Two hours later, Gu Liji went to report to Gu Lubo.

He cautiously said to Grubber, "Antique, the back is still a bit short, you should look at the front first."

Seeing that Gu Lubo's expression remained unchanged, Gu Liji nervously flipped to the beginning of the report and continued, while Gu Lubo calmly listened to the revised plan.

The revised plan sounds much better than Gu Liji's original plan; it is fully feasible and unlike his previous grandiose and empty proposal.

"Pretty good," Guruber casually remarked.

Gulubo's words instantly put his mind at ease; it seemed he had passed this hurdle again.

"It would be even better if you did it yourself next time." This one sentence directly revealed that Gu Liji had hired outside help.

Gu Liji's lips twitched a few times, and he stiffly raised the corners of his mouth. "It's not that I had no clue, so I asked my brother to take a look."

“You’re the one who’s incompetent. After all, he’s not one of Ou Qi’s men. Company documents shouldn’t be shown to anyone other than Ou Qi. This is a one-time exception.” Gu Lubo’s words sounded like a warning, but upon closer examination, they didn’t quite seem like one.

Gu Liji was furious when he heard that he was not allowed to see Gu Rongqi.

He still hasn't finished making some changes!

He said sullenly, "I'm not an outsider either."

Gu Lubo glanced at him. "Have you forgotten that he left Ouqi?"

Gu Liji looked at Gu Lubo seriously, intending to persuade him again by "belittling himself," "You can come back even if you resign. Your abilities are much better than mine. With Ou Qi around, isn't it much better than with me?"

Gu Lubo's gaze fell on Gu Rongqi on the sofa, but Gu Rongqi's expression remained calm and indifferent, as if he had not heard their conversation.

Suddenly, the room fell silent.

Gu Liji and Cheng Qicai's gazes also fell on him.

Gu Rongqi's expression remained unchanged as he calmly said, "My dad is right. I don't work at Ouqi, so you really shouldn't have shown it to me. As for ability, no one is capable from the start; you just have to learn gradually."

The room was no longer quiet, but cold.

Gu Liji belatedly realized that Gu Lubo was testing him, but Gu Rongqi refused to take the bait and resolutely severed ties with him.

He stepped in to smooth things over, looking at Wu Wenwang in the corner of the room, "Uncle Wu, is lunch ready yet? I'm starving."

"Alright, alright, I just saw they're making the last soup. I'll go out and check on them." Wu Wenwang said as he walked out.

"Brother, what you're saying is true. I'm not smart enough for this job. Ou Qi needs someone like you to lead him."

"The company doesn't employ so many professional managers just for fun." Gu Rongqi deftly deflected the question, calmly taking a sip of the chrysanthemum tea on the table.

"..." Gu Liji didn't dare to look at Gu Lubo's increasingly dark face.

During the meal, the atmosphere among the four was unusually tense, and no one at the table made a sound.

Cheng Qicai felt uneasy and bored. She didn't have much of an appetite in this oppressive atmosphere. Out of boredom, she gently nudged Gu Rongqi's leg with her knee.

Gu Rongqi felt his leg being bumped. He glanced at Cheng Qicai slightly before looking away and lightly bumped Cheng Qicai's leg as well.

Cheng Qicai retaliated.

When Gu Rongqi's leg came crashing towards her again, she pulled back slightly to avoid it.

Across from her were Gu Lubo and Gu Liji. She secretly lowered her hand and provocatively tickled Gu Rongqi's thigh twice.

Gu Rongqi's breath hitched. Without making a sound, he pressed his shoe against hers and then lightly bumped her a few times with his knee.

With her feet blocked on both sides, she instinctively stretched forward and kicked Gu Liji's shin.

The two looked at each other in bewilderment.

The next second, her calf was also kicked by Gu Liji on the other side.

Driven by her competitive spirit, she and Gu Liji engaged in a fierce battle under the table, neither giving an inch.

"Hiss~" Guruber cried out in pain.

Cheng Qicai and Gu Liji immediately ceased fighting and each withdrew their feet.

"Dad/Uncle/Father, are you alright?" The three of them looked at Gulubo, who had been kicked, at the same time.

"What are you doing?" Gu Lubo waited for the pain in his foot to subside before sternly reprimanding the three men.

"It's nothing," Gu Liji replied immediately after bumping into Gu Lubo's leg.

Gu Rongqi remained calm, while Cheng Qicai buried her head in her rice bowl, avoiding Gu Lubai's stern gaze.

Looking at the three of them, Guruber took a deep breath.

Gu Rongqi, in a good mood, stood up and served Cheng Qicai a bowl of soup. "This lotus root and pork rib soup is good. Let it cool down a bit before drinking it; it's still a bit hot now."

"good."

Seeing that Gu Liji and Gu Lubo across from them were looking at them, Cheng Qicai asked with a guilty and somewhat embarrassed tone, "Uncle, would you like me to serve you a bowl of pork rib soup too?"

We went a bit too far just now.

Gu Lubo didn't say anything, but Cheng Qicai still took a bowl and filled it for him, and also filled a bowl for Gu Liji.

"Liji, after you finish revising, you can stay too. Try your brother's cooking for dinner." Gu Lubo pushed the soup a little further away from himself.

"Oh, I have something to do at work, so I'll pass."

He doesn't want to get involved with them right now.

“It’s alright, a meal won’t take long. Your brother’s ambitions are focused on these things, so let’s all have a good taste.” Although Gu Lubo was speaking to Gu Liji, his gaze was fixed on Gu Rongqi.

All three knew that Gulubo's displeasure had returned.

Gu Rongqi smiled and said, "Liji, why don't you stay for dinner before you leave?"

"Okay." Since both Gu Lubo and Gu Rongqi said so, he had no choice but to listen to their advice.