Boyfriend Always Thinks I’m a Little Pitiful Chapter 98

Gu Yufeng was playing with Xiao Fang in the yard when he heard a knock on the door behind him. Turning around, he saw Xie Ci wearing an apron and waving at him, "Come over and give me a hand."

"I'm a guest, how can you make a guest cook?" Gu Yufeng refused to go.

"What kind of guest are you?" Xie Ci urged, "Hurry up, if you don't come, all the good meat for dinner will be eaten by Xiao Fang, and you won't get any."

"...Childish."

Gu Yufeng tossed the toy to Xiao Fang and walked over, "I'm going to tell your dad that you're bullying me."

Xie Ci spread out the apron in his hand, wrapped his arms around Gu Yufeng's waist, and tied it tightly, "It won't help, he can't beat me."

Gu Yufeng was held close, and he reached out to stroke the back of Xie Ci's neck, playing with his hair with his fingertips, "No one can control you?"

Feeling a bit ticklish from the nails on his neck, Xie Ci grabbed Gu Yufeng's hand and led him to the kitchen, "Behave, if you annoy the cook, you'll go hungry again."

Gu Yufeng couldn't cook, so he helped by chopping vegetables and fruits.

Xie Ci stood at the stove, stir-frying, then turned down the heat, added some seasoning to the pot, picked up a piece of potato, blew on it, and offered it to Gu Yufeng's mouth, "Taste it, see if it's salty enough."

Gu Yufeng opened his mouth to take a bite and nodded under Xie Ci's expectant gaze, "Just right, your cooking has improved."

Xie Ci raised an eyebrow, "Praising me like this, do you want me to cook for you often?"

Gu Yufeng smiled, "Would you?"

"Just don't complain about eating the same thing every day, getting too greasy." Xie Ci turned off the heat and plated the dish.

"Don't be so insecure, how could I get tired of what you make?" Gu Yufeng continued chopping vegetables, casually saying, "Not just the food, I wouldn't get tired of anything else either, if it were a bit saltier, it would be even better."

Xie Ci: "..."

Gu Yufeng placed the chopped vegetables on a plate and heard footsteps behind him. A hand gently cupped his chin from behind, turning him to the right, and the next moment he was kissed.

Softness touched his lips, a tongue pried open his teeth, met his tongue briefly, and then retreated.

Gu Yufeng couldn't let him get away, so he raised his hand to press down on Xie Ci, deepening the kiss.

Xie Ci, having successfully baited him, chuckled lowly, only to have his tongue bitten lightly, indicating someone's dissatisfaction.

A moment later, Xie Ci pulled back, wiping the moisture from Gu Yufeng's lips, "Salty enough now?"

Gu Yufeng panted slightly, "If your dad saw this, he'd be shocked."

Xie Ci: "...Don't jinx it."

Gu Yufeng's voice was a bit hoarse, "We haven't done it in the kitchen yet—"

Halfway through, Gu Yufeng noticed something, looked down, and saw Xiao Fang squatting by the island, tilting his head slightly, watching them with innocent curiosity.

"Put away your dirty thoughts, don't corrupt Xiao Fang." Xie Ci laughed, patting Gu Yufeng's butt, and took the plates of chopped vegetables back to the stove.

Gu Yufeng: "It's so idle every day, it needs a job."

Xie Ci: "It's already at retirement age."

Gu Yufeng: "You don't even find it a partner, making it curious at such an old age."

Xie Ci: "It's a male, even with a partner, it can only be curious."

Gu Yufeng: "..."

Xie Qian changed clothes and came downstairs, seeing the two kids chatting quietly at the stove, even the usually reserved Xie Ci had a bit of a smile on his face.

He paused for a moment, then silently turned and left.

Dinner for the three of them was specially divided by Xie Ci to accommodate Gu Yufeng's dining habits.

The whole meal was quiet, with few words spoken, but the atmosphere wasn't tense.

"This eggplant is delicious." Gu Yufeng had almost finished his plate of minced meat eggplant.

