Chapter 275: Scoundrel! Stop rubbing, or you’ll rub the skin off

Chapter 275: Chapter 275: Scoundrel! Stop rubbing, or you’ll rub the skin off

In a flash, it was 5:58 PM.

Gu Yizhou stood up and, right on time, began to pack up his charger and laptop.

His team leader, Chen Dong, happened to walk out of his office just then.

He glanced at Gu Yizhou and teased with a smile, "Yizhou, you rascal, you’re more punctual than my alarm clock!"

"Eh, it’s nothing special!"

Gu Yizhou laughed and replied, "Doesn’t the company discourage overtime? I’m just actively supporting company policy!"

"Er..."

Chen Dong was left speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment.

After thinking for a moment, he decided Gu Yizhou had a point. "You’re right! If you’re not eager to clock out, there’s something wrong with your head. I’m leaving too."

With that, he turned to He Mingyi, who was nearby. "Mingyi, you leaving?"

He Mingyi’s face fell. "You guys go ahead! I am a person of noble conviction. Although the company discourages overtime, as employees, we cannot simply..."

Gu Yizhou cut him off impatiently, "Speak like a normal person!"

"Uh..."

He Mingyi looked embarrassed and said dejectedly, "I’m not done with my work yet..."

"Hahaha..."

The moment he said it, all the colleagues nearby couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Gu Yizhou shook his head, slung on his backpack, and said, "Well, I’m heading out then. Going home to eat and pet my cat."

"..."

He Mingyi, standing to the side, said nothing.

Gu Yizhou clapped him on the shoulder. "When I get home and start eating, I can send you a picture of my food. It’s pretty cold out; getting angry should warm you right up."

"..."

He Mingyi gave him a thumbs-up. "Brother Yizhou, you’re a true saint!"

"But of course."

Gu Yizhou said with a straight face.

"I suppose I should thank you, then?"

He Mingyi said, exasperated. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

"No need to be so formal."

Gu Yizhou replied offhandedly.

"..."

He Mingyi didn’t want to talk anymore.

"Just go already! A few more words from you and I might actually die of anger!"

he said with a look of resignation.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing this, the others once again couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Heh."

Gu Yizhou chuckled but didn’t say anything more.

He took the elevator downstairs, ready to drive back to his apartment complex.

Tomorrow was the weekend.

Although he still had to come in for overtime, he could arrive a little later and would get a bonus.

Gu Yizhou was in a good mood.

"I head all the way north, leaving the greasy season behind..."

He hummed a little tune all the way.

...

「Later that evening, at 6:50 PM.」

Gu Yizhou returned to the Binjiang No.1 Mansion District.

Since it was Friday, the traffic was a bit heavy.

He got back a little later than usual.

The moment Gu Yizhou opened the door, he heard a cat meow.

"Xiaobai, I’m home!"

Gu Yizhou said with a smile.

"Meow~!"

Yan Luoxi ran to Gu Yizhou’s side and rubbed her body against his hand.

’You jerk.’

’You’re back!’

After changing his clothes and shoes, Gu Yizhou picked up the cat and walked into the living room.

"Daddy’s home! After I finish my overtime shift tomorrow, Daddy can spend the evening and all of the day after with you. Are you happy?"

Gu Yizhou said with a smile.

As he spoke, Gu Yizhou booped Yan Luoxi on the nose with his finger.

Yan Luoxi dodged back.

’I’d be pretty happy, if you didn’t do annoying stuff like this.’

Gu Yizhou leaned back on a cushion, picked up his phone, placed Yan Luoxi to his left, and casually stroked her back.

’First, I’ll order some takeout.’

He’d had noodles for lunch, so tonight he felt like having rice.

Gu Yizhou browsed for a while before finally settling on a place that served crab roe over rice.

He had ordered from this place before.

The crab roe was delicious, and Gu Yizhou also liked the side dishes that came with the combo.

After ordering the crab roe rice, Gu Yizhou thought for a moment and decided it might not be enough.

So, he ordered a portion of boiled shrimp from another restaurant.

The shrimp was quite expensive, over two hundred yuan for one serving.

It came with about ten large shrimp.

It came with two dipping sauces: one mala spicy, and one lime-flavored.

Gu Yizhou had eaten at the restaurant before, and it tasted pretty good.

Plus, they always deveined their shrimp.

It made them much easier to eat.

Perfect. He could also feed a few to Xiaobai later.

Now that dinner was ordered, how could he go without some after-dinner fruit?

So, Gu Yizhou went on another platform’s grocery delivery service and ordered a few fruit platters.

These platters contained several kinds of fruit.

There were grapes, oranges, apples, and so on...

Gu Yizhou ordered them often, so he knew what to expect.

In total, his dinner cost over eight hundred yuan—quite expensive.

But for Gu Yizhou, it was nothing.

With his current financial resources, he could afford to eat whatever he wanted.

Only after ordering everything did Gu Yizhou finally put down his phone.

He then scooped up the cat and placed her on his lap.

Stroking her soft, white belly, he asked with a smile, "Xiaobai, did you miss me today?"

"Meow~"

Yan Luoxi lay comfortably on Gu Yizhou’s lap, enjoying his massage. She gave a soft meow in response to his voice.

’You jerk.’

’I missed you today.’

’I miss you every day.’

’I miss you whenever I can’t see you...’

But the next second, she wanted to bite that bastard Gu Yizhou to death.

Gu Yizhou had covered her face with his hand and started vigorously squishing it from side to side.

Her cheeks were all smooshed together.

The rough petting left her completely dazed!

"Meeeooww~"

She yowled at Gu Yizhou.

’You jerk.’

’Are you giving me an angry head-rub like I’m some dog?!’

’I’m a cat, damn it!’

’You jerk!’

’Stop it! You’re going to rub all my fur off!’

’Da— er, you’re going to rub my brains out!!!’

After yelling, Yan Luoxi struggled out of Gu Yizhou’s grasp and scampered to the other end of the sofa in a flash.

’Right now, she wanted nothing to do with that jerk’s hands!’

Yan Luoxi licked her paws, then began to straighten out her ruffled fur.

This was a subconscious action, pure feline instinct.

Watching the cat hiding in the corner and washing her face, Gu Yizhou couldn’t help but smile.

Coming home from work every day and teasing his cat like this... He felt the fatigue of the entire day just melt away.

Seeing the jerk staring at her with a dopey grin, Yan Luoxi bared her teeth at him.

’Jerk.’

’What the hell are you laughing at?!’

’It’s all your fault for messing up my fur!’

Of course, Gu Yizhou had no idea what she was thinking.

But from her expression, he knew she was probably cursing him out, and using some nasty words, too.

But, as her owner, how could he possibly get angry at a little kitten?

Shaking his head slightly, he turned, picked up the remote, and switched on the TV, preparing to watch the 7:30 PM financial news.

He hadn’t watched it in a while.

Maybe he could find some new stock market opportunities from the news.

Seeing the jerk turn on the TV, Yan Luoxi knew he probably wouldn’t bother her anymore.

Only then did she quietly walk back from the other end of the sofa, curl up next to Gu Yizhou’s thigh, and lie down...