Boyfriend Always Thinks I’m a Little Pitiful Chapter 73

Xie Ci patted Gu Yufeng, signaling him to get up and take a walk.

"Has the privatization process of FA been completed?"

Gu Yufeng, holding back his frustration, let out a long sigh, his tone somewhat gloomy: "It's a done deal. Even if it wasn't completed, I couldn't stop it unless I went and killed that old man from Desen now."

Xie Ci thought that killing him might not be a bad idea, as it could solve a lot of trouble. But that old man is the head of the consortium, rarely comes out of his lair, and is surrounded by bodyguards. It's not as simple as it sounds.

At this time in his previous life, he was only focused on studying for the college entrance exam and didn't pay any attention to anything happening in Country D, so he had limited advice to offer.

"I thought my mom would push for the acquisition of FA. Compared to those old men on the board, she's not that muddle-headed, but she remained neutral."

Speaking of this, Gu Yufeng let out a dissatisfied snort through his nose, "No wonder she's like Fahai, not caring about what she should and meddling in what she shouldn't."

Xie Ci's thoughts were interrupted: "Who's Fahai?"

Gu Yufeng: "Last time I went back to the country, she almost locked me up so I couldn't return. Isn't that like Fahai?"

Xie Ci followed up with a question: "...So you're the White Snake here to repay a debt?"

Gu Yufeng slowly teased, "Too bad you're not Xu Xian, enchanted by the beauty of the White Snake."

Xie Ci thought to himself, maybe he was enchanted at first sight.

The two walked to the farthest corner of the rest area, where there were few people around, and the view by the window was great. From this angle, they could see the snow-capped mountains dyed red by the sunset in the distance.

Xie Ci went to buy two cups of coffee, handed one to Gu Yufeng, and looked out the window along with his gaze.

"Many times, I feel like this world is fake."

Gu Yufeng leaned against the windowsill, gazing at the distant mountain range, feeling a bit frustrated, "Only when I'm with you do I feel real."

Things that were once easy to do have become incredibly difficult. His body has returned to being seventeen, and he has to force himself to fit into this age mentally.

It's like having to redo a test paper he's already completed, making him extremely irritable.

Xie Ci understood perfectly.

"You're also the only real thing I can feel."

Gu Yufeng turned his head to look at him: "Since everything is fake, why not just ignore it all?"

Xie Ci leaned against the windowsill beside him: "If you could ignore everything, you wouldn't have been working on your laptop every day for the past six months."

Gu Yufeng took a sip of coffee, his lowered eyes hiding his inner conflict.

Xie Ci: "I remember the early MM network community platform developed well, but it missed the timing for transformation, allowing FA to take the lead, resulting in a massive loss of users and eventually being sold off cheaply."

This was a case his economics professor talked about during his university days.

The collapse of a giant sometimes only requires one wrong decision.

"MM is already half-dead."

Gu Yufeng recalled the information he had read not long ago, "After Desen swallows FA, the next step will be to crush a batch of competitors, with MM being the first."

Saying this, Gu Yufeng asked again, "Do you have faith in MM?"

To avoid being passively criticized like in his previous life, he must support a media company to counter FA.

Xie Ci nodded: "A camel that's starved is still bigger than a horse. Instead of supporting a small media company, it's better to choose MM. If you find the right direction for development, it might not be worse than FA."

Both rely on capital operations, but Gu Yufeng knows the future trends and can seize the opportunity.

"It would have been easy in the past, but now—"

Gu Yufeng laughed self-deprecatingly, "I'm just a high school student with little influence, no one listens to me."

Xie Ci knew Gu Yufeng was in a bad mood. If it were him, he wouldn't necessarily do any better.

There are also internal family interests at play. Gu Yufeng's proposal being rejected has this factor, and Caitlin choosing neutrality is probably to leave a way out for Gu Yufeng.

If Caitlin disregarded the board's opposition and strongly supported Gu Yufeng's proposal, and it didn't achieve the expected benefits, Gu Yufeng would inevitably be labeled as "incompetent," making it even harder for him to do anything in the group in the future.

Xie Ci pondered for a moment and asked him, "Was your proposal rejected unanimously this time?"

"How could it be? The plan I personally made can't be that bad."

Gu Yufeng replied irritably, "An uncle from the split family is very dissatisfied with my mom taking his position and has been forming alliances with several old men. They were the main ones opposing this time."

From the names he mentioned, Xie Ci heard about a man named Aoliqi.

"Have you ever investigated Aoliqi?"

"What's up with him?" Gu Yufeng was puzzled.

Seeing his expression, Xie Ci knew he probably hadn't noticed.

"During the time I was preparing to acquire Rongyu in my previous life, I did a lot of research on Desen. There was a woman named Masha, who was the wife of Rongyu's vice president."

"I know." Gu Yufeng nodded, "This woman is very sociable and helped her husband build a lot of connections. Otherwise, her husband wouldn't have been able to become vice president."

Xie Ci: "This woman used to be Aoliqi's secret lover."

Gu Yufeng paused slightly, straightened up, and looked at Xie Ci with some surprise: "Is the information reliable? This is the first time I've heard of it."

"It was found out from someone who used to work as a servant in Masha's house. There are photos of them meeting privately."

Recalling this, Xie Ci added, "After Masha got married, she didn't have much contact with Aoliqi, and the timing just missed when you entered Qingfeng, so even if you investigated Aoliqi, you wouldn't find anything."

As a member of Qingfeng's board, having a lover who is the wife of a rival group's vice president, it's hard not to suspect whether this old man has ever betrayed the group, especially with a woman like Masha, who is ambitious and skilled at pillow talk.

