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Shen Qing, with cream smeared on his face: ?

Why did he feel that what Gu Huaiyu just did to him was so familiar?

…Tracing his memory back to yesterday afternoon when they discussed the adoption issue, it seemed he had also smeared Duo Duo’s face exactly like that.

With dragon fruit juice.

Shen Qing: …?

But he must have thought wrong.

Gu Huaiyu, how could he possibly be so childish as to be a copycat!

After his daze, Shen Qing straightened his back and subconsciously wiped his face, wiping off the cream: “…What are you doing?”

“Nothing.”

Gu Huaiyu’s voice was cold and his expression flat, as if the act of smearing cream on someone’s face just now had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Shen Qing: …He simply couldn’t believe someone could play dumb so blatantly!

Standing straight, Shen Qing put his hands on his hips: “Then why did you smear cream on my face?”

Gu Huaiyu raised his eyes to look at him: “What else should I do, eat it?”

As he spoke, Gu Huaiyu looked at his own fingertips again. His narrow phoenix eyes suddenly narrowed, his long fingers curled slightly, and he actually performed the action of licking his finger.

Shen Qing: …?

???

Ahhh!!…

No wait, Big Boss, licking your finger is one thing, but why is your movement so slow?

Eating slowly is one thing, but even sucking your finger is!…

Wait, no.

The main point is.

The cream on the Boss’s fingertip was wiped off from the corner of his lips ahhh!!

At the corner of his lips, the sensation of Gu Huaiyu’s icy fingertips still lingered.

That sensation was too profound. Icy cold, like kissing a piece of jade, making it very hard not to care.

…Originally, he could have not cared.

But at this moment, looking at Gu Huaiyu’s raised, pale, and slender hand, and the overly prominent knuckles due to the curled fingers, he couldn’t help but think of the moment the other party’s tongue swept over those fingertips…

Shen Qing: !

Ahhh!

What is the Big Boss doing!!

“Y-you, why did you even lick it.” Shen Qing was stunned, asking completely subconsciously.

At a time like this, Gu Huaiyu actually still had the mood to ask him back: “What?”

“It’s just… that, I… here…” Shen Qing also pointed at the corner of his own lips.

He only ate the cake that the Boss’s lips had touched earlier because he didn’t know. If he had known, he definitely wouldn’t have actively eaten it, so that could only be a misunderstanding.

But, but!

That bit of cream was personally wiped off from the corner of his mouth by Gu Huaiyu. How could the other party not know!…

Originally, Shen Qing really didn’t care much about these things. For instance, when eating with roommates at school and picking food for each other, he had never seen anyone use serving chopsticks.

This originally wasn’t a big deal.

But why did the Big Boss have to lick his finger?

His finger-licking movement was really… ahhh.

At this moment, Gu Huaiyu’s elbow was still resting on the desk. Because of excessive IV drips, the back of his hand was covered with needle marks and some bruising, but this also made his skin look even paler and the blood vessels on it more prominent.

His fingers were long, slender, and well-proportioned. His five fingers were loosely half-curled, the knuckles protruding in an overly sexy manner.

…

No matter how you looked at it, it was a very beautiful hand.

So when the owner of this hand slowly, sluggishly licked the white cream off his fingertip…

Okay, he didn’t know why, but the moment he thought of that bit of cream being wiped off from the corner of his own mouth… even though a part of it had already been smeared back onto his own face…

Shen Qing still couldn’t help but feel his face heat up.

Blood rushed upwards thump thump thump, as if instantly pouring into his ears, burning the tips of his ears hot.

“Oh, you mean this.”

At this time, after a somewhat lengthy silence, Gu Huaiyu finally spoke again.

The slightly curled fingers straightened in an instant, then bent slightly again. Gu Huaiyu lifted his elbow lightly and finally slowly lowered the arm that was supporting his weight.

He raised his eyes, his proper and handsome face directly facing Shen Qing’s, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: “Don’t mind it. I don’t mind you either.”

