Gu's interior decoration is extremely extravagant, and the extravagance does not lose the splendor of the New Year, with colorful balloons floating in any corner of the room, which at first glance looks like a staggered rainbow bridge. In the shimmering breeze, balloons floated toward the center of the eaves. In the center of the ceiling is a giant Gothic crystal glass chandelier, which, according to Gu's servants, is the same as the one at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, by the same senior designer. And the difference is that each glass flower spike under the lamp tube is inlaid with the court gems used by the royal family in the past. What everyone praises is that now the Gu family has gone through several twists and turns of the elder, and now it has reached the point of wealth and prosperity.

It has to be mentioned that this huge living room, which is almost the same as the royal auditorium, will not feel too crowded even if it is forced to cram hundreds of people. The most eye-catching thing about the living room is its ingenious corner, especially the simulated ruins of flowing water, the verdant mountain stream, the lush clear stream, and the clean and charming tung oil that curls up like clouds and clouds in the moist wind.

The soft warm light shrouded Tae-hee's body like a pavilion, and the empty hall didn't seem to be half cold and warm.

The thunder and lightning outside the window still stirred in the ears and the stars were in my ears. Tae-hee, whose eyes were red, shrank his face slightly into the camel-colored coat that tightly wrapped his body. She lifted the collar over her long neck, and finally the collar of the coat pressed against the chin of her cheeks and finger marks.

"She is the woman who has been dating outside for many years behind President Gu's back, why does she look so familiar?"

"I still remember when you say that, isn't it Shen Tae-hee, Young Master Gu Beichen's tutor?" The servants of good deeds stopped around Tae-hee, and their half-greedy and half-sarcastic eyes were like a rain of bullets flying in front of him.

Dust and light smoke floating low in the air slowly drifted into her uneasy eyes. Tae-hee buried her face deeper, her mind full of thoughts on how to escape, escape from this devouring place, escape from the city that had left her lost.

"How did you say she started with President Gu Beiming, it's really hard to imagine her usual respectful and well-behaved appearance. ”

"yes, and she won't be able to do the wonderful bewitching gestures of the women outside. ”

"Then she will talk sweetly, and those bewitching and vulgar people outside can't learn half of it. ”

"Hahaha. The servants laughed excitedly.

Tae-hee pressed her head very low, there were no tears in her eyes, but it was quietly raining in her heart.

Champagne's golden sunshine is a Viennese charm.

In the middle of the dimly lit and secluded hall, Shin Tae-hee gazed at the rose-colored marble floor with mixed feelings.

The breath emanating from the tip of her nose became more and more cold and silent, as if every breath of anger was filled with ice and gravel, and the flickering sunlight reflected on her bloodshot face, and her face became more and more pale, looking at her haggard appearance, like an empty shell. She stared blankly at her stiff toes. Her life also slowly faded away in boundless mourning. Her vision became blurred, and the sounds in her ears rumbled.

In the dizzying streamer, she faintly heard an anxious exclamation. But slowly she lowered her eyes again, and then in a slight stagger, her weak body became heavy as lead.

"I still remember one time when this Tae-hee teacher was concentrating on walking and accidentally bumped into Brother Housekeeper, do you remember the time you learned from me what she looked like. Didn't you just clasp your hands lightly around her waist? Look what she did with that play. The servant opened his ruddy mouth and chattered drunkenly. As he said excitedly, he took the rag in his hand and wiped the patent leather carved table hard.

"Don't say it, don't say it, please don't say it again. Shin Tae-hee cried out in the bottom of his heart.

"You said how many years she graduated from a prestigious university and worked as a homeless person in society, what kind of black eyes and white eyes have never been seen. The servant rubbed the table and muttered a word. "And don't I look down on her, when she was so poor that she couldn't even cover her stomach with steamed buns and cold rice, it is said that she entered the walnut as a resident singer with her excellent voice? Did she have the idea of being Mrs. Gu early on, and she really likes to go to extremes for people like her who are full of empty city government and have nowhere to use force. Hey, the rose in the mud, living in the clouds and dreams all day long, you say that these people are on the top of their minds, how can we be comfortable, hey, it's really different people, in the end you lose yourself and don't say it, do you get what you want? ”

The empty living room was instantly disturbed by those dry mouths, and just as Shin Tae-hee was lost in thought, the irreverent words were like the most dazzling red piranha rose array on the Roman battlefield. And she had to be sifted through her scarred skin in shock, and then stabbed into her faintly aching heart viciously. She covered her head with her hands, her staggered vision slightly blurred, and she puffed out her chest proudly in the dizzying magnesium light.

