Fang Jin, which meant that I chose correctly, but he only saw Fang Jin's eyelashes slightly moved.

"I usually spend my time on my career, and these are all false." Gu Mingzong put away the gift list, but his tone still eased a little: "I heard that you were recently negotiating a joint venture shipping contract with Mingda Shipping Group, which sounds good. Behind Mingda Shipping is the government's people. If this order can be done well, the future project prospects will be very broad; if it is not done well, it will suffer heavy losses, so you have to keep some fun."

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

"Mingda's upper-level money laundering is rampant. Be careful when working with them. In addition, their security level is particularly poor..." Gu Mingzong gave a few more tips, almost all the inside information of the other party's company. After a moment, it was probably a little uninterested and waved his hand and said, "You go to the front auditorium, I'll go there later."

Gu Yuan listened very carefully before leaning over to say goodbye and took Fang Jin out of the study.

"Huh--" After getting outside, Gu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and moved his stiff shoulders for a moment: "I said I shouldn't have greeted Chi Wanru earlier, and every time I meet her, there will definitely be nothing good!"

Fang Jin smiled and said, "But Mr. Gu explained that the matter of Da Shipping is still very valuable. You need to investigate it carefully when you go back."

"I know, I will check it if he doesn't say it. Do you really think I have to rely on his guidance for doing things now?"

Fang Jinxin said that you were listening very seriously just now, why did you show off in front of me? But you still nodded obediently and said, "Of course not."

Gu Yuan gave up.

The two walked through the villa corridor and hall. On the east side was a semi-open auditorium and dance floor. Today was the first day of celebration. Most of the people who came to the door were family relatives, and the cocktail party was quite lively. As the eldest son of the family, Gu Yuan attracted countless attention as soon as he entered the venue, and soon a group of people surrounded him and surrounded him.

Gu Yuan is obviously very adept at social situations in this kind of upper class society. His every move is as eye-catching as his own halo during countless clothes and toasts.

Fang Jin's identity could not reach that circle, so he stood near the door of the party, silently looking at Gu Yuan's back in the crowd.

After a long time, he shook his head and sighed self-deprecatingly. He was leaving here to get something to drink, but suddenly a pleasant female voice came from behind:

"Assistant Fang?"
To be continued...