Gu Sui said fiercely, “How is it not related? It’s precisely because you wanted to snatch my Lulu!”

Mu Jiulu smiled and grasped his wrist with a strong force that rendered Gu Sui unable to move.

He watched helplessly as the cat he had just gotten his hands on was taken away again.

“You…”

“Since you put it that way, it would be a bit embarrassing for me not to snatch it.”

“Yan Wu, send it back to the royal residence.”

A hand reached in from the edge of the door curtain. Mu Jiulu handed the cat over, and Gu Sui couldn’t stop her.

“Weren’t we going to eat? Come down.”

After getting out of the carriage, Mu Jiulu lifted the door curtain and said nonchalantly. Gu Sui was so angry he wanted to bite her a couple of times.

His newly acquired pet, not even warmed up yet, was so heartlessly snatched away!

“The majestic Prince Regent’s residence can’t accommodate a single cat?”

Seeing him continuously staring at her with accusing eyes, Mu Jiulu shook her head helplessly.

Gu Sui ran his tongue over his canine teeth and said angrily, “If that old man in the palace finds out my cat is with you, won’t he give me trouble?”

When he was agitated, even the leopard print on his blue court dress seemed to come alive, stretching out to show its ferocious side along with his clawing and baring of teeth.

“He won’t have time to give you trouble.”

Mu Jiulu said arrogantly, her brows and eyes exuding a domineering air. Gu Sui’s throat moved slightly, and strangely, a lot of his anger dissipated.

Gu Sui let out a cold snort and jumped off the carriage.

“Then you better take good care of it, you hear me!”

At worst, he would visit it often. After all, he had initially wanted to raise it together with her.

Gu Sui did some mental preparation before reluctantly accepting the fact that his Lulu had been snatched away.

The starving Gu Sui followed Mu Jiulu to the entrance of the restaurant. Looking up, the signboard of the tavern in front of him made him pause for a moment.

“Du… Xing?”

On the rectangular signboard, the two large characters were written in a flamboyant style, exuding boldness.

Gu Sui: “There really is a restaurant called ‘Du Xing’!”

Mu Jiulu led Gu Sui inside. This restaurant appeared to be of ordinary size for a tavern, but the business was quite good.

People came and went within the main hall, and the counter was the busiest.

Gu Sui looked around in puzzlement. On the surrounding walls, two signs were hung respectively.

They were not menu items, but simply six large characters.

‘Eat As You Wish’ and ‘Drink As You Wish’.

A waiter recognized Mu Jiulu’s identity and respectfully invited them upstairs. Gu Sui followed behind and couldn’t help but sigh.

“Which genius came up with those menu names? Patients with choice paralysis must thank him to death.”

Inside the private room, the noise from outside was blocked out. Gu Sui, seated at the table, didn’t have to spend any effort at all.

Mainly because this restaurant didn’t give people much choice.

It was just the price that wasn’t very pretty.

Eat As You Wish cost eight hundred and eighty-eight taels, while Drink As You Wish cost six hundred and sixty-six taels.

He was simply eating a casual lunch, and over a thousand taels were spent?

It was ridiculously expensive.

Gu Sui, who had managed household expenses since he was young, couldn’t help but feel distressed.

But this meal was under the pretense of repaying a life-saving favor, so it couldn’t be too shabby.

“This restaurant actually has a hidden menu.”

Mu Jiulu suddenly spoke. Gu Sui let out a puzzled “oh”.

“Ask As You Wish, price undetermined.”

Gu Sui narrowed his eyes, pondering in his heart.

“This restaurant isn’t just an ordinary tavern?”

“Naturally.”

Any restaurant that dared to blatantly hang these two menus on the wall wouldn’t serve dishes to customers without a clue.

No matter who it was, as long as they could afford to enter this restaurant, their preferences would be thoroughly investigated.

The dishes served by the restaurant would definitely be the most in line with the customer’s tastes.

Gu Sui: “That Ask As You Wish…”

“As long as you can afford the price, you can find out any information.”

Goodness, this place was an intelligence agency!

Gu Sui was greatly shocked. How much manpower, material resources, and financial power did it take to support the operation of such a restaurant?

He was willing to call it the ancient version of big data.

Half an hour later, the waiter brought in the dishes.

Gu Sui took a close look, and the few remaining doubts in his heart instantly vanished.

Chopped chili fish head, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, vegetarian stir-fried three shreds, ginger vinegar conch, and radish shrimp soup.

There were also three fruit plates and two desserts. Truly, there wasn’t a single dish that Gu Sui disliked.

However, because it catered to his preferences so well, it made Gu Sui click his tongue.

Even if these people had investigated, they would have looked into Gu Suizhi’s preferences. It seemed that he and Gu Suizhi had quite similar tastes.

Oh well, never mind. He had been hungry for half a day, so he should eat first and talk later.

Gu Sui ladled out two bowls of soup and handed one to Mu Jiulu.

“You don’t like peanuts, but you should still like this, right?”

He said with a grin. Seeing him unable to resist taking a sip first, Mu Jiulu leisurely picked up a spoon and stirred it.

She indeed liked peanuts, but she only drank a bowl of this radish shrimp soup along with him because he often drank it.

It wasn’t particularly to her liking.

It was just that he would always ladle a bowl for her first, and she wouldn’t refuse, so Gu Sui assumed she liked it.

Mu Jiulu felt a strange emotion continuously rising in her heart.

He clearly cared about her too, and he even took the initiative to throw the embroidered ball to her when they met again. So why did he break up with her back then?

‘Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out?’

‘I’ve had enough!’

‘Let’s break up.’

His suppressed roar from a year ago resounded in her ears once more. Mu Jiulu’s fingers gripping the spoon slightly tightened.

Was it her fault?

She admitted that she had a strong possessiveness. She even wanted him to stay at home all the time.

At that time, she had already adapted to that world and even had a stable source of income to support him.

But he always seemed to be hiding something from her. There was an invisible barrier between them.

She wanted to pierce through it but failed miserably.

From then on, the distance between them became a world apart.

Until now.

She had found him.

This time, she wanted him to take the initiative to break that barrier himself.

Mu Jiulu pressed her lips together and took a sip of the soup, her cold and beautiful eyes exuding an air of determination.

Gu Sui, oh Gu Sui, I will never let you go.