Living expenses?
Gu Shao's gaze lingered on the wad of money.
Seeing that Gu Shao seemed to be frowning, Lin Xi hurriedly leaned forward and reached out to smooth out the crumpled wad of money on the table.
As if afraid that Gu Shao would dislike it, Lin Xi explained, "This is all I have now. I'll pay more next month."
Lin Xi had dug out this wad of money when she was at the Lin family's house. She had secretly hidden it in the compartment of her luggage and escaped Zhang Cui's inspection.
Lin Xi had taken out this wad of money when she was packing her luggage just now.
Seeing that Lin Xi was nervous, as if she was afraid that he would not accept it, Gu Shao's eyes darkened and his frown deepened.
"Since I said that I would support you until you become an adult, I will keep my promise. As for the expenses during this period, you don't have to bear them as a minor," Gu Shao said in a low voice, but his tone was firm.
Lin Xi was stunned. That was the truth.
She also knew that Gu Shao did not lack the money to support her, but Lin Xi felt uneasy if he did not accept the money.
"Take the money back," Gu Shao said.
Lin Xi stood in place, wringing her fingers, and did not move.
Seeing this, Gu Shao frowned even more. "Do I have to repeat myself?"
Lin Xi shook her head fiercely.
In the end, under Gu Shao's gaze, Lin Xi gritted her teeth and said, "Good night, Dad." Then she turned around and ran out of the study.
The money was still on the table.
Gu Shao looked in the direction in which Lin Xi ran, then looked again at the wad of money on the table. He felt a headache coming on.
At the same time, a strange emotion arose in his heart.
— —
After returning to her room, Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief and put away her luggage one by one.
Unlike when she lived in the temporary apartment before, this time, Lin Xi packed her things very carefully. If there were no accidents, she might live here for a long time until she became an adult.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi curled up in the quilt and smiled unconsciously. Her life was completely different. Her ending should not be as miserable as what was written in the novel.
Lin Xi didn't know when she fell asleep. This was Lin Xi's first day in this house. Everything here was strange to her, but surprisingly, Lin Xi slept exceptionally well that night.
— —
The next day, Gu Shao prepared to go out as usual.
Walking out of the room, Gu Shao noticed the tinkling sounds in the kitchen.
Then, Gu Shao saw Lin Xi walk out of the kitchen with two plates in her hands.
When she saw Gu Shao, Lin Xi shrank her neck as if she was frightened. Then, in the next second, Lin Xi immediately hid the surprise on her face at a speed visible to the naked eye. She gave Gu Shao a smile that was more enthusiastic than a salesperson seeing a big customer.
"Good morning, Dad!"
Gu Shao was speechless.
After a long time, Gu Shao only nodded coldly at Lin Xi.
Lin Xi didn't care about this. She still had a smile on her face and said, "Dad, let's have breakfast."
Then, Lin Xi shook the plate in her hand as if she was showing off a treasure and said, "I made pancakes. There's a sweet one, a sesame one, and a scallion one …"
"Dad, which one do you want?"
The pancakes were very fragrant. Gu Shao could smell the faint aroma of scallion oil and sesame from a few meters away.
However, he didn't plan to eat breakfast at home.
"No need," Gu Shao refused. He paused and added, "You can eat it yourself."
"Dad, aren't you going to eat? I just tried it. It's very delicious. "
"No need." Gu Shao refused again.
"Oh."
When Gu Shao noticed the disappointment on the girl's face, his heart skipped a beat and he explained, "I'm going out now."
Lin Xi raised her head and asked, "Dad, are you going to the company?"
"No, I'm going to A University."
Upon hearing Gu Shao's words, Lin Xi remembered that other than being the boss of NTN, Gu Shao also had a powerful identity: A University's professor.
Lin Xi's eyes moved and she called out to Gu Shao, "Dad, wait a minute."
Gu Shao saw Lin Xi run back to the kitchen and quickly came out with a lunchbox.
Gu Shao didn't say which flavor he wanted. Lin Xi simply took a knife and cut the three pancakes in half. She put half of each flavor into the lunchbox, closed the lid, and put it into a special bag.
Lin Xi walked over and handed the lunchbox to Gu Shao, "Dad, you can take it with you."
In the novel, Gu Shao was framed by Lin Yize and was arrested and imprisoned. In the end, he died in prison. The results of the investigation were that Gu Shao was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and couldn't eat normally.
Although Lin Xi didn't know if it was true or not, and she didn't know if esophageal cancer had anything to do with his usual eating habits, she felt that it was better to be careful.
The girl had a warm smile on her face and her eyes were filled with anticipation. However, her attitude gave people a sense of persistence.
Gu Shao looked at Lin Xi expressionlessly for a few seconds before he took the lunchbox from her.
— —
At the school.
Gu Shao's arrival caused a wave of excitement in the office building.
A few young female teachers noticed the lunchbox in Gu Shao's hand and couldn't help but secretly talk about it.
"Is that lunchbox in Professor Gu's hand?"
"It should be. I have a similar lunchbox."
"That's amazing." Although Gu Shao rarely came to school, this was the first time he had brought a lunchbox.
"Professor Gu isn't married, is he?"
"Professor Gu wasn't married before?"
"I don't think so."
…
Gu Shao walked into the office and his assistant brought over the documents for the thesis defense.
"Professor, these are the topics for the thesis defense and the report materials." The assistant handed the documents to Gu Shao and looked at the blue lunchbox on the table. He asked, "Professor, do you need me to heat this up?"
"No need." He didn't plan to eat it.
"Okay, I'll go out first." The assistant prepared to leave.
However, just as he took two steps, he was stopped by Gu Shao.