The servant finished rubbing the table, folding the rag three times before passing through the invisible woman in the center of the living room without looking back.

Weak?

It's the end of fate, right?

Shin Tae-hee's eyes were stained with rain and frost outside the window, and she tried her best to hold her heart, but at this time, there was only helpless despair and powerless swelling in her eyes. She is like duckweed floating around and has no place to go.

It is said that people like her who have a little ink in their stomachs like to have witty words and fine words. Look how dumb you are now. ”

"Yes, isn't her writing very good? You see that Young Master Gu Beichen was almost persuaded to retire that year, wasn't that earnest apology letter from her handwriting?"

The two servants poured a basin full of dirty water on Shin Tae-hee, and the two of them wiped their spit on their palms while looking at her with a smile.

"Don't say it's pitiful, it's really cute. That's right, an elite like Chairman Gu Beiming, who grew up in a sea of people, may have long been disgusted with the open and secret battles of capable people, and people like to be a strong protective umbrella for vulnerable people? A beautiful woman who can't even protect herself is really too secure to hold in the palm of her hand. Ability is supreme and has no foundation, but there is no talent, isn't that a red flowing water? ”

Shin Tae-hee's lips and teeth, as well as his hands and feet, twitched, and the focus of his eyes slowly retracted. She still stared down at the long, narrow black shadow under the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Ding. “

The star-spotted glow of the fire suddenly shimmered and then dimmed and extinguished.

In the smoke swirling, Tae-hee suddenly saw a familiar face.

She smiled faintly, at this moment she saw through everything, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, what are you waiting for, it's better to end here. If she still had the afterglow of anger in her heart at first, but just now, her self-esteem and pride were all gone, and it turned out that she was born scum. There is no blood or tears in this world, and everyone looks on the wall with contemptuous eyes, so who will care about whom, and who will really care about whom.

"Gu Beiming, Gu Beiming. Her heart was already in tatters, and now even her tense nerves were cut by the cruelty and ferocity of everyone. Those calm sarcasms are as if you are not tormented and miserable by life? Are you tired? Are you still conscious? What are you going to do when you have struggled out of cruel reason, pretending to be calm with a very different pseudo-mask? If there is still resentment in my heart, who am I to blame? After all, no one is born with indifference. And if you don't touch it yourself, who will empathize with whose grief?

Tae-hee shook her head gently, she smiled silly, and let the bitter memories slowly come to her heart.

"Do you have a dream?" asked Gu Beiming quietly and tentatively. Although it was the first time to have afternoon tea face-to-face with the goddess who had been excited for a long time, his mood had already been so excited that it was difficult to suppress.

Tae-hee's eyelids are always covered with faint wet marks.

She buried her whole body in the sofa chair, and for a long, long time, she kept her head down, and she did not dare to look him in the eyes, as if there was a sinking pontoon ship in his deep eyes like the depths of the ocean. And he sat opposite him, not a prince walking in a noble and arrogant oil painting, but a majestic lion.

Gu Beiming's hands kept grinding with each other, and the rustling sound completely exposed his state of mind that he was so flustered that he couldn't fully concentrate his thoughts.

"Let's change the subject, it's not polite to ask such a straightforward question about a sensitive and private topic when meeting in a formal setting for the first time. That... He stopped suddenly, a series of new topics racing through his mind, and he thought about how to speak next, so that he could get straight to the point.

However, just when his mind was so flustered that his mind went blank, a phone implanted in his mobile phone silently reminded him.

He hurriedly pressed the phone and rearranged his bow tie. and pretended to look at her seriously.

"I invited Miss Shin Tae-hee out to dinner today, mainly to express my gratitude to you, thank you for taking the trouble to teach my younger brother Gu Beichen for a long time. ”

Tae-hee was stunned, she raised her head with a puzzled face, and Gu Beiming smiled with gratitude and apology in her eyes.

"I've bothered you all this time, you know my younger brother he, he. Just as his mind was even more flustered, he raised his hand and scratched his head, taking advantage of the minute gap between his head and his head to sneak a glance at the button space that had just been activated in his phone. I have to say that thanks to Gu Beichen's habit of narcissism, otherwise even his younger brother's eyebrows and eyes would slowly fade in his mind.