Shen Qing: “…”

Shen Qing instantly covered his ears!

O-okay.

So the Big Boss really was a copycat!

He himself had just said this exact sentence!!

And also, the Big Boss was taking revenge, right! Wasn’t it just because I said I wouldn’t mind him… Did he have to be so aloof and proud, minding even the fact that someone else didn’t mind him…

Shen Qing felt his ears were hot completely because he was angry!

He covered his ears, but it felt like the more he covered them, the hotter they got, with absolutely no intention of cooling down.

Gu Huaiyu noticed his movement. He leaned his body slightly forward, lowering his head and then raising it. His appearance couldn’t be more obvious; he was carefully observing his changes—he had also discovered that he was blushing.

Shen Qing realized this and immediately didn’t have a good expression: “What are you looking at.”

“Looking at how you’re blushing.”

“I’m not.”

“You are.”

Shen Qing: “…I am not!”

“…”

At this point, Gu Huaiyu stopped speaking. Only after Shen Qing lifted his face did he also slowly sit up straight, once again facing the youth squarely.

His eyebrows were proper, his demeanor profound and steady.

He just carefully examined Shen Qing like that.

Shen Qing was stunned again by his staring, and simply changed his tune: “I was just angered by you!”

“I angered you?”

Gu Huaiyu pondered slightly, as if he had heard some information he couldn’t comprehend. A moment later, he lightly raised an eyebrow and continued to stare fixedly at Shen Qing.

“How did I anger you?”

Shen Qing: “…”

Meeting Gu Huaiyu’s intense gaze fixed on him, echoing in his ears was the other’s deep, explosive, almost mind-splitting hoarse voice.

Shen Qing… subconsciously looked away, forcefully unable to utter a single word.

He, unexpectedly, ran out of words.

It was as if his brain had crashed; he couldn’t think of anything!…

Fortunately, at this moment, the phone stuffed in his pants pocket suddenly rang.

The WeChat call notification sound was quite magical, instantly pulling back Shen Qing’s attention and his various wildly flying thoughts.

Without hesitation, he took out his phone. Glancing at the caller ID “Ming-bao’s Mom”, Shen Qing answered it without a second thought.

“Hello?”

…Only after connecting did he realize that the other party had sent a video call.

The mixed-race face of Ming-bao’s mother, Ms. Tan, appeared on the screen. At the same time, the other party also saw what Shen Qing looked like.

Ms. Tan: “…Mr. Shen, what happened to your face? Why is it so red?”

Shen Qing: “…”

Embarrassed—but it didn’t delay his bold action of wiping his face—Shen Qing explained expressionlessly: “It’s nothing, I just finished exercising.”

“Ah? …Ah.”

On the screen, Ms. Tan was visibly stunned again.

…The key was that when Mr. Shen picked up the phone just now, he didn’t seem to notice that she had called him via WeChat. So at the moment of answering, Mr. Shen had raised the phone and placed it by his ear to listen.

Then the camera swept across an area. Since Ms. Tan was abroad and happened to experience a moment of network lag, the image froze on…

The person sitting opposite Mr. Shen.

Ms. Tan had no intention of prying into people’s privacy; it was just that the lag happened at far too unfortunate a moment.

Moreover… the face on the frozen screen…

Also being a businessperson and having attended numerous summits big and small, Ms. Tan recognized at a glance that the person was President Gu…

So Mr. Shen is with President Gu?

Together, having just finished exercising?…

But President Gu is wearing what looks like rather formal business attire, right?…

Ms. Tan was stunned, instantly filling in many plotlines in her head. She suddenly felt… uh, it seemed President Gu wasn’t as cold-blooded, ruthless, and devoid of romance as the rumors said?…

But she hadn’t forgotten the purpose of her call.

Ms. Tan tried her best to return to the main topic: “It’s like this, I just saw the photos you sent me. Oh my god, the babies are all too cute! Mr. Shen, you really know how to take pictures, and you even changed Ming-bao into such cute little clothes!”

When mentioning human cubs, Ms. Tan’s brow was filled with joy and affection.

