After leaving the state-run restaurant, the two did not immediately go into the supply and marketing cooperative to buy sugar, but instead went to a more secluded back alley.
With something providing cover, the two quietly entered the space and changed their clothes.
Are you hungry?
Su Ying returned Gu Sinian's kiss. The two were a couple deeply in love, and kissing and hugging every day was a very common thing for them.
"A little. I want to eat the chicken stew with mushrooms that I didn't finish at lunch."
"good."
After changing his clothes, Gu Sinian hurriedly went to heat up the dishes, only to forget that the food in his spatial dimension didn't need to be heated, and the dishes were still warm.
He patted his head, realizing he'd been so busy he'd forgotten that he usually fed the little girl leftovers as her main meals, and had completely forgotten that the space could keep things warm.
I never usually get to eat leftovers, which is why I made such a fool of myself today.
He served the rice and placed it in Su Ying's usual seat, calling out loudly to Su Ying, who was still getting ready in her room.
"Let's go out for dinner!"
"Okay. I'll be right there. Eat first if you're hungry, don't wait for me."
Su Ying disguised herself and came out of the room with makeup on, making her look very unfamiliar to Gu Sinian.
"Doesn't your makeup make me look a bit old? It doesn't really suit me."
Su Ying looked at Gu Sinian's makeup, then at her own, and felt it matched well. Why didn't it match?
Gu Sinian was a typical rough country man, with dark skin and clothes and makeup that were typical of a rural man.
"They look quite good together. Isn't it normal for a mother and son to be about twenty years apart?"
Gu Sinian couldn't believe his ears; his worldview was shattered. He pointed at himself and said, "You want me to be your son?"
That little brat knows how to take advantage of others. He's dreaming of calling her "little girl's mother"—he'd never say it.
Su Ying didn't take it seriously at all, shrugged and replied, "Is there a problem? It's better to be cautious when you're out and about."
"With your outfit and makeup, can you really call that being cautious? Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the word 'cautious'?"
Gu Sinian is particularly resistant to the idea of becoming Su Ying's son. What kind of nonsense is this? Isn't it just reckless?
He felt that even the moment he stopped kissing her was a desecration of her, and touched his lips where they had just been kissing so passionately.
Even if he's acting, he can't bring himself to call out "Mother" under a fake identity.
What a terrible thing!
What kind of nonsense is this?
"It's good to be cautious, but is it really necessary to pretend I'm your son?"
"If I call you 'Mother,' will you dare to answer?"
Su Ying casually tugged at her clothes. "What's there to be afraid of? This is all fake, just a disguise."
Gu Sinian's face twisted with anger. "Of all the identities you could have used, was it really necessary to pretend to be a mother and son?"
"I'm afraid that if I can't call my mother when the time comes, it will give us away and ruin our shopping plan."
Su Ying wasn't buying it. "Why don't you call me 'Mom' a couple of times now and get used to being a son?"
Gu Sinian looked resistant, but then used a roundabout tactic, pulling the person into his arms and kissing the chattering little mouth.
Not a single word that came out of her mouth today was something he wanted to hear. He bit her lips punishingly, tossing and turning in bed.
The slightly punitive kiss slowly turned into a tender and lingering one, until Gu Sinian unconsciously took off Su Ying's clothes, and then reluctantly left those lips that had made him fall in love.
The man closed his eyes helplessly, almost losing control of his desire for her.
It seems we need to move up the wedding date, otherwise he'll break his promise.
He couldn't wait until their wedding night to touch her again.
He wanted her right now, he wanted her like a madman.
Every time he got close to her, he felt like he wanted to devour her whole.
He pushed Su Ying away to keep a distance from her; if he didn't get any further away, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control himself and would eat her.
"Change your clothes and dress like my wife, a rural woman from the countryside. That way you won't stand out and it will suit me better."
Su Ying thought for a moment and instinctively refused, "This makeup on my face is very difficult to do. How about we make you look like an old man? Wouldn't that suit me better?"
An elderly couple shopping at the black market, and doing a big spree at that, wouldn't that attract attention?
Gu Sinian's head felt even more dizzy and painful.
"No. An elderly couple going to the black market is already conspicuous; if they get targeted, it'll be troublesome."
“Everyone who does business on the black market is shrewd. An old couple with so much money must be a vulnerable group. Who wouldn’t want to take advantage of them?”
"I don't care how you disguise yourself when you're alone, but with me around, I have to minimize all the risks."
"Have you ever disguised yourself as an old lady to shop, and just as you finished paying, someone started following you from behind?"
Su Ying looked astonished, but after thinking seriously about what Gu Sinian had said about vulnerable groups, she suddenly slapped her forehead.
No wonder she was targeted; they probably saw that it would be easier to rob an old woman like her because she was frail and there were no other risks involved.
"I've encountered this situation a few times. I thought that if I dressed up to look older, no one would recognize me, but I didn't expect that the reality would make me more likely to be targeted by malicious people."
Gu Sinian tapped her head with his hand, "You only realized it now? Your reaction speed is too slow. If it weren't for the space helping you cheat, you would have been robbed countless times by now."
Su Ying thought about it and realized it made sense. Every time she went to the black market to make a big purchase, she would be targeted. If it weren't for her spatial ability, she would have been sold off and ripped off countless times.
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