Fu Ling walked to the familiar elevator and headed up. The elevator stopped and he walked out nodding to the familiar girl.
"Lei Lin"
She beamed at him.
"Hello Mr Fu. Mr Gu is currently in a meeting you can wait for him directly in his office."
Fu Ling didn't talk too much and went into the office. He took off his coat and draped it on the couch then sprawled down. He played games to pass time and after roughly over sn hour, Gu Yunnain was back.
He had a smile on his face and seemed to know Fu Ling was already here.
"How did you know I was here? I wanted to surprise you."
He chuckled
"Lei Lin told me. She seems to really like you. Everytime you come, she's smiling so brightly one would think you came to see her"
He reached where Fu Ling was and pulled me in for a hug. Fu Ling wrapped his arms around his neck unconsciously drawing him closer.
He put his face against the crook of Fu Ling's neck and took a deep breath.
Fu Ling laughed softly
"Are you still jealous of a little girl?"
Gu Yunnain flicked Fu Ling's forehead
"You two are around the same age. If she's a little girl then what are you?"
Fu Ling raised an eyebrow
"I'm you're little baby what else?"
Gu Yunnain was all smiles when he heard that. They messed around for a bit when Gu Yunnain suddenly stood up and went to his desk.
"Right. I have an invitation from the Fu family. It seems like they're planning on formally introducing that Fu kid to the circle "
Fu Ling rolled his eyes
"Their actions have nothing to do with me anymore"
Gu Yunnain hummed
"But the invitation they send was addressed to two. You and me. Mr Gu and Fu "
Fu Ling had to admit that the Fu family wasn't completely brainless to be able to come up with this.
They were probing. Checking just how close his relationship was with Gu Yunnain. If it was okay they wouldn't suffer a loss and we might show up but if it wasn't — he would be the only one to make a loss. No straight man could stand seeing his name linked so intimately to another man. Even if Gu Yunnain had a good impression of him, as long as he was straight that good impression would be reset to zero after this.
Fu Ling looked at the man who was still looking at the invitation
"What do you think?"
Without thinking, Gu Yunnain responded
"It looks good. I like our names being placed side by side."
Fu Ling smiled. This was his man.
"Are you planning to go?"
Gu Yunnain finally dropped the invitation
"I don't know. I'll listen to you."
Fu Ling was thoughtful
"How about we go?"
Gu Yunnain readily agreed
"Okay. I'll have someone prepare the clothes"
Fu Ling smiled and didn't decline. It felt good to be taken care of sometimes.
Fu Ling got busy with Wen Jingshi and time passed quickly. He could barely make out an hour a day to talk to Gu Yunnain. He felt a bit agrieved. This wasn't the salted fish life he wanted but if he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to live peacefully with Fu Haoming constantly breathing on his neck.
He went out early every day and came back late until he finally managed to resolve everything at the initial level. From here on, everything would be handled by Wen Jingshi. Even the personnel would be all Wen Jingshi's people. He wasn't trying to lead a company he was just trying to make sure Fu Haoming wouldn't use this person's brain against him in the future so it's okay to make him owe a favor first. After all, for a favor of a drop of water, a gentleman repays like a gushing spring. Wen Jingshi couldn't get rid of this entanglement in the future even if he wanted to.
Fu Ling felt relieved and finally drifted off to sleep.
He vaguely seems to hear someone calling him but he wasn't sure and thought he would definitely ask later so—he continued sleeping.
Fu Ling felt someone patting his face and opened his eyes sluggishly. The scene in front of him cleared and he was stunned.
"What re you doing in my room?"
Fu Ling slept for a long time so his voice was a bit hoarse. Gu Yunnain's Adams apple rolled.
"Did you forget? We're attending the Fu family's banquet today"
Fu Ling's mushy brain cleared up a bit and he realized it was true. He was so busy during this time that he forgot.
"I'm sorry. I forgot"
Gu Yunnain rubbed his head
"It's okay. Sleep when you're tired. I had someone send your suit earlier but your parents said they weren't able to wake you up"
Fu Ling didn't have any impression of this so he shook his head
"What's the time now?"
Gu Yunnain took a look at his wrist watch
"Thirty minutes past five"
Fu Ling looked at him stunned
"Doesn't the banquet start at six?"
Gu Yunnain blinked
"So?"
Fu Ling sighed
"And to think I wanted to be courteous and go early. Now we're definitely going to be late."
Gu Yunnain shrugged
"It's okay. No one will say anything anyways."
Fu Ling smiled but his stomach growled at that moment. He looked down with slight embarrassment only then realizing he hasn't eaten anything since the previous day.
"Go wash up and I'll make something for you to eat before we leave."
Fu Ling nodded and his face was extremely red. He waited until Gu Yunnain went outside before burying his face and screaming into the pillow. How could he be so embarrassed in front of Gu Yunnain?!
He took a few deep breaths and stood up. He'll only be more embarrassed if he keeps thinking about it.
He went to the bathroom and had his bath, washed his mouth and dressed up.
When he went downstairs there was a bowl of porridge on the table. It was just the right temperature too.
Fu Ling finished it in a few sips and drank a glass of water feeling warm in his stomach.
He smiled brightly at Gu Yunnain looking quite energetic.
"Okay let's go"
Gu Yunnain rubbed his hair
"Umm"