Afterward, she said politely: “Ming-bao being over there is really troubling you all.”

“No trouble at all. …Ah, right, Sister Tan, did you want to see Ming-bao?” Only then did Shen Qing realize the other party’s intention in making a video call.

As he spoke, he subconsciously looked up at Gu Huaiyu opposite him, intending to turn around and go downstairs to find Ming-bao to talk to his mom.

But Ms. Tan noticed Shen Qing’s upward glance and quickly said: “No need, no need. Sorry for presumptuously sending a video call, I didn’t expect you guys… Mr. Shen, you guys go ahead and busy yourselves with your own things…”

“Not busy, not busy,” Shen Qing said, preparing to go downstairs.

He could understand Ms. Tan. It was the cub’s first time playing at a classmate’s house, but the mother was on a business trip far away abroad, not knowing the situation. It was completely normal to worry about whether her cub was having fun, eating well, crying or not, and whether he was homesick. Shen Qing had no intention of making things difficult for this mother.

But Ms. Tan almost hoarsely stopped Shen Qing, only continuously saying from the other side that she was reassured, “I won’t disturb you, Mr. Shen. I don’t need to see Ming-bao either, just having his uncle pick him up tonight will be fine. It’s really been a trouble for you, I’ve already disturbed you too much…”

“No trouble, no disturbance. The gifts you had Mr. Xu bring were also far too generous…”

Ms. Tan was so polite that it made Shen Qing not know what to say, so he could only compete with her to see who was more polite.

For Ming-bao coming to play at their house, Ms. Tan had indeed prepared many gifts to bring along. There were very precious ones, as well as ones specifically for children. It could be seen that she had put a lot of thought into it.

But all of this was just because a cub came over to play at a classmate’s house; it was still too formal. Originally, Shen Qing had also planned to solemnly thank her.

In the end, both sides kept thanking each other, and very politely hung up the phone.

The call disconnected. Shen Qing looked up and saw Gu Huaiyu still sitting there steadily, looking at him.

Recalling his conversation with Ms. Tan just now, Shen Qing thought the Boss might not understand, so he casually explained: “Ming-bao’s mom must be missing Ming-bao. After all, he’s such a cute cub, if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to rest assured either.”

“Mhm.”

President Gu replied faintly, and then picked up the small spoon on the plate again.

Shen Qing’s gaze also fell on the cake they had both eaten half of, and President Gu’s slender fingers…

By some strange compulsion, the tips of Shen Qing’s ears reddened again: “I…”

“Finish eating it, don’t waste it,” Gu Huaiyu suddenly said.

Seeing Shen Qing not move, he slowly raised his eyes again and said: “Or can you not finish it, and you want me to eat your leftovers?”

Shen Qing: …?!

What! Who wants you to eat my leftovers!

…What is wrong with today?

Boss, why are you… Wait a minute.

…Perhaps the Boss himself was just like him, actually not caring that much about such details?

Shen Qing was suddenly enlightened—

Originally, seeing Gu Huaiyu looking refined, clean, noble, and aloof, he had defaulted to assuming this person might be fussy, high-maintenance, and a germaphobe.

But who said that?

No one had ever said President Gu was that kind of person… it was all his own imagination!

So licking his finger and stuff was also because he wasn’t fussy about details!

Admiring his own wisdom once again, the newly relaxed Shen Qing smiled, picked up his spoon, scooped a large spoonful into his own mouth, and then said: “I can still eat it right now. I’ll give it to you when I can’t eat anymore.”

—He didn’t like sweets in the first place! He couldn’t guarantee he could finish it all.

Shen Qing stated very objectively.

However, as soon as this was said, the hand Gu Huaiyu used to hold the spoon paused. He abruptly raised his eyes, looking at the youth with pitch-black pupils.

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Shen Qing was still focused on scooping the cake.

While chewing hard, he heard Gu Huaiyu suddenly say: “Today’s cake is a bit different.”

Shen Qing: “No it isn’t, it’s all the same, right?”

