I'm in Love Apartment, and the system is making me cultivate immortality.

Chapter 262 This is how to be a sweet and caring daughter
When Gu Yifan arrived, Li Mingliang, Fang Daxia, and the others had been waiting for a long time.

Gu Yifan had originally called Du Jun, but his senior brother's child suddenly felt unwell. After explaining the situation to Gu Yifan, Du Jun hurriedly took the child to the hospital.

From this perspective, the eldest brother has had a tough time too.

Li Mingliang naturally arrived early. It was his first time having dinner with his boss, so there was no reason for him to keep them waiting.

Gu Yifan entered the private room.

Li Mingliang was the first to stand up instinctively, and the other managers followed suit.

"boss."

"Boss, you've arrived."

"Sorry everyone, I just happened to be on my way to pick up our company's future CFO, so I'm a little late," Gu Yifan said with a smile, pulling Xinling forward.

At this moment, Li Mingliang and Fang Daxia's attention turned to Xinling, who was following behind Gu Yifan and seemed a little reserved.

At first glance, Li Mingliang was somewhat captivated by Xinling's pure and gentle appearance, thinking to himself, 'What a lovely girl, so delicate and pitiful.'

Could she be the boss's girlfriend or something?
"Hello everyone." Xinling felt a little shy under the gaze of so many eyes.

Thinking to herself that she couldn't let her brother lose face, she mustered up her courage and greeted everyone in a confident and generous manner.

A hint of relief flashed in Gu Yifan's eyes. Xinling had changed so much since they first met; she was a shy and taciturn girl.

"My name is Xinling, and I'm Yifan's sister," Xinling said softly.

"Sister?" Li Mingliang was taken aback. Not his girlfriend? But he was not satisfied with his actions. He smiled brightly, bowed, and shook hands with Xinling.

"Hello, Ms. Xinling. My name is Li Mingliang. I hope we can take care of each other in the future."

"Hello, Mingliang." Cyndi greeted her sweetly.

This sound seemed to close the distance between them, and Li Mingliang's eyes softened considerably. "I didn't expect the boss to have such a beautiful younger sister."

Following that, the other managers, including Fang Daxia, introduced themselves.

"Sit down." Gu Yifan patted Xinling's shoulder, gesturing for her to sit next to Li Mingliang, while he sat down next to Xinling.

"It's not work time now, so just call me Gu Yifan or Yifan, don't be too formal."

That being said, anyone who actually calls that is just being ignorant.

"Boss, you're too kind," Li Mingliang said with an awkward smile.

Seeing this, Gu Yifan did not insist.

When it came to whether or not to drink, Gu Yifan waved his hand and said, "Sorry, I drove here, so I can't drink. Maybe next time."

With so many social engagements to attend to in the future, shouldn't we get Xinling a driver's license?

Gu Yifan said this aloud, but in his heart he was thinking, "This way I can also buy Xinling a car, and it's another rebate. Nice."

The boss doesn't drink alcohol, so the others just had fruit juice and tea, and chatted while they ate.

"Xinling, are you the boss's biological sister?"

Li Mingliang wanted to cultivate a relationship with Xinling, since it seemed the boss intended to make this young woman the head of finance.

Cyndi looks a little too young, is that really okay?
To everyone's surprise, Xinling shook her head. "No, I am the sister that Yifan adopted. I actually grew up in an orphanage. He is my closest relative."

Li Mingliang was somewhat surprised, "Huh?"

When Xinling looked at Gu Yifan and he nodded, she quietly explained their relationship.

Li Mingliang felt that he had been shocked by the new boss countless times today.

At first, when Li Mingliang heard that the new boss was still in college, she found it absurd. She had thought Gu Yifan was young, but she didn't expect him to be this young.

Later, Cyndi recounted how Gu Yifan saved her twice.

The way Li Mingliang and the surrounding supervisors looked at Gu Yifan changed again, with more respect in their eyes.

This was also the effect Gu Yifan wanted to achieve. It wasn't about showing off, but simply about using Xinling's situation to tell them something.

He is generous in helping strangers in need, and once we're all on the same side, he won't treat them harshly.

After learning that Xinling also had a congenital heart disease, Li Mingliang looked at her with more heartache and pity.

From this perspective, the new boss is practically a ray of light illuminating this young woman's life.

"Thanks to my brother and many kind people who helped me with the surgery, I want to work for him to pay back the money I owe him~" Cyndi Wang said playfully.

They did not dwell on the past hardships.

Li Mingliang felt a deep respect for Xinling's attitude, raised his juice bottle, and said, "Xinling, let me toast you!"

