Chapter 304: The Restaurant Owner’s Divine Assist? Young Man, Your Boss Likes You

Chapter 304: Chapter 304: The Restaurant Owner’s Divine Assist? Young Man, Your Boss Likes You

The meal was over.

Gu Yizhou wiped the sweat from his forehead.

In this kind of environment.

Drinking a bowl of hot soup.

Breaking a sweat.

It was really quite comfortable.

Gu Yizhou looked at Yan Luoxi and handed her a napkin.

"President Yan, you have some sweat on your forehead."

Yan Luoxi took the napkin, wiped her forehead, and said, "I’ll go pay."

Gu Yizhou stopped her. "Let me get it today."

"?"

Yan Luoxi froze.

Gu Yizhou glanced at her. "How about you treat me tomorrow?"

Yan Luoxi’s beautiful eyes instantly lit up, but her expression remained somewhat restrained. She nodded and said, "Okay."

Gu Yizhou smiled faintly, then got up to pay the bill.

At the restaurant’s front counter.

The proprietress, with a hint of a Beijing accent, asked, "Young man, your girlfriend is gorgeous. She looks like a big movie star!"

"Uh..."

Gu Yizhou paused for a moment, then shook his head with a smile. "She’s not my girlfriend. She’s my boss."

"Whoa, get a load of this!"

The proprietress was a bit of a gossip. "Then you’d better seize the opportunity! I can tell that girl has taken a liking to you."

"Hm?"

Gu Yizhou was stunned again. He looked at the proprietress and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Get outta here, why would I lie to you?"

The proprietress pointed toward Yan Luoxi. "It’s true! Truer than true. I saw her staring at you the whole time. She’s definitely interested in you."

Gu Yizhou glanced back and saw that Yan Luoxi was indeed looking right at him, just as the proprietress had said. He instantly understood.

He smiled, turned back to the proprietress, and said, "Haha, I see. Thank you."

After paying the bill, Gu Yizhou was about to walk back to his seat.

Yan Luoxi sat there, looking down at her phone.

Her long, raven-black hair hung down casually.

At a nearby table, a few students were secretly staring at Yan Luoxi.

"Hey, look at eight o’clock. That girl is so beautiful and has such an amazing aura!"

"I see her too. Is she a celebrity or something?"

"She’s gorgeous, but it’s a shame she seems to have a boyfriend. A really handsome guy was just sitting across from her."

"I’m so jealous!"

"If I could have a girlfriend like that, I’d trade fifty years of my life for it!"

...

The group whispered among themselves.

Yan Luoxi could hear them talking.

But she couldn’t be bothered to pay them any mind.

However,

one of the students suddenly took out his phone. "No way, I’m taking a few pictures to post on the school forum. I bet this will go viral."

Yan Luoxi frowned, about to turn and say something.

Just as she turned her head,

a hand was already blocking the student’s phone.

Gu Yizhou stared at the student, his face devoid of expression.

The student panicked. "What are you doing?"

Gu Yizhou said coolly, "According to Article 42 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, peeping, taking unauthorized photos, eavesdropping, or disseminating the private information of others is punishable by up to five days of detention or a fine of up to five hundred yuan. For more serious offenses, the penalty is five to ten days of detention, with a possible concurrent fine of up to five hundred yuan.

Furthermore, according to Articles 1019 and 1024 of the Civil Code, infringing upon a person’s portrait rights and right to reputation will result in corresponding civil liability."

"From the looks of it, you must be a college student. You don’t want to end up crying behind bars, do you?"

"..."

The students looked at Gu Yizhou, a little flustered.

Gu Yizhou was rarely serious.

But when he actually got serious,

that cultivated ’big shot’ aura of his emerged in an instant!

The students were completely panicked, feeling more nervous than if they were facing their school’s president.

"N-no... I don’t."

"I’m sorry, I won’t take any more pictures, I won’t."

The student instantly caved.

"Delete the ones you’ve already taken from your camera roll, too. Hey, kid, you wouldn’t want your mom to find out about this, would you?"

Gu Yizhou added.

"Okay, okay!"

"I’ll delete it right now!"

After speaking, the student immediately deleted the photo he had just taken, even permanently deleting it from the ’recently deleted’ folder right in front of Gu Yizhou.

Seeing this, Gu Yizhou finally withdrew his hand.

He turned, walked over to Yan Luoxi, and said, "President Yan, the bill is paid. Let’s go."

Yan Luoxi looked at Gu Yizhou’s face and couldn’t help but reveal a faint smile.

’I love the way he just stood up for me.’

’He was so cool.’

"Okay."

She nodded obediently, then stood up and followed Gu Yizhou out.

...

The two of them left the restaurant.

Gu Yizhou glanced at the parking lot.

It was still crowded with cars.

Yan Luoxi’s car was in a tight spot toward the back and wouldn’t be easy to get out.

"Want me to pull the car out for you?"

Gu Yizhou asked, turning to Yan Luoxi.

Yan Luoxi nodded. "Okay."

Gu Yizhou led her to the car, opened the driver’s side door, and got in.

Yan Luoxi got into the passenger seat.

Gu Yizhou paused, then said, "You’re getting in now? After I pull the car out, you’ll just have to get out and get back in again."

"..."

A flash of exasperation crossed Yan Luoxi’s beautiful eyes.

’This stupid man!’

’I just want to spend a little more time with you, is that so wrong?!’

Seeing Yan Luoxi remain silent, Gu Yizhou smiled and asked, "President Yan, don’t tell me you just wanted to spend a little more time with me?"

He was deliberately teasing her, wanting to see her get flustered.

Sure enough.

The moment he finished speaking,

Yan Luoxi shot upright and hurriedly said, "No, it’s not that!"

"Oh."

Gu Yizhou nodded. "If you say so."

With that,

he began to reverse the car.

Yan Luoxi clutched the fabric of her pants, biting her lip. Her face flushed red as she stole a glance at Gu Yizhou’s profile.

He finished backing up and parked the car by the roadside.

Gu Yizhou said, "Alright, President Yan. I’m getting out now."

After saying that,

Gu Yizhou glanced out the window, confirmed there were no cars, and reached for the door handle.

"Um, wait a second."

Yan Luoxi’s voice suddenly piped up.

Gu Yizhou looked back. "What is it?"

"About what happened just now... thank you."

Yan Luoxi said nervously, her eyes darting away.

’It’s really so good to have you here.’

After she said it,

her own face turned red.

Even she could feel it.

’My tone just now was unbelievably soft!’

’I didn’t sound like a president at all!’

’But I can’t keep up this act anymore.’

’If he sees through me, then so be it!’

’If Gu Yizhou has noticed...’

’...then I’ll just admit it. That I like him, Gu Yizhou!’

’I like him a lot!’

The car was very quiet.

Gu Yizhou and Yan Luoxi could both hear each other breathing.

Yan Luoxi’s voice was soft, and her two fair, delicate hands fidgeted restlessly with the fabric of her pants.

In an atmosphere like this,

even if Gu Yizhou were to lean in and kiss her,

Yan Luoxi definitely wouldn’t refuse.

However,

Gu Yizhou, with an air of solemn righteousness, said, "It was nothing."

"Taking photos without permission is illegal. As a law-abiding citizen, it was my duty to stop it."

"Besides, aren’t we friends? All the more reason not to stand on ceremony. Don’t worry about it, President Yan. I’ll get out now."

With that,

Gu Yizhou turned, opened the door, and got out of the car.

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