Chapter 270: Chapter 243: Indulgence
Fenglin Villa.
Qiao Yuxian changed into slippers in the entryway, and as she was taking off her coat, Gu Yanjing walked over.
As soon as Qiao Yuxian saw him, she smiled, her eyes still curved and bright: "Why didn’t you sleep first? It’s so late."
Gu Yanjing looked at her eyes, took the coat from her hands, and led her inside by the hand: "Not in a good mood?"
"Not really." Qiao Yuxian felt she was no different from usual and didn’t know how he noticed. She said, "Maybe just a little tired."
Gu Yanjing led her to the bathroom door, indicating for her to wash her hands, while he poured a glass of water for her.
Qiao Yuxian finished washing her hands, took the water from him, drank half, and handed it back.
Gu Yanjing placed the cup on the cabinet beside them, touched her face, and asked, "Were you bullied?"
Qiao Yuxian looked at him, then stepped closer, resting her forehead on his chest: "I got scolded."
"Your director?" Gu Yanjing raised his hand to embrace her.
"Yeah." Qiao Yuxian leaned her whole body against him and said, "There was a punctuation mark turned into Chinese in the translation draft."
Gu Yanjing looked down at her.
Qiao Yuxian sadly pouted and looked at him: "Zhao Meng got scolded too. She missed an ’s’ in a word."
Gu Yanjing patted her head: "Do you need me to do anything?"
"Didn’t you say that if he scolded me, you would acquire the company?" Qiao Yuxian closed her eyes.
"Hmm." Gu Yanjing replied.
"What does ’hmm’ mean?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"Tell me who it is, and I’ll have someone take care of it tomorrow." Gu Yanjing’s voice was calm, yet had a unique, gentle coolness.
Qiao Yuxian laughed slightly: "That’s too much. I’m being unreasonable, and you’re indulging me."
Gu Yanjing stroked her hair: "You aren’t."
"What if I’m truly being unreasonable and want you to acquire it?" Qiao Yuxian asked with a smile.
"Then you’ll have more enterprises from now on." Gu Yanjing said flatly.
It meant he would actually acquire it.
Qiao Yuxian laughed again, closed her eyes, leaned against him for a while, and said: "You don’t have to do anything, just hold me for a while."
Gu Yanjing tightened his arms slightly, then lowered his head to kiss the top of her head.
After holding her for a while, Qiao Yuxian looked up at him, scratching his lower back with her fingers: "Why not carry me to the room as well,"
Gu Yanjing noticed her mood had significantly improved. He lowered his head to kiss her lips, then bent down to carry her upstairs horizontally.
Qiao Yuxian wrapped her arms around his neck and swayed her legs: "I ate my colleague’s pregnancy meal today."
Gu Yanjing looked at her and asked: "Was it good?"
"The rib soup was delicious," Qiao Yuxian said, "Let’s have rib soup tomorrow morning."
Gu Yanjing smiled slightly and said: "Alright, tell Aunt Mei in the morning."
"Okay."
"Do you need a pregnancy standard?" Gu Yanjing suddenly asked as he carried her up the stairs.
His voice was quite serious, and his tone was calm, just like usual, making it embarrassing to overthink.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him, seeing his expression was also serious, as if he was earnestly asking her what flavor she wanted, so she decided to tease him: "The prerequisite for needing a pregnancy standard is to be pregnant first."
Gu Yanjing paused his steps and looked down at her.
Qiao Yuxian was originally smiling, but seeing Gu Yanjing’s gaze becoming more unusual, her smile gradually disappeared, and she immediately surrendered, hugging Gu Yanjing’s neck and burying her face in his neck, whispering: "Gu Yanjing, I’m so sleepy, I’m really sleepy today. As soon as I lie down, I can fall asleep in seconds. I can’t do anything else, don’t even want to wash up, I need to sleep immediately."
Gu Yanjing looked at her without speaking.
Qiao Yuxian didn’t hear him speak, so she hugged his neck tighter, her voice a little coquettish: "So sleepy, Gu Yanjing."
Gu Yanjing’s mouth turned up slightly: "Okay. Let’s sleep."
Qiao Yuxian relaxed, and the strength in her arms loosened slightly.