After learning the truth, the atmosphere among the group seemed to become a little closer.

Master Fang, even without drinking, was intoxicated by his own presence. He patted his chest and said that if anyone had any trouble at the company in the future, they could just come to him.

Li Mingliang joked, "Xinling is the boss's sister, who would dare to bully her?"

Upon hearing this, Master Fang blushed and, holding his teacup, said, "I will punish myself with a cup."

Everyone laughed.

The meal served as a temporary measure to win over several of the company's managers, so the company's operations should be fine going forward.

Halfway through the meal, Gu Yifan patted Xinling on the shoulder and whispered something.

Xinling nodded and got up to go to the bathroom.

Everyone was engrossed in their conversation and didn't pay much attention, but Li Mingliang pretended not to notice what was happening.

To be honest, she has very mixed feelings about her new boss.

From initial amazement at their first meeting, to admiration for their youthful talent, to now respect, my positive feelings towards them continue to grow.

They were even more curious and wanted to learn more about this young boss.

As a result, Li Mingliang's initial hesitation about whether to stay or leave gradually subsided.

After dinner and some chatting, it was time to leave.

Gu Yifan also wanted to take Xinling to the supermarket to buy her some food and other necessities to take back with her.

When everyone was leaving, Fang Daxia wanted to pay the bill first, but the waiter said that Xinling had already paid it.

Li Mingliang realized that Xinling had indeed gone to the restroom to pay the bill.

After everyone bid farewell to Gu Yifan and left.

"Phew, it's finally over." Xinling finally relaxed.

Gu Yifan asked in surprise, "What, is eating a meal a burden?"

Xinling hugged Gu Yifan's arm affectionately and said coquettishly, "Of course~ I'm just afraid of embarrassing you, so I've been keeping it up."

Gu Yifan chuckled, "What's so shameful about it? You're the boss's sister, who would dare laugh at you? Do you want to quit?"

Xinling chuckled, her face slightly flushed, "Well, I guess I did alright today?"

"Hmm, very good." Gu Yifan rubbed Xinling's head a couple of times and walked with her towards the parking lot.

Unexpectedly, Xinling took Gu Yifan's hand and stood still.

"Then, brother, shouldn't we reward Xinling?"

Gu Yifan turned around and saw Xinling standing opposite the restaurant entrance, bathed in a soft light. Her beautiful face was flushed with a peach blossom hue, and her lovely eyes gazed at him with charm.

"A reward? What reward?" Gu Yifan asked, puzzled.

Xinling blushed even more and playfully shook Gu Yifan's arm, "It's...it's the kind of reward you're thinking of, brother."

"What I was thinking? I wasn't thinking anything."

"..." Xinling looked up and saw Gu Yifan's smiling eyes. She stomped her foot and said, "Brother, you're bullying me."

After saying that, she tried to run away in a huff, but Gu Yifan gently pulled her into his arms.

Autumn has truly arrived; the air smells different from summer nights, carrying a hint of coolness.

Xinling raised her head and met Gu Yifan's deep gaze. She remained silent, staring at him intently.

Gu Yifan lowered his head and whispered a few words in the beauty's ear.

A blush immediately spread to the girl's fair earlobes, making them look delicate and alluring.

Despite being incredibly shy, Xinling obediently nodded, "Okay~"

"Let's go, let's go to the supermarket to buy some things first, and I'll come back to the dorm with you." Gu Yifan finally relaxed.

As for what he said to Cyndi, he didn't say anything.

He simply said that he would take some time on the weekend to go to Xinling's rented apartment for a day, and let Xinling take a bath and wait for him.

Well, don't overthink it. He's a gentleman; he wouldn't try anything weird.

In the evening, Cyndi returned to her dorm room carrying bags and bags of snacks.

Erxi cheered when she saw her return.

But it wasn't for Cyndi Wang; it was for the snacks she brought back.

Wow, so many snacks! How much do they cost?

"My brother bought it, saying he brought it back for you guys to eat," Xinling blinked innocently.

Although her brother said no, men are said to be two-faced creatures, so she had to plan ahead.

"Really, thank you, Senior Brother Gu, you're so kind." Erxi was almost fainting with happiness. She had seen many foreign brands of snacks inside, none of which she had ever tried before.

Just then, Xia Xingchen returned from washing her underwear. In the washbasin, there were still a few wrung-out, wrinkled lace panties.

"Xinling? You're back~" Xia Xingchen greeted Xinling with a smile.

