The spilled warm water dripped from the table onto the floor. Lin Qingyan quickly apologized and frantically grabbed a tissue to wipe it up, her lowered eyes concealing her panic.
He forced a smile. "I'm sorry, I was so careless."
As soon as she finished speaking, a long, strong hand appeared before her, picking up the glass of water that had fallen on the table. "It's alright, let me do it." The clear, magnetic voice was gentle, as if it had a magical touch, soothing Lin Qingyan's unease.
Lin Qingyan watched quietly as Gu Fei methodically tidied up the table.
An Yu, sitting on the other side, was still holding his phone in a daze. He had just taken a picture of this child, so why was he so frightened? Was he more easily startled than a rabbit?
"Yan Yan, are you alright?" An Yu's reaction was exaggerated. She leaned over and grabbed the boy's shoulders, looking at him anxiously. She said with annoyance, "Look how alike we are. I just wanted to take a picture of you and send it to my parents to ask them if they have a son who has been living away from home."
"It's nothing." Lin Qingyan's emotions had returned to normal. He explained with a smile, "I just don't really like taking pictures. I was just a little uncomfortable when I suddenly heard the sound."
"Oh...that's good, that's good."
Gu Fei looked at them silently, lost in thought.
Gu Fei said, "An Yu, delete the photos."
"Oh..." Lin Qingyan just said he didn't like taking pictures, so An Yu obediently deleted the photos he had taken. Tsk... this kid is really photogenic.
The waiter came to serve the food, and the little incident quickly passed.
It was late at night, and Gu Fei ordered only light dishes. Of course, there were no spicy rabbit heads or pig brains. An Yu didn't dare to have any objections, afraid that if she said another word, Gu Fei would kick her out.
An Yu warmly greeted the newly acquainted child, "Yan Yan, eat more. You're so thin, you barely have any meat on your bones. The food here is the best in the whole of Nancheng. Don't be shy with your brother Yu."
His boastful tone made it sound as if he were the one hosting the dinner.
"Here, have this big chicken leg!"
"Okay, thank you, Brother Yu."
Gu Fei: "..."
Lin Qingyan was indeed hungry after not eating all day. He was a little reserved at first, but after taking a bite of the food, he couldn't stop eating, and even his beautiful eyes lit up.
Xiuzhenzhai's food truly lives up to its reputation. The dishes are all ordinary, but they taste much better than those elsewhere. It seems that the high price is justified.
Unlike An Yu's bold eating habits, the boy ate with elegance. He lowered his head, his long eyelashes drooping, and his cheeks slightly puffed out, like a little hamster focused on eating.
After eating delicious food, a satisfied smile would appear on her pretty little face.
I'm content just to eat the food I like.
Gu Fei, who hadn't eaten much and had been silently observing Lin Qingyan the whole time, subtly shifted his gaze and used serving chopsticks to pick up a plump chicken wing and put it into Lin Qingyan's bowl.
Of all the dishes on the table, the boy picked up the plate of chicken the most times.
Gu Fei: "Eat."
Lin Qingyan was flattered and hurriedly nodded and said thank you. She then buried her head in eating chicken wings. When someone puts food on your plate with that expressionless, indifferent face and considerately tells you to eat, you don't dare not eat.
Lin Qingyan ate with great relish.
Gu Fei watched with great satisfaction.
The completely ignored young master An watched in amazement. He had really learned something new tonight and would brag about it to his older brother all night.
An Yu cleared her throat. "Brother Fei, I want to eat chicken wings too."
Gu Fei glanced at him as if he were an idiot. "No hands?"
"..." An Yu's lips twitched, and he exclaimed, "Good heavens, it's so blatant to apply double standards, but it doesn't matter, his greatest strength is his thick skin, "I just want to eat what Brother Fei puts on my plate."
Lin Qingyan almost vomited what she was eating because of the shock.
Young Master An's greatest hobby is playing the affected and pretentious game.
Despite having already suffered greatly, Gu Fei remained calm, though his jawline was taut. He picked up a chicken wing and put it into An Yu's bowl, practically squeezing out the word "eat" through his teeth.
An Yu looked at the chicken wings in the bowl, the words of thanks stuck in his throat. He clutched his chest in hurt. It was a chicken wing, but it was the elbow part, the hardest part to eat.
"..." In the end, all these years have been wasted.
Young Master An finally understood what it meant to bring shame upon oneself.
With tears in his eyes, he started gnawing on a chicken elbow.
Meanwhile, Gu Ye, who was enjoying himself, started serving food to Lin Qingyan, turning on the feeding mode.
After finally finishing the chicken wing, Lin Qingyan's eyes were immediately drawn to a piece of fish, which was boneless and tender from the belly of the fish. She looked up at the man who was serving her the food.
Gu Fei: "Eat."
Lin Qingyan: "...Thank you."
The next scene was Lin Qingyan engrossed in eating, while Gu Fei silently watched him eat. As soon as he finished one dish, another dish would be added to his bowl, and this repeated several times.
...
Lin Qingyan had no choice but to eat it despite her inner turmoil.
Whether it was a calculated move or not, Gu Fei finally stopped feeding him when he was half full.
Master Gu didn't eat a single bite of food throughout the entire meal, but he was extremely satisfied. He poured Lin Qingyan another glass of warm water and handed it to her, giving her a gentle reminder: "Don't eat too much tonight, or you'll feel stuffed."
"No, I'm about to burst from fullness, I need to go to the bathroom!"
An Yu, feeling stuffed, clutched her stomach and ran to the bathroom.
Lin Qingyan couldn't help but smile, holding the water glass with both hands and starting to drink. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the man looking down at his phone, his slender fingers tapping on the keyboard, seemingly texting someone.
He was so engrossed in watching that he only looked away when the man put down his phone. Feeling guilty, he took a sip of water and swallowed it with difficulty.
A very soft laugh seemed to ring in his ears. Lin Qingyan subconsciously looked at Gu Fei, but his face remained expressionless. He wondered if he had misheard.
Let's go.
"Hmm? Where to?"
"go home."
After Gu Fei finished speaking, he stood up and strode outside. His steps were a little slow until the young man behind him caught up. The young man held his breath and said, "Mr. Gu, thank you for treating me to dinner. Are you going home? My luggage is still in your car, I need to go get it..."
Before she could finish speaking, the man in front of her suddenly stopped. Lin Qingyan, caught off guard, bumped into his solid back and stammered, "...suitcase."
"Need not."
Gu Fei turned around. He was 1.88 meters tall, half a head taller than Lin Qingyan, who was 1.78 meters tall. So he bent down slightly and met the boy's somewhat confused eyes.
"Lin Qingyan, come home with me."
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