Chapter 63 Let’s elope.
The next afternoon, when the sun was shining brightly through the window, Yue Qianling finally woke up.
If she hadn't considered that she had important things to do today, she would have wanted to sleep forever.
Unfortunately, looking at the clock, she had to get up and wash up.
Gu Xun was still sleeping soundly beside her, with his arm across her body.
Yue Qianling turned her head to look at him with her eyes lowered quietly, then raised her hand and gently touched his eyelashes.
Seeing that he didn't move, she moved her fingers down along his eyes, across his nose, and finally stopped on his thin lips.
Although his face was very close and within reach, Yue Qianling still felt a subtle sense of unreality.
The boy, for whom even saying a word was a luxury, now lay quietly beside her, holding her in his arms even in his sleep, his breath lingering on her nose.
The reason why she slept so late today was not only because of excessive physical exertion, but also because every detail of last night magnified Yue Qianling's mental stimulation to the extreme.
If she hadn't felt strange in her body at this moment, she would have suspected that last night was a dream.
After lying quietly for a while, Yue Qianling decided to get up and dress up.
The man only needed to wash his face and brush his teeth, so she didn't plan to wake up Gu Xun. She just gently lifted his arm, brushed away the quilt, and got out of bed quietly.
However, as soon as her toes touched the ground, she felt a soreness in the base of her legs. It wasn't very painful, but it instantly aroused Yue Qianling's nerves, reminding her of Gu Xun's shameless and shameless behavior last night.
It only took him one night to completely destroy his image of a pure and innocent boy.
Thinking of this, Yue Qianling felt resentful from nowhere, turned around and punched Gu Xun in the chest.
Sleep, sleep, sleep nothing.
The person on the bed was unexpectedly awakened and opened his eyes in confusion and helplessness.
"What are you doing?"
"Do you need a reason to beat you up?"
Yue Qianling said this and got up to go to the bathroom.
When he made all kinds of unreasonable demands last night, I didn't see him give a reason.
The sound of gurgling water was heard. Yue Qianling just lowered her head to wash her face, but the faucet was turned off.
She looked up at Gu Xun in the mirror, who was only wearing a pair of pajamas, and pulled the corners of her mouth helplessly, "Can't you put on some clothes?"
Gu Xun raised his hand and turned the faucet to the hot water side, saying nonchalantly: "It's not like there's anywhere you haven't seen, so why bother with that?"
Yue Qianling: “…”
It wasn't her initiative to look, but he forced her to open her eyes.
The water in the faucet was already hot at this moment. Yue Qianling was too lazy to pay attention to him and just buried her head in the water to wash her face.
There was a sink next to them, and Gu Xun was standing next to her brushing his teeth. The two of them synchronized almost every movement, but for some reason, Yue Qianling always felt that Gu Xun was looking at her vaguely.
"What happened again?"
"nothing."
Gu Xun's eyes passed over her chest, "I'll go change my clothes."
As soon as he left, Yue Qianling realized where he had been looking.
With his height, he could have a clear view of Yue Qianling's neckline without her having to bend down.
When Yue Qianling realized something, he lowered his head and gasped.
No wonder he suddenly stopped last night and asked her what she was going to wear tomorrow.
Yue Qianling couldn't understand why he would ask such a question at this time. She hummed and said "shirt dress", and then he became more unscrupulous in his actions on her body.
Seeing the mottled marks below the collarbone at this moment, Yue Qianling clenched his fists again.
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It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when the two of them went out.
Yue Qianling originally planned to wear a short vest and then unbutton three buttons of her shirt dress to reveal half of her shoulders so that she wouldn't look so rigid.
Thanks to Gu Xun, she buttoned her clothes properly without missing a single button. With her serious expression, she looked like a high school study committee member who was well-liked by her class teacher.
"Actually..." Gu Xun lowered his head and looked at her clothes, "You have met my mother many times, so you don't have to dress like a decent woman."
Yue Qianling: “…”
She was silent for a while, then said, "Gu Xun, you know what? When I first heard the term 'beast in human clothing', I had no idea how to interpret it."
Gu Xun raised his eyebrows.
"Then what?"
Yue Qianling: "Until I met you, I had a deep understanding of this word."
