83 Confessions

Dinner consisted of steak, pasta, and a vegetable salad, accompanied by a fruity ice wine.

The man's cooking skills were as good as ever. The steak was cooked to perfection, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with plenty of juice. The dressing for the vegetable salad was so delicious, a perfect balance of sweet and sour without being cloying. Ye Zhenzhen ate it with gusto, her cheeks puffing out like a greedy little rabbit.

Ice wine is sweet and refreshing, without the tartness of red wine. It is one of the few wines that Ye Zhenzhen likes to drink, and it has a low alcohol content, so Gu Tingshen, who has just been released from quarantine by the doctor, can also have a few drinks.

Ye Zhenzhen has been swimming more lately, which has increased her exercise and her appetite has also increased. She even managed to finish a steak.

Gu Tingshen had always felt that his wife was too thin. Although she loved food, she never ate much. Now, seeing her eat a few more pieces of beef, he was even happier than if he had eaten them himself.

"Is it tasty?"

"Mmm! It's really delicious!" Ye Zhenzhen praised, giving a thumbs up.

Gu Tingshen picked up his wine glass, and Ye Zhenzhen happily raised her glass and drank it all in one gulp.

As the sun sets, twinkling stars adorn the night sky, and the gentle waves rock the small yacht.

It was as if only the two of them remained in the world. Gu Tingshen looked down at the person opposite him and felt that this moment was even more timeless and profound.

In the past, Ye Zhenzhen was always busy with various matters during the day. In addition, due to the nature of her work in the entertainment industry, she often flew all over China. When the movies invested by Taoyao Group entered the promotion season, she would not be seen for ten days or half a month.

Reason and upbringing told him that even lovers have their own lives and should be given freedom; but his innate desire for control was not so easy to overcome.

I want to know everything about her.

Even Zhao Nanqiao, an outsider, had figured out the pattern: Gu Tingshen, seemingly aloof, would bombard Tao Tao with a barrage of questions on the phone: Where are you? What's your job? Who are you with? Have you eaten? When will this end...?

As expected, not everyone can handle a domineering CEO. It's just that Tao Tao has a good temper. If it were her, she would have been annoyed by being questioned like this every day. He's meddling too much.

Ye Zhenzhen didn't find it annoying at all. She had a strong desire to share. When she was on a business trip, she would take a picture of a cloud shaped like a puppy and send it to Gu Tingshen. She called him every day and could talk on the phone until she fell asleep at night.

Surprisingly, she clicked with men.

Therefore, during this period of close interaction, the two not only did not have any friction, but were like two completely different stones that gradually fit together perfectly in the process of being worn down, as if they were born together.

The Bible says that Eve was created by God from Adam's rib.

Gu Tingshen used to scoff at this, believing that such a metaphor was nothing more than a denial of women's subjectivity.

But at that moment, looking at the person opposite him, he suddenly had an epiphany.

You are certainly not my lost rib.

But your appearance was like a ray of light, illuminating a void within me that I had never even noticed.

Your arrival filled that void, making me truly whole.

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The ice wine was sweet and easy to drink. As the two ate and chatted, Ye Zhenzhen unknowingly drank a few more glasses.

She was always very well-behaved when she was drunk. She sat there without saying a word, just looking at Gu Tingshen and smiling. Her face turned as pink as peach, her eyebrows and eyes curved into crescents, and her bright black eyes sparkled with a captivating light.

"Drunk?" Gu Tingshen glanced helplessly at the wine glass. The ice wine had a very low alcohol content, but this person had an even lower tolerance for alcohol.

He clenched his hand in his pocket, squeezed the jewelry box containing the ring, then let go, a rare hint of annoyance in his voice. "I should have just let you drink grape juice."

"I'm not drunk!" Ye Zhenzhen opened her eyes wide and tried to express her feelings. "I'm very sober, just a little hot and my head feels a little heavy."

She shook her head, feeling a little dizzy, but her logical thinking was still intact. She propped herself up on her arm, held her chin, and spoke slowly with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

"Okay, not drunk, not drunk," Gu Tingshen's heart softened at her smile. He touched her burning cheeks, and someone held his hand to cool her down. "So happy?"

"Yeah! I love the sea so much." A drunk person's speech is full of wavy lines.

"What else do you like? Let's go on vacation together next time?" Gu Tingshen's fingers caressed the corner of her lips, her soft lips burning red with alcohol, tinged with a bright blood.

"I still like you." Ye Zhenzhen was still smiling, her innocent look carrying a childlike purity.

Gu Tingshen's gaze froze, the sound of the waves receding into the distance in an instant, leaving only the frantic pounding of his heart in his ears.

"And what about you? I like you, are you happy?" Ye Zhenzhen received no response, so she stared at the man and asked earnestly, "Do you...do you like me?"