Gu Huaiyu was still eating very slowly. Right now, he was using the exquisite spoon to wave over the cake in mid-air: “There isn’t that stick drawn on top.”

“What stick?”

After asking, Shen Qing only then remembered that what President Gu was talking about was probably the carrot he had drawn on that four-inch small cake before sending it over last time.

But…

“What stick? Didn’t I say that was a carrot!”

Gu Huaiyu: “Mhm, then why is there no carrot.”

Shen Qing: “…”

This was a good question.

Because he was too lazy to draw it this time?

Shen Qing couldn’t really say; he had just completely forgotten to draw it…

While he couldn’t think of a reason, Gu Huaiyu suddenly said: “Is it because the Fourth Young Master of the Xu family was chatting with you at that time?”

Shen Qing: “?”

…

Thinking about it that way, it seemed like it really was?

It was Auntie Zhang who brought the cake over, then Assistant Tian came, and he asked Assistant Tian to help him send the cake up… Throughout the entire process, he hadn’t thought about drawing a carrot at all…

But drawing that thing once should be enough, right? Who made it a rule that carrot cake must have a carrot drawn on it!

Shen Qing quickly reacted: “But Boss, you didn’t say it had to have a carrot drawn… Besides, didn’t you disdain it and call it a stick?!”

He was angry again and really wanted to put his hands on his hips: “You wouldn’t happen to have not touched this piece of cake because of this reason, right?”

Shen Qing really wanted to say: Childish!

Gu Huaiyu turned a deaf ear to these questions, merely saying: “Then next time, draw the stick before bringing it over.”

“?”

Shen Qing was shocked.

Wait, the Boss didn’t even try to cover it up and call it a carrot anymore!…

Moreover, are you a little kid, needing a pattern drawn on it before you eat.

Besides, are you treating me as your nanny!

Shen Qing really wanted to let loose a volley of words like this, but he didn’t dare.

However, although he didn’t dare, Gu Huaiyu truly didn’t treat him as a nanny.

Gu Huaiyu spoke again, his voice cold but exceptionally serious: “Next time, we’ll draw it together.”

Shen Qing: “…?…What kind of special hobby is this again?”

Gu Huaiyu didn’t answer.

He just looked at him.

Shen Qing: “…”

A moment later, Gu Huaiyu spoke again: “You took a lot of photos just now?”

Changing the topic again.

“Ah, yeah.”

Since Gu Huaiyu asked this, Shen Qing knew he also wanted to see the photos.

…Knowing how reserved Duo Duo and Ao-zai were, he could roughly guess how reserved the Boss was emotionally. And President Gu would likely only be even more reserved and introverted than the cubs.

So Gu Huaiyu must also be very curious about what Ao-zai and Duo Duo looked like taking photos in their cute cartoon onesies; he just wouldn’t actively go downstairs to participate.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing directly opened his phone’s album, walked over, and looked at the photos with President Gu.

The three human cubs in the photos all looked endearingly silly due to their outfits.

Even the usually cool Duo Duo, wearing the little shark hat and still keeping a cold face, looked coolly adorable.

Looking at them again, Shen Qing would still sigh with emotion at how cute they were.

And how talented he was.

After looking at a few, he simply handed the phone to Gu Huaiyu to let him look at them himself.

Gu Huaiyu usually did things swiftly and decisively, and when reading documents, he could take in ten lines at a glance. But this time, he looked at the photos very slowly.

Shen Qing didn’t rush him and went back to eat his cake. Later, feeling a bit bored, he looked at the large bookshelf also standing in President Gu’s office, remembering the collection of books in the bedroom, wondering if he should borrow a few books from President Gu to read.

…Shen Qing had long finished reading the novel that belonged to the original owner.

He usually played games or binge-watched shows, but he didn’t have the habit of playing on his phone. When he wasn’t facing a computer, he didn’t know what to do, so getting a few books to read was perfect.

Right at this moment, Shen Qing heard his phone chime a few times.