Gu Xun dragged out an "Oh?" and said, "Then can you elaborate on your understanding?"
Yue Qianling frowned and ignored him, walked to the side of the road and stretched out her hand to stop a car.
The hotel was not close to Gu Xun's home, and the road was congested. Cars stopped every few lines, making Yue Qianling feel sleepy.
Until the phone suddenly vibrated, Luotuo suddenly sent the group photo taken yesterday to the group.
[Camel]: I went home yesterday to do other things and forgot to send you the photos.
When she was taking pictures yesterday, she didn't expect Gu Xun to kiss her unexpectedly, so she didn't feel comfortable rushing to ask Luotuo for the photo. She finished the meal calmly and forgot about the incident afterwards.
Now that he had posted it, Yue Qianling was holding her phone and looking at it with great interest, not caring at all about the clutter in the background.
After a while, she turned her head and found Gu Xun was also looking at the photo.
The difference was that when he enlarged the photo, the screen was almost completely filled with Yue Qianling's face.
He looked at the photo intently, while Yue Qianling stared at him intently.
After a while, Yue Qianling suddenly realized that they were being a little silly, so she cleared her throat and said, "What are you looking at for so long?"
"Look at you."
In the photo, Yue Qianling's eyes were smiling like two crescent moons, shining like stars under the dim light of the restaurant.
Gu Xun put down his phone, turned his head and met her gaze, "Why are your eyes so beautiful, like there are stars in them."
Yue Qianling raised her chin and turned away, saying lightly, "Of course."
"Yeah." Gu Xun said lightly, "But my eyes are better."
Yue Qianling turned her head and glanced at him, then smiled and said, "There are stars in my eyes, what are there in yours?"
"Yes, you are."
Yue Qianling didn't say anything else. She stared at Gu Xun's reflection in the car window, the smile on her lips slowly widening.
At this time, Xiaomai suddenly appeared and ruined the atmosphere.
[Xiaomi]: Damn, what’s wrong with this photo? Camel, did you threaten Lin Xun with a gun?
[Xiaomi]: Why did he suddenly become like this?
Camel: grievance
[Camel]: He is the one who is horny, what does it have to do with me?
[Xiaomi]: I really regret that I didn’t go home and see this unprecedented scene.
【Xiaomi】: @Nutomi Xiaomahua Linxun is definitely different when he gets horny
[Xiaomi]: Don’t blame me for not reminding you, especially at night, be careful of his ruthless behavior!
Yue Qianling: “…”
Already destroyed.
Gu Xun directly took Yue Qianling's phone and dialed two numbers with an expressionless face.
【Glutinous rice small fried dough twist】：86
【wheat】:?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Countdown to the postgraduate entrance examination.
【Wheat】:......886
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The residential complex where Gu Xun lives is located in a quiet old city area. When they got off the car, the community security guard saw him at a glance and stuck his upper body out of the security booth to greet him.
"Yo, it feels like I haven't seen you home for a long time."
After saying that, he looked at Yue Qianling again, "You even brought your girlfriend back."
The two of them simply greeted him, and he made an exaggerated gesture to drive them away: "Go back quickly, your mother just got back from get off work a while ago."
Just got back from get off work?
Yue Qianling only knew that Gu Yunping would not go out to play during the National Day, but she didn't know that she was actually still working overtime.
"Auntie, doesn't their company have a holiday on National Day?"
Gu Xun: "Their company is a multinational enterprise, and foreigners don't celebrate National Day, so although she has a nominal holiday, as the financial director, she is basically still working."
So that's how it is.
No wonder Gu Xun swore that he would be able to see her when he came back without informing her in advance.
Speak of the devil, here he appears. When entering the elevator, Yue Qianling received a message from Gu Yunping.
"Auntie doesn't know anything yet. She's still telling us not to eat too much junk food when we go out, to find a restaurant with a good environment, to eat breakfast, and to get enough protein every day. Oh, she also said it's autumn now and you don't like eating vegetables, so she asked you to buy some vitamin tablets."
Gu Xun didn't say anything. The elevator stopped on the ninth floor. When he saw the familiar door of his home, he sighed softly.
