The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 597 - 561: Mysterious Man

Morning.

Gu Yanjing woke up on time, while Qiao Yuxian was still sound asleep.

He looked at Qiao Yuxian’s long eyelashes, and after a while, he gave her a kiss and slowly slid his arm from under her neck.

Just as he was about to sit up, Qiao Yuxian grabbed his arm again.

Gu Yanjing looked at her.

Qiao Yuxian held his arm, rubbed her head on his hand, and said, "Sleep a little longer. Don’t go exercise."

Gu Yanjing patted her head.

Qiao Yuxian said, "Stay with me for a while longer, please?"

"Okay." Mr. Gu lay back down and held her in his arms again.

Qiao Yuxian’s head rested on his shoulder. After a bit in a daze, she mumbled, "Mr. Gu, your self-control is so poor. I asked you to stay with me, and you abandoned your unwavering running routine."

Gu Yanjing didn’t say anything. He smiled and kissed her.

Qiao Yuxian also smiled and said, "I’m so sleepy."

"Sleep," Gu Yanjing stroked her hair and said.

"Mm." Qiao Yuxian responded and fell asleep.

Gu Yanjing’s biological clock had been this way for years.

Once awake, he couldn’t fall back asleep.

He didn’t intend to sleep, just held Qiao Yuxian, watching her sleep.

Now and then he would touch her waist, now and then stroke her face, now and then smooth her hair.

"Stop looking." Qiao Yuxian, with her eyes closed, pressed her palm on Gu Yanjing’s face.

Gu Yanjing grabbed her hand, kissed her fingertips, and hugged her closer, "Sleep."

Qiao Yuxian didn’t say anything else and continued to sleep.

Those three words moments ago sounded like she was sleep talking.

Gu Yanjing stayed with her until Qiao Yuxian got up.

They washed up together and went to eat.

When they reached the dining room, Lin Huai Shu, Chu Zhengran, and Qiao Lech were already eating.

"Why didn’t you run today?" Chu Zhengran asked with a smile.

Gu Yanjing replied, "I didn’t want to come out because you’re an eyesore."

Chu Zhengran: "......"

"Where’s Qin Xia?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"Still sleeping," Chu Zhengran said, "I didn’t wake her."

"It’s a wonder if anyone could," Lin Huai Shu said, "At three in the morning, she sent me a video. When I opened it, a ghostly face suddenly appeared. That eerie sound filled the whole room, and I couldn’t even turn it off. It went on for a minute and thirty seconds."

Qiao Lech had laughed all morning after hearing this and his face was sore from laughing.

"You weren’t asleep at three in the morning?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"I was asleep," Lin Huai Shu replied excitedly, "Qin Xia’s message woke me up."

Chu Zhengran quietly ate his meal beside them, not speaking.

"And then what?" Qiao Yuxian asked curiously.

"Then the two of us soloed for an hour," Lin Huai Shu said, "We had a phone argument. When I couldn’t win the argument, I called Old Chu to shut her up."

"You had such an interesting night?" Qiao Yuxian asked, "Didn’t she finish shooting two late-night scenes before wrap-up? She still stayed up so late last night?"

Chu Zhengran smiled helplessly, "She went to bed quite early. That actor Ning Shuo from the filming crew lost a dare. The scary video was sent to her by Ning Shuo."

Ning Shuo is from Lin Entertainment.

The actor rumored to have a fling with Lin Huai Shu.

Qiao Yuxian immediately understood, "Paying the debt for your employee."

"What other boss does things like I do," Lin Huai Shu sighed.

"Yours does," Qiao Lech quietly added a jab.

"Ah, Lech... you’re making fun of me too," Lin Huai Shu clutched his chest in mock hurt, "Ah, so heartbroken."

"Eat your meal properly," Qiao Lech said softly.

"Okay," Lin Huai Shu replied softly, then picked up his bowl and ate properly.

Gu Yanjing and Chu Zhengran both chuckled.