People frequently sent him messages anyway, so Shen Qing didn’t care much at first. But seeing Gu Huaiyu’s hand holding his phone pause, Shen Qing couldn’t help but draw a question mark in his heart…

Ah, although President Gu was his husband.

But there are still some unspeakable secrets you keep from your husband!

…Even though Shen Qing couldn’t think of any secrets he had that President Gu could discover from his phone…

But Shen Qing still subconsciously stood up!

Opposite him, Gu Huaiyu, who was originally still focused on looking at the phone, noticed Shen Qing suddenly standing up with a nervous face. He couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows again, turning the phone screen toward Shen Qing.

“It’s the Fourth Young Master of the Xu family.”

“Ah.”

Hearing this, Shen Qing wanted to take the phone to see what Xu Yujie had sent him. After all, Ming-bao was still in his house.

But Gu Huaiyu didn’t hand the phone to him, merely asking: “It looks like he is chatting with you. Do you want to see?”

“If it’s not about Ming-bao, I won’t look at it for now.” Shen Qing felt that the Boss definitely hadn’t finished looking at the photos and wanted to continue looking, which was why he was reluctant to return it to him.

However, Gu Huaiyu, after scrolling on the screen, suddenly said: “You sent all the photos to him.”

“The babies’ photos?”

Shen Qing felt something was wrong; the atmosphere seemed a bit gloomy, but he still replied: “Yeah, Ming-bao asked me to send them to his uncle.”

Gu Huaiyu was suddenly enlightened: “Oh.”

Shen Qing: “…”

Oh?

Having said this, that gloomy and oppressive atmosphere from just now vanished completely, as if it had only been his illusion.

The office fell into silence once again.

A little while later, Gu Huaiyu, having earnestly finished looking at the photos, returned the phone to Shen Qing and said: “Send a copy of these photos to me too.”

“Ah?” For a moment Shen Qing was a bit unsure: “Send them to your… children’s watch?”

Gu Huaiyu: “…”

Closing his eyes briefly, President Gu said: “Yes.”

Shen Qing’s original intention was to say that the pixels on a children’s watch might not reflect the cubs’ cuteness, and the screen was too small, so it might distort them.

But if President Gu wanted to save them…

“No need, you don’t need to send them for now,” Gu Huaiyu suddenly said.

Shen Qing: “?”

What’s wrong now?

Gu Huaiyu slightly raised his eyes: “Send them when I tell you to send them.”

Shen Qing said: “…Alright then.”

There was no computer in President Gu’s room, but Shen Qing had seen him use a laptop for video conferences before.

So when necessary, President Gu would still use modern communication tools.

Perhaps he wanted to save the photos onto his computer.

Either way works.

A moment later, President Gu said again: “Hungry. Let’s go eat together.”

Shen Qing: “…”

Just a moment ago he said he wasn’t eating lunch, and now, before even finishing the cake, he was actually hungry…

“Sure.” Suspecting he really was a little kid, Shen Qing gritted his teeth: “Whate-ver-works.”

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After eating lunch, Shen Qing was just planning to go back to his room to play games, but Gu Huaiyu said that since both assistants were out on errands, he wanted Shen Qing to stay on the third floor to assist him with work.

Roughly in President Gu’s original words: The work content of assisting with the office is helping to pour water, helping to pass some documents, and the like. It won’t make you too tired.

Hearing this, Shen Qing felt it wasn’t much work. Considering that the Boss had always treated him quite well, he agreed right away.

Then he discovered that this ‘assisting with work’ wasn’t just ‘not busy’.

…It was basically having nothing to do at all!

So for the entire afternoon, Shen Qing was curled up on the small sofa in President Gu’s office reading books.

He also ate fruit and snacks.

He even drank a cup of rich Americano…

He even took a nap!

If he absolutely had to discuss what he did, it was probably pouring the Boss a cup of water after coming back from the bathroom midway…

This couldn’t help but open Shen Qing’s eyes.

After all that, working beside the Boss was this awesome!

