Politely declined
Chu Nian persisted, "So! Is there anyone you can introduce me to?"
"No, I have no friends."
"Huh?" Chu Nian looked at Ye Jia. "You can't have a man who doesn't have any friends. How strange would he have to be to not have any friends?"
Ye Jia hummed in response: "Although, I didn't have any friends before I met you."
"Fine." Chu Nian had nothing to say. "Then you two are getting weird together. Wait, so what did Boss Gu do before?"
"Me? I used to be a wanderer."
I had planned to make up this story for Ye Jia's parents, but in the end I didn't tell them this version because it sounded too unreliable. I just said he was an ordinary company employee. The two simple old people didn't ask any questions and didn't suspect me.
After listening to this, Chu Nian was puzzled for a moment, then showed an expression of sudden realization.
"That makes sense!"
"Where is the passage?" Ye Jia found it amusing that he had actually believed it.
After all, Chu Nian herself is an artist, and by nature romantic, she is willing to believe in such a fantastical story.
Chu Nian was simply curious: "Where have you been wandering? What places have you visited?"
“Many.” This was an easy lie to make up, but to avoid her asking for more details, Gu Anzhou only mentioned places he had actually been to.
Chu Nian nudged Ye Jia with her shoulder as she listened: "Then Boss Gu must have quite a few suitors."
"Wandering people are often philanderers, how could they be so innocent?" Chu Nian thought that many men were quite good at acting.
“With looks like that, you’re sure to have a lot of suitors,” Ye Jia said.
Gu Anzhou shook his head: "Not many, to be precise, just once."
"Oh? Tell me more!"
Faced with Chu Nian's excitement, Gu Anzhou lowered his head and poured wine: "No, I can only tell Ye Jia about this."
"Anyway, if you tell her, she'll tell me too." Chu Nian was now extremely anxious and distressed.
Ye Jia: "Who told you that?"
Chu Nian was so angry she almost fainted: "Fine, fine, so xenophobic. I never thought you, Ye Jia, were the kind of person who would forget friends for the sake of beauty."
Being called by full name is bad news.
But if he could tell her, he certainly wouldn't hide it; Ye Jia knew it was most likely related to the mission.
Fortunately, Chu Nian only got angry for a short while, and soon she started discussing with Ye Jia where they should go after leaving Lingfeng Island.
Business was booming in the evening, and the place quickly filled up with people, both familiar and unfamiliar, and everyone looked like they were there to have their last drink.
Two of my aunts also came. It happened to be their day off, so they sat at the bar, chatting and looking at the handsome young man.
As the person handed him the wine, he asked, "Has anything been going on lately?"
"Yes, it's some personal stuff," Gu Anzhou replied, then went back to mixing drinks.
"Sigh, they won't even give me a chance to ask a few more questions. What kind of private matter could Meng possibly have to be?"
"Anyway, the person is back, and they don't have any extra items with them, at least not related to marriage."
"Indeed, that's fine then."
It's not like you can't appreciate things after you get married. You can still watch them as usual.
Chu Nian had been drinking several glasses since the afternoon, and seeing that it was almost time to go back, she whispered in Ye Jia's ear before leaving, "I won't disturb you two flirting in the shop after you close."
This person's head is full of lewd nonsense.
Who would do that in a store?
Ye Jia slapped her and sent her away.
As he prepared to close for the day, Gu Anzhou went from table to table telling customers it was the last time to order. After mixing a few more drinks, the day came to an end.
He used to think that this kind of mechanical yet uncertain work was the most therapeutic, but now, seeing Ye Jia sitting in front of him waiting for him, he just wanted it to end quickly