The long-haired man sitting next to him had a cigarette between his fingers and wore a Chinese-style robe in a bewitching dark purple, embroidered with intricate and delicate patterns, which made his skin appear even whiter and his eyes even more striking.
"Lin Mo, what the hell are you doing?" The man was a stunningly beautiful woman when he didn't speak, but the moment he opened his mouth, he instantly became a burly man.
He grabbed Lin Mo's wine glass, stepped forward, pinched Lin Mo's chin, and asked him, "You already have a bad stomach. Aren't you afraid of drinking yourself to death if you keep drinking like this?"
"Besides, even if you're going to die, don't die here, so you don't dirty this place!"
“Gu Xun…” Lin Mo looked at the man in front of her, her eyes were red. Her usual domineering CEO demeanor when dealing with work had completely disappeared. After drinking too much, all her grievances welled up.
He didn't care about the man's rudeness, so he grabbed Gu Xun's arm and said, "Tell me, does he like me or not?"
"If he really likes me, why does he tolerate me seeing other women? Why does he tolerate me getting engaged to someone else? Does he really want to push me away like that?"
"If he had just said one thing about not wanting me to go, I would have had the courage to refuse my parents and the courage to face the difficulties ahead..."
“But he didn’t…” Lin Mo’s drunken voice choked with sobs as he said, “He even wished I would get married, he even wished I would be with someone else…”
"Sometimes, I envy Tangbao too, being able to do what he likes and pursue the person he likes..."
"I'm not complaining about Tangbao, I really like Tangbao, but I'm just so envious... so envious..."
Lin Mo lay down on the sofa, curled up, leaning against Gu Xun's arm, and said self-deprecatingly, "To put it bluntly, it's just that I'm not brave enough... I don't dare to take that step... I'm afraid he won't accept me..."
Gu Xun looked down at the frail man on the sofa, her gaze complex and unpredictable.
He and Lin Mo were high school classmates and later got into the same university.
He still remembered the first time Lin Mo introduced Jiang Qinfeng to him, saying that this was his older brother.
He also said that he wouldn't be the eldest in the family anymore, and that he would have an older brother to protect him from now on.
Tell Gu Xun to think twice and not to keep picking on him.
Jiang Qinfeng stood there like an iron tower, shielding Lin Mo behind him and coldly watching him.
Little did he know that the person he was protecting was hiding behind him, sticking out his tongue and making faces at Gu Xun.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I still don't know how they got to this point...
"Ten years..."
Lin Mo covered her eyes with her hands, tears silently wetting her palms: "After tonight... I should give up..."
Gu Xun pursed her lips.
After a long while, she gently placed her hand on Lin Mo's hand and said, "Yes, it's time to let go."
I don't want to see you so sad.
"Trust me, the next one will be better."
"Don't let Jiang Qinfeng hold you back."
He wanted to say something more, but then he noticed Lin Mo's hand had slipped away, and when he looked at her again, she was already asleep.
Even the handsome man with cool and aloof features couldn't help but smile slightly, shaking his head helplessly.
After his earlier roughness subsided and Lin Mo fell asleep, he picked him up and carried him out of the private room. He gestured to the guards outside to go upstairs to book a room.
But he hadn't gone far when he was blocked by someone walking briskly from behind.
Gu Xun looked up at the tall man and met his cold eyes.
He scoffed, "Jiang Qinfeng, what are you doing here?"
"Lin Mo told me he's staying at my Lingyan Club tonight. Do you intend to go against his wishes and snatch him from me?"
Gu Xun's family background is very complicated, involving a little bit of everything, and the training he received from childhood was more rigorous than that of others.
Holding Lin Mo like this, she felt no fatigue whatsoever, and her aura was in no way inferior to Jiang Qinfeng's.
As he spoke, more than a dozen bodyguards stood up in the corridor and surrounded Jiang Qinfeng.
The atmosphere was tense and ready to fight.
"I just... wanted to see him." Jiang Qinfeng said with difficulty, his gaze falling on Lin Mo's face, then on Gu Xun's hands holding the man, his fingers tightening, and his killing intent overflowing uncontrollably.
But his inner reason forced him to suppress the urge to snatch the person away.
He could only stand there stiffly, like a fool, watching Gu Xun brush past him.
"I've finished watching it now."
The man's voice was utterly cold as he told him.
"Turn left after you leave. Goodbye."
Chapter 15
The first time a villain has been resurrected (15)
Jiang Qinfeng stood frozen in place, watching Gu Xun's back as he carried Lin Mo.
He watched the two leave, gradually moving further and further away from him.
The restlessness and pain in my heart intensified.
"Gu Xun!" He couldn't help but call out the man's name and said to him, "You can't touch Lin Mo."
Ten years is enough time for Jiang Qinfeng to realize that Lin Mo's feelings for Gu Xun are extraordinary.
The two had been close friends for over ten years, and the man in front of him had known Lin Mo even longer than he had.
