Chapter 227 - 156: Verbal Thanks
Chapter 227: Chapter 156: Verbal Thanks
But she didn’t give Gao Yuan a chance to continue the conversation, either. She changed the subject directly.
"What do you want to eat?"
Hearing Xiao Xiao’s words, Gao Yuan had been worried, but when he heard her say she was hungry and didn’t bring up their previous topic, he let it go.
’Ah, people!’
’Ignorance is truly bliss!’
Xiao Xiao was much smarter than Gao Yuan had imagined.
He stood up, looking at Xiao Xiao with a grin. "Whatever you want to eat, I’ll make it for you."
"I want dumplings."
Gao Yuan walked straight to the kitchen.
Making dumplings was a bit complicated, but Xiao Xiao was worth the effort.
While Gao Yuan was busy in the kitchen, Xiao Xiao remained on the sofa. She hadn’t expected that fool Gao Yuan to just confess like that.
’Was he hoping for leniency by confessing?’
’This young man is just too impetuous. But it’s actually kind of cute.’
DING-DONG.
A message came through on her phone.
Xiao Xiao opened it. It was a file from her assistant.
Seeing the file, she hesitated.
’I don’t really want to see the results now. I’m a little scared.’
After a moment’s thought, Xiao Xiao opened it anyway.
No matter the outcome, this matter needed a conclusion.
After reading it, Xiao Xiao sent a message to her assistant on WeChat: "Keep this confidential."
"Dinner’s ready!"
Gao Yuan walked out of the kitchen carrying a plate of dumplings and called out to Xiao Xiao from the dining area.
Xiao Xiao walked to the dining table. Looking at the dumplings Gao Yuan had made, her appetite was truly whetted.
There were over twenty dumplings on the plate, and they weren’t very large.
Xiao Xiao didn’t start eating right away. Instead, she took out her phone and snapped a few pictures of the dumplings.
After taking the pictures, Xiao Xiao looked at Gao Yuan, her eyes sparkling.
"I never knew your cooking skills were this good. You really are a treasure of a man!"
Gao Yuan leaned against the kitchen doorway with a wry smile. "This is just the beginning. You’ll have to dig deeper."
"To find more treasure."
Xiao Xiao smiled, pressing her lips together, and started eating the dumplings.
She picked up a dumpling with her chopsticks, gently placed it in her mouth, and closed her eyes as she chewed, a look of pure enjoyment on her face.
"Mmm... this is too good."
"If you like it, I’ll make them for you often. I still have plenty of pos... uh, skills for you to discover!"
Gao Yuan had almost let it slip.
Xiao Xiao turned her head slightly, a new sense of expectation in her eyes as she looked at Gao Yuan. "You said it, you know. From now on, I’ll be treating you like Doraemon!"
Gao Yuan just watched Xiao Xiao quietly. Even though she was just sitting there, her graceful curves were on full display. Even her loose-fitting pajamas couldn’t hide her charm.
It was a charm completely different from that of younger girls.
Take Yaoyao from last night, for example. Her waist-to-hip ratio was also exaggerated, but for Gao Yuan, his feelings toward Yaoyao were purely desire.
But Xiao Xiao was different. With her, Gao Yuan felt both desire and admiration.
Xiao Xiao ate every last dumpling on the plate.
After finishing her meal, she took a sip of water, wiped her lips, stood up, and placed her hands on Gao Yuan’s shoulders. "Thank you."
Gao Yuan wrapped an arm around Xiao Xiao’s waist. "Just a verbal thank you?"
"Or... how about I give you a ’verbal’ thank you?"
Xiao Xiao shot Gao Yuan a look, reached down and gave him a grab, then turned and walked toward the study on her own.
"I wouldn’t be opposed to that," Gao Yuan mumbled after her.
「A moment later.」
As Gao Yuan was sitting in the living room drinking tea, Xiao Xiao walked out holding a manila envelope.
"This is for you."
Gao Yuan’s curiosity was piqued.
Xiao Xiao was giving him something, and it was in a manila envelope.
"What is it?"
Xiao Xiao’s lips curved into a sly smile. "Open it and see for yourself!"
’This really is a surprise!’
Gao Yuan had no idea when Xiao Xiao had prepared a gift for him.
He didn’t rush to open it, instead feeling the outside of the envelope a few times first.
There was nothing like a car key inside, so she probably wasn’t giving him a car.
Nor was there a small booklet, so it couldn’t be a property deed.
The surprise in the envelope was really making him curious.
Gao Yuan stopped guessing and opened the envelope, pulling out a few A4-sized papers.
’This is...?’
He held them and began to read seriously. Before he’d even finished, he looked up at Xiao Xiao, stunned. "Is this... appropriate?"
"Keep reading."
Gao Yuan lowered his head and continued reading, all the way until he saw his own name on the last document.
It was a land purchase title and a deed of gift.
Gao Yuan was shocked to his core. He froze for a few seconds before suppressing his astonishment and looking at Xiao Xiao. "Why did you decide to give me a piece of land?!"
Xiao Xiao pursed her lips and smiled. "Didn’t you just say you were planning to settle down in Shanghai? This is perfect."
"This is a plot of land under Hengtai’s name. The original plan was to build a villa complex here, but that business venture went belly-up."
"I happened to acquire one of the plots a while ago."
"But you have to build the house yourself!"
Xiao Xiao covered her mouth and chuckled lightly.
She understood perfectly well that men have strong pride, which is why she wouldn’t just give him a house directly.
"Do you like it?" Xiao Xiao asked, smiling at Gao Yuan, seeming to eagerly await his answer.
"Yeah."
Gao Yuan nodded, feeling overwhelmed with emotion.
’It must be nice to be rich!’
A plot of land over a thousand square meters, given to him so casually, as if it were just a small present.
"You’ve given me such an expensive gift. How are you expecting me to repay you?"
"How about I offer myself in return?"
Gao Yuan put the documents back into the envelope and casually placed it on the table.
"Okay!"
Xiao Xiao lifted Gao Yuan’s chin, her entire demeanor instantly shifting to that of a queen.