At this moment, Aunt Xue came out of the kitchen.

"Mr. Gu, Ms. Qianmo, breakfast is ready."

"Let's go eat," Gu Jueye said to Bai Qianmo.

Gu Yue stood to the side, but didn't seem embarrassed at all.

"I haven't eaten yet either. Do you mind if I mooch a meal here?"

Gu Jueye looked at Bai Qianmo, seemingly waiting for her to say something.

Gu Yue noticed Gu Jueye's hesitation and glanced coldly at Bai Qianmo.

"What? Isn't this research institute under your control? Do I have to depend on someone else's opinion just to stay for a meal?"

Bai Qianmo gave a faint smile.

"The Fourth Miss's aggressive demeanor makes one think that an enemy has come knocking on her door."

Although Gu Yue was unhappy with Bai Qianmo's words, she was not like Lisa. After all, she had experienced many ups and downs, so how could she reveal her emotions because of Bai Qianmo's words?

"Bai Qianmo, am I wrong? I'm friends with Fifth Master, after all. Do I need your permission to have breakfast here? People who don't know better would think you're someone close to Fifth Master."

Bai Qianmo smiled and deliberately raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.

The engagement ring on her middle finger shone with a dazzling silver light, which Gu Yue noticed at a glance.

My heart sank.

She glanced at Gu Jueye with a deep look in her eyes. The girl had a ring on her middle finger, and the meaning couldn't be clearer.

He's actually going to marry this girl?

Bai Qianmo noticed that Gu Yue's expression had changed and smiled, "It's just a free meal, Aunt Xue, please get the Fourth Miss an extra set of chopsticks and a bowl."

Aunt Xue took in the situation before her, and naturally, she sided with Bai Qianmo.

After all, since she started working at the research institute, everyone here has been cold and indifferent, except for Miss Qianmo who often keeps her company and helps her pass the time.

Moreover, in her eyes, Mr. Gu and Ms. Qianmo were a perfect match, and all the women who came to seduce Mr. Gu were wicked vixens.

As a woman, she has an innate hostility towards women who disrupt other people's relationships.

“Yes, Miss Qianmo. Yesterday, the master specifically instructed that he made your favorite beef-filled soup dumplings this morning. Please try them.”

Bai Qianmo glanced at Gu Jueye and smiled, "Thank you, Fifth Brother."

Breakfast was already laid out on the table in the restaurant.

Aunt Xue went to the kitchen and brought out three bowls of porridge.

The bowls and chopsticks were prepared, and the three people sat down.

Bai Qianmo habitually walked to her usual seat, on the left side of the dining table.

Normally, Gu Jueye would sit opposite her, but today, with Gu Yue present, he went straight to sit down next to Bai Qianmo.

Gu Yue had no choice but to sit opposite the two of them.

This feeling clearly made her feel like an outsider.

Gu Jueye picked up his chopsticks, took out a steaming hot soup dumpling, and placed it in Bai Qianmo's bowl.

"Have some porridge to soothe your throat before eating."

"Okay." Bai Qianmo naturally picked up the bowl of porridge in front of her, drank a few mouthfuls, and then couldn't wait to pick up a soup dumpling with her chopsticks, take a bite, and savor the juicy, sizzling filling. A meaty aroma spread in her mouth.

"How is it?" Gu Jueye didn't touch his chopsticks, he just kept looking at her.

"It's so delicious! Aunt Xue, your cooking skills have improved again."

Aunt Xue smiled and glanced at Gu Jueye: "Mr. Gu taught me how to make this ground beef last night. He also told me to put the seasoned ground beef in the freezer for half an hour before taking it out. I must say, the taste is really different from what I usually make."

"So it was my fifth brother who taught me. That makes no wonder." Bai Qianmo's face beamed with pride, as if she were being praised by someone else.

"Yes, Mr. Gu is really amazing. He knows so much. I think he'll learn to cook anything that you like to eat, Miss Qianmo."

Bai Qianmo happily ate her steamed buns, while Gu Jueye remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

"Ugh, feeding me dog food first thing in the morning, that's not very nice," Gu Yue snorted.

Then, Gu Yue looked at Gu Jueye with a hint of coquetry in her eyes.

"Fifth Master, you can't show favoritism to one over the other."

It means that Gu Jueye should also give him a soup dumpling.

Gu Jueye casually raised his head and glanced at Gu Yue.

"I remember that the weapon you were best at using was the willow leaf dart."

Gu Yue didn't understand what Gu Jueye was going to say next.

He nodded: "I guess so. I remember when I was learning how to throw darts, you were the one who helped me choose them."

Gu Jueye ignored that and continued with his own words.

"A pair of hands that can handle darts should have the strength to hold a pair of chopsticks, right?"

"Pfft..." Bai Qianmo couldn't help but almost spit out the porridge she was drinking.

Fifth Brother is really something. He not only refused to give people steamed buns, but he also went to such lengths to do it.

Gu Yue's face stiffened. Even though she never showed her inner emotions, she was clearly angry at this moment.

"Heh, Qianmo's hand is perfectly fine, isn't it?"

"Isn't it normal to serve food to your wife?" Gu Jueye asked back.

Seemingly to prove his point, he added another soup dumpling to Bai Qianmo's bowl.

This move left Gu Yue speechless.

Breakfast ended hastily in this eerie atmosphere.

Gu Yue barely touched her chopsticks, and Gu Jueye, having just recovered from a serious illness, had little appetite and only drank a few sips of soup. Under Bai Qianmo's "deliberate" flattery, he reluctantly ate two soup dumplings.

Bai Qianmo, perhaps because she was in a good mood, had a big appetite and ate the most.

After breakfast, Gu Yue answered a phone call, and her mood seemed even more gloomy.

After saying goodbye to Gu Jueye, he left the research institute.

After watching Gu Yue leave, Bai Qianmo followed Gu Jueye into his temporary guest room with light steps.

"What?" Gu Jueye noticed the "little tail" behind him, standing inside the dressing room and looking at the little girl outside.

Bai Qianmo chuckled, put her hands behind her back, and leaned against the door frame of the changing room.

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you, when will I become your wife?"

The man's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a faint ripple appeared in his lowered eyelids.

He seemed to chuckle, then took off his casual sweater, revealing his fair skin underneath, with well-defined muscles and a particularly eye-catching six-pack.

Although Fifth Brother is on the thinner side, he has very well-developed muscles; he is the type who looks thin when dressed but muscular when undressed.

With broad shoulders, narrow hips, and straight, long limbs, his physique, coupled with his ascetic appearance, truly made him an unapproachable, otherworldly figure.

Tsk tsk, the old saying "beauty is food for the eyes" is absolutely fitting for this man.

Seeing that the little girl was not embarrassed at all, and was even staring at him intently, he realized that she was not ashamed at all.