Although he didn't spend as much time as Lin Mo, whenever Lin Mo argued with him or was in a bad mood, she would come to Gu Xun's place to drink.
Lingyan Club was like a private space belonging to Lin Mo and Gu Xun, making it impossible for him to interfere.
Moreover, he had heard that Gu Xun was also in that circle.
He was terrified that Gu Xun would have a relationship with Lin Mo.
His reason was that he wanted to protect Lin Mo, to make him a qualified heir to the Lin family, and to help him get married and have children...
That's why he was worried that Gu Xun would harm Lin Mo.
Little did he know that his emotions were already in turmoil, and the raging fire burning in his heart was clearly jealousy and anger.
Gu Xun stopped in her tracks, turned around to look at him, and laughed out loud.
"Why should I listen to you?" Gu Xun said with a wicked smile, "He's in my club right now, in my arms, drunk and unconscious. I can do whatever I want, and it's none of your business."
One sentence completely ignited the fire in Jiang Qinfeng's heart.
The tall man clenched his fist, strode over, and said, "Gu Xun, don't do anything reckless!"
"Me, acting recklessly?" Gu Xun laughed sarcastically, recalling the day Lin Mo came to him with ambiguous marks all over her body, had a high fever for two days, and begged him not to tell Jiang Qinfeng the truth.
Looking at Jiang Qinfeng in front of him again, he felt utterly disgusted.
He said meaningfully, "I wonder who has been acting recklessly all this time."
Even the slow-witted Jiang Qinfeng noticed the hidden meaning in Gu Xun's words and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"It doesn't mean anything," Gu Xun retorted. "I just think you're an idiot."
"you!"
"What about me?" Gu Xun led Lin Mo back: "Think carefully about what exactly happened that night at the Binjiang Hotel three years ago."
This time, he walked very fast, and Jiang Qinfeng did not chase after him.
Instead, they stood there, somewhat at a loss.
Gu Xun mentioned the Binjiang Hotel three years ago. That night, he only remembered drinking a problematic glass of wine for Lin Mo at the banquet. When he woke up again, he was lying in a hotel bed, wearing pajamas. The surroundings were very clean, as if he had just taken a simple nap and nothing had happened.
The only strange thing was that when he woke up, he received a message from Lin Mo, telling him...
He would stay at Gu Xun's Lingyan Club for the next week and handle his work with Gu Xun, asking Jiang Qinfeng not to visit him for the time being.
When Lin Mo returned a week later, she didn't mention that night to him again.
They quickly got to work.
The fact that Gu Xun brought it up again means that something very serious must have happened that night that he overlooked...
Inside the suite, Gu Xun placed the person in his arms on the bed and carefully covered him with a blanket.
He then went to the balcony, lit a cigarette, held it between his fingers, and took out his phone to call Lin Fei.
After a long while, the other end finally answered. Lin Fei's voice was full of sleepiness, and she immediately started cursing: "You surnamed Gu, if you're calling at this hour and it's not for anything important, I'll kill you!"
"Baby, don't be so mean to her..." Facing Lin Fei, Gu Xun was unusually good-tempered, even quite tea-like.
She can also act cute.
Lin Fei got goosebumps all over when she heard his sleazy voice.
But the smile in the corners of her eyes couldn't be hidden.
She lay on the bed, her toes raised and dangling in the air, and asked again, "What is it? Tell me quickly."
Gu Xun said in a serious tone, "Your brother has been kidnapped by me."
Lin Fei laughed in exasperation: "Gu the idiot, can't you speak properly?"
Gu Xun felt great listening to her charming laughter.
Rumors circulate that Gu Xun is attracted to men, but only a few people know that Gu Xun's soul was stolen by Lin Fei long ago.
Even his outfit was only because Lin Fei praised a certain comic book character when she was in junior high school, saying that if Brother Gu dressed up as him, he would be able to recreate the character 100% accurately, so he followed this style.
It was only later that I discovered the comic was a BL (Boys' Love) story, and the character he played was one of the seme (dominant) characters...
But by the time he realized it, the rumors had already spread.
He was too lazy to clarify, so he just let these people misunderstand.
"Then I'll explain properly." Gu Xun returned to the main topic and sighed, "Your brother came to me crying."
Lin Fei was taken aback, her smile vanished, and she frowned as she asked, "Why are you crying? Is it because of Brother Qin Feng?"
"Who else could it be but that bastard?" Gu Xun took a drag of his cigarette and said, "Damn it, even now, that bastard doesn't know what he did to Lin Mo!"
Lin Mo is the same; he keeps everything bottled up inside, always thinking he can handle everything, believing he should be groomed by the Lin family into a qualified heir who can't even choose the person he likes! It's like he's possessed! None of them are easy to deal with!
“Sigh…” Mentioning this made Lin Fei’s mood heavier. She said, “I’ve heard about it recently. My mother is pressuring my older brother to meet girls in the industry and find someone from a family that is a good match for the Lin family so they can get engaged…”