Chapter 79: I Like You More

"Aunt Lin, he also feels at ease with you, he entrusted Gu Die to you with peace of mind."

Liuli said to Aunt Lin.

"I want to thank you; if it weren't for you, Gu Die would have received even less love, thank you for staying by his side all these years."

"He is like my own child to me; watching him grow up is also a kind of happiness."

Aunt Lin said while wiping her tears, Liuli felt rather uncomfortable inside as well.

"I'm going to prepare the meal; getting older makes one prone to sentimentality."

Aunt Lin said with a smile.

"Aunt Lin, thank you."

"Young Mistress, meeting you two is truly my blessing."

"Meeting you is also our blessing."

"Young Mistress, you are truly kind."

"Aunt Lin, if there's anything in the future, just tell me; I'll help if I can."

"Alright, Young Mistress, I'll go prepare the meal, making all the dishes you and the Young Master like."

"Okay, thank you, Aunt Lin."

"Meow~ meow~"

Just as Aunt Lin left, the kitten's voice sounded again.

Liuli followed the kitten's voice over and saw the kitten in the corner.

The kitten huddled in the corner, meowing.

"What's wrong, little kitten?"

Liuli picked up the kitten and asked.

"Meow~ meow~ meow~"

The kitten clung to Liuli's chest and cried.

"Good, are you hungry?"

Liuli asked softly.

"Meow~"

The kitten meowed again, as if answering Liuli's question.

"How did you come over again?"

Rui Tian had searched for a long time before finding the kitten's whereabouts.

Upon hearing Rui Tian's voice, the kitten jumped from Liuli's arms into Rui Tian's arms.

As soon as Liuli saw Rui Tian, she wanted to walk away.

"Liuli sister, I really don't know about that matter."

Rui Tian said.

She avoided him, not wanting to recall that incident; now he brings it up again.

"Let the past be the past, don't mention it, okay?"

Liuli turned and replied.

Coincidentally, she saw Rui Tian's eyes, clear and clean.

He said he didn't know, how could she not believe him?

But she simply doesn't want to remember, not at all.

"Alright, I won't bring it up again from now on."

Rui Tian promised.

"Just, can you stop avoiding me, ignoring me?"

Liuli didn't understand why he would say such a thing; perhaps he just arrived at the Gu family, lacking a sense of security, and then this happened.

Liuli could only think that way.

"It's best we both keep our distance; I don't want Gu Die to misunderstand."

Liuli explained, her avoidance wasn't just about not wanting to remember, but also about not letting Gu Die see and get the wrong idea.

"Okay, then can you forgive me?"

"I said, the matter is already over, don't mention it, just pretend nothing happened."

"I understand."

Rui Tian replied, hearing Liuli's words, the light in his eyes dimmed somewhat.

Gu Die just woke up and came downstairs, seeing Liuli and Rui Tian talking.

His face instantly sank.

"Liuli sister, I like you."

Seeing Gu Die approach, Rui Tian still held Liuli and said.

"Don't do that, let me go."

Liuli wanted to push him away, but couldn't no matter how hard she tried.

Gu Die stepped forward, pulled Rui Tian away, and punched him hard in the face.

Rui Tian fell to the ground, the kitten frightened and meowed loudly.

Rui Tian only gave a faint smile despite the blood flowing.

But provoking Gu Die's anger seemed exactly what he wanted.

Another punch, Gu Die struck out fiercely again.

Liuli grabbed him; Gu Die's angry look was so frightening that even seeing it made her feel scared.

"Let go."

Gu Die coldly said to Liuli, "You're holding on, not letting him hit Rui Tian, making my anger even greater."

"Hitting him won't help..."

Liuli looked at Gu Die, seeing his eyes full of coldness.

"Chu Liuli, don't hold onto me."

"Don't be like that, I'm scared..."

Liuli hugged him and said.

Rui Tian saw Liuli actively hug Gu Die and felt uneasy inside.

His cold smile also faded away.

Only then did Gu Die realize he might have lost his temper, and she really would be scared.

Usually no one dares approach him when he's not angry, let alone now.

"Sorry."

Gu Die apologized to her.

He actually apologized, and she hugged him even tighter.

"What are you still doing here? Hurry up and leave."

Seeing this scene, Lín āyí became flustered.

Although Rui Tian was the one hit, Lín āyí still let him leave.

Lín āyí couldn't understand Rui Tian anymore; this child, despite her repeatedly telling him not to appear before Gu Die, just wouldn't listen.

It's only self-inflicted suffering; now, Gu Die keeping him is already out of respect for Lín āyí's old face—if he provoked him further, it'd be strange if he didn't kick him out.

Rui Tian wiped the blood from his mouth corner, smirked, got up, and prepared to leave.

"Lín āyí, I don't want to see him again tomorrow."

Gu Die said coldly.

Lín āyí wasn't surprised at all; his tolerating Rui Tian staying at the Gu Family for a while already was quite merciful.

