Disheartened, I Fled from the CEO with Our Babies
Chapter 413: Temptation

Chapter 413: Chapter 413: Temptation

Huo Shaoyan knows Gu Ru Yi is not like most women; her mind is definitely not a vase.

Therefore, he gets straight to the point: "I’m downstairs at your apartment building, should I come up to find you, or will you come down to meet me?"

Huo Shaoyan has a strong presence.

Frankly speaking, Gu Ru Yi feels somewhat intimidated when facing him.

Moreover, Huo Shaoyan has either come to interrogate her or to severely question her, so she cannot possibly go downstairs.

Therefore, she says, "President Huo, can this matter be discussed tomorrow? Tonight... it’s not convenient."

"How is it inconvenient?"

Gu Ru Yi: "I... have a new boyfriend here, and I have to accompany him tonight."

Gu Ru Yi fabricates a lie.

Huo Shaoyan just curls his lips into a cold smile, "New boyfriend? Does Lu Huai’an know? Should I call him now?"

Gu Ru Yi: "President Huo, you really have no sense of boundaries."

Huo Shaoyan has run out of patience: "Should I call Lu Huai’an now to catch your new lover, or will you come downstairs?"

Gu Ru Yi resigns herself to her fate: "I’ll come downstairs."

A dull dial tone.

Gu Ru Yi looks at the disconnected phone, contemplates for a few seconds, then calls An Ge.

She puts on her shoes while saying to An Ge:

"Huo Shaoyan has come for me. He is probably here to interrogate me severely, what should I do? He is the best at threatening people."

Pausing for a moment, she meaningfully says, "You know, my brother who is always getting into trouble..."

An Ge thinks for a moment, then says:

"You... tell him what you can, don’t mention anything you can’t. I’ll call him later to get him to leave."

Gu Ru Yi: "Okay." After a few seconds, she says, "But this is not a long-term solution. I plan to... hide at Lu Huai’an’s for a while."

Lu Huai’an’s influence among the younger generation in the Imperial City is significant.

Gu Ru Yi believes Lu Huai’an is capable of competing with Huo Shaoyan.

Moreover, she has hardly ever asked Lu Huai’an for anything, so Gu Ru Yi thinks Lu Huai’an would help her.

However, An Ge has reservations.

She says to Gu Ru Yi, "Weren’t you avoiding him recently?"

Gu Ru Yi says, "That’s the way it is. Compared to dealing with President Huo, I’d rather deal with Lu Huai’an; Lu Huai’an is easier to handle than President Huo."

An Ge presses her lips together, "Thank you."

Gu Ru Yi says, "No need to be polite. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll need your help too? Women helping women is never wrong."

After ending the call with An Ge, Gu Ru Yi enters the elevator.

After pressing the button, she pulls out Lu Huai’an’s phone number and calls him.

Lu Huai’an feels quite surprised.

After all, it has been a long time since Gu Ru Yi looked for him.

Lu Huai’an exits the Lu Family building.

As he walks to the car park, he answers Gu Ru Yi’s call with an amused tone, "President Gu, do you need something from me?"

Gu Ru Yi can’t be bothered with small talk: "Come to my apartment, I’m not feeling well."

Lu Huai’an frowns upon hearing this, "What’s wrong?"

Gu Ru Yi says, "It’s probably an old issue..."

Pausing, she adds,

"The illness caused by the three abortions I’ve had for you; it’s unbearably painful every time I have my period. Can you come quickly? I’m about to die of pain..."

This is the first time Gu Ru Yi has mentioned the abortion issues to Lu Huai’an, she never mentioned them before.

Therefore, once she brings it up, Lu Huai’an feels incredibly guilty.

His tone becomes heavier, "Okay. No more than fifteen minutes."

After ending the call with him, the elevator soon arrives at the ground floor.

She steps out of the elevator and immediately sees Huo Shaoyan standing under the apartment building.

He has an unlit cigarette between his fingers.

Probably due to a craving for tobacco, but since he can’t smoke, he just raises the cigarette to his nose and takes a deep sniff.

Gu Ru Yi looks at his tall, formidable figure, and after building up a psychological defense, walks over.

"President Huo."

In the patchy lamplight, the man lifts his eyes to coldly glance at her, "I have a few questions for you."

Gu Ru Yi boldly says, "Ask away."

Huo Shaoyan says: "You’ve been close to An Ge recently, you should understand her quite well."

Gu Ru Yi nods and says:

"Indeed, Ms. An and I get along very well. However, in terms of understanding, I’m sure I don’t know more than you, President Huo."

Huo Shaoyan gives her a deep, inscrutable look, and says:

"She suddenly told me tonight that she wants a complete break from me, and also said she wants to give me sole custody of the two children... this is extremely unusual. So I want to know why."

Gu Ru Yi shows an extremely shocked expression,

"Ah? An Ge... doesn’t want custody of the children? President Huo, honestly, as a fellow woman, even I find it hard to understand why An Ge would do this. In this world, there is no mother who doesn’t want her own children, so I also don’t know the reason."

Huo Shaoyan’s expression is extremely cold, "You don’t know? Or are you pretending not to know?"

Gu Ru Yi gives an extremely innocent look,

"President Huo, I truly don’t know. I do get along with An Ge quite well, but that affinity is merely based on us having somewhat similar experiences; we are both unloved by men, have had miscarriages,

and have always been let down by men... But this doesn’t give me access to her inner thoughts; it doesn’t make me her confidante with whom she shares everything. So, I really don’t know the reason..."

Young Master Huo spoke coldly: "Gu Ru Yi, you are lying!"

