Left Behind

When Secretary Wu received Cen Muxiao's call, he had just seen Cindy from Nine Charms Magazine off.

That woman was polished and shrewd, with countless schemes up her sleeve. Remembering President Cen's instructions, he stopped Cindy before she left. After some negotiation, he finally obtained a copy of her interview notes.

Only after getting her promise not to release anything without permission did he kindly let her go.

Cindy was utterly speechless. She had interviewed countless celebrities and big names, yet she had never met anyone so cautious. More importantly, she had not even gotten any valuable information from this trip!

Was there really any need to be so nervous?

Wu Tong had indeed gone to look for Guo Lantai before meeting Cindy, but unfortunately, he had not found him. He assumed Guo Lantai had grown tired of waiting and left on his own, so he did not think much of it.

After all, there were plenty of other people who could take him back to the Cen Family Villa. Even President Cen could abandon him without a second thought, so how highly could he, the chief secretary, possibly regard him?

It was only a business marriage, a show put on for appearances. Besides, President Cen's true beloved had returned. Guo Lantai would not be able to hold onto the position of Mrs. Cen for long, so Wu Tong did not want to waste his energy on him.

What Wu Tong did not know was that when Cen Muxiao gave him the instructions, he had only mentioned a lounge. He had not realized Cen Muxiao meant the Top-Floor VIP Room.

He had indeed gone to look for Guo Lantai, but he had gone to the lounge Cen Muxiao and Guo Lantai used to change clothes. There really had been no one inside.

And so, Guo Lantai, who was sleeping soundly in the Top-Floor VIP Room, was simply left behind by them!

Even when President Cen's call came through, Wu Tong was still utterly confused. Mrs. Cen had not returned to the Cen Family Villa in the middle of the night—could he have forgotten he was married and gone straight back to the Guo Family?

That could not be it! Guo Lantai had been so eager to marry President Cen that Wu Tong had seen it with his own eyes. How could he so easily return to the Guo Family?

As countless thoughts ran through his mind, Cen Muxiao suddenly reminded him from the other end of the line, "Have you checked the Top-Floor VIP Room?"

There was no need to think further. Cen Muxiao had already roughly guessed what happened. To prevent anyone else from continuing to target Guo Lantai, he had specifically instructed the hotel manager that unauthorized personnel were not allowed into the Top-Floor VIP Room.

With those orders in place, let alone people, probably not even a fly could get up there. Not to mention that he had forgotten to specify which lounge he meant.

It was understandable that Wu Tong had overlooked it.

"The Top-Floor VIP Room? I'm sorry, President Cen, I misunderstood! I haven't been there!"

Wu Tong's heart jolted. As the chief secretary, he had always been thorough in every matter. Who would have thought that his momentary disregard would delay something important?

Not only had he made President Cen search for someone in the middle of the night, but if this got out, it would not do President Cen any good either!

After all, he had never heard of anyone leaving his own wife behind at a hotel on their wedding day!

"Go find him. Bring him back!"

Cen Muxiao could not be bothered to listen to his nonsense and coldly gave the order.

"Yes, President Cen. I'll go right away!"

Wu Tong immediately answered seriously, and the call was disconnected.

He could not help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. President Cen was angry!

Fortunately, he had not left the hotel yet. There was still time to make up for it.

Guo Lantai slept soundly, and he ate soundly in his dream too. He held a steaming pork knuckle in both hands and gnawed away happily, while a sharp-snouted fox crouched across from him, staring greedily at the pork knuckle in his hands!

Weren't foxes supposed to love roosters, hens, and little mice? Since when did their tastes become so greasy?

"Go, go, go! This pork knuckle is mine. Don't even think about it. Get as far away as you can!"

He waved his hand and rudely chased it away.

Unexpectedly, the fox became even more insistent and walked right toward him, speaking human words. "Give it back to me! It's mine. No one can take it from me!"

The closer it got, the more shocked Guo Lantai became. That fox face was gradually changing—why did it look more and more familiar?

