After helping Xu Juexi push the chair down, Gu Xiaolin turned around and sat back down in his seat.
The chair’s height is just right.
Xu Juexi sat up straight, and when he looked up, he met the man’s gaze. Feeling guilty, he shrank back a little.
Although he didn’t know why some unexpected elements had appeared in this world, Xu Juexi still felt that the rest of the content should be pretty much the same. The man in front of him was still the protagonist of this book, a ruthless and dangerous ruler.
The villains and cannon fodder are like cats seeing mice when they see the protagonist.
When Xu Juexi met the other person’s gaze, he subconsciously felt a little apprehensive—besides his identity, a large part of the reason was that he had just been caught in a misunderstanding .
…He knew he didn’t mean it, but what if the protagonist was unreasonable?
“This is the draft contract,” Gu Xiaolin suddenly spoke up while Xu Juexi was lost in thought, pushing a stack of documents toward him: “Take a look, and if there are no problems, just sign it at the end.”
The neat black and white characters on the white paper came into view, and Xu Juexi sat up a little straighter.
He was incredibly tough inside, but he was actually afraid of angering the other party, so he quickly picked up the contract and pretended to read it carefully and obediently.
There are far too many plots in novels involving unequal contracts of servitude.
Xu Juexi was a little worried that the contract in his hand was not in his best interest. He felt that he needed to carefully check what was on the contract before signing it, but he only flipped through two pages before he felt dizzy.
There are too many words; I can’t read them.
He quickly abandoned his idea of checking it, and abandoned reading even faster.
He only flipped through a few pages before getting sleepy. He put down the paper, nodded seriously to the man in front of him, indicating that he had finished reading and there were no problems.
Gu Xiaolin frowned as he looked at him.
Xu Juexi had no idea why the other person was frowning. He felt he had performed very well, being cautious, serious, and extremely polite.
Could it be that the protagonist is actually petty and still angry about what happened earlier?
So calculating.
Gu Xiaolin: “The contract is fine.”
He took out the pen from his suit pocket and pushed it to Xu Juexi, indicating that Xu Juexi should sign it.
Xu Juexi said “Oh,” picked up the pen, which still had the other person’s body heat on it, opened the cap, found the place to sign on the contract, and wrote his name neatly.
”Okay,” Xu Juexi said.
He admired his neat signature when his peripheral vision suddenly caught a rather glaring line of text on the same page.
”Party B shall not disclose the contents of this contract in any way, including mentioning the ‘engagement’ relationship between Party A and Party B.”
Although Xu Juexi knew that the original owner had married into the Gu family for money and resources, and that his deal with the male lead was just an exchange of benefits, he still felt inexplicably uneasy.
He thought angrily, “No matter who did it, I’ve lost my first kiss, and they won’t even give me a proper title!”
“The three million will be transferred to your card later.” Gu Xiaolin added, “As for the other resources you requested, I will have my assistant contact your agent later.”
Three million.
Xu Juexi clicked his tongue, instantly relieved. He smiled, his eyes crinkling, and said sincerely, “Thank you, husband.”
”Don’t call me that…”
Omegas seem to be naturally good at acting cute.
Gu Xiaolin had always disliked sycophants, but for some reason, he felt no disgust at all looking at the omega’s upturned eyes. He hesitated for a moment and said, “Never mind, whatever you want. I have other things to do. If you need anything, just ask the housekeeper or servants.”
He seemed to have something urgent to deal with; he took the contract and turned to leave.
Xu Juexi stared blankly as the other person’s figure disappeared through the door. Feeling somewhat helpless, he stood up and looked down at the pen he hadn’t returned. It looked quite expensive, so Xu Juexi didn’t dare leave it lying around and put it in his pajama pocket.
Strange person.
Xu Juexi sat for a while, thought for a moment, and then got up to go back to sleep, the nap he hadn’t managed to take earlier.
He never expected that his fiancé, who had rushed away, would not leave but would stand at the door waiting for him.
Xu Juexi paused, then stopped his half-finished yawning: “Honey, you haven’t left yet?”
”……Um?”
The man in front of him spoke with a smile, his voice no longer cold and hard: “I’m starting to suspect you did this on purpose, sister-in-law.”
“…Huh?” Xu Juexi froze when he heard ‘sister-in-law’ again… How could he have mistaken him again?
He looked up at the man’s face again in disbelief.
Gu Fengying chuckled: “No one has ever said that I look like my older brother before.”
Xu Juexi looked down at his feet and chuckled dryly, “They look quite similar… quite similar.”
”It’s alright, I don’t mind if you want to call me that, sister-in-law.” Gu Fengying seemed to know his embarrassment and comforted him, “It’s just a form of address. Anyway, you and my brother are just business partners, aren’t you?”
These words were truly unorthodox, and Xu Juexi disagreed: “We still need to be mindful of this…”
Gu Fengying laughed again: “I was just joking, don’t take it seriously.”
”oh.”