…Speaking of which, President Gu had previously wanted to groom him, promoting him to be a vice president or something. At that time, President Gu’s exact words were that he could also lie down while at work.

…If he had known it was literally lying down, he would have agreed back then!!

Of course, these were all jokes. Shen Qing knew he was idle only because Gu Huaiyu knew he didn’t understand any of the business, so he didn’t assign him any tasks.

People like Assistant Li and the others were still very busy every day…

But if President Gu brought up making him a vice president again next time… Shen Qing actually felt: there is nothing in this world that absolutely cannot be negotiated.

In short, the whole afternoon was very leisurely and harmonious.

It also truly allowed Shen Qing’s eyes and spine, which were close to becoming chronically ill from playing games these past two days, to relax.

At 3:30 PM, Shen Qing received a call from Xu Yujie, saying he was getting ready to come over to pick up Ming-bao and would arrive around four o’clock.

Shen Qing said he understood. Hanging up the phone, he was about to get up and go see how the cubs were study… ah no, how they were playing, and also casually let Ming-bao know that the person picking him up was almost here.

However, before Shen Qing could even stand up straight, President Gu had already maneuvered his wheelchair out from behind his desk—President Gu said he also wanted to go see the cubs.

This… although the Boss seemed to rarely take the initiative to see the cubs, and the cubs rarely came looking for Gu Huaiyu, one couldn’t say that the Boss suddenly doing this was abnormal.

After all, they had already officially adopted Duo Duo and Ao-zai, and with a cute little guest visiting, it was nothing for Gu Huaiyu to go see them.

So Shen Qing went with him.

Although Gu Huaiyu habitually kept a cold face, Duo Duo and Ao-zai were both cubs who could look past appearances to see the essence. They knew Big Dad treated them well, and that was enough.

So although they would act a bit more uncomfortable than usual in front of Gu Huaiyu, it wasn’t out of fear or unfamiliarity.

It was just a pure, uncontrollable human shyness and bashfulness.

If one had to describe it, it was somewhat like obedient cubs in front of a strict teacher, and also somewhat like the feeling of a fan meeting their idol.

But Ming-bao wasn’t that shy when facing Gu Huaiyu.

He was timid and afraid of strangers, but for him, in the current environment, there were not only the two brothers Gu Duo and Gu Ao who he was familiar with, but also the ‘pweety’ Uncle Shen Qing.

In Ming-bao’s smart little brain, even if this newly arrived uncle had a somewhat pale face and looked a bit cold, even if he really got fierce, Ming-bao was a cub with protectors, so Ming-bao wasn’t afraid.

In fact, that newly arrived uncle wasn’t very fierce either.

He just didn’t smile like Uncle Shen did, but the person was still very easygoing.

…He even talked to Ming-bao!

Although he similarly didn’t say much… the uncle’s voice was very nice to listen to, and his language was concise and refined, containing a majesty that Ming-bao highly worshipped and yearned for…

Oh right, the majestic uncle even praised Ming-bao for being smart!

…It was the uncle checking their study progress today. Upon hearing that Ming-bao had already learned to read a short French article with Gu Duo, the uncle praised Ming-bao for being smart!

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At 4:00 PM, Xu Yujie arrived on time to pick up Ming-bao.

As soon as he entered the main door of the living room, he felt this villa was a bit colder compared to when he came in the morning… Hmm, the radiant floor heating clearly hit him in the face, and coming in wearing a down jacket, he’d feel hot after staying a while.

But why couldn’t he help but shiver?

Upstairs on the third floor, Gu Huaiyu sat in his wheelchair, gazing down coldly.

At this time, Shen Qing had already come down alone first. Approaching Xu Yujie, he said: “Ming-bao is still changing clothes. Mr. Xu, take off your jacket first, come in and sit for a while.”

“Ah, no need.” Feeling a bit cold, Xu Yujie didn’t dare take off his jacket, merely unzipping it slightly.

