CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54 AHHHHH

Gu Anxi stopped in her tracks, uttering a simple "Oh."

Once she left, Feng Mian, who had been holding back for a while, couldn’t stand it anymore. He leaned in. "Young Master Bo, you let her call you ’Little Uncle’?"

Bo Xichen didn’t look up. "What’s wrong?"

Feng Mian touched his nose. "Nothing! I just feel it’s a bit inappropriate."

Bo Xichen glanced at him. Feng Mian quickly said, "I won’t tell the Old Master, isn’t that enough?"

"Even if you told him, it wouldn’t matter," Bo Xichen said indifferently.

Feng Mian was dumbfounded once again.

That afternoon, Gu Anxi attended class without taking a nap, a rarity for her. She was surprisingly attentive during the lesson.

Chu Yan was all smiles. "Gu Anxi, you really listen to your Little Uncle, don’t you?"

As soon as Chu Yan finished speaking, Lin Qi scoffed softly, "Where did this ’Little Uncle’ come from? It’s clearly an... improper relationship."

The classroom fell silent.

The female students were all silently thinking that if they could have an improper relationship with Professor Bo, they would be willing too.

Seeing that her words had no effect, Lin Qi felt somewhat embarrassed and left with Shen Wanqing as soon as class ended.

Outside, Lin Qi said vehemently, "Let’s see how long Gu Anxi can stay smug. He’s just a university professor! What’s so great about that? He can’t even compare with Senior Qin."

Shen Wanqing responded with a smile, "Different strokes for different folks."

Lin Qi offered another stream of flattering remarks, then looked towards the parking lot. "Look, Gu Anxi got into Professor Bo’s car."

Following her gaze, Shen Wanqing saw a black car, a rather common model.

She chuckled softly again. Just an ordinary professor, nothing more.

Lin Qi whispered, "Wang Qin did a painting for Gu Anxi to submit. If this were exposed, don’t you think Professor Gao would hate Gu Anxi even more? What can Professor Bo do to protect her? As a new professor, I doubt his opinion carries as much weight as Qin Siyuan’s."

Shen Wanqing glanced at her but said nothing.

In the departing black car, Feng Mian was driving.

Bo Xichen was sitting in the back seat, with Gu Anxi beside him.

She was holding a book and appeared to be reading. Thinking she was studying hard, Bo Xichen reached over and took the book from her. "The lighting is bad in here. Read it when we get back."

Gu Anxi snatched the book back and continued reading.

She had a rather pampered and willful air about her.

Just as Bo Xichen was about to say something, he noticed that the book she held was a popular comic titled "Every Day, Every Single Day."

He was rendered quite speechless. Lowering his gaze, he said, "You should read some proper books."

"You were the one who said not to read in the car because the lighting was bad, Little Uncle," Gu Anxi retorted, leaning back in her seat and looking quite comfortable.

The seat, made of some unknown material, was exceptionally soft.

Hearing her call him that way, Bo Xichen averted his handsome face to look out the window on the other side.

Up front, Feng Mian found the situation incredibly stimulating.

Little Uncle!!!

The kid probably doesn’t get the subtext. For Dr. Bo, her calling him ’Little Uncle’ is practically no different from her calling him ’husband’!

Bo Xichen’s ears grew slightly warm. He said softly, "Feng Mian, pull over at the supermarket up ahead. I need to buy something."

Feng Mian pulled the car over to the side but didn’t follow them out.

Bo Xichen took Gu Anxi into the supermarket and bought several rolls of medical adhesive tape. As they passed the snack aisle, he suddenly asked, "Want anything?"

Gu Anxi seemed a little surprised, then shook her head. "There’s nothing I particularly want."

Bo Xichen smiled. "Not eating snacks is a good habit."

He had barely finished speaking when Gu Anxi grabbed a large bag of lollipops and tossed it into the shopping basket. "Little Uncle, I want these."

Bo Xichen was sure she was being deliberately mischievous. But did she have any idea what it meant to him when she called him ’Little Uncle’ like that...?

His usually calm, ice-blue eyes suddenly blazed with an intense light. "Are you sure?"

Gu Anxi tilted her head up at him, unsure what he meant by that... then she actually chuckled.

From the other side of the aisle, Qin Siyuan stared in shock at the man and woman.