The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat ambiguous.
Aunt Li was still beaming with joy.
Su Ruanruan felt both shy and yet unable to react harshly.
Bao Jingyan reached out his hand to pull her over and stroked her gently: "You’re still so young, how could I bear to let go."
This sentence made Aunt Li imagine countless scenarios.
Seeing Su Ruanruan feeling really shy, Bao Jingyan asked Aunt Li to go cut some melon.
When Aunt Li left, Su Ruanruan, biting her lip, said seriously: "You can’t do this anymore."
"Aunt Li is not an outsider," he coaxed her.
Su Ruanruan fell silent, just nestling in his embrace.
She rarely was this compliant; Bao Jingyan also cherished such moments and simply picked up a book to read with her.
Su Ruanruan’s mind wasn’t on the book; she asked him softly, "How’s everything at the lab?"
Bao Jingyan moved the book aside: "We don’t talk about work at home."
Su Ruanruan looked at him.
He pretended to read and after a while said: "I’ve seen your notes, and I decided to reduce that component you marked by half. This way, the medication won’t be so aggressive."
Su Ruanruan nodded: "But this way, the therapeutic effect won’t be as remarkable either."
Bao Jingyan suddenly picked up a small medicine bottle from the coffee table and placed it in Su Ruanruan’s palm.
Su Ruanruan carefully examined it and, after thinking for a moment, was overjoyed.
"How did you think of this?"
Bao Jingyan said, "Who says you only use one medicine to treat an illness?"
Su Ruanruan held the bottle dearly.
Bao Jingyan wrapped his arms around her from behind, murmuring softly, "Follow me to the Imperial Vista for internship in a couple of days, okay?"
Su Ruanruan turned towards him, "Would Uncle suspect anything?"
"He will," Bao Jingyan said very certainly.
Su Ruanruan hesitated.
Bao Jingyan gently pinched her chin: "But he won’t say it out loud; he can’t bear to have you away from the Bao Family."
She still felt uneasy, but Bao Jingyan had already decided.
Ruanruan was staying here, unaware that Mu Qun was visiting the Bao Mansion each day over the past few days.
In a persistence not to leave without seeing Su Ruanruan.
Bao Jingyan knew what Bao Mingyuan was like. As long as the benefits were sufficient, nothing was too hard to let go of.
So, this matter couldn’t be delayed.
Bao Jingyan had his ways, but that night he did not tease Su Ruanruan and just let her lie in his arms wearing a thin underskirt...
After staying with Bao Jingyan for three or four days, Su Ruanruan felt she could not continue staying any longer.
On the fifth day, she returned to the Bao Mansion.
Just as she entered the hall, she saw there were visitors.
A man in his thirties, very well-groomed, only his aura was a bit too dominating.
Su Ruanruan guessed this must be Mr. Mu Jiu.
Just then, Mrs. Bao spoke up: "Ruanruan, we were just waiting for you."
Su Ruanruan smiled slightly, "Auntie, is something the matter?"
Mrs. Bao affectionately had her sit and then rebuked her own husband: "Look at you, not even introducing the two young people? You’re really something."
Bao Mingyuan helplessly: Mr. Mu Jiu... Child?
Just as he was about to speak, Mrs. Bao held back a smile, "Mingyuan, Mr. Mu Jiu is indeed very sincere."
With that statement, Bao Mingyuan hesitated a bit.
Indeed, the conditions Mr. Mu Jiu had proposed were very tempting.
With these, he could virtually control Gu Yuanpei, that old man.
Bao Mingyuan was tempted.
Of course, he couldn’t be too overbearing, so he said with a smile, "Ruanruan, this is Mr. Mu Jiu. He has seen your paintings and wanted to meet you."
He chuckled again, "Young people should interact more."