Paper-thin love, the CEO's secret lover is beautiful and lovely distinction

  She didn't expect the Yi family to follow the old rules of Nan Yue and come to her house for a formal visit, nor did she expect Yi Shuihan to come in person, so when she saw his Porsche, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

  Just as I walked to the entrance of Yunyuan, I heard Anyu's voice with a hint of excitement: "Ah, Shuihan, this mobile phone you gave me is so beautiful, I don't think I've seen this model in stores."

  "I'm your sister's husband, so according to the rules, you should call me brother-in-law!" Yi Shuihan corrected An Yu with a straight face, before explaining calmly: "This phone hasn't been released yet, it's only being used internally right now, and it's a limited edition collector's item."

  An Yu's face immediately turned bright red, but the little girl was always bold. She looked at Yi Shuihan and plucked up her courage to say: "I didn't wear makeup today either, take a look at me with a bare face, am I younger than An Lan? And more beautiful than her? You can still change your choice now?"

  An Yu, with her back to the hall entrance, didn't notice An Lan and Qin Xuan walking in, so her confession was loud, and due to her excited emotions, her voice trembled slightly.

  Yi Shuihan's face quickly flooded with mockery as he listened to An Yu's words, and he sneered at her: "Miss Gu San, 'beautiful' is often used to describe something lowly, while 'beauty' is used to describe something exquisite. An Lan may not be as beautiful as you, but she is more beautiful than you!"

  "An Yu's face turned red with embarrassment as Qin Xun and her mother walked in, interrupting her plans to continue flirting."

  Yi Shuihan looked up and met An Lan's gaze for two seconds before looking at Qin Xin beside An Lan and asking, "Is this... Aunt?"

  An Yu only then turned her head around, and when she found Qin Xiangyi and An Lan standing behind her, she was stunned for a moment. Then, she fiercely stared at them and said: "Hmph, when did you become ghosts? You didn't even make any noise while walking!"

  "An Yu!" Chen Wanru walked out of the kitchen with a tray of fruit, coldly scolding her daughter: "How do you talk to your aunt? Hurry up and go upstairs to call your father down?"

  An Yu glared at An Lan with a huff and slowly walked upstairs, while An Lan ignored An Yu's existence and directly introduced to her mother: "Mom, this is the second young master of the Yi family - Mr. Yi Shuihan!"

  Qin Xuan smiled politely and nodded, faintly saying: "Second Young Master, so early?"

  Yi Shuihan's face immediately showed a hint of embarrassment, and he quickly corrected himself: "Just call me Shuihan, I'll call you... Mom from now on!"

  An Lan originally thought that this was a transactional marriage where both parties were primarily motivated by self-interest, and she didn't have any illusions about the marriage. Her only hope was that tomorrow's wedding wouldn't be too embarrassing, and that Yi Shuihan wouldn't do something as outrageous as what was written in the dog-blooded novel, such as not showing up to the wedding, leaving her alone to face the awkward situation of having few guests.

  Yi Shuihan gave Qin Xinyi a gift, a string of emerald Buddhist beads. Qin Xinyi took the beads and showed that she liked them very much, putting them on her wrist in front of Yi Shuihan, which was considered giving Yi Shuihan enough face.

  Qin Xuan had just put on the jade Buddha beads when Gu Yunbo came down from upstairs. First, he shook hands with Yi Shuihan, and then stared at Chen Wanru: "The second young master has arrived, why didn't you come up to inform me earlier?"

  Gu Yunbo's study is on the third floor, and he had soundproof glass installed in the room so that he could read quietly, to the point where he couldn't hear people talking downstairs from inside his study.

  Chen Wanru's face turned slightly red, she originally wanted to drag on for a while longer so that her daughter and Yi Shuihan could spend more time together, seeing if there was an opportunity for Yi Shuihan to take a liking to An Yu.

  But who knew that Lin Shu was so quick, she took advantage of the time when she went to the kitchen to wash the fruit to run to Qingyuan to inform Qin Xiang and her mother. Her own daughter had just chatted with Yi Shuihan for a few words, and had just confessed to Yi Shuihan, when Qin Xiang and her mother came over to ruin it.

  Fortunately, Yi Shuihan intervened: "It's okay, don't blame your aunt. I just arrived a few minutes ago, and your aunt is personally going to the kitchen to wash the fruit to entertain me."

