The Mad Heiress Played Innocent, and the Third Master Fell Hard - Chapter 44

The three of them didn’t sit in a private room, but instead sat in a window seat in the lobby.

Yu Guiwan ordered a can of iced cola, sipped it casually through the straw.

She rolled up her sleeves, revealing her slender, porcelain-white wrists, picked up some fatty beef from the pot with chopsticks, dipped it in sauce, and put it in her mouth.

This was the first time Gu Yingwei had ever enjoyed a meal so much.

Most of the people around her were rich heiresses.

They all act all high and mighty while eating, making the meal unpleasant to enjoy.

For some reason, she felt no longer burdened by her previous burdens when she was with Yu Guiwan.

She accidentally bit into a Sichuan peppercorn, and the numbness made her facial features almost scrunch up.

Sitting opposite her, Wang Shengye smiled without any politeness and handed her a can of Coke.

Are you really the daughter of the Gu family?

Gu Yingwei quickly drank several mouthfuls of cola before she calmed down. She glanced at him but wasn’t angry.

“What? Doesn’t it look like it?”

Wang Shengye ate a meatball and nodded, “It doesn’t look like it at all.”

Gu Yingwei: “…”

She blanched a piece of lettuce, blew on it, and didn’t eat it.

“Elderly families have many rules, and I don’t like those rules at all.”

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have dared to be so fearless as to like Jiang Yuhuai.

Even though there hadn’t been much close contact before.

But Jiang Yuhuai did things that she would never dare to do.

It was as if the rules of those aristocratic families were meaningless to him.

Wherever he is, he is the rule.

That’s why she was so irresistibly attracted to him.

Wang Shengye gave a vague “oh” as if he understood.

He didn’t know anything about those families either.

Gu Yingwei didn’t expect him to understand.

She couldn’t help but look at the girl next to her, “You… are there many rules in Danwon?”

Tanyuan is a place that people from all over the capital flock to.

She didn’t even have the chance to see it.

Yu Guiwan scooped up some more beef, blew on it, and asked, “What are the rules?”

Wang Shengye suppressed a laugh upon hearing this.

Gu Yingwei: “…?”

She looked at the two of them with a very interesting expression. “Don’t you have any manners?”

Yu Guiwan focused on eating meat.

Wang Shengye explained for her, “Those rules you mentioned probably don’t exist.”

“However, my brother-in-law did set some rules for my sister.”

“What rules?”

“It’s nothing much, just a limit on the amount of time I can watch on melodramatic TV series each day, like how many episodes I can’t watch.”

Wang Shengye spoke casually, and didn’t forget to cook some of Yu Guiwan’s favorite meat and vegetables that she didn’t like.

Gu Yingwei: “…”

She doubted she had heard correctly.

Seeing that she was stunned in place, Yu Guiwan loosely clenched her left fist and lightly tapped the table.

“Eat quickly.”

Gu Yingwei snapped out of her daze and quickly picked up her chopsticks.

But he seemed a little distracted while eating.

Yu Guiwan seemed to enjoy her meal quite a bit.

Seeing that she had slowed down her eating, Wang Shengye quickly scooped up all the meat she didn’t like from the pot and put it in his bowl, then ate it in big mouthfuls.

Gu Yingwei had only one meatball left in her bowl, and she hadn’t even finished it after taking a few bites.

Wang Shengye clicked his tongue and used a slotted spoon to scoop some of the food she had eaten into her bowl.

They even carefully removed the Sichuan peppercorns inside.

Gu Yingwei saw it, opened her mouth, and said, “Thank you.”

Wang Shengye was busy eating and didn’t even look up. “No need to thank me, you paid for it all.”

Gu Yingwei: “…”

Now she ate even slower.

The three of them were completely unaware.

The bustling hot pot restaurant suddenly fell silent for a few seconds, then erupted into a roaring roar again.

The three of them were so engrossed in eating that they didn’t notice who had come in.

