The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

Xu Ya blushed under her gaze. This woman was really something; she'd already noticed, yet she still had to shout. She didn't know what Dr. Chen saw in this woman; she had absolutely no redeeming qualities. Now everyone was saying this, wasn't she just embarrassing herself?

Seeing that Yun Shu was also looking at her, meaning she was waiting for her explanation, Xu Ya blurted out, "So what if I'm closer to him than ordinary friends? Does that mean you're allowed to have a boyfriend, but others can't?" She then gave her a disdainful snort.

"Tch! I'm just a little curious, I don't care about your nonsense. Ah Shu! Why don't you say something?" Xu Ruo turned her head to Yun Shu after speaking, and saw that Yun Shu was watching silently. She was too calm and she didn't know what Yun Shu was thinking.

Seeing that they had finished speaking, Yun Shu said, "Xu Ya, you are already 19 years old. After turning eighteen, you are an adult, so I can't really say anything to you. I just want to say that before marriage, especially when the two of you don't really want to get married, it's best to be more respectful..."

At this point in Yun Shu's speech, Xu Ya and Xu Ruo both understood. Xu Ruo blushed and glanced at Chen Mingyuan. Her doctor Chen had slept with her on their third meeting, and she had forgotten how many times they had done it together. Hearing Yun Shu say this made her feel a little embarrassed. Looking at Yun Shu and Mingkun, she realized that Yun Shu's words earlier and her and Xiao Mingkun's awkwardness were strange. Could it be...? Suddenly, she wondered if the two of them hadn't even slept together.

Xu Ya thought to herself, "I'm only nineteen, and Jin Yuan is only twenty. What my sister said makes a lot of sense. We're still a long way from getting married. Right now, we're just good friends. At most, we hold hands, but we haven't even kissed yet. It's all so innocent!" Just as she was feeling sentimental, she heard the older woman across from her shout loudly, "Ah Shu, you haven't been pampered by Brother Kun yet, have you?"

Yun Shu was drinking soup when she suddenly spat it out and started coughing. Ming Kun quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth. The expressions of the people present became complicated afterward, turning from red to white, then back to red. This Xu Ruo… this woman is too…

After hearing Xu Ruo's words, the key people all looked towards Ming Kun.

Mingkun was utterly mortified. After all, they'd been dating for so long, were legally married, and he still hadn't gotten to have her—it was truly embarrassing! Luckily, he quickly came up with a clever suggestion: "We're trying a platonic relationship, no rush..."

This time it was Xu Ruo's turn to be speechless. This Kun Ge is too capable; he can say such things so naturally without even blushing.

The others were amused by Mingkun's wit and stopped talking about it. Only Chen Mingyuan, seeing that Mingming was dressed very appropriately today, even wearing a skirt, but now she had no ladylike demeanor at all and was full of bandit-like airs, and her words were even more inappropriate for the occasion, gave him a headache. He hoped that Xu Ruo's father could be more normal, otherwise, if there were two adults in the family who were always out of sorts, he would really worry that one day he would use his scalpel to open their heads and see if they were different from ordinary people.

Seeing Chen Mingyuan deep in thought, Xu Yang glared at Xu Ruo. If she scared away his future son-in-law, where would he find someone so good again? Xu Ruo was able to win Chen Mingyuan over; it was truly thanks to the virtue of her ancestors or the blessings of her mother. Otherwise, he had been worried about his daughter not being able to get married not long ago.

After receiving a warning look from her father, Xu Ruo stopped making any more shocking remarks.

By the time the night shift waiters came to clean up after the meal, it was already past 10, almost 11 p.m. Just then, Yun Shu's phone rang.

"Hey!"

"Gu Yunshu, what time is it? Why aren't you back yet? Are you planning to never go out again?!" Gu Cheng shouted from inside.

Yun Shu frowned. Why was Gu Cheng so strict with her? She wasn't like Yun Huan, that unfortunate troublemaker. She really wasn't used to being so strictly controlled all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?" Mingkun asked worriedly when he saw her troubled look.

"My dad called and is urging me to come home! Sigh! Mingkun, I'm sorry..." I looked at him helplessly.

"What are you apologizing for? It's getting late. You do need to go back, but you have a day off tomorrow, right? We can see each other again tomorrow. It's not like we live that far apart."

Mingkun knew what Yunshu felt guilty about, and not just Yunshu, but he did too. His mother had called that morning to remind him again that he couldn't have any more contact with Yunshu and had to cut off all ties. His mother had never been so domineering before, and he was worried about how to talk to her about it.

After greeting Xu Ruo and the others, Ming Kun first escorted Yun Shu back to her home.

It was so late and there were no buses, and taking a taxi wasn't safe, so Mingkun insisted on personally taking Yunshu home, even if it meant going back to the Gu family.

Finally, Yun Shu dropped him off 100 meters outside the gate of the compound, where she asked Xiao Mingkun to park the car.

"Mingkun, that's enough. There are security guards at the entrance. Your car can go in." Yun Shu unbuckled her seatbelt, took her bag, and was about to get out of the car.

"Wait!" Mingkun had barely finished speaking when he leaned in and precisely kissed Yun Shu's alluring pink lips. The kiss lingered for a long time before they finally parted. "Consider this kiss your compensation to me. Don't feel guilty towards me anymore; I'm not much better off. It wasn't easy for us to be together, and we can't make our relationship public right now. But I believe that with effort, we can definitely stand openly before others. I'll introduce myself as 'Gu Yun Shu's husband!'"

Yun Shu's eyes were already brimming with tears. It turned out that she understood her helplessness. It was unexpected that Ming Kun could be this good, even though they hadn't spent much time together!

Yun Shu nodded heavily and said, "Me too. I will openly say that I am Xiao Mingkun's wife and will be... the mother of Mingkun's child." After saying that, Yun Shu herself became shy.

Looking at the gentle and docile Yun Shu, Ming Kun could only hold her in his arms and cherish her for a while before he was willing to part with her.

He got out of the car and opened the door for Yun Shu. After getting out, Yun Shu didn't dare to look back. She was afraid that if she looked back and saw Ming Kun watching her walk away with deep affection, she would be reluctant to go back and would feel even more guilty towards him.

I walked straight to the gate of the compound, greeted the guard there, and went inside.

It should be 11 o'clock now. I wonder if Gu Cheng is asleep yet. I'm afraid he's still awake.

Upon entering the house, she saw that Gu Cheng was indeed still waiting for her in the living room, and her brows furrowed.

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