"There is no such thing as casual in my mother's life. She strictly balances the nutrition of her three meals a day. Luotuo once said that if my mother retires, she can definitely take the nutritionist license exam."
As he spoke, he opened the door.
Gu Yunping was sitting in the restaurant eating, reading a report carefully, and did not notice the movement at the door.
Looking at Gu Yunping's slender back, Gu Xun seemed to be in a trance for a moment, and then he took his and Yue Qianling's suitcases and stepped in.
Gu Yunping was startled when she heard the sound of the rollers and turned back in panic.
The moment she saw the person coming, the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground, and her whole body froze, with her mouth half open but unable to utter a word.
At this moment, Gu Xun had already walked in front of her. Just as he was about to say something, his eyes fell on the dining table and he was suddenly stunned.
Yue Qianling didn't notice Gu Xun's change, she just smiled and said to Gu Yunping: "Happy birthday, Auntie!"
Even after Yue Qianling said this, Gu Yunping still didn't come back to her senses. This surprise and shock, which she hadn't experienced in many years, made her not know how to respond, and her expression was still frozen on her face.
Yue Qianling reached out to pull Gu Xun's sleeve, motioning for him to say something.
However, when she turned around, she saw Gu Xun staring at the dining table quietly with complicated emotions.
Yue Qianling followed his gaze and was also stunned.
There was a laptop on the table, with some printed reports piled on the keyboard.
On the other side, there was a bowl of rice soaked in soup, with a few vegetable leaves scattered on top and a handful of pickled mustard tubers piled on the edge of the bowl.
The air in the room froze at this moment and no one spoke.
Gu Yunping was silent because of the sudden surprise, while Yue Qianling and Gu Xun were shocked by the scene before them.
After a while, Gu Xun frowned and looked at Gu Yunping, with a heaviness in his eyes that Yue Qianling had never seen before.
"You're eating this at home alone?"
Gu Yunping finally came back to her senses from her shock, quickly picked up the chopsticks that had just fallen to the ground, and walked towards the kitchen.
"I've been so busy these past few days, so I'm just going to eat something to save some time."
She put the chopsticks in the sink and didn't take new ones. She turned around and smiled, "Didn't you guys go out to play? Why did you come here suddenly?"
Gu Xun didn't say anything, just stared at her.
"We are here to celebrate your birthday." Yue Qianling came back to his senses and smiled again, "But you seem a little busy?"
"I'm not busy right now. I'm just checking the report." Then she asked, "Did you just get off the plane? I'll go get you some water."
During their conversation, Gu Xun tilted his head, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and walked towards the kitchen.
"Let me do it."
He was tall and had long legs, and he reached the front of the stage in just two or three steps. He opened the familiar cupboard door and saw a lot of self-heating rice and instant noodles piled inside.
As his emotions surged, his arms froze in mid-air.
Ever since the incident that year when Lin Hongyi abandoned him at the Science and Technology Museum, Gu Yunping no longer allowed such fast food products to appear in his home.
No matter how busy she is at work, as long as Gu Xun is at home, she will go home and cook for him personally.
It has been going on for more than ten years, rain or shine, with almost no exceptions.
But sometimes when Gu Xun wanted to eat some instant noodles or something, he would go to the supermarket to buy some and take them home, but Gu Yunping would throw it away every time she saw her.
The two had many arguments over this, and neither would back down.
As a teenager, Gu Changchang was often irritated by such trivial matters and didn't understand why he didn't even have the freedom to decide what to eat.
But until today, after not returning home for a long time, he witnessed with his own eyes how Gu Yunping lived alone at home.
Old memories came flooding back, and when Gu Xun looked back on the past, he realized that he had never pulled himself out of his own state to observe Gu Yunping's life.
Her strictness and self-discipline are not innate, but because she is essentially a single mother from beginning to end.
When she was alone and had no place to release her maternal love, those extremely meticulous habits disappeared.
Gu Xun suddenly felt that his stubbornness towards freedom became ridiculous.
At this moment, Gu Yunping's voice suddenly rang out.
"The cups are not there. I bought a sterilizer last year and moved everything into it."
Seeing that Gu Xun didn't react, she walked towards the kitchen.
"Forget it, I'll get it, you go to the living room and rest."