But after Gu Yanjing carried her back to the room, he placed her at the bathroom door, still pinning her against the wall for a kiss before letting her wash up and go to sleep.
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Gu Yanjing thought getting scolded would dampen Qiao Yuxian’s enthusiasm for work.
But the next morning, she got up early, still eager to go to work.
To match her work schedule, Gu Yanjing got up earlier than usual. After running and taking a shower, he had breakfast with her.
Qiao Yuxian enjoyed the rib soup, which tasted better than at Xu Qingqing’s, so she had an extra bowl in the morning.
After breakfast, she left the dining room planning to tidy up before going to work.
As she left the dining room, someone happened to enter the living room from outside.
Hearing footsteps, she looked towards the living room doorway.
She locked eyes with the person coming in.
Qiao Yuxian was stunned for a moment.
Isn’t this the scholarly man she saw the other day at the Gu Group beside Su Qi?
Is he following Gu Yanjing?
Not just solely with the Gu Group?
He even came to the house.
The scholarly man also paused when he saw Qiao Yuxian.
He didn’t expect the person he saw at the company to appear at Mr. Gu’s home.
Gu Yanjing came out of the dining room, seeing the two of them staring stupidly at each other from a distance.
The scholarly man, seeing Gu Yanjing, immediately lowered his gaze: "Mr. Gu."
Qiao Yuxian did not move, looking at the scholarly man.
Gu Yanjing looked at her and walked over, raising his hand to pat her head.
Qiao Yuxian looked up at him.
Gu Yanjing introduced: "Wan Ying."
Qiao Yuxian looked at the scholarly man.
Gu Yanjing then introduced to the scholarly man: "My wife."
The scholarly man glanced at Qiao Yuxian and respectfully smiled: "Hello, madam."
He had heard while in the M Continent that Mr. Gu was married, but he had never seen their wife.
Seeing her today, she truly was as Su Qi described.
Like a fairy descending to the mortal world.
"Hello. Hello." Qiao Yuxian said her greetings while silently praying in her heart this was a less talkative person who wouldn’t mention seeing her before.
Gu Yanjing tilted his head, observing Qiao Yuxian’s somewhat uneasy reaction.
Seeing him watch her, Qiao Yuxian looked at him and obediently smiled: "I’m going to tidy up for work."
She said this and ran upstairs to fix her hair and apply some lipstick. After coming down, she saw Gu Yanjing and Wan Ying still downstairs, greeted them, and tried to leave.
But Gu Yanjing caught her arm, and she couldn’t escape.
"Ah." Qiao Yuxian called out softly as she was tugged back. She looked at him and said, "I’ll be late."
"You’re five minutes earlier than usual," Gu Yanjing said.
Qiao Yuxian: "......I... I have something this morning."
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips and, after looking into his eyes for a moment, stepped forward to hug his waist: "It’s just with someone here, I’m embarrassed."
Wan Ying stood on the side, understanding Qiao Yuxian’s meaning, but he was too curious about how his family’s Mr. Gu would show affection to his wife, so he didn’t move.
Gu Yanjing didn’t expose Qiao Yuxian’s guilty look trying to escape, and followed along: "He’s not an outsider."
"But it’s my first time meeting him," Qiao Yuxian whispered shakily.
After she finished speaking, Gu Yanjing waited for a while, and seeing Wan Ying not moving, he looked up at him.
In the instant of eye contact, Wan Ying’s curiosity disappeared, and he quickly exited the living room.
Listening to the fading footsteps, Qiao Yuxian looked at Gu Yanjing: "Gently, I just applied lipstick."
Gu Yanjing looked at her cute appearance, unable to bear smudging her lipstick, he kissed her forehead, then lightly on her lips.
It was their daily ritual before separating for work.
After the kiss, Qiao Yuxian saw the faint lipstick color on Gu Yanjing’s lips, stood on tiptoe, pulled open his loungewear, and kissed his collarbone.
A red lip mark appeared there, conspicuous against Gu Yanjing’s fair skin.
Gu Yanjing couldn’t help but tighten his arms around her waist.
Looking at the lip mark, Qiao Yuxian smiled, raising her hand to wipe away the color on his lips, saying: "I’m leaving."
Then she jogged away.
Gu Yanjing watched her back, and after a moment, raised his hand to touch his collarbone, smiling gently and subtly.