Chapter 307: Yan Luoxi: Urgent! That Jerk Found Out I Like Him?

Chapter 307: Chapter 307: Yan Luoxi: Urgent! That Jerk Found Out I Like Him?

In this atmosphere, Yan Luoxi felt like her heart was about to beat out of her chest.

She hurriedly said, "Um... I have something to take care of, so I’ll be heading up."

With that, she quickly walked into the president’s exclusive elevator.

Gu Yizhou watched Yan Luoxi’s panicked retreat and couldn’t help but touch the tip of his nose.

’Am I that scary?’

’I don’t think I did anything just now, did I?’

Gu Yizhou muttered to himself as he watched the elevator ascend.

But now that he was sure of Yan Luoxi’s feelings for him, Gu Yizhou felt he could consider agreeing to go home with her.

Of course.

Gu Yizhou couldn’t be the one to bring this up.

Yan Luoxi had to be the one to suggest it.

If she suggested it, Gu Yizhou would most likely agree.

Shaking his head, Gu Yizhou pressed the elevator button and stepped inside.

...

In the top-floor office of Tidal Group.

Yan Luoxi was standing in front of the restroom mirror, one hand on her chest. She stared at her own flushed face in the reflection, momentarily speechless.

’Why did that jerk look at me like that just now?’

’Does he already know I like him?’

’I’ve been so obvious. With how smart that jerk is, it’s entirely possible he’s figured it out.’

’But...’

’If he knows, why is he still so calm? Why hasn’t he given any indication?’

’Could it be that he’s not interested in me?’

’And he’s just pretending not to know?’

’No!’

’I’ll test him during lunch tomorrow.’

’But... what if that jerk really doesn’t like me? What should I do then?’

Yan Luoxi looked at her own cool and elegant reflection in the mirror, and for a moment, she was overcome with insecurity.

...

「In the blink of an eye, it was time to get off work in the afternoon.」

Gu Yizhou was about to shut down his computer, pack his things, and leave.

"BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—"

Just then, his phone started vibrating.

He glanced at it. It was a message from his mom, Chen Dongmei: "Are you off work yet? What are you having for dinner? Takeout again?"

Gu Yizhou replied, "Haven’t decided yet."

Chen Dongmei: "Never mind, whatever you eat is fine. How are things going with your President Yan?"

Gu Yizhou didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Before, Chen Dongmei had been quite concerned about his dietary health.

She would always tell him to eat less takeout.

Now that there was some progress with a potential daughter-in-law...

Chen Dongmei couldn’t even be bothered to remind Gu Yizhou to eat less takeout anymore.

Gu Yizhou replied, "Progress is good."

Chen Dongmei: "Are you two together?"

Gu Yizhou: "Not quite."

Chen Dongmei: "Hurry up! She’s such a wonderful girl, what are you waiting for?!"

Chen Dongmei: "If you marry her and bring her home, you can eat all the takeout you want after that. I won’t care anymore!"

Gu Yizhou laughed and retorted, "Wow, so once you have a daughter-in-law, I’m not important anymore, is that it?"

Chen Dongmei: "I wouldn’t say that."

But!

That was more or less what she meant.

Anyway, the most important thing right now was to secure the daughter-in-law first.

Gu Yizhou: "We’ll see. We’ve been having lunch together recently, so we’re in the process of getting to know each other. As for whether it’ll work out, we’ll have to wait and see."

Chen Dongmei: "What are you waiting for?"

Chen Dongmei: "You’re not actually waiting for her to make the first move and confess to you, are you?"

Gu Yizhou: "Bingo! You guessed it, Mom."

Chen Dongmei: "..."

Gu Yizhou: "Alright, Mom, I have to go. It’s time, I’m heading home from work."

Gu Yizhou packed his things and left work.

’He could continue the chat at home.’

’Every second spent at the office was a second wasted.’

Chen Dongmei stared at the chat window and sent Gu Yizhou a few more messages.

But Gu Yizhou didn’t reply to any of them.

He had already slung his bag over his shoulder and was heading downstairs.

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In Apartment 305 of the Binjiang No.1 Mansion District.

Yan Luoxi was curled up on the sofa, tail twitching, waiting for Gu Yizhou to come home.

Naturally, she was in no position to reply to any messages.

’That jerk should be out of the underground parking garage by now.’

’He should be near the gas station now.’

’Why isn’t he home yet? It’s getting late, did he get stuck in traffic?’

...

After getting home early each day, the thing Yan Luoxi did most was close her eyes and imagine what Gu Yizhou was doing.

She waited until 6:40.

Suddenly, Yan Luoxi’s adorable cat ears twitched.

’Footsteps!’

’That jerk is back!’

She got up, jumped off the sofa, and went to the door.

Her fluffy tail shot up unconsciously.

"CLICK~"

The door opened.

Gu Yizhou pushed the door open and walked in.

"Xiaobai, Dad’s home!"

"Meow~"

Yan Luoxi happily pounced toward him.

Gu Yizhou crouched down and petted her head. "Wait for me to change my clothes."

After saying that,

Gu Yizhou changed out of his shoes and jacket, then entered the living room.

Yan Luoxi followed right beside Gu Yizhou.

He sat down on the sofa.

Gu Yizhou held out his hand to Yan Luoxi. "Xiaobai, come on, shake."

Yan Luoxi hesitated for a moment, then extended her left paw.

’Whatever.’

’I’ll just consider this payment for him treating me to lunch today.’

Gu Yizhou shook it twice, then held out his other hand.

"Come on."

Yan Luoxi extended her other paw, and shook with Gu Yizhou again.

’This jerk.’

’That’s about enough!’

Then, Gu Yizhou stuck his foot out in front of Yan Luoxi.

"Come on, Xiaobai, put your little paw on Dad’s foot. Let’s shake feet."

"MROW!"

’I’ll slap the hell out of you!’

Yan Luoxi smacked a paw right onto Gu Yizhou’s toes!

’Shaking feet? Seriously?’

’Can’t you come up with a single normal, human idea?’

Gu Yizhou didn’t get angry after getting smacked by the paw. He just smiled and patted the sofa next to him. "Xiaobai, come on, up you go."

Yan Luoxi leaped up beside him and lay down.

’Time to order takeout, right?’

Yan Luoxi looked up at Gu Yizhou.

Gu Yizhou said, "I’m going to order some takeout, just a sec."

’See?’

’She knew exactly what the jerk was going to do.’

She wagged her tail, feeling a little pleased with herself.

He scrolled through a takeout app.

Gu Yizhou had originally wanted a bowl of sweet tofu pudding.

But no one was selling it at night.

That’s right!

As a southerner, Gu Yizhou was on Team Sweet!

Just like on the Earth of his past life, in this world, the south mainly had sweet tofu pudding, the north ate savory tofu pudding, and in the Sichuan and Chongqing area, they even had a spicy version!

Besides the sweet kind, Gu Yizhou had had the... "fortune"... of trying the savory and spicy versions once in his past life.

Honestly!

He just couldn’t stomach them!

Oh, right!

And zongzi had to be the savory pork kind; sweet zongzi were pure heresy!

Gu Yizhou scrolled through the takeout app for a while before finally giving up the struggle.

He randomly found a shop that made fish with pickled greens, but since he didn’t feel like fish, he ordered a fatty beef set with pickled greens in golden broth instead.

The small portion was 60 yuan.

The large was 85 yuan.

You could also add extra fatty beef for 60 yuan per half-pound.

Gu Yizhou chose the large portion and added an extra half-pound of fatty beef.

After placing the order,

The thought of the pickled greens’ flavor was already making Gu Yizhou a little hungry.

...