"My younger brother, he didn't like to read since he was a child, and if you get grades, your grades don't affect your performance. He scratched his hair again and put his finger at the tip of his nose. "I heard that Mr. Shin Tae-hee has a younger brother who has not yet entered the social work, and they are all people who have younger brothers, so I naturally wonder if I can create a good environment for them. ”

Gu Beiming asked awkwardly, he put his hand behind the pillow, his handsome and three-dimensional side face looked straight at the busy street outside the window, and when he suddenly turned around, even Ying Shuo's eyes were still vaguely reflected in the white cloud shadow outside the window.

"No, why did Young Master Gu Beiming ask that, Gu Beichen had excellent grades, and even the head teacher praised him for being a rare genius. ”

Tae-hee's eyes were even more confused, and she stared earnestly at Gu Beiming's relief-like jaw.

"Why don't you really know anything about him?"

"That me, I actually. Gu Beiming didn't dare to slack off for a moment, he stared intently at Tae-hee's eyes full of doubts. His misty eyes became more and more confused, but because his facial features were as soft as cherry blossoms, the thrilling handsomeness replaced the indescribable that was difficult to hide.

"Yes, yes, it's because of this that he is even more difficult to teach, and the teacher bothered. Gu Beiming pinched a cold sweat in his heart, and his tone began to be extremely unnaturally verbose. In other words, it was really difficult for him, who was indifferent to his younger brother, to have such a warm topic.

"No, you don't have to thank you, that's what I'm supposed to do. ”

In a staggering and embarrassing atmosphere,

Shin Tae-hee looked at Gu Beiming silently, the silver-white streamer hit her fair skin, her smile was like a budding jasmine, and the sweet perfume smell came out of her body, even if she was not a big name, but after looking at it for a long time, it was very compatible with her unique temperament. It's just that the strange thing is that on her flower-like bewitching face, the eyes of the dark night stars always seem particularly lonely and distant.

"Ten minutes. She cautioned.

"What ten minutes?" Gu Beiming asked blankly.

"I mean, I only have ten minutes left for you, and now I should have nine minutes left. I'm going to get up and leave here in nine minutes and rush to the next job. ”

"You?" Gu Beiming frowned, seeing that Taixi always looked like he was rejecting people thousands of miles away. He was speechless for a while, after all, in the Gu family, there was always a group of people who closely surrounded him and circled around him. And when he came to Tae-hee, it was difficult for him to adapt to the great change in the difference between heaven and earth for a while. But even if he was politely rejected, he still wanted to get closer to her world. And when he accidentally noticed the dynamics of this woman's circle of friends from his brother's mobile phone for the first time, he couldn't hold back the curiosity and dependence in his heart. Tae-hee's love for his younger brother and sister is a special comfort for him who left his biological mother to live with his arrogant and indifferent father since he was a child. Perhaps it is precisely because of the flood of Tae-hee's matriarchal psychology that even if her eyes are as cold as the flames of winter, he still yearns for the warm picture that she is wantonly painting in her heart. He believed that there must be a paradise lost of love in her heart.

"Three minutes, only three minutes. ”

"What three minutes, obviously there are still seven minutes, okay. “

Gu Beiming was a little annoyed, and he pursed his lips. But when he caught a glimpse of Tae-hee's cold eyes that didn't mix any feelings, he was a little dumbfounded. But his on-the-spot performance is as steady as in corporate decision-making, and even if the topic falls to the ground, he can still try his best to remedy the language crisis.

"For seven minutes, I still want to ask you the first topic, and I'm eager for you not to refuse, and not to remain silent. ”

"Every step you take is for your only relative, your brother?"

It was obviously not this topic that flashed through his mind, but in the face of Tae-hee, who was sitting stiffly, his mind became more and more chaotic, and in a hurry, this stalk, which had always been unfamiliar to him, was thrown out like soft cotton to cushion his feet.

Tae-hee lowered his head and sipped his coffee again, even the corner of his eye was deliberately avoiding him. She thought about it and quickly flipped the phone on the table to the music list. Just click on a song. "I'm sorry, but the parents of the students called me and urged me to start today's lesson as soon as possible. I'm really out of company, I'll treat you to Western food another day. As she spoke, she quickly bent down to fasten her coat, and pulled out a small mirror from her satchel, and gasped as she looked in the mirror.

"Why can't Mr. Shin Tae-hee even squeeze out a cup of coffee? Was it really a call from the student's parents just now?"

Gu Beiming asked Shin Tae-hee bluntly.

The expressions of the two men were instantaneous almost at the same time.

