After Transmigrating as the Northeast CEO's Pampered Little Husband - Chapter 70

“Send this file back to the Planning Department and have them rework it. Did they not look at the requirements template from Ca.goc? What kind of mess is this?”

Dai Gucan capped his pen and rubbed the space between his eyebrows. The new project had run into a tricky client, and the designers on that side were proving to be predictably capricious.

The assistant took the file. Dai Gucan picked up the next document and opened it just as a notification popped up on his phone.

He picked it up and saw it was a text message. It had been a long time since he had received a text message that wasn’t from a network provider or a government department.

Click.

Dai Gucan unlocked the phone and tapped into the message. The expressionless look on his face slowly shifted to one of confusion.

Your little boyfriend is betraying your feelings.

A completely random sentence. Dai Gucan checked the number, which was unfamiliar, screenshotted the message, and forwarded it to his assistant for investigation.

A normal couple in the throes of new romance might immediately feel doubt upon receiving such a text, but Dai Gucan thought for a moment, opened his messaging app, screenshotted the whole message again, and sent it to Gu Jiaoyang.

Did you offend someone?

Tell me if anything is going on.

Gu Jiaoyang was in class at the time, waiting to see what the person acting in the shadows wanted to do, but he hadn’t expected the person to act so quickly, striking the very next day.

However…

Gu Jiaoyang tapped the message bubble, reading Dai Gucan’s text, and raised an eyebrow.

“This big, honest fool… he’s rather sweet.”

No wonder he liked Mr. Dai: dating an adult was simply better than dating those younger men. He didn’t have to worry about a thing.

It’s not really trouble. Just someone who doesn’t like the look of me.

I can handle it myself, mwah!

I want small fried fish tonight!

Gu Jiaoyang typed, deliberately not telling Dai Gucan the full story. He wanted to deal with this arrogant person himself, rather than risk Dai Gucan getting involved and potentially scaring them off.

Alright. I’ll make it for you when you get back.

Gu Jiaoyang closed his phone and continued to listen to the lecturer.

At four o’clock that afternoon, Dai Gucan finished reading the last document and stood up to stretch his shoulders. Secretary Li knocked and entered, placing a package on his desk.

“Your delivery, sir.”

Dai Gucan opened the package, and a stack of photos slid out of the opening.

He picked up the photos, his expression unreadable.

The photos clearly showed Gu Jiaoyang, yet his dear little boyfriend was standing in “intimate poses” with another man.

“Tsk.”

Dai Gucan placed the photos on the table, saying nothing.

The photos, which covered scenes from the coffee shop to the deserted alleyway, were incredibly clear.

The package also contained a card with the address of a famous restaurant; the sender of the package had set a time and invited him for a meal.

“Secretary Li, can you…”

“Cough, cough, cough… excuse me, Boss, I’ve been working overtime lately and my eyes aren’t working very well. If you don’t need anything, I’ll be going now.”

Although Secretary Li was standing too far away to clearly see the contents of the photos, his instincts told him this was trouble. He immediately made an excuse and quickly fled the office.

Dai Gucan: …I only wanted you to get me a cup of coffee.

With Secretary Li gone, Dai Gucan sat back in his chair and contemplated for a moment. He took out his phone and dialled the number left on the card.

“Hello…”

Dai Gucan spoke into the phone, watching the card in his hand slowly crumple under his grip.

The meeting place was a private club not far from the Guangmao Commercial Building in the city centre. It was a well-known gathering spot for young men from wealthy families, and it housed a small, internally famous restaurant that, while not having a large menu, was renowned for its atmosphere and service.

Dai Gucan pulled out his chair and looked at the man sitting opposite him.

He was ostensibly a man, but his appearance was excessively delicate. He had ‘peach blossom’ eyes that looked perpetually on the verge of tears, and his facial features were slightly small, making him resemble a fragile, pitiful young girl.

Coupled with the white clothes he was wearing, and his stick-like, frail build, Dai Gucan’s first impression was poor.

Thinking of his own well-fed and lively little boyfriend back home, Dai Gucan found the young man opposite him too delicate and lacking the robust spirit of youth.

“What is the meaning of sending me those things?” Dai Gucan got straight to the point, refusing to soften his tone just because the person opposite him looked like a child who wasn’t quite an adult.

