After the substitution marriage, I became the CEO's white moonlight

Su Li's heart skipped a beat. She hurriedly put the document in her hand back to its place and turned to face Gu Jinyan, pretending to be calm.

When their eyes met, the air seemed to freeze.

Gu Jinyan's gaze was deep and sharp. Su Li felt her heartbeat getting faster and faster, and her palms began to sweat slightly.

"What are you looking at?"

Gu Jinyan's voice was low and magnetic, breaking the silence of the study.

"No, it's nothing..."

Su Li looked away somewhat unnaturally, "I was just taking a look."

Gu Jinyan didn't say anything. He walked to the desk with steady steps, picked up a document and started to read it.

Su Li stood aside, feeling like a child who had done something wrong and was uneasy.

"Are you interested in Gu Group?" Gu Jinyan suddenly asked.

"I just..." Su Li bit her lip, "I want to know more."

Gu Jinyan put down the documents in his hand, turned to look at Su Li, his eyes stayed on her face for a few seconds, and said lightly: "You don't have to worry about Gu's affairs."

"Don't you have anything to say to me?" Su Li said.

Gu Jinyan looked up at her and said, "I originally had something to say, but from the look on your face, you just want to understand our Gu family."

After saying that, he turned and left the study.

Su Li looked at his back, feeling mixed emotions.

She knew that she was just an outsider in this family, an excluded person.

During dinner, the elders of the Gu family were still cold and distant to her.

Su Li tried hard to fit in with them, took the initiative to find topics to chat, and even put forward some of her own opinions on Gu Group's recent investment projects.

Gu Xinran deliberately found fault and asked Su Li for her opinion.

With so many eyes looking at her, Su Li could only speak briefly.

"I think that Gu's should now focus on emerging markets, such as Southeast Asia, where there is huge potential for development..." Su Li expressed her thoughts, but was met with ridicule from the elders of the Gu family.

"What do you know? When is it your turn as an outsider to interfere in Gu's affairs?" Old Master Gu, who was sitting in the main seat, reprimanded in a stern tone.

"I just..." Su Li felt aggrieved, but she still held back her tears, "I just want to do my part for the Gu family."

"You? What can you do?" Gu Xinran sneered, "Who do you think you are? Don't forget, you are just an orphan adopted by the Su family. If you hadn't married my brother, you wouldn't even be qualified to step into the Gu family's door!"

Su Li clenched her fists, her nails digging deeply into her palms.

She knew that in this family, any excuses would be futile.

Dinner ended in a depressing atmosphere, and Su Li returned to her room alone.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from outside the window, like someone whispering, or the sound of branches rubbing against each other.

Su Li was startled. She held her breath and listened carefully to the noise outside.

The sound became clearer and closer, and seemed to be just outside her window...

Su Li's heart was pounding. She slowly turned around, walked to the window, and gently opened a gap in the curtains.

Outside the window, in the dim light of the street lamp, a black shadow flashed by and disappeared behind the bushes.

"Who's there?" Su Li asked softly, but the only response she got was the rustling of leaves in the night wind.

She didn't dare to be careless, so she immediately went back to the room, picked up her phone and wanted to call Gu Jinyan, but after hesitating for a moment, she put it down.

Gu Jinyan has always been cold to her, and she doesn't want to disturb him at this time.

Su Li took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She walked to the door and gently opened it. The corridor was silent, with only the dim wall lamp emitting a faint light.

She walked along the corridor to the stairs and wanted to go downstairs to take a look, but just then, she heard a burst of faint voices coming from downstairs.

Su Li walked lightly to the corner of the stairs and looked down.

In the living room, Gu Jinyan was sitting on the sofa. Opposite him sat a middle-aged man in a black suit, who seemed to be the Gu family's butler.

"Master, are you really going to treat the young mistress like this forever?" the housekeeper asked in a low voice. "After all, the young mistress was personally selected by the master. If you ignore her like this, the master will be unhappy."

"You don't need to interfere in my affairs." Gu Jinyan's voice was cold and emotionless. "Also, don't call me Master anymore. I'm no longer a member of the Gu family."

The butler sighed and wanted to say something else, but when he saw Gu Jinyan's cold eyes, he finally swallowed his words back.

"You go down, I want to be alone." Gu Jinyan waved his hand, signaling the butler to leave.

The housekeeper shook his head helplessly, turned and left the living room.

Gu Jinyan sat alone on the sofa, his eyes empty and confused, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem.

Su Li hid at the stairs and heard their conversation clearly.

Only then did she realize that Gu Jinyan did not have a good relationship with the Gu family, and he seemed to have severed ties with his family.

Su Li suddenly felt a surge of heartache in her heart. She didn't know what had happened to Gu Jinyan, but she could feel his inner pain and struggle.

At this moment, Gu Jinyan suddenly stood up and walked towards the stairs.

Su Li was startled and quickly hid behind the wall, her heart pounding.

Gu Jinyan walked to the stairs, but did not go upstairs. Instead, he stopped. His eyes seemed to penetrate the wall and fell on Su Li.

"Come out, I know you're there."

Su Li's heart was beating so hard that it seemed like it was going to jump out of her throat in the next second.

Just when she was about to give up, Gu Jinyan finally turned around and left.

Su Li then let out a long sigh of relief. She slid down to sit on the ground weakly, her back already soaked with cold sweat.

In the next few days, Su Li lived very cautiously. Although he was her legitimate husband, every time she saw him, she felt like a cat seeing a mouse, and she just felt scared.

She tried her best to avoid being alone with Gu Jinyan, and every time they met she would just say hello politely.

The more you try to avoid it, the easier it is to meet it.

That morning, Su Li was walking in the garden and unexpectedly met Gu Jinyan.

He was wearing casual clothes, holding a book in his hand, sitting on a bench under the shade of a tree. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves onto him, outlining his perfect profile.

Su Li's heartbeat accelerated again. She wanted to turn around and leave, but it was too late. Gu Jinyan had already seen her. He put down the book in his hand, stood up, and walked towards her.

"Su Li." His voice was low and magnetic, carrying an inexplicable attraction.

"Mr. Gu." Su Li tried to keep calm, but her voice was still trembling.

"Don't be so restrained at home, just call me Jin Yan." Gu Jinyan smiled faintly.

It turns out that he looks so good when he smiles.

Su Li lowered her head, not daring to look him in the eye, "I understand, Gu...Jin Yan."

Gu Jinyan seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, a cell phone ring interrupted their conversation.