Bonnie feels that forty is a watershed moment; once a woman crosses the threshold of forty, she feels that many things are different.
"Sigh, my skin feels looser. Gu Ye, take a look, do I have age spots on my face?"
Bonnie applied aloe vera in front of the mirror. It was strongly recommended by Sanqi, who felt that his aloe vera absorbed the essence of the sun and moon and had excellent effects that could not be compared to cosmetics.
"No, she's still so young and beautiful."
Gu Ye looked at Bao Ni's face carefully. There were some lines around her eyes and some spots on her cheeks, but fortunately, her skin wasn't very fair and the spots weren't very noticeable.
"Really? Are you kidding me? I think I have spots."
"Honey, you have to trust the eyesight of a professional soldier. I'm a shooting champion!"
"Wasn't that more than ten years ago?"
Bonnie didn't say it aloud, but the meaning was clear: You're already forty-five years old. Time waits for no one. Are your eyesight still good?
"Comrade Lin Baoni, you're finished! How dare you question your man's abilities like this? I have no choice but to prove it to you."
Gu Ye started unbuttoning his shirt, and Bao Ni was stunned. What had she said? Why was her brother Ye so excited all of a sudden? The scene changed too quickly.
Without giving Bonnie any time to think, Gu Ye took off his shirt and tossed it aside, then pulled off his tank top, revealing his abs. Before Bonnie could even take a second look, Gu Ye turned off the light and swept Bonnie up in his arms...
Afterwards, Bonnie was in a daze, thinking that whether or not she had freckles on her face didn't seem to matter anymore. She didn't have the energy to think about it anymore and fell asleep soon after.
Gu Ye lowered his head and kissed Bao Ni's forehead. "Silly woman, why think so much? What does it matter if you have freckles or not? In my eyes, you are the most beautiful."
Gu Ye reached out and pulled Bao Ni into his arms. He was too tired to continue, so he decided to just sleep.
The next day, Bonnie woke up early and felt like something was missing. She touched herself and realized that she was missing clothes.
"Honey, it's not even dawn yet. How did I behave yesterday? Is your man getting old?"
Bonnie felt her face burning again. What was wrong with her wild brother? It was so early in the morning, how could he not let her live?
"Brother, I was wrong. You're not old, you're amazing. Where are my clothes?"
Do you feel old?
"We're not old yet, we're both still young, and we'll definitely live to be old monsters in the future."
Bonnie felt her brother's restless hands; without the barrier of clothing, her nerves were on edge. She felt that if she kept worrying about whether or not she had freckles, her brother would make sure she couldn't get out of bed. This thought kept swirling in her mind.
"Yes, we're still young."
Gu Ye withdrew his hand and went back to sleep.
Bonnie quickly got out of bed and found a clean set of underwear and a sweater to change into. Looking at the messy clothes on the floor, Bonnie felt her face burning up again.
Bending down to pick up the clothes from the floor and placing them on a chair, Bonnie felt less hot and climbed back into bed, hoping to get some more sleep.
Gu Ye instinctively pulled Bao Ni into his arms, and the two fell asleep close together.
Having learned her lesson, Bonnie stopped paying attention to her face. Whether it was the aloe vera extract from Sanqi working or her relaxed mindset, Bonnie felt she still looked young and beautiful in the mirror!
At the end of April, Brother Gu returned. He was officially transferred back to serve as the mayor of Beijing, in charge of the economy. Bao Ni didn't know exactly how much power Brother Gu wielded or what rank he held, but she could tell from the satisfied smiles on Gu Ye and Brother Gu's faces that he had been promoted!
"Gu Ye, let's go see Mom during the May Day holiday and tell her that we're doing well."
“Okay, the kids are on holiday too, let’s go take a look together. Bonnie, remember to buy some flowers, my mom loves flowers, any kind will do. She says that seeing flowers is like seeing hope.”
During the years she was ill, I picked every flower I could find nearby, whether it was an inconspicuous wildflower or a very precious one; she loved them all and enjoyed looking at them.
"Yes, I know. The village chief of Dayang Village has a lot of flowers. I'll buy two pots and put them in front of my mother's grave so she can see them often in the future."
Bonnie gripped Gu Ye's hand tightly. Thinking of the image of that ten-year-old child searching everywhere for flowers for his mother, she felt like crying.
Gu Ze cried. At that time, he was busy studying and secretly taking over his mother's connections. He simply didn't have time to pay attention to these things.
"Brother, you don't need to feel sad. If it weren't for your hard work, we would have been finished long ago, and Mom would be worried too."
Gu Ye knew what his brother was thinking; there was nothing they could do about it. With an unreliable father, they had learned to fight for themselves early on.
"Okay, we'll take the kids with us during the May Day holiday. Seeing such outstanding children and grandchildren will make Mom happy and put her mind at ease."
Sister-in-law Gu handed Gu Ze a handkerchief so he could wipe his tears and calm himself down.
Brother Gu can only take office after May Day; some procedures haven't been completed yet.
"Gu Ye, we're moving to the courtyard house tomorrow. We still have a lot of things to take care of, and it's inconvenient to live in the military compound."
"Okay, your work is important. Since we're both in Beijing now, we'll have more opportunities to get together in the future."
Gu Ye understood his brother's concerns, and the courtyard house had already been prepared and was ready for immediate move-in.
That night, Gu Ye and Gu Ze were both deeply troubled. For over thirty years, they had been walking on thin ice, deprived of their mother's protection. Now, he and his elder brother had achieved some success. As long as they stayed true to themselves and avoided making fundamental mistakes, things would only get better for them.
Before we knew it, it was May 1st, and the children all came back.
"Gu Ye, put these two pots of flowers in the trunk. Be careful, they are in full bloom right now, there are many flower buds, don't knock them off."
"Okay, I'll be careful."
Gu Ye and his family of four were busy preparing to leave soon.
"Uncle Gu, Aunt Gu, I'm here."
"Southern? What brings you here?"
Bonnie didn't expect that Nanfang would come so early in the morning.
“I heard about it from Liu Jiu, and I also want to go and see Grandma to put her mind at ease, and also to get to know me, her grandson-in-law.”
"Brother Nanfang, you're always finding a way to flaunt your status, as if you're afraid no one will know you!"
Sanqi really couldn't understand why Nanfang, who was always so smart, seemed to have lost his IQ after getting a girlfriend.
"Alright, stop nagging and get in the car, it's quite a distance."
Gu Ye really wanted to throw Mu Nanfang out, but seeing his daughter's obviously happy face, he held back and decided to do it for her sake.
Sanqi, oblivious to the situation, sat between Liujiu and Mu Nanfang, ignoring Mu Nanfang's suggestive glances.
His sister has grown up and needs to keep a certain distance from men. Before marriage, every man is a stranger.
Gu Ye looked at Sanqi and thought to himself, "My son is sensible and has done a good job!"
Looking at the two men, one big and one small, and then at Mu Nanfang with a mournful expression, and Liu Jiu who was completely bewildered, Bao Ni thought that her family was really talented!
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