  Chen Wanru heard Yi Shuihan calling out one after another, "Auntie", and had just called Qin Xinyi "Auntie" too, but then said she wanted to call her "Mom", which made Chen Wanru feel very displeased.

  If An Yu married Yi Shuihan, then Yi Shuihan would have to call her mom. Calling Qin Xiang would probably be calling a big mom, she really regretted not making it clear at the blind date party that day, if she had known earlier, she would have let An Yu not wear makeup.

  Of course, on the day of the blind date dinner, she didn't put her hopes on An Yu either, because at that time she thought the person who was going to choose a partner was Yi Tianze, and An Xin had always admired Yi Tianze, so she hoped with all her might that An Xin could be favored by Yi Tianze, and from then on, relying on her daughter's nobility, in the Gu family, she could suppress Qin Xuan.

  But who knows, man's plan is not as good as heaven's plan? On the day of the blind date dinner party, Gu Anlan didn't even wear makeup, had a plain face and wore an outdated dress given by An Yu, yet she was still liked by Yi family's second young master.

  Yi Shuihan looked at Gu Yunbo and said: "Uncle Gu, I know that my marriage to Miss Gu Anlan is a bit unconventional in the traditional sense and according to southern customs. Normally, I should have asked for your opinion first. Of course, I didn't mean to disrespect you, but this series of events led to our engagement, and she has already agreed. I don't want to belittle her choice in this matter either. I believe Uncle Gu and Auntie Gu will also respect Miss Gu Anlan's choice, won't they?"

  Gu Yunbo's face remained icy and silent, An Lan marrying Yi Shuihan was not what he wanted. He would rather have An Lan marry Yi Tianze, at least that way it would be of some help to his own interests, even if it was just intangible help.

  Yi Shuihan is a mobile phone maker, and mobile phones have nothing to do with real estate. Moreover, Yi Shuihan is said to be not favored by Yi Xuan Mountain and does not participate in the affairs of Xu Ri Group, and has established his own business outside. Although Hai Mi's mobile phone was hyped up, it is estimated that there are not many assets, and it will not be of much help to Bo Yao Real Estate.

  Qin Chen nodded on the side and said, "Yes, we have always respected our children's choices. After all, An Lan is 26 years old now, not a child anymore. As parents, we don't interfere with our daughter's marriage."

  Yi Shuihan nodded, then continued with sincerity: "Since that's the case, I now wholeheartedly request to you all, allow me to marry Miss Gu Anlan, and also ask for your best blessings for us!"

  Gu Yunbo nodded slightly: "Qin Yi is right, when the children grow up, their marriage is not decided by their parents. Since she has agreed to marry you, what else can we say? We just hope... that after you get married, you will understand and tolerate each other, and spend your lives together."

  "Thank you, Uncle Gu and Auntie Gu," Yi Shuihan thanked Gu Yunbo, then took out the gift he had brought for Gu Yunbo.

  Yi Shuihan gave Gu Yunbo an old ivory cigarette holder, and when Gu Yunbo received the gift, he was overjoyed, saying that he had been wanting to find an ivory cigarette holder for a long time but couldn't find one, and unexpectedly his son-in-law brought it to him.

  Yi Shuihan gave gifts to each member of the Gu family. An Yu received a limited edition shell phone, Chen Wanru got a set of high-end cosmetics, and even An Xin, who was abroad, sent her the latest ultra-thin laptop.

  After the gifts were distributed, everyone said a few more polite words, and Yi Shuihan saw that it was almost time to leave. He immediately stood up from the sofa: "Then I'll take my leave and go back."

  "Why don't we eat lunch here," Gu Yunbo hastily invited Yi Shuihan: "It's almost noon now."

  "No need, I have other things to attend to," Yi Shuihan replied indifferently: "Getting married is always a hassle, my mom is busy arranging for people to decorate my new home."

  Yi Shuihan was about to leave, Gu Yunbo and Qin Xin detained him for a few words, seeing that he insisted on leaving, they didn't say much either, but when sending him out, they simply mentioned a few words about tomorrow's wedding.

  Yi Shui Han only said that the wedding will be held at the originally scheduled Hyatt Hotel, and all the guests have been invited. The wedding won't be particularly grand, but it also won't be too shabby.

