Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 204: Wife, Wait for Me (9)

Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Wife, Wait for Me (9)

Donald Duck, upon receiving his command, immediately squeezed into the crowded throng. It wasn’t long before he and a bartender, each supporting a drunken Wa Zicong, emerged from the bar.

Gu Nuan followed behind them, holding the suit jacket that Wa Zicong had shed midway through his drinking.

When Chen Jiaming met her gaze, he noticed she had no particular expression and just brushed past him. His lips curled up slightly, a silent chuckle leaving him: She sure has a temper.

After handing Wa Zicong over to his assistant Xiaoliu, Gu Nuan and Donald Duck took the elevator back to their rooms.

Tang Qingzhong asked her, "Did President Chen ask you to go?"

"Hmm—"

Tang Qingzhong seemed surprised, finding it uncharacteristic of Chen Jiaming to do such a thing, which didn’t seem gentlemanly at all.

Gu Nuan gave him a sidelong glance, saying nothing.

Meanwhile, Wa Zicong sat motionless on the sofa in his hotel room, his head drooping as though he hadn’t sobered up yet.

The assistant Xiaoliu brought a hot towel over, intending to help him wipe his face.

He pushed Xiaoliu’s hand away abruptly.

Xiaoliu looked at him, somewhat puzzled.

Wa Zicong stood up and walked directly into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and let the cold stream pour over his head. Unconsciously, his hands formed into fists.

The expression on her face that night, he saw it all.

Some man had kissed her, and not just that; what that man did to her surely wasn’t just that. With his intuition as a man, he was absolutely certain of it.

Why?

They had been whatever they had been for so many years, yet he couldn’t claim her as his own.

What man was it?

Had he taken advantage of Wa Zicong being busy, slipping into her life?

No wonder she didn’t seem very heartbroken or desperate after knowing about him and Lin Yishan.

Bang!

Xiaoliu outside the bathroom was startled by the noise inside.

A voice came from inside: "Bring me a change of clothes."

The voice inside was quite calm, so Xiaoliu could only think that he had heard it wrong.

*

The incidents from last night had more or less spread among the colleagues this morning.

As Gu Nuan entered the hotel’s buffet restaurant and picked up a cup of milk and a few Chinese fried buns, she walked over to the table where Donald Duck waved her to sit.

Across a counter, Xiaoliu and Li Changzhi, after spending a night getting to know each other, had some gossip to discuss.

"Can you believe all those rumors about her turned out to be true?"

Xiaoliu referred to the office rumors that Gu Nuan and Wa Zicong used to have an affair.

From their perspective, it seemed surprising that someone like Gu Nuan, a ’deaf’ woman, could catch the eye of a high-caliber man like Wa Zicong.

As Li Changzhi nonchalantly tore at a bread roll in his hands, he said, "Manager Wa does have a sweet tongue."

The implication being, Xiaoliu, you don’t need to praise a man from a modest background.

Xiaoliu glanced at Li Changzhi, remembering that he seemed quite chummy with Wa Zicong last night.

Li Changzhi’s expression seemed inscrutable as he said, "I heard from someone at the bar last night that it seems like she might have another man now."

At that time, Wa Zicong seemed to be interrogating Gu Nuan, who didn’t respond directly, leaving room for endless speculation.

Xiaoliu exclaimed in a low voice, "How is that possible?"

Considering Gu Nuan, even a man like Wa Zicong could dump her. Could Gu Nuan have found another man so quickly? Okay, even if Gu Nuan did find someone, it’s likely that this man—

At that moment, Zhong Qiaohui, sitting across from them, seemingly couldn’t help but open her mouth and interject, "You guys didn’t see the bag she was carrying, the Adidas trefoil limited edition sports bag that I couldn’t get even after waiting for six months."

The other two, who had previously ignored Gu Nuan as if she were invisible, were startled when they heard this.

Xiaoliu blurted out, "Are you saying she’s hooked up with a rich guy?"

"Don’t joke," Li Changzhi instantly rejected, "Nowadays, what with all the limited edition bags, they’re everywhere. Counterfeits that look almost exactly like the real ones are all over. A counterfeit from Taobao can be mistaken for the genuine thing for just a few dozen dollars."

Zhong Qiaohui was stunned for a moment.

Xiaoliu covered her chest and exclaimed, "I was almost scared to death by your saying."

If someone as plain as Gu Nuan could hook up with a rich man, how could they compete?

After breakfast, the group gathered in Chen Jiaming’s room to work on their homework and prepare for meeting a customer that afternoon.

The Mingyue project was brought up for discussion again. Due to various controversies surrounding Mingyue recently, the bank that had agreed to lend Mingyue money had halted the loan.

Now, they had to come up with a more convincing restructuring plan for Mingyue to get the bank to lend the money.

"I know the branch manager of that area," said Li Changzhi as they discussed, flaunting her personal connections.

Chen Jiaming observed her, seeing that her eyes looked trustworthy, but like Gu Nuan thought, this person was cunning and inherently suspicious, always having an extra layer of scrutiny.

Turning back, Chen Jiaming asked Fu Yubo, "Can you reorganize the plan and budget again, and then, see who else you might need to bring along?"

Fu Yubo, diligent in his work, had already done some calculations and pondered, saying, "If President Chen agrees, I’d like to bring along two colleagues who were responsible for Mingyue before. That way, if the other party asks for specific details, we can answer."

Li Changzhi’s expression was: obviously superfluous.

Chen Jiaming also thought that might be too many people to bring along.