Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife-Chapter 86: Third Brother Likes You

"I’ll pay for it myself," An Yiqing frowned, looking at the black card in Gu Yelin’s hand, her eyes filled with helplessness.

"Last time Yuyuanzhai had its opening, I was in a rush, so consider this your congratulatory gift," Gu Yelin said firmly, dead set on paying. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

An Yiqing’s head was filled with black lines. Last time, because of this man’s rush, she hadn’t given a grand opening gift. Later, he simply handed her a bank card with 50 million on it, claiming it was all the cash he had on hand, and insisted it be the down payment for the gift, forcibly giving it to her. Was he planning to use this absurd reasoning to continue fobbing her off?

"If you pay for me, then I won’t live in this house," An Yiqing rolled her eyes and pouted her lips petulantly.

The hand that Gu Yelin reached out with the card stiffened, his dark eyes filled with helplessness; this girl really was stubborn.

In the end, at An Yiqing’s insistent request, Gu Yelin’s "little bit" of money ultimately stayed in his wallet.

After finalizing the procedures, An Yiqing moved in that very day.

In fact, she had long had the plan to move out and live on her own. Her career would only get busier, and she would be coming home late more often. Although she was reluctant to part with Ruan Xue and Gu Tingting, she wanted even less to interrupt their rest. Moreover, the friendship among the three would not fade with distance.

"It’s noon, come over to my place for lunch," Gu Yelin glanced at the time and suggested with a nonchalant expression.

"Your place?" An Yiqing raised an eyebrow, a bit confused.

"We’re neighbors. The villa next door is mine," Gu Yelin said calmly, dropping the bombshell. Ever since the little lady planned to buy a house, he had been thinking of having her live next to him.

An Yiqing looked at the composed Gu Yelin with a full head of black lines, her mouth twitching. Why did she feel like she had been schemed against?

After lunch, Gu Yelin drove An Yiqing back to Xuan University. Although the villa had everything, it still felt lifeless. An Yiqing thought she should bring her own things over, and besides, she needed to properly coax the two from her dormitory.

Sure enough, upon hearing the news of An Yiqing’s impending move, Ruan Xue and Gu Tingting both went crazy. Gu Tingting bit her handkerchief, her eyes brimming with tears, giving An Yiqing a look of quiet resentment, while Ruan Xue kept rolling her eyes, almost popping them out.

"I’m just moving to live elsewhere; I’ll still come back here for classes every day," An Yiqing explained once again, helplessly.

"Boo hoo hoo... Qingqing, you heartless traitor, are you abandoning me and the child in my belly?" Gu Tingting sobbed, hugging An Yiqing’s waist and refusing to let go.

"Just go! If you go, don’t bother coming back!" Ruan Xue rolled her eyes with indignation, "It’s bad enough that you’re out every night, but now you even plan to move out, do you have someone on the side? I knew something was off the day Yuyuanzhai opened. Seeing the spring in your step, spill it! Who’s the scoundrel? Who has the charm to make you abandon me and Gu Tingting?!"

An Yiqing’s head felt like it was exploding, and she became petrified. She had to stop letting these two watch so many melodramatic dramas, or her future generations would start popping out.

Only after a few generous meals as compensation did Gu Tingting and Ruan Xue finally relent. As soon as An Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief, a call from Tang Lin came in.

"I heard from your class advisor that you’ve started commuting?" Tang Lin’s voice came over, tinged with the sourness of a tsundere.

"Um, there’s just too much going on, and it’s inconvenient to live on campus."

"Where did you move to? Who are you living with? Why didn’t you tell me?" Tang Lin bombarded her with several questions all at once.

"The house is in Shuixie Lanting, I’m living by myself. I’ve just calmed down Xiao Xue and Tingting, and your call came in before I had the chance to tell you," An Yiqing said, slightly exasperated. This haughty Tang Lin was no easier to deal with than those two from the dormitory.

"Shuixie Lanting? I know the place. Be careful living alone. You may be skilled in martial arts, but still, be cautious and safe."

"Um, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, An Yiqing still couldn’t quite get her head around it. Was that it? Did she just easily get past Tang Lin’s usual prickly demeanor?

For the next two days, An Yiqing didn’t rush to move out but stayed at the school to spend time with Gu Tingting and Ruan Xue.

"Tingting, what exactly do you want to say to me?" After Gu Tingting’s 321st sigh in those two days, An Yiqing finally couldn’t hold back the question.

"Cough, cough!" Caught off-guard by An Yiqing’s question, Gu Tingting choked, "Um... I, I... um..."

"If you don’t say it today, you’re never saying it," An Yiqing said, hopelessly resorting to her last-ditch tactic.

"Don’t, don’t, I’ll tell you!" Gu Tingting exclaimed hastily upon hearing that. She stealthily locked the dorm room door; now only the two of them were inside, with Ruan Xue having been called away by her brother in the morning.

"That... Qingqing..." Gu Tingting fiddled with her fingers and started hesitantly, "That day, when I went to the opening of Yuyuanzhai, I noticed, how come you have so many admirers around you?"

"Admirers? What admirers?" An Yiqing was a bit puzzled by Gu Tingting’s remark.

"It’s just, just..." Gu Tingting muttered under her breath for a while, "Oh, come on, I’ll just tell you straight. My Third Brother, he likes you! He likes you! He likes you!" Gu Tingting simply closed her eyes, clenched her teeth, and yelled. She had no choice; Qingqing had too many suitors, and she had to stake a claim for Third Brother.

My Third Brother, he likes you!

He likes you!

Likes you!

An Yiqing stared blankly at the brave Gu Tingting before her, struggling to grasp what she had heard. Had she just said her Third Brother liked her? Who? Gu Yelin?

"Your Third Brother is?..." An Yiqing asked uncertainly, feeling like an idiot.

Upon hearing that, Gu Tingting couldn’t help but roll her eyes and said, "My Third Brother, Gu Yelin, Third Young Master Guh, he’s liked you for a long time! He’s liked you since he first saw you! These days, he’s been subtly pursuing you! Oh my god, Qingqing! Haven’t you noticed at all?!" Gu Tingting looked almost overwhelmed, frantically ruffling her hair.