After seven years of being a "simp," she's reborn and no longer pursuing the aloof sc

Chapter

Upon hearing this, Gu Jinhuai stopped drinking his porridge and looked at me: "If you like, I can buy it for you every day."

Listening to his words, I only felt that he was joking.

"No, it just feels a bit familiar."

I looked away without making my point clear, and Gu Jinhuai remained silent.

I had just finished a bowl of porridge and was still craving wontons when Gu Jinhuai poured all the porridge from the thermos into the bowl.

"continue."

Gu Jinhuai was concise and to the point, and his words were always true.

I looked at the bowl full of porridge in front of me, my gaze unconsciously falling on the bowl of wontons. My brows furrowed, and I protested, "I don't want to drink it."

"No."

Gu Jinhuai looked me up and down and then refused outright.

I stared at the bowl of porridge, lost in thought.

"If Nanzhi doesn't want to drink, she can eat something else."

Fu Yiran spoke gently, and I was about to nod in agreement when I suddenly felt the air around me freeze. Gu Jinhuai's icy gaze swept over Fu Yiran, and his voice was cold: "What do you expect her, a patient, to eat?"

Gu Jinhuai pointed to the breakfast in front of him and sneered, "Is this your garbage?"

The air suddenly turned cold, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across Fu Yiran's face. I looked at Gu Jinhuai and deliberately lowered my voice: "Gu Jinhuai!"

Gu Jinhuai glanced at me indifferently and said in a deep voice, "Drink it quickly, it'll get cold soon."

The breakfast was a nerve-wracking experience. After it was over, Gu Jinhuai still hadn't left, and Fu Yiran showed no sign of leaving either.

Seeing the two of them locked in a stalemate, I tried to ease the tension by saying, "I'll go take care of the cat."

"I'll accompany you."

Fu Yiran was about to get up when Gu Jinhuai stopped her.

"I have something to talk to you about."

Gu Jinhuai immediately pulled Fu Yiran away.

I was about to step forward when I was stopped by Gu Jinhuai's gaze.

I know Gu Jinhuai's personality well. If I side with Fu Yiran now, he will only get angrier.

He has always been aloof and will never allow his prey to escape his control.

I silently stopped and watched the two of them leave, one after the other.

To distract myself, I cleaned the pet store, prepared food for the cats and dogs, and made a point of paying attention to Nannan, who had just arrived yesterday.

After waiting for a long time, Gu Jinhuai and Fu Yiran did not appear. Instead, the boy who came to De yesterday appeared.

"We won't care about that cat anymore. Whether it lives or dies is up to you. Don't call my girlfriend, she's busy with work."

His words sounded harsh to me. For the first time, I took a good look at the boy in front of me. He was wearing a light gray tracksuit, had his hair slicked back, and looked like someone not to be trifled with. His words were threatening.

"Excuse me, this is Ms. Zhu's cat. We need to speak with the person involved. You have no right to interfere with her decision."

I frowned, losing patience with this heartless person, and spoke very directly.

"Don't give me that. I know you lousy pet shop, all you do is make money. Let me tell you, she doesn't care whether that cat lives or dies. Hand it over to me, and give me back all the money from yesterday. We're not going to treat it."

Seeing his unreasonable and unreasonable behavior, I frowned and my face darkened: "Whether or not to treat him is not up to you."

I had just taken out my phone to call Zhu Yan when it was snatched away. The man slammed it to the ground like a madman.

"I'm in charge. Why are you asking her? She's kind-hearted, that's why she was deceived by people like you."

The boy kept shouting, and his voice reeked of alcohol. I subconsciously frowned.

"Give me that silver shaded cat, I'll take care of it."

The boy shoved me aside and tried to go inside to catch the cat.

I instinctively stepped in front of him and coldly refused. The boy got excited, shoved me aside, and tried to rush in.

I stumbled and hit my lower back on the corner of the cabinet. A sharp pain shot through me, but I ignored the pain and watched him keep walking inside. I quickly followed, still holding a broom, and hit his leg a few times.