Shin Tae-hee held her breath, she had a headache for his vigilance, but in view of the disparity in status, she had to purse her mouth deeply, trying to suppress the irritability and arrogance in her heart.

"Time is running out. Instead of answering directly, she blamed it all on the scarcity of time. "I think it's too boring for us to have such a non-existent chat, so it's better to return to our respective trajectories as soon as possible. You look back on your business, and I'm going to work in another place. Tae-hee glanced at the clock on the wall with irritation, and hurriedly put the wallet and mobile phone headlines on the table back into his carry-on bag. "Please, sir, I'm really in a hurry. I'm not like you, the starting line is on the shoulders of giants, and it doesn't matter if you move slowly, run wantonly, or stand still. ”

"You really can't spare any time? so busy, busier than me, the president, you don't mean to perfunctory me. ”

While Tae-hee was hesitating, he preemptively took the right to speak. He was, of course, curious as to how she would respond. "Actually, I'm not as impetuous as you think, I'm very strict with myself, maybe someone you've met before is the kind of person who is extremely resigned to himself. Gu Beiming retorted anxiously. "You shouldn't have this prejudice against me, because I'm fundamentally different from the chaebol boy you imagined in your mind, including my subordinates, I'm not the kind of person who likes to manipulate others to come and go at a moment's notice, I'm very strict with my own bottom line, just like Miss Tae-hee was surprised why I entered this restaurant fifteen minutes early, I respect anyone, not to mention that you are the kind of person you are respected. ”

After some contemplation, Tae-hee clasped her hands over her chest, and she looked at him calmly. The cold wind stained with rain blew through her eyes occupied by coldness.

"Yes, I can apologize to you, but everything I have is purely for life. There is a huge gap between my identity and you, so my statement just now is one-sided and narrow. A hint of loneliness flashed in Shin Tae-hee's eyes, but soon she put on a happy face again. "If I offend you by what I have just done, please don't deal with me, and don't get angry and take revenge on my family. ”

"Why did Mr. Tae-hee say that? Gu Beiming's heart felt desolate, and he asked rhetorically. Her words shocked and disappointed him, but they were also a tactful reminder. Even if he didn't have time to interject, he reacted quickly.

"I'm also here for life, so it seems that although we have different paths, we have the same goals. Gu Beiming hurriedly agreed. He relaxed his neckline, held both sides of the suit with both hands and shook it hard, and then changed the style of the elegant noble man he had just tried to create. He smiled heartily, and then picked up the coffee cup and drank it in a gulp.

The soft and tranquil sunlight shone on his inky hair, and he slowly closed his eyes, and there was a faint ripple of silver between his lowered thick eyelashes and his flawless white porcelain-like skin.

Shin Tae-hee picked up a napkin from the table, and she wiped the corners of her mouth.

"Let's be honest, we're fellow travelers. Gu Beiming glanced at the rain flowers in his eyes, and he looked at Taixi politely. "I know that you are wary of anyone around you, and the world is impetuous, especially a woman like you who exudes a unique charm in her bones, you can always be alert to what you can do and what you can't do, and you maintain a stubborn heart of vigilance and forbearance, you are really good at this. But if you watch out too much, you will be nervous, and you will easily fall into a self-enclosed situation. I also hope that Tae-hee-sensei can grasp the scale of shyness. The sameness is the dogma of the book, and not everyone lives as a stereotype. Of course, there is a price to be paid to it. But good luck may come unexpectedly. ”

Gu Beiming smiled and nodded slightly, and the waves under his eyes that were just like a bright sea of stars gradually converged into a line. He generously stretched out his hand and made a polite handshake gesture. "See you next time, I hope that Mr. Shin Tae-hee can speak freely, of course, I will use my practical actions to let you off your guard and be my most precious confidant of Gu Beiming with peace of mind. ”

"Sorry, I missed you. I really don't have time to have such a non-nutritious conversation with you, you are a rich young master and I am an orphan girl, I shouldn't have such an abrupt conversation with you, after all, we are not people in the same world, I think in the future, if it weren't for the study of Young Master Beichen, we shouldn't or maybe won't share afternoon tea time anymore. Shin Tae-hee picked up his satchel from the table and put it on his shoulder. She coldly rejected his kindness again.

"Thank you for the afternoon tea, it was delicious and delicious to the point that I was already late. ”

As she spoke, Tae-hee hurriedly stood up, and she couldn't even spare the time to straighten the wrinkled skirts, so she turned around and trotted to the door.

