Chapter 17

In the end, Su Yu decided to buy an ancient painting to take back. Unexpectedly, he and Su Wang clashed again. He wondered how they could always pick the same things when they had not even been born to the same mother.

[Su Wang: Don't pick a fight. I saw this first.]

When Su Yu saw the message, he desperately wanted to reply with six dots, but he was vaguely losing control of his urge to raise his paddle. His body was resisting his mind.

[No. A man lives for his pride. I'm buying this.]

Lu Heyun seemed to notice something strange about his movements and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Su Yu stubbornly raised his paddle. "No."

Lu Heyun's brows drew together slightly as he glanced toward seat number six. "I'll do it. I was just wondering what gift to get you."

[No way? He wants to give me this? That's way too valuable.]

Su Yu refused, "No need. Just give me apples instead. This won't do—it's too valuable. Besides, I'm bidding on it to give it to someone else."

"It doesn't matter. Since I'm giving it to you, you can do whatever you want with it."

For some reason, bidder number one suddenly popped up and began raising the price near the end. If that person had not just bought another collectible, Su Yu would have suspected they were deliberately causing trouble.

While enjoying the show, Su Yu suddenly received a message. He opened it and saw that it was from Gu Lin.

[Gu Lin: Tell the person next to you to stop bidding.]

[What does that mean? Could Gu Lin be sitting somewhere nearby and have spotted me?]

Su Yu looked up and scanned the area, but he did not see Gu Lin. His phone buzzed twice, and he lowered his head to look at it.

[Gu Lin: I'm that huge sucker in seat number one.]

Even through the screen, Su Yu could imagine what the other man looked like saying that. There definitely would not be a trace of expression on his face, and his tone would definitely be cold to the extreme.

Su Yu told Lu Heyun that someone had already bought that ancient ink painting for him and that he did not need to spend any more money.

Although Lu Heyun did not directly voice his refusal, every word conveyed it. "Since I said I would give it to you, naturally I have to follow through."

"Fine. Actually, number six is someone I really hate. My friend is raising the price to get revenge for me, so don't keep bidding. I'm afraid you'll get caught in the crossfire."

Only after hearing this did Lu Heyun's attitude ease somewhat. He asked, "Really?"

"Absolutely."

Although he did not know whether that was what Gu Lin meant, his hatred for Su Wang was truer than gold.

Afraid that he would continue, Su Yu even took his paddle away. "Confiscated. I'll give it back later."

Lu Heyun was slightly stunned. He seemed not to have expected Su Yu to take his paddle.

Still, he let him have his way.

Once Lu Heyun stopped, Gu Lin did not continue bidding either. In the end, Su Wang bought the ancient painting at a price still far above its original value.

When the auction ended, Su Yu saw that Su Wang seemed to be in quite a good mood. He looked refreshed as he left, with no awareness at all that he had wasted money. Su Yu thought Su Tinghuai must have sent him to this auction. After all, Su Wang did not have that kind of refinement.

After spending so extravagantly, he could just wait to be lectured by Su Tinghuai when he got home.

"Where are we going now? Shall I take you back to your apartment?"

A car slowly pulled up beside him. Just as he was about to speak, it honked twice. The window rolled down, and Gu Lin, expressionless inside the car, said two words: "Get in."

Su Yu glanced at Lu Heyun but could not say a single word. His body also moved uncontrollably toward the car, and he reached out, opened the door, and got in.

Left where he stood, Lu Heyun watched the car drive away and softly said, "He left without saying a word again."

The atmosphere in the car was somewhat strange, especially quiet. The assistant had learned his lesson this time and focused on driving without saying another word.

"Where did this friend come from?"

Su Yu did not even leave the house most days. Gu Lin had no idea where he had met this friend.

Su Yu thought it was none of his business, but he still explained. Afraid Gu Lin would not understand his gestures, he typed in the chat box on his phone: He's a neighbor. I met him while living outside.

Gu Lin glanced at him indifferently. Knowing that he was unwilling, he mocked, "Aren't you the Su family's most cherished Omega? What, you were living outside?"

"And the person competing with you was named Su Wang?"

Gu Lin did not actually know Su Wang at all. He had heard the name from Su Yu's thoughts. At the auction just now, Su Yu had been incredibly noisy, especially when he was cursing Su Wang.

The Omega did not know what he meant. He froze for a long while before lowering his eyes. He neither spoke nor moved, silent to the extreme, but his hand clenched involuntarily, exposing his nervous unease.

He seemed to be afraid of something.

Yet from the bottom of his heart, Su Yu began to look forward to it.

[Has Gu Lin found out? Has he realized I'm an impostor?]

[Great! Hurry up and dump me mercilessly. I'm just a fake.]

[Damn, I don't think I have the divorce certificate yet. Hurry up and speed things along. Let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau right now.]

[Get angry. You need that fury of having been deceived. Go settle accounts with the Su family. Better yet, make them go bankrupt by dawn.]

[Hurry up, expose me. Expose me already!]

Gu Lin: "..."

He had never seen anyone so eager to be dumped, nor had he ever heard such an unreasonable and unscientific demand.

There was no way a single night was enough time to bankrupt the Su family.

The more Su Yu looked forward to being exposed, the less Gu Lin wanted to indulge him. He did not continue the topic from earlier, as though the question had merely been a casual remark not worth noticing.

"Have the item you bought delivered to Grandma in your name."

Hearing that he would not press the matter further, the Omega secretly let out a breath of relief and nodded.

[No, is he incapable or something? Why isn't he asking more?]

[Or did he not notice at all? That makes no sense. As a qualified CEO, it's one thing if he can't bankrupt the Su family by dawn, but his intelligence can't be this lacking too.]

Gu Lin thought expressionlessly that the Omega must have read too many of those useless idle books Gu Lin had found last time. Apparently, confiscating all of them was not enough. His misunderstanding of the CEO profession had already taken deep root.

[Honestly, Gu Lin, you're the worst CEO I've ever seen. You're not qualified at all.]

"Do you... have something wrong with your brain?"

[??? What kind of CEO says things like that? He's actually insulting people?]

The assistant had almost never heard Gu Lin say anything like that. It had suddenly emerged in the otherwise quiet car, making it especially abrupt and inexplicable.

Gu Lin said coolly, "Read more proper books from now on."

Su Yu did not understand what he meant. He only felt that his first sentence had nothing to do with the second.

Knowing that Su Yu was not all that quick-witted, Gu Lin added coldly, "For example, those books you left on the coffee table are completely useless."

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