"Professor?"
"Heat it up."
…
After breakfast, Gu Shao took the documents and went to the thesis defense classroom.
Today's thesis defense was for a group of doctoral students. Gu Shao was the main judge.
There were a total of eight groups, and each group went on stage to demonstrate and defend the research and development results.
After the other teachers' comments, Gu Shao's comments were different from the tactful 'kindness' of the other teachers. Gu Shao's comments were brief but went straight to the point. He had no intention of saving face for the students.
Every word of Professor Gu's comments was on point and couldn't be refuted. Thinking about it carefully, they learned a lot.
This continued until the last group in the morning.
The female student who was doing the thesis defense stood nervously on stage and was about to cry.
"The biggest problem for your group is not the immature design, but the lack of a clear application …" Gu Shao said directly.
When Gu Shao saw the female student who was about to cry, he suddenly froze. He subconsciously thought of a certain girl who was standing in front of him and wringing her hands.
For the first time, Gu Shao softened his tone and changed the topic, "The design of the technology itself is not bad. You guys can go down and think about the future of the technology and market positioning. I hope to see a more complete thesis defense this time."
When the female student heard Gu Shao's words, she was pleasantly surprised and quickly nodded her head.
When she walked down the stage, she was surprised. Professor Gu was famous for being strict, why did she feel that it was quite good?
The other students who weren't comforted by Professor Gu felt that it was unfair!
— —
After the thesis defense ended, Gu Shao was about to leave when he was stopped by a few other professors.
"Professor Gu, Professor Liu is treating us to dinner tonight. If you don't have anything else, why don't you come along?" One of the professors said. Professor Gu was a busy man, so he didn't have many opportunities to meet him. He wanted to take this opportunity to have a good chat with Professor Gu about the RSK chip developed by their research center.
Gu Shao didn't have anything else to do today, but when he thought about the sudden addition of a child at home, Gu Shao rejected the professor's invitation.
— —
When Gu Shao came home that night, the aroma of food wafted into his nostrils as soon as he opened the door.
When Lin Xi saw Gu Shao come home, her eyes lit up. She ran over to Gu Shao's hands and took the things from Gu Shao's hands. Then, she led Gu Shao to the dining room.
At this time, there was a table full of dishes and two sets of chopsticks on the dining table.
When Gu Shao saw the dishes on the table, he raised his eyebrows.
"You made this?"
"Yeah." Lin Xi nodded her head.
She ordered the ingredients on her phone and the food was delivered. As for the dishes, she had never made them before, but it didn't seem difficult. Lin Xi found a recipe online and followed the exact steps to make them.
"Thank you, Dad, for taking me in." Lin Xi said to Gu Shao solemnly, "Gifts blind the eyes." She ate and lived with Gu Shao. If she didn't behave well, Gu Shao might change his mind and leave her.
"Dad, let's eat." She asked Xu Fei. Xu Fei said that Gu Shao usually didn't eat dinner when he went to school.
Lin Xi handed the bowl and chopsticks to Gu Shao.
When Lin Xi noticed the white spots on her hand, she quickly put the bowl and chopsticks in front of Gu Shao and retracted her hand.
"What's wrong with your hand?" Gu Shao asked.
"It's nothing." Lin Xi's brain twitched and she casually found an excuse. "I forgot to wash it just now."
In fact, it was her first time cooking so formally. She wasn't familiar with the task and accidentally scalded herself. Lin Xi didn't know if there was a medicine box in this house, so she could only use the toothpaste to touch her hand.
"…" Gu Shao didn't move. He looked at the house that had obviously been cleaned and then looked at the table full of food in front of him. He finally realized a problem: these things, including housework and cooking, shouldn't be done by Lin Xi.
"You don't have to do these things," Gu Shao said in a deep voice.
A child should be at the age where they should be taken care of.
"It's nothing. These are simple things that can cover my living expenses."
"No need." Gu Shao's tone became more serious.
"But …" If she didn't do it, no one would do it.
As if he had guessed what Lin Xi wanted to say, Gu Shao said, "I'll arrange for someone to come over."
Find someone to take care of this child.
Hearing Gu Shao's firm tone, Lin Xi nodded silently.
"Let's eat first," Gu Shao said.
"Okay." Lin Xi's face was dyed with a smile again. She scooped a bowl of rice for Gu Shao and pushed it in front of him.
Under Lin Xi's expectant gaze, Gu Shao picked up a piece of food and put it in his mouth.
The taste was surprisingly normal.
It wasn't as fake as he had imagined.
…
After eating, Lin Xi was about to clean up the dishes when Gu Shao forcefully called her back to her room.
Outside, Gu Shao cleaned up the dishes and called Xu Fei to ask him to find a housekeeper who could cook and do housework.
Xu Fei was very efficient.
The next morning, the housekeeper came over with breakfast.
"Sir, Miss, you're up. I bought some meat patties and soy milk from the bus stop. Eat them while they're hot." As the housekeeper spoke, she walked into the kitchen with ease. After rummaging around for a while, she found the bowls and chopsticks and replaced the soy milk and meat patties from the plastic bag with a bowl.
Then, she took a cloth and wiped the soy milk that had spilled on the table. Only then did she give up her seat to Gu Shao and Lin Xi.
On the other side, the housekeeper had already walked into the living room and began to clean up.
First, she wiped the sofa, then the coffee table.
She used the coffee-colored cloth that she had just used to wipe the soy milk.
As she walked past the room, the housekeeper used the cloth to wipe the door handle.
Lin Xi was speechless when she saw the housekeeper's smooth movements.
Then, she looked at Gu Shao.
At this moment, the father and daughter's expressions were exactly the same.
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