Chapter 146
It was early winter, snowing, and a thin layer of frost formed on the windows. Gu Cunxi lay in bed, Xiao Peiyin feeding her apples piece by piece with a small fork. Gu Cunxi's cheeks were puffed up from eating, and she stared at Xiao Peiyin, unable to move her eyes away. Xiao Peiyin's face also became hot under her gaze. He flicked her forehead and asked with a smile, "How long are you going to look at me?"
Gu Cunxi bit off the apple, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Hmm... it seems like a lifetime isn't enough!" Calculated based on a long life span, they could be together for a maximum of sixty-four years, and that was under the absolute luck of it. In reality, it was far less than that. After this life-or-death experience, from the moment he woke up, Gu Cunxi only wanted to cherish every minute he could spend with her. Nothing else mattered anymore.
Hearing the word "lifetime", Xiao Peiyin paused, her heart softened. They still had a lifetime, and the time seemed very long, but also very short, passing by in a flash.
Snowflakes fluttered against the window outside, creating a pure white and romantic scene. Gu Cunxi nudged herself to sit up, her tone slightly solicitous: "Xiao Peipei, I have an idea. Do you want to hear it?" Seeing her expectant expression, Xiao Peiyin nodded: "What idea?"
"Let's... go see the snow, okay? It's the first snow today!" Before she could finish, Xiao Peiyin decisively refused: "No! Your injury hasn't healed yet. You can't catch a cold and walk around!"
Gu Cunxi immediately lost her temper, her eyebrows drooping. She knew this would be the result. Seeing her depressed expression, Xiao Peiyin softened her heart and said, "How about we just watch the snow in the house? I'll help you to the window. It's the same!"
"No! It's different!" the child said in a tantrum. "I want to go outside for a while! I won't catch a cold if I wear more clothes. Besides, the doctor also said I need to move around a bit, okay? Xiao Peipei, I've been lying in bed for almost half a month. I really can't stand it anymore!"
Xiao Peiyin thought silently for a while, thinking that Gu Cunxi had indeed been lying in bed for a long time. In the first week, he always clamored to get out of bed, but she pretended to be angry and scared him back. Seeing that the snow outside was not heavy, she took out her phone to check the temperature.
minus nine degrees
Not too cold
Gu Cunxi noticed Xiao Peiyin's hesitation, hid his smile, raised his hand and assured her, "It'll only be a few minutes, we'll be back soon!" Xiao Peiyin couldn't bear to refuse him because of his expectant look. She could only nod and say, "Okay then..." Then he added, "But you have to promise to listen to me!"
"I promise!" Gu Cunxi agreed without thinking, and had no idea what Xiao Peiyin was planning. He just saw her holding back a smile and going out in her coat, asking him to wait for her in the room. Gu Cunxi didn't think much about it, and was planning in his mind what he would do with Peiyin in the snow. After a while, the door opened, Gu Cunxi sat up and stared at the door.
The sound of the roller...
Xiao Peiyin acted as if nothing had happened. She pushed the wheelchair to her bed and pointed: "Sit here and follow me." Gu Cunxi was stunned, his shoulders slumped, and he leaned against the bed and shook his head violently, with a look of resistance: "Can I..."
"No!" Xiao Peiyin firmly objected: "Your wound hasn't healed completely yet. The snowy roads are slippery. What if you pull it? And you'll pull it when you walk. It's only just starting to heal. You can't be careless!"
Gu Cunxi looked at the wheelchair, her eyes suddenly dull. While she was hesitating, Xiao Peiyin deliberately said to her, "If you don't want to, forget it. We're in the room..."
"I'll take your seat!" Gu Cunxi pouted, held her forehead and sighed. Seeing her reluctance, Xiao Peiyin chuckled, bent down and kissed her cheek: "That's better, I'll go get you some clothes."
Gu Cunxi touched his face and smiled. Although he didn't want to sit, he would rather sit on a wheelchair or a nail board to go out and see the snow with Xiao Peiyin.
Xiao Peiyin brought a sweater, coat, and scarf, wrapping her up tightly inside and out. Gu Cunxi felt like a doll being manipulated. She felt heavy all over as she sat there. She looked at her clothes: a hospital gown over a sweater, a coat, and a scarf. It took effort to lift her arms. It was so cumbersome...
"Xiao Peipei!" Gu Cunxi tugged at her clothes, begging for mercy: "Can I not wear it..." Xiao Peiyin interrupted, shaking her index finger in front of her eyes: "No! You will catch a cold!"
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Before leaving, Xiao Peiyin took out a black round-brimmed hat and put it on her, her smile growing stronger: "Snow will wet your hair, this is just right!" Gu Cunxi raised her hand to lower the brim of the hat, the hat covered her charming eyes, revealing half of her face, and her red lips were pressed into a straight line under her high nose bridge.
Just as they walked out of the hospital gate, snow fluttered down on them. There was a small garden not far away. Xiao Peiyin pushed her into the garden and stopped.
The withered and dry branches are covered with white frost. When the wind blows, the snow on them falls off lightly, floating like white butterflies in the air.
"Are you cold?" Xiao Peiyin walked around to her from behind, squatted down, held her hands with both hands, lifted them up, and blew gently: "Let me warm you up!"
