Gu Jiaojiao had no problem with Fu Guoguo offering to make breakfast, so she cheerfully thanked her.

She said goodnight to Sheng Shijing before Su Shuochi pulled her back to their bedroom.

Sheng Shijing, on the other hand, couldn’t care less who made breakfast, as long as it wasn’t him.

But seeing Fu Guoguo move into the room next to his annoyed him. He demanded, "There are several guest rooms here. Why do you have to stay in the one next to mine?"

Fu Guoguo looked up. "I always stay in this room when I visit Jiaojiao. If you don’t like being my neighbor, you can switch rooms."

Sheng Shijing was left speechless. He had to admit she had a point, but there was no way he would let her have the last word.

So he stubbornly shot back, "You... You just wait!"

Fu Guoguo shrugged, putting on a horrified expression. "Oh my god, we barely know each other, and you already want to come into my room?"

Sheng Shijing ground his teeth in frustration. "Who said anything about going into your room?"

"But you just told me to wait for you in my room, didn’t you?"

Seeing Fu Guoguo’s pure and innocent expression, Sheng Shijing was rendered completely speechless. "You... You’re impossible."

Fu Guoguo genuinely didn’t know why Eldest Brother Sheng was so angry, but she was delighted that she could get under his skin.

Her smile was as radiant as a blooming flower. "How am I impossible? I think I’m perfectly nice. Besides, we’re friends, aren’t we?"

Hearing the word "friends," Sheng Shijing’s expression turned so dark it looked like it could drip ink. He blurted out without a second thought.

"Who’s friends with you? Don’t get ahead of yourself. I’m not your friend."

Fu Guoguo didn’t get angry. Instead, she retorted confidently, "If we’re not friends, then we’re like brother and sister, right? I’m friends with Jiaojiao, and since you’re her eldest brother, you’re my eldest brother too."

Sheng Shijing was once again struck dumb by her logic. It took him a long moment before he finally squeezed out, "I don’t want a sister like you."

’He already had one annoying sister back home—a real, blood-related sister—and he didn’t even want her!’

Fu Guoguo asked with a perfectly innocent expression, "If you don’t want me as a sister, does that mean you want me to be your wife?"

Sheng Shijing’s eyes widened. "Who said that? In your dreams!"

But as soon as the words left her mouth, Fu Guoguo realized with embarrassment that she had blurted out what was truly on her mind.

Panicked, she threw open her door, scrambled inside, and bolted it shut.

Sheng Shijing’s face was as black as ink. Fuming, he stood at her door, grinding his teeth and muttering under his breath.

"You damn brat, you actually want me to marry you? You..."

He stopped mid-curse. ’If I married Fu Guoguo,’ he thought, ’wouldn’t I get to live closer to Jiaojiao?’

’That wouldn’t be so bad. But they’d only known each other for a day! Before today, he didn’t even know her name.’

The more Sheng Shijing thought about it, the angrier he became, yet at the same time, the more plausible it seemed. In the end, he just went back to his room to wash up, planning to get a good night’s sleep.

Only then did he realize he was in a woman’s bedroom. The comforter on the bed was pink, and the dressing table was covered in what were clearly women’s skin care products.

’This can’t be the guest room that girl always stays in, can it?!’

He lay in bed, waiting for her to come knocking, but how could Fu Guoguo possibly dare to do that?

Several rooms away, Su Shuochi and Gu Jiaojiao, both of whom had excellent hearing, heard the entire exchange between Sheng Shijing and Fu Guoguo.

Su Shuochi asked curiously, "Honey, what’s going on with those two?"

"What else could it be? Guoguo fell for Eldest Brother Sheng at first sight," Gu Jiaojiao said matter-of-factly.

She had seen it coming for a while now—Fu Guoguo had genuinely fallen for Eldest Brother Sheng.

A young woman experiencing her first crush tends to be more reserved, speaking in hints and trying to convey her feelings through playful teasing.

But Sheng Shijing was a classic, dense guy; how could he possibly pick up on a girl’s hints?

And just like that, they became a pair of bickering lovebirds.

"Love at first sight?" Su Shuochi paused, stunned. "Does that kind of thing really happen?"

Seeing her husband’s reaction, Gu Jiaojiao remembered their own first meeting. If they hadn’t already been married at the time, this man would have probably reacted just like Eldest Brother Sheng!

She smiled and said, "Of course it does. The first time we met, I had a very strange feeling about you. It was only later that I realized I had fallen for you at first sight."

Su Shuochi was floored by this sudden wave of happiness. After a moment of stunned silence, he broke into a smile as well.

He said, his voice full of affection, "Honey, I felt the same way about you. It’s just that I was prejudiced at first. I didn’t know that the person who woke up would be you, so there’s no way I could have liked *her*."

This was something Su Shuochi had mulled over a thousand times in his spare moments, so the words came out with a natural and touching sincerity. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Gu Jiaojiao was deeply moved. "Shuo Ci, we really were destined to be together. I’ve never met a man as wonderful as you."

"Me too. I never thought I’d meet you, either. Honey, I love you so much."

They looked at each other and smiled. Su Shuochi suddenly reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace. "Jiaojiao, meeting you in this lifetime is the greatest blessing I could have asked for."

Gu Jiaojiao laughed and playfully tapped his chest. "You’re getting to be such a sweet-talker."

"I really mean it. Here, feel my heart. It beats only for you."

Su Shuochi lifted Gu Jiaojiao and gently laid her on the bed. Seeing the look in his eyes deepen, she couldn’t help but blush.

But Su Shuochi didn’t stop. He lowered his head and pressed his lips to hers...

「The next day.」

The sun was already high in the sky when Gu Jiaojiao slowly stirred awake. The man beside her was still sound asleep.

Downstairs in the living room, Fu Guoguo’s voice could be heard. "Eldest Brother Sheng, why do you think they still aren’t up?"

"Why’s a kid like you asking so many questions?" Sheng Shijing’s tone was gruff, but much better than it had been the night before.

"How am I a kid? I’m the same age as Jiaojiao, you know," Fu Guoguo retorted, dissatisfied.

"..."

Sheng Shijing was no match for Fu Guoguo in an argument. He had slept soundly until morning. He’d thought he wouldn’t sleep well in a new place, but surprisingly, he’d slept like a log.

’He didn’t know if it was because he was staying at his foster sister’s house, or because he’d slept in that girl’s bed.’

After washing up, he went downstairs to find the girl bustling about in the kitchen. She greeted him as if nothing had happened, "Morning, Eldest Brother Sheng."

"Morning, Guoguo." Seeing that she wasn’t awkward at all, Sheng Shijing felt it would be silly for him to be.

Fu Guoguo finished making breakfast. Seeing that the hosts still weren’t up and worrying that Eldest Brother Sheng might be hungry, she invited him to eat first.

Fu Guoguo had a way with words, and she convinced Eldest Brother Sheng to eat with her. After they finished their meal and cleared the dishes...

...the couple, Gu Jiaojiao and her husband, were still not up. Sheng Shijing and Fu Guoguo could only sit on the sofa, staring at each other in awkward silence.

Su Shuochi opened his eyes to a face blooming with a smile. "Morning, honey."

"Morning? It’s almost time for lunch," Gu Jiaojiao grumbled. "Hurry up and get out of bed. Eldest Brother Sheng and Guoguo are still waiting in the living room."

"Hehe, I’m the one to blame."