After being reborn as a rich and beautiful woman, she let herself go.

Chapter 43 Not Because of Love?

Lanyang Club.

This is Tiancheng's top-tier entertainment club. The interior is elegantly and luxuriously decorated, and it offers a wide variety of entertainment options.

Amo had invited his close friends to drink and sing in a private room; they had soaked in a hot spring beforehand.

Before Luo Jiuyu arrived, they were laughing happily.

When he came in, his face was so sour that they couldn't laugh anymore.

"What's wrong?" Amo handed him a wine glass and asked with concern.

He went to the United States on a business trip last week with Amo, and Amo knew that he had been rejected by Mu Siran.

"Are you still holding a grudge about that?"

"Which matter?" Luo Jiuyu asked in return.

Amo clapped his hands, "It's about you being rejected by your goddess."

Luo Jiuyu frowned, but he wasn't bothered by that matter. The intense worry he felt about that matter had long since passed.

He is a person who can let go easily; one should look forward and not dwell on the past.

Besides, Mu Siran is so outstanding; a married man like him really shouldn't get involved with her. Being with him would affect her career and reputation; she'd be drowned in the spittle of her haters.

He understood the pros and cons, so he didn't blame Mu Siran for rejecting him.

Moreover, Mu Siran never said she liked him.

Another friend, Liu Bin, chimed in with gossip, "Which woman rejected Jiu Yu? Someone actually rejected you?"

Liu Bin, true to his name, is a refined and cultured man who always wears black-rimmed glasses. He's not a gossip, but Luo Jiuyu's gossip is still worth a gossip about.

Luo Jiuyu glanced coldly at Liu Bin, "You've never been rejected by a woman?"

While studying at Tiancheng University, Liu Bin, who had been rejected by a woman, shut his mouth in frustration and drank in silence.

Liu Bin was his and Amo's classmate during their undergraduate studies, and he pursued his master's degree abroad. Last year, he was invited by Luo Jiuyu to serve as the Chief Information Officer at Huanyu Group's domestic headquarters.

Luo Jiuyu raised her wine glass and leaned back on the sofa. "Amo, do you know someone named Fei Chenfeng?"

"I've never heard of that name before. Do you know Da Bin?" Amo touched his forehead, trying hard to remember.

"I don't know him," Liu Bin said.

"It's up to you, Detective Mo." Luo Jiuyu patted Amo on the shoulder.

He only entrusted the task of investigating people to Amo.

"Oh dear, Mr. Yu, Chairman Luo, do you really think I'm a detective?" Amo was a little annoyed. Why didn't you hand this kind of thing over to Liu Bin?

Liu Bin is the best at information gathering and investigation; he's truly a top-notch Chief Information Officer.

"Haha," Liu Bin said gloatingly, "Maybe you're not busy enough."

Amo was on the verge of tears. "The company is about to go public, and I'm about to be promoted to president of the domestic headquarters. How can I not be busy?"

Once the group goes public, Luo Jiuyu's identity will become the chairman of Huanyu Group's international headquarters and the chairman and CEO of its domestic headquarters.

His grandparents lived in Tiancheng, and he didn't want to work in the US long-term, so he chose to return to the domestic headquarters to serve as CEO. The CEO of the international headquarters was a classmate of his who had studied for his master's degree in the US.

From now on, Amo will be the president of the domestic headquarters.

Logically, the employees should address Luo Jiuyu as Chairman Luo from now on, instead of President Luo.

But since he's so young, calling him Chairman Luo sounds too old, so Amo instructed everyone in the company who has contact with him to still call him President Luo.

Although Amo and Liubin were both his classmates and in the same year, they were both four or five years older than him.

He was born with exceptional intelligence and finished his studies earlier than others at a young age.

At the age when others are starting university, he has already graduated with a bachelor's degree. While others are graduating with a bachelor's degree, he has already started his own business after graduating with a master's degree. His abilities are so high that they are beyond the reach of others.

There's only one thing they can hold their heads high in front of him—he got married earlier than them, jumping into the walls of life too early and getting trapped, haha.

They are single and carefree. He, on the other hand, is troubled by the prospect of marriage every day.

"You can ask Gao Peng to investigate. Why do you have to ask me? I'm so busy with work every day~" Amo was afraid that in the future, the task of investigating people would fall on him.

Luo Jiuyu ignored Amo's complaints, sullenly drank her red wine, and then poured herself another glass.

Despite his complaints, Amo would still help him investigate.

Amo said, "Did Fei Chenfeng upset you tonight?"

"..."

"Who is he?"

"I don't know." If I knew, would I still ask you to investigate? He glared at Amo.

"What did he do to upset you?" Liu Bin asked, getting straight to the point.

"Hey, right, that's the key point." Amo slapped his thigh.

Luo Jiuyu put down her wine glass and rubbed her temples. "He officially becomes my neighbor tonight."

Nani?

Liu Bin and Amo looked at each other in bewilderment.

Neighborhood relations can be delicate, but they live in a luxury community. The conditions are excellent, with good soundproofing and high-quality residents; there shouldn't be any serious neighborly conflicts.

"He upset you on his very first day here, by throwing trash in front of your door?" Amo asked.

