The Reigning Star: Tycoon's Exclusive Obsession

Gu Xiyao looked at him, her eyes filled with sympathy, "Little Uncle, do you have any difficulties? I won’t press if you don’t want to say, but if you’re feeling upset handling it alone, you can always talk to me. After all, you are my Little Uncle. However, given your abilities, I might be overthinking it, as there’s possibly no problem that you can’t solve."

"Xiyao, this time, I indeed have encountered a problem."

Gu Xiyao was momentarily stunned, rarely losing her composure.

When Lu Beichen and Gu Xiyao came out of the room together, Ning Zesheng and Little Bun were both looking at them intensely.

Lu Beichen ignored them, holding his things as if planning to leave. Gu Xiyao, noticing their burning gazes, couldn’t help but ask, "Is there something on my face?"

"No, you look beautiful," Little Bun complimented cheerfully with a big grin.

Gu Xiyao pursed her lips and smiled. Lu Beichen directly walked over, took his son’s hand, and said, "Although you’ve been discharged, you should rest well. Leave the matters ahead to Ning Zesheng. We’ll head back first."

"Dad, I..."

Little Bun was about to speak when Lu Beichen gave him a sharp look, instantly silencing him. Little Bun looked dejected, his mouth pouting subconsciously, "Sister Xiyao, I’ll leave with Dad now."

Gu Xiyao kept smiling, "I’ll see you off then."

"No need, you should rest well." Lu Beichen didn’t even turn his head as he took his son and left the room.

Gu Xiyao kept watching their figures disappear down the hallway before she closed the door.

Glancing at Ning Zesheng sitting on the side, she asked serenely, "Would you like to have some tea before you leave?"

"Sure."

Gu Xiyao paused slightly, not easy to notice. He would never usually stay here long. Asking if he wanted tea was just a polite gesture he would usually refuse, but this time he stayed.

"I’ll make some tea." Gu Xiyao walked over, taking out the tea set she had just bought. She knelt by the small table and began to prepare the tea. "Dad loves tea. Even though he’s been in Paris for so many years, he has quite the collection of cherished teas. I’ve also grown fond of it under his influence."

She kept talking to Ning Zesheng, who didn’t reply, just sitting across the small table, listening to her.

Then, he watched her brew tea, her movements skilled and elegant. It seemed there was nothing she couldn’t do, like a natural-born socialite, graceful in every gesture and smile.

He watched her pour water, set tea leaves, warm the cups... each step meticulously done.

When it was ready, she poured a cup and placed it in front of him. "Even though Dad loves tea, it was my mother who taught me to brew it. It’s like there’s nothing in the world my mother can’t do."

"There’s nothing you can’t do either." Ning Zesheng picked up the cup and blew on it, replying lightly.

Gu Xiyao looked up at him and smiled gently, "Mother is so amazing, I can’t be too weak. Mother is the most perfect woman in the world. But compared to her, I’m still lacking a bit."

Ning Zesheng glanced at her, a bit of curiosity in his look.

Gu Xiyao smiled softly, "Mother has someone who loves her deeply, and whom she loves, which is Dad."

When mentioning this, Gu Xiyao’s eyes curved with a smile, yet there was a quiet elegance about it. She indeed seemed to envy such an emotion, but this woman was always so ethereally gentle, almost untouchable.

Ning Zesheng narrowed his eyes slightly, then after a while, asked, "Is Nian Nian’s mother you?"

Gu Xiyao was taken aback, then smiled and said, "How could you think that? Lu Beichen is my Little Uncle!"

"Is that so? I asked an inappropriate question." Ning Zesheng shook his head. Gu Xiyao picked up her tea cup and drank, her gaze falling elsewhere, with no intention to savor the tea.