"Fuck! Song Anning!"

Guo Lantai finally recognized him. He cried out loud, then cursed inwardly. This guy was really impossible to shake off. Even when he was gnawing on a pork knuckle, Song Anning had to come after him. What a nemesis!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With that thought, he viciously brought the pork knuckle down on Song Anning's forehead!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Mr. Guo! Mr. Guo! Mrs. Cen? Mrs. Cen!

He was having a satisfying time pounding away, but the knocking quickly changed rhythm. Not only had the fox vanished from before his eyes, calls had been left behind!

They were repeatedly calling his name!

Guo Lantai abruptly opened his eyes and woke from the dream. Before he could fully come to his senses, another round of knocking sounded at the door.

"Mr. Guo! Are you in there?"

Someone really was calling for him.

"Yes!"

He answered hoarsely, then slowly sat up and scratched his hair. He felt annoyed. What kind of damned dream had that been?

They had already started fighting in his dreams. Wouldn't the pressure in the future be a little too much?

"Mr. Guo, I'm Wu Tong, President Cen's secretary. He asked me to take you back to the Cen Family Villa!"

Wu Tong finally let out a sigh of relief outside the door. He had called for a long time without getting a response and had thought something had happened!

Before coming up, he had asked around. The person inside had never left, but he did not dare force his way in, so in his anxiety, he could only pound on the door and call out.

From the sounds inside just now, Guo Lantai had clearly been sleeping deeply!

"May I come in?"

"Come in!"

Guo Lantai was somewhat grumpy from being woken up. After answering, he glanced at his watch.

Fuck! It was almost one in the morning! He had slept until now, and only then had someone come to take him home?

When he looked up, Wu Tong had already entered. With a somewhat guilty expression, he said, "I'm truly sorry, Mr. Guo. I didn't realize you were resting in this VIP room, so I failed to take you back to the villa in time. I'll take you back now!"

"Where's Cen Muxiao?"

Guo Lantai was puzzled as soon as he heard that. Cen Muxiao had told him to stay put, and he had done exactly that. Shouldn't they be going home together?

Why had he sent his secretary to take him back instead?

It was inappropriate both emotionally and logically!

"Uh!"

Wu Tong hesitated slightly before explaining, "President Cen had something urgent come up and left first. He instructed me to take you back!"

"Where's Song Anning?"

Guo Lantai's mind worked quickly. Other than Song Anning, there should be no one else who could make Cen Muxiao disregard the consequences and leave him behind!

Many details in the original novel had not been made clear. It seemed the author had skipped over this part again.

Wu Tong had not expected Guo Lantai to immediately bring up Song Anning. After considering it, he only said the important part. "Mr. Song wasn't feeling well and went to the hospital midway through."

Oh, oh, oh! Guo Lantai finally remembered what had happened. On the day of the wedding, Cen Muxiao had taken Song Anning straight home. So that scheming bitch had pretended to be sick and played the victim!

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked at Wu Tong and spoke in a faint, eerie tone. "So Cen Muxiao went with Song Anning to the hospital, right? And then he never came back, just leaving his newlywed wife here without a care!"

Wu Tong looked elsewhere and muttered inwardly, Could he praise him and say, Mr. Guo, you're really smart? You got every bit of it right.

Seeing his shifting expression, Guo Lantai smiled silently. Fine. It was all part of the predetermined routine anyway. What was the harm in letting him feel pleased with himself for a while?

"Let's go!"

Guo Lantai interrupted Wu Tong's wandering thoughts and got up to head outside.

"Of course, I'll take you there right away!"

"No!"

To Wu Tong's surprise, Guo Lantai quickly refused. Then he touched his stomach and smiled at him. "It won't be too late to go back after I fill my stomach first!"

After all the trouble tonight, he had not even gotten to eat at his own wedding banquet. He had to make up for it somehow!

Besides, only after eating his fill would he have the strength to keep fighting!