Chapter 30: The Little Rabbit’s Principles and the CEO’s Playful Tease

Hearing the timid welcome from the youth, Gu Jiachen at the doorway chuckled playfully.

The CEO then reached out, gently ruffling Zhou Ruoyu’s hair, his voice carrying a hint of playful reprimand as he softly said,

“You said it wrong~”

“Eh?!”

Zhou Ruoyu blinked in utter confusion. ‘Wh-what’s happening? Did I say something wrong just now? I… I just said, ‘CEO Gu, welcome…’

Hiss—!

In that instant, the black-haired, long-haired youth suddenly gasped. ‘Could it be… perhaps… he…’

‘He wants me to call him master again?!’

‘N-no, absolutely not. It’s too shameful! And this is right outside my own home. What if some familiar auntie or uncle passes by and hears me call my archenemy that? How could I ever live this down?!’

‘Oh, though the aunties and uncles probably wouldn’t recognize me anymore, ahem…’

‘But even so, it’s a matter of principle, a matter of dignity! How could I call my sworn enemy ‘master’? Though I did slip up once, a person who truly holds their ground will never completely fall just because of one momentary lapse!’

‘In short, no!’

After much internal struggle, the youth, still looking down, flushed crimson. Then, they timidly blurted out,

“Uh… in, in the new society, there are no slaves!”

“Hmm?”

Faced with Zhou Ruoyu’s declaration of independence, Gu Jiachen tilted his head in bewilderment. A moment later, the CEO finally understood, and he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Pfft… My meaning was, I want you, little rabbit, to welcome me home like a wife welcomes her husband. After all… you’re my little rabbit that I’m keeping, aren’t you? Well, since it’s my first time here, perhaps what you said wasn’t entirely wrong?”

“Uh… then, then you mean for me to say… ‘Welcome home’?”

Zhou Ruoyu finally caught on, seeking confirmation from the CEO. Gu Jiachen nodded with a mischievous smile. After a brief pause, Zhou Ruoyu gathered his thoughts, his face turning red again, and softly mumbled,

“Welcome home… CEO, CEO Gu…”

No, no, no, no, that’s not right—!

The moment the words left his lips, Zhou Ruoyu immediately realized his mistake. He quickly covered his face and shook his head. ‘No, this… this makes me sound like a thrifty, diligent housewife, waiting every day for her husband to come home from work! No, no, absolutely not!’

‘I’ve fallen into Gu Jiachen’s trap! What ‘welcome home’? This is *my* home, hey!’

Before Zhou Ruoyu could fully solidify his resolve, Gu Jiachen, having heard the youth’s adorable words, nodded contentedly. Satisfied, he decided not to tease his ‘little rabbit’ any further. Stepping into the room, he removed his suit jacket, and the CEO considerately asked,

“Very good~ Well, you can welcome me like that from now on. Hmm, do I need to wear slippers?”

“Oh… yes, yes you do!”

Zhou Ruoyu, hearing the CEO’s question, instinctively knelt down again. He retrieved a pair of men’s slippers from the bottom shelf of the shoe cabinet beside him and placed them before Gu Jiachen.

Uh…

‘That also feels a bit off!’

A moment later, the black-haired, long-haired youth, still crouching, silently looked up at the waistband of the tall man before him. He paused in silence, then quickly stood up!

‘This makes me look even more like a virtuous wife and loving mother, waiting daily for her husband to return home, hey!’

As if sensing Zhou Ruoyu’s embarrassment, Gu Jiachen’s lips curled into a smile. He slipped on the slippers, turned to close the door, then wrapped an arm around the youth’s shoulders, gently pushing him against the doorframe. He then scrutinized Zhou Ruoyu from head to toe, before softly saying,

“Little rabbit, you’re very obedient, aren’t you? I asked you to change, but I didn’t expect you to wear something so cute today… That sailor uniform makes you look like a high school girl~”

“Uh… this…”

Zhou Ruoyu, cornered against the wall, wanted to cry. ‘It’s not… I wouldn’t dare defy this Gu Jiachen guy. After all, I’m still under his patronage, and he’s powerful and influential. Who knows how he’d treat me if I didn’t listen to him?’

The youth wanted to bring down Gu Jiachen’s company as much as he feared being thrown into the river to feed the turtles by him.

‘And, and… I didn’t specially wear this outfit for you! I just wanted to try it on, and then… and then you showed up before I even took it off. What could I do?’

Zhou Ruoyu silently lowered his head, not speaking. However, Gu Jiachen, still pinning Zhou Ruoyu against the wall, frowned slightly, observing the youth’s awkward and peculiar demeanor.

Initially, seeing the youth dressed this way, Gu Jiachen had thought the ‘spy’ had finally understood that to seduce a man, one needed to dress up. After all, most men think with their lower halves, and beauty is a natural aphrodisiac that must be savored.

However… just as Gu Jiachen was about to let down his guard and ‘wall-pin’ this little one, to see what kind of seduction this ‘little rabbit’ could pull off with such a sweet outfit… the little one suddenly lowered his head, fell silent, and even started trembling slightly.

‘Well, well… could this little rabbit be acting out the popular ‘social anxiety’ persona for him? This…’

‘Alright, I have to admit, Gu Jiachen was somewhat swayed by this tactic.’

The youthful sailor uniform accentuated the youth’s charming slender waist, with mysterious glimpses beneath the flowing skirt. The introverted, downcast beauty was like a green grape—pure, sweet, adorable, and even a little virtuous.

Recalling the youth kneeling to hand him slippers earlier, a ripple stirred in Gu Jiachen’s heart. However, he quickly shook his head, then gave a self-deprecating laugh.

‘What’s this? Perhaps… that virtuous wife image is just another one of the youth’s seductive tactics.’

‘Miss Commercial Spy truly lives up to her name. It seems she’s done thorough research on me, knowing that those common, vulgar tricks wouldn’t work on me~ So… she’s taking an unconventional approach?’

‘Too bad…’ Gu Jiachen sneered silently. For a workaholic CEO like him… love was a luxury.

‘However, training a certain little rabbit and making him willingly reveal the forces behind him, isn’t that also part of the job?’

Thinking this, Gu Jiachen reached out and gently ruffled Zhou Ruoyu’s head again, then softly said,

“Don’t be scared. Am I going to eat you, my cute little rabbit~? Humph, did you eat breakfast this morning? I bought some, let’s eat together?”

“Uh… I-I can’t say if I’ll eat…”

Zhou Ruoyu, stammering, had perfectly executed a double entendre. The black-haired, long-haired youth, still pinned against the wall, was internally raging, ‘Someone who loves to wall-pin people like you, it’s really hard *not* to suspect you’d eat a little rabbit~!’

Damn it—!

“Can’t say? So… you want me to feed you?”

Gu Jiachen smirked, then took the youth’s hand. As if he had truly become the man of the house, he led the youth to sit on the sofa…

Soup dumplings, time to eat!