The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

"Yunshu, thank you so much for taking care of my daughter Aruo. Please let us know if you need any help." Xu Yang knew about the girl who had grown up with his daughter and felt sorry for her.

“Dad, Ashu is very strong-willed. She never complains when she has difficulties. Even when we opened a restaurant, we told her not to put any money in first, but she insisted on taking out the money she had saved to buy a house.”

"This shows she's independent. You see, you have half her effort, so Dad is relieved." Aruo has a good business sense, but she lacks patience and willpower. Yunshu is different. This girl will definitely be outstanding in the future. It's a pity that Gujia doesn't want this child.

Xu Ruo scoffed, and finally decided not to talk to her father anymore. She pulled Yun Shu upstairs and into her room.

Xu Yang was left alone in the living room, but he was used to his daughter's impatient nature and watched them go upstairs with a smile.

Yun Shu looked at Xu Ruo's mess with a headache—good heavens! This is no place for a human to live; even a doghouse is cleaner than her room. Things are scattered everywhere, and she neither cleans up nor lets her servants do it. Now it's so messy there's not even a place to sit.

Xu Ruo was a little embarrassed and scratched her already messy hair, saying, "My room is unique, isn't it?"

Yun Shu wanted to laugh but held it in and started tidying up her room. She was a bit of a clean freak and couldn't stand things being messy; a tidy room was more comfortable for her.

Fortunately, Xu Ruo's things were just scattered around, and the room was relatively clean. After tidying everything up, it didn't look as bad as before.

"Ah Ruo! How are you going to get married like this!" Yun Shu sighed as she sat in the armchair.

"You, don't worry about those things. You'll mess things up again in no time. I'm so naive and can't do housework. I guess I inherited it from my mother who died young. She just couldn't do it. Look how good my dad is to her. So don't worry about me. There will always be a man who will accept me. It's just a question: when will that man, my Prince Charming, appear?"

Yun Shu was at a loss for words after hearing this; Aruo's eloquence was becoming increasingly formidable. She shook her head, but her sharp eyes caught sight of something.

"Aruo, how did you get this?" Yun Shu held a beautiful large seashell in her hand. The seashell was a natural conch, twice the size of the usual ones, and the pattern on its surface was somewhat like that of a whelk, golden and very beautiful.

"Oh, last time I went to your place, I saw one on Kun's table, so I asked him for it. It's pretty, isn't it? It's hard to find these kinds of natural seashells these days. What's up, Ashu?"

"It's nothing, I just thought that I used to have a seashell that looked a lot like this... Aruo, can I have this seashell?" When she was little, because she lived by the sea, her uncle often took her to the beach, and she collected a lot of seashells. Among them was a very pretty one that looked similar to this one. She liked it very much and would often take it out to look at it, but later she lost it for some reason.

"Ah... this... never mind, it's your man's stuff anyway, it doesn't matter, take it away, so you won't get jealous if I leave it here."

"Thanks! Aruo, I'll have him cook you a meal another day," Yun Shu said with a smile.

"Mmm, I love to hear that. I've lost weight lately, I really need to eat more." Just thinking about Kun's amazing cooking made Xu Ru's mouth water.

"You, don't you have any shame!" Yun Shu gently pinched Xu Ruo's cheek.

After listening, Xu Ruo giggled. After chatting and playing around for a while, Yun Shu said goodbye because it was getting late.

"Ah Shu, why don't you stay here tonight? You don't have to work tomorrow anyway, and the Gu family lives very close by. I'll take you there tomorrow."

Yun Shu thought about it and it seemed to make sense. This place was a bit far from where she lived, but very close to the Gu family's house. She would have to rush back early the next morning after going home, so it was better to stay here and go directly to the Gu family's house tomorrow.

Seeing Yun Shu agree to stay there, Xu Ruo was overjoyed. However, Yun Shu didn't want to sleep in the same room as her. Yun Shu disliked this shabby place, and besides, neither of them were good sleepers. If they slept together, who knew who would fall off the bed? In the end, Xu Ruo reluctantly asked the servants to prepare another guest room for Yun Shu, which was fortunately right next to Xu Ruo's room.

After returning to her room, Yun Shu took the large conch shell she had received from Xu Ruo and examined it closely, as if something had occurred to her. She then stood up, took a bunch of keys from her bag, one of which had an ear pick attached, and began to clean inside the conch shell.

It took her several minutes to finally pull something out of it—a handkerchief. This was her old conch shell; how did Xiao Mingkun end up finding it? She remembered that after she came to the Gu family, near the old house, she went out to play during a holiday and was bullied by some older children. An older boy helped her chase them away. Could it have been Xiao Mingkun? He must have been in middle school then, already quite tall. She used the handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and later, she seemed to have given him the conch shell.

It turns out they knew each other a long time ago, but they had both forgotten each other. She was very happy to think that they had this connection. She was sure Xiao Mingkun would be surprised when he told her about it after his business trip.

Because of this incident, even though she changed locations that night, Yun Shu didn't suffer from insomnia and slept soundly until dawn.

In the morning, after Yun Shu and Xu Ruo had breakfast, Yu Ruo took Yun Shu to the Gu family home.

The Gu family lived in a military compound not far from here, a place reserved for high-ranking military officers in the city. The compound looked like any other ordinary residential area, not particularly upscale, except for two professional security guards at the entrance. Xu Ruo dropped Yun Shu off a short distance from the compound entrance, as outsiders weren't easily allowed in, and Xu Ruo didn't want to go in either. She had a bad impression of the Gu family from the first sight, especially Gu Yunhuan; the two of them looked down on each other.

Yun Shu waved to Xu Ruo, and only went inside after Xu Ruo's car drove away. The gatekeeper recognized Yun Shu and knew that this girl was a child of the Gu family. Most people in the compound only knew that Yun Shu was the Gu family's adopted daughter and did not know that Yun Shu was Gu Cheng's real daughter.

She rang the doorbell. Soon, the maid, Ajin, came to open the door. Upon seeing Yun Shu, the smile on her face immediately vanished. Ajin was brought from Li Meng's family home and had been working for the Gu family for over ten years. She was extremely adept at reading people's expressions, and Yun Shu had suffered a lot of abuse and harshness at her hands when she was a child.

Yun Shu ignored her disgusted expression. She was already unhappy to see her. Even if she was the adopted daughter of the Gu family, she was still the master of this house. Why was she, a servant, giving her such a hard time? In this day and age, how could a servant be more arrogant than the master? It's outrageous!

Upon entering the house, I saw that the Gu family had just finished breakfast.