I don't know what Rui Tian did again to anger Gu Die, but anyway, Rui Tian appeared before Gu Die again, and it looks like he's with Liuli again.

Otherwise, how could Gu Die possibly strike someone? Gu Die's temper is bad, and Lín āyí knows that.

But Lín āyí has never seen Gu Die strike someone; such things don't require Gu Die to act personally.

"All right, Young Master, sorry for the trouble."

Lín āyí replied.

"We should head back."

Rui Tian heard it as if he hadn't, and still spoke to the frightened little cat.

The little cat jumped into his arms, meowing repeatedly, as if feeling sorry for Rui Tian.

Rui Tian stroked the little cat's head and left indifferently.

"It's my fault; I just heard a cat's meow and came over to look, so I bumped into him—you have to believe me."

Liuli explained, not wanting any further misunderstanding with Gu Die.

"I never doubted you."

Gu Die answered.

He hadn't doubted her; he just saw Rui Tian hugging her and wanted to drive Rui Tian away.

His tolerance of Rui Tian staying at the Gu Family is solely out of respect for Lín āyí's face.

On the contrary, he and Liuli ended up like that; if not for Lín āyí's years of caring for him, he truly wouldn't know what he'd do to Rui Tian.

But that incident can't be blamed entirely on Rui Tian; he might have been framed.

But the worst part is that he just hugged Liuli, saying he liked her, which Gu Die also heard.

"Then it's fine; don't get angry again—I'm really scared."

Liuli lifted her eyes to look at Gu Die.

"Okay, I won't get angry anymore; sorry for scaring you."

"I should be the one saying sorry; my curiosity shouldn't be so strong—you should know, my heart holds only you, no one else can fit in."

Looking at her earnest expression while she spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.

Is she confessing to him?

"What are you laughing at?"

Liuli retorted.

"I just think you're really cute."

The smile at the corners of Gu Die's eyes deepened.

"You're also very cute; I really like you."

Liuli kissed his cheek.

"I like you even more..."

Gu Die said while kissing her lips.

"All right, it's time to eat."

Liuli pushed him away, but he still didn't want to let go of his hand from her waist.

"I don't want to eat."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Liuli asked, he hasn't been eating properly these past few days, he can't not eat.

She was worried his body couldn't handle it.

"I want to eat you……"

Gu Die said, and Liuli's face turned bright red.

"I don't want to!"

Liuli pushed him away, ran to the table and sat down, not daring to look at him.

She also knew her face must be very red.

Gu Die sat beside her, but she turned her face away.

"What's wrong? Are you angry?"

He stroked her head and asked softly.

"No."

"Then look at me."

Gu Die moved his face close to hers.

"I don't want to look at you."

"Why don't you want to look at me? Aren't you afraid I'll be hurt if I hear that?"

"I'm just joking."

Liuli flung herself into his embrace and said.

"This kind of joke is not allowed; I'll get angry."

"Just now you weren't supposed to say you wouldn't get angry with me?"

Liuli said unhappily, the words he just said, he's already going back on them?

"I'm also just joking."

Gu Die laughed.

"This kind of joke is not allowed; I'll get angry."

She imitated his tone and said.

"If I'm angry, a little coaxing will fix it."

He saw her imitating his way of speaking and thought she was even cuter.

"What if I can't coax her?"

"If I can't coax her, I'll keep coaxing; I have plenty of time, worst case I'll coax her for a lifetime—I don't believe I can't succeed."

"I like you so much, I can't bear to get angry with you, I can't bear to let you keep coaxing me."

"But I like you even more."

"No, I like you even more."

Liuli shook her head.

"Madam, everything you said is right."

Gu Die laughed.

Liuli realized he was calling her "madam."

It felt a bit formal and a bit cheesy, but she also liked him calling her that.

Liuli couldn't help but kiss his face again.

He was just about to kiss her when she dodged.

"There's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

He hadn't managed to kiss her, was a bit dissatisfied, and basically wasn't listening to what she was saying.

"After we finish eating later, let's go check the house where Dad lives, see if there's anything that needs tidying up."

Liuli said carefully, afraid he'd be in a bad mood again.

"Mm, okay."

Gu Die replied.

"Okay, then let's eat first."

Gu Die, seeing she had finished speaking, kissed her and didn't want to leave her lips.

"Alright, let's eat."

She gently pushed him away, and the servants coming and going were all watching.

She didn't want people to see her and him being lovey-dovey at the dinner table like that.

"After we finish eating, can we still kiss?"

"Eat first, we'll talk after we finish eating."

"Then I don't want to, I'm not eating."

"You can't not eat—look how thin you've gotten these past few days."

"So will you let me kiss you or not?"

Liuli finally realized he just wanted her to kiss him.

But she also thought he was cute—such an aloof Young Master Gu, yet she found him cute.

It's really strange.

"Depending on your performance, eat a bit more and I'll let you kiss."