early morning.
Su Jin got up, packed her luggage, and murmured to herself as she looked in the mirror.
"Life has too many shadows... It feels so cool here."
She went downstairs and saw Gu Xingze busy in the kitchen. She sat on the sofa and casually asked, "Aren't you going to work?"
Gu Xingze froze. "Ah, I'll go after I finish cooking for you."
Su Jin crossed her legs and chuckled softly, "You should be secretly happy to be with me. You have enough time to cheat on me while I'm at work."
The moment he finished speaking, Gu Xingze rushed out of the kitchen like a firecracker, without even having time to wipe the water off his hands.
"Honey, I didn't cheat on you!"
Su Jin shrank back slightly, frowning as she looked at his flustered expression. "Why are you reacting so strongly? I was just joking."
He turned around with a grim expression, a dull ache in his chest, and said in a low voice, "Don't make jokes like that... it's not funny."
Su Jin was baffled. "If I don't do abstract art, what am I supposed to do? Could you take a slap?"
The air fell silent for a few seconds.
Gu Xingze coughed a few times, feigning nonchalance, "I can handle it."
Su Jin: "......"
What's with all this shyness?
Scroll through Weibo to see what kind of waves have been stirred up on the internet while she was away.
The third trending topic is #OurLifeRectificationPremiere#
Su Jin understood immediately; the production team was already warming up for tonight's live broadcast.
Just thinking about it makes me tired, like a beggar who's been begging for food all day only to find his bowl full of counterfeit money.
The doorbell rang.
Seeing that Gu Xingze was busy, Su Jin went to open the door herself.
The first thing that caught her eye was a familiar yet aged face. After thinking for a while, Su Jin blurted out, "Uncle Zhang?"
"Xiao Jin".
Her gaze followed the sound and fell upon Xie Yunhuai, who was sitting in a wheelchair, waving to her.
"Holy crap! Bro, what's wrong with you?"
Uncle Zhang pushed the wheelchair in and said in a rambling voice, "Knowing that you were leaving today, Miss, he was worried and insisted on coming to check on you."
"Uncle Zhang, don't talk nonsense," Xie Yunhuai said, pretending to scold him.
Uncle Zhang sighed inwardly. He was paid a housekeeper's salary, but he also had to play along with his employer's act. It was really hard to do a job these days.
Hearing the noise, Gu Xingze walked over. "Wife, who is it?"
His face darkened instantly upon seeing Xie Yunhuai.
"What are you doing here?" The tone was very unfriendly.
Xie Yunhuai put on a sad expression and tried to play the victim with Su Jin.
"Xiao Jin, has your husband misunderstood something? I gave you the house simply because you are my sister, there was no other meaning behind it."
These words struck Gu Xingze like a thunderbolt, leaving him staring at Su Jin in disbelief.
What does he mean by that?
Su Jin crossed her arms and looked directly at him. "The literal meaning."
"Yes, I'm worried she'll get taken advantage of. After all, a girl needs her own house to feel secure, don't you think?"
Xie Yunhuai added fuel to the fire for Gu Xingze, his voice innocent, every tone carefully crafted.
Gu Xingze couldn't take the provocation. His clenched hands trembled with anger, and he roared at Xie Yunhuai.
"What's it to you! I don't need anyone else to give my wife confidence! I can give her as many houses as she wants!"
Xie Yunhuai shrank back as if startled, and slowly bent down to cough softly.
Seeing this, Su Jin glared at Gu Xingze and said, "What are you yelling about! Are you trying to see who can shout the loudest? My brother isn't well, and you're still yelling like that. What do you want to do?"
Gu Xingze's arrogance immediately diminished by half.
"I...I didn't mean to do anything. It's your brother who has no sense of boundaries. I'm your husband, Jinjin."
Pointing at Xie Yunhuai, who was coughing with his mouth covered in a wheelchair, she accused, "I'm a man too, how could I not see what he's thinking? He just wants to break us up so he can take advantage of the situation! He's a homewrecker!"
Su Jin's lips twitched as she listened; what on earth was all this nonsense?
Xie Yunhuai visibly froze, his feigned broken tenderness crumbling, and he abruptly stood up.
"You're talking nonsense!"
Gu Xingze excitedly pointed behind Su Jin, "Look, he's standing up! What do you mean he's not feeling well? He's just faking it to make you feel sorry for him."
Xie Yunhuai quickly sat back in his wheelchair, pretending nothing had happened.
Su Jin turned around to look, half believing and half doubting, and saw that he was sitting properly in the wheelchair, but his face was still so pale.
She turned and glared at Gu Xingze, "What nonsense are you thinking now? Do you think I don't know whether he's sick or not?"
Gu Xingze was furious. He spun around in place, pointing at Xie Yunhuai and sneering uncontrollably, his face contorted with rage.
"You, you just think my wife is naive and easy to fool. Just wait, I won't let you get away with this, you damn green tea."
Su Jin didn't even bother to say anything more to him.
Exhausted, she said, "I've known him for so many years. If there were anything between us, we would have had it already. Why would it be your turn? Can you please stop treating my brother as your enemy?"
To be fair, this was Su Jin's true feeling. She was grateful to Xie Yunhuai; she had helped him before, and he had helped her in return, and that was enough.
But Gu Xingze was deeply hurt by those words.
His eyes were brimming with overwhelming sorrow. Because he couldn't see the person in front of him clearly, he blinked blankly, tears streaming down his cheeks.
Seeing him cry, Su Jin subconsciously frowned and stepped back, "Why are you crying again?"
Gu Xingze raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face and walked towards her step by step, his eyes filled with unyielding bitterness.
“You weren’t like this when you saw me cry before.”
It wasn't a subconscious avoidance, nor was it an obvious aversion.
Gu Xingze raised his hand to smooth the impatient wrinkles between her brows, his eyelashes trembling. "Why don't you care about me anymore?"
Su Jin was speechless. She called him by his full name, "Gu Xingze, you need to know one thing: the same trick won't work if you use it too much."
The first time she saw him cry, it might have been out of curiosity and a willingness to play along. But once that initial excitement wore off, the next time she saw him cry...
An indescribable bitterness welled up from the bottom of Gu Xingze's heart, rising to his throat. He wanted to vomit but couldn't, and could only swallow it back with difficulty.
He nodded and said softly, "I understand."
Su Jin watched him turn and leave, go upstairs, and close the door in one smooth motion.
A man's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea.
I really don't understand what he's trying to do.
I turned around and chatted with Xie Yunhuai for a while, then saw him off and went out to pick up a package—dog supplies I had ordered yesterday.
She picked up her phone when WeChat buzzed.
[Gu]: The puppy has arrived. Go home and check on it.
Su Jin's eyebrows twitched slightly. So fast?
I quickened my pace home, and Gu Xingze told me on WeChat that he was in his bedroom.
The thought of a puppy waiting for her at home brought a smile to her face as she opened the door.
"A puppy?... "
Su Jin's smile froze on her face.
Gu Xingze was kneeling in front of her, naked, wearing dog-ear headbands and a collar around his neck.
She looked at Su Jin with teary eyes.
A sliver of bright red tongue was visible.
I called out softly.
"Woof..."
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