A single man checks into a couples' room; his life of ease and comfort begins.

At 3:30 p.m., Gu Jia drove a pink Lamborghini from the company parking lot to the plaza in front of the HR department entrance and parked it.

Gu Jia picked up her phone and dialed Hao Qiangzhuang's number. After the call connected, she immediately said with a smile, "Good son-in-law, hurry up, we're about to leave. I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the personnel department."

Hao Qiangzhuang was in his office arranging work with Wang Hui when Gu Jia called. After hanging up,

Wang Hui looked at Hao Qiangzhuang and asked, "Is it urgent?"

Hao Qiangzhuang nodded and said, "Liu Qiangnan asked me to accompany his mistress, Gu Jia, to a class reunion."

Wang Hui asked, puzzled, "Why are you going? Wouldn't it be better for him to go with Gu Jia?"

Hao Qiangzhuang helplessly spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "I don't want to go either, but Liu Qiangnan has given a strict order, so I have no choice but to go!"

Wang Hui said with great concern, "Gu Jia is a beauty, you have to be careful. Don't touch her, no matter who you are. Before you came, the head of the foreign trade team wanted to pursue Gu Jia, but the chairman found out and he has been missing for nine months now."

Even without being explicitly told, Hao Qiangzhuang knew exactly what those words meant. If he hadn't been self-aware, he probably would have fallen for Gu Jia the first time he saw her in her room.

He was now struggling to survive, no longer as reckless as before. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said, "Wang Hui, let's both leave ourselves a way out!"

Wang Hui nodded and said, "As long as you don't despise me, I will stay by your side for the rest of my life, without asking for any title or status."

Hao Qiangzhuang didn't finish speaking. He stood up, hugged Wang Hui, and said, "I'm going. Keep an eye on things at the company."

After Hao Qiangqiang reluctantly let go of Wang Hui, he walked out of the office and came to the entrance of the human resources department. He immediately saw Gu Jia sitting in the driver's seat of the pink convertible sports car.

When Gu Jia saw Hao Qiangzhuang, she immediately said, "Get in the car quickly!"

Hao Qiangzhuang hesitated for a moment and then said, "I'll go get the gift."

Gu Jia said, "There's no need. Let's go to our destination. There are plenty of shopping malls there. We have enough money this time. Change into some new clothes so you don't embarrass me when you see my classmate later, looking all dowdy."

Since Gu Jia had said so, Hao Qiangzhuang had no choice but to get in the car first.

The sports car drove out of the factory area, out of the industrial park, and onto the national highway. Gu Jia skillfully gripped the steering wheel and asked, "Can you drive?"

Hao Qiangzhuang seemed a little reserved and stammered, "No."

Gu Jia continued, "After we get back from our trip, I'll take you to a driving school to get your driver's license. There are still several sports cars in the company that are covered in dust. They were given to me by Liu Qiangbei when he was pursuing me. I can't drive them all, so you can just drive one of them for fun."

After speaking, Gu Jia glanced at Hao Qiangzhuang, noticing his restrained demeanor, and said with a wry smile, "What's wrong with you?"

Hao Qiangzhuang looked ahead, feeling the cold wind blowing her hair back. She forced a smile and said, "I'm fine."

Gu Jia said with a smile, "Liu Qiangnan and I didn't get a marriage certificate, and we've never had a real boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, so you don't really need to call me stepmother."

Hao Qiangzhuang hesitated for a moment: "Okay, stepmother."

Gu Jia slammed on the brakes, honked the horn furiously, glared at Hao Qiangzhuang, and said coldly, "Can't you stop being so unromantic?"

Gu Jia paused, then continued driving, saying, "You and Liu Mengsi aren't married yet, and Liu Qiangnan and I haven't been intimate. Stop calling me a stepmother. We have no relationship. Even if we slept together, it wouldn't be illegal or against our conscience."

Hao Qiangzhuang said helplessly, "Can you please not make things difficult for me? Everyone in this factory knows about your relationship with Liu Qiangnan. I'm just here to make a living."

Gu Jia, barely containing her anger, said, "So you're saying that in this factory, you can touch anyone but me, right?"

Hao Qiangzhuang smiled but didn't answer; that was essentially what he meant.

Liu Qiangnan would turn a blind eye to anyone else's affairs, but not Gu Jia.

The relationship is very complicated, and Hao Qiangzhuang cannot explain it in just a few words.

In the end, Hao Qiangzhuang could only say, "Gu Jia, you are very good. If we hadn't met under these circumstances, I think I would have liked you."

Hearing Hao Qiangzhuang say that, Gu Jia felt much better. She let out a long sigh and said, "Thank you."

As she spoke, tears began to fall silently, but she dared not make a sound, for fear that Hao Qiangzhuang would hear her.

As they approached, an endless residential area came into view. Gu Jia said, "Last year, Liu Qiangnan bought me a villa nearby; it's in the best location around here..."

She seemed to be showing off, but not quite; it was more like she was trying to find a topic to talk about what was on her mind.

She eventually couldn't help but veer back to these topics, saying, "Do you know why Liu Qiangnan chose someone as ordinary as you as his son-in-law?"

Hao Qiangzhuang shook his head and said, "I don't know, it came too suddenly, I haven't even reacted yet."

Gu Jia excitedly said, "Gwada negative."

Hao Qiangzhuang didn't understand what this meant and asked in return, "What does this mean?"

Gu Jia continued, "This is your blood type. Currently, before you were discovered, there was only one other person with this blood type. Liu Qiangnan needs your blood to combine with his daughter to have a child, and then use that child to extract young stem cells to treat his illness."

Hao Qiangzhuang didn't press the matter further, because he didn't understand these academic terms himself. The only thing he knew was why.

Liu Qiangnan wants to marry his daughter to him and even allows him to have another child with her niece.

Perhaps the so-called blood type or stem cells are the root cause.

Hao Qiangzhuang nodded and said, "I understand, thank you."

Gu Jia said with regret, "Now that you know the reason, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Hao Qiang shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I don't think it's necessary. I have food and lodging here, and the salary is high. Rather than doing something I don't know what to do, I might as well stay here and work hard."

The sports car drove into the luxurious seaside villa community and finally stopped in front of a three-and-a-half-story villa.

Gu Jia parked the car, then took out a set of keys, pushed open the gate in front of the villa, walked in, and said, "I'm a little tired today. Let's rest here for the night. Tomorrow morning, it'll only take fifteen minutes to get to our gathering place."

Gu Jia lied. She had already made arrangements and booked a hotel. Now it seems that the place she took Hao Qiangqiang to was indeed her own villa.

There were no extra people here, only Gu Jia and Hao Qiangzhuang. When Hao Qiangzhuang followed Gu Jia inside, the door closed automatically.

Gu Jia turned on the central air conditioning in the room. Without caring whether Hao Qiangzhuang was there, she took off all her coats, leaving only a close-fitting bikini.

Gu Jia tossed her flowing long hair and said with a smile, "I'm going to take a shower first, do you want to come with me?"