"I'm not cold with you around." Gu Cunxi hooked his fingertips and drew circles on her palm, making Xiao Peiyin feel itchy. He gently stroked her restless hand, doting on her shyness. Her pretty face was covered with a layer of mist by her breath, looming. Gu Cunxi scratched her palm and looked at her in a daze, blurting out an exclamation: "So beautiful!"
Xiao Peiyin raised her eyes and looked at her: "Yes, it is indeed very beautiful!"
The two smiled at each other and realized that the other was not talking about the snow scene!
The sound of light laughter not far away interrupted the two people's gaze. They turned their heads and looked at each other. Several children were playing snowball fights in the snow, chasing each other. Gu Cunxi smiled unconsciously, as if she was infected by the children. She was eager to have a good snowball fight too.
As she was dazed, something soft hit her shoulder. Gu Cunxi came to her senses and looked sideways. There was a ball of broken snow stuck to her shoulder. Xiao Peiyin stood in the distance, looking at her with a smile on her face, looking a little proud. Gu Cunxi puffed her lips, trying to grab the snow on the ground but failing. She said in an aggrieved manner, "You take advantage of me when I'm sick to bully me..."
Xiao Peiyin smiled and ignored her, looking up at the snowflakes falling on her face. She raised her hand to catch a piece, and it instantly turned into water in her palm.
With a click, the beauty was frozen in time on the phone. Gu Cunxi looked at the photo in the album with satisfaction and set it as wallpaper. Xiao Peiyin heard the sound of the camera, froze for a moment, and quickly walked over to her. Gu Cunxi immediately put away the phone and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"I want to see if you've taken an ugly picture of me." Xiao Peiyin stretched out her hand, motioning her to hand over her phone. Gu Cunxi shrank back, shook her head, and said with a smirk, "I finally managed to take an ugly picture of you. I won't show it to you. You'll delete it."
Xiao Peiyin was anxious, not knowing what Gu Cunxi had taken of her, so she reached out to grab it: "I promise not to delete it, just take a look!" When her wrist was grabbed, Gu Cunxi held the phone tightly and looked at her steadily. The distance was so close that she could feel the heat on her face. Xiao Peiyin did not force the grab, but just held her wrist and did not move.
After a few seconds of stalemate, Gu Cunxi curled his lips and pressed the lock screen button with his finger. The screen lit up. Xiao Peiyin moved his eyes and was stunned.
Not an ugly photo
"What should I do? I really want a picture of you that's ugly, but you're beautiful no matter how I take it!" Gu Cunxi leaned over and whispered in her ear. After that, he stretched out his tongue and licked it lightly. Xiao Peiyin shuddered and subconsciously tilted her head. Her lips just covered hers. The moment their soft touch, a flame ignited in her heart, burning into a sea of love.
The desire that had been suppressed for half a month poured out at this moment. Xiao Peiyin supported herself on the wheelchair with one hand and clasped the back of her head with the other, leading her to lean back slightly. Gu Cunxi murmured, cooperating with her and teasing her. Her waist was itchy from being rubbed. Xiao Peiyin indulged her. At some point, her hand slid from her waist to the front, and a corner of her clothes was lifted. The coolness on her abdomen made Xiao Peiyin gasp. After a pause, Gu Cunxi realized that her hand was too cold. Just as she was about to retract it, she was held back. He led her in and murmured tenderly, "Warm your hands!"
Heavy snow fell on her body. Gu Cunxi sat down, and Xiao Peiyin stood in front of her, holding her cheek and kissing her gently. The cold wind blew up a gust of snow and sand, and people in the distance could not see them clearly.
Gu Cunxi couldn't bear to see Xiao Peiyin get cold, so he just held her hand for a moment, and the heat was like a stove, burning her palm.
"Xiao Peipei!" Gu Cunxi murmured during the kiss. Xiao Peiyin stopped kissing: "Hmm?"
"I want to take you home!" His fingertips drew circles on the back of her neck. Gu Cunxi waited for her answer. Xiao Peiyin's heart sank. Without saying a word, he kissed her lips, then her cheek and her earlobe.
There was no answer, so Gu Cunxi panicked and held her face as she stepped back. She saw a flash of hesitation and uneasiness in her eyes, and immediately understood. She asked softly, "Xiao Peipei, are you... afraid?"
Xiao Peiyin didn't deny it. In fact, she wasn't afraid, but she was a little worried. She was just worried that Cunxi's parents wouldn't be able to accept a woman, let alone that she had been married. Gu Cunxi saw through her anxiety, reached out and hugged her in his arms, and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, they know you!"
Xiao Peiyin was shocked: "You know me?"
"Yeah! I know!" He leaned close to her ear and said, "You know I love you!"
Under Xiao Peiyin's questioning, Gu Cunxi told everything. Four years ago, on the New Year after they broke up, she returned home. On New Year's Eve, when the family was reunited, she confessed the fact that she liked women. Gu Cunxi still couldn't forget the expressions of the people at the table when they looked at her: horror, surprise, confusion and anger. Only her parents' eyes were full of worry.
That was the most dull New Year she had ever spent at home. Before she left, her parents seemed to have figured something out. They stood by the car and said to her earnestly, "Go after what you want. Your mom and I will take care of the gossip. We don't care, as long as you are happy!"
This sentence has supported her through the past four years. Even now, Gu Cunxi still feels at ease and warm when she thinks about it.
The two luckiest things in my life
The first thing is that she became Gu Beisheng's daughter
The second thing is that Xiao Peiyin fell in love with her
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