  Of course, he also vaguely said that his family members would also attend, as for who were the relatives, whether there were his parents, he did not clarify, and Gu Yunbo and Qin Xinyi did not ask much.

  An Lan followed her mother to see Yi Shui Han off, but didn't expect that when he stood by the car, he said to her: "Gu An Lan, get in the car, I'll take you to buy an engagement ring."

  An Lan was slightly stunned, but An Yu reacted faster and quickly ran to the front passenger door, opened it and was about to get in: "An Lan, I'll go with you to buy a ring. I know what style is popular now."

  "I don't want to be bothered by others when I'm buying an engagement ring with my fiancée," Yi Shuihan's face still had a natural and warm expression, but the words that came out of his mouth didn't leave any room for An Yu to save face.

  An Yu's face immediately turned bright red, and she couldn't help but make an instinctive excuse: "Second Master, I just wanted to give An Lan some advice. She has been abroad for ten years, so I guess she doesn't know what styles are popular in the country now."

  Qin Chenyi said coldly, "They're going to buy wedding rings. What's the point of those fancy styles in a marriage? Wedding rings have always been about being simple and understated, isn't that right?"

  "An Yu, go away! Don't you understand the rules? An Lan didn't even invite you to help, so why are you so eager to stick your hot face on someone else's cold butt?"

  As soon as Chen Wanru spoke, Yi Shuihan immediately gave Gu Yunbo a sympathetic look. Gu Yunbo's old face instantly turned bright red with shame, and he couldn't help but glare at Chen Wanru: "Hurry up and take Anyu back, what are you all doing following her? Do you want to join in on every commotion? From now on, just stay in the orchard and don't come out."

  An Lan got into the car through the rear door while Gu Yunbo was scolding Chen Wanru and her mother, and directly ignored An Yu's resentful gaze.

  Yi Shuihan furrowed his brow at her presumptuousness, but didn't say a word and quickly started the car to leave.

  Yi Shuihan's car drove smoothly on the road, An Lan sat in the car looking out of the window, his speed was not fast, so the high-rise buildings outside the window slowly passed by her eyes.

  "Should we go to Liu Fu Jewelry or Jin Da Fu Jewelry?" Yi Shuihan's low voice came from the front.

  An Lan slightly stunned, then withdrew her gaze from outside the window and replied faintly: "It's all right, I've never been to any jewelry store in Bincheng. Just park your car wherever you want and buy it there."

  Yi Shuihan's lips pursed, and he stopped asking questions. Instead, he quickly headed towards the Liu Fu Jewelry Store not far ahead.

  The car had just stopped when a young man who was waiting at the door came forward, and upon seeing Yi Shuihan, he immediately nodded and bowed: "Second Young Master, are you here with Miss Ling to buy an engagement ring?"

  An Lan had just pushed open the car door when he heard this sentence, and immediately froze, unsure whether to get out or not.

  Yi Shuihan's face turned icy and dark in an instant, and he quickly got back into the driver's seat. He told An Lan, who had just opened the car door, "Close the door and sit tight, we're going somewhere else."

  An Lanmo quietly closed the car door, while Yi Shuihan quickly started the car and drove away from the parking space. When Xiao Di saw that it wasn't Ling Yuwei in the car, he hurriedly chased after them to apologize, but Yi Shuihan stepped on the gas pedal and didn't give him a chance.

  An Lan sat in the back row and looked at the little brother with sympathetic eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This job of welcoming and sending off was really hard to do. If you weren't careful, one sentence would offend the customer. The current bosses were even more difficult to serve than each other.

  Half an hour later, they were already in the VIP room of Jindafu Jewelry Store. In front of Anlan, various styles of diamond rings were placed, with large diamonds placed in black velvet boxes, shining like teardrops, dazzling people's eyes.

  Yi Shuihan had already finished two cups of tea, while An Lan was still staring at the large diamond rings in a daze. She couldn't help but say: "They're all diamond rings, just choose the style you like."

  "I don't like any of these styles," An Lan said truthfully, then turned to the salesgirl and asked, "Do you have silver rings? I want to buy a pair of silver rings."

  The young lady immediately opened her eyes wide and stared at An Lan, with a gaze that seemed to be looking at a monster. After a while, she shook her head and said, "No, we don't sell silver jewelry here."