After having breakfast, none of them went to work; instead, they all headed to the swimming pool area on the third floor.

Gu Yanjing and his two companions discussed some work.

When Qin Xia woke up and came downstairs to find them, she saw the three men and two women wrapped up thoroughly, sitting around the poolside lounge, leisurely drinking tea and coffee.

She looked at the five of them with disdain, "Can’t you chat and have tea somewhere else? Does it have to be here?"

"The sunshine is nice here," Qiao Yuxian said, "What’s wrong?"

"You do know the sunshine is nice, right?" Qin Xia pointed at the sun and then at the swimming pool, "This great sunshine, this big pool. Shouldn’t you be wearing swimsuits and in the pool? What is this? What kind of ’feudal remnants’ are you wearing?"

Qiao Yuxian looked at her, paused, then exposed her, "You just want to see our bodies."

"I’ve already seen you entirely," Qin Xia said with a smile.

Gu Yanjing: "......"

Chu Zhengran: "...Cough, have some tea, have some tea. Yanjing, have some tea."

"So, Mr. Chu isn’t enough for you, and you want to see others?" Qiao Yuxian gently led the bait.

The smile on Qin Xia’s lips instantly disappeared.

Chu Zhengran asked, "Who else do you want to see?"

His voice was gentle, like a breeze in spring.

Yet it made Qin Xia feel a bit uneasy inside.

She stopped talking, sat next to Chu Zhengran, and muttered under her breath, "I’ll just look at you, alright."

"Of course, that’s fine," Chu Zhengran said with a smile.

Qin Xia rolled her eyes at him, not wanting to talk, and looked at Qiao Yuxian, pitifully saying, "I haven’t eaten yet."

Qiao Yuxian: "......"

Qin Xia blinked innocently at her.

Qiao Yuxian got up and said, "What do you want to eat?"

"Steak," Qin Xia said.

"Are actresses not managing their weight anymore?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"The actress hasn’t taken any work for the next two months," Qin Xia replied, "I can indulge a little."

Qiao Yuxian nodded, then suddenly realized, "Am I going to lose a lot of money?!"

"Indeed," Qin Xia said.

"Just wait, after your two-month break, I’m going to work you like a mule," Qiao Yuxian said as she headed out.

Qin Xia shrugged.

Gu Yanjing stood up.

Qiao Yuxian said, "You don’t need to follow me, continue your talk. The steak will be ready soon."

Given his performance in delaying the kitchen process last night, Mr. Gu wisely decided not to follow her.

Little did he expect that within the time Qiao Yuxian cooked a steak, she got into a fight at home.

After reaching the kitchen, Qiao Yuxian rummaged through the fridge for a while to find some steak.

The call for steak from Qin Xia came quite suddenly, and the steak wasn’t defrosted, nor was there time to defrost it.

Thus, Qiao Yuxian picked a piece of steak and began cooking it on the lowest heat, slowly defrosting it.

Though the texture would be somewhat affected, it was still fine.

She had done it like this for Qin Xia before, and Qin Xia enjoyed it.

After busying herself in the kitchen for a while, she prepared the steak. While it was cooling, she went outside to pour some cat food for Dou Jin.

She had just finished with the cat food when she heard someone in the living room talking to Aunt Mei. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Qiao Yuxian patted Dou Jin’s head, stood up, and patted Zhaocai’s head, then headed to the living room.

The person in the living room was standing with his back to her, talking to Aunt Mei.

From their conversation, it seemed they were acquainted.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to come in.

"It’s been a while since you came," Aunt Mei said, "Sir is on the third floor, I’ll call him."

"Alright, thank you, Aunt Mei," the man said.

"No problem. Please have a seat first," Aunt Mei went to make the call.

"Okay," the man responded again.

After Aunt Mei had left, the man turned around and looked at Qiao Yuxian.

When Qiao Yuxian saw his face, her eyes widened slightly: "!!!"