"I'm very happy." Gu Tingshen felt like he was getting drunk too. This little drunkard didn't know how much he had said wrong, and he was still stubbornly waiting for his answer with his big eyes open.

"I like you, I love you." Gu Tingshen's voice grew lower and hoarse, his eyes filled with an unconscious infatuation.

The alcohol had definitely affected Ye Zhenzhen's brain. She held her head and took a few seconds to process the man's words. Then she broke into an even bigger smile, opened her arms, and threw herself into the man's embrace.

"I love you too!"

Her legs went weak and her limbs were not quite under her control, but fortunately the man caught her.

Ye Zhenzhen wrapped her arms around his neck haphazardly, lifted her dizzy head from the crook of his neck, and it took her a while to focus her gaze. She gave the man a shy smile, "...I love you too. I...I have a gift for you."

After Ye Zhenzhen finished speaking, she went to unbutton her shirt. After trying twice without success, she impatiently grabbed both sides and tried to tear it open.

She had worn a shirt to hide the pendant around her neck, buttoning it high up, but now it was becoming an obstacle.

Gu Tingshen was completely stunned by the drunkard's barrage of questions. Startled, he hurriedly grabbed her hand, "Okay, okay, what are you going to give me? Take your time..."

Ye Zhenzhen tilted her head and thought for a moment, then looked up and answered honestly, "The necklace, I designed it. It's on my neck, and there's a pair."

Gu Tingshen released her hand and unfastened the shell clasp on her chest one by one.

Because she had been drinking, the skin on her neck and chest was fair with a pinkish tinge.

On her fair skin, two thin golden chains intertwined and shimmered with dazzling light; the shorter one carried a small sailboat, while the longer one carried an anchor.

“This is me. I used to want to travel around the world,” Ye Zhenzhen pointed to the small sailboat and explained earnestly, then held the anchor in her palm. “But, I never expected to meet you…you made me stop.”

After saying that, she stubbornly refused to let the man help her, held the clasp up to her eyes, and after struggling for a long time, finally managed to unfasten the necklace.

Gu Tingshen obediently bent down and offered his neck to her, letting her put it on for him herself.

"Alright." Ye Zhenzhen swayed and took a step back, tilting her head to admire, "It really suits you."

Golden light flowed across his tanned skin, giving him a wild and untamed beauty.

Gu Tingshen held her protectively in his arms, looking down into her smiling eyes, his heart feeling as if it were soaking in honey. "Actually, I also prepared a gift, but you beat me to it."

Even confessing my feelings was a step too late.

"Hmph, it has to be me!" The little drunkard proudly raised his face, his slender neck swaying as if it could barely support his heavy head, but he still stubbornly opened his eyes wide with anticipation, "What is it?"

Gu Tingshen pressed her down onto the sofa, then took out a velvet box from his pants pocket.

Before Ye Zhenzhen could react, he had already knelt down on one knee in front of her, holding up the small box.

The box was opened, revealing two gold rings. They weren't set with any diamonds or gemstones; instead, fingerprint-like marks were engraved on the ring faces. When the marks on the two rings were put together, they formed a heart shape. The overall lines of the rings were slightly rough, and the obvious signs of handcrafting were visible.

Gu Tingshen took her left hand, solemnly put the ring on her ring finger, and then took out another one and put it into her hand.

"So beautiful," Ye Zhenzhen examined her hand, grabbed the ring, and tried to slip it onto the man's large hand. Once she finally got it on, she giggled and jumped into his arms. "I love it!"

Gu Tingshen caught the stumbling, drunkard as if he were embracing the whole world.

The sea breeze ruffled the stray hairs on her cheeks, and the wine reddened the corners of her eyes, making them sparkle like a sky full of stars.

While her logical thinking seemed to be functioning normally, under the influence of alcohol, Ye Zhenzhen's physical and verbal systems were clearly somewhat out of control.

But the person who was confessed to wasn't much more normal than her. He seemed calm when he put the ring on her finger, but his hand was actually trembling slightly.

The bold, strong gold lines, imbued with a distinctive personal style, encircle her fingers like a declaration of ownership, a gesture of territorial appropriation.

Gu Tingshen couldn't take his eyes off her face. The two of them smiled foolishly at each other, like idiots.

He leaned in to kiss her, and Ye Zhenzhen obediently tilted her head back. Her lips, reddened by alcohol, were soft and moist, carrying the scent of grapes.

The little drunkard's eyes narrowed as he laughed, and when he kissed someone, it was like a chick pecking at rice, yet he didn't even know how to use his tongue; he was incredibly innocent.

Gu Tingshen lifted her up with force, and Ye Zhenzhen, feeling dizzy, clung to his neck, rubbing against him haphazardly.