Until a figure suddenly blocked the light.

They looked up in confusion.

Gu Yingwei just managed to put the last bite of the meatball into her mouth.

Then he saw Jiang Yuhuai right in front of him and almost choked to death.

Wang Shengye looked at her sympathetically and poured her a glass of water.

Gu Yingwei choked and tears welled up in her eyes.

Yu Guiwan continued eating casually.

She lazily looked up and exclaimed, “Ah, you’re here for hot pot too?”

Jiang Dong and Jiangxi, who happened to have come along, had complicated expressions, “…”

Jiang Yuhuai lowered his eyes and saw that she had eaten quite a bit around her bowl, and her brows relaxed considerably.

He smiled gently and said, “Hmm, watching you eat suddenly made me want to eat too.”

Yu Guiwan stared at him for a few seconds without saying anything, but simply gestured with her chin to the seat opposite her, indicating that he should sit down.

Wang Shengye stood up and gave up his seat.

Jiang Yuhuai walked over and sat down opposite Yu Guiwan.

Then Wang Shengye sat back in his original seat.

He continued eating without looking up.

I’ve gotten used to all of this.

Gu Yingwei came to her senses, and her lips twitched slightly.

I just can’t understand how he could eat that much.

Jiang Yuhuai remained calm.

The pot around them was constantly churning, filled with various smoky aromas, creating a lively and down-to-earth atmosphere.

Jiangdong and Jiangxi even had the waiters add two more seats for them.

While eating, Wang Shengye pulled out a tablet. “Here, you can order.”

Jiang Dong skillfully took the order, ordered some dishes that Jiang Yuhuai would eat, and then ordered the dishes they liked.

Wang Shengye belatedly remembered something.

He looked at Gu Yingwei, who was sitting next to Yu Guiwan, and asked, “Miss Gu, you don’t mind, do you?”

After all, she paid for this meal.

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone’s eyes turned to her.

Gu Yingwei was on the verge of tears, “Of course I don’t mind.”

Would she dare to mind?

Jiang Dong realized that she was the one who should pay the bill, so he ordered several more servings of beef without any hesitation.

Jiang Yuhuai took a plate of vegetables, carefully blanched them, and then put them into Yu Guiwan’s bowl.

Yu Guiwan bit the straw, drank her cola, glanced down, and didn’t say anything or move.

The man had gentle features. “Vegetables are good for your health.”

Yu Guiwan propped her chin up and looked at him, still not moving.

He was very patient. “Would you like to watch for an extra half hour today?”

Such negotiations take place several times a day at the dinner table in Danwon.

They were already so used to it that they couldn’t stand it anymore.

Gu Yingwei was the only one who didn’t have any habits.

Or perhaps, she was simply not used to Jiang Yuhuai’s gentle and patient nature.

How come this couple is completely different from the legends?

What happened to the good-for-nothing guy?

Where’s the ruthless and yandere persona I was promised?

I didn’t see any at all.

Gu Yingwei ate the meatballs without any expression.

Yu Guiwan lazily put down her cola, picked up her chopsticks, and ate all the vegetables in her bowl.

Jiang Yuhuai touched the outside of the can, took the cola, and then instructed Jiang Dong to exchange it for a room-temperature can.

Yu Guiwan was unhappy. “Jiang Yuhuai.”

The meatball that Gu Yingwei had just picked up fell into the bowl with a clatter.

The man coaxed softly, “It’s ice cold.”

Yu Guiwan looked at him expressionlessly and said, “It’s almost thirty degrees outside.”

In this weather, if you don’t drink something iced, are you going to drink something hot instead?

“There’s air conditioning here, and it tastes good even at room temperature.”

He calmly took the can from Jiang Dong, wiped the rim of the can clean with a napkin, opened it with one hand, put a straw inside, and then handed it to her.

Yu Guiwan remained expressionless. “One hour.”

The man chuckled. “Okay.”

Gu Yingwei: “…”