The moment she passed him, Gu Yunping felt a hand on her shoulder.
The feeling that blood is thicker than water made her realize that the atmosphere had quietly changed in a flash, and she subconsciously stopped in her tracks.
The next second, Gu Xun stretched out his arms and held her in his arms.
She was still stiff all over, so Gu Xun pressed the back of her head and let her lean her head on his shoulder.
"Happy birthday, mom."
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That night, the three of them went out for dinner. There were long queues at many restaurants, and they went around several places before they found one with empty seats.
After finishing their meal, passing by a shopping mall, Gu Yunping said that she was in a hurry when she went to Jiangcheng last time and did not prepare any gift for Yue Qianling, so she insisted on dragging her in to buy a bracelet.
Because of this delay, it was almost ten o'clock when I got home.
As soon as she entered the room, Gu Yunping suddenly thought of something and asked Yue Qianling: "By the way, are you going to sleep in the guest room or..."
Yue Qianling knew what she meant, and quickly said, "I'll just sleep in the guest room."
"Okay, then I'll go change you a set of clean sheets."
After Gu Yunping left, Yue Qianling glanced at Gu Xun, and he smiled and gently hooked her finger.
"Didn't you say yesterday that you would be responsible for me? Why are you sleeping in a separate room from me today?"
"……roll."
Yue Qianling didn’t know if it was because she got up too late today or because this was the home where Gu Xun had lived for many years.
In short, she didn't play with her phone for more than half an hour after lying down, but she still couldn't sleep.
It was not until more than ten minutes later that she heard faint voices coming from the living room.
Although she couldn't hear the specific content, she could tell that it was Gu Xun and Gu Yunping who were talking.
The thick clouds outside the window dispersed, and the night sky was bright with a bright moon and sparse stars.
Yue Qianling listened to the chattering conversation and unknowingly fell into a gentle dream.
Later she woke up again. In her confusion, she didn't know the exact time, but she felt it was very late.
But the whispers from the living room still floated in the air.
This time, no one knew how long it had been before Yue Qianling saw the light coming through the crack in the door finally go out, and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
In a daze, she didn't know whether she was dreaming or not. She always felt that Gu Xun came to her guest room and seemed to have kissed her forehead gently.
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It rained lightly for the next two days.
Gu Yunping went to work during the day, and Gu Xun took Yue Qianling to stroll around the city with an umbrella.
Although it seemed aimless, Yue Qianling slowly felt that Gu Xun had a route in his mind.
He was taking her through every step of his growth.
The childhood and adolescence of ordinary people are more or less the same, and Gu Xun is not much of an exception, but all of this is new to Yue Qianling.
It was like watching an immersive movie. In just two days, all the good and bad memories in his memory existed in Yue Qianling's mind.
On the morning of the third day, Yue Qianling was awakened by the warm sunshine.
As I was staring at the window in a daze, there was a knock on the door.
Yue Qianling knew who it was and said with a yawn, "Come in."
When Gu Xun pushed the door open, Yue Qianling turned around and asked, "Auntie is gone?"
Gu Xun lazily sat down on the edge of the bed, leaned on the pillow, and glanced at her sideways.
"It's eleven o'clock."
"oh."
Yue Qianling stood up, stretched, opened the window, and the sunlight poured in like a waterfall, sprinkling on her generously.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath of the fresh autumn air. Gu Xun stood beside her in front of the window without her noticing.
In her peripheral vision, Yue Qianling saw the warm sun cast a faint golden glow on Gu Xun. His amber eyes looked nonchalant, yet sparkling.
The scene seemed to go back to the autumn three years ago when Yue Qianling first met him under the osmanthus tree.
She took back what she had said.
Her youthful persona has not collapsed, and she is still the one who makes her heart beat faster at first sight.
But at that time, there was a hint of irritation between his brows.
But now, his invisible cocoon seems to have faded away, and there is not a trace of impurities in the shallow smile on the corner of his mouth.
After looking for a long time, Yue Qianling looked at the red maple leaves outside the window again and said for no apparent reason: "The weather is really nice today."
"yes."
Gu Xun raised his hand and hooked her shoulders, "The weather is so nice, let's elope."
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