She was still conscious, but a surge of heat was rising within her. When she was placed on the bed, her eyes were closed, and her neck and chest were red, covered in a fine layer of sweat.

Gu Tingshen knelt by the bed, his body looming over Ye Zhenzhen. He brushed the hair from her forehead, his large hand sliding down her cheek, supporting her chin and reaching her small ears. Her ears were warm and moist, and her neck and chest were flushed, as if a fire was burning inside her.

Gu Tingshen got up to wring out a towel to cool her down.

"It's so hot, don't go..."

But the person who had just gotten a moment of coolness became increasingly unsatisfied. Relying entirely on instinct, she clung to the man's arm, pulled him towards herself, and then pressed her whole body against him, drawing in the coolness.

The flames spread from the man's fingertips to his entire body, causing sweat to bead on his nose.

"Next time, I won't even let you drink ice wine." Gu Tingshen's voice was low and hoarse. He clenched his tanned hand tightly, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

"No, I... I like to drink, so I want to drink." Ye Zhenzhen grumbled unhappily, still stubbornly clinging to the man's chest.

"I'll go get a towel to wipe your sweat."

"No, I want a hug."

They had just confessed their feelings to each other, and his beloved lay unguarded in his arms. As they rubbed against each other, their clothes rolled up, and her supple waist pressed against his. The astonishing heat burned against his waist, instantly making the man's eyes red.

He could no longer resist, lowered his head to cover Yin Hong's lips, pried open her teeth, and thrust inside.

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Gu Tingshen rarely woke up late; sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains, waking him.

The person in his arms was sleeping soundly, with messy hair nestled in the crook of his neck, a faint blush on her cheeks, and red marks on her neck that weren't covered by the blanket standing out.

The feeling of physical and mental fusion was too wonderful. He tried his best to restrain himself last night, but in the end he still couldn't control himself.

The events of yesterday, even a brief recollection of them now, make him feel hot all over and slightly out of control.

But his little wife clearly couldn't take any more. She lowered her head and kissed the sleeping woman before quietly going to the bathroom.

Ye Zhenzhen was dazed after waking up, her whole body ached and she didn't want to move. She was lifted up and fed a couple of mouthfuls of porridge before she came to her senses.

But she was still lazy and weak, and didn't want to move. She ate a little and then lay down again, watching the man pack his luggage.

Gu Tingshen was only wearing a vest, and there were still ambiguous bite marks on his exposed tanned skin. Ye Zhenzhen silently pulled up the blanket to cover her flushed face.

She still had some recollection of that spot; it was where she had been tortured so badly last night that she had bitten it while crying.

But it didn't seem to work. After being bitten, the man seemed to be stimulated and bit even harder.

Gu Tingshen thought she was asleep, so he carefully pulled the blanket down, only to find that her cheeks were flushed and her eyes looked at him timidly, like a frightened fawn.

The man panicked instantly, pressing his lips to her forehead to check her temperature, "Do you have a fever?"

"No, no." Ye Zhenzhen shrank further into the blanket, her voice a little hoarse, "It's just a little hot."

“Let me see,” he said, reaching under the covers and feeling up from under the skirt. “...Does it hurt?”

"Hmm..." His fingers seemed to carry an electric current, and Ye Zhenzhen's waist went limp. Realizing the sound she made, she quickly bit her lip and pressed down on the man's hand, "No, it's nothing."

Gu Tingshen's dark eyes surged, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Sweetie, it looked a little red last night..."

look?

Where are you looking?

when? !

Ye Zhenzhen blushed completely, turning as red as a cherry tomato, and hurriedly covered his mouth, "I'm fine! Don't say anymore!!"

Gu Tingshen looked at her and smiled, without struggling. He lay down and gently massaged her waist with his freed hands under the covers.

The person in his arms had lowered eyelids, their thick eyelashes trembling like butterflies about to take flight. Red marks on their exposed arms and neck, like plum blossoms in the snow, were dazzling to the eye.

Gu Tingshen confirmed several times that her body temperature was normal and that she really didn't have a fever before he felt relieved and started massaging her.

Ye Zhenzhen drifted off to sleep again at some point, and slept until almost ten o'clock.

Gu Tingshen wanted to let her sleep a little longer, but she firmly refused.

Are you kidding me? The plane tickets are already booked, and the whole family is waiting for them to come back before they can lie down. Do you expect them to change their tickets?

However, as soon as she got out of bed and walked, she realized that the discomfort was constant, and what was with all those hickeys on her body?!

I won't even mention the neck and shoulders, but why are they on the arms and legs too?

She turned and glared at the man. How could she possibly face anyone in this sweltering summer heat?!

Gu Tingshen smiled and leaned in for a kiss, only to have his tongue bitten by the embarrassed and annoyed man.