He's just a stand-in

"Xiao Qiu, what did you say?!" Gu Lichuan suddenly increased his voice, his deep eyes filled with disbelief.

Liu Huaiqiu repeated it indifferently, "I said, if I go out to dinner alone with Mr. Gu, my boyfriend will be unhappy if he finds out."

"I don't want to make him unhappy, so it's better for me to distance myself from Mr. Gu."

Liu Huaiqiu pulled a polite professional smirk, and continued to refuse to the sluggish Gu Lichuan: "I will definitely not be able to eat this meal with Mr. Gu. If Mr. Gu wants to eat, we should find someone else."

"I believe there are many people who are happy to have dinner with Mr. Gu."

After Liu Huaiqiu rejected Gu Lichuan, he withdrew his smile and lowered his head to study his script again.

"Boyfriend? How do you have a boyfriend?"

Liu Huaiqiu's words were like a thunderbolt, which exploded in Gu Lichuan's ears, and Gu Lichuan was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.

Gu Lichuan couldn't believe what Liu Huaiqiu said, and kept asking in a trembling voice:

"Do you think I'm pestering you and you're annoyed, that's why you said that?"

"You don't have a boyfriend, right? You're lying to me, right?"

Liu Huaiqiu lowered his head, looked at the script seriously, without saying a word, and let Gu Lichuan talk to himself.

"Xiaoqiu, speak up!"

Gu Lichuan desperately wanted to get the answer, his hands tightly grasped the edge of the table, his reddened eyes were full of forbearance that had reached the extreme.

"Tell me, it's not like this, you're not with Wei Hongyu, right? You just want to keep me from pestering you."

When Gu Lichuan heard the news, he felt that a piece of his heart had been ripped out, and that feeling made him suffocate.

He begged in a low voice in pain: "Qiuqiu, I won't pester you anymore. I really won't. Don't punish me like this, okay?"

"I can't take it, I really can't take it."

Liu Huaiqiu couldn't stand Gu Li Chuan's harassment, raised his head, looked at Gu Li Chuan without a trace of emotion, and said in a cold voice: "I really think Mr. Gu's pestering is very annoying."

"However, the fact that I have a boyfriend is a fact, and there is no need for me to lie to Mr. Gu."

"Hasn't Hong Yu already told you?"

Gu Lichuan couldn't accept this fact at all, he ignored Liu Huaiqiu's last words, and whispered to himself in a broken voice: "Impossible, how could it be? How could you really be with Wei Hongyu?"

Then he suddenly thought of what Liu Huaiqiu said to Liu Ma at the airport, as if seeing hope, he raised his head and said excitedly: "Xiaoqiu, you must be lying to me!"

"You said three days ago that you don't like men. Wei Hongyu is a man. How could you be with him so soon?"

When Liu Huaiqiu heard what Gu Lichuan said, he looked at Gu Lichuan expressionlessly, and said calmly: "President Gu is right, I did say that I don't like men."

"But when you meet someone you like, do you still care about his gender?"

"It doesn't matter whether he is a man or a woman, it only matters if I like him or not."

Every time Liu Huaiqiu said something, the pain on Gu Lichuan's face increased, until finally, his deep eyes could hardly bear the news that made him almost collapse.

His Qiuqiu is right, as long as it is someone he likes, it doesn't matter whether it is a man or a woman.

If he could realize this earlier, his Qiuqiu would not be with others.

All that his Qiuqiu is doing now is to punish him, to punish those stupid things he did before.

Thinking of this, Gu Lichuan couldn't say a word.

After a long silence, I slowly said: "Qiuqiu, I don't want to mention our past in front of you, because I did a lot of stupid things and broke your heart."

"But I really can't help but tell you now, we used to be really not a simple boss-subordinate relationship."

"We are a couple, and I am your boyfriend."

"You can't be with Wei Hongyu, I don't agree!"

Like watching a joke, Liu Huaiqiu looked at Gu Lichuan with a completely disbelieving expression, and said with a smile: "Is Mr. Gu bullying me to lose my memory?"

"If Gu and I were always lovers before, how could I remember other people but forget you?"

Gu Lichuan's heart throbbed violently, he clutched his chest, and continued to swear:

"I really didn't lie to you. You will forget me because I broke your heart."

"I know I was wrong before, I was sorry for you, but we really haven't broken up yet, you really can't be with Wei Hongyu!"

As Gu Lichuan was talking, his tone suddenly became humble,

"Qiuqiu, I beg you to give me another chance, okay?"

"I promise I won't do anything to make you sad again."

"Please don't be with Wei Hongyu."

"Let's not talk about the relationship between me and Mr. Gu before, but based on how I feel about Mr. Gu now, there is no possibility for Mr. Gu."

At this moment, Liu Huaiqiu didn't care about Gu Lichuan's status as his boss, he just followed his own heart, and didn't want Gu Lichuan to pester him anymore, so he continued to ruthlessly say to the painful Gu Lichuan:

"Besides, I don't even remember."

