Chapter 50 - 47: An Alternative Flirtation?

After dinner, as usual, Gu Yanjing went to the study, and Qiao Yuxian returned to her room. However, less than twenty minutes after returning to her room, Qiao Yuxian came out again. She went downstairs, took the medical kit from under the coffee table, and then went to knock on the study door. When the door was knocked, Gu Yanjing was managing work while on a call with Chu Zhengran and Lin Huai Shu. The phone was placed face down on the table. Hearing the knock at the door, the two people on the phone cooperatively went silent. Gu Yanjing raised his eyes to look at the doorway and saw Qiao Yuxian peeking her head in. Meeting his gaze, Qiao Yuxian smiled slightly: "May I come in?" "Mm." Qiao Yuxian carried the medical kit inside, and after walking in, she noticed the chair she had previously placed in front of the table was still there and had not been moved. She went over, sat down, and holding the medical kit, she said, "My hand hurts." Gu Yanjing looked at her. Qiao Yuxian extended her hand to show him the back of her slightly swollen hand: "Look." It was much better than when she had just returned. Gu Yanjing looked at it and then said, "Give me the medical kit." "Here." Qiao Yuxian handed him the medical kit, extended her left hand as well, and while waiting for Gu Yanjing to apply the medicine, she rested her right arm on the table and laid her head on her right arm, watching him. Having done this many times, Gu Yanjing’s technique was becoming more and more skilled. Watching him apply the medicine, Qiao Yuxian said, "Whenever I can’t control the strength with my hands, they easily become red, so I rarely use them." Gu Yanjing glanced up at her. Qiao Yuxian chuckled: "Today was an accident." "Don’t act alone in the future." Gu Yanjing held her fingers with one hand while slowly applying medicine to her swollen area with the other. In the afternoon, after bringing Qiao Yuxian back to the living room, he soon went out to ask Shang Chen. Shang Chen reported the details of the situation thoroughly. He made a special effort to change the word "touch" to "press." "I’m aware of what I’m doing," Qiao Yuxian said obediently. Gu Yanjing said nothing further, and after applying the medicine, he released her hand and threw the cotton swab into the trash. Yet, Qiao Yuxian didn’t retract her outstretched hand. After putting away the medical kit, Gu Yanjing saw her hand still stretched out and looked at her. Qiao Yuxian said, "You didn’t blow on it." Gu Yanjing: "......" Qiao Yuxian kept her hand extended, looking at him eagerly. Gu Yanjing met her eyes for a moment, then took her fingers, gently blew on them next to his mouth. The cool breath brushed over the back of her hand, sending a tingling sensation from her arm to her heart—tingling, warm. Qiao Yuxian seemed dazed for a few seconds, then slowly hid her face in her arms, showing one reddened ear. Gu Yanjing looked at her rosy little ear, a hint of a smile in his eyes, soft as snow. It was she who made the request, yet she was the one feeling shy. Gu Yanjing rubbed her fingers and placed her hand beside her. Qiao Yuxian hid her hand under her other arm, and after a moment, she muttered sulkily, "I have homework to do." "Mm." Gu Yanjing responded softly. Qiao Yuxian knew this meant she was allowed to come to the study. She looked up at him: "Will bringing the computer be noisy for you?" "No." Gu Yanjing said calmly. "Then I’ll go get it." Qiao Yuxian smiled, got up, and left the room. The study door opened and closed again, and Gu Yanjing withdrew his gaze, placing the medical kit aside. Just as he was about to continue reading the documents, laughter suddenly came from the phone. He turned his head to look, a fierce look gradually rising in his eyes. "Even Mr. Gu is troubled by beauty," Chu Zhengran laughed. "Mr. Chu also engages in this eavesdropping business," Gu Yanjing said coldly. "You didn’t hang up," Chu Zhengran said. "Don’t you have hands yourself?" Gu Yanjing retorted without mercy. Chu Zhengran countered, "Yanjing, I’m actually really curious how you managed to trick the young lady into being with you." Lin Huai Shu added, "I’m even more curious about what made Yanjing change his ways." "Change his ways..." Chu