From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Ye Churan stood rooted to the spot, her shoulders trembling.

Manager Gou leaned back, staring intently at her back with a smirk on his face.

Outside the door, Lu Yunzhou stood against the wall, his five senses having already heard the conversation inside clearly.

The fire in his chest surged upwards in layers, his teeth chattered, and his right hand was clenched into a fist.

Lu Yunzhou didn't wait any longer. He took two steps back, tensed his right leg, and slammed his foot into the wooden door of the office.

"Bang!"

The door panel popped off the hinges, slammed onto the ground and bounced twice, scattering debris everywhere.

Manager Gou, who was leaning back in his chair, suddenly lurched forward, his confident expression instantly crumbling.

He reflexively reached for the landline on the table, but before his fingers even touched the receiver, Lu Yunzhou had already stepped in.

Three steps.

He pulled a metal ballpoint pen from the pen holder, gripped the pen body, and thrust it downwards with his hand behind his back.

"puff."

The pen tip pierced the back of Manager Gou's left hand, through his palm, and stuck into the tabletop.

His entire hand was pinned to the desk.

"Aww!"

A scream rang out, and Manager Gou was thrown up from his chair but pinned down by his hand. He lay on the table, trembling violently, his face contorted in pain. Saliva and snot mingled and dripped down, leaving a dark red stain on the table.

Ye Churan stood at the door, her bag strap slipping from her hand, and she froze.

"What are you howling about?"

Lu Yunzhou placed his five fingers on the back of Manager Gou's head and pressed that greasy head onto the table.

With each tightening of the pressure, Manager Gou's face was distorted, his left cheek pressed against the table, his mouth twisted, unable to catch his breath.

"Someone like you dares to lay a finger on my teacher? And you even dare to threaten her with her ashes?"

Lu Yunzhou spoke in a low voice, grinding each word down his throat.

Manager Gou was in excruciating pain, his whole body convulsing. He pounded his fist on the table with his right hand, his voice trembling with sobs: "Brother...Big brother...I was wrong, I was wrong! Forgive me! Please forgive me!"

"Renew the lease now. Sign it for ten years, no charge."

"Sign! I'll sign! Sign right now!"

Manager Gou responded repeatedly, his voice broken into incoherent sentences.

Lu Yunzhou released his grip.

Manager Gou's right hand trembled as he reached for the drawer, rummaging through it several times before finally pulling out the contract folder. The excruciating pain made his wrist shake so badly that he couldn't hold the pen, and he wrote his name in a crooked, tangled mess.

"Teacher, come over and sign this."

Lu Yunzhou turned to look at the doorway.

Ye Churan snapped out of her daze, quickly walked to the table, picked up a pen, and signed her name.

She glanced down at the contract terms, confirmed they were correct, and finally felt a lump in her throat.

Lu Yunzhou picked up the contract and leaned down to stare at Manager Gou: "I work for Yundian Club. If you try to pull any tricks afterward, deny the supplementary agreement, or hire someone to retaliate, I won't be the nail hand next time I come."

Cloud Top Club.

Manager Gou shuddered, his eyes filled with fear as he looked up at Lu Yunzhou.

He knew better than anyone what significance that place held in Sheng'an.

If he offends those people, his life will be over without a sound.

"I wouldn't dare... I absolutely wouldn't dare!"

Manager Gou's voice trembled, "I'll cover the difference with my own money, ten years of fees will be waived, I won't charge Teacher Ye a single penny!"

"That would be best."

Lu Yunzhou picked up the contract and put it away, giving him a cold glance. "If I find out you've got ulterior motives, next time you'll be digging your own grave."

"I understand, I understand!"

Manager Gou was covered in sweat.

Lu Yunzhou stopped looking at him, turned to Ye Churan and whispered, "Teacher, let's go."

"it is good."

Ye Churan nodded.

After the two left, Manager Gou slumped into his chair like a lump of mud, staring at his left hand pinned to the table by a pen, feeling so painful that his vision blurred.

He dared not pull it out; he could only cower there, gritting his teeth and wailing softly, filled with deep regret.

They traveled in silence until they returned to Ye Churan's home.

Once inside, Ye Churan sat on the sofa, relaxed her shoulders, leaned back into the cushions, and let out a long breath.

During this time, she encountered setbacks and suffered cold shoulders everywhere in her efforts to renew her lease.

Holding the signed contract in my hand, something that had been weighing on my mind for months was finally over.

Lu Yunzhou brought a glass of warm water from the kitchen and placed it in front of her.

"Teacher, have some water and take a break."

Ye Churan held the cup in both hands, looked at him for a while, and said softly, "Yunzhou, if it weren't for you today... I really don't know how I would have ended this."

"Teacher, why are you being so polite with me?"

Lu Yunzhou interrupted her, deliberately putting on a stern face, "You know what kind of person I was back then. If you hadn't given me a hand, I don't know where I would be living in some remote corner now."

Ye Churan looked at his deliberately tense face, the corners of her mouth curved slightly, and she nodded gently: "Okay, I won't say anymore."

Lu Yunzhou sat down opposite her, paused for two seconds, and then said, "Teacher, there's something I'd like to talk to you about."

Ye Churan looked up at him.

"You're not having a good time at medical school."

Lu Yunzhou looked directly at her. "You know what your male colleagues are thinking. Your female colleagues are gossiping about you behind your back, spreading those nasty words around. You don't need to keep putting up with it."

Ye Churan held the cup without making a sound, her fingers circling the rim of the cup again and again.

"With your abilities, you could go out on your own, tutoring or teaching online, any path you choose. There's no need to waste your time in that kind of place."

Ye Churan remained silent for a long time.

She couldn't bear to leave the podium.

But after her husband left, the open and covert gazes around her, and the whispers and rumors, had long since worn her down.

Now that the cemetery issue is resolved, perhaps it's time to change course.

"I see."

She said softly, "Find some time to complete the resignation procedures."

Lu Yunzhou's face relaxed: "Teacher, don't worry, I'll take care of things from now on. Even if you do nothing, you won't be in a bad situation."

A faint blush rose on Ye Churan's face as she glared at him: "You brat, saying such things to your teacher! If Teacher Xu were still here, she would be chasing you all over the house."

Lu Yunzhou scratched the back of his head and quickly waved his hand: "Teacher, that's not what I meant. I just wanted you to have a more comfortable life."

Ye Churan couldn't help but laugh out loud, her eyes filled with tenderness: "Alright, alright, I was just teasing you. Teacher Xu would be happy to have such a thoughtful and good student like you in heaven."

She stood up and patted her skirt: "I cleaned the guest room the day before yesterday, and the bedding has all been changed. Go and move your things over; you'll stay here tonight."

"You don't need to come with me, I can go and tidy up myself."

Lu Yunzhou quickly waved his hand.

Ye Churan didn't insist and nodded.

Lu Yunzhou went out and took a taxi back to his small apartment.

Pushing open the door, the room was just as he had left it.

He glanced around, pulled out a travel bag, threw in a few changes of clothes and toiletries, and zipped it up.

Throw away what you can, and keep what you can't take with you.

Standing at the door, I took one last look at the room I had lived in for more than half a year, without feeling any reluctance.

He closed the door and left without looking back.