Chapter 2310 - 2310:

Liu Zhizhong was busy when he heard the doorbell.

He thought Yu Haiping had arrived and was in quite a good mood.

That guy Yu Haiping, tsk, really hit the jackpot.

Running into someone as powerful as Liu Zhizhong, he, Yu Haiping, went from a contract worker at a meteorological station, a non-staff employee, to a financially free, Heavenly King Level fishing streamer.

Of course, Yu Haiping had already submitted his resignation; it would be approved soon.

Running a company, doing livestreams, selling products, with a big-shot like Liu Zhizhong supporting him behind the scenes, life was going to be ridiculously good!

If Yu Haiping wanted to stay in the system, that'd be no problem either, but he'd already seen through it. Working in the system is boring as hell; he'd rather keep being his Internet-traffic Heavenly King!

Good thing he had Liu Zhizhong as his partner, someone who could keep him grounded so he wouldn't float away, just live a carefree life, hehe…

Liu Zhizhong walked to the door, thinking it was Yu Haiping, so he couldn't be bothered to look through the peephole and just opened it.

But as soon as the door opened, a faint feminine fragrance wafted in.

Liu Zhizhong froze, then focused his gaze.

His ex-girlfriend… Gu Man.

She was dressed exquisitely and elegantly, with the air of an aristocratic young wife—beautiful and sexy, luxurious and tempting.

Gu Man's expression was somewhat awkward, but she could only force herself to look calm.

"Zhizhong, you're home?"

Her voice trembled a little, and sounded a bit unnatural.

Liu Zhizhong was also somewhat surprised by her arrival. He stared for a moment, really unable to figure out why she had come here.

Was there something she needed?

Perplexed, Liu Zhizhong still nodded. "Yeah, I'm home, cooking!"

There really was the tempting smell of food in the air, making Gu Man almost drool.

Gu Man said, "You're still such a good cook, it smells amazing, hehe…"

Liu Zhizhong suddenly had a flash of old memories. Sigh… if he remembered right, in their junior year, he and Gu Man had already rented a place off campus together.

Of course, the rent was paid by Gu Man; her family's situation wasn't bad.

But the laundry and cooking were still done by Liu Zhizhong.

Liu Zhizhong had worked part-time in a restaurant, so he really did have some solid cooking skills.

In the blink of an eye, the past was like the wind; it hadn't completely blown away, but thinking of it now was just a kind of inexplicable pain.

Liu Zhizhong gave a helpless smile and said, "Haven't lost my touch, it's all still there! By the way, what are you doing here?"

Gu Man felt that her ex-boyfriend had become taller and more muscular, handsome and steady, with an outstanding aura, yet he also felt so strange to her now.

She couldn't help saying, "I came all the way here, and you're not going to let me in to sit down and talk? Just standing in the doorway like this is not really appropriate, is it?"

Originally, she thought her ex would be a gentleman—no way he'd make a pretty woman stand at the door to talk, right?

Out of basic gentlemanly manners, he should at least invite her in.

Who knew that Liu Zhizhong would say flatly, "It's fine, we can talk at the door! I've still got dishes in the pot; if they burn it'll be a hassle. Please say what you came to say quickly, okay?"

His magnetic voice and gentle tone pierced Gu Man's heart again and again, and that proud, fiery temper of a woman slowly started to rise.

"Hey! Liu Zhizhong, is this how you treat a guest? This place still belongs to me, okay?"

Liu Zhizhong raised an eyebrow and said coolly, "Then you're not a guest, you're the host. The property rights are yours, but the right to use it is mine, right? I don't believe Zhang Xiaoyang is taking back the right of use this fast. Is an aristocratic family's word really that unreliable?"

"You…"

Gu Man was stung by his retort, bit her lip, glared at him, and shook her head. "Liu Zhizhong, you've changed, you've changed… you really have changed…"

Liu Zhizhong was very calm, not affected at all, and said, "Gu Man, time changes everything, so it's perfectly normal that we've changed. We're all adults; accepting reality isn't a bad thing, right?"

"So you don't have any feelings left at all?" Gu Man looked pained; her heart really did ache a bit.

Liu Zhizhong: "…"

For a moment, he truly had nothing to say.

Seeing Gu Man's expression, he was sure she wasn't faking it.

But very quickly, Liu Zhizhong recovered and said, "Gu Man, you don't need to bring up the word 'feelings' with me, okay? You're now the young madam of a local rich family, able to call the wind and summon the rain, with power and status. You should be living a good life with your husband and strengthening your relationship, not standing at my door talking about this stuff. Like I said before, face reality."

"Liu Zhizhong, you… you…" Gu Man's face went a bit pale. She shook her head, took two steps back, and suddenly remembered what she'd actually come here for today.

At that, she gritted her silver teeth and said angrily, "You're telling me to face reality and not talk to you about feelings because you're afraid I'll interfere with you and Gu Yan, right?"

Liu Zhizhong frowned. "Gu Man, what nonsense are you talking about? What feelings would I be talking about with Gu Yan? Do you even hear yourself?"

But his mind was already spinning at high speed. Fuck… that bastard Lu Liang, he ran to Zhang Xiaoyang to tattle this fast?

Gu Man snorted coldly. "Liu Zhizhong, if you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place. As for you and Gu Yan, both Zhang Xiaoyang and I already know. It's just that she's in the Provincial City preparing for exams, and we don't want to affect her. I can just imagine—after you went to the Provincial City to buy a new car, you conveniently got together with Gu Yan, right?"

By the end, Gu Man's heart truly felt like it was bleeding.

She was a woman, and she was also Gu Yan's older sister; of course she couldn't accept the image of her younger sister with her ex-boyfriend. Even just imagining it hurt.

Liu Zhizhong's face darkened. He said in a deep voice, "Gu Man, what the hell are you talking about? I'm telling you, there's nothing between me and Gu Yan; we're completely clean. You must have listened to that guy named Lu Liang spouting bullshit, right? That bastard is really something else. He was the one pestering Gu Yan, trying to chase her, creating trouble for her so she couldn't properly study, and I stepped in to stop him. Then he resorts to shameless rumors like this. And you guys just believed it without thinking?"

"You… you're telling the truth?"

Gu Man could tell that Liu Zhizhong was genuinely angry; he didn't look like he was lying.

With an air of upright indignation, Liu Zhizhong said heavily, "What's the point of lying to you? I don't even want to talk to you that much. I'd be perfectly fine never crossing paths with you again in this lifetime, you know?"

"You… you're so heartless…"

Before she could finish, Liu Zhizhong cut in again, "Gu Yan is preparing for exams in the Provincial City. The best thing you and Zhang Xiaoyang can do is not to disturb her. If you want her to get better results, then you'd better teach Lu Liang a good lesson and get him away from Gu Yan. If you don't deal with him, I don't mind letting that petty junior taste some hardship myself."

He sounded extremely confident, but Gu Man completely misread his meaning.

"Heh… you still care so much about Gu Yan, heh…"