  "Then get me a pair of gold plain rings," An Lan pushed away the diamond ring in front of her: "I don't like wearing diamonds."

  The waiter looked at Yi Shuihan with a somewhat helpless expression, who was drinking tea with the hall manager. Yi Shuihan slightly furrowed his brow and said lightly: "Just go along with her, bring Su Huan's then."

  The waiter immediately brought down the latest model of diamond ring, and a few minutes later, he brought in a row of gold plain rings, with a professional smile on his face, asking An Lan to try them on.

  He walked out of Jindafu Jewelry Store with the purchased wedding ring, and just as he reached Yishuihan's car, his phone rang. He took out his phone, glanced at Anlan, then calmly pressed the answer button.

  Yi Shuihan's phone didn't leak any sound, An Lan had no idea what the other person said, she only heard Yi Shuihan say "uh-huh" twice, then say something good, and then hang up the phone.

  "I have something urgent to attend to," Yi Shuihan said indifferently to An Lan, "I probably won't be able to join you for dinner."

  An Lan nodded and said with a understanding tone: "Then you go ahead and take care of your business, I'll just take a taxi back myself."

  Yi Shuihan's face sank, he only said he couldn't have dinner with her, didn't say he wouldn't send her back, but she was...

  Forget it, since she didn't want him to send her off, he also didn't bother sending her off. Anyway, she probably wouldn't be willing to stay with him either, so he might as well do as she wishes and leave early.

  Then he said coldly: "Alright, I'll leave first, you... be careful on your way."

  Yi Shuihan's car drove away, and An Lan walked to the side of the road to prepare for a taxi when she suddenly realized that she hadn't brought her bag out, which means that at this moment, she was penniless.

  She took a deep breath to comfort herself, fortunately it was just hailing a taxi back home and not going somewhere else, and the taxi fare is paid when getting off, which didn't bother her.

  She had been standing by the road for two minutes without seeing an empty taxi coming, when another car quietly stopped in front of her.

  The car window rolled down, and Zhuo Bu Fan's face appeared: "An Lan, get in the car!"

  She hesitated for a moment, then opened the passenger door and got in. Before she could even sit down properly, Zhuo Bufan had already started the car and sped away, startling her into quickly reaching for her seatbelt.

  "Where do you want to go for dinner?" Zhuo Bu Fan's voice came from the driver's seat, low and slightly hoarse.

  "Ah?" An Lan reacted with a start and turned to look at Zhuo Bu Fan, saying: "I want to go back, I won't go out to eat with you today, my family..."

  "Gu Anlan, aren't you too heartless?!" Zhuo Bufan's displeased voice came through: "I'm not a disposable towel, use me once and throw me away?"

  An Lan was immediately speechless, she just didn't want to go eat with him, and this had something to do with the friendship between childhood friends? She had always utilized this childhood friend of hers quite well.

  "Gu Anlan, you're getting married tomorrow and becoming someone else's bride. Don't you plan on treating me to a meal and comforting the wounded heart of your classmate?"

  An Lan heard this and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. She was getting married, what wound did his heart have? Didn't he have a loving sister to dote on every day?

  As a childhood friend, she naturally wouldn't expose his shortcomings, so she quickly explained: "Zhuo Bufan, I forgot to bring my bag when I went out today and now I'm penniless. Didn't you see me trying to hail a taxi on the side of the road and giving up on taking the subway? That's because taxis can be paid after getting off, while subways and buses don't work that way."

  "Are you penniless?" Zhuo Bu Fan's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he turned to look at An Lan: "You mean..."

  "Can only wait till next time to treat you to a meal," An Lan said with an apologetic face looking at him.

  "Next time," Zhuo Bufan quickly picked up her words, "you'll be married to someone else tomorrow, and next time you invite me to dinner, it's estimated that it will be somewhat improper. So let's do it today, while you're still an unmarried lady, I'll lend you the money, and you can pay me back when you have money in the future."

  An Lan was speechless all of a sudden. Zhuo Bu Fan actually wanted to lend her money so that she would invite him to dinner, this...

  Alright, Zhuo Bu Fan helped her a lot, she should indeed treat him to a meal to thank him. Borrowing money is just borrowing money, how much can one meal cost anyway?

