When they returned, Ji Wanqiu was still there. Tao Ruan was taken to the bathroom by Gu Zhizhou to take a shower and clean up. When she came out, she saw a table full of delicious dishes.

“Xiao Ruan, come and sit down, and try the food your mother made.”

The maid had already set out the tableware, but Ji Wanqiu still personally adjusted it and thoughtfully added a cushion to Tao Ruan’s seat.

“Thank you… Mom.”

Tao Ruan was a little awkward when she said those words. Her mother had passed away early, and although her father had remarried soon after, she only called her stepmother “Auntie”.

Even though her stepmother was gentle and kind and treated her well, she was not her biological mother after all, and there was always a slight distance between them.

But Ji Wanqiu is different.

Ji Wanqiu was too affectionate towards her. It wasn’t just polite intimacy; it was genuine warmth, as if she truly treated her like her own daughter.

“You silly child, why are you thanking your mother? Come on, eat more vegetables. When Zhouzhou told me before that you loved sweet and sour pork ribs, I always thought that I must make them for you myself sometime. Now he has finally won you over…”

“Mom,” Gu Zhizhou interrupted her calmly, “you should eat your meal.”

Tao Ruan looked at the ribs in her rice bowl, thinking about what Ji Wanqiu had just said, and couldn’t help but ask, “You knew before that A-Zhou liked me?”

Looking at her son’s expression, Ji Wanqiu didn’t dare to go into too much detail and just brushed it off: “Of course, after all, I am this child’s mother.”

“You should eat well too.” Gu Zhizhou put another piece of pork rib into Tao Ruan’s bowl.

The fingers holding the chopsticks were long and strong, and the movement of picking up food was still very steady, as if there was no ripple. However, Tao Ruan noticed that Gu Zhizhou’s ears had changed color.

So she was just shy.

Ji Wanqiu was a very good cook, and Tao Ruan enjoyed the meal very much. Even her little face turned slightly rosy with joy.

After the meal, she wanted to help clean up, but Ji Wanqiu refused no matter what.

“I already called the housekeeper over, why would I need you?”

Ji Wanqiu held her hand and pinched her cheek, earnestly educating her: “Remember in the future, leave any dirty or tiring work to others. If all else fails, there’s always Zhouzhou. You married into our family to enjoy happiness, not to suffer even the slightest hardship.”

Gu Zhizhou smiled slightly and said softly, “Ruan Ruan hasn’t married into the family yet.”

“She hasn’t married into the family yet, but isn’t it just a matter of time?” Ji Wanqiu glared at Gu Zhizhou disapprovingly, then asked him, “Don’t you want to marry our precious daughter?”

Gu Zhizhou stretched out his long arm and pulled Tao Ruan into his arms. He then lowered his head and kissed her soft hair, his voice deep: “Of course I’ll marry her, as long as Ruan Ruan is willing to marry me.”

Tao Ruan initially felt that it wasn’t appropriate for Gu Zhizhou to kiss her in front of his mother, but Ji Wanqiu was all smiles. She first praised them as a perfect couple, and then went on to praise Gu Zhizhou, her biological son, saying how good he was and how well he matched with Tao Ruan, as if afraid that Tao Ruan would change her mind.

It wasn’t until Tao Ruan shyly said that she was also willing to marry Gu Zhizhou that Ji Wanqiu stopped talking and reluctantly let the two go back to rest.

…

“Your mother is so enthusiastic,” Tao Ruan said with a laugh as she leaned against Gu Zhizhou at night. “I’m almost overwhelmed.”

After learning about Gu Zhizhou’s family background, she was worried that she and Gu Zhizhou’s mother would have conflicts. Now it seems that her worries were unnecessary.

“After all, only you can make me hard, how could she not treat you better?” Gu Zhizhou touched her earlobe, spoke softly, and then put that soft spot into his mouth.

“Um, don’t say things like that…”

“But I’m telling the truth, baby. Touch this thing, it’s hard for you again…”

“You…” Although she knew Gu Zhizhou’s sexual prowess, Tao Ruan still couldn’t believe it. “It’s only been a short time… You clearly ejaculated several times in the car…”

“I can’t help it, even watching the most exciting porn doesn’t make it hard, but just thinking about you, just seeing you, makes it involuntarily excited…”

“Don’t say things like that so seriously!” Tao Ruan was filled with shame and indignation.

“Touch it, put it inside your pussy, suck it well, it really likes you.”

“No… I don’t want to…” Tao Ruan broke free from Gu Zhizhou’s embrace, threw a pillow at him, and glared at him with her beautiful almond-shaped eyes wide open: “You’ve made my genitals swollen… and, and ejaculating too much isn’t good for your health, so you’d better hold back today!”