Chapter 91 The Groom
It was time to report on the company’s business progress once again. This time, it was Sister Zhao who came to the head office with another unfamiliar employee.

Gu Chuan listened to Sister Zhao talking about the work priorities with a normal expression, and then asked casually: “Why didn’t Miss Chu come?”

Sister Zhao replied: “Chu Yan passed the interview a few days ago and got the job. She quit her job here a long time ago.”

Gu Chuan paused as he flipped through the documents.

After Sister Zhao led the others away, Gu Chuan looked at Special Assistant Zhang, “What do they mean by going ashore?”

Assistant Zhang thought carefully for a while and said, “What they mean is that Miss Chu passed the civil service exam and is now a staff member of a state-owned enterprise.”

Of course Gu Chuan also knew it, he just couldn’t believe it and needed someone to confirm his thoughts.

After a long silence, he said: “She decided to take this path to escape from me.”

“You can’t say that…” Assistant Zhang said with difficulty: “The economy is bad now, and many people want to take the civil service exam to get a stable job and a stable life. Maybe Miss Chu is thinking the same thing.”

In fact, Zhang also felt that his excuse was lame, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chu Yan would suddenly become one of the people who came ashore, and it must be to get rid of Gu Chuan’s entanglement.

Chu Yan has always been a serious person. When she was still in school, she was very good at studying and often ranked first. People couldn’t help but admire her. It was no surprise that she was able to get a job smoothly.

Special Assistant Zhang looked at the silent Gu Chuan and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Chu Yan passed the written test and interview successfully, and it was worth celebrating that she became the candidate.

Arranged by Shen Xing, he and Chu Yan accompanied her parents to have dinner outside.

Father Chu was very happy. “I knew my daughter has always been the best since she was young. It is so difficult to take the civil service exam, but Yanyan succeeded in her first try. She is worthy of being my daughter!”

Mother Chu rolled her eyes and said, “You speak as if Yanyan is your daughter alone. If I hadn’t educated Yanyan well since she was a child, would you be able to show off to everyone now?”

Father Chu coughed uncomfortably and whispered, “The children are all here, can’t you give me some face?”

Shen Xing smiled and tried to smooth things over. “If you ask me, Yanyan’s success now is all due to her father’s encouragement, her mother’s cultivation, and the efforts of both of you. None of them can be missing.”

These words made people feel comfortable, and the Chu couple now felt that Shen Xing was much more pleasing to the eye.

Chu Yan suddenly said: “Dad, Mom, please pick a good day for us.”

Father Chu: “What good day?”

“The day of Shen Xing and I’s wedding.”

Both Chu’s father and mother were stunned for a long time. It was Chu’s mother who reacted first. “You haven’t even got a marriage certificate, so why are you having a wedding?”

Shen Xing felt a little guilty.

Chu Yan was very generous, “Shen Xing and I got our marriage certificate a month ago.”

Mr. Chu was speechless.

Chu’s mother couldn’t believe it. “You didn’t even ask us for the household registration booklet, so how did you get the marriage certificate?” Chu Yan said, “Now you don’t even need a household registration booklet to get a marriage certificate.”

This middle-aged couple couldn’t keep up with the times and didn’t come to their senses for a long time.

They used to think that in the end, Shen Xing and Chu Yan would definitely separate, and never thought that they could successfully get to the stage of getting a marriage certificate!

Shen Xing was a little nervous. After all, it was not kind of him to get the marriage certificate without informing his parents. Therefore, his attitude was inevitably more cautious. “My parents said yesterday that they want to sit down and have a meal with you.”

Of course, it’s not as simple as having a meal. What to do with the wedding, how many tables to book for the banquet, who to invite…all these big and small things need to be discussed.

Mr. and Mrs. Chu felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly, and their expressions were very complicated.

As parents, they certainly cannot force their children to get a divorce certificate right after they get married since the matter has already been settled. All they can do now is to try to arrange everything for them.

Today is the day that Gu Chuan returns to the Gu family after a long absence. This is his first time going home since he treated his parents like a stranger. The reason for his return home is very simple, Mrs. Gu is sick.

Mrs. Gu was indeed sick. She was lying in bed, and was happy to see Gu Chuan coming to see her. She wanted to persuade Gu Chuan not to dwell on the past, but she was afraid that mentioning Chu Yan would make Gu Chuan angry, causing the slightly eased relationship between them to drop to freezing point again.

Mrs. Gu coughed lightly, “I haven’t seen you for so long, you can stay at home for two more days, okay?”

Gu Chuan looked at the person in front of him. She looked much more haggard and thinner. She looked so fragile now. She seemed like two different people from the woman who had harshly commented on the person he loved.

He was quiet for a while, then said “hmm”.

When he came out of the bedroom, he happened to see the servant who came to deliver something. When the servant saw him, he was obviously startled and hurriedly hid the things behind him.

Gu Chuan was very perceptive. He walked over and asked, “What are you holding in your hand?”

The maid whispered, “It’s nothing, just a caring letter from another lady’s friend.”

Gu Chuan said: “Take the things out.”

The maid didn’t move. She was very nervous, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she didn’t know what to do.

Gu Chuan said calmly: “You should know that I am in a very bad temper right now.”

The maid was shocked. Everyone in the Gu family knew that Gu Chuan’s condition had been becoming increasingly abnormal recently. Just by looking at him, they could sense a gloomy and dangerous vibe.

He has changed. He is no longer the well-mannered young man from a wealthy family.

The maid looked embarrassed, hesitant and entangled, and slowly took out the thing hidden behind her back. It was an invitation, the bright red color was as shocking as blood.

Gu Chuan seemed to have a premonition, but he subconsciously did not want to believe it. When he opened the invitation and saw the names of the bride and groom, he felt dizzy for a moment, and the blood and flesh in his body surged. The pain seemed to pierce his body, making everything in front of him become unreal.

Those who advised Gu Chuan to break up with Chu Yan knew very well how much Gu Chuan wanted to be with Chu Yan forever, but the irony of fate was that not long after he gave her the engagement ring, his relationship with Chu Yan broke down.

Today, Chu Yan is finally getting married, but fate seems to have left a mocking tone, as the groom is not him, but his cousin, Shen Xing.