He secretly stood behind her and watched her embroider auspicious clouds bit by bit.
Xie Zhaozhao embroidered for a while, then paused, without looking up, and said, "You're back?"
Gu Shaoyu looked around. Was this someone speaking to him?
"Why aren't you saying anything? The Zhang family sent a basket of cucumbers today. They're all washed and soaking in ice water. Have a couple of bites first."
Xie Zhaozhao put down what she was doing, saw that he was covered in sweat, and quickly took a cloth, soaked it in water, wrung it out, and gave it to him.
He didn't take it, but squatted down next to her and offered her his face to wipe it!
Xie Zhaozhao carefully wiped his face clean. He stared into her eyes without blinking, his gaze as dark, bright, and innocent as a newborn puppy's, making her blush instantly: "Why are you looking at me?"
"How did you know I was behind you? Do you have eyes in the back of your head?"
"Can't I smell it even if I can't see it? I can smell your scent."
Gu Shaoyu immediately sniffed himself all over and said, "Is it... gone bad?"
"It's not that it's bad, it's just that your scent is very unique; I can recognize you as soon as I smell it." Xie Zhaozhao didn't want to argue with him and quickly changed the subject, "Did anything interesting happen outside today?"
"There is something I don't know if you'd like to hear."
How will you know if I like to hear it or not if you don't tell me?
"The Dali Temple recently took on a case..."
He paused here, and Xie Zhaozhao suddenly remembered the "expired milk" case and immediately said, "Don't talk about expired food or anything like that."
Gu Shaoyu said seriously, "No, it has nothing to do with food."
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