Although Gu Siting got the result he had been looking forward to for many years, he did not want Gu Weiwei to become suspicious.

Whether he was going to the company or coming back on his own, he would take her with him, preventing her from going online or contacting anyone other than himself and Kuroda Shio.

Gu Weiwei asked to buy a new phone several times, but Gu Siting politely declined, so she didn't bring it up again.

A few days later it was Gu Siting's birthday, though... it wasn't really Gu Siting's birthday, just his birthday as Gu Weiwei remembered it.

After finishing work that day, Gu Siting took her back to the villa on the hillside where Madam Gu and the old master lived.

Upon entering the house, Gu Weiwei couldn't wait to search for Madam Gu's whereabouts, but she couldn't find her.

Why aren't Aunt Gu and Grandpa home?

"Yesterday, they said Grandpa wasn't feeling well and went to the nursing home," Gu Siting lied calmly.

Although she now seems to have returned to the year before she went to China, she hasn't settled things with Fu Hanzheng yet, and she can't risk letting her mother and grandfather come back.

After all, Yuan Shuo and Kaman Dorrance were still eyeing the Gu family covetously, waiting to seize his weakness.

Moreover, it is still uncertain whether her current state is permanent or temporary.

Fu Hanzheng finally managed to get his hands on that child, how could he just use him to blackmail Weiwei into coming back?

"Oh, should we go take a look?" Gu Weiwei asked.

Gu Siting thought for a moment, "Let's go tomorrow."

"Shouldn't we give them a call later?" Gu Weiwei asked.

Gu Siting thought for a moment, then smiled and said.

"good."

Gu Weiwei looked at the empty living room. "The maid isn't here either?"

"I've taken leave," Gu Siting said.

"Why don't we call Zhixiong over? Your birthday shouldn't be too quiet, right?" Gu Weiwei muttered as she rummaged through the kitchen for dinner ingredients.

Gu Siting thought for a moment and smiled faintly.

"No need, he has work to do."

Although today is not his actual birthday, he has not celebrated a birthday since she left the family.

My original birthday this year has long passed, so today is just to make up for it.

Upon hearing this, Gu Weiwei peeked out from the kitchen and asked.

"Then just the two of us?"

“Yeah, just the two of us.” Gu Siting looked at the person standing in the kitchen and sighed wistfully, “We haven’t celebrated our birthdays together for many years.”

Even on her birthday, he only had Kuroda Shio deliver the gift, while he himself never went back, using work as an excuse.

Gu Weiwei pursed her lips and remained silent, finally nodding in agreement.

"So... what do you want to eat?"

"I'll eat whatever you make," Gu Siting said with a gentle smile.

Gu Weiwei looked at the person who spoke with surprise, then hesitated to speak.

Gu Siting raised an eyebrow slightly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Hmm...you seem a bit strange lately," Gu Weiwei said with a forced laugh.

Gu Siting thought that it was probably because their relationship had been distant for several years that she found it strange when his attitude suddenly changed.

Just as he was trying to figure out how to explain it so that she wouldn't suspect anything, the phone rang.

So, he went along with it.

"I'm going out to take this call, I'll come back in a bit to help you."

After watching him leave, Gu Weiwei searched for usable ingredients in the refrigerator and decided to cook her own birthday dinner.

When Gu Siting came in, she was already making a cake herself, and her focused expression made it hard for anyone to disturb her.