"This is from Xiao Ci's grandmother's garden." Xie Qian said, with a faint smile in his eyes, "If you like it, come often."

Gu Yufeng nodded, "Then I won't be polite."

Xie Ci placed his own plate in front of Gu Yufeng and asked Xie Qian, "Have you been to Grandma's house recently?"

Xie Qian: "She had your uncle bring it over, every two or three days, all the vegetables at home are grown by her."

This reminded Xie Ci of the past.

When he was at his aunt's house, his grandmother often had his uncle deliver vegetables. The old lady didn't like moving to the city, and it wasn't convenient to travel back and forth, so she could only express her care for the younger generation in this way.

"Shall we visit the old lady during the New Year?" Gu Yufeng asked.

Xie Ci snapped back to reality, meeting Gu Yufeng's inquiring gaze, and nodded.

He didn't know when it started, but Gu Yufeng always seemed to know what he was thinking. Maybe it was the tacit understanding developed in the business world in their past life extending into their current life, or maybe they just understood each other better now.

But no matter what, he was being watched over by this person with care.

After dinner, Robertson brought over a violin.

Gu Yufeng sat by the fireplace in the living room, tuning the strings, while Xie Qian, unable to do housework, prepared to make tea, "Xiao Gu, what kind of tea do you like?"

Before Gu Yufeng could answer, Xie Ci replied first, taking a black tea from the cabinet and placing it on the counter.

By the time Xie Ci finished washing the dishes, Xie Qian had already brewed the tea.

Gu Yufeng walked to the window, set up the violin, and placed the bow on the strings.

Xie Ci sat across from Xie Qian, watching Gu Yufeng play the violin with focused attention. His eyes were half-closed, expressionless, and the music was sometimes melodious and gentle, sometimes grand and majestic, as if one could glimpse the unrest beneath his calm exterior.

Each of the three had their own thoughts, and for a moment, the only sound in the room was the violin, even Xiao Fang lay quietly on the carpet, listening.

When the piece ended, Xie Qian asked, "You play very well, did you have professional training before?"

Gu Yufeng put down the violin and sat next to Xie Ci, "My mom forced me to learn for a while, crying while learning."

Xie Ci chuckled, "That bad?"

"She even lied to me, saying that learning the violin well would attract little girls." Gu Yufeng picked up a teacup, "Later I found out I didn't need to learn, just this face was enough."

Thinking of that scene, Xie Ci's smile deepened.

"Were you very popular with little girls when you were young?"

"Do I look like someone who wasn't popular?" Gu Yufeng retorted.

Xie Ci looked him up and down, "Not just little girls, even grandmas can't walk past you, the perfect grandson from someone else's family."

Gu Yufeng: "...Are you complimenting me or mocking me?"

Xie Qian mostly stayed silent, just listening to their banter, the blows he received at the Xie family today gradually faded, and he felt a bit more relaxed.

Gu Yufeng picked up the teacup, his hand shook, spilling tea all over himself.

"Be careful." Xie Ci handed him a tissue.

Gu Yufeng wiped himself, frowning, "This stain makes it look like I wet my pants."

Xie Ci: "...You can borrow my clothes, go change."

Xie Qian looked at Gu Yufeng's clothes, then at the time, hesitantly speaking, "Xiao Gu, if you don't have anything else tonight, why not stay here?"

"How can I impose?" Gu Yufeng replied.

Xie Qian: "It's so cold outside, don't run back and forth, you and Xiao Ci are about the same size, wear his clothes for now."

With the conversation at this point, Gu Yufeng could only reluctantly agree.

Xie Qian was used to spending time in the art studio at night, so after sitting with them for over half an hour, he left with Xiao Fang.

Once he left, Xie Ci saw the previously troubled person reveal a satisfied smile.

"If you just said you wanted to stay, he wouldn't have kicked you out."

"How could I do that?" Gu Yufeng smiled brightly, "Staying without the host's permission, that's not proper."

Xie Ci shook his head helplessly and led him upstairs.