"Xingchen, Xingchen, come quick! Senior Brother Gu asked Xinling to bring us lots and lots of snacks, saying it's to make up for it." Erxi had already opened a bag of snacks and started eating, her whole being radiating happiness.

"Is it really that delicious?" Xinling was a little curious, as she didn't think the snacks were particularly tasty. Xia Xingchen was also a little excited when she heard that Gu Yifan had specially bought them for them, and quickly stepped forward to share the snacks with Erxi.

Xinling noticed all of this and blinked her beautiful eyes.

His gaze lingered for a moment on Xingchen's long and short sleeves that covered her shorts, revealing only her long, white legs, and then on Erxi's plump figure.

If you eat the snacks your brother bought, you'll have to pay a price!
Just then, Xinling's phone rang twice. She picked it up and saw that it was a message from Gu Yifan saying that he had arrived at the dormitory.

Gu Yifan: Don't give all those snacks to Erxi and Xingchen. Keep some for yourself, okay? I'll buy you more when you finish them.

Xinling smiled and sent a message: "Okay, don't worry, I know."

At this moment, Xia Xingchen also sat down next to Erxi's bed and started eating snacks. "Xinling, who sent this message? They're smiling so sweetly. Come and try it, this seaweed roll is really good!"

"It's my brother! He said you guys didn't have enough to eat after you finished eating, so he told me he'd buy you some more~" Cindy put away her phone and smiled sweetly.

"Really!" Erxi was deeply moved.

"Senior Brother Gu, you're too kind." Xia Xingchen's face was a little red, and it was unclear what she was thinking about again.

"It's okay, we're sisters, we're all family." Xinling stepped forward and gave Xia Xingchen a surprise hug.

"Wow, Xingchen, you're not wearing a strapless top?"

"Let go quickly!"

"Hehe, no way, if you eat someone else's snacks, you'll get bullied by me."

"Xinling, you're so mean! I'm not eating anymore!"

"You have no choice but to eat it. Just obediently submit to me, Xia Xingchen."

Laughter rang out from the girls' dormitory.

Boys' dormitory.

Lin Xiangyu and the others were surprised and delighted to see Gu Yifan return.

When asked, he said he hadn't moved back home.

Gu Yifan said that he hadn't said he wouldn't come back to stay, and that he could come back occasionally.

Now, instead of Lin Xiangyu and his two friends playing Dou Dizhu, they've become four people playing mahjong, which is quite enjoyable.

During the conversation, Lin Xiangyu also brought up the freshman social event. Gu Yifan asked curiously, "Haven't we already had our social events? Why are we having another one?" Lin Xiangyu replied, "Thirty thousand."

"Hey hey hey! I want it, pong! Four of a kind, Mr. Gu, you don't understand, it's that kind of social gathering between boys and girls!" Xie Xun said with a beaming smile as he took the 30,000 that Gu Yifan had written.

"Oh, so you're in heat?" Gu Yifan laughed.

“Come on, Mr. Gu, you’re the school heartthrob, the prince of love songs who’s popular with countless girls on the school forum. We should at least consider the feelings of us single guys.” Lin Xiangyu pointed to himself, then to Guan Chao.

"Hey hey hey! Lin Xiangyu, don't point at me. You're the one who can't wait to find a girlfriend, I never said I wanted to." Guan Chao played a one-of-a-kind tile, rolled his eyes and said.

"Bullshit, Guan Chao, didn't you ever think about women? When Monkey and the others watched it with the lights off at night, didn't you go to watch too!"

This made Guan Chao blush and spit out his anger. "I...I was tricked by you guys."

As he spoke, Guan Chao muttered resentfully, saying things like "it violates ethics" and "living a normal life is perverted."

This caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"So, admit it, Brother Chao, you're still a normal man," Lin Xiangyu said righteously. "A normal man should think..."

"Touch," Gu Yifan quietly reminded him.

“Right, touch it~” Lin Xiangyu smiled in a slightly irritating way, and even weighed his chest with both hands.

"I'll let you draw the cards!" Gu Yifan roared irritably. "Can't you stop being so filthy?"

"Oh, seven." Lin Xiangyu pursed his lips.

He glanced at the card he drew and then immediately discarded it.

"I'm going to win!"

Gu Yifan smiled happily and pushed the mahjong tiles over.

They were playing a game of "point-and-draw" (a combination of winning by discarding a tile and winning by drawing the winning tile themselves).

"Lin Xiangyu, look at you, you've sent Young Master Gu away!" Xie Xun complained. "I told you we should have played Chongqing Mahjong instead."