Xu Juexi nodded, thought for a moment, and realized that this person probably had low emotional intelligence; the joke wasn’t very funny and had almost given him a fright. The other person likely meant well and wanted to lighten the mood, and Xu Juexi felt a slight sense of goodwill towards this person’s thoughtfulness.
Xu Juexi had some face blindness in his original world. Although it wasn’t severe, he would often mistake unfamiliar people for familiar ones, so he only interacted with a few close friends. Unexpectedly, after coming to this world, this problem seemed to have become more serious.
However, although he couldn’t recognize the person at first glance, after chatting for a few minutes, Xu Juexi was able to tell who was talking to him from their expression and tone.
This isn’t the third young master who caused me to lose my first kiss; it must be the second young master.
Gu Fengying, standing in front of him, took the initiative to change the subject: “My brother’s personality is a bit strange, but it’s not that he dislikes you, so don’t worry. He had a business meeting to discuss in H City this afternoon and was in a hurry to catch his flight, which is why he left in such a rush.”
”After Grandpa fell ill, most of the family affairs were handled by my eldest brother. He’s been very busy lately. But I’ve been staying at the old house recently, so feel free to contact me if you need anything.”
Gu Fengying looked down at Xu Juexi’s half-lowered face: “By the way, about what happened earlier… Third brother is young, and alphas are all like that when they’re in heat. I’ve already lectured him, and I’ll make him apologize to you later. If you want to call the police, I can help you.”
Call the police?
Xu Juexi widened his eyes and quickly waved his hands. He had only been kissed twice, and it was not necessary to send him in. Besides, what if the Third Young Master held a grudge against him?
He understood the principle of being cannon fodder and didn’t want to cause trouble for himself, since it wasn’t a big deal.
Rejected by Xu Juexi, Gu Fengying seemed regretful, as if he felt sorry for not being able to send his younger brother in.
However, he didn’t continue the discussion on this topic. Instead, he said, “You’re not familiar with the old house, are you? Shall I show you around?”
Xu Juexi was still sleepy and didn’t really want to go, but he didn’t know how to refuse.
He hesitated for a long time, then the yawn he had just held back came back to his lips, and a few tears welled up in his eyes.
For some reason, Gu Fengying seemed to stare at him for a moment, then quickly said considerately, “Are you sleepy? Why don’t you go back and get some sleep?”
Xu Juexi was so grateful for the other person’s understanding that he almost cried, and nodded quickly.
”Okay.” Gu Fengying nodded, “Then let me take you back to rest first.”
Gu Fengying gently placed his hand on Xu Juexi’s shoulder, with just enough force to help him move forward.
Xu Juexi turned around following the other person’s movement, and the two walked one after the other down the long corridor.
The Gu family mansion was truly enormous. Xu Juexi had absolutely no recollection of the corridors he had walked through on his way there. He felt, without exaggeration, that if Gu Fengying hadn’t been leading him forward, he would definitely have gotten lost.
As Gu Fengying walked, he took the opportunity to start a conversation with Xu Juexi: “You’re an omega, right?”
”Ah…” Xu Juexi himself wasn’t really sure about this question. But just now, that very impolite third young master had asked him the same question. So, Xu Juexi nodded and said, “Maybe?”
”What do you mean?” Gu Fengying was amused by him. “Then I’ll take it as such. The Gu family is basically full of alphas. When those alphas go crazy, they don’t make any sense. You have to be careful and protect yourself.”
“Okay.” Xu Juexi nodded, gleaning something from the other person’s words: “Those, aren’t you one of them?”
Gu Fengying: “Yes. I’m different from them. So sister-in-law, if anything happens and my brother isn’t around, you can come to me.”
”Ah, please don’t do that…” Xu Juexi trembled upon hearing those two words and said, “Can… please don’t call me that? It’s so weird?”
”Don’t call ‘sister-in-law’?” Gu Fengying asked.
Xu Juexi nodded.
Gu Fengying looked troubled.
He explained to Xu Juexi, “Grandpa and Grandma are very particular about etiquette. If we don’t call you that, they will be unhappy.”
”…I see.”
Xu Juexi went through the plot in his mind and felt that it was like a family of feudal remnants, each with their own eccentricities. But being a dependent, he only dared to think about it in his heart—after all, this was originally a world in a book, and what it was like was naturally up to the author to decide.
“However,” Gu Fengying changed the subject, “Grandma and the others don’t come here often. So, if you don’t like it, I won’t call you that in private.”
As they were talking, they passed by a window. Gu Fengying suddenly stopped and pulled Xu Juexi to a stop.
The Gu family’s old house is decorated in the Baroque style. Sunlight shines obliquely into the room through the stained glass windows, and at this moment it happens to fall on the upper bodies of the two people standing by the window, leaving some enchanting light and shadow, like a cage that catches birds.
Gu Fengying looked down. He saw that most of Xu Juexi’s face was flushed pink by the light, making him even more beautiful.
He asked the omega, “I know your name… Xu Juexi, it sounds nice. I’ll call you Xiaoxi in private, okay?”