During cooking, the two of them headed into the kitchen together.
When Gu Xichen entered, he immediately heard the laughter coming from the kitchen. Approaching, he saw them both wearing aprons and cooking.
"You two really look like a married couple."
Su Changzhi laughed in response, "Why do I detect a hint of sourness?"
"I’m not being sour; I’m envious." Gu Xichen leaned against the doorframe with his hands in his pockets. "Lili, promise me you’ll never get married again."
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Gu Lili amusedly asked, "Why does it sound like you want me to start a harem at home?"
"If you’re willing, I have no objections, though I wonder what Antonio would think."
"In that case, one could do the cleaning at home, another could give me leg massages, and another could go out and make money... It would be a matriarchal lifestyle indeed."
"Stop dreaming." Su Changzhi whispered a reminder in her ear, "The Ninth Prince from the underworld would come and kill all three of us."
Gu Lili couldn’t help but laugh, "Xichen, have you eaten?"
"Then wait outside; let’s eat together."
Gu Xichen hummed and went out, noticing Jingsheng standing there looking bewildered. He asked, "What are you looking at?"
"That man..." Jingsheng pointed to the cross-stitch on the wall. "Look."
Gu Xichen’s gaze swept over, "Who is that? Is he famous?"
"Don’t know. It’s a cross-stitch, stitched by the Master."
Gu Xichen re-entered the kitchen, "That cross-stitch in the living room, which celebrity did you stitch?"
"He’s not a celebrity."
"You wouldn’t know him."
Gu Xichen’s gaze involuntarily sharpened, "Could it be... someone new you’ve met?"
Gu Lili slightly smiled, "I might as well tell you, he’s the Ninth Prince from the underworld, son of the Netherworld King. As for Antonio, I don’t plan on telling him. Just you and Changzhi should know."
Seeing Gu Xichen’s shocked expression as he came out, Jingsheng asked, "What’s wrong?"
Gu Xichen looked again toward the wall, never having imagined that in his lifetime, he would see what the Ninth Prince from the underworld looked like. Contrary to the ugly and frightful descriptions in legends, he was actually a handsome young man.
He no longer asked Gu Lili about this Ninth Prince, feeling she wouldn’t say much anyway.
Outside, the wind was howling and the rain pouring down violently.
Long Fengxi stood in front of the window, unable to sleep as she looked at the night view outside.
Lu Youyuan knocked on the door, then came in holding the doorknob, with a tray in his other hand, "Eat your meal."
Turning around, she replied, "Doctor Lu, I don’t feel like eating."
"Since you returned from Country S, you’ve only had water. Do you really still want to live?" He noticed she was deeply upset, "You can talk to me about what’s on your mind, don’t keep it to yourself. Your health is important, nothing is more important than that."
She walked over and sat down, "I’ll eat."
Lu Youyuan handed her the chopsticks, "These are all good for your health. Eat all of this, and we’ll continue with chemotherapy tomorrow."
She nodded, taking the chopsticks and quietly began to eat.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
Long Fengxi indeed needed someone to confide in, and since he was her private doctor, she whispered, "I went back to Country S because the man I love got married."
Lu Youyuan instantly understood, "Why did you break up?"