"Don't you know where you are when you're drunk? What happens between you and Miss Zhu is none of my business, but you can't take the cat away. That's my job."

I picked up a broom and stood in front of him, my voice unconsciously rising a few decibels.

"Damn it! You surnamed Zhou, try hitting me again."

The boy stared at me angrily, suppressing his fear, and stood there unmoved.

"Get out of my way, or don't blame me for being rude."

The boy lost his patience and raised his hand to hit my face. Just then, Gu Jinhuai and his companion walked in from outside.

"Do you dare to touch her?"

Gu Jinhuai's tone was cold and laced with warning. In a daze, his tall figure was already standing beside me. In an instant, my anxious heart gradually calmed down.

Fu Yiran followed closely behind and dialed Zhu Yan's number.

"I've already spoken with Miss Zhu. Where do you want to take her cat?"

Fu Yiran's voice also turned cold.

Upon seeing this, the boy's eyes flickered, and he became hesitant in his speech.

“Mind your own business and stop tattling on us. I think you guys don’t want to keep your shop open.”

The man, fueled by alcohol, started shouting incoherently, but Gu Jinhuai wasn't going to tolerate it. He grabbed a glass of cold water and splashed it on the man's face, his voice indifferent, like an endless abyss: "Are you awake?"

The boy grumbled as he wiped the water off his face. When he opened his eyes, he saw Gu Jinhuai and instantly lost his arrogance.

"Gu... Jinhuai".

When the boy saw Gu Jinhuai, his pupils shrank, and he stammered as he spoke.

“I can’t interfere in what happens between you and Zhu Yan, but I promised her before her mother passed away that I would help her seize the family fortune. If you dare to be unfaithful to her, I will never let you off the hook.”

Gu Jinhuai's tone was indifferent, yet carried a strong sense of pressure.

Fu Yiran looked at Gu Jinhuai with surprise, and finally walked up to the boy: "You are not welcome here, please leave."

"you……"

The boy was about to retort when he received Gu Jinhuai's icy gaze, and immediately shut up and slunk away.

Soon, only the three of us were left in the shop. Fu Yiran answered a phone call. I don't know what was said on the other end, but I saw his brows furrow and a hint of tension flash in his eyes.

"Okay, Mom, don't worry, I'll go right now."

Fu Yiran hurriedly hung up the phone, looked at me apologetically and said, "I have some things to take care of at home, I'll go back first, I'll leave the shop to you."

Seeing his anxious look, I quickly replied, "Go ahead and go."

After he left, my gaze fell on Gu Jinhuai: "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

"You want me to leave, aren't you afraid that guy will come back and settle the score with you?"

Gu Jinhuai stepped forward, stood in front of me, and looked me in the eye.

I took a step back: "Stay if you want."

I turned and left to take care of the cat. I didn't have a moment to rest all morning, looking for things to do, afraid that Gu Jinhuai would talk to me.

Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the man leaning lazily against the sofa, looking down at his phone, seemingly engrossed in something.

I used the same posture all morning, hardly changing it at all.

At lunchtime, just as I opened my phone to order takeout, Gu Jinhuai's light voice came from the sofa: "It's lunchtime, let's go out for lunch."

I listened to his commanding tone and said unhappily, "You eat yours, I'll eat mine."

I was about to say I wasn't hungry when my stomach made a slight protest, so I immediately shut up.

I quickly placed the order, waved my phone at him, and said, "I don't need you to worry about me. You should take better care of yourself."

Soon, the deliveryman came in, glanced at the two of us, and asked, "Who is Mrs. Gu?"

I looked at the deliveryman with a blank expression, and when I noticed Gu Jinhuai's gaze, a bad feeling instantly arose.

Finally, he glanced down at the nickname in his phone, his expression embarrassed, his ears turning red involuntarily, wishing he could disappear into a crack in the ground.

I secretly glanced at Gu Jinhuai next to me. Although he remained silent, his expression seemed to see through everything.