Deep Fog Kiss

Gu Zhishen paused, his back stiffening slightly.

Behind the glasses, his deep eyes were dark and unfathomable.

His Adam's apple bobbed up and down for a fleeting moment, a restrained movement.

After a while, he turned around.

Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly changed, and his gentle expression immediately turned cold again.

Jiang Li tapped her phone screen with her finger and said again, "If you're free, could we have dinner together tonight?"

After saying that, she looked up at him and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, Uncle?"

"Send a message?"

Gu Zhishen's cold gaze swept over the phone in her hand.

Jiang Li nodded, smiling sweetly, "My senior."

Gu Zhishen looked down at her, scrutinizing her for two seconds, then turned and walked towards the restaurant without saying anything.

Jiang Li stood still, her smile undiminished.

Beneath the calm smile, her heart was pounding deafeningly.

The phone screen was lit up, but the chat box was blank.

......

The restaurant was unusually quiet, with only the occasional clinking of cups and saucers.

Jiang Li glanced up slightly and saw the man opposite her with his eyes lowered, slowly eating his breakfast.

The light and shadows from the floor-to-ceiling windows shone on him, as if coating him with a layer of light.

"Not to your liking?"

Gu Zhishen noticed that she was holding the knife and fork but hadn't put the food in her mouth. When he looked up, his eyes met hers.

He raised an eyebrow and asked, "After two years abroad, you can't get used to home-cooked meals anymore?"

On the table in front of her was a rich and exquisite breakfast, all of which were Jiang Li's favorite flavors.

She smiled faintly, "Of course not, it's just that it's been a long time since I've had breakfast with my uncle like this, it's a little—"

"I'm not used to it, or I don't like it."

Gu Zhishen replied, his tone revealing no emotion.

Jiang Li choked for a moment, then chuckled twice, picked up the milk beside her and slowly drank it, pondering how to answer his question.

It's not that she's unaccustomed to it, nor that she dislikes it.

Instead, you need to convince yourself to gradually give up these habits and preferences.

Gu Zhishen frowned slightly when he saw her sipping a glass of milk.

She was like that when she was little. When faced with questions she didn't want to answer or wanted to avoid, she would always pretend to drink something for most of the day.

It's been two years since I last saw you. Your temper has grown a lot, but this bad habit hasn't changed.

When will you come back home?

He changed the subject and didn't make things difficult for her anymore.

Jiang Li put down her milk glass, her almond-shaped eyes slightly widening. "They know I'm back in China?"

"Do you think Gu Rou is so tight-lipped?" Gu Zhishen said casually. "Besides, what kind of military secret is it that you're returning to the country?"

Jiang Li choked and choked.

Gu Zhishen's mouth hasn't changed at all; it can still poison people.

However, he was right about that. Her return to the country was not a major secret. Once she returned to Jingzhou, she was on the Gu family's territory, and they would know about any little thing that happened.

Besides, once Gu Rou knows she's back in the country, she'll announce it everywhere, and the entire Gu family will know she's back.

The Gu family is a top-tier conglomerate that has always valued rules and regulations.

She is the adopted daughter of the Gu family. If she did not go back to visit them immediately after returning to China, it would be easy for people to criticize her.

Old Master Gu values ​​the Gu family's reputation above all else and would never allow such a large family to become the subject of gossip.

Jiang Li looked at the other person's cold and stern eyes, "It was my oversight. I'll go back in the next couple of days."

The man simply grunted in response and continued eating gracefully.

The atmosphere quickly returned to the awkward silence it had been in before.

Jiang Li felt that eating like this would easily cause indigestion, so she called out to him, "Uncle."

The man took a sip of black coffee, without looking up, and said, "Speak."

Jiang Li thought for a moment and then asked, "How is Great-Grandma's health?"

"The same as always." Gu Zhishen put down his coffee cup and looked at her. "I have said a few things to you, though."

Great-grandmother was the closest person to Jiang Li in the Gu family besides Gu Zhishen. She treated Jiang Li exceptionally well, no differently than she treated Gu Rou, and regarded her as her own great-granddaughter.

Hearing her great-grandmother mention her, she quickly asked, "What did great-grandmother mention about me?"

Gu Zhishen looked at her leisurely, a smile playing on his lips. "Leaving without a second thought, heartless."

"..."

Jiang Li's lips twitched.

Great-grandmother would never say such a thing; only Gu Zhishen would say something like that.

He managed to choke on his food three times during the meal. Jiang Li finished her glass of milk in one gulp, picked up a napkin and lightly wiped her lips. "I'm full. Uncle, please enjoy your meal."

She had just stood up when an unidentified object was thrown at her.

She caught it with lightning speed; it was the key to a sports car.

"I've picked out a car for you; it's much more convenient than taking a taxi for twenty times the price."

The man's seemingly mocking remark made Jiang Li pause slightly in her hand holding the car keys.

It turns out he knew about her deliberately taking an expensive taxi last night at Buyun Pavilion.

She looked down at the man; he was sitting, but his height was below her eye level.

That calm and composed aura, yet he could easily suppress her.

He sat there, making no move, yet it seemed as if everything was under his control.

He was so intelligent, and there were many things in his unfathomable eyes that she couldn't understand.

But she was easily seen through by him.

Jiang Li didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

He knew even the most trivial things, yet he had no idea that she had secretly loved him for so many years.

From the time she first saw him when she was ten years old, until she was twenty-two.

There was only one man in her heart from beginning to end.

It was him, Gu Zhishen.

Seeing her slightly taken aback look, the man raised an eyebrow. "If you don't like it, go pick another one from the garage."

"Of course I like it."

There's no reason not to like a gift delivered to your door.

Jiang Li accepted the car keys, smiled sweetly, and said, "Thank you, Uncle."

Looking at the man's cold and deep eyes, she thought for a moment and then thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle, for letting me stay last night. I've already asked a friend to help me find a place to live, and I'll move out as soon as possible."

Gu Zhishen frowned. "Is this not enough for you?"

"That's enough, more than enough," Jiang Li laughed. "But I can't live in such a big house by myself."

"One person can't live here," the man grasped the key point, raising a slight brow at the corner of his eye. "But two people can?"

His voice was clear and cold, his tone calm, without any other superfluous emotions.

It seems like I'm just offering a suggestion.

Jiang Li tentatively asked, "Is Uncle... moving in too?"

The man's long, deep eyes fell on her face, a half-smile playing on his lips, offering no denial.

Jiang Li's heart skipped a beat, and her smile faded slightly.

Is he serious?