While waiting for Ming-bao to come down, he made small talk: “Oh right, Mr. Shen, this morning you just mentioned you really wanted to go to Spain. At noon, my friend invited me to eat at a Spanish restaurant. The taste there is quite good and pretty authentic. If you’re interested, I can send you the restaurant’s info.”

“Sure,” Shen Qing said.

Reminded by the other party, Shen Qing remembered that although he had been enjoying himself so much lately, he still hadn’t gone out to eat.

Shen Qing also found it magical.

In the past, during his rare free time while working a 996 schedule, his only joy was finding time to drink and eat with friends. At that time, he felt only those days were happy, and thus particularly yearned for outside restaurants.

But after coming to this world, he instead never thought about going out to eat…

Perhaps because he wasn’t much of a foodie to begin with.

Perhaps also because the food at home was too good.

He couldn’t tell the difference between Spanish or Portuguese dishes, he only knew the meals made by the family chef were all delicious, and the servants could all brew good coffee.

No matter what cuisine, as long as he wanted to eat it, whether the ingredients were simple or rare, usually if he brought it up that day, it could basically be realized that day.

Besides this, whether it was the living room or the dining room, they were kept clean year-round, brightly lit, and the environment was on par with any high-end restaurant.

Even the speakers placed in the living room were million-dollar level… even the music played from them could instantly crush the vast majority of public places. The main focus was high class.

…

This was the living condition provided by President Gu!

It was just that from the day he transmigrated, he had been living this kind of life, so he naturally didn’t feel anything was wrong.

Now thinking of this, he abruptly realized he was actually just eating and drinking for free without having to work…

Thinking of this, Shen Qing subconsciously looked towards the third floor again.

He knew Gu Huaiyu was up there right now.

…Speaking of which, it was also bizarre. President Gu had originally appeared in the cubs’ playroom, tutoring Duo Duo and the others in their studies, chatting across servers with Ming-bao.

But upon hearing that Xu Yujie’s car had driven into the garden, and that Shen Qing was preparing to let Ming-bao change clothes while he went downstairs first to welcome Mr. Xu, President Gu also followed him out.

Shen Qing thought Gu Huaiyu was preparing to go downstairs with him to meet that Young Master Xu.

But exiting the playroom, President Gu headed straight for the elevator, and the button he pressed wasn’t down, but up.

Gu Huaiyu said: “I’m heading back first. I’ll wait for you upstairs.”

Shen Qing: “…Aren’t you going to meet Mr. Xu?”

President Gu didn’t even turn his head: “Why would I see him?”

Shen Qing: “…”

Okay.

Sorry I just remembered, you are the Big Boss, indeed not just anyone can see you.

Then Gu Huaiyu went upstairs first.

And Shen Qing went down to the first floor.

Looking up from the spacious hall on the first floor, he found Gu Huaiyu standing in front of the railing on the third floor, also looking down at him.

A while later, up until Mr. Xu came through the door, Gu Huaiyu remained parked on the third floor, steadily and silently looking down.

…

At this moment, looking up again, Shen Qing discovered that President Gu was no longer looking down alone. Beside him were Assistant Li and Assistant Tian, who had both gone out on errands in the afternoon.

?

When did they come back?

With three people upstairs looking down and observing, originally he didn’t feel it was anything, but now Shen Qing also felt it was a bit weird.

At this time, Ming-bao, who had changed back into his own clothes, came downstairs.

Ming-bao, changed back into his white sweater and jeans, still walked with a bounce in his step, like a little bunny.

Behind him was Ao-zai, mimicking his hopping, and Duo Duo, who was visibly much more composed.

Gu Duo was also holding a bag in his hand.

It was the little bunny onesie belonging to Xu Weiming, folded neatly by Grandma Zhang.

The three cubs came to Shen Qing together.

Keeping Duo Duo company while studying in the morning, and after finishing lunch at noon, Ming-bao was dragged into studying for a while longer. Then, he closed his eyes and fell into a long, deep sleep.

He didn’t understand why, clearly it was a holiday, and a chance to play at Uncle Shen’s house that he had specifically begged his mom for, yet it turned out to be a whole day of studying.