Zhengran slowly repeated these three words. Gu Yanjing’s fingers lightly tapped the tabletop. Danger was approaching, yet the two on the other end of the phone remained oblivious. "Does the young lady know your reputation?" Chu Zhengran spoke warmly, like a gentle breeze, "Such a beautiful and obedient young lady, she’s not afraid of you at all." Gu Yanjing looked at the phone, tapping his fingers on the table. "I even considered having my son take care of Yanjing in his old age," Lin Huai Shu sighed, "I never expected that in terms of starting a family, Yanjing would be quicker than me." "I also didn’t expect you’d fancy your own sister-in-law," Chu Zhengran struck indiscriminately. "Damn! Old Chu, if you can’t speak properly, just shut up." Lin Huai Shu suddenly got anxious, "You want me to end up dead on the street tonight? It’s just that the young sister-in-law is pretty, I was merely appreciating." The last time they went to the racetrack to talk about a cooperative project. Because they met Qiao Yuxian, they didn’t discuss it. Later, when they did talk about it, Lin Huai Shu contributed but didn’t get a single cent, all the money went to Gu Yanjing’s account. Not only did he not make money, but he also ended up losing quite a bit. The loss pained him for several days. That was just the initial stage, more money subsequently vanished without a trace. Chu Zhengran chuckled: "You’re quick to change your tune. Such a young, beautiful, and wealthy girl—what if she dumps Yanjing..." "Mr. Gu getting dumped... sounds a bit exciting," Lin Huai Shu joked, then added, "Yanjing, there’s the Lin Entertainment anniversary party at the end of the month, bring the young sister-in-law along." As soon as he finished speaking, the study’s door handle turned. Gu Yanjing turned over the phone, calmly hanging up the call. Qiao Yuxian came in carrying a computer and a fruit platter: "I cut up some watermelon." Gu Yanjing stood up, took the fruit platter from her hands, and placed it on the desk on her side. Qiao Yuxian sat down, opened the computer, then used a fork to pick up a piece of watermelon. She tasted it, finding it sweet, and picked up another fork to give a piece to Gu Yanjing. She brought it right to his mouth: "Try it, it’s really sweet." Gu Yanjing glanced down, took the fork from her hand, and tasted it. "Sweet, right?" Qiao Yuxian asked. "Mm." Gu Yanjing responded softly. Qiao Yuxian pushed the fruit platter closer to him: "You eat some too." "Mm." Qiao Yuxian ate watermelon with a fork in one hand, using the other hand to search for beautiful PPT templates on the computer. Ten minutes later, unable to decide on a prettier template, she switched systems, typing away single-handedly, a map of M Continent appeared on the computer. The various forces were distributed, with countless red dots moving around. Qiao Yuxian carelessly watched those moving red dots, finally zooming in on a particular area. It was at this point that the study was knocked on twice, causing Qiao Yuxian’s hand to tap, switching the system back to the template page. She looked around and saw a man standing next to Meng Yan had come in. The man saw her, his expression froze for a moment, then returned to normal, nodding at her, "Hello." Seeing her, the man’s expression froze for a moment, then he regained his calm and nodded at her. "Hello," he said. Gu Yanjing, seeing Qiao Yuxian looking at him, introduced: "This is Su Qi." The famous Special Assistant Su, anyone who knows a little about anything in the Capital City would recognize him. As long as he is present, he fully represented Gu Yanjing whenever Gu Yanjing is absent. Qiao Yuxian smiled politely at him: "Special Assistant Su." Today, she had only seen him out in the yard with Meng Yan, and didn’t know what they had gone to do afterward. It was only now that Qiao Yuxian saw him again. "Madam." Special Assistant Su greeted her respectfully. Qiao Yuxian returned the greeting with a nod, and said with a smile, "You guys chat, I’m leaving." "Sit there," Gu Yanjing said. Without moving, Qiao Yuxian commented, "I can’t guarantee that I won’t end up stealing some secrets." Gu Yanjing replied emotionlessly, "I can’t guarantee whether you would be left alive after shedding some skin." Qiao Yuxian: "......"