Li Sinian rarely smiled, even when speaking such words, his cool, icy face was implacable.
But even so, that icy demeanor seemed to be capable of melting her heart.
His words, when spoken from his lips, sounded so pleasant.
Xiao Man stood on tiptoes, her arms around his neck, and started kissing him, once, twice...
"The morning flight, right?"
"Yes."
"When will you be back?"
He replied in Spanish: when you miss me.
The smile in Xiao Manās eyes intensified.
Perhaps nobody in this world would believe that the domineering Li Sinian could speak such sweet words of love.
She liked it.
...
Sea View Villa.
They returned late. Half an hour before their arrival, they called Aunt Fang and asked her to prepare some late-night food.
As they arrived, Aunt Fang was coming out carrying two steaming bowls of noodles, saying, "It would be nice if young master and young miss could come back too. It would be lively."
"Those two are probably the least filial kids," said Gu Liancheng, laughing. "I think they wouldnāt miss us even if they donāt come home for several days."
Eleven moved into his arms and put her arms around his neck, saying, "Jiujiu has always been like that, people often mistake him as Feiāerās child, but I didnāt expect Cute to be like that too. Itās your fault. Cute once told me, her dad is too fierce, he doesnāt smile, always showing a stern face."
"My fault?" Gu Liancheng found it amusing, "Alright, itās my fault."
Itās not because he thought she was not his own daughter.
He loved Cute as if she were his own daughter. Now he thought about it, he was lucky to have felt that way. If he had treated Cute unfairly because of his misunderstanding, he didnāt know how regretful he would be now.
His current change was all because of Qianxun.
Eleven, who was sitting in Gu Lianchengās arms, was gently lowered by him, her body sank a bit in his hands.
When Aunt Fang came out, she saw them kissing as if nobody else was present, and couldnāt help but smile.
Eleven intended to be a bit more discreet, at least not so bold in front of Aunt Fang, but she was held down by Gu Liancheng as soon as she tried to stand up. After he had enough of the kisses, he held her in his arms and said laughing, "Aunt Fang is not seeing this for the first time. Itās been over four years, are you still shy?"
"Exactly, Iām used to it." Aunt Fangās loving and doting tone towards the young couple was always mixed with amusement.
"You? Shy?" Gu Liancheng gently tapped her nose with his finger, with extreme affection, "When did you ever learn to be shy?"
In the past, she was even more bold than she is now, completely uninhibited in front of Aunt Fang.
Whenever he returned home, she would already be clinging to him like a koala before he could take off his shoes. With their significant height difference and her petite figure, she easily ended up hanging on him, without it ever feeling out of place.
"Exactly, I have no shame, but you do!"
"No, no," Gu Liancheng always let her have her way, "I also have no shame, we who have neither shame nor decency, are indeed a perfect match."
"Alright," Aunt Fang couldnāt take it anymore, "Sir, madam, there is plenty of time for you two to show such affection, werenāt you saying you were starving? Letās eat first."
Although Eleven wasnāt back yet, Aunt Fang felt that everything was already quite decided and didnāt expect anything to change. Therefore, she didnāt bother changing the way she addressed Eleven.
"Iāll stop being a third wheel here," Aunt Fang teased, "Itās late, Iām going to bed, you two take care of yourselves."