…Even higher intensity studying!

Although he slept soundly, tossing and turning in the warm little room, and that strict meanie Gu Duo actually hadn’t woken him up.

But after getting up, Ming-bao, as a whole cub, was slept silly. He blankly ate some fruit Grandma Zhang had prepared before finally managing to perk up a bit.

Fortunately, at this time, Uncle Shen brought Uncle Gu over.

At first, Ming-bao thought Uncle Shen and Uncle Gu had come to play with them.

But somehow, very quickly, the content of their “play” turned into Uncle Gu tutoring them in foreign languages.

…

In short, little Xu Weiming distinctly felt like he had done nothing today but study!… The thought of having to go back to piano lessons tonight made him feel somewhat reluctant to part. His eyes looking at Shen Qing grew watery once more, and he pouted his little mouth again.

“Uncle.”

Because he had promised his mom before coming that he must head home at four o’clock to practice piano, and that he couldn’t trouble Uncle too much, Xu Weiming held it in for a long time and didn’t utter the words that he wanted to stay a bit longer.

Afraid of getting spanked.

He looked up at Shen Qing and just said: “Can I come play again in a few days?”

“Of course you can.”

Shen Qing was most defenseless against a cub like him looking at him with a grievance-filled face. He directly squatted down, straightened Xu Weiming’s clothes, and grabbed his little down jacket to slip it on him: “Ming-bao can come whenever he wants.”

“Okay!”

Ming-bao smiled, suddenly hugged Shen Qing, and with a smack, kissed him on the cheek.

Shen Qing, whose heart was melted by cuteness: !!!

Gu Duo to the side: “…”

Gu Duo directly stuffed the bag containing the pajamas into Xu Weiming’s hands, then coolly put his hands into his pant pockets. He suddenly said to Xu Weiming: “You must memorize all the grammar taught to you today when you get back. Memorize that article well and practice your pronunciation. In a couple of days… no, tomorrow I will call you to check.”

Ming-bao: “?!”

Like a startled little deer, he abruptly looked at Gu Duo. Little Xu Weiming’s face was filled with shock mixed with pitifulness.

However, President Duo was completely unmoved, still expressionless.

Shen Qing looked at the two of them. He didn’t know what had happened between them, but he just felt like laughing.

Having dressed Ming-bao, it was time to part ways.

However, right before leaving, Xu Yujie also raised his hand and handed Shen Qing a paper bag: “This is for you.”

Seeing his movement, Gu Huaiyu on the third floor leaned his body slightly to the side, seemingly intending to see clearly what kind of bag that was.

And Li Hong and Tian Yi wished they were holding binoculars in their hands right now.

…When they returned in the afternoon, Li Hong went to President Gu’s office to report. As soon as he knocked and opened the door, he saw the Madam leaning against the sofa, sleeping quietly. It scared Li Hong so much…

He didn’t let anyone approach President Gu’s office for the entire afternoon!

Afterward, President Gu and the Madam went together to find the little young masters. By the time Li Hong spotted President Gu’s figure again, it was seeing him looking down from the third floor, watching… the Madam talking with the Fourth Young Master Xu who had returned!

Coincidentally, Tian Yi, who was also out on errands and returned to report, discovered this scene and stood aside to watch along with them.

Now, the gazes of all three people fell on that bag.

Tian Yi was more straightforward, directly asking the question he was curious about in his heart: “What do you think is in there?”

He was asking Li Hong.

He didn’t dare actively engage in any private topic discussion with President Gu.

Li Hong: “How should I know.”

Li Hong also had a dissatisfied expression. He truly didn’t understand what this Fourth Young Master Xu meant. Knowing full well that Mr. Shen was their Madam, why was he still smiling so brightly, gifting someone something that looked a bit like an exquisite little gift only young couples would give each other!

Was he treating their President Gu as if he didn’t exist?!

Downstairs, Shen Qing had already taken the bag and asked: “What is it?”

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