We moved to Golden Courtyard

"Huh? Supervisor, how did you know I could play the hand drum?"

"Didn't you write on your resume that you can play the hand drum?"

“Oh…” Susana pursed her lips and lowered her head shyly—Manager Xu had gone to look through my personnel file to prepare a gift for me.

Bronya and Rita simultaneously squinted and glanced at Xu Qi.

"Sister Liu Qi, here's yours too."

"I?"

Ms. Liu was undoubtedly a little surprised, after all, she really hadn't thought that she would receive a Christmas gift, and the person who gave the gift was... Xu Qi.

Xu Qi's gift was a fan with a poem inscribed on it—"Butterfly Loves Flowers: Leaning Against the High Tower in the Gentle Breeze"

"I grow thinner and thinner, yet I have no regrets, for I am wasting away for her sake..."

Liu Qi remained outwardly calm, but Xu Qi could clearly see the glint in her eyes when she took the fan.

"Manager Xu, you're so thoughtful. I really like it. I just didn't expect that I would receive a Christmas gift at my age."

"Hmm?" Xu Qi laughed, "Receiving gifts has nothing to do with this, right? Besides, who can say that Teacher Liu doesn't have a girlish sense of romance?"

……

Liu Qi smiled slightly, she roughly understood how Xu Qi had attracted so many suitors.

553. Four steps to a successful date: helping you win over your lover.

After giving gifts to everyone, Bronya's and Rita's gifts were naturally given out at the villa.

The gift may not be expensive, but it is definitely unique.

"Oh, right, Xu Qi, Rita and I will head to the villa first to see if we can help out. You don't need to pick us up to go back together."

"Huh? Then how about I..."

“No need, sir,” Rita said with a smile. “You can just leave work at the normal time; there’s no need to go home early.”

Xu Qi glanced at the two of them with amusement, then nodded.

"Okay, okay, then I'll go back later."

Clearly, he had already guessed it.

I guess there's some surprise waiting for him at the villa in the crowdfunding group 456127940...

As a result, after Bronya and Rita left in the afternoon, Xu Qi's side welcomed new guests.

Seeing Koss looking like he was homeless in his office, Xu Qi blew on his teacup and asked, "So... you got kicked out?"

The boy remained silent for a long time before finally nodding and saying, "Mm..."

Speaking of which, Kosmo and Gretchen took leave early today and returned to the Golden Courtyard, only to be kicked out by Eden and the others, who also called a car to take him to Xu Qi's place.

Regarding this experience...

Xu Qi could only express his deepest sympathy.

"I guess those women are preparing some kind of surprise party at the villa..."

Kosmo shook his head; still a teenager, he felt nothing for any of this.

"Then I'll just pick up Kevin and the others after I get off work."

"can."

"Why don't you sit here for a while? Please help yourself to the tea."

"it is good."

Kosmo is quite well-behaved, and now that he's about to be a senior in high school, he doesn't have much pressure regarding college entrance exams... because he's a genius. A genius in every sense of the word.

Unlike Gretchen, Eden never needed to worry about Kosmo's grades.

But everyone in the Golden Courtyard was worried about whether he would be able to make friends at school.

However, Xu Qi is not worried.

Right now, he's sitting behind his desk, reviewing some documents that had piled up. He's taking advantage of the Christmas season to get rid of some of them.

Kosmo sat quietly on the sofa at first, but after a while, his eyes began to stealthily glance at Xu Qi.

Xu Qi pretended not to notice and focused on her work.

Kosmo quickly took out his phone, and it looked like... he was chatting with someone?

Xu Qi had noticed his condition for a long time.

With a smile playing on his lips, he didn't say much—but if Eden knew, she'd definitely worry that Kosmo was in a relationship too early...

But it's so nice... I really want a teen romance comedy too!

Unfortunately, I was too focused on studying during high school.

"Mr. Xu Qi".

"Ok?"

Kosmo hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked.

"Where did you and Mei-san go on your first dates?"

Xu Qi's smile was almost impossible to contain.

This is probably the longest sentence among all the things Kosmo has ever said.

"Our first date was at the movie theater, simple but classic. Don't try to take a girl to see a horror movie, and don't be too accommodating; that's too obvious and artificial."

Choose something that's popular recently. If she happens to be interested, then go see it together! Don't choose a time that's too early or too late.

4 o'clock is a good time. A movie is two hours long, and it will be over around 6 o'clock. You can have a meal right after the movie, and you don't even have to worry about whether the girl has already eaten when she comes over.

