I Finally Said It, It Feels So Good

Bai Chen was muted for a whole minute.

His cheeks puffed up slightly in anger, and he thought: I knew it. How could I possibly get into a world without any permissions? As expected--things involving the plot are what trigger permissions.

Then why did he make me hear that secret?

It was agonizing, he couldn't say it, he couldn't say it... No, I have to find a way.

After a moment of silence, Gu Yun seemed to notice that Bai Chen had something he wanted to tell him.

Gu Yun asked, "You... Is there something you want to say?"

Bai Chen nodded hard.

"It's not what you think, you misunderstood. Anyway, what I said just now was a typo, and there's no way I can explain the situation to you right now."

Bai Chen beat around the bush; he was afraid that damn world consciousness would seal his mouth again, so he thought about it and said.

"Anyway, there's someone who only has eyes for you," he stated with absolute certainty.

Gu Yun looked at Bai Chen with a smile and asked, "Who?..." Is it you?

He didn't finish that last sentence, but wanted to read something different from the other's expression.

Yet even though he had observed Bai Chen's facial expression very carefully, he still didn't see any different emotions.

The other's expression as he looked at him was open and completely frank.

The light in Gu Yun's eyes dimmed, and his expression suddenly turned a bit disappointed.

Of course Bai Chen didn't know what he was thinking, but even a fool could tell the other seemed to have misunderstood.

He hurriedly explained, offering a dry laugh, "But it's definitely not me. That person is right around you. You should usually observe the people around you more, especially childhood friends and the like."

He tried his absolute best to explain.

Yet Gu Yun didn't seem to understand what he meant, and still looked at him with eyes full of smiles.

Bai Chen:...

I'm dying of anxiety. Does he understand or not--why is he looking at me like that? It's kind of creepy.

Gu Yun stared at Bai Chen and replied, his voice clear and cold, "Mhm."

Bai Chen:...

After pondering for a long time, he said, "You should go find someone else." This was what he had thought about for ages before saying.

Hearing this, Gu Yun stared at Bai Chen without blinking, looking a bit surprised, and asked excitedly, "How did you know I'm looking for someone?"

Bai Chen thought: Of course it's because I happened to run into that person. In this kind of situation, protagonists generally look for their lifesaver, but they search for many years and can't find them.

And then they miss each other again and again.

Gu Yun asked, "Do you know where he is?"

Bai Chen hesitated for a moment, nodded, and replied, "Mhm."

"But I can't say it out loud right now. You can go look for him yourself. That person isn't anyone from our dorm; he's someone you're familiar with," Bai Chen changed his phrasing.

"He should be pretty important to you," Bai Chen asked.

Hearing this, Gu Yun smiled and replied, "Mhm, very important. Back when I was little, that person saved me, but I can't find him. I vaguely remember that in order to save me, his shoulder seemed to get hit by something."

Bai Chen:...

As expected, anyone who saves someone has a birthmark, so they can recognize each other later. This is also the law of cheesy webnovels.

He had to help the two of them recognize each other sooner, and whether they ended up together in the end was none of his business.

Suddenly, Bai Chen thought of a better method, and excitedly patted Gu Yun's shoulder.

He exclaimed joyfully, "When you get home, you can tell those guys you know to take off their shirts, and can't you find him by looking at them one by one?"

Gu Yun didn't seem to have ever thought of this method, and upon hearing the method Bai Chen gave him, it clicked.

"Mhm, this method is pretty good. Thank you, Bai Chen."

Bai Chen was very happy too, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I wish you a speedy reunion with your benefactor."

Bai Chen felt that this world consciousness was too dirty, but he still had other methods, and furthermore, they were methods that didn't require saying the other's identity out there.

Many people crossed paths without being fated, but Bai Chen hoped that this sentence he spoke this time could help Gu Yun find the right person.

He had already tried his best to do what he could.

Once Gu Yun finally knew who his benefactor was, whether he ended up with Gu Cheng or Brother Li had nothing to do with him.

After settling the matter, neither of them returned to the dorm. They booked two rooms at a nearby inn and each went back to their own room.

Bai Chen lay on the inn bed and fell into a sweet sleep not long after.

In the room right next to his, Gu Yun tossed and turned, still finding it hard to sleep.

Just who... is he?

At this moment, a young man was sitting at a work desk handling official business. His expression looked somewhat fatigued, one hand supporting his forehead, and the peach-blossom eyes beneath his gold-rimmed glasses were laced with bloodshot veins.

"Knock, knock--" A round of knocking shattered the quiet.

"Come in." The young man's voice was clear and bright, though somewhat raspy from exhaustion.

A man dressed in a deep black suit walked over quickly, holding a stack of documents in his hands, and gently placed the documents on the table beside the sofa.

The office was meticulously clean, and the European-style vintage floor-to-ceiling curtains automatically parted when the office door opened.

Crystal chandeliers hung high from the ceiling, alongside the deep black curtains and the bookcases stacked full of books behind the office chair that looked very elegant.

Noticing the fatigue on the young man nearby, he reminded him, "President Lin, it's very late. Why don't you rest for a bit and look at them tomorrow instead?"

Lin Jingchen lifted his eyelids and replied softly, "It's fine. Just leave the documents there for now, I'll look at them in a while. You go home first and keep your wife and child company; you've worked hard lately."

Assistant Wang replied, "It's not hard, President Lin. This is only what I should do."

Assistant Wang didn't say anything more either, watched for a moment, and walked out. Of course he understood the importance of this bidding war.

For this bidding war, a bunch of enterprises came to compete, especially since the Gu Group was bidding this time too. If they weren't careful, the entire Lin Group's years of effort would go down the drain.

And Lin Jingchen, as the person in power at the Lin Group, had to guarantee success this time.

Tomorrow was the day of the bidding.

Lin Jingchen dozed for a short while and stood up. His white shirt was a bit wrinkled now, so he straightened it out, walked quickly over to the sofa and sat down, opening the documents on the table to read again.