Page 724 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

If I choose to tell him now, it would be like starting negotiations.

Jian Ran pondered for a moment and then spoke in a hoarse voice, "Give me some time, I’ll sort things out and tell you..."

Gu Mochen: "..."

The woman’s behavior was indeed strange.

Gu Mochen gazed at Jian Ran in front of him, taking in her rare look of discomposure.

On normal days, Jian Ran was strikingly beautiful, playing coy...

She always had a clear plan in her heart...

She wouldn’t be like she was now, somewhat flustered, like a child.

A trace of worry flashed through Gu Mochen’s deep eyes as he looked at the woman before him and raised his hand to gently stroke her hair. After a long while, he said with certainty,

"Okay."

Whatever Gu Mochen said was indisputable.

Jian Ran felt the same. Since the man had spoken, she let out a slight sigh of relief and then smiled,

"Mm... then, Mr. Gu, please don’t be angry anymore."

"I’m not angry, I’m worried... Jian Ran... for you and Tang Bao, I don’t think I could ever bring myself to be angry in this lifetime."

Because... it was more about affection.

He wanted to hold the women in his embrace, to cherish them dearly...

He wanted to give Jian Ran and Tang Bao the world.

Upon hearing his words, Jian Ran’s beautiful eyes sparkled, and with reddened eyes, after listening to Gu Mochen’s words, she nodded.

"Thank you... Gu Mochen..."

Jian Ran slowly raised her arms to wrap around the man in front of her, holding back the tears in her beautiful eyes, stubbornly refusing to let them fall.

She wanted to rely on the man before her, but when deeply in love... she wanted to show him her best side.

Not her most vulnerable moments...

The past events... she had already come clean with Gu Mochen, and now she really didn’t want to go through those unspeakable scenes with Gu Mochen again.

Gu Mochen... give me a little time.

Let me overcome this myself...

...

Gu Mochen clearly noticed the woman in his arms trembling, his narrow eyes squinting slightly with a glint of darkness, his large hand gently stroking her back to help Jian Ran calm down...

After a long time, until Jian Ran with red eyes let go of him, Gu Mochen spoke up.

"Have you had lunch?"

"No..."

"Mm... I’ve made it..."

Jian Ran’s beautiful eyes widened in surprise as she saw the man return to his chair and then picked up a large lunch box from the floor.

Jian Ran watched as Gu Mochen opened the lunch box layer by layer. Although it was an insulated lunch box, it had grown somewhat cold.

"You..."

"Knowing you wouldn’t have time to come back and cook, I made it in the office break room and brought it to your office, planning to eat with you."

At this, Jian Ran became even more astonished and couldn’t help asking,

"Gu Mochen, you haven’t eaten either, have you?"

It was already half past three...

In just over two hours, it would be time for dinner after work.

Jian Ran found it hard to imagine that Gu Mochen had also skipped lunch.

But looking at the untouched dishes inside the lunch box, she knew without thinking... that Gu Mochen certainly hadn’t eaten.

Jian Ran’s eyes reddened with emotion.

"Mm... let’s eat together... even though it’s a bit cold, it’s still warm... it won’t taste as good as freshly made."

Jian Ran: "..."

Listening to Gu Mochen’s tender words, Jian Ran choked up, then nodded solemnly.