There was a guest room on the second floor, but Xie Ci had turned it into a gym, so there were only two bedrooms in the small building.

Gu Yufeng was a bit surprised, "Your dad wants me to stay in your room? He's so open-minded? Doesn't he go online?"

"He already knows." Xie Ci turned to the bathroom.

Gu Yufeng followed him in, puzzled, "How does he know?"

"I told him." Xie Ci took out a new towel and toiletries from the cabinet.

Gu Yufeng's eyes flashed.

Thinking back, during the day at the Xie family hotel, Xie Qian's actions to stop him from looking at the photos were indeed subtle.

Xie Qian actually let him stay knowing the situation.

But on second thought, it made sense.

Xie Ci's personality was like that, always considering everything thoroughly. If Xie Qian didn't know, he probably wouldn't have agreed to let him stay for dinner, avoiding any potentially awkward situations.

This person was always arranging everything for him in places he couldn't see.

Xie Ci had just placed the items on the counter when he was hugged tightly from behind.

"Yufeng?"

Gu Yufeng buried his head in his neck, his voice muffled, "How's the soundproofing of your walls?"

"You don't snore." Xie Ci replied casually.

Gu Yufeng lightly bit Xie Ci's ear, his fingers slipping inside his shirt collar, "Didn't you say you wanted to use a box?"

Xie Ci patted his hand, "...Take a shower first, don't catch a cold."

After showering and changing into the clothes Xie Ci gave him, Gu Yufeng dried his hair and wandered around the room.

Even though it had been five years since his rebirth, it was his first time staying in Xie Ci's teenage bedroom.

The bookshelf was full of reference books and old textbooks, with scattered study abroad materials, and many labels.

There was also a pile of textbooks on the floor, with many test papers, densely written notes showing through the back, looking chaotic.

Gu Yufeng squatted down, randomly picked one up, and flipped through it. It was a second-year math workbook, every page filled, some big problems even had different solutions written on scratch paper.

He remembered Xiang Haibin mentioning that Xie Ci had fallen behind shortly after entering high school.

Being able to turn things around in the third year, he initially thought Xie Ci's poor performance was an act. Later, knowing Xie Ci was also reborn, he suspected the turnaround was by the thirty-five-year-old Xie Ci. Now it seemed, it was indeed an act.

This kid had his own plans from a young age, which is why he could climb out of the mire on his own, breaking away from his original class.

Flipping over the scratch paper, there were even notes on the back, with bold handwriting saying, "You can't come up with such twisted questions without ten years of brain damage," with a bit of resentment between the lines.

Gu Yufeng quickly flipped through two pages, seeing similar notes on the back of the scratch paper, "The same stuff over and over, no novelty."

—This question focuses on key points, practice similar types more, it might be on the test. If it is, December 11th.

—Common mistake, focus on reviewing.

—Old Xiang said it won't be on the test, not writing it.

—No difficulty, no fun.

Gu Yufeng ran his fingers over these words, as if conversing with the teenage Xie Ci across time.

"Why are you sitting on the floor?" Xie Ci came out after his shower, sitting in the single sofa next to him, rubbing Gu Yufeng's damp hair, "Go dry your hair."

Gu Yufeng held up the book to show Xie Ci, "You criticized the whole book."

Xie Ci glanced at it, "This was for Fang Size to see. Back then, he would lend me his tutoring notes, and I would lend him my workbook for reference. Since we didn't have much time for extracurricular communication, I just wrote it on the scratch paper."

The smile on Gu Yufeng's face froze, a bit disappointed, "I thought it was for yourself."

"Jealous?" Xie Ci pinched his face, "I was left to fend for myself by my aunt back then. Forget about tutoring classes, if my grades were even slightly better than Chen Zhanpeng's, she would find ways to bother me, even knocking on my door at two or three in the morning to wake me up for a midnight snack. I had no choice but to fight a guerrilla war."

Xie Ci recounted the story of meeting Fang Size by the river, "Thanks to Fang Size, I managed to get into my target university."