Huo Shaoyan’s gaze was too cold, as sharp as a knife.

Gu Ru Yi shivered, but continued coldly:

"President Huo, when I was accompanying President Lu Jinnian for social engagements tonight, I accidentally saw you having dinner with that woman, Mo Yuan. I... felt it was unfair to An Ge because of this, so I went to the hospital to see her. After meeting her, I only mentioned your dinner with Ms. Mo Yuan, nothing more..."

She paused,

"Perhaps An Ge is utterly disappointed in you because of this? She just miscarried and lost a child, yet you, the father of the child, didn’t accompany her but had dinner with another woman. I think she was shocked and deeply disappointed in you..."

Huo Shaoyan interrupted her coldly:

"No way. Even if she’s extremely disappointed in me, she wouldn’t abandon the child." He paused, "Tell me, what trouble did she run into?"

Gu Ru Yi: "President Huo, I really don’t know."

The cigarette in Huo Shaoyan’s hand was snapped into two at this moment.

He had completely lost his patience, "Really don’t know?"

Gu Ru Yi, with a hardened expression, said, "I really don’t know."

Huo Shaoyan: "Someone saw you taking the elevator with Tang Jiuze at the hotel. I don’t believe Tang Jiuze didn’t ask you about An Ge’s situation."

Gu Ru Yi: "..."

Huo Shaoyan continued, "What did Tang Jiuze say to you? Did he use you to get in touch with An Ge?"

Gu Ru Yi felt guilty, but quickly, she said half-truthfully:

"Indeed, Tang Jiuze did ask me about An Ge’s situation. But knowing he had hurt An Ge before, I only gave him a few vague remarks..."

Huo Shaoyan coldly said, "Give me your phone."

Gu Ru Yi: "..."

Faced with Huo Shaoyan’s relentless pressure, Gu Ru Yi was nervous but didn’t show it.

She smiled slightly and said:

"President Huo, one must have principles. A modern person’s phone is akin to the last piece of shame cloth on a human body, part of personal privacy. Asking me to hand over my shame cloth to you, I’m afraid I can’t do it..."

Huo Shaoyan: "Gu Ru Yi, I don’t have the habit of hitting women now. Don’t make me use force!"

Gu Ru Yi’s face lost its smile, instinctively turning the phone behind her.

With a few quick moves, Huo Shaoyan snatched the phone from her hands.

Huo Shaoyan, nearly 1.9 meters tall, posed no challenge for Gu Ru Yi, who was jumping around.

Before she could get angry, Huo Shaoyan coldly said to her, "Password."

Gu Ru Yi said nothing.

Huo Shaoyan bit down on his back molar, quickly typed a string of code, and soon cracked the password on Gu Ru Yi’s phone.

Huo Shaoyan found the call records section.

The top three call records quickly came into view.

The last two call records were one with Lu Huai’an and one with An Ge.

The third call record was with Tang Jiuze, lasting almost ten minutes.

This definitely seemed suspicious.

Huo Shaoyan tapped on Tang Jiuze’s number and dialed out.

Gu Ru Yi was genuinely urgent at this point, "Huo Shaoyan, you’re crossing the line!"

Huo Shaoyan’s call quickly connected, and Tang Jiuze’s voice came through, "Second Miss Gu?"

Afraid of being exposed, Gu Ru Yi quickly came up with an idea, speaking to Tang Jiuze at the other end of the phone:

"Tang Jiuze, the confession I made to you in the elevator wasn’t just casual talk. Consider it, would you like to be my boyfriend..."

At these words, Tang Jiuze at the other end first paused, then reacted.

With a half-mocking tone, he said, "Second Miss Gu, do you want to test the size tonight to see if we’re compatible in bed?"

Before Gu Ru Yi could respond, Lu Huai’an arrived.

He rushed over, and before anyone else, coldly spoke to Tang Jiuze on the other end of the phone: "Tang Jiuze, are you tired of living?"

After yelling, Lu Huai’an snatched Gu Ru Yi’s phone from Huo Shaoyan’s hand, then glared at Gu Ru Yi, "Weren’t you having a stomach ache?"

Gu Ru Yi felt as though she had shot herself in the foot. She took a deep breath and said, "Chairman Lu, give me back my phone."

Lu Huai’an asked coldly, "When did you start hooking up with Tang Jiuze? How far did you two go? Did anything happen?"

Gu Ru Yi had called Lu Huai’an to escape Huo Shaoyan’s interrogation, not to argue with Lu Huai’an.

With this in mind, she stepped closer to Lu Huai’an, looking up at him:

"I haven’t had the chance to try with another man, but I can assure you, Chairman Lu, we really fit well together in bed."

She paused, smirking, "Chairman Lu, I’m feeling pretty needy lately, would you like to accompany me upstairs and satisfy me?"

Lu Huai’an: "..."

Huo Shaoyan: "..."

After saying this, Gu Ru Yi discarded the phone and headed towards the apartment.

Lu Huai’an’s intention in coming was to see her and evaluate the possibility of getting back together.

Hearing Gu Ru Yi’s invitation to go upstairs for intimacy, Lu Huai’an couldn’t resist, having refrained for so long.

Hence, almost as soon as Gu Ru Yi turned away, he stepped forward to chase after her.

Huo Shaoyan didn’t follow.

Because he could tell it wasn’t easy to get the truth from Gu Ru Yi.

However, he was certain that An Ge’s determination to break up with him had to do with Tang Jiuze’s interference.

He planned to find Tang Jiuze.

But at that moment, An Ge called.

Huo Shaoyan answered, taking the initiative: "You want to break ties with me because of Tang Jiuze, don’t you?"