The caller ID showed a string of numbers. Before Ye Ziyu could memorize them, the glass door of the kitchen was pulled open.
"Ziyu, my phone." Gu Xiuyu entered the living room and immediately reached out to take the phone from her hand.
Her gaze fell on his anxious face as Ye Ziyu lowered her head, looking at the still-flashing answer button.
"Be good, give me the phone." Gu Xiuyu moved closer, his eyes darting between Ye Ziyu's face and the phone.
What was it about this unknown call that made him so agitated? Who was on the other end?
Ye Ziyu feigned an action to answer the call. Catching sight of Gu Xiuyu's sudden intake of breath from the corner of her eye, she knew the caller was extremely important to him.
Before she could fully complete her pretended action, Gu Xiuyu snatched the phone away.
He glanced at the number on the screen and decisively hung up.
As the ringing subsided, the room became quiet. Ye Ziyu looked at Gu Xiuyu, who was staring at her, and met his gaze without backing down.
"Let's go, I've already prepared what you wanted to eat." Gu Xiuyu didn't blame her or ask how she got his phone. He simply invited her to the dining table.
Ye Ziyu's eyes remained fixed on his phone. She wanted to provoke Gu Xiuyu.
People, when pushed to their limits of anger, would often speak their true feelings without thinking.
Gu Xiuyu put the phone in his pocket. "It'll get cold soon. Or do you want to eat here?"
It seemed he wasn't easily provoked.
Weighing her options, Ye Ziyu moved to the dining table. The spicy aroma hit her, and she couldn't help but sneeze.
Gu Xiuyu, a native of Sijiu City, couldn't handle overly spicy food. He had sneezed even more than Ye Ziyu while cooking.
"It's a little spicy. If you can't eat it, just have a little."
Ye Ziyu suddenly remembered something. Looking at the steaming, spicy dish, she picked up her spoon and dug out a large portion into her bowl.
"Ziyu, eating too much will upset your stomach," Gu Xiuyu warned again.
He knew Ye Ziyu could handle spice, but this amount, spoon after spoon, seemed excessive.
Ye Ziyu ignored his advice. At first, she ate the spicy dish with plain white porridge, but later, she began shoveling it into her mouth directly with the spoon.
After watching for a moment, Gu Xiuyu sensed something was wrong and quickly reached out to take the dish away. "Alright, you can't eat any more."
He said she couldn't have any more, and she wouldn't?
Ye Ziyu was determined to defy him. She stood up from her chair and reached out to snatch the dish back.
Each with their own agenda, they struggled, and the dish fell to the floor.
Seeing the red oil spread everywhere from the cracks, Ye Ziyu threw down her spoon and ran upstairs.
On one side, a mess; on the other, an unhappy Ye Ziyu. Gu Xiuyu hesitated for a moment before turning and heading back to the kitchen.
He leaned against the stove, his gaze fixed in the direction of the stairs. When he entered, he had dialed the previously un-remarked number.
"Why didn't you answer the call earlier?"
"Ziyu had my phone at the time."
"What exactly are you doing? We agreed to only act against Di Mingjue. Your unilateral changes to the plan are making it difficult for mine to proceed normally."
Ye Shaoting on the other end of the line was furious.
Ye Ziyu was connected to the Ye Corporation and Di Jue Group. If she was taken away like this, neither side would wait idly.
"I'm planning to marry Ziyu. The wedding is set for Friday. I no longer want to interfere with anything happening within Sijiu City. I just want to live a normal married life with her now," Gu Xiuyu said into the phone.
A normal married life?
Gu Xiuyu chuckled. "Your ideal is admirable, but do you think it can be realized? Di Mingjue is currently contacting the police to track your whereabouts. With him around, will you and Ye Ziyu ever be together?"