After hesitating for a moment, Jin Yuanhao recalled the smile on Park Yichun’s face earlier. Consumed with jealousy, he finally made up his mind. "I can join you, but Gu Bai isn’t just anybody. How can you guarantee he won’t retaliate against us?" Zhu Chaoji gave a confident smile. "We don’t need to take action ourselves. You just need to ’inadvertently’ reveal to the reporters that Gu Bai mistreats foreign students. I know Gu Bai’s not an ordinary person, but my family is also not insignificant. In Shanghai, there’s no need to fear Gu Bai’s retaliation at all." "As long as you can guarantee that, I can join." "Pleasure to cooperate!" The smile under Zhu Chaoji’s glasses carried a hint of madness. For all these years, no one had ever slapped him in the face, but Gu Bai had not only done it once, he did it twice. He had sought his father, Zhu Hongwei, the chairman of the billion-dollar valued Hongye Building Materials, but the answer Zhu Hongye gave him, he remembered every word of it. "I can help you stand up in other matters, but in this case, you must endure. This Gu Bai is definitely not as simple as he appears on the surface. Don’t deceive yourself." Yet Zhu Chaoji was unwilling to comply, and unbeknownst to Zhu Zhenhe, he came up with a "good idea" to ruin Gu Bai’s reputation completely. Meanwhile, in the second car of the motorcade. Qi Man, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up. "Yiyi, I think the two of us need to join forces." "You’ve seen what kind of person Gu Bai is; my intuition tells me there won’t be fewer incidents in the future. There are more and more women flocking around Gu Bai, but there’s only one Gu Bai. Unless you want to leave him now and escape this misery, we have to join forces to ensure our status in his heart. Anyway, I won’t leave him. What Gu Bai can give me, no one else can." "How do we join forces?" Yi Yiyi’s response had already given an answer; she wouldn’t leave Gu Bai either. "Gu Bai is a very self-centered person; he will never be tied down by any one woman. We don’t need to do anything else, just spend more time with him. On this point, since we’re both in the same school as him, we’ll have more opportunities to interact, which is our advantage." Yi Yiyi nodded with some understanding. She didn’t have Qi Man’s strong sense of gain, and it could only be said that she muddled her way into becoming Gu Bai’s woman. Yet tonight’s situation also gave her a sense of crisis. Gu Bai didn’t know that his ’harem’ had already formed its first united front, still closing his eyes and cultivating health, preparing for a possible upcoming battle. Over ten minutes later, three luxury cars stopped downstairs at the Celestial Joy Seat. Except for Qi Man, the other three girls were here for the first time. "Oppa, is your home here?" Gu Bai led the four towards the elevator, nodding slightly as he went. The security guard at the entrance also respectfully greeted Gu Bai. As for this group of girls, they only dared to take a quick glance, not daring to stare for long. In a top-notch apartment complex like the Celestial Joy Seat, even though the security guards have high wages, there are also many requirements. For a client of Gu Bai’s level, even one unreasonable complaint could cost them their job. The security guard personally pressed the elevator button to the top floor for Gu Bai, a gentle, aloof voice sounded behind them. Fınd the newest release on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝕟𝕖𝕥 Turning around, Gu Bai’s "old neighbor" Ai Shengnan came over. Seeing Gu Bai, Ai Shengnan was surprised, but she quickly recovered and greeted with a smile, "Chairman Gu." Now, Ai Shengnan was no longer the head of the YW Company, but the general manager and chief editor of Black Swan YW, an official subordinate of his. Over ten days ago, Black Swan held an acquisition ceremony at the Shanghai Financial Center, purchasing 90% of the YW Company’s shares for 3.6 billion. Gu Bai indeed did not mistreat her. Not only did he hand over all operational management rights of YW Company to Ai Shengnan as promised, but he also treated all employees at YW equally by giving them red envelopes, the same as other subsidiaries’ employees, which helped Ai Shengnan consolidate people’s loyalty. Therefore, aside from a change in ownership, nothing had changed in the YW Company. "It’s New Year’s Eve tonight, President Ai, are you not going out to have fun, just staying home to rest?" Gu Bai was still more used to addressing Ai Shengnan as President Ai. Ai Shengnan glanced at the four beauties surrounding Gu Bai and smiled meaningfully: "How can anyone be as dashing as you, Chairman Gu? For us working folks, it’s just the company, then home—repeat every day without variation." Unlike Mr. Shao or Xiao Qiang who highly respected Gu Bai, Ai Shengnan still held resentment and couldn’t resist some biting sarcasm in her words, albeit keeping it within limits without going too far. Gu Bai also smiled faintly, not angered. "If you have nothing planned tonight, President Ai, you might as well come and sit on the top floor later. I’m holding a small private party; you could come up for a drink or two as a way to combine work with play." "I’d better pass; I’m afraid I would disrupt your ’elegance,’ Chairman Gu." "Facing a boss’s invitation, this isn’t a response fitting for a subordinate. I think President Ai should reconsider." Gu Bai continued to smile warmly at Ai Shengnan. After much hesitation, Ai Shengnan nodded her head. "Then I’ll go home to freshen up first, and come up a bit later." Getting this response, Gu Bai was satisfied and nodded. Another +1 for the ladies at the private party. Am I becoming like Wei Xiaobao of the present age? Gu Bai mused with a touch of mischief. As he spoke, Gu Bai led Qi Man and the others into the elevator. Ai Shengnan remained outside the elevator, not entering. "Mr. Chairman, you all go up first; I forgot something in the car and need to run back to get it." Recognizing it as an excuse for what it was, Gu Bai didn’t mind and nodded as the elevator doors closed. It was only after the sound of the elevator ascending went silent that Ai Shengnan let out a breath. Since last trying to trade her body to Gu Bai, she now felt a sense of shame when facing him, and just now she was barely suppressing her emotions. "Do you need me to press the elevator again for you, President Ai?" The security guard, noticing the re-emerged powerful woman demeanor in Ai Shengnan, was a bit tongue-tied when speaking. Casually glancing at him, Ai Shengnan said coolly, "No need, you can go about your business." In truth, when it came down to it, Ai Shengnan retained some animosity towards men. She had no choice facing Gu Bai, but her dominating demeanor was quickly evident towards a mere security guard. The security guard hurriedly replied, "Alright then, I’ll take my leave. President Ai, call me if you need anything." With that, he ran off from the elevator area. The overbearing aura of Ai Shengnan made him almost breathless. Reflecting on Ai Shengnan’s respectful compliance towards Gu Bai, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of bitterness. The equality spoken of in the phrase "all men are created equal" only holds true in that everyone has but one life, everyone must die, Yet, as long as one is living in this world, there’s never real equality. Ai Shengnan didn’t care about the attitude of a security guard. Her mind was occupied with how to gloss over things with Gu Bai tonight.