CHAPTER 97: SIMPLY MY DREAM LOVER

While the man was speaking, Gu Yuan was inadvertently observing him.

His animated expression, slightly rough voice, made it seem like without the ear mic’s control in his ear, he might never stop talking.

Does this Young Master Quan have a screw loose? Or does he think she’s easily deceived?

Even if he was to find someone to take his place, he should have found someone more convincing, at least someone who wouldn’t give themselves away so eagerly upon meeting.

"I have never had any dealings with the Quan Family, and they don’t owe me anything. Anyway, given the Quan Family’s status in Yanjing, it’s usually others who owe them, not the other way around, right?" Gu Yuan said in a faint tone, her attitude neither cold nor warm, making it impossible for the man opposite to see through her.

He touched his ear mic.

There seemed to be no reaction from the other side.

Gu Yuan cleared her throat and continued with her cool voice: "The purpose of the Quan Family’s generous help is what I am most curious about, or in other words... what kind of reward does the Quan Family want from me?"

The conversation was laid bare.

But this wasn’t addressed to that man; it was meant for the person on the other side of his ear mic.

Qi Mingfei said, "I like Miss Gu."

Gu Yuan replied calmly, "I wonder what it is that Young Master Quan likes about me?"

This needed no build-up, Qi Mingfei expressed all the amazement he felt upon seeing Gu Yuan for the first time: "Actually, I was stunned when I saw you for the first time just now. Miss Gu, you are truly beautiful."

Qi Mingfei’s straightforward compliment didn’t cause Gu Yuan any discomfort, she responded with a meaningful "Oh," and asked, "I’ve never considered myself beautiful. Given your praise, just how beautiful am I?"

Qi Mingfei ignored even his ear mic and said in one breath: "A thousand, ten thousand times more beautiful than any woman I’ve seen. It should be said, you are a whole league apart. Not only is your face pretty, but your legs are slender and pale, your waist so supple it seems hands could barely grasp it, you’re simply my dream girl."

As soon as the words fell—

’Boom!’

A loud noise.

The door to the gazebo suddenly burst open, as if being dismantled from outside.

Qi Mingfei, who had been carried away by his own praise, was startled by this sudden loud noise and jumped up, cursing: "Who the hell? No manners! Can’t you knock before coming in? You almost scared me to death."

Upon seeing the man standing at the door with a face like a brewing storm, Qi Mingfei shivered and stepped back two steps.

"Who are you? Don’t you know what manners are, and what kind of way is this to open a door!!" While cursing, Qi Mingfei’s feet were retreating.

Gu Yuan remained seated steadily, her peripheral vision catching a glance at the utterly intimidated ’Young Master Quan’, and after retracting her gaze, her eyes grew a bit colder.

This coldness was related to the person currently standing at the door.

Chi Yu stood at the doorway, his face chillingly cold, his forceful presence harboring an undisguised hostility.

Just as Chi Yu walked in with hostility, the man was nearly scared stiff: "Who are you, who are you?"

The employer only contacted him via the ear mic, he had never seen who the employer was, naturally not recognizing the person in front of him. Seeing this person looking at him as if wishing to tear him apart, Qi Mingfei was genuinely frightened.

Gu Yuan ignored Chi Yu’s intrusion and said to the ’Young Master Quan’: "Young Master Quan, sit, let’s continue our discussion."

"Ah?... Continue? I-I-I... didn’t we just finish talking?" The man stammered, unable to complete a sentence.

"Yuanyuan." Chi Yu approached Gu Yuan.