“Huh?”
It would have been fine if he hadn’t uttered that “huh,” but Gu Jinzhi’s face instantly flushed red.
“There wasn’t any other choice, was there?”
Was Mo Yu unwilling? Two men doing this kind of thing was indeed too strange, after all.
However, the task still had to be done.
Mo Yu rubbed his nose.
“Then, should I…?”
Gu Jinzhi nodded. He tore off the apron himself and quickly closed his eyes with a reddened face, no longer looking at him.
Mo Yu had no choice but to lower his head and lean in. But just as he touched him.
Gu Jinzhi suddenly threw another punch over.
“Ah!” Mo Yu dodged out of the way in a hurry, terrified. “What are you doing?!”
“What are you doing?!”
“Didn’t you let me??”
“Who told you to touch… there!” Boss Gu covered his chest, his entire face bright red.
It took a while for Mo Yu to react. It was a matter of location.
“No, look closely at the photo. He didn’t just plant love bites, it’s that the whole thing is swollen, too!”
Mo Yu zoomed in on the photo on his phone to show him.
It was clearly super obvious.
To be honest, Mo Yu didn’t even know how maternal love deprived the original owner was. How long did he have to suck on it to make it look like that?
Gu Jinzhi didn’t want to look at all. He probably knew Mo Yu wasn’t lying, but he genuinely couldn’t accept it.
Who would just go straight for that right at the start?!
The feeling just now was both tingling and itchy, it felt too strange. Right now, his entire face was still burning up.
Mo Yu actually felt quite aggrieved.
“You’re the one who asked me to complete the task, and then you hit me.”
Looking at Mo Yu’s face, Gu Jinzhi felt a truly indescribable mix of emotions inside. He felt like a novice owner who was completely helpless against a newly bought puppy that peed everywhere.
For some reason, he really wanted to teach Mo Yu a lesson, but rationally, he felt that the other person was indeed not wrong. In the end, he let out a long sigh.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hit you… It was purely a reflex action.”
Mo Yu wore an expression that said, “What choice do I have? I can only forgive you.”
“Then what do we do now?”
Gu Jinzhi covered his face and went silent.
Mo Yu glanced at the time. It usually took them around four hours to complete a task, and now over two hours had already passed.
He began to worry a bit that if the task turned red in a little while, Gu Jinzhi might lose his memory once again.
“Then should I… just plant the love bites first?”
Gu Jinzhi stopped looking at him and ultimately nodded his head.
However, as soon as Mo Yu leaned close again, Gu Jinzhi immediately pushed him away once more. But this time, it was because…
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone suddenly knocked on the door outside.
The laundry room wasn’t very big to begin with and only had a thin frosted glass door, which Mo Yu hadn’t locked just now.
At this moment, a figure could be vaguely seen standing outside the door. Both of their nerves instantly tightened.
The housekeeper’s voice soon traveled inside.
“Ma’am, do you need any help with anything?”
Mo Yu and Gu Jinzhi exchanged a glance.
At this time, the time inside the instance was late at night, and the villa was originally very quiet. The two of them were squeezed inside a single laundry room and had almost gotten into an argument earlier, which likely created too much noise. That was why the housekeeper had been alerted.
“It’s nothing. I have some private matters to attend to. You may go rest first.”
The housekeeper outside was silent for a moment.
“Understood.”
The figure outside the door left, but the two of them still couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief.
It looked like the trajectory of this story would ultimately lead to them being discovered by the wealthy father.
However, they didn’t know whether being exposed prematurely would be counted as a task failure.
Mo Yu lowered his voice.
“Should we head back to my room first?”
Gu Jinzhi nodded.
Mo Yu went out first to check. Only after confirming that no one was around did he turn around and take Gu Jinzhi’s hand.
“Come on.”
Gu Jinzhi froze for a moment. This was the first time he had ever been held by the hand like this.
Mo Yu sometimes seemed a bit unreliable, but at other times, he was actually quite cool…
The two went to Mo Yu’s guest room and shut the door.
“I’ll continue then,” Mo Yu informed him. Following the rough distribution in the photo, he first planted a few love bites on Gu Jinzhi’s chest.
It tickled a bit.
Gu Jinzhi subconsciously tensed his body and even took a step back. But after a moment, he lowered his head and saw Mo Yu leaning against his chest again, his fluffy head rubbing back and forth, occasionally checking his phone. He really looked like a small dog.
Gu Jinzhi’s body relaxed a little more.
Thinking about it carefully, although these tasks were weird, once he got used to them, it felt like it wasn’t really a big deal. It was nothing more than feeling a little itchy, he could overcome this small test.
Not to mention that Mo Yu was also forced to do this, so he had no reason to lose his temper with him.
Overreacting earlier was his own fault.
Holding his head down like this was so tiring…
“Brother, can you lie down?”
Mo Yu rubbed his neck and looked up, only to realize Gu Jinzhi was looking at him.
Mo Yu froze for a moment. The two of them were so close to each other that their noses were almost touching. Only now did Mo Yu belatedly sense a trace of ambiguity.
Gu Jinzhi didn’t say anything; he simply nodded and lay down on the bed.
Mo Yu leaned over. However, at this point, just having love bites was almost enough.
