Gu Rongqi looked down at Cheng Qicai's amber eyes, which were bright and now reflected his own face.
The two just stared at each other, neither Gu Rongqi nor Cheng Qicai moved.
In the end, Gu Rongqi gave up and said helplessly to her, "Didn't you say you were going to have dinner with Ren Baiping?"
His voice was calm, as usual. The silent confrontation from before vanished instantly.
Under Gu Rongqi's gaze, Cheng Qicai couldn't utter a single lie. She mumbled, "I... I didn't make it!"
"Okay, since you haven't eaten, can we go eat together?"
"What do you want to eat?" Cheng Qicai asked.
"We ordered hot pot, the same place you and Miss Yun ate at before."
"That's so far! Why don't you choose one closer to home?"
"Sure, what would you like to eat?"
"have no idea!"
Cheng Qicai thought to herself, "I don't want to eat anything!" But now that she'd brought it up, she had no choice but to go.
"Go change your clothes first, then we can think about it later. Didn't you get soaked on the phone just now?" Gu Rongqi looked at the still wet spots on her pants.
Cheng Qicai hadn't expected him to notice this. She pursed her lips and said, "Okay."
Cheng Qicai was returning home when Gu Rongqi followed behind her.
She forced herself to keep walking. She didn't want Gu Rongqi to go back with her, but she couldn't very well ask him to stay and wait for her.
As Cheng Qicai walked, she felt like an official escorting a prisoner. Gu Rongqi was the official, and she was the prisoner. Whether she wanted to leave or not, she had to leave.
Finally, after dawdling for a while, she arrived at the door. She took out her key, opened the door, and found a pair of disposable oversized slippers for him in the shoe cabinet.
Since Gu Rong got up last time, she learned her lesson and prepared disposable shoes in different sizes.
It was later confirmed that this was indeed necessary; during the time when Yun Su Ni and Lu Qi were arguing, Lu Qi often came over.
Gu Rongqi could see the familiar bear slippers in the shoe cabinet she opened; they even looked like they still bore traces of his last wear.
Cheng Qicai asked, "Is this size okay?"
“Okay.” Gu Rongqi put the shoes back into Cheng Qicai’s hands, took them, and put on his own shoes.
"Please sit on the sofa and wait for me. I'll be right there." Cheng Qicai placed the bag she was carrying on the table and pushed the fruit plate in front of him. "There are some green dates here, they're quite sweet."
After saying that, Cheng Qicai went into her room.
Looking at this place he had been before, Gu Rongqi, standing outside the sofa, felt a deep difference in his state of mind then compared to now.
The presence of Cheng Qicai's aura filled the room, which softened his heart.
It has a comfortable feeling like soaking in a hot spring.
Compared to the layout I saw last time, there were many more things in her room this time, and some of the items had been moved.
But what remains unchanged is the vibrant, colorful life force within, just like the feeling Cheng Qicai evokes.
After looking at it for a while, he looked away and focused his gaze on the bag on the table.
The soft light in his eyes turned colder, and his hand slowly reached for the bag.
Just as he was about to touch the edge of the bag, Cheng Qicai's bedroom door opened, and Cheng Qicai, who had changed her pants, came out.
At this moment, Gu Rongqi had already touched a green jujube in his hand. When he heard the sound, he looked at Cheng Qicai. As if his hand had slipped, the green jujube rolled onto the table and was blocked by the plastic bag containing ceramics.
As he went to pick up the green dates, his hand inadvertently touched something inside.
He asked casually, "What's in here?"
“Ceramic ornaments,” Cheng Qicai replied.
"A ceramic ornament?" Gu Rongqi's voice sounded somewhat puzzled. "The one you mentioned before?"
Cheng Qicai couldn't recall when he had mentioned this to Gu Rongqi.
Gu Rongqi reminded him: "The one you mentioned last time that Ren Baiping broke."
Cheng Qicai remembered and nodded, "It's that one."
"May I take a look?"
Cheng Qicai was taken aback for a moment, then replied, "Okay."
She stepped forward and opened the plastic bag.
There are six inside, two of which are similar to kittens. The one that is intact should be the one that Ren Baiping bought again.
As for the broken one, Ren Baiping has glued it back together, and you can still see fine lines on it.
"Quite cute," Gu Rongqi complimented casually.
"Right, I spent a long time choosing back then."
Gu Rongqi was taken aback. "You chose it?"
"Mm." Cheng Qicai nodded, unaware that Gu Rongqi's expression relaxed immediately.
She's currently struggling to find a place to put them; she has so many things at home that she really can't find a place right now.
After selecting some items, she pushed the large bear figurine in the cabinet compartment further inside, making room for the smaller ceramic pieces in front.
"This one's broken? Should we put it up too?" The moment Cheng Qicai turned around, she saw Gu Rongqi appear behind her at some point.
Startled, she took a step back and bumped her back against something soft and hard.
"I'm sorry, I startled you." Gu Rongqi bowed his head and apologized to her.
"It's nothing..." She was very close to Gu Rongqi at the moment, as if she was half-encircled in his arms.
There was a feeling of breaths mingling together.
Cheng Qicai couldn't help but shrink her upper body back a bit, trying to widen the distance between the two.
"Hiss~" Gu Rongqi's expression changed.
Cheng Qicai then realized that the touch on her back was Gu Rongqi's hand, and judging from his reaction, he must have pressed down on his hand.
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