Gu Xiaoran quickly sat down on the dining chair in front of her.
The servant brought Mo Qing soup dumplings in a bamboo steamer and a bowl of porridge.
She recognized at once that it was her favorite Huaji soup dumpling.
The servants brought her a western-style breakfast—a fried egg, two pieces of bacon, a piece of bread, a few pieces of lettuce, and a glass of milk.
Uncle An walked into the dining hall and sat down beside Mo Qing. The servant also served him soup dumplings and porridge.
Gu Xiaoran swallowed her saliva as she looked at Mo Qing take a bite of the soup dumpling.
Uncle An nodded at Gu Xiaoran, "You're still growing, Miss Gu. You should eat more nutritious food."
Gu Xiaoran thought to herself.
Weren't soup dumplings also very nutritious?
She wasn't picky, but smelling her favorite Huaji soup dumplings and eating flaky bread wasn't exactly something enjoyable.
Since he remembered that she loved spicy crabs, he would remember that she loved Huaji soup dumplings, too. She was certain that Mo Qing was deliberately making her watch him eat.
He was doing that to remind her that her father was like the soup dumplings—she couldn't even touch them if he didn't allow her to.
She had to be obedient if she wanted to see her father.
Looking at the question book next to Mo Qing, she suddenly remembered that she had fallen asleep on the table but woken up in bed. "When did you come back?" she asked.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy that I didn't come back and sleep with you?" Mo Qing looked up and took a glance at her.
Gu Xiaoran shut up immediately, regretting talking to that bastard as she glanced at Uncle An, feeling embarrassed that Mo Qing was presumptuous even in front of him.
Uncle An continued eating his breakfast and looked as if he hadn't heard a thing.
After breakfast, Mo Qing got into his Silver Pagani, and Gu Xiaoran was surprised to find that there was an underwater tunnel in South Bay that led to the port.
"I'll get off here," Gu Xiaoran pointed to the station. It only took forty minutes to get back to school from the port by bus.
The car zoomed past and didn't stop.
"I want to get out."
"Who gave you permission to do that?"
"You agreed to let me get out."
"I agreed to let you out of the island, but I didn't say that you could run around."
Gu Xiaoran immediately realized that she had been fooled. She wouldn't have come out if she was only allowed to sit in his car for a ride.
She took out her mobile phone and called her father.
The call was connected.
Her father's anxious voice came from the other end, "Xiaoran, are you all right?"
Gu Xiaoran felt like crying, but she held back her tears and feigned a relaxed tone, "I'm fine."
"I called you yesterday but your phone was out of the service area."
"I dropped my phone and the reception wasn't very good," Gu Xiaoran lied through her teeth.
Mo Qing's lips curved into a smile, but Gu Xiaoran ignored it.
Gu Zhengrong heaved a sigh of relief, and his voice became more relaxed, "I'll transfer you money to buy a new one."
"It's fine, I can still use it. Where are you now, dad?"
"I have a project to oversee and the place is not fixed. I will come back after finishing this."
"Okay, take care of yourself, dad."
"Don't worry, I will…" Gu Zhengrong paused and hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Xiaoran, Han Ke…"