Thinking of this, Gu Yufeng's face turned cold. He took out his phone and called Fiona: "Help me investigate someone's whereabouts..."

In the game room, Fang Size and Wang Wei were playing cards. When they saw Gu Yufeng and Xie Ci return one after the other, they sensed a subtle tension in the air.

Gu Yufeng went to the bathroom, and Wang Wei quietly asked Xie Ci, who had sat down, "Did you guys have a fight?"

"What would we fight about?" Xie Ci retorted.

Wang Wei thought to herself, there could be plenty of reasons. It's normal for couples to have little arguments.

"Why does it seem like Old Gu is in a bad mood?"

Xie Ci: "He didn't sleep well last night."

Shen Qiuyue chuckled, seeing Xie Ci's puzzled look, she restrained her laughter and teased, "I wonder why he didn't sleep well?"

As soon as she said this, Fang Size and Wang Wei both looked over, with a gossipy expression.

Xie Ci: "..."

Why does it feel like he and Gu Yufeng are running around naked?

Dinner was decided to be hot pot in the rented collective dormitory. Jiang Chenyu and a few soccer team guys went out to buy groceries, the girls were responsible for washing, and the guys who could cook were busy at the stove, some frying dishes, some making soup, and someone in the dining room played music.

The kitchen was only so big, not enough to fit everyone, so the rest of the people were free to do whatever until it was time to eat.

When Gu Yufeng finished his call and came back, the dishes were already on the table.

More than twenty people sat around the long table, chatting and laughing while eating, even lightening Gu Yufeng's mood a bit. Feeling a bit greasy from the meat, he saw a plate of stir-fried winter melon nearby, took a bite, and asked Xie Ci, who was sitting next to him, "Did you cook this?"

Xie Ci, noticing Gu Yufeng's reaction, was a bit pleased and pretended to be indifferent, asking, "How did you figure it out?"

"You've been staring at me." Gu Yufeng finished the winter melon in his mouth, "Did you think I wouldn't notice?"

Xie Ci: "..."

Gu Yufeng was amused by his reaction, leaned in and whispered in his ear, "Don't say it's your cooking, I can tell the taste of everything on you."

Still teasing, seems like his mood has improved a bit.

Xie Ci said expressionlessly, "You haven't tasted the tender part."

Gu Yufeng: "..."

Why does that sound so familiar?

Is it that he doesn't want to taste it?

Fang Size and the others, seeing this scene: "..."

The couple is whispering again.

Zhang Ruochuan looked at the others around him, none of them reacted to Gu Yufeng and Xie Ci whispering together. After all, this open-minded little foreigner Gu Yufeng had publicly cornered Xie Ci several times, so even if they did something outrageous, it was no longer surprising.

The darkness under the lamp is truly terrifying.

Zhang Ruochuan gnawed on a chicken claw, thinking that no matter what, at least he didn't have to worry about exposure.

Feeling a bit envious.

It started snowing outside, but with the heater on inside, it didn't feel cold. Some people were playing chess, others playing games, everyone doing whatever they wanted.

Xie Ci and Gu Yufeng, along with Fang Size and the others, went for a stroll on the street and bought a lot of little trinkets.

Zhang Ruochuan bought a pair of hair clips for his girlfriend. Seeing this, Xie Ci instinctively looked at Gu Yufeng's hair.

Gu Yufeng noticed his thoughtful gaze and laughed angrily, "You want to try buying a pair?"

"...Didn't say I wanted to buy."

Xie Ci, not giving up, pointed to a rack nearby, "But washing your face can get your hair wet, this hairband is quite practical."

Gu Yufeng squinted his eyes slightly, "You mean this pink butterfly hairband?"

"Fine, not buying." Xie Ci gave up.

Wang Wei and Shen Qiuyue, who were picking out hair ties nearby: "..."

Captain Xie usually seems so cool and serious, who knew he could be so playful.

Shen Qiuyue rubbed her chin, "Did I give up too soon?"

Wang Wei: "...Enough already."

When they arrived at noon, they had already assigned rooms, but the group was having so much fun that they were reluctant to go back to their rooms to sleep.

When Xie Ci and the others returned to the dormitory, they saw Jiang Chenyu running over.

"We plan to stay in the tatami room on the first floor, make a big bed, what about you guys?"

"Sounds good!" Shen Qiuyue asked excitedly, "Is there only one room? We girls want to stay together too."

"There is another one, you can stay in the one on the left, it's a bit smaller." Jiang Chenyu pointed it out to them.

Xie Ci and Gu Yufeng didn't mind, so it was settled.

A group of high-energy boys played around until after one o'clock before settling down.

After the lights went out, a few boys were still chatting.

Xie Ci, having washed up, lay down and looked at Gu Yufeng, who had been silent since earlier. Thinking that the other hadn't slept last night and had been busy all day, he must be tired, so he didn't say anything more and closed his eyes to sleep.

Half asleep, he felt a slight movement beside him, and someone slipped into his bed, warm like a big hot water bottle.

Without looking, Xie Ci knew who it was, turned over, and wrapped his arm around his waist, pulling him into his embrace.

For a moment, neither of them spoke.

Gu Yufeng buried his head in Xie Ci's neck, in the dim, unnoticed corner, finally not having to hide his low spirits.

The failure of the FA acquisition proposal certainly made him angry, but what frustrated him more was that he thought he could remotely control things from home, staying by Xie Ci's side while handling matters in Country D.

But reality proved otherwise.

If the situation couldn't change, it meant he couldn't continue staying in the country for long.