Fu Jue pondered Assistant Yin's words and felt they made some sense. "So what should I do now?"
"Miss Gu seems to be going to a restaurant for dinner, Mr. Fu, you could..." Assistant Yin whispered his suggestion to Fu Jue.
His plan was to arrange a chance encounter between Fu Jue and Gu Qingqing, believing that the two would get along well.
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As she walked, Gu Qingqing slowly searched for an authentic restaurant, preparing to abandon the Cantonese restaurant she had booked earlier, because she was afraid of encountering bad guys lying in ambush there and attacking her.
"...Hmm? I should still go there and take a look! If I happen to run into them, I can finally put my fists to good use again. Anyway, I won't be held responsible if they beat me half to death. They're free human punching bags, so why not use them?" She suddenly remembered this and decided to go to the Cantonese restaurant she had booked earlier.
She had just reached the restaurant entrance when she saw a familiar figure.
"Master Fu, what are you doing here?" What a coincidence! To run into Fu Jue in such an ordinary little restaurant.
Gu Qingqing stared wide-eyed in surprise. With such a noble status, would he possibly eat at something like this? Even if he ordered the most expensive dishes, it would only cost a few hundred yuan. How could that compare to the five or six thousand yuan per person at a high-end restaurant?
"Qingqing, I didn't expect we'd be so destined. We all have the same taste today and want to eat Cantonese food." Fu Jue stopped and turned to look at her, feigning surprise.
"...Really?" Gu Qingqing stroked her chin, somewhat disbelieving Fu Jue's words. Was it really just such a coincidence?
"Let's go inside and eat!" Fu Jue quickly took her hand and walked into the restaurant, not giving her time to think about it.
He knew she was very smart, and if he said a few more words, she would definitely guess that he was after her.
Once inside, Fu Jue requested a private room. He disliked eating in the main hall, as it was crowded, noisy, and troublesome.
Gu Qingqing let him be. Anyway, she didn't like to cause trouble. She disliked the situation where boys would stare at her and girls would stare at him while they ate in the lobby.
"Master Fu, what would you like to eat?" She looked at the menu.
“Call me Brother Jue.” He didn’t like her calling him “Master Fu.”
Anyway, he's her sworn brother, so it's normal for her to call him brother.
"No, I just like calling him Master Fu. It sounds nice and powerful." Gu Qingqing was very insistent on this title; she just liked calling him "Master Fu."
"..." Fu Jue was speechless. Why was she so disobedient? She wouldn't even give him a title, and she didn't even acknowledge him as her sworn brother.
"I want to eat poached chicken, braised sea cucumber in abalone sauce, salt and pepper mantis shrimp, and chicken soup with pork tripe. That pork tripe is so delicious, so crunchy."
"Okay, whatever you say." He had no objections; he liked everything she liked to eat.
"No, you have to order two dishes, or I'll pay for this meal." Gu Qingqing put the menu in front of Fu Jue, forcing him to look at it and choose.
"Okay, fine." He was truly impressed by her politeness and courtesy, which made him feel awkward. He wanted to pamper her, but she just wouldn't give him the chance.
Is she straight?
He recently read a book describing female personalities, and during the time he'd known her, many of her behaviors matched the characteristics of a straight woman.
It seems he needs to learn more about her and the knowledge in books, otherwise he really won't be able to handle her.
Gu Qingqing only let him go after hearing that Fu Jue had chosen sweet and sour pork and lobster in broth.
"Mr. Fu, shall we play Fruit Ninja?" Gu Qingqing took out her phone, ready to download a fruit-cutting game.
"Cut fruit? You want to play with that? What's so fun about that?" Fu Jue thought she wanted to cut fruit with a fruit knife, but what was so fun about that? Did she want some juice?
"It's so much fun! Waiting for the food is so boring. Neither of us has ever played a game before. Look, I downloaded this fruit-cutting game. It's really addictive." She remembered that before she transmigrated into the book, she would play the fruit-cutting game all night long and clear the game in the shortest amount of time, becoming a max-level player.
This has drawn envy and admiration from many netizens, as completing the game in the shortest time is no easy feat.
Fu Jue looked closely at the image on her phone screen and realized that he had misunderstood her as slicing fruit.
It turns out it was just an online game; it seems I'm still too out of touch with the internet.
But it's not his fault. Managing hundreds of thousands of employees is a huge workload, and he also has to keep learning new knowledge and management techniques. He simply doesn't have time to learn about online games.
"I'll download one too, wait for me."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
In the ten minutes or so while waiting for the food to be served, she and he played a fruit-cutting game.
"Hahaha! Mr. Fu, you're so stupid! You don't even know how to play this game?" Gu Qingqing couldn't help but laugh when she saw Fu Jue fail to pass the third level.
Even a three-year-old can play better than him. How can a grown man be worse than a child?
Fu Jue wasn't angry; instead, he feigned a wronged expression: "This is my first time playing; I've never played before."
"Really?" She was a little incredulous. Fruit Ninja has been popular for over a decade, and he'd never played it. What about other online games? Could he have never played them either?
How boring his life must be! How pitiful. It seems that even the world's richest man cannot enjoy all the happiness in the world.
Gu Qingqing immediately felt sorry for him and really wanted to hug him and comfort him.
Fu Jue nodded. Seeing a hint of heartache in her eyes, he knew he had succeeded. He had put his book knowledge into practice, and his act of feigning innocence was indeed very effective on her.
Because most girls are born with boundless maternal love, they can be described as very saintly.
They will be overwhelmed with maternal love whenever they encounter someone weaker and more pitiful than themselves, even if he is a tall and strong man.
He would do anything despicable to attract her attention and capture her gaze.
He had fallen for her, the only person he loved, and he wanted to cherish the moment and pursue happiness.
Instead of being insecure and cowardly, not daring to confess, not having the courage to get close to her, not daring to be good friends with her, and even being afraid that she will hate you if you are nice to her or get closer to her.
He doesn't want to be that kind of person.
"Then I'll teach you how to play." Gu Qingqing moved her chair and took another step closer to Fu Jue, to the point where they were almost shoulder to shoulder and hand to hand.
"Mmm." Fu Jue liked her taking the initiative to get closer, especially now that she was so close to him.
He was so close that he could smell the jasmine scent on her, along with a hint of milky fragrance, the sweet scent of a young girl.
He thought it smelled wonderful; there was no other scent that could compare to hers.
Previously, she and he would deliberately maintain a certain safe distance. He knew she was being polite, but what he wanted even more was for her to get closer to him.
Gu Qingqing didn't notice Fu Jue's strange behavior. She earnestly taught him how to quickly pass the levels of the fruit-cutting game and how to save time and energy.
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