Luo Jiuyu remained silent.

Liu Bin guessed: "That Fei Chenfeng isn't trying to be the neighbor's lover, trying to seduce your new wife?"

Luo Jiuyu picked up the dice on the table, idly spun them around, and then gave a faint "hmm".

Amo and Liu Bin looked at each other again.

"What's going on?" Amo laughed excitedly. "Really?"

Liu Bin, who dislikes gossip, stared wide-eyed like a saucer. "Breaking news! Jiu Yu is going to be poached, and it's a real poacher!"

Everyone's moved in next door to him. Isn't poaching his tenants a piece of cake?

Seeing his friends gloating, Luo Jiuyu grabbed the opened beer bottle on the table and drank it down.

"Drink slowly. You don't usually drink much, how come you can drink so much tonight? Drink less."

Amo was worried that he was drunk and wouldn't be in good shape for tomorrow's meeting with employees at the headquarters in China.

Tomorrow he will officially meet with all the staff at the domestic headquarters.

After tomorrow, the entire city of Tiancheng will know that he is the big boss behind Huanyu Group, and his identity will soon be officially revealed to the world.

"You invited me to drink, but you won't let me drink?" Luo Jiuyu glared at Amo unhappily.

Amo blushed and said, "You can drink less. Why don't you sing? Singing will make you feel better."

Liu Bin brought him a microphone.

He pushed me away, saying, "Don't sing. I don't like singing."

Thinking of how Hua Meimei sang at the Apollo Club, and the scene of her singing "Good Luck" and dancing Errenzhuan in the live broadcast room... I suddenly want to laugh.

Then, remembering that she had kissed him while drunk outside the club, the corners of his lips that had just turned up quietly returned to their original position.

"You're going to be the chairman of the board. You'll be the youngest chairman in history. You'd better keep your emotions in check."

Amo observed him, one second smiling and the next serious—it was creepy!

Liu Bin requested a song, but since no one was singing, he figured he could at least listen to it.

"...Men, cry, it's not a sin / Even the strongest person has the right to feel tired..."

The lyrics are so fitting for the occasion.

Amo secretly gave Liu Bin a thumbs up.

Luo Jiuyu stared at the lyrics on the TV, his handsome brows furrowing slightly. "Change the song."

Liu Bin had no choice but to change the song to "You Are Not Truly Happy".

"Change it," Luo Jiuyu said irritably.

Amo said, "I find this very strange! On the first day of your marriage, didn't you tell her that it wouldn't matter if she cheated on you? Why are you unhappy now that Fei Chenfeng has appeared? Isn't this a perfect excuse to get a divorce and explain it to your grandparents?"

Luo Jiuyu's eyes were gloomy as she stared at the dice in her hand, turning them around. "I don't know why, but I just feel uneasy."

“No man wants to be cuckolded. You talk about how cool you are, but if it actually happened, you'd feel terrible inside and out,” Liu Bin said.

“That’s true.” Amo nodded in agreement, then, as if remembering something, said to Luo Jiuyu, “Actually, there’s something I’ve been keeping to myself.”

Luo Jiuyu looked up at Amo and said, "Spit it out."

Liu Bin laughed: "Don't hold it in until you get constipated."

Amo, feeling mocked, immediately gave Liu Bin a look that said: Get lost.

Amo said to Luo Jiuyu, "You've had a crush on Mu Siran for so many years, and you finally confessed but got rejected. I thought you'd be devastated for a while, but you weren't. You went on business trips, attended meetings, and participated in all sorts of social events abroad."

"Then, I thought you were using work to numb your wounded heart. Later I realized that wasn't the case; you really weren't that sad."

"What does this mean?" Liu Bin chimed in, playing the straight man for Amo.

"This means your infatuation with Mu Siran might not be based on love!" Amo prided himself on being a love expert and knew all too well about matters of love between men and women.

These words were truly thought-provoking.

Luo Jiuyu was a little surprised, "If it's not love, then what is it because of?"

"Think about it, when you were a child, you were ostracized and bullied in the Luo family. If someone suddenly jumped out to protect you and treat you well, who wouldn't be grateful and happy?"

Liu Bin then chimed in, "Besides, Mu Siran is such a beautiful girl. You've mistaken this gratitude and affection for romantic love."

"Right?" Amo clapped his hands excitedly.

“That should be right!” Liu Bin stroked his chin.

Amo picked up his glass and took a sip.

I've been talking too much, and my mouth is dry. "If you really love Siran, what's there to be afraid of if she rejects you once? Just be proactive and find an opportunity to confess again. Even a strong woman can be won over by persistence."

"Oh." Luo Jiuyu put the dice on the table, got up and walked out.

"Hey, where are you going?" Amo asked hurriedly.

"Go home and sleep."

Liu Bin: "You just arrived?"

“You guys are too long-winded.” Luo Jiuyu walked to the door, opened it, and turned back to say, “Come to Zhongyu Plaza near my neighborhood tomorrow morning, I’ll treat you to breakfast.”

"Huh?" The two people on the sofa were completely baffled.

Was he inviting them to breakfast to thank them for their emotional support?