Ye Chu paused for a moment, then explained, "That person told me that the original owner of this house was surnamed Gu... I think it's quite a coincidence, hehe, hehe."
“It’s quite a coincidence,” Gu Yu said, raising his chin. Finally, this time it wasn’t acting; he truly kissed the lips of the person he had longed for day and night.
Ye Chu closed her eyes and could clearly feel the soft, slightly warm touch on her lips. Just like that, their lips pressed tightly together, and there was no other movement.
The kiss was unbelievably simple, neither passionate nor forceful, but rather like ordinary water—plain yet indispensable. Ye Chu sensed it in a daze, as if trying to use this touch to prove that this was not a dream.
After a long while, the two finally separated. Ye Chu's face was flushed red, and she also noticed Gu Yu's earlobes, which were the same color.
Gu Yu ruffled her hair and stood up. Ye Chu was still sitting on the ground. The two looked down at each other and up at each other. After a long while, Ye Chu said aggrievedly, "I can't stand up."
She felt limp, as if she were suffocating, and her limbs were numb. Perhaps thinking that she was only in this sorry state because of the person in front of her, Ye Chu's tone involuntarily carried a hint of grievance when she spoke.
Helpless, Gu Yu had no choice but to bend down and half-pull, half-carry the person up. In the end, the two of them sat down on the sofa, very close together, so close that Ye Chu moved away a little, feeling embarrassed.
In the quiet room, someone always needs to break the silence first. So Ye Chu spoke, in a very soft, even slightly cautious voice: "Could you tell me more about your childhood?"
"Didn't you remember?" Gu Yu turned to look at her.
"Not all of it, just a little bit." As she spoke, Ye Chu gestured a small distance between her thumb and forefinger to indicate that it really was only a little bit.
"You've forgotten quite completely." Gu Yu raised her hand and placed it on Ye Chu's head, ruffling her hair: "You little ingrate."
Knowing she was in the wrong, Ye Chu didn't argue. She just blinked her big eyes, looking completely innocent.
What do you want to hear?
Ye Chu thought for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know, I'll listen to whatever you say."
Gu Yu looked at her, his gaze softening, and he parted his thin lips to recount the memories of countless days and nights he had spent alone.
“When my parents moved there with me, you were very young. I heard from my mother that your father was sick and I felt sorry for you. But you didn’t feel that way. You were so happy to see the new neighbors and loved to play with me. Your mother told me that you always wanted to have an older brother.”
“Our two families grew closer and closer. Then your father passed away, and I didn’t see you for a while. Until one day, you were brought to my house crying by your aunt. I overheard her talking to your mother and learned that your mother was… not in a good mental state.”
“You stayed at my house for a few days before going back, but you still spent most of your time with me at my house until after that New Year, when my parents divorced and my father left my mother and me.”
"We probably felt a bit like we were in the same boat, and we grew closer. Then one rainy day, I heard police sirens outside. My mother wouldn't let me go out, so I could only look out the window. I saw you being led by your aunt, and the police were saying something."
“Your aunt was very emotional, and I saw you hiding behind her… Your aunt took you away and moved away, which explains why you never came to see me again. Later, my mother took me away from there, saying that she found a job in another city.”
After saying a lot in one breath, Gu Yu reached out and pulled Ye Chu into his arms, letting her head rest on his shoulder.
"Looking back now, only a small part of what I just said is worth remembering."
"For me, all unpleasant memories can be forgotten. So many years have passed, and they have lost their significance to me with the passage of time."
"But that memory is different; it's the only bright gold in the gray, like light."
He reached out and clasped Ye Chu's hand, which was resting on her knee, their fingers intertwined tightly, without saying another word. Ye Chu leaned quietly against his shoulder, her gaze fixed on their clasped hands: "You've become a top movie star."
This might seem a bit off-topic, but Gu Yu understood: "Hmm."
It was during a time when both families were still happy. In Gu Yu's courtyard, under the bushes, Xiao Yechu used a twig to write the newly learned characters on the ground for Xiao Gu Yu to see.
Xiao Yechu said that this was the name of someone on TV yesterday. Her mother said he was a great movie star. Xiao Yechu thought this person was very handsome, and the name "great movie star" sounded cool, so she thought she would marry such a handsome and cool movie star in the future.
Xiao Gu Yu pursed his lips, feeling somewhat unhappy, but as the older brother, he always maintained a good demeanor.
"Then I'll become a top movie star in the future," he said, holding Xiao Ye Chu's hand and promising, "Then you can marry me, and you'll be able to marry a top movie star."
Xiao Ye blinked, looking at the other person's chubby cheeks, and pinched them with her dirty hands that had just picked up the twig: "Then if you become a big movie star, I'll marry you, okay? You have to let me pinch your cheeks every day, cook delicious food for me, and give me pretty dresses..."
She kept pushing her luck with her demands, but the listeners took notes of each one carefully.
"A great movie star, cheek pinching, making delicious food, dresses, and..." Gu Yu listed them one by one, finally making Ye Chu cover his mouth in embarrassment.
He suddenly said, holding the small hand that was covering his mouth in his palm, "I forgot to settle the score with you."
Ye Chu jolted awake and sat up straight: "What accounting?"
Gu Yu looked at her, his eyes narrowing dangerously: "You knew who I was all along, huh? After that, let me think, you knew when we were filming the variety show? You knew when we were filming the movie? You knew when I contacted you? Still pretending to be confused?"
Ye Chu quickly put on a flattering smile: "I was just too busy with work and forgot for a moment." As she spoke, she poured a glass of water for him: "Calm down, calm down."
Gu Yu took the water, then put it back on the table and continued to approach.
Ye Chu bent over and backed away until she couldn't hold on any longer and was about to fall when Gu Yu reached out to steady her waist.
Unlike the kiss at the door earlier, this one carried a hint of anger. Gu Yu had always given off a gentle vibe and rarely acted so domineeringly. Ye Chu thought that this person was probably really angry.
She passively endured Gu Yu's anger, which was tinged with grievance and dissatisfaction. To be honest, kissing her in this state was not comfortable at all, and it even made her neck feel a bit twisted, but she was powerless to care about this awkwardness.
With the lack of oxygen, her mind went completely blank, like a stranded fish. When Gu Yu finally let go of her, she blushed and gasped for breath, finally coming back to life.
"Gurgle..." My stomach started to rumble and protest after it was past mealtime, ruining the rare rise in temperature in the room.
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