Upon hearing this, Gu Zixiao's eyes flickered; he already knew what Lan Yao meant by asking that question.

However, Gu Zixiao pretended not to know.

Why do you ask that?

Lan Yao chuckled and glanced at him indifferently: "Don't you know what I mean by asking that question?"

Gu Zixiao: ...

He felt that if he continued to pretend to be ignorant, Lan Yao would probably stop talking to him.

He touched his nose and said somewhat helplessly, "I'm just afraid I'll say something wrong."

"It's okay. You're wrong, so what? I'm not going to hit you."

Gu Zixiao: "Hitting people is wrong. Besides, what kind of relationship do we have now? You can't just hit people like that."

Lan Yao: "Are you trying to bargain with me now?"

Gu Zixiao quickly raised her hands in surrender: "I was wrong. But I meant it. I was wrong before, so I endured being hit. But you can't hit me again if I don't provoke you."

However, if you really want to hit someone, you can spank my butt.

Lan Yao: ...

“…Pervert.” Lan Yao rolled her eyes at him. “Stop talking nonsense. We’re getting off-topic.”

Gu Zixiao: "It's not easy to buy a house these days. But if you really want one, I can help you look into it."

Lan Yao: "Okay. It would be best if it were near Grandma's house."

When talking about the area near Grandma Yu's house, Lan Yao naturally thought of the house next door to Grandma Yu's house.

She coughed lightly: "You mean Wang Tianfu's courtyard? Can I take it over?"

Gu Zixiao reacted quickly: "It should be possible."

Lan Yao: "But didn't they get their family transferred to the countryside? It shouldn't be hard to get the property certificate."

To be honest, she had a bunch of property deeds for the Lan and Xu families in her online space.

Once things recover, these will all belong to her.

Gu Zixiao: "I can get it. Don't worry."

Gu Zixiao wasn't lying when she said she could get it; people had died in that house, and they were all dead.

If we let some word out and do something casually, no one will want it.

If we use some more tactics to scare those people in the Red Committee, Gu Zixiao will be able to get the house.

He'll have Lan Yao buy it privately, and then tell everyone it was him who bought it.

If someone investigates him, it will only lead to him and won't affect Lan Yao.

After all, Lan Yao is just a young girl, without parents, and her background involves some capitalist issues.

Although she really had no connection with that family, and her household registration was indeed from the countryside, she had severed ties with that family.

However, if she encounters someone who wants to mess with her, they only need to focus on one aspect of her to keep messing with her.

Gu Zixiao couldn't bear to let Lan Yao be targeted by others.

After the two of them agreed on the arrangements, at noon, Lan Yao took Gu Zixiao to the state-run restaurant.

Although Gu Zixiao did recover after drinking the spiritual spring water, Lan Yao didn't let him eat any fancy dishes for his sake.

The two of them ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodles and a steamer of meat buns for lunch.

Lan Yao's actions deeply moved Gu Zixiao.

While eating, Gu Zixiao said with emotion, "Lan Yao, it's so wonderful to have you as my partner. We must get married and spend our whole lives together."

Lan Yao chuckled twice and stuffed a steamed bun into Gu Zixiao's mouth: "Eating won't shut you up."

...

Lin Qingqing ran home crying. As soon as she got home, her mother saw the girl with red eyes and asked with concern, "Qingqing, what happened? Didn't you go to see Zixiao? Why are you back like this? Didn't Zixiao see you off?"

Upon hearing her mother's words, Lin Qingqing angrily sat down on the sofa: "What's the point of sending gifts? He already has a boyfriend. Besides, Gu Zixiao doesn't even look at me. Every time I go to see him, he's always giving me the cold shoulder."

Lin's mother became even angrier: "What does Gu Zixiao mean? What's wrong with my Qingqing? She's good-looking, works in a performing arts troupe, and has a high school education. He's a good-for-nothing who doesn't care about his parents, and he has the nerve to look down on you."

"Mom," Lin Qingqing called out, then corrected, "He's not a good-for-nothing; he works in the military."

Lin's mother pursed her lips: "You can only fool people who don't know any better. Your father told me what kind of job he has. If we're being serious, we didn't look down on him because he's unlucky. But he dares to look down on you? No, I'm going to talk to Wang Huifang about this."

Wang Huifang is Gu's mother's name.

"Mom." Lin Qingqing quickly pulled her mother back, looking somewhat embarrassed. "Isn't this a bad idea?"

Lin's mother said nonchalantly, "What's wrong with it?"

She tapped her daughter's forehead again, annoyed: "You're already so wronged, and you're still thinking about Gu Zixiao? There's an old saying that a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. I never believed it before."

"Mom~" Lin Qingqing said coquettishly, holding her mother's hand.

Lin's mother was at her wits' end with Lin Qingqing: "Alright, alright, I know. I won't go looking for her anymore, okay?"

Lin Qingqing hummed in agreement. Seeing that Lin Qingqing's complexion was not good, her mother pulled her back to her room to rest.

As soon as Lin Qingqing went inside, her mother stopped outside the door to make sure Lin Qingqing wasn't making any noise.

Lin's mother then went to the Gu family in a huff.

At that moment, Gu's mother, Wang Huifang, was knitting a sweater with her husband. When she saw Lin's mother arrive, she smiled and asked, "Wenfang, what brings you here? Please have a seat."

Zhang Wenfang sat down and snorted.

Wang Huifang was taken aback. "What's wrong with you? Are you angry at home? Speaking of which, did Qingqing go to see that rascal Gu Zixiao? Is Qingqing back yet? Wenfang, let me tell you, I really like your Qingqing. If my Gu Zixiao can marry your Qingqing, he'll be incredibly lucky."

"Come on." Although Lin's mother was indeed very happy that Wang Huifang praised her daughter, she was still angry when she thought about how her daughter had come back with red, teary eyes.

Wang Huifang stopped what she was doing and looked at Zhang Wenfang with a surprised expression: "Wenfang, what do you mean by this?"

Zhang Wenfang: "What do you mean? It means I don't agree to my daughter marrying your Gu Zixiao. We are not worthy of Gu Zixiao."

My daughter said that Gu Zixiao already has a boyfriend. His boyfriend has already gone to the hospital to visit him.

After that, Gu Zixiao treated my girl with utter contempt, showing her nothing but disdain.

Wang Huifang was momentarily stunned, then her face immediately contorted with anger. She threw her things aside and said in a vicious tone, "He dares! I won't allow it. He dares to find a girlfriend. I'll break his legs."

Zhang Wenfang scoffed, "What kind of person is Gu Zixiao? Why would he be afraid of you?"