Chapter 7: Two people go out together!
Although it was still summer, the nights were filled with heavy dew. Since she had a weak constitution, a cold shower would definitely catch a cold. What if she didn't shower? Gu Yunting's scent and traces were still lingering on her body, and as a germaphobe, she couldn't tolerate it at all.
She went to the west kitchen and wanted to use the large pot on the stove to boil some water. Although she had lived in the city since she was a child and had never used these things, she still had seen pigs run even though she had never eaten pork.
She left the kitchen to look for firewood, but the yard was clean and tidy, and there was no firewood. She thought of the thermos in the house, but found that the water in the thermos was also empty.
Finally, she had to compromise, and she quickly scooped up water to take a cold shower. Because she had no change of clothes, she had to put on the sweat-smelling clothes again.
It was already very late at night when she returned to the inner room and finished drying her hair. She was just about to go to bed when she smelled the smelly clothes on her body and couldn't help it. She glanced at the cabinet in the corner of the room and walked over to open it.
The closet was very empty, with only two men's white shirts hanging in it. She took one down and tried it on. The length of the shirt was just enough to cover her thighs. She smelled a fresh soapy scent on the shirt, obviously it had been freshly washed.
She put on the shirt with satisfaction, then took the clothes she took off to the bathroom to wash and hang them up. Then she dragged her tired body back to the inner room, not caring whose quilt it was, she wrapped herself tightly in a corner and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, Su Mengxue was awakened by a knock on the door. She opened the door sleepily and saw Gu Yunting standing tall in front of her.
The moment Gu Yunting pushed the door open, his fingertips suddenly tightened on the door handle.
Su Mengxue's hair was loose, neither tied nor pinned, falling to her waist like a waterfall. She was wearing his shirt with the collar wide open, and the ambiguous red marks on it were particularly eye-catching.
Because she was very thin, the hem of her dress hung loosely to her thighs, revealing her slender, white legs unobstructed before his eyes. His eyes darkened, and his throat tightened for no reason.
Su Mengxue had just woken up and didn't realize anything was wrong with her. She looked up at him and asked bluntly, "Gu Yunting, are you here so early to give me some money?"
Gu Yunting suddenly turned his face away, quickly took off his coat and handed it to her: "You... put it on first." There was a tremor in his hoarse voice that he himself didn't even notice.
Su Mengxue lowered her head following his gaze, and only then noticed that two buttons on her shirt were unbuttoned, exposing a large area of skin at her neck. In the 1980s, it was indeed "indecent" for her to dress like this.
No wonder the man in front of me had a red face and even his fingertips were trembling as he handed me the clothes.
She didn't reach out to take his clothes. She straightened her collar, buttoned it up carelessly, and asked again, "Are you here to give me money?"
Gu Yunting paused with his hand holding the clothes in mid-air. When he thought that other men might also see her like this, a subtle sense of irritation suddenly welled up in his heart.
The next second, he stubbornly handed the clothes forward, his Adam's apple rolling heavily: "You put it on first."
Through last night's contact, Su Mengxue knew that Gu Yunting had a stubborn personality. In order to get the money as soon as possible, she had no choice but to reach out and take the clothes and put them on. Then she looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow: "Gu Yunting, is it okay now?"
Gu Yunting saw Su Mengxue putting on his coat out of the corner of his eye, then he took out a cowhide envelope from his trouser pocket and handed it to her.
Su Mengxue's eyes suddenly lit up. Without any hesitation, she took it and opened the envelope in public.
In addition to the thirty Great Unity notes that the two of them had agreed upon, there were also several bills, including cloth coupons, grain coupons, meat coupons and sugar coupons.
Her fingertips paused, and she suddenly realized that in the 1980s, in addition to money, one also needed tickets to buy things. These tickets were very rare, and she did not expect Gu Yunting to give her these.
"I'm single and I don't need these bills. You can take them." Gu Yunting saw her confusion and explained in a low voice.
Su Mengxue put the bills and the Great Unity back into the envelope, then smiled at Gu Yunting: "Then I won't be polite, Gu Yunting, thank you."
"My dad's birthday party starts at noon. To avoid raising his suspicions, I'll come pick you up around noon, and we'll go celebrate his birthday together."
Su Mengxue nodded readily in agreement.
Gu Yunting paused, his eyes swept over the clothes on her body, and said, "After breakfast, you can go to the department store and buy some clothes to wear."
Su Mengxue knew that Gu Yunting thought her clothes were too shabby, and she actually had the same plan.
The book clearly states that on Gu Changhe's 70th birthday, the original owner wore that blouse to attend the birthday banquet and was ridiculed by Sun Suqin and several noble ladies. They publicly said that she was a country bumpkin who was trying to climb up the social ladder and was not presentable.
She decided to dress up carefully to blind those snobbish people and vent the anger of the original owner.
But she didn't know the way, and time was a bit tight, so she raised an eyebrow and asked, "Gu Yunting, could you please come with me? I just arrived in Jiangbei and I don't know the way."
Gu Yunting thought that he was quite famous in Jiangbei, and if he accompanied her, it would definitely cause gossip along the way.
He then thought that Gu Xiangyu had been sent to the Public Security Bureau this morning, and his two cronies were there last night. Sooner or later, the truth would be revealed, and the affair between him and Su Mengxue would definitely leak out.
If he could go with her, at least for his sake, there would be less gossip.
The look in his eyes changed several times before he replied, "Okay."
Su Mengxue raised her brows slightly: "It's a bit late to go out after dinner, so why don't we go out now?"
Gu Yunting was actually planning to take her out for dinner first, but seeing how anxious she was, he somehow compromised and said, "Okay."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the clothes on Su Mengxue and asked with a frown, "What about you?"
"Wait here for me, I'll go change my clothes."
Su Mengxue knew what Gu Yunting wanted to say. She picked up the skirt on the clothesline and quickly returned to the house. A few minutes later, she reappeared in front of Gu Yunting.
A hint of doubt flashed in Gu Yunting's eyes again. Su Mengxue was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but her hairstyle had changed. She tied her hair up high, with a few strands of hair hanging on both sides of her cheeks. She looked playful and smart. She was completely different from before.
Before he could think about it, Su Mengxue handed him the clothes in her hand: "Your coat, let's go!"
Gu Yunting reached out to take the clothes and put them on. Su Mengxue couldn't wait to skip past him and walk forward. She was full of curiosity about everything in this era, and she couldn't wait to understand and explore.
When Gu Yunting saw her lively back, the doubts in his heart grew deeper and deeper.
After Su Mengxue walked out of the Gu family's courtyard, she discovered that the Gu family lived in the innermost part of the military compound. Except for the Gu family's courtyard, there were tube-shaped buildings all around, which shows how high the Gu family's status was.
On the way out of the family compound, people kept looking in their direction and greeting them with a smile. These neighbors first spoke to Gu Yunting, but in the end, their eyes all fell on Su Mengxue.
Su Mengxue was used to big scenes, so she didn't think anything of it. After all, everyone loves gossip. But what she didn't realize was that after she and Gu Yunting left the family compound, the aunties and grandmas in the entire compound were in an uproar.
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