He has absolutely no resistance to Gu Zixi’s voice!

"It’s okay!" A perfunctory reply, Yu Xi didn’t even know how he managed to say it.

Gu Zixi smiled and said, "Actually, I haven’t seen the scenery of our homeland for a long time. Back in high school, my dad liked to drink tea and play chess with people during his free time. I would occasionally be taken to places with ancient and charming scenery. If you ask if I liked it, yeah, I did, but it wasn’t something I particularly cherished. Just like with girls, I prefer those who are like my sister—gentle, elegant, and occasionally a bit lively. What about you?"

"I..."

Yu Xi felt a sudden pang of heartache; why couldn’t he ask anything else? Why ask about the type of girl he liked!

Not to mention his twenty-four years of boyhood, he hadn’t truly felt moved by any girl. Even if he had, at this moment, his state of mind...

Despair loomed overhead.

He pondered for a while and awkwardly responded perfunctorily again, "I... also like girls like my sister as long as they’re not too violent."

This answer amused Gu Zixi, his shoulders slightly shook as he said, "Everyone likes sisters? What about Yu Ning? I think she’s quite ladylike and elegant, not violent at all."

Ahead, Feng Yuning somehow heard this remark and turned her head, promptly replying, "Yes! I’m the most ladylike and elegant!"

Yu Yuanshen was amused, glancing sideways as he turned his head away, pretending he hadn’t heard anything.

Unconvinced, Feng Yuning pursued after them.

Standing still, looking at the cheerful and playful figures ahead, Yu Xi felt even more pain in his heart; he didn’t want to talk, he really didn’t want to discuss this topic!

He took out his cigarette case, wanting to light a cigarette, but seeing the no-smoking sign, he put it back.

After a pause, he said, "... Everyone has an exterior, perhaps... it’s just my personal feeling that she’s a bit violent."

Gu Zixi didn’t deny this point either; his sister treated him more gently than she did her husband.

However, seeing Yu Xi turn his head away, unwilling to elaborate, made Gu Zixi realize something, though he couldn’t quite comprehend it.

Silence descended.

Highly intelligent, Gu Zixi hesitated for a moment and changed the topic.

Talking about economic issues, which significantly reduced Yu Xi’s pressure.

But as they walked stop-and-go in the botanical garden, everyone had different preferences about the flowers and plants they wanted to see, and children’s walking speed was different from adults’.

Soon, Yu Xi found himself walking side by side with Gu Zixi on the shaded path.

Alongside the glass wall covered entirely with pale green mint, if they were a boy and a girl, they would look like a couple in love—fresh, natural, and somewhat picturesque.

Unfortunately, they’re not!

Thinking of his own suppressed dirty thoughts.

Gu Zixi continued chatting, his demeanor composed and noble, discussing business or dreams and interests that young people at this age should have.

Yu Xi followed along, his heart trembling, desperate, torn and bleeding.

Yu Xi didn’t want this! He really didn’t want this!

The ordinary and serious topics of conversation, yet the solitary atmosphere of being together, was even more unsettling than discussing romantic partners with Gu Zixi!

Standing there, he felt that Gu Zixi’s figure was taller than him, as if, if he wasn’t careful, Gu Zixi would come over and embrace him like he did yesterday, enveloping him in shadows.

Walking, he was enchanted by Gu Zixi’s voice, especially in this expansive green world—it was so clear it was like a fairy prince from the forest, dreamlike and seductive.

Not to mention looking up to see Gu Zixi’s face, glancing down to see Gu Zixi’s legs, and even just turning his head, he could catch his scent...

Yu Xi felt he was on the verge of collapse.

Two half-grown men walking together in such a place, no matter how others saw them as serious, his own heart...

Finally, as he was about to be unable to breathe, wanting to find an excuse to leave.

Feng Yushan ran over excitedly, grabbing Gu Zixi’s hand and saying, "Uncle! There’s a very beautiful flower over there; the nanny doesn’t recognize it. They say it’s from abroad; come and take a look for us! I heard it’s a French variety! Stop chatting with my brother."

Feng Yushan was always particularly interested in French things.

Gu Zixi quite liked this little girl, and with a wink, he said, "Okay."

He was led away by Feng Yushan.

Yu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before leaving, Gu Zixi’s gesture of patting him on the shoulder once again felt like a thorn in his flesh.