23. What do you smell like?
"Do you really need one?"
"Music Park is a place where music lovers, young and old, gather to enjoy the relaxation and joy brought by music."
Chu Yanhui expressed his inner thoughts.
She looked down at the calluses on the fingertips of her left hand, and recalled playing the pipa with her classmates in the teaching building. The scenes flashed through her mind, and the laughter seemed to ring in her ears.
In the blink of an eye, eight years have passed. Not only have those classmates scattered all over the place, but even the alma mater that carried them on the journey of their dreams has become a ruin.
"The park should be designed according to the traditional Chinese style of square inside and round outside, avoiding the Westernized style of Hong Kong. Planting some vegetation is ideal, so you can hear the melodious chirping of cicadas in the summer and see plum blossoms in the winter."
"There is a corridor that can seat many people, and outdoor performances on rainy days are very poetic. The corridor leads to a pavilion with flying eaves and upturned corners, and inside the pavilion is a stone table for communication."
"The main hall is divided into sections to store Western and traditional musical instruments. In case of bad weather, you can practice inside the hall."
Fu Rongshen stood beside her, and from her brief description he could already see a musical utopia that belonged to her.
He touched her slightly lowered head and said in a pleasant voice: "When the building is completed, you must play a song for it."
"What?"
Chu Yanhui looked up in surprise, and his hands were pressed to the back of his head by the force.
His fingers touched her neck, and the warm and delicate skin made his arms stiffen slightly and his throat tighten.
He withdrew his hand, let it hang by his side, and twisted his thumb and index finger in secret.
"I've already bought this piece of land. While I was dealing with it these past two days, I suddenly remembered that this is your alma mater. Coincidentally, you're here, so its future will be decided by you."
In order to prevent her from feeling what he was thinking, he changed the actual order of events when he spoke.
In fact, he had spent a large sum of money to buy the land from the auction because he knew she cared about her alma mater. The land had been lying idle here for over a year, waiting for her to come.
Only she can decide what to do with it in the future.
Chu Yanhui was so shocked that he was almost speechless: "You bought this piece of land? Do you want to listen to my joke and turn it into a music park?"
He nodded.
"Yes, it's built according to your idea. There's only one thing wrong. Why are you kidding me?"
The girl was in a more difficult situation: "This... Uncle, I don't have the right to decide on this piece of land, and I'm just thinking about it. It must be useful for you to buy it, so don't-"
"You can't decide, but I can. Yan Hui, my decision is to adopt your opinion."
He looked at her calmly, and his words were official but gentle, and her heart suddenly beat like thunder.
These eyes are so bewitching.
It seemed... it seemed that if she said now that she wanted stars, he would pick them and give them to her.
Almost the next moment, she was frightened by her own thoughts, turned her head away, and avoided looking at him.
What a terrible thought!
Not only is he an uncle, but he's also my best friend's uncle. How could he... have such thoughts?
Fu Rongshen watched her dodge and evade, his expression darkening for a moment. He made up a reason that she could accept:
"I originally wanted to sell it to build a small commercial center, but this use has been replaced by other land, and it is now in a state of abandonment."
"I think your idea is great. Building a music park is much more meaningful than just leaving it idle here."
As expected, the girl finally relaxed her tense nerves: "So that's how it is. I thought..."
"What else?" he asked.
Chu Yanhui shook his head and smiled easily: "Nothing, little uncle, let's go back."
She almost mistakenly thought that he bought the land for her and was scared to death.
Just say it, how could this happen!
She didn't know that her fleeting and terrifying guess was the truth.
Little did she know that something big would happen soon that would disrupt her peaceful life.
Gu He doesn’t have much work to do normally. As a senior executive in the family business, he can adjust his own working hours and go home much earlier than her.
Every time she worked overtime and came back at ten o'clock, she would see him waiting for her.
Today, he sat on the sofa and read a book.
Although he had a cold face, he stood up and took her bag when he saw her walk in.
The two hugged.
She kissed the corner of his mouth:
"Ahe, I'm back."
He held her waist and complained, "I can support you. There's no need for me to go out to work."
She shook her head.
"I don't want you to keep it. What's the difference between it and a pet?"
"What are you talking about!"
He stopped talking, and an unhappy look appeared on his cold and resolute face.
As she walked towards the living room after changing her shoes, the man suddenly stopped her and asked warily, "Chu Yanhui, what's that smell on you?"
She sniffed her clothes but didn't smell anything. She asked in confusion, "Crayfish? We had spicy crayfish tonight."
"No," Gu He frowned, his raised eyebrows pressing down on his eyes making him look arrogant and cold, as if he was always angry. "A smell... of roses."
When she heard the word "rose", she felt a pang of fear and suddenly remembered that ridiculous night and the rich rose scent on the stranger, and her heart began to pound.
Afraid that he would find out.
Restraining her panic, she said, "Rose? I'm out of perfume with this scent. I was planning to buy some in the next couple of days..."
"Speaking of roses, I remember there was a time in high school when your uniform was scented with roses. It smelled really nice."
She fell in love with Gu He because of the rose scent on him.
At that time, among all the sloppy or less privileged male classmates of the same age in Haicheng No. 1 Middle School, only this man had the rose fragrance that penetrated her heart, and she was immediately touched.
——This boy must be clean, tidy and polite.
Sure enough, after she joined the student union, she discovered that he was indeed such a person.
Then she saw other sides of him.
For example, his outstanding appearance, with his sword-like eyebrows flying, eyes sparkling, and a stern expression, made him look like the calmest commander.
For example, he had a muscular physique and a sexy, healthy tan. He was always at home at sports games and meets, and the abdominal muscles he showed while playing made her feel excited.
So, she gradually fell in love and finally plunged into an irresistible secret love.
Gu He listened to the girl's nostalgic voice and thought for a long time, but he couldn't remember anything.
Just a casual remark:
"Yeah, back then, my studies were my priority, so my mom was the one who did the laundry. She had the final say on what laundry detergent to use, but I don't know for sure, I've forgotten it a long time ago."
Hearing his indifferent tone, Chu Yanhui was suddenly stunned.
She felt like she had been slapped.
Suddenly, I realized with a chill all over my body—
Gu He's clean and tidy character is not spontaneous, but comes from his mother's strict requirements on him.
To form a habit, a mother may have to urge, persuade, and scold her child over and over again.
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