After all, given her relationship with Dongfang Yu, some things are not appropriate, but it’s okay with Shang Qing, like now, peeling shrimp for Shang Qing.

His fingers are as graceful as jade, very nimble, deftly removing the shrimp shell, then using clean chopsticks to put it in Shang Qing’s bowl.

Shang Qing naturally picked it up to eat, showing Dongfang Yu an embarrassed smile.

Shang Qing’s cheeks were red, and Dongfang Yu’s ears were red too.

Gu Qiaoqiao had a bold idea.

Could it be last night?

These two might have had their first kiss.

However, Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t think about it that way. After all, one is a well-mannered girl, the other is a patient; it’s impossible for them to do such a thing.

But a kiss, well, maybe it happened!

Gu Qiaoqiao watched the two in front of her with interest. One was quietly peeling shrimp, while the other was shy yet happily eating. Occasionally, their eyes would meet, then scatter frantically, really an attempt to cover up the truth.

And Gu Qiaoqiao looked on, yet these two didn’t notice.

Indeed... Gu Qiaoqiao shook her head, a speechless moment...

But the dishes on the table were truly delicious. She and Xiao Bai were eating joyfully, especially the jelly and tea made with fresh peaches, honestly, it was Gu Qiaoqiao’s first time taste.

But it was indeed exceptionally tasty.

Gu Qiaoqiao admitted she really didn’t have such culinary skills. If Dongfang Yu decided to open a restaurant, it would surely be a booming business.

But this guy is already as rich as a country, so he shouldn’t compete for meals.

Gu Qiaoqiao ate contentedly, while Xiao Bai was slumped on the chair, belching without shame, muttering to Gu Qiaoqiao in consciousness, "This visit was worth it, eating Dongfang Yu’s cooking for the second time."

"Second time, your previous owner was quite lazy."

"He himself didn’t enjoy eating, so he didn’t enjoy cooking either."

"When was the first time?" Gu Qiaoqiao asked curiously.

Xiao Bai squinted, reminiscing happily, "It was fifty years ago. I was injured, and he cooked me a whole table of delicious food..."

It’s really been a long time.

Gu Qiaoqiao drank half a cup of fruit tea and put down the chopsticks. At this moment, Shang Qing was also full, but she still asked, "Qiaoqiao, are you full?"

Gu Qiaoqiao was about to answer but instead let out a burp without grace. Well, no need to answer, the burp said it all.

Gu Qiaoqiao and Shang Qing couldn’t help but laugh.

And Gu Qiaoqiao wisely didn’t ask Dongfang Yu how he cured his illness, what kind of illness it was?

Because these matters didn’t really concern her, she only did what she needed to do.

After the meal, Dongfang Yu returned the Snow Spirit Ball to Gu Qiaoqiao and also opened a black wooden box. Inside was a black stone, but it was not jade, as Gu Qiaoqiao immediately saw.

"This stone is called the Sky Stone. It was acquired over three hundred years ago by the clan leader of the Dongfang clan. If we speak of it today, this is a meteorite from the sky, but when Patriarch Dongfang acquired it, the stone was too large to carry. He found a way to refine it and turned it into this. I read that this thing has radiation, but I checked and found no issues, and inside it seems to contain a mysterious power, but I can’t confirm it. Now I give this stone to you as my gift of thanks."

Gu Qiaoqiao took the Sky Stone, looking at it closely. It indeed wasn’t jade, just stone.

However, inside the stone, there really seemed to be a kind of mysterious power.

She just didn’t know where this mysterious power came from or how to draw it out.

And she didn’t know what use it had for her, but since it was Dongfang Yu’s thank-you gift, she accepted it graciously.

Gu Qiaoqiao took the box, smiling and said, "I know about meteorites, but your stone is different than a meteorite. It’s probably the essence. This thank-you gift I accept, and we’re square."

Dongfang Yu curled his lips indifferently, but his expression was relaxed.

This is also a very important treasure of the Dongfang clan, passed down for hundreds of years.

But if using this to clear a debt was a fair trade.

No living person likes to owe debts, especially one so large.

Gu Qiaoqiao woke up late in the morning, so there was no need for a nap. Dongfang Yu was also quite refreshed, having cleared the cold poison that troubled him for so many years.

And he gave one of the Dongfang clan’s most treasured possessions to Gu Qiaoqiao as a thank-you gift, even though its wonders were not apparent now, it must be useful.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been kept as a treasure to this point; it’s just that he hadn’t figured it out.

So feeling unburdened, Dongfang Yu led Gu Qiaoqiao, Shang Qing, and Xiao Bai to explore the Dongfang clan’s ancestral residence, took a boat trip under the waterfall, fished some fish and shrimp, even caught a pot of crabs.

Though dinner wasn’t as lavish as lunch, it was still a feast. In this middle of nowhere, there was little signal, no calls in or out. Gu Qiaoqiao wasn’t fond of these phones; they’re too big but incredibly convenient as a communication tool today.

Except in this deep forest.

So the next morning after breakfast, tidying up, Dongfang Yu led the two of them and a cat out of the barrier, to where Gu Qiaoqiao had parked her car.

Dongfang Yu had also learned to drive and had a license. Once in society, you must fit in.

The necessary things must be had, and so on the road to the Imperial Capital, he drove. Quite fast, arriving in the Imperial Capital by ten at night.

Dongfang Yu drove Shang Qing’s car, first sending Gu Qiaoqiao back to Gu Garden.

And as for how he and Shang Qing parted, Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t care. She bid farewell to the two with a big smile, entered Gu Garden with Xiao Bai.

Now that Xiao Bai and Dongfang Yu’s contract has been dissolved, it naturally wanted to stay with Gu Qiaoqiao.

So, they need to find a time to send Xiao Bai back.

But on the way, Xiao Bai said it could return by itself.

Gu Qiaoqiao believed that.

But she still wanted to go out once more.

This depends on how busy work is. If not busy, with a car and roads, it’s quite convenient. Now should be the prime and final season for wild fruits.

Catching the last wave, she could gather some of her favorite food, some wild fruits always offer tastes other fruits cannot replace.