"You were diligent enough."

Gu Yufeng covered Xie Ci's hand, rubbing his palm, "Luckily you didn't give up on yourself, otherwise I wouldn't have met you."

Xie Ci brushed his fingers over his eyebrows, "Two people from different worlds coming together, looking back, it really is incredible."

"It's destined."

Gu Yufeng propped himself up on the sofa armrest, straddling Xie Ci's lap, "All the hardships you endured, the efforts you made, the careful planning, it was all ultimately to be with me."

Xie Ci casually placed his hands on Gu Yufeng's waist, looking up at him, chuckling, "The way you put it, I got a good deal?"

"Of course." Gu Yufeng leaned in to kiss the corner of his lips, "You got the best reward, I'll prove it to you."

Xie Ci held his waist, returning the kiss.

This kid's sweet talk came naturally, and he just fell for it.

They had both been busy with various things lately, and both were a bit out of control.

Xie Ci hooked his fingers into Gu Yufeng's waistband, pulling it down.

Gu Yufeng held his hand, "The door's not closed."

Xie Ci glanced at the door but showed no intention of stopping, "Then take it easy, don't attract Dad over."

Seeing he was serious, Gu Yufeng cursed softly, "I don't have a fetish for being watched."

Xie Ci leaned back against the backrest, kissing his cheek in reassurance, "Don't worry, just hands tonight."

Gu Yufeng: "What about the box you mentioned?"

Xie Ci: "You should know there's no such thing here."

Gu Yufeng: "..."

Afterward, Gu Yufeng leaned against Xie Ci's shoulder like a lazy cat, "President Xie looks like a decent person, but only looks like one."

Xie Ci took a few tissues to clean up the scene, "I never said I was a decent person."

"True, you were once a master in the field of love." Gu Yufeng chuckled.

Xie Ci: "..."

Was his technique that good? It's been so long, and he still hasn't noticed.

With nothing much to do at night, the two of them lay down early, before eleven, ready to sleep.

The room was filled with traces of Xie Ci's life, and Gu Yufeng was too excited to sleep, pulling Xie Ci to chat about the past.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated, and Gu Yufeng picked it up to check, it was a new message.

"Desen and Bonar signed an off-market betting agreement."

Xie Ci: "Bonar? One of the hedge funds your grandfather turned away?"

Gu Yufeng nodded, "Even if I didn't stop it, Grandpa wouldn't play high-leverage bets with him. He went to Desen and got even more money."

"You've been relentlessly pursuing Rongyu these years, and your grandfather's bank has made several strategic adjustments, causing Desen's banking business to continuously shrink. Taking risks is inevitable."

Xie Ci turned to his side, propping his head up, his hand resting on Gu Yufeng's waist, "The moves you've made have already put considerable pressure on Desen. Their strategies in the past two or three years have been quite impulsive, probably to surpass your grandfather again, taking a gamble."

Gu Yufeng: "This Bonar and Carter are in cahoots, both gamblers in speculation."

Xie Ci: "In Desen's risk assessment, this risk isn't even the biggest."

"That's why he dared to sign."

Gu Yufeng looked up at Xie Ci, "Everything's ready, just waiting for the right moment."

Xie Ci seemed thoughtful.

Before the battle begins, he still has something to do.

The next morning, after breakfast, Gu Yufeng and Xie Ci got into Robertson's car and left.

In the car, Gu Yufeng opened his work laptop and asked Robertson in the driver's seat, "How's the information gathering going?"

"You mean the dirt on the Xie family?" Robertson replied, "There's a lot, Xie Cheng's, Xie Jinyan's, and Xie family's insider trading."

Gu Yufeng looked at the screen, somewhat absent-minded, "Release it, one piece a day, until the end of the Lunar New Year, let the Xie family have a good year."

Robertson: "...Yes."

If it really gets released, not to mention how much the stock price will drop, some people might even end up in jail.

Of all people to offend, they chose to offend the little boss.