Gu Ruobai raised his eyebrows. His deep, dark eyes seemed to be glinting with a light that could devour others. "No matter what happens, I'll always stand behind you. Just go ahead and do what you want with confidence."
Seeing the interest in Gu Ruobai's eyes, Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "You just want to see how far I can go. Don't make it sound so noble."
Since all his little thoughts had been seen through by Su Mingyu, Gu Ruobai was quite frank. "I just want to see what you'll grow into."
Su Mingyu bit her lips. "Then... what if one day I really become very powerful? Will you feel that you can no longer control me?"
"What do you mean by that?" Gu Ruobai's eyes turned cold. "I've never thought that you were under my control. Although you're younger and less experienced than me, your way of doing things and your thinking patterns are all very independent."
"I want to support you, not to confine you."
Gu Ruobai looked at her seriously. His tone was firm and solemn. "I want you to stand beside me as my equal, not look up to me from below."
Under the sunlight, Gu Ruobai's eyes sparkled like crystals soaked in water. His straight nose cast a shadow like a hillock under the refraction of the sunlight. His thin lips were as pale as water, but they gave people a feeling of extreme earnestness.
Su Mingyu bit her lips and looked at him. Although she had always known that Gu Ruobai was very tolerant of her, she never expected him to say such things.
To stand beside him was what Su Mingyu had always longed to hear in her previous life in the 21st century.
For this very sentence, Su Mingyu had been constantly working hard on missions in the 21st century. She never hesitated to take on any dangerous mission.
All she wanted was to stand beside that scumbag and not be looked down upon by him.
But in the end, all she got was a tragic ending like a bad joke.
Seeing that Su Mingyu's face didn't look good, Gu Ruobai asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
Seeing the concern clearly in his eyes, Su Mingyu hooked her lips into a smile. A look of relief flashed across her clear eyes that always seemed to be hiding secrets. "It's nothing. I just suddenly remembered something."
"Don't worry." Su Mingyu placed her hand on the back of Gu Ruobai's hand and then slapped her chest boldly. "Even if one day I become more powerful than you, I won't look down on you."
Seeing how ambitious she was, Gu Ruobai didn't want to dampen her spirit. "Then you have to work hard."
After all, if he worked hard, he would become the king of a country. It was obviously not an easy thing to surpass him.
Su Mingyu knew this, but she wasn't discouraged at all. Instead, her fighting spirit was ignited.
"Since that's the case, I'll go back first. I guess July is still waiting for us outside. I'll take him to Sinnan Pavilion to get familiar with the place."
Gu Ruobai nodded. "Go ahead. If you need anything, just tell me."
Su Mingyu wasn't polite either. "Okay."
Watching her brisk back, Gu Ruobai curled his lips slightly. It seemed that this girl had figured something out. The gloom between her eyebrows seemed to have dissipated a lot.
Just as Su Mingyu expected, as soon as she went out, she saw July squatting not far away, looking eagerly in her direction.
As soon as he saw Su Mingyu, July immediately jumped up and ran towards her happily. "Master, can we go to the shop now?"
Su Mingyu sighed silently. "I know. Don't be so zealous."
July was stunned. "What does 'zealous' mean?"
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. "It's okay. Let's go."
She really wasn't on the same wavelength as this kind of person.
When Xia Mian saw July and Su Mingyu coming back together, she was completely stunned. "M... Master..."
Su Mingyu could only point at July behind her. "Xia Mian, from now on, July will stay in this shop for a long time. During this period, no matter what he asks you about this shop, you can tell him."
"Ah?" Xia Mian opened her mouth in surprise. "Master, do you know what you're saying?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "It's okay. I made a deal with him. Just let him learn here first."
So that's how it was. "Okay, I understand."
After everything was arranged, Su Mingyu turned around to leave, but was grabbed by July. "You ask Sister Xia Mian to teach me... Sister Xia Mian is so busy. Where does she have time to teach me?"
"Don't you know how to help her when she's busy?" Su Mingyu looked at him, half - laughing and half - crying. "You should learn to help her with some simple things. You should help her manage the shop together. Only in this way can you learn how to run this shop."
"To run a clothing store well is not just about making clothes. If anyone who can make clothes could open a clothing store, then why is our store the most popular in the whole capital?"
So Su Mingyu wanted him to start learning how to run a store first. July bowed gratefully to Su Mingyu. "I was too narrow - minded. I thought our store declined just because we didn't know how to innovate. I didn't think that there might be some problems with the management."
Although July's personality was a bit troublesome, he was still a good kid who could admit his mistakes.
Su Mingyu nodded. "You can just stay here for a while. If you don't understand anything, just ask Xia Mian."
July quickly responded. "Okay, thank you, Master!"
Before leaving, Su Mingyu gave Xia Mian a pleading look. Xia Mian understood and nodded. "Take care, Master."
After leaving Sinnan Pavilion, Su Mingyu let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she had a sensible and well - behaved shopkeeper like Xia Mian. Otherwise, July would really give her a headache.
Just as Su Mingyu was about to return to the Su Mansion, Qing Feng suddenly stepped forward and blocked her way. "Miss Su, the master requests your presence."
She didn't expect this person to come so soon. It seemed that Ye Weiguang's power should not be underestimated.
Following Qing Feng, they walked along a small path and reached the back door of the Ye Mansion. Su Mingyu looked up at the side door and felt amused.
He specially invited her back but asked her to enter through the back door. Did he look down on her?
Noticing Su Mingyu's gaze, Qing Feng explained coldly, "It's just the master's personal decision to invite Miss Su into the mansion to talk. The mistress doesn't know about this."
No wonder. He was a hen - pecked husband.
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "I'm just curious. It's okay. Let's go."
She calmly followed Qing Feng through the winding paths in the Ye Mansion and finally arrived at Ye Weiguang's study.