"Taxi!" she beckoned to the café door.

"I'll send you. Gu Beiming caught up with her in three steps and two steps all the way, and he quietly stuck behind her. He took the umbrella from the waiter's hand and tucked it under his armpit. And when he just passed by the entrance of the café, he snatched the satchel that Tae-hee was carrying on his shoulder.

"No, you don't have to help. Shin Tae-hee snatched the bag into his hand, but Gu Beiming, who didn't want her to leave, still effortlessly broke free from her grip on the bag. With the force of the impact, she rushed down the stairs with one lunge.

Gu Beiming jumped in front of her right behind him, and he fumbled for the car keys from his trouser pocket.

With a "drop" sound, Gu Beiming stood happily on the side of the passenger door, and he carefully pasted his hand to the position of the door. This scene is repeated every day, but it has always been his subordinates who provide him with such intimate service. Although the role reversal is a little awkward, he doesn't want to mention how happy it is.

"Go back, I said don't bother. Shin Tae-hee said lukewarmly. "I'll just take a taxi. Tae-hee bypassed Gu Beiming, she waved frantically, signaling the speeding vehicle to stop.

"Why don't you have a car yet. Time passed minute by minute, and in her eyes, which were almost screaming and screaming, she was so anxious.

The heavy rain and fog, the sparks in her eyes, almost melted everything on the earth.

"I didn't expect time to be so important to you. It's that I didn't think it through, and I just thought about thanking the teacher. ”

His tongue was about to mingle, and he clenched his hands a degree wider. The "drop" car quickly passed by her emaciated body at the speed of a rocket launch. Tae-hee's eyes widened in shock, and the moment he turned backwards, his body fell into the crook of his arm due to the unstable center of gravity. "Be careful. He exclaimed in a dumb voice, and by taking advantage of Tae-hee's body to shake suddenly, his cold fingers lightly leaned against her waist at the speed of light, and he hugged her hard, protecting her whole person safely on his chest.

The splashes of water were all lined up in the bay of eyes where the two looked at each other nervously.

His hand tentatively moved tentatively along the waistline to her right hand.

He stared at her affectionately with his head down.

And her cherry blossom-like skin became redder and clearer. She shook her head vigorously, and when she looked back again, the confusion in her eyes turned to coldness. In particular, a flash of eagle-like sharp dark blades instantly frightened him.

His hand that gently hooked her soft fingers slid down like a startled arrow.

Tae-hee looked at him quietly.

Holding hands for the first time was really confusing. The wet air was mixed with a fresh aroma, and Gu Beiming took a deep breath.

The two of them were back to back to each other, Gu Beiming lowered his head and looked at his increasingly pink fingertips, and he smiled happily.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, see if you can miss the time, I'm on the way to come now, traffic jam, the traffic jam at Songjiangkou is particularly serious, I'm afraid it's difficult to dredge for a while, I, yes I'm really anxious, class by class, you mean me today. But. Hey, hey, hey. "The phone was interrupted, whether the other party wanted to stop talking or waited too impatiently.

"The good class also crashed. Although Gu Beiming secretly prayed in her heart, hoping that she would not be able to catch up with this class. At that moment, an evil thought flashed through his heart.

"No, I must rush over, a minute less is a minute, after all, time has always been as scarce in me as moisture in a sponge. ”

"Trouble. She reached out to him for help.

"It's not troublesome, you are Beichen's teacher, and I, as a parent of a student, should do the same. ”

"Well, I, can I sit in the back. ”

"Why is there a man-eating beast in the co-pilot's seat?" Gu Beiming was puzzled.

"No, you don't understand what I mean. I think we didn't know each other well enough to sit in the co-pilot, and besides, I don't mind the secretive things between your Gu family, even if you don't say I don't ask, I can hear some rumors about you and my students, and I keep my distance from you so that Beichen can study with peace of mind. ”

"No, Teacher Shin Tae-hee, don't misunderstand my kindness, I offered to give you a ride because I delayed my teacher's work. "After all, Gu Beiming is one of the actual manipulators of the Gu family, even if he finds a reason, he is always so impeccable.

"Okay, let's not take this as an example. Shin Tae-hee pulled the heavy bag that had slipped off his shoulders and held it in his hand.

"Not as an example. Gu Beiming repeated what she had said, and he threw the car keys in the air and raised his hand to catch them steadily. "Not as an example. Gu Beiming used his mouth to blow the broken hair hanging on the sight, and when he tensed his lips, his lips rose slightly.