“Um…” Mo Yu hadn’t figured out how to phrase it yet, but sensing Gu Jinzhi suddenly trying to sit up, he subconsciously pressed his hand against his chest, only to pull it back in a hurry.
“Ah, sorry, habit.”
Gu Jinzhi: ?
“Um, what about the rest of the swollen part?”
Silence fell upon the room once again.
Mo Yu could almost hear Gu Jinzhi’s breathing and heartbeat, and he could feel the slight rise and fall of his chest.
“Do we need to do it…?” Mo Yu softened his voice, his gaze unconsciously falling onto Gu Jinzhi’s chest. It was now covered in love bites, but the area that hadn’t been touched was even more conspicuous.
Gu Jinzhi’s face grew even hotter.
The previous feeling was indeed strange, but Gu Jinzhi realized his current mood wasn’t entirely one of disgust.
Even while Mo Yu’s fluffy head was nuzzling around…
This strange sense of anticipation left him feeling somewhat bewildered instead, but now was not the time to overthink.
Since it was a mandatory task anyway, there was no need to make things difficult for Mo Yu.
Just as Gu Jinzhi was about to nod…
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the door again.
“Young Master Yu.”
It was still the housekeeper’s voice outside the door. However, what he said this time was far more terrifying than before.
“Is Ma’am with you?”
??
Mo Yu and Gu Jinzhi, who were clinging to each other, exchanged a surprised look and slowly separated.
“Uh, no.”
“Is that so?” The housekeeper’s tone was inexplicably slow.
“Then that’s quite strange. I can’t find Ma’am anywhere.”
Mo Yu began to sweat nervously.
“Sir wants to speak with Ma’am, but I’ve searched the entire villa and still haven’t found her. She even left her phone in her room.”
The housekeeper was clearly asking for his help. Mo Yu couldn’t just stay in the room without stepping out either. He opened the door only after ensuring Gu Jinzhi was safely hidden.
“Maybe she went out for something… She’ll probably be back soon.”
“It’s so late. Where could Ma’am go?”
The housekeeper’s gaze faintly glanced inside the room, but he didn’t intend to step in. “Besides, she hasn’t been feeling well recently. Logically, it’s impossible for her to go out.”
Mo Yu kept standing at the doorway, talking to the housekeeper with a guilty conscience. Hearing that the housekeeper was even thinking about calling the police, he hurriedly tried to calm him down. “Don’t panic, let me help you look for her again.”
After leading the housekeeper away from the doorway.
Gu Jinzhi adjusted his clothes and came out of Mo Yu’s room. But right as he stepped out, a layer of red mist suddenly covered Mo Yu’s vision.
【Task Failed.】
【Ding. Task reset. It will restart in 12 hours.】
【Plane Plot Progress: 0/100%】
【Partner Contamination Level: 20/100%】
Damn it.
Mo Yu only had time to register that single thought before falling into a deep sleep the very next second.
When he woke up, he felt his face resting against a warm and soft chest.
Mm. Mo Yu subconsciously nuzzled against it.
Gu Jinzhi: ?
Suddenly being scruffed like a small cat by the back of his neck, Mo Yu finally opened his eyes, snapping completely awake the moment he looked up and saw Boss Gu.
“Ah, ah. Sorry.”
Mo Yu wiped the corner of his mouth and got up from the bed, feeling embarrassed and red-faced.
Gu Jinzhi pinched the bridge of his nose. This time it wasn’t because of Mo Yu, but because he woke up with a headache.
Mo Yu looked around and suddenly realized he was currently inside a bedroom of an unfamiliar mansion.
Oh no, did they break into someone else’s villa?
Mo Yu: “How about we jump out the window?”
Gu Jinzhi opened his eyes. “Why?”
Breaking and entering is a huge problem!
“If we go out through the door, we’ll definitely be caught by the owner.”
“…We’ve already been caught.”
“Huh?”
There seemed to be a faint sound outside. No, there was no time to explain more.
Mo Yu opened the window and tried to climb out.
Gu Jinzhi hurriedly grabbed him, looking like his head throbbed even harder.
“I mean, I’m the owner. This is my house!”
Mo Yu: ?
“Oh.”
Indeed, Gu Jinzhi was still wearing his pajamas.
Mo Yu climbed down from the window in embarrassment. “Your house… is pretty big. Ha.”
Noticing Mo Yu’s eyes falling onto his pajamas, Gu Jinzhi actually felt a bit embarrassed. He turned his back around and buttoned up the unbuttoned buttons one by one.
Mo Yu pondered. “Why do you think we failed?”
“It might be because we were suspected by the housekeeper, or more directly, because my condition wasn’t right when I came out of your room.”
Mo Yu nodded. Sure enough, just planting love bites wasn’t enough…
Outside the bedroom, the driver opened the door and happened to walk in holding breakfast.
Because President Gu was usually extremely busy, the driver was also responsible for visiting a nearby high-end private kitchen in the morning to deliver President Gu’s breakfast to the living room.
After coming in, he heard the door to the upstairs room open. Just as he was about to greet President Gu, he unexpectedly saw Mo Yu walking out first.
The driver was so shocked that he almost dropped the tray. Fortunately, he was quick on his feet and hurriedly set the breakfast firmly on the table, using the table to cover up his composure.
So… had things actually already progressed to this point?!