Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 32 Proposal

Chapter 32: Chapter 32 Proposal

The wind swept through, making the green curtains billow as though they were the waves of a rippling lake. At this moment, an eerie unrest filled the otherwise silent room.

Zang Xiaolian brought a cup of hot water to the guest.

Gu Nuan voiced her thanks: "Thank you."

Her tone was very ordinary.

Yet, Zang Xiaolian couldn’t help but think that she must be the only woman capable of maintaining such composure in front of the man before her.

"Everyone leave. I want to speak with Miss Gu alone," said Xiao Yebai.

Once the master had spoken, regardless of Zang Xiaolian and Li Sitong’s curiosity, they inevitably had to step out. As Li Sitong left the room, he asked Zang Xiaolian, "Do you know what Director Xiao intends to discuss with Miss Gu?"

"How would I know?" Zang Xiaolian shook his head, then with a smile, slid his hands into his pockets. The dimples on his baby face deepened with his grin, seemingly casting shadows.

Li Sitong gave a look at his smile and waited for him to go down the stairs first. Then he turned to look back at the closed room door. Ultimately, driven by some constraint, he didn’t dare to eavesdrop and slowly descended the stairs.

In the room

Gu Nuan surveyed old Mrs. Qiu’s room. It might have undergone some simple decorations, but there was no way the sofa and furniture were hers. The design of the sofa exuded a personality and taste not characteristic of old Mrs. Qiu’s style.

"Miss Gu, let’s keep this brief,"

said the man opposite her.

Gu Nuan turned back to look at him and saw his elegant, expensive pen twirling swiftly between his fingers as pale and flawless as white jade. Just by looking at these unblemished fingers, she knew they belonged to someone who had been pampered from childhood, someone who had never suffered.

This was someone from a completely different world than hers. What could she possibly discuss with such a person?

A sudden curiosity arose within her.

"Mr. Qiao, I agree with you, the more straightforward our business dealings, the better."

"Oh, by the way, my surname isn’t Qiao. It’s Xiao."

Xiao? That sounded somewhat familiar. However, Xiao was a common surname. Gu Nuan remembered having more than ten classmates with that last name.

The question was why he was revealing his true identity to her now. There was no need for it. Even if they were to sign a contract, it was unnecessary. He could have easily appointed a company representative to sign on his behalf. Big bosses tended to stay behind the scenes.

"I thought Mr. Xiao had already deemed the contract ready for signing."

"Regarding the contract, my people will hand it to you shortly. Just deliver it to Mrs. Qiu later. All the amendments were made according to your previous suggestions. If you are not at ease, you can have a lawyer check it for any loopholes,"

he responded.

What then, remained for them to discuss?

Gu Nuan calmly took a sip of water from her glass, her gaze sweeping over the man’s attractive and slightly mocking lips, "Mr. Xiao really is a decisive businessman."

"I am decisive. I don’t like to waste time. From our last conversation, I could deeply appreciate that Miss Gu is a business person very much worthy of cooperation, and so, I decided to meet with Miss Gu personally to discuss a deal. I wonder if Miss Gu would be interested?"

His words implied that he was not referring to the sale of old Mrs. Qiu’s house anymore, but rather a separate business proposal exclusively with her, Gu Nuan.

She, Gu Nuan, could listen for the time being without harm. But she remembered that she didn’t possess any high-quality assets that would catch the eye of a man like Qiu Sangu.

Xiao Yebai, just like her, picked up his cup and took a sip of water, then said, "What I want to buy is—Ms. Gu, yourself."

"I am truly honored. May I ask which company Mr. Xiao belongs to?"

"You will find out about that later. I think what you should be more interested in is how much I’m personally worth."

Gu Nuan’s eyebrows slightly knitted together, indeed somewhat puzzled by what he meant. What did he mean by how much he was personally worth? Why should she care about how much he is worth? If he appreciated her talent and wanted to poach her, what she needed to consider was whether the company he worked for had potential worth her, Gu Nuan’s, commitment.

The man before her was either talking nonsense. No, could such a smart man really be talking nonsense? Despite looking like the ultimate prodigal son, solely based on his daring to decisively cut off the deal with Qiu Sangu showed that he was certainly not an ordinary individual.

"What do you mean by that, Mr. Xiao?"

"I heard Ms. Gu once had a boyfriend."

Why bring up Wa Zicong? Had this man been investigating her? Since she had disrupted his plans, and he investigated her in return, okay, that was something she conceded.

The matter with Wa Zicong was in the past, and she didn’t believe he could use that to threaten her in any way.

"Coincidentally, a colleague of mine mentioned something interesting. He said that before Ms. Gu returned to her hometown, she had a very interesting conversation with someone. That person said, if Ms. Gu were so inclined, she would be willing to jump into a river with her son. I’m personally very interested in this matter. I wonder, would Ms. Gu be willing to give me a chance to participate?"

Gu Nuan’s eyes narrowed sharply.

This person had actually investigated the conversation she had with Wa Zicong’s mother that day. This person was either too bored or too calculating.

Yes, that day Wa Zicong’s mother had lashed out at her. She didn’t turn to see Wa Zicong’s mother’s canine frenzy, but luckily, there was a mirror hanging at the front door of the café, and Wa Zicong’s mother’s face, as she cursed her, was clearly reflected in it, so Gu Nuan saw everything clearly.

Wa Zicong’s mother said, "Do you think you’re something special? What skill do you have to be proud of? My son doesn’t want you! Who would want to marry someone like you, a deaf person, a disabled person? I’ll tell you, my son has the ability to find someone wealthy; you, you’ll never have that ability in your life. Accept your fate, and maybe you’ll end up marrying a rickshaw driver."

Perhaps Wa Zicong’s mother’s words did provoke general outrage.

At that time, in the café, someone who couldn’t stand it interjected, "What if she finds someone richer than your son?"

"My son and I will immediately jump into a river!"

Those words from Wa Zicong’s mother might have been just an angry retort at the time. Yet someone actually recorded it.

It seems when people reach the point of being shameless, nothing is considered too much.

But this man before her, who should possess vast wealth, how could he suddenly be interested in such a ridiculous and commonplace matter?

People like Wa Zicong’s mother could be found everywhere in today’s market-driven society.

Gu Nuan gently raised her eyebrows.

The man opposite her, casually crossing his legs, stopped spinning the golden pen in his hand that looked like an arrow. He parted his lips and directed his gaze into her eyes, enunciating each word clearly and smoothly, "My assets definitely exceed that man’s. Ms. Gu, would you consider investing in me?"

A proposal?

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