Seeing the boy's embarrassed face and incoherent speech, Gu Fei's mischievous side was awakened, and he suddenly wanted to tease the child opposite him.

He asked very seriously, "So...am I good-looking or not?"

Lin Qingyan remained silent for a long time before whispering, "It's beautiful."

It looks great.

Lin Qingyan doesn't consider himself a looks-obsessed person. He spent five years in the entertainment industry in his previous life and has seen all kinds of handsome men, each with their own appeal, but he doesn't pay much attention to others.

Unlike now, I find myself staring at the man across from me without even realizing it. In his eyes, I might have become a pervert. Who stares at the same sex all the time? He must be a pervert or a homosexual.

Oh, I forgot... he's gay.

I don't know if Gu Fei is like that, but there are rumors online that he is sexually apathetic, not interested in either men or women, and has been single ever since.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingyan couldn't help but look up at the person opposite her. That face did indeed look quite detached from worldly desires, like someone who had seen through the illusions of the world and could become a monk on the spot, shaving his head to become an enlightened high monk.

It seems the rumors circulating online are not entirely unfounded.

Gu Fei: "..."

If he hadn't seen it earlier, the child's gaze seemed to carry a hint of regret and pity.

Lin Qingyan felt it was a pity, a pity that such a figure and good looks were wasted on someone who was sexually frigid. Sigh... He sighed inwardly and also made it out loud.

Gu Fei: "..."

Why are you sighing?

Lin Qingyan quickly put aside the jumbled thoughts in her mind. While drinking her milk, she thought about what topic to use to break the deadlock, when she heard Gu Fei speak first.

"What are your plans for the future?" Gu Fei asked. "Do you want to continue your studies?" As long as Lin Qingyan nodded, he would send him to school. At the age of nineteen, he was still carefree and studying.

This child dropped out of school early to work and pay off his family's debts. Even the clothes he wore were torn, and his fair and slender hands, which were so beautiful, had calluses on them from years of hard work.

Gu Fei suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Go to school?" Lin Qingyan shook her head and said, "I haven't decided yet."

Gu Fei: "Keep thinking about it, and tell me when you've figured it out."

Lin Qingyan nodded and said okay.

After finishing breakfast, Gu Fei went to the company. Lin Qingyan had nothing to do, so she wandered around the villa for a while. Before she had even finished walking around, she felt tired, so she sat in the gazebo in the backyard and obediently thought about what she should do.

First, he decided to continue living with Gu Fei, so that he would have more opportunities to confirm his identity as a man. In addition, regardless of whether he went to school or not, or whether he continued to stay in the entertainment industry, he needed to make money first.

Thinking that he was penniless and didn't even have a hundred yuan, Lin Qingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His most urgent task was to make money. Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

The message was sent by his younger brother, Lin Qingyang.

—Bro, school starts in a few days. I just saw a pair of sneakers I liked. They weren't expensive, only 500 yuan. [Poor thing]

At this point, Lin Qingyan would usually transfer the money immediately. Even if he didn't have the money, he would still agree to it. At home, his relationship with his younger brother was just okay, nothing special.

In his past life, when he was misunderstood and scorned by netizens, even when he eventually withdrew from the entertainment industry and disappeared from the public eye, Lin Qingyang didn't care much about him and even got very close to An Nanyi.

So-called family ties are so weak.

Having been reborn, his thoughts are different now. He wants to live for himself. In his previous life, he had done enough for his parents and younger brother. He gave his all, but all he got in return was his father's beatings and scoldings, his mother's lack of understanding, and his brother's indifference.

Is it worth it?

It's not worth it.

Lin Qingyan didn't reply to the message. Holding her phone, she stared blankly at the various beautiful flowers blooming in the small garden across the street, until she heard a soft meow.

Meow~

He looked down towards the sound and saw a chubby little orange cat standing at his feet. It had a round head and big round eyes and looked especially cute. It was looking up at the new, unfamiliar guest with curiosity.

Meow~

Lin Qingyan liked these cute little animals; their meows melted her heart.

He immediately put the unpleasant matter out of his mind, bent down, picked up the orange cat, placed it on his lap, and gently stroked its fluffy little head. "Little guy, what's your name?"

"Meow~" The orange cat wasn't shy at all. It closed its eyes comfortably as it was petted, its little paws tucked in.

"Little guy, who is your owner?"

Have you had breakfast? Are you hungry?

"Why aren't you meowing anymore? Even kittens need to be polite. You have to answer when someone asks you a question, you know?"

"Come on, meow again."

...

The chubby orange cat lazily closed its eyes, too lazy to pay attention to the foolish humans.

——

It was 5:30 PM, thirty minutes before the end of the workday.

The gossip group within the Gu Group suddenly became lively because their CEO not only didn't work overtime today, but also left work half an hour early.

The entire company, even the cleaning lady, knows that their CEO is a workaholic who works overtime one, two, three, four, five, six, or seven days a week. The number of times he leaves work early like this is very few.

But it's not a big deal.

Everyone chatted for a bit in the group chat and then dispersed.

Surely he doesn't have a date with a beautiful woman?

impossible!

Rather than that, they preferred to believe that Master Gu had taken some time to save the world.

Mr. Gu didn't want to save the world. He was just thinking about the poor homeless child he picked up last night who was still at home. Normally, he could work all day without any distractions, but now, the closer it got to the end of the workday, the more restless he became in his office.

So he felt perfectly justified in leaving get off work early, since he was the boss anyway.

He drove home, but didn't see Lin Qingyan as he hoped. Butler Shen said that young master Lin had left in the morning, "Young master Lin asked me to tell you that he will be back around nine o'clock tonight..."

Gu Fei pursed his lips expressionlessly. "Do you know where he went?"

Butler Shen said, "Young Master Lin didn't say, but he left me a phone number. Should I call and ask?"

"No need, just send me the number."

"good."

After receiving the number, Gu Fei turned and left. Butler Shen watched his retreating figure with a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, including regret and nostalgia). It turned out that Master Gu had returned so early because of Young Master Lin.

On the other side, Gu Fei opened the car door and sat back in the driver's seat. He saved the number sent by the butler into his contacts, noting that... He hesitated for two seconds, then, with his expressionless, indifferent face, typed two words on the keyboard:

—Yan Yan.