Wang Qing and A-Xing sat together in the back seat, separated by the distance of two people.
Hearing this, Wang Qing looked over. After taking in the scene clearly, she softly explained, “Those are roses, representing passionate love. That must be a couple deeply in love; giving flowers can enhance the affection between each other.”
Hearing this, A-Xing’s light purple eyes brightened, and he silently engraved those words into his heart.
Giving flowers can enhance mutual affection—A-Xing felt that he had learned something new.
The car slowly started moving as the green light turned on.
Far away in his office, President Gu sneezed because of someone’s thoughts back in the car, mentally complaining about which petty person was bad-mouthing him behind his back.
“Knock, knock.”
Gu Qingze adjusted his sitting posture and said in a calm tone, “Come in.”
The person who entered was Assistant Su, the gold-standard assistant who had spent the longest time by Gu Qingze’s side.
Assistant Su placed an investigation report in front of Gu Qingze and said, “President Gu, this is the matter you instructed us to investigate last time. However, that person’s identity is extremely special. We mobilized every means possible yet failed to uncover any information about him, not even the slightest shred. I suggest you had better not keep him by your side.”
The protagonist of the topic was none other than A-Xing; Gu Qingze had simply forgotten to retract the order he issued last time.
Gu Qingze casually flipped through the pages and said calmly, “It is fine. I have already figured out his identity.”
With that, he set the investigation report aside and looked at Assistant Su. “How is the progress of that project recently?”
Hearing this, Assistant Su replied, “The core part will still take some time to conquer. Recently, we have recruited quite a few experts in related fields and university graduates.”
Hearing these words, Gu Qingze closed his eyes for a moment and responded calmly, “Mhm. Compress my schedule this week and clear out the weekend. I am going back to the old family estate.”
“Understood, President Gu. There is a meeting in ten minutes, and these are the relevant materials.” Assistant Su placed another stack of documents in front of Gu Qingze.
By the time Gu Qingze finished handling everything, it was already ten-thirty at night. He rubbed the bridge of his nose, stood up, and walked outside.
Many employees of the corporate tower had long since gone home, leaving only a handful behind.
When he returned home, it was already eleven o’clock at night.
To Gu Qingze’s surprise, however, the lights in the living room were still on. Gu Qingze swept his gaze across the living room and instantly spotted A-Xing lying on the sofa.
That blue hair was exceptionally eye-catching.
For some reason, a mischievous urge to tease welled up inside Gu Qingze.
Softening his leather-shod footsteps, he walked slowly over to A-Xing.
Unsurprisingly, A-Xing’s eyes were closed.
Gu Qingze watched for a moment and prepared to reach out to pinch his nose. But the moment his hand moved, A-Xing suddenly opened his eyes.
Without any warning, Gu Qingze’s wrist was fiercely seized. Immediately afterward, he felt a dizzying spin as he was pinned down onto the sofa by A-Xing.
Recovering his wits, Gu Qingze felt a blush creep up his ears as he raged, “Get up, you bastard!”
This was the first time since Gu Qingze grew up that he had completely lost control of his inner composure.
A-Xing had initially been groggy, reacting purely out of subconscious reflex, but this sentence instantly startled him completely awake. He hurriedly stood up with nimble motions and knelt back down on the floor.
His complexion turned somewhat pale. “I am sorry, Lord. I did not mean to. Please punish me.”
Gu Qingze lowered his gaze to look at his own wrist, and very good, it was already red.
Hearing A-Xing’s words, Gu Qingze let out a soft chuckle. Punishment? Indeed, punishment is warranted.
Neither of them realized that their forms of address had already shifted.
From somewhere, Gu Qingze dug out a bag of walnuts and tossed them directly in front of A-Xing.
“You. Peel them by hand. Eat every single kernel you shell yourself.”
Wasn’t your strength impressive? Then shell some walnuts, and sharpen your brain while you are at it.
A-Xing glanced at the bag of walnuts, looked back at Gu Qingze, and then very silently and cheerfully began his walnut-smashing journey.
The Lord still cares for me after all; he couldn’t bear to use methods that draw blood.
Gu Qingze crossed his arms over his chest, watching A-Xing smash walnuts with a detached gaze.
Yet as he watched, his expression gradually turned subtle.
He watched as A-Xing handled one walnut corpse after another, controlling his physical strength with exquisite precision. Aside from the first two walnuts which were completely pulverized, nearly all the subsequent walnut kernels remained completely intact.
As Gu Qingze watched, he gradually fell silent.
He had the uncanny sensation that this was not punishment for A-Xing at all, but rather psychological torture directed at himself, because after all, he needed a walnut cracker to open his own walnuts…