It'll be around 8 pm after dinner, right? We can stroll around the neighborhood a bit, until around 9 pm. It's so late, I can just walk the girl home. Four steps to a date.

Kosmo's eyes widened and his mouth gaped open. He remained silent for a full five minutes before nodding.

"Thanks……"

"What's the girl's name?"

Kosmo opened his mouth, but then felt that he couldn't hide it from Xu Qi with his abilities, and besides... he didn't really want to hide it from Mr. Xu Qi.

“Desdovia…she gave me a harmonica as a Christmas present today.”

"Oh, and what about you?"

“I… wasn’t prepared… then she said she wanted me to take her on a date, and I agreed.”

"Ah."

What a pure and sweet high school romance comedy...

Xu Qi suddenly slammed his pen down with a loud "smack!"

He looked at Kosmo and said, "It's 14:18 PM now. You have less than two hours to ask that girl out to see a 4 PM movie."

Then we'll go out for dinner, shopping, and finally I'll take her home. Every minute you spend here is a waste of your time! Do you understand?

Kosmo opened his mouth wide, then suddenly took a deep breath!

"I understand!"

After saying that, he rushed out of Xu Qi's office.

This is what a young man is like...

I also long to dedicate my youth and sweat like him... but unfortunately, I've already become a corporate slave.

Oh, speaking of corporate slaves...

Xu Qi made a phone call to Kevin.

"Boss Kevin, what time do you get off work today? Do you want me to pick you up later?"

"Um... Xu Qi, you guys can spend Christmas. I'm staying at the company all night and won't be going home."

"what?"

"Everyone goes out to celebrate Christmas, so there's no one at the company, but I still have to write code, so I have to work overtime."

"……Understood."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Qi felt a deep sense of sorrow for Kevin.

"Doctor, what time do you get off work today?"

"Oh, didn't I tell you? I'm on night patrol tonight, so I won't be going home, Xu Qi."

"So that's how it is..."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Qi felt a deep sense of sorrow for Su.

"Brother Jie, you can't work overtime too, can you?"

"Huh? I can't possibly work overtime?"

"Oh right..." He's a contractor, so he can choose not to work overtime.

“But I won’t go back to the courtyard tonight.”

"Huh? Why?"

"One of my coworkers is getting married tomorrow and is going back to his hometown to hold a wedding banquet. Our construction team will be going with him to his hometown to help out."

Actually, as long as Brother Jie is there, he can handle the job of keeping things in order.

"Okay... wish your coworker a happy marriage for me."

"Ah, I will bring it."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Qi suddenly fell into deep thought.

If none of the three of them go home, and Kosmo is tricked into taking the girl home, it's not impossible that they might end up booking a hotel room together.

Doesn't that mean...?

Am I the only man in the villa tonight?

Xu Qi suddenly turned pale! What should he do if he doesn't want to go back to Golden Courtyard?

But wait, although they were all women, they also invited women like Sister Himeko and Shigure Kira who weren't Xu Qi's girlfriends.

With them around... this Golden Courtyard shouldn't turn into a den of demons, right?

Besides, even in the courtyard, there's Durandal, Velvet, Theresa, and the cat, right? And there's Gretchen too!

Thinking of this, Xu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

You're overthinking it.

554. Gretchen, your own brother gave you a gift right away.

At this moment, inside the Golden Courtyard.

Compared to the simple look when Xu Qi left home this morning, it has now completely changed.

Two Christmas trees stood at the entrance, and the exterior walls were covered with colorful lights and bells. Even the interior of the villa had been slightly modified, with dazzling lights, creating a festive Christmas atmosphere.

Of course, no matter how luxurious or exquisite the house is decorated today, it cannot compare to the eye-catching attire of the ladies who live there.

"Wow! Mei, you're definitely going to seduce Xu Qi to death."

"Is...is that so? I'm not very confident either."

Even so, when Mei came out of the room dressed as a cute Christmas reindeer, wearing a red dress and white shirt, with reindeer antlers on her head, she was still quite adorable.

Her playful yet confident demeanor made all the girls in the villa turn their heads in a few glances.

I couldn't help but think – no wonder Xu Qi likes her so much.

Mei glanced at Alicia in front of her, then at Rita standing beside her, her expression strange. She thought to herself, "No wonder these two have been sticking together lately..."

At this moment, both Ellie and Rita had changed into black and white maid outfits.