Lin Xiangyu retorted, "I've only ever heard of Sichuan Mahjong, never Chongqing Mahjong!"

"That's because you have no vision!"

Finally, Lin Xiangyu revealed his true purpose: "Mr. Gu, are you coming to the social gathering this weekend?"

"Me? If I go, will you guys still be able to pick up any girls?" Gu Yifan yawned.

No, he still hasn't finished writing a program proposal for Nuolan, and several days have already passed.

I'll try to stay up all night and get it done.

It's strange, even though I've reduced my sleep time by more than half, I still feel like I don't have enough time.

No one refuted Gu Yifan's words, since he was telling the truth.
Gu Yifan's reputation is now not limited to Tongji University.

His popularity spread to surrounding universities as well, attracting many students from other schools who wanted to bump into him.

But Lin Xiangyu argued, "What's there to be afraid of? We want you to make your appearance, Master Gu. There will be a huge crowd of girls then. You can't handle all those girls by yourself, so they'll have to settle for something else!"

"That's us."

"No, it's you!" Guan Chao still had the shyness typical of a young virgin.

Lin Xiangyu didn't mind at all, and looked at Gu Yifan with a smile, "How about it, are you coming?"

"I'm not going." Gu Yifan shook his head firmly.

He doesn't have the time to go and participate in college student social events.

"I really don't have time, you guys go ahead."

Seeing that Gu Yifan's answer was firm, Lin Xiangyu had no choice but to give up.

After a while, he rubbed his hands together, exchanged a glance with Xie Xun, and chuckled.

"Young Master Gu~"

"If you're not going, could we borrow your car?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yifan glanced at Xie Xun and said, "Wait, Brother Xun, don't you have a girlfriend? Why are you getting involved with Xiang Yu? Aren't you afraid Xiao Jing will get jealous?"

"Hehe, Xiaojing will also be bringing her roommates to the social event that day." Xie Xun said, looking embarrassed. "So... I thought..."

"Okay, you can use the car then, but be careful." Gu Yifan nodded in agreement before Xie Xun could finish speaking.

"real!!!"

Xie Xun, Lin Xiangyu, and Guan Chao were all surprised that Gu Yifan agreed so easily.

"It's just a car. Didn't I tell you before? If any of you have a girlfriend and want to take her out for a drive, just borrow one from me," Gu Yifan said with a smile.

That's right, as long as there's no car accident, drunk driving is fine.

It doesn't really matter if there's a crash; we can just buy another car.

This will serve as a convenient excuse: should I buy it for Xinling or for Yifei?

If it weren't for the fear of scaring his roommates, Gu Yifan would have been fine with driving a Maybach to show off for Xie Xun.

A luxury car worth tens of millions.

But in Lin Xiangyu and Xie Xun's eyes, this was already an exceptionally righteous act by Gu Yifan.

"Thanks, brother." Xie Xun immediately gave Gu Yifan a bear hug.

"Come on, Old Gu, you have to smoke this 'Victory' cigarette today!"

Gu Yifan: "No, you guys are just messing around with my name. You keep changing it, keep using the same one!"

Tuesday to Friday.

Gu Yifan attended classes as scheduled, and spent the rest of his time at the company, keeping him incredibly busy.

On Tuesday morning, Li Mingliang went to see the high-end office building that Gu Yifan planned to move to.

It was discovered to be located in a top-tier business district, and offered river-view office space.

He immediately stopped objecting and went back to the company to announce the relocation.

Most of the employees had no questions.

There's no other reason than that Gu Yifan gave too much.

Also on Tuesday.

Mu Wei and three other comic book authors came to the company for an interview and joined the one-person comic book project team. The original animation company was reorganized into a one-person animation project team.

The company has officially changed its name to Yifan Animation Media Company!
Gu Yifan even considered starting his own platform and went to the headquarters of Zhiyin Comics.

Unfortunately, the magazine, which started in 06, has become so popular this year that it has changed from a monthly to a semi-monthly publication. It is said that there are plans to make it a ten-day publication, which means three issues per month.

Gu Yifan currently doesn't have enough funds to buy the magazine.

Gu Yifan had no choice but to ask his senior brother for help, so he took a flight overnight to discuss cooperation.

Du Jun is a seasoned veteran; he should be able to negotiate a good outcome.

Gu Yifan didn't care about the amount of the payment, but the reach of the article had to be wide.

Furthermore, the copyright must be entirely in his hands; at most, a cooperation agreement might be signed, but it's impossible for him to sell it.

He didn't follow the path of a traditional cartoonist.

(End of this chapter)