The fact that someone could so brazenly track him down with photos like these showed that their intentions were far from innocent.

“Don’t you remember me? I’m Chuanbai!”

The moment Xi Chuanbai saw Dai Gucan, he was captivated by the man’s demeanour and appearance.

As the second male lead in the world he had entered, Dai Gucan had a character setting that was arguably even more perfect than the male lead’s.

He had a tragic childhood but grew up into a man who commanded a multi-billion-pound conglomerate.

His personality was steady and reliable, his build was strong, and his face was no less handsome than the male lead’s.

Furthermore, Dai Gucan was older, giving him an undeniable charm that eclipsed the current male lead, He Shengyuan, who was busy squabbling with his family.

Xi Chuanbai mentally adjusted his calculations and formed a new plan.

“?” Dai Gucan folded his hands in his lap, searching his memory but failing to recall anyone by that name.

“I’m Chuanbai. I lived next door to you when we were kids. You used to bring me sweets from your house all the time!”

Xi Chuanbai recalled the plot the book described them as childhood friends with an age gap. That was why Dai Gucan was supposed to be unconditionally good to him, protecting and funding him to start his own company and escape He Shengyuan’s control.

“…Is that you?” Dai Gucan frowned, thinking hard. There was indeed a vague memory of such a person from his childhood, but he was in his rebellious phase at the time, and the subsequent troubles with his parents had eroded much of those carefree memories, making him unable to recall minor figures clearly.

“Yes, Gucan, it’s wonderful that you remember. The reason I sought you out today, based on our old friendship, is that I couldn’t bear to see you deceived any further… Your little boyfriend is truly outrageous. Not only is he after your money, but he’s also secretly…” Xi Chuanbai, seeing that Dai Gucan had acknowledged him, immediately adopted a different persona. He spoke slowly, feigning a look of distress and moral dilemma.

At the same time, he called upon the system in his mind, using its abilities to unleash several ‘protagonist halo’ effects on Dai Gucan.

Dai Gucan paused, picking up the nearby teacup and giving it a slight shake. “Oh? Secretly doing what?”

Xi Chuanbai bowed his head slightly, revealing his attractive profile and the collarbone exposed by his deliberately unbuttoned shirt. Seeing Dai Gucan’s ‘anger value’ on the system panel increase, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued, “…I never thought he would be like that. Even though he’s your boyfriend, he’s getting involved with other students outside.  I was afraid you were being kept in the dark, so I asked my friend to help me. He said he collected the evidence and sent it to you… I don’t know how much he collected. You don’t blame me, do you?”

Hearing this man’s words almost made Dai Gucan laugh out of sheer exasperation. Setting aside whether he even acknowledged their supposed childhood friendship, even if he did, to suddenly pull a stunt like this… he didn’t know if the person opposite him was brainless or just utterly malicious.

He hadn’t spent all those years in the business world for nothing. Such a clumsy tactic, presented to him, was insulting. Did they think he was one of those idiotic rich kids from school?

He needed to find out if Yangyang knew he had such an idiotic person around him. He needed to talk to Yangyang.

As for the ‘intimacy’ with another person, he didn’t believe it, but he was certainly feeling a sting of jealousy. However, this was his private business, and he wasn’t so confused as to take instruction from a casual acquaintance with impure motives.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, every time the man spoke, Dai Gucan felt a sense of discomfort like a loud, squawking chicken suddenly interrupting him while he was reading a book, grating on his nerves.

So soft and delicate in appearance, yet his voice was so grating.

Seeing that Dai Gucan didn’t respond, Xi Chuanbai assumed he was too angry to speak. His goal achieved, he knew better than to press the issue further, merely suggesting they meet again soon to reminisce about their childhood friendship.

Dai Gucan put down the teacup. In the end, he said nothing more and simply agreed.

“Investigate him,” Dai Gucan said, sitting back in the car and loosening his tie. The man’s unpleasant voice was still ringing in his ears, making him irritable.

After hanging up and instructing his secretary to investigate this mysterious person who had suddenly appeared, Dai Gucan turned the car around towards the Changjing Academy of Fine Arts. He decided not to go home, intending to wait there for Gu Jiaoyang to finish class.

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