‘I have to find a way.’
If Uncle Bai took the initiative to want her body, their relationship would certainly take a step forward.
When that time came, she would be more than willing to step into the hall of adulthood with him.
Gao Hongyi stood on the balcony, thinking quietly.
First of all, she did indeed have an advantage.
Her beautiful face, which constantly drew confessions from others, had always been recognized as the school beauty at the international school.
Her foundation was naturally excellent; she could be cute or mature as needed.
As long as she figured out Uncle Bai’s preferences and applied the right remedy, it would be enough.
If he liked stockings, she would wear stockings; if he liked cheongsams, she would wear cheongsams.
Gao Hongyi was highly versatile and could certainly enchant him until he lost his mind and couldn’t help but make a mistake.
However, living together day and night was also a disadvantage.
Distance creates beauty. Because she knew everything about him, there was a lack of natural mystery between them.
Once mystery is lost, it means danger.
There was even… the possibility of him straying.
Furthermore, while a beautiful body was certainly a trump card, it didn’t mean others wouldn’t play the same card.
Although Bai Xialin had only said hello, based on a woman’s intuition, Gao Hongyi always felt that the other woman might become a variable obstructing her love.
Forget it.
Thinking about it further was useless.
“Uncle Bai, what are you doing?”
She walked into the study and saw that Gu Yebai had already placed his ROG laptop neatly in the very center of the desk.
Piled on the desk were some items that, in her opinion, looked a bit old.
In Gao Hongyi’s eyes, they were almost like junk.
Gu Yebai turned back to look at Gao Hongyi and gave a shy smile.
“Hongyi, I’m setting up the study.”
“Look, here is the computer. I’m going to start writing here tonight.”
“This is an old kettle my father used, this is a wooden comb my mother used, and these are my family’s old photo albums, account books, the belt my dad wore… and this is the first toy car my parents gave me because my test scores improved —”
Gao Hongyi slowly walked to the desk.
Even though they all looked like old junk to her, she still tried her best to pretend to be interested.
“Ah, so these are the things Uncle Bai brought from Linchuan?”
“Can I look at the photo album?”
“Of course.”
The photo album opened.
Gu Yebai’s changes from childhood to adulthood spread out page by page.
When he was very young, Gu Yebai had a very sunny smile like any ordinary boy.
Later, that smile was gradually replaced by a sense of loneliness.
He was still smiling, but the smile was insincere.
The more she looked, the more she wanted to turn this simple-minded, big clumsy dog in front of her into her own possession as soon as possible, to pamper him properly until the end of time.
Speaking of which, his deceased parents had left such a deep mark on his heart.
‘If… if I died, would Uncle Bai keep thinking about me too?’
But then she wouldn’t be able to touch him.
She wouldn’t be able to kiss him.
She wouldn’t be able to dedicate the most precious night of her life to him, nor could she have a candlelight dinner with him or hold his hand.
Forget it.
Although she wanted him to remember her like he remembered his parents, it wouldn’t be worth the loss in the end.
“Come, let me give you a hug.”
Gu Yebai did not refuse, but walked straight into her arms.
“From now on, we are family.”
“There are only two people in this house.”
“I will always stay by Uncle Bai’s side. I will take the place of your parents and become the most important person in your heart.”
“Thank you, Hongyi.”
“What do you want to eat tonight?”
Gao Hongyi looked at him with a smile.
“When you were little, did your mother often ask Uncle Bai that too?”
“Hmm…” Gu Yebai nodded bashfully.
“My mom was really good at making eggplant boxes.”
“Should we go out to eat today?”
“After eating, we can go to Donghai Disney, ride the Ferris Wheel, play with bumper cars, and ride the roller coaster. We can have a beautiful night.”
…
“That would be great, of course.”
“But tonight, I still want to cook a meal for Uncle Bai myself.”
She paused slightly.
“I guess you’d rather have home-cooked food than commercialized cuisine. Isn’t there a saying? To capture a man’s heart, you must first capture his stomach.”
“It’s too much trouble, Hongyi. Let’s go out and eat.”
“It’s no trouble. Although my family is rich, we don’t eat at restaurants every day.”
Her voice became gentle and slow.
“My mother cooked almost every day.”
“I learned many dishes from her. And as I told you, I’m good at French cuisine, I’ve studied a bit of Japanese food, and in Chinese cuisine, I’m also very skilled at Cantonese and Huaiyang dishes.”
“So, Uncle Bai, just stay in your room obediently and write your novel. I’ll go cook for you. Cooking for someone you like is a very happy thing.”
She lightly kissed his cheek and then left the room as if she were running away.
From now on, she had to cook for Uncle Bai personally as much as possible.
Because it was a matter that had a hundred benefits and not a single harm.
It would allow Uncle Bai to become familiar with her flavor and also let him slowly grow accustomed to this kind of warmth of home, until one day, he could no longer strip her away from the position of “family.”
Gao Hongyi considered her culinary skills to be quite good.
Of course, besides these seemingly simple reasons, there was a more important one.
If she always cooked for Uncle Bai herself, as time went on, he would trust her completely.
When “eating the food she made” became a habit, even if one day a tiny, insignificant “variable” was added, he probably wouldn’t notice.
Gao Hongyi was never a simple girl.
‘I’ve heard that some people at bars quietly sprinkle soluble powder into a girl’s drink.’
A cocktail spiked with powder was enough to make someone lose consciousness quickly, allowing bad people to do as they pleased with them.
That kind of thing was called “picking up corpses.”
It was truly a despicable act.
However, for the sake of love, she wasn’t afraid of becoming a bad person.
She even somewhat enjoyed the process and the thrill of this shift in mindset.
“So, whatever you do, don’t mistakenly think I’m some kind of good girl, Uncle Bai… For the sake of love, I can become a very, very bad person.”
“Of course, not right now.”
“Only when you slip out of my control will I perform a correction.”
Clack.
The kitchen knife fell heavily, and the emerald-green leeks were cut cleanly.
Splosh.
She placed the oysters under the running water and washed them carefully.
‘If possible, I still hope to let the relationship naturally move forward without destroying our innocent feelings.’
However, she did not reject the use of more direct means.
The thought of Gu Yebai being unable to move, slumped on the bed, showing a completely defenseless appearance, actually caused a slight itchy sensation to rise from the depths of her heart.
Compared to being pursued by a boy she liked, she seemed to long for conquest more.
Compared to being passive, she preferred to take the initiative.
Imagining him with nowhere to run under her gaze, a smile as pure as a young girl’s could not help but appear at the corners of her lips.
In any case, that day would eventually come.
Under the same roof, where could he possibly hide?
Lighting the flame, adding oil, stir-frying.
She wore an apron, her movements elegant and calm.
She even couldn’t help but begin to imagine — when their relationship got even closer, should she try wearing nothing at all and just an apron?
“Dinner is ready, Uncle Bai!”
The home-cooked dishes, steaming with the heat of the wok, were served.
However, these dishes seemed to have one striking characteristic — they were all libido boosters.
Drunken shrimp, stir-fried leeks with shrimp, steamed oysters with garlic, boiled leeks…
During the meal, Gao Hongyi also deliberately wore black stockings and tied her deep cherry-colored long hair into a ponytail.
She wore a gray high-necked sleeveless shirt, giving off a glamorous Japanese housewife vibe.
Under the table, her restless feet in black stockings quietly rubbed against Gu Yebai’s ankle.
“It’s delicious, isn’t it, Uncle Bai?”
Gao Hongyi wore a charming smile.