Shi Qi, who had just taken a sip of water, was startled by the sudden sound and almost spat it out. Although she managed to hold it in, she still choked quite a bit.

"Cough! Cough!..."

Gu Yu handed him a napkin. He was puzzled; how could he suddenly choke like that?

It took Shi Qi a while to recover and he wiped himself with the paper that the man handed him.

Gu Yu: "Eat slowly, don't rush."

Shi Qi glanced at him with a secretive and resentful look, then pushed Lai away from him. He suddenly lost his appetite. "Excuse me, I'm going to the restroom."

He said he was going to the restroom, but he really just wanted to pay the bill.

"Your bill has already been paid by the gentleman who accompanied you." How come he didn't see Gu Yu pay?

007: "Friendly reminder: when the male lead gave the menu to the waiter, he slipped the card into the menu."

This person's side job is probably magic.

Shi Qi lingered in the same spot for a while before returning to the private room.

The air conditioning in the private room was on full blast, and Shi Qi noticed that the food had cooled down, but the food in front of Gu Yu hadn't decreased at all.

"Something came up at the company, Mr. Gu, I have to go now."

After Gu Yu nodded, Shi Qi left without lingering.

Back home, Shi Qi collapsed onto the sofa, utterly exhausted. He simply couldn't do anything about Gu Yu.

However, he also realized that the male lead was clearly easier to win over than the female lead. At this rate, he figured he'd barely even seen the female lead before the male lead's affection level would be almost maxed out.

In the original storyline, Gu Yu restricted Su Xiaonan's actions in many ways to prevent the fake marriage from being exposed, such as allowing her to meet other people without permission or to frequent some disreputable places.

Some might consider this an unfair and inhumane contract. But Shi Qi understands. As a businessman, he invests money not as charity, but to expect a return.

But now, it's fair to say he's making a completely unprofitable deal. What does restricting freedom matter? The money Gu Yu paid off for Su Xiaonan's father is enough to buy a very nice apartment in the city center, and Su Xiaonan can get that in just a few years. Clearly, Su Xiaonan is the one who's profiting. In this light, few businessmen are more humane than Gu Yu.

"Dog, maybe I should change my target."

Upon hearing this, 007 was so relieved that he almost burst into tears. "Host, you..."

Fate Value -8, Villain Value +30

Shi Qi: "..."

007:"……"

When Gu Yu returned home, Su Xiaonan was sitting on the sofa, seemingly waiting for him.

Sure enough: "You're back..." Su Xiaonan looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What do you want to say?"

Su Xiaonan: "I want to ask... why won't you let me go out?" She was actually quite sad because she had a really good first impression of Shi Qi.

Gu Yu didn't explain further. He simply said, "If it's just a normal outing, I won't restrict you. But if it's a date, don't forget the terms of our contract."

"How did you..." Su Xiaonan was taken aback: "You were listening to me?" She was certain that there was no one else around at the time, so this was the only possibility.

Gu Yu's voice was relatively flat: "Article 5: If necessary, Party A may take certain targeted measures against Party B. Don't be naive; things aren't as simple as you think."

After saying this, Gu Yu left her and went back to his room. Su Xiaonan, left behind, clenched her fists tightly…

----

007: "Hmm...it must be a conflict between the male and female leads."

If I'm not mistaken, this conflict should also be related to Shi Qi himself.

007 couldn't help but exclaim, "In some ways, you're quite the troublemaker too."

Shi Qi was speechless: "If you can't speak properly, you should just shut up."

……

"Dog, what do you think is the reason for Gu Yu's increased favorability?" These past few days haven't been enough to fully understand this person, but Gu Yu's favorability towards him has already reached 26.

007 said he didn't know either: "Our system doesn't have much empathy for subtle emotions."

Upon hearing this, Shi Qi didn't even glance at him, and quietly fell into thought.

He carefully recalled the process of how Gu Yu's favorability towards him had increased each time...

Twice it was when he almost lost his composure and his cold demeanor, twice it was when he was drunk, and twice it was probably something he made up in his head.

Finally, Shi Qi made a "very accurate" summary: Gu Yu has a certain... peculiar fetish.

This conclusion gave Shi Qi a jolt of surprise. But he quickly came to terms with it, since it wouldn't do him any harm anyway.

It had been a week since Gu Yu last saw Shi Qi. He had been quite busy that week, planning the construction of the land he had just acquired from Shi Qi. Now that he finally had some free time, he planned to rest at home for a day and relax.

Gu Yu now lives in a high-end residential area in the suburbs. The surrounding environment is very good, and each house is quite expensive. The type of house like Gu Yu's is even more expensive. Only three houses were built in the entire residential area, and only Gu Yu's house was sold.

But just a week ago, he learned that the house next to his had been sold. Yesterday, the moving company made many trips back and forth, probably because the new owner was moving in.

In the morning, Gu Yu sat in front of the French windows in his bedroom, reading the newspaper and drinking tea.

Just then, a familiar black Maybach came into Gu Yu's view and stopped in front of the house next door. The driver's side door opened, and the first thing he saw was a long, slender leg in black jeans. Then, the person stepped out – it was Shi Qi. He was wearing a very casual black T-shirt, something he'd never seen before.

007: "Host, the male lead is currently watching you from upstairs in his house!"

Shi Qi replied indifferently, "Hmm." Then he pulled a suitcase out of the trunk and pushed it inside.

Gu Yu hadn't expected Shi Qi to move in; he remembered his old place was also quite nice. Could it be that Shi Qi had some other purpose? Did he deliberately move next door to him for Su Xiaonan, or… for him?

----

Sometimes he would slump on the sofa, listlessly scrolling through his phone. His name would no longer appear on the trending topics on Weibo that used to be associated with him, and many familiar things had changed drastically.

But, is it really the protagonist effect? ​​"Gu Yu got married but didn't take his wife on their honeymoon" is still trending on social media. I guess I'm just lucky to have him.

Now that he has moved here, he has naturally made ample preparations, and he even gave the nanny a long vacation.

noon

Gu Yu, who had been curled up in a recliner for almost the entire morning, was just about to get up and go downstairs for lunch when he was drawn to the wisps of smoke rising from a window on the first floor next door.

Gu Yu straightened up immediately, put on his slippers, and ran outside.

Downstairs, Su Xiaonan saw Gu Yu rushing down the stairs: "Gu Yu, dinner's ready." Before she could finish speaking, Gu Yu brushed past her, then pushed open the door and ran out.

The two houses weren't very close, and since he was wearing slippers, Gu Yu felt uncomfortable after running for only a short while. So, he simply took off his slippers, ran to Shi Qi's door, and knocked hard. After a while, there was still no response. Just as he was about to turn around to check the smoking window, the door opened.

"Gu Yu?"

Normally, Shi Qi always presents a perfect image, but the Shi Qi in front of us is disheveled and expressionless, which is quite a contrast.

Gu Yu's favorability +5

I was completely baffled. What was going on?

Then, Gu Yu pointed to the tip of his nose. Shi Qi subconsciously wiped his nose, then noticed a layer of dust on his fingers…

'Dog, why didn't you tell me earlier?'

007's eyes darted around: "You didn't ask either."

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