After the meal, Gou Yu collapsed unconscious onto the sofa, with Zhu Niao continuously stroking his belly.
Just like a husband curiously caressing his pregnant wife’s stomach, her hands and feet were gentle but filled with intense curiosity.
Only it seemed like their roles were reversed.
“Stop touching it. The baby isn’t going to suddenly kick you.” Gou Yu barely managed to digest some food that felt like it was stuck in his throat before reluctantly starting to talk to Zhu Niao.
“I’m just a little curious. After you ate so many kidneys, do they go to your stomach or directly nourish your kidneys?”
After saying this, Zhu Niao raised her sparkling starry eyes, the same eyes that always made Gou Yu give in endlessly.
“What’s wrong, not convinced?” Gou Yu retorted, “Why don’t we settle it with a one-on-one fight and see?”
He even felt the atmosphere becoming somewhat tender and ambiguous, but then he saw Zhu Niao raise her fist.
“Wait, wait!” Gou Yu shrank back, clutching his belly, trying to keep some distance from Zhu Niao. “What are you trying to do?”
“I want to punch you once and see if you’ll throw up. That way, I’ll know if the food is in your stomach or nourishing your kidneys.” Zhu Niao’s tone was full of certainty.
Gou Yu crossed his arms in front of his chest to protect himself. “I think you’re being a bit cruel.”
Zhu Niao pouted but still sat back down on the sofa.
Gou Yu then slowly edged closer to her.
Everyone else in the house seemed to have their own lives and chose not to disturb Zhu Niao and Gou Yu’s alone time at this moment.
Gou Yu’s father had been dragged straight to his room by Gou Yu’s mother, and after two wails, his fate was unknown.
The store manager lady said she had things to handle at the shop and disappeared without a trace.
Suddenly, in the vast estate, apart from the servants, it seemed only the two of them remained active.
“Hey, little bird.” Gou Yu suddenly lowered his voice, gesturing for Zhu Niao to lean in close.
After waiting a while, Zhu Niao didn’t hear the rest of the sentence.
She looked up at Gou Yu’s sly smirk. “Nothing, just calling you.”
Zhu Niao expressionlessly picked up Gou Yu’s phone, unlocked it with his fingerprint, and directly opened the browser.
Then, right in front of Gou Yu, she raised her finger and hovered it over the delete history button.
“Wait!”
Gou Yu reached out his hand.
“You better say something important now, or else your over two hundred teachers will lose contact with you.” Zhu Niao’s eyes were cold.
“Uh…” Gou Yu thought for a moment. He actually had something important to tell Zhu Niao. “Did my parents give you a big red envelope?”
After all, this matter concerned the 837 yuan secret stash under his pillow, as well as all his browser history.
Right now, he could only hope his parents really intended to give some money and that Zhu Niao wasn’t the type who looked down on money.
Zhu Niao paused for a moment, immediately recalling that jet-black spending card.
That card was even now in her pocket.
She had accepted the card but didn’t plan to use it much.
While it was a temptation for her, she also understood why Gou Yu’s parents gave her such a card.
They treated her as Gou Yu’s other half, and even after clearly seeing and explaining everything, they still thought so and gave her such a generous gift.
Zhu Niao had principles and wouldn’t use a card that didn’t belong to both of them.
Unless it was for shared expenses, she wouldn’t use it.
After all, that card was given only because they were together.
“They did.” Zhu Niao answered the somewhat uneasy Gou Yu.
Gou Yu exhaled half a breath, then continued, “There must be at least one or two thousand yuan, right? They wouldn’t take my secret stash, would they?”
One or two thousand?
Gou Yu seemed to have underestimated how generous his parents were.
Or rather, neither he nor Zhu Niao expected that she could leave such a good impression on Gou Yu’s parents.
So good that they directly regarded her as their daughter-in-law.
Or maybe it was just because Gou Yu liked her?
Zhu Niao couldn’t make sense of it.
“This time I’ll spare you.” Little Bird looked at the completely relieved Gou Yu. “Don’t think about hiding your secret stash somewhere else. No matter where you hide it, I’ll find it.”
Gou Yu always felt a little sinister and even terrifying when Zhu Niao said this.
He looked at Zhu Niao’s finger still hovering over the delete button.
Not only terrifying but also causing endless pain.
Who on earth invented this little thing called Zhu Niao? Making him both happy and worried.
Just as Gou Yu was trying to think of a way to make Zhu Niao’s finger leave the delete button on his browser history, Zhu Niao’s phone rang first.
Zhu Niao squinted at Gou Yu, then put down his phone and took out her own.
The contact displayed was “Blondie Number Two.”
Tilting her head, Zhu Niao answered the call.
At the other end came various noises. Although there were three people in the dorm, the background sounded exceptionally loud and bustling.
“Oi, she answered.”
After this shout, the noisy background on Liu Xie’s side finally calmed down a bit.
“Number Two? What’s up with the call?”
Zhu Niao couldn’t understand what her roommate was up to, but it didn’t stop her from taking the initiative.
“Uh, little bird, where are you now?”
The girl glanced at Gou Yu, who was sitting nearby looking like a pregnant woman with his belly sticking out, and at the spacious and luxurious surroundings.
“I’m at Gou Yu’s house.” Little Bird answered truthfully.
“Are your uncle and aunt around?” Liu Xie’s voice at the other end was cautious.
“No.” Zhu Niao shook her head. “It’s just me and Gou Yu. Gou Yu, uh, he’s resting for the baby.”
Gou Yu had no energy to protest.
After hearing that Gou Yu’s family wasn’t nearby, Liu Xie suddenly relaxed a lot, returning to that careless state prone to slipping a few curses.
“Little bird, after meeting the parents, what’s your plan?”
Zhu Niao wanted to refute Liu Xie’s “meeting the parents” but felt she couldn’t, so she just frowned and answered, “No plans.”
“Then hurry back.” Liu Xie’s tone couldn’t hide her excitement, carrying the unique expectations of youth. “We’re starting our dorm’s first group outing.”
“Outing?”
Gou Yu, standing next to Zhu Niao and leaning his head on hers, was attracted by the conversation.
“We decided to go to the seaside. There’s a free beach nearby.” Liu Xie’s voice paused, then changed to Ye Qingchang’s voice, probably the person holding the phone now. “Life is an open field. You can’t just rot at home.”
Zhu Niao just thought this girl was bored out of her mind.
After a burst of noise, the phone seemed to change hands again, and Yang Shuli’s natural voice came through. “Uh, you can eat seafood at the beach.”
Alright, what this guy said could be ignored.
Zhu Niao raised her eyes and exchanged a glance with Gou Yu, who was leaning on her forehead.
“What do you think?” she asked.
“I’ll just watch.” Gou Yu answered honestly.
Then he saw Zhu Niao raise her fist.
“Actually, I think these things are rare opportunities. Besides, some relaxation is necessary.”
Hurriedly explaining, Gou Yu continued, “I mean, we can go.”
And maybe he’d get to see Zhu Niao in a swimsuit.
“Then we’ll go.” Zhu Niao finalized the plan.
After all, any activity with Gou Yu meant no worries about money.