Stuttering Big Boss’s White Moonlight

The dreary sky looked gloomy and gray.

Cheng Chu sat blankly in front of the table, watching the gentle drizzle hit the window.

The door knocked twice.
Then Mrs.
Song’s voice was heard from outside saying: “Madam, Lawyer Zhou is here.”

Hearing a voice addressed to her, it took Cheng Chu a moment to react.
She lowered her bloodshot eyes and raised her hand weakly to straighten her wrinkled clothes.
In a low voice, she said: “Let him in.”

Lawyer Zhou entered the room under Mrs.
Song’s lead.
He carries a briefcase and sports a clean-cut suit topped with meticulously combed hair.
His gestures exclude an aura similar to an elite.

Lawyer Zhou said: “Hello, Madame Gu.” [Madame Gu is Cheng Chu]

A slightly cold and bitter fragrance circulate throughout the room.

Cheng Chu’s haggard state does not affect her beauty.
Her bloodshot eyes, pale cheeks, and the few damaged hair stuck on her forehead add a hint of distress to her originally bright and compelling appearance.

This is Zhou Zhong’s first time meeting Madame Gu, with one glance, he immediately understood why Mr.
Gu was obsessed and crazy about her.

“I’m sorry for what happened Madame Gu.” Zhou Zhong pursed his lips and whispered.

Cheng Chu suppressed her sorrow and softly said: “Thank you, Lawyer Zhou.” Rubbing her tired eyes, she continued: “What have you come here for today?”

***

The many sleepless nights had pushed Cheng Chu’s strained nerves past her limit.
Right now, she only wants to sleep for a couple of hours.

But when Cheng Chu laid on the soft bed, her jumbled thoughts acted like the rain outside, getting heavier by the second and wrecking her heart like a storm.

As her vision gradually blurs, she thought of what Lawyer Zhou had said: “Mr.
Gu made a will before his death.
If he died in an accident, all his assets will be put under your name.”

Why? Why are you so good to me?

Cheng Chu’s tears couldn’t help but fall.
Her heart was further broken by Lawyer Zhou’s news.
She sobbed a few times and progressed to weep uncontrollably.

The thunderstorm rages outside and vigorously slap the window.

Cheng Chu tightly closed her eyes but her tears continued to flow from the corners of her eyes and seep into the white silky pillowcase.

In her trance, she suddenly thought back to the car accident.

***

It happened on an equally stormy day.

On that rainy night, the street was cold and empty, the faint street lights could barely illuminate the street.

The two of them sat in the car, seated at the two ends as if separated by the Chu River and Han Jie.
[楚河汉界 — Chinese idiom that means a broad boundary separating two people]

Suddenly a dazzling light flashed and before she could react, Cheng Chu was pressed firmly against Gu Miao’s chest. He held her with all his might as if he had exhausted all his energy to shield her from danger.

Cheng Chu felt a heart-piercing pain from where her shoulders were hit and her feet were crushed under something.

The car lights illuminated the whole road.
She endured the pain and raised her eyes to meet Gu Miao’s dark and deep eyes.

Fresh blood was dripping down his forehead and the usual cold and pale face were covered with blood.
But he acted as though it was not there and looked deeply focusing only on her as if to carve her image into his soul.

“Don’t be scared, Chu Chu.”

In his scorching hot embrace, Cheng Chu could clearly hear his hoarse voice.

It was the first time he ever called her Chu Chu.
It was also the last.

The blood from Gu Miao’s forehead dripped onto her face, the heat burned her skin and left her heart with lasting pain.

In the end, she recalled Gu Miao mustering all his strength to say in his hoarse and broken voice: “I love you.”

Cheng Chu always thought they were married only in name, nothing more and nothing less.
Under her father’s persuasion, Cheng Chu and Gu Miao simply met a few times before they got married. After marriage, they lived together in the same house but whenever they met, Cheng Chu and Gu Miao would greet each other as if they were neighbors.

Cheng Chu couldn’t believe that in times of danger, Gu Miao would resolutely choose to protect her and risk his life.

He said he loves me? Since when?

They had been married for two months but the time spent getting to know each other was barely three months long.

When they met for the first time, Cheng Chu said resolutely to Gu Miao: “Mr.
Gu, I’m sorry, I already have someone I like.”

***

The night light beside the bed turned on and emitted a warm yellow glow.

Cheng Chu stood up and followed the light to find her slippers.
She put them on in a hurry and left her bedroom.

The window in the corridor had a small slit that blows in a cold breeze.

Cheng Chu couldn’t help but shudder from the cold.
She speed-walked to the door at the end of the corridor.
It was Gu Miao’s room.

Her mind that had been in a trance-like state for the past few days was shaken up by the cold wind.
Her heart beats a wild song and her blood seems to flow bizarrely throughout her body.

Step by step, she walked toward the tightly closed door and with little effort, the door opens.

The room had a gray and white color scheme.
It gave off a cold and secluded vibe, like how Gu Miao liked to portray himself.

“”

On the office desk, there were several neatly arranged documents and a beautiful landscape photo mounted by a dark brown frame.
Other than that, nothing else was present.

Cheng Chu didn’t know why she impulsively entered his room.
Perhaps her heart wanted to ease the shame and regretful feelings.
She wanted to know what kind of person Gu Miao is.
After all, she knew nothing about him.

Cheng Chu reached out and opened the draw