Defrosting The Cold Young Master-Chapter 1997 - 2001: Unwilling to Be Ordinary

"Letting him live is already showing face to my elder brother, it’s the greatest grace we, the Gu Family, could give him," Gu Junzhu chuckled lightly, "With Xiao Shumiao, what does he even count for?"

Ye Xingbei: "...Can’t you at least keep some airs of a nobleman? That’s so crude!"

Gu Junzhu laughed, "Why would you need the airs of a nobleman with a military ruffian? Isn’t that like asking a willow tree for dates?"

Ye Xingbei: "...I get it, you’re proud to be a military ruffian!"

"Exactly, that’s right, I’m proud to be a military ruffian!" Gu Junzhu pinched her cheek, "You understand me best, my wife!"

Ye Xingbei was speechless: "Why didn’t you realize I was being sarcastic?"

Gu Junzhu raised an eyebrow: "Are you discriminating against military ruffians?"

"Shouldn’t I look down on military ruffians?" Ye Xingbei said, "Isn’t ’military ruffian’ a derogatory term?"

Gu Junzhu said, "Obviously, when it refers to me, it’s not derogatory!"

The two of them exchanged words back and forth, Gu Chi looked at Gu Junzhu, then at Ye Xingbei, feeling the atmosphere was slightly off... On a day worth celebrating because of Xiao Shumiao being revealed as their Young Master, why weren’t they talking about something significant and instead discussing irrelevant matters?

This... was too calm?

He secretly admired the grandeur of their Young Master, little knowing that their Young Master had even shed tears of heroism when no one was watching.

He was about to interview their Young Master and Young Madam on how they managed to stay so calm when there was a knock on the door.

Gu Chi walked over to open the door.

"Brother Chi," a bodyguard slightly bowed to him as a gesture of respect, "Sheng Ruolan is here."

"Who?" Gu Chi looked past him.

"I invited her," Gu Junzhu said lightly, "Let her in."

"Oh, oh," Gu Chi opened the door a bit wider and stepped aside, gesturing for Sheng Ruolan to enter, "Miss Sheng, please come in."

Sheng Ruolan nodded slightly in acknowledgment and walked into the room with light steps.

Today, she was dressed to the nines and radiantly beautiful.

The title of Sheng City’s number one beauty wasn’t for nothing; she indeed was stunning.

After careful grooming, she looked even more dazzling.

However, her beauty carried too much artificiality, as if built layer by layer with cosmetics.

A true beauty should resemble a blooming rose.

Yet she somewhat resembled a plastic rose, beautiful as she may be, she lacked the lively allure; at first glance, she was eye-catching, but after a while, she became boring.

Clearly, she was oblivious to her flaws.

After joining the Gu Group, many men courted her and revolved around her, which greatly boosted her confidence.

However, those pursuing her were of too ordinary a status and she fancied none of them.

No noblemen or wealthy heirs pursued her; she attributed this to only interacting with ordinary employees of the Gu Group.

She couldn’t even come into contact with any noblemen or wealthy heirs, so how could she make them like her?

She had once contacted Senior Gu, pleading for help to attend some high-profile gatherings.

But Senior Gu was old-fashioned; not only did he refuse to help her, he also scolded her, telling her to keep her feet on the ground, work diligently, and not lust after wealth or vanity.

She cursed Senior Gu half to death behind his back, but only half to death. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

She didn’t even dare to curse him to death.

She knew she was able to work so splendidly at the Gu Group and be respected by those who knew her background, all because of Senior Gu’s face.

Senior Gu was her support; only as long as he lived well could she have the opportunity to rise to prominence.