  "What would you like me to treat you to?" Zhuo Bu Fan's voice came again, reminding An Lan that she was treating him to lunch today.

  "I don't know where's good to eat in Bincheng," An Lan said frankly: "You decide, wherever you want to go is fine, I'll treat, you choose the place."

  Zhuo Bufan's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything else and drove directly to the Bincheng City Central Park.

  The car finally stopped beside Bashan Shuixiu in Central Park. Zhuo Bufan got out of the car and said lightly, "Originally, I was thinking of waiting until August when the lotus flowers bloom to bring you here to see the lotus flowers. Now, I can only bring you to see the lotus leaves that have just emerged from the water."

  An Lanmo followed Zhuo Bufan to the Bashan Shuixi, two months ago, the lotus pond that could only be admired for its golden fish now had a lush green carpet, with the leaves covering the entire surface of the water.

  It's unclear whether Zhuo Bu Fan had reserved the spot in advance, but the waiter led them to a small island in the middle of the lotus pond. The location was extremely secluded, with only two tables, both of which were suspended basket seats.

  An Lan actually doesn't like the baby seat because it's not very stable, and when eating, it can't be avoided shaking back and forth, so dining isn't that convenient or smooth.

  There were only two tables on the small island in the middle of the lake, and both tables were basket seats. There was no choice, so I had to sit down on the basket seat.

  The waiter quickly brought up the exquisite menu while refilling their tea, Zhuo Bufan gestured to An Lan to order, and An Lan smiled and pushed it back to him: "Since I'm treating you to dinner, of course, you're ordering. Order whatever you like."

  "Then I won't be polite to you," Zhuo Bufan stopped delaying, picked up the menu and opened it, while An Lan picked up the water cup ready to drink water, her back leaned against the back of the swing, just saw another waiter leading two guests walking in.

  And these two people were none other than Yi Shuihan and Ling Yuwei.

  An Lan's hand, holding the water cup, stopped at her lips, while Yi Shuihan, who had just walked in, also clearly froze for a moment when he saw her. The two people's gazes collided in mid-air for a second before quickly withdrawing.

  An Lan glanced at Ling Yuwei with a calm and composed expression, but even the usually well-put-together Ling couldn't hide her puffy eyes despite wearing smoky makeup.

  An Lan gently opened her mouth to take a sip from the edge of the cup, and that faint smile quietly retreated as she drank. It turned out that what he called an urgent matter was actually accompanying Ling Yuwei for dinner.

  Zhuo Bu Fan lifted his head from the menu and also saw Yi Shui Han and Ling Yu Wei. He immediately stood up from the hanging basket, and before he could stretch out his hand, he heard Ling Yu Wei say: "Director Zhuo, what a coincidence! You're also having dinner here?"

  Zhuo Bu Fan smiled and replied: "Yes, we just arrived too. Why don't we change to a bigger table and sit together?"

  "That's okay, as long as Director Zhuo's girlfriend doesn't mind," Ling Yuwei said before turning her head to look at An Lan, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this Miss Gu? I thought... sorry, sorry, I didn't see clearly just now."

  "It's nothing," An Lan said calmly: "Zhuo Bu Fan is my childhood friend, and Miss Ling's makeup is so thick, it's normal for her eyes to be a bit blurry at times."

  Zhuo Bu Fan smiled and said: "Since everyone is familiar with each other, let's change to a bigger table and gather together. Today An Lan is treating me to dinner."

  "Gu Anlan, adding people and chopsticks, having two more people to eat together, you don't have any objections, do you?"

  An Lan hadn't had time to respond when Yi Shui Han took over the conversation: "No need, we're in a hurry, we still have other things to do after dinner, so let's not trouble you."

  Zhuo Bu Fan slightly regretfully said: "Alright then, Director Yi is always busy, we idle people won't bother him. An Lan, why don't you just invite me to dinner instead? How about a pound of sashimi lobster?"

  "Go ahead!" An Lan turned back and continued drinking water: "Just order what you like."

  "How can I just order what I like to eat?" Zhuo Bu Fan looked at her with dissatisfaction: "Although you're treating me to dinner, it's not possible for me to be the only one eating while you watch, right? By the way, I remember you like to eat sea urchin fried rice, let's get a serving of sea urchin fried rice for both of us."

  "Good!" An Lan nodded in agreement with his proposal.