As expected by Gu Yingyi, three days later he received a call from his assistant, who told him that the work at the construction site had failed the temporary inspection and was ordered to stop work and make rectifications. This time Gu Jianqiu was really at a loss, and he was too embarrassed to ask Gu Yingyi to come back, so he had to ask someone to convey the message to Gu Yingyi’s assistant and let the assistant tell Gu Yingyi the situation.

　　Stirring the coffee slowly, Gu Yingyi replied to his assistant, telling Gu Jianqiu that his vacation had not yet ended and he would not return to City A.

　　The implication was that he would not go back unless Gu Jianqiu came to ask him in person.

　　Gu Yingyi likes the bitterness of coffee. He never adds sugar. The rich taste spreads on his lips and teeth. Gu Yingyi sits on the sofa and watches Shen Yu playing with a pile of junks he picked up from the beach on the coffee table.

　　I didn’t know what was fun, so I played by myself for most of the day.

　　They put the conch shell to their ears one by one, and the last one listened to it. His face fell and he complained: “Grandma, how can you lie? There is no song in the conch shell.”

　　Perhaps Gu Yingyi was in a good mood, and he was more pleasing to Shen Yu than usual. He found Shen Yu’s silly look funny, pouting and mumbling. “Are you a fool? Who told you that there is sound in the conch?”

　　”That’s what grandma said.” Shen Yu was slow to realize that Gu Yingyi was scolding him, and glared at him coquettishly: “Yu Yu is not a fool!”

　　Now he is eloquent and knows how to refute. It seems he is not completely stupid yet.

　　Gu Jianqiu didn’t make that call to Gu Yingyi after all, but his assistant told him that the position of project leader had been returned to him. It was really hard for Gu Jianqiu to be able to do this.

　　The purpose of this trip was achieved, and Gu Yingyi prepared to return to City A.

　　Shen Yu looked unhappy when he learned that he had to go back. He picked and chose among the pile of conchs he had picked up. He wanted to take this one and that one away. But Gu Yingyi would not allow him to take so much garbage back and only allowed him to take one.

　　”Is it really impossible to take it all away?” Shen Yu attempted a final struggle.

　　Gu Yingyi was annoyed by his question, “Ask me again, don’t bring any of them.”

　　Shen Yu finally picked out the most common one from a pile of colorful conch shells. Gu Yingyi really couldn’t understand the idiot’s train of thought: “You picked the ugliest one?”

　　”The other conches are all pretty, they are friends. This one is the same as Yuyu. If Yuyu leaves it behind, it will be lonely.” Shen Yu said seriously, and carefully put the conch with a missing corner into his backpack.

　　Instead, Gu Yingyi was stunned and stared at Shen Yu, who had a look of ignorance, for a few seconds.

　　The fool’s cognition is simple yet rich. He can give life to a dead object, and even classify colorful conches into friends of the same kind, and compare the most ordinary and inconspicuous one to his own unpopular self.

　　Gu Yingyi was silent for a moment, “You can choose two more to take back, just two, no more.”

　　Shen Yu thought he had heard it wrongly, and his eyes lit up, “Really?”

　　Gu Yingyi didn’t know why he suddenly said this. He didn’t want to admit that he felt a little soft-hearted towards Shen Yu.

　　He felt that he shouldn’t have such thoughts.

　　Gu Yingyi ignored him. Shen Yu happily picked two more and put them in his backpack. Although he couldn’t take them all, Gu Yingyi agreed to let him choose two more, so he was very satisfied.

　　When leaving the hotel in the afternoon, Shen Yu looked back at the boundless sea reluctantly. He liked it here very much and had not played enough.

　Shen Yu bit his lip, gently tugged at the corner of Gu Yingyi’s clothes, and pleaded, “Hubby, can we come again next time?”

　　The conch that was not taken home was quietly buried by Shen Yu in the crevice of a reef and covered with sand. He wanted to dig it out next time he came.

　　Looking at the desire and reluctance in Shen Yu’s eyes, Gu Yingyi, who was impatient and wanted to refuse, said nothing. He paused and said, “Let’s talk about it later.”

　　”Um!”

　　This sentence without any certainty could make the little fool believe it. Joy quickly appeared on his face, his eyebrows and eyes were filled with the purest smile, and full of dependence and trust.

　　Gu Yingyi was distracted for a moment.

　　He frowned and looked away. He felt like he had become strange after being with Shen Yu for so long.

　　Gu Yingyi left Shen Yu and walked straight towards the taxi.

　　Shen Yu was immersed in the joy that Gu Yingyi promised him that he would come again, and followed Gu Yingyi closely.

　　The sea breeze was blowing gently, the waves were beating against the rocks, and the shells buried in the sand were gradually washed out by the rising tide.

　　……

　　……

　　After returning to City A, Shen Yu immediately went to pick up the Shiba Inu from his assistant. The Shiba Inu hadn’t seen its owner for several days, and as soon as it saw Shen Yu, it whined and ran over to act coquettishly.

　　”Okay, be good, Shiba Inu.” The Shiba Inu kept licking Shen Yu. Shen Yu felt itchy from the licking and put the Shiba Inu on the ground with a giggle. Although the Shiba Inu was not big, it was heavy and it became too much for him to hold it for a while.

　　Shen Yu had nothing to do when he returned home, so he played with the Shiba Inu all day. Compared to his idleness, Gu Yingyi seemed very busy. As soon as he got home, he rushed to the company with his assistant.

　　Aunt Chen hasn’t come back since she went to take care of her hospitalized son last time. I don’t know how her son’s illness is. Shen Yu tried to call Aunt Chen, and only after the call did he know that Aunt Chen’s son’s illness had worsened again. There was no suitable liver source and treatment conditions in City A, so he had to be transferred to another place. In order to take care of her son, Aunt Chen had to resign, so Aunt Chen had already submitted her resignation to Gu Yingyi and would not come back in the future.

　　Shen Yu felt a little sad when he heard the news. After all, Aunt Chen was the only person who treated him particularly well since he came here, even better than Gu Yingyi.

　　The money he owed Aunt Chen was all placed in a small drawer in the rental house. He couldn’t bear to leave Aunt Chen and naively asked if he could see her again in the future.

　　Aunt Chen herself wasn’t sure, but she still comforted him that it would happen.

　　He hadn’t been back at the villa for a long time, and no one had taken care of it, so there was a lot of dust. Although Shen Yu was not very smart, he knew how to keep clean, so he started cleaning by himself.

　　By the time he finished his work, it was already dark.

　　He kept the lights on and waited for Gu Yingyi to come back as usual. In Shen Yu’s heart, the island trip promoted the relationship between him and Gu Yingyi. He would only remember the good things Gu Yingyi had done to him, and he would forgive any bad things as soon as Gu Yingyi treated him a little bit better.

　　He is a very tolerant and generous person, so he will not bear grudge against Gu Yingyi.

　　On the other side, Gu Yingyi was socializing with a group of shareholders.

　　Among them happened to be the one I met on the island, Zhou Chenghai.

　　This banquet was hosted by Gu Yingyi, and his purpose was very simple, to win over shareholders to serve him and strengthen his power so that he would have enough capital to challenge Gu Jianqiu.

　　No one touched the food and soup on the revolving dining table. After Gu Yingyi expressed his opinion, the scene became eerily quiet.