"I imagined that if my boyfriend was Mr. Gu, there would be a high probability that I would collapse."

"It has nothing to do with whether Mr. Gu is a man or a woman. Just because he is Mr. Gu, I will collapse."

"So, Mr. Gu, why don't you pester me again in the future."

"Mr. Gu's entanglement has already troubled me."

After Liu Huaiqiu finished speaking, he ignored the collapsed Gu Lichuan, picked up the script on the table, got up and left the office.

After Liu Huaiqiu left, Gu Lichuan lost all strength and leaned on the sofa in a trance, unable to recover for a long time.

What Liu Huaiqiu said to him just now turned into thousands of invisible silver needles, all of which pierced into his heart.

Compared to the news that Liu Huaiqiu and Wei Hongyu were together, what made it even more difficult for him to accept was that whether he was a man or a woman, neither his Qiuqiu would like him.

His Qiuqiu was even more heartless than the original him.

He didn't even give him a chance.

Before he started to compete fairly with Wei Hongyu, he had already lost the chance to win.

Just because he is Gu Lichuan, he has already lost!

Although he is leaning on the sofa now, he feels like a strand of duckweed that can't find a home, floating alone in the endless sea.

The panic of not being able to find his home and the bottomless sea slowly swallowed him up.

No one can save him except Liu Huaiqiu.

But no matter how hard he tried to call for help, Liu Huaiqiu didn't save him.

Let the sea and fear consume him.

But he can't blame Liu Huaiqiu, he has no right to blame Liu Huaiqiu, because he was the first to sink Liu Huaiqiu into the bottom of the sea.

Gu Lichuan took a deep breath, and leaned on the sofa with blank eyes.

After a long time, he slowly came back to his senses, took out his cell phone, and dialed Lin Jiayi's number.

Ever since Lin Jiayi and Wei Hongyu had sex after drinking, every time the phone rang, his heart would tremble subconsciously.

Afterwards, I went to see who the caller was full of anticipation.

But every time it's not the person he's thinking about.

This is still the case.

When he took out his mobile phone and found that the caller was Gu Lichuan, the sense of anticipation was once again dashed, leaving only a mess.

Lin Jiayi looked at Gu Lichuan's remarks, and shook his head mockingly.

He and Wei Hong haven't seen each other since that night.

Wei Hongyu never called or sent him a message.

Wei Hongyu seemed to really believe what he said, as if nothing had happened.

Even the words of responsibility that I said earlier disappeared into the air like bubbles.

Lin Jiayi comforted himself that it was fine, but at the same time felt very sad.

Why did Wei Hongyu really believe what he said?

Why don't you just send him a message and make a phone call?

Does Wei Hongyu really only have Liu Huaiqiu in his heart?

Even if they don't like him, they still have friendship for so many years.

Lin Jiayi really felt a little tired, this relationship really became a heavy burden for him.

He couldn't afford it.

Lin Jiayi took a deep breath, calmed down, connected Gu Lichuan's phone, and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong, Li Chuan?"

Hearing Lin Jiayi's soft voice, Gu Lichuan pinched his eyebrows wearily.

As if grabbing the last straw, he hurriedly said, "Brother Jiayi, Qiuqiu is with Wei Hongyu, what should we do?"

Lin Jiayi's brain went blank, and he froze in place.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Gu Lichuan couldn't hear Lin Jiayi's response, so he asked aloud, "Brother Jiayi, are you listening?"

Lin Jiayi was stunned for a moment, and replied with a hoarse voice: "I'm listening, you continue to talk."

"Brother Jiayi, think of a way to catch Wei Hongyu and let Wei Hongyu give me back my Qiuqiu, okay?" Gu Lichuan's voice was full of restrained pain,

"I really can't accept Qiuqiu being with other people. I think when you hear this news, your feelings should be no better than mine."

"You just said that Wei Hongyu and Liu Huaiqiu were together?" Lin Jiayi's hand holding the phone trembled slightly.

Gu Lichuan: "Yes, so the two of us have to chase back the person we like together."

Lin Jiayi was silent for a while, then slowly said: "No need, I... give up."

"I advise you to give up on him too. People who don't belong to you, even if you try your best, in the end he won't belong to you."

After Lin Jiayi finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Just as Lin Jiayi hung up Gu Lichuan's call, Wei Hongyu's call suddenly jumped in.

Lin Jiayi saw Wei Hongyu's call this time, but he no longer had the anticipation he had in the past.

He sat in front of his desk, staring blankly at the phone from ringing to automatically hanging up.

Ring again and hang up.

Wei Hongyu made three phone calls, but Lin Jiayi didn't answer.

In the end, Wei Hongyu gave up and sent a message, 【Xiao Yi, have you made up your mind yet? 】

[When will I contact my brother? 】

【Brother has been waiting for your news. 】

Lin Jiayi was stunned for a moment, picked up the phone and sent Wei Hongyu a last message, [Congratulations to Hongyu for embracing the beauty. 】