Curious and observant

"CEO Gu asked you to take care of Miss An Xiulan in his absence," An Xiulan heard the pretty woman say to a boy who was sitting by the window reading a book. His face was hidden by the book. As he heard the words, he obediently put his book down and glanced at the door.

"Sure," Gu Shangyan said and stood up to welcome the girl who didn't look his age. But he knew who she was. An Xiulan. Miss An Qinyan's daughter. "Hello, I'm Gu Shangyan."

An Xiulan blinked her eyes. Why were boys of this era so handsome? She greeted him in the same manner. "Hello, I'm An Xiulan."

"I know, "He said in a blank voice."Do you want me to show you around?"

"Wouldn't it be too much for you?"A Xiulan asked. She could see that she had disturbed his reading. Although An Xiulan was pretty naive, she still knew her limits. She knew that she couldn't take advantage of her mom's position to make people bend before her.

The boy shrugged nonchalantly. "My uncle asked me to take care of you in his absence. I will have to walk his talk."

Gu Shangyan was raised by Gu Yanzhi, his uncle, after the death of his parents. He was just a toddler when his parents passed away in a car accident. Since then, he had considered Gu Yanzhi as his sole parent. The pair of nephew and uncle were pretty close to each other.

Gu Shangyan who was the epitome of emotionlessness would always give in when it came to his uncle.

"Do you agree with his every word?" An Xiulan asked.

"No, "The boy said without thinking much about it. "Only when Miss An is connected."

"En?" An Xiulan couldn't understand what he was trying to say.

Gu Shangyan looked at her and then sighed.

"Miss An Qinyan is my uncle's boss and so I have to agree to his orders when it's connected to her. After all, she is the reason why my uncle can earn our bread."

Also, if he doesn't take care of his uncle's matters, his uncle will die single. He doesn't have enough patience to deal with a victim of unrequited love. The sooner his old man is married off, the better it would be for him.

"Is my mom that great?" An Xiulan thick mom filter was back.

Gu Shangyan gave her a weird look. "Are you exploring the hotel or not?"

"Okay, I will look around under your guidance, " An Xiulan said proudly. Trying to imitate her mom's persona but failing miserably. "But please don't take me to the underwater section."

"Oh, you have aquaphobia?" Gu Shangyan asked in surprise. He knew another person who has a serious aqua phobia.

An Xiulan nodded her head. She was afraid of getting close to water bodies.

"Alright, I will show you the fun parts of the hotel."

Gu Shangyan was not getting bored in the company of someone for the first time. He had to admit that this girl was pretty impressive. He didn't know why but he found her quite amusing. She gave him the feeling of being a very curious and observant person. Such persons are hard to come by these days as people would rather bury their heads in their mobile phones than try to know about their surroundings.

If it was someone else, they would be more busy capturing pictures to upload on their social media account than really enjoying the place they came to.

However, An Xiulan wasn't like other people, she would stop at every interesting place to watch every single thing like she was looking at them for the first time ever. It was as if all these things and places were under her study.

She wasn't just curious and conservative, she was a chatterbox too. Her list of questions never ends. Thankfully, Gu Shangyan wasn't annoyed with the number of questions she had asked him.

His patience was as big as the size of Asia. No matter how many times she challenged his common sense or made him confused with her weird and out of world logic, he didn't yell at her in resignation.