University A, Canteen No. 3.
Upon receiving Ye Luan'an's reply, Fu Bai's lips curled into a slight smile.
748 doesn't understand.
[Fu Baibai, how can you still laugh? Uncle Ye's tone is so cold; he seems indifferent to you.]
"If this keeps up, when will you ever be able to become Ye Xi's father?"
Fu Bai ignored 748 and instead made a video call to Ye Luan'an.
The first time I dialed, the call was hung up.
Undeterred, Fu Bai dialed the number again.
Just as the call was about to automatically disconnect, the person on the other end finally swiped to answer.
Ye Luan'an's handsome face appeared in the camera's view, and it was unclear who had upset him, but his expression looked somewhat icy.
Fu Bai seemed oblivious to Ye Luan'an's bad mood and greeted him with a smile.
Good afternoon, Uncle!
Ye Luan'an said calmly, "Get to the point. I'm very busy."
Fu Bai: "Actually, it wasn't anything important. I just called to remind my uncle to eat lunch and not to go hungry."
Ye Luan'an: "Okay, I'm hanging up."
Fu Bai: "Wait a minute."
As he spoke, he turned the camera around to include Ye Xi in the frame, and his voice came in from outside the frame.
"Ye Xi, I'm video chatting with Uncle Ye. Would you like to say hello to him?"
Ye Xi immediately put down her cutlery, sat up straight, and greeted Ye Luan'an politely: "Father, good afternoon."
Ye Luan'an's gaze lingered on Ye Xi's hand for a moment before he said in an unchanged tone, "Good afternoon."
Although they were adoptive father and son, their attitudes were very distant.
Fu Bai shifted the camera again, revealing her exquisite features once more, her amber fox-like eyes shining brightly.
"Uncle, remember to eat lunch," Fu Bai reminded him again.
Ye Luan'an's expression had softened at some point: "Okay."
Although Ye Luan'an agreed verbally, his hand was already reaching for a document, clearly indicating that he had no intention of going to eat.
Fu Bai saw it, but said nothing.
Until a knock came at Ye Luan'an's office door.
Ye Luan'an: "Go in."
The door opened, and came in Ye Luan'an's assistant, surnamed Liu.
Assistant Liu walked up to Ye Luan'an's desk with a takeout order in his hand and said, "Chairman Ye, this is the takeout Mr. Wei ordered for you. He asked me to tell you to eat well."
Because of work, Ye Luan'an's meals are irregular, and sometimes he misses lunch because he is busy.
This caused him to have a minor stomach problem.
After seeing Ye Luan'an last night, Fu Bai had 748 scan Ye Luan'an's body and naturally knew that Ye Luan'an had a stomach ailment.
The two were still in the video call when Ye Luan'an heard from his assistant that Fu Bai had ordered takeout for him, and he raised an eyebrow at the phone camera.
Ye Luan'an: "You ordered this?"
“Yeah.” Fu Bai smiled at him. “I knew you wouldn’t eat properly, so I ordered takeout for you to keep an eye on you.”
Ye Luan'an asked in surprise, "So that's why you video-called me."
Fu Bai: "It's a secondary reason."
Ye Luan'an: "What's the main reason?"
Fu Bai replied without hesitation, "Of course I want to see you."
Ye Luan'an: "..."
In that instant, he could clearly feel his heart racing.
Fu Bai's gaze was so intense and direct that even through the phone screen, Ye Luan'an could clearly feel the emotions Fu Bai was trying to convey.
His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
Ye Luan'an avoided Fu Bai's gaze and turned to his assistant, saying, "Put the takeout down, you go eat too."
Assistant Liu: "Okay."
Because Fu Bai was supervising, Ye Luan'an couldn't very well skip meals.
He took the takeout and opened it.
He discovered that the takeout Fu Bai ordered for him was from a private kitchen he frequented, and the dishes he ordered were all very much to his liking.
Ye Luan'an's lips involuntarily curled upwards, but then, as if thinking of something, his expression turned cold again.
It turns out that Fu Bai is always so gentle, considerate, and attentive when pursuing someone.
No wonder so many women are willing to date him.
The dishes laid out on the table were all Ye Luan'an's favorites, but when she tasted them, she found them bland and tasteless.
Just as he was about to put down his chopsticks, he heard Fu Bai say, "Uncle, how about I eat with you every day from now on?"
Ye Luan'an looked at the camera again.
The young man in the shot was also eating and wasn't looking at him specifically. His eyelids were lowered, and he only occasionally glanced at the camera.
But that one casual glance captured Ye Luan'an's heart.
After Fu Bai finished speaking, he waited a long time for Ye Luan'an's response before looking up at him again.
"Uncle, are you unwilling?" His expression turned somewhat dejected. "Or am I bothering you by doing this?"
Ye Luan'an couldn't bear to see any negative emotions on Fu Bai's face. Stared at by those wet, fox-like eyes, Ye Luan'an couldn't bring himself to refuse.
He said, "Okay."
It wasn't until he agreed that Ye Luan'an realized that having a meal with Fu Bai, even if it was just via video, was a choice he had longed for.
Having achieved his goal, Fu Bai then quietly had lunch with Ye Luan'an via video call.
Fu Bai put down his cutlery and, seeing that Ye Luan'an had almost finished eating, smiled and said, "Uncle, remember to eat in the future too."
Ye Luan'an's lips curved slightly: "Okay."
At this point, the two ended their call.
Fu Bai didn't put his phone away; his slender fingers flew across the virtual keyboard as he sent a message to Ye Luan'an.
In Ye Luan'an's office, Fu Bai's personal ringtone rang again.
Ye Luan'an hadn't locked his phone yet, so he went straight in.
[Floating Life's Big White: No way? No way? Is there really someone who can't recognize their adopted son's hand? :)]
Ye Luan'an narrowed his eyes.
He didn't reply to Fu Bai, turned off his phone screen, but a helpless smile appeared on his lips.
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After sending that sarcastic message to Ye Luan'an, Fu Bai put away his phone.
Looking up, she saw Ye Xi staring at her, his round eyes filled with surprise behind his thick glasses.
Ye Xi had almost finished eating. He put down his chopsticks, hesitated for a moment, and asked Fu Bai, "Brother Fu Bai, aren't you afraid of my father?"
Ye Luan'an looks serious and aloof. Ye Xi is not afraid of her mentor, but she is afraid of Ye Luan'an.
So I chose to live in the dorms during university instead of going home.
He thought Fu Bai would be just as intimidated by Ye Luan'an as he was, but he didn't expect Fu Bai to be so relaxed during their video call.
Fu Bai replied, "Uncle is very gentle, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Ye Xi was stunned.
Is Ye Luan'an gentle?
Is Fu Bai referring to the Ye Luan'an he knows?
It wasn't until soon after that Ye Xi realized why Fu Bai had said Ye Luan'an was very gentle.
He treated Fu Bai like an older brother, but Fu Bai ended up becoming his mother.
One is his wife, the other is his son; how could Ye Luan'an have the same attitude towards them?
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