The young man beside him immediately made room.
Tao Zhiyan walked over and sat down.
"Life's been treating you well lately," Gu Min said, his narrow eyes squinting as he smiled. "I saw you even went on some variety show?"
"Looks like the Feng Family trusts you quite a bit."
Tao Zhiyan didn't answer. Even his expression barely changed.
But his attitude only made Gu Min more interested.
He studied Tao Zhiyan closely, from his features to his clothes.
"The Feng Family really has been taking good care of you," Gu Min said, reaching out to pinch Tao Zhiyan's cheek. "You've even filled out a little."
Tao Zhiyan turned his head away, making no attempt to hide the disgust in his eyes.
"President Gu," Tao Zhiyan said, his brows drawing together slightly, his eyes shimmering, "did you ask me here to flirt with me?"
The question was so blunt that even Gu Min froze.
He hadn't had much contact with Tao Zhiyan before. He had chosen him as his inside man because he had learned about his past with Feng Ze and decided to take a gamble.
Gu Min remembered that Tao Zhiyan's family had been quite well-off. To keep him under control, he had devised a few other measures.
At the time, Tao Zhiyan's father had been investing in the United States, so Gu Min had engineered the collapse of their family business, saddling them with enormous debts.
After Tao Zhiyan's father killed himself, those debts had fallen on Tao Zhiyan.
It had been almost a year since Gu Min last saw Tao Zhiyan.
The Tao Zhiyan he remembered hadn't been like this.
Back then, he had been meek and timid, always bearing injuries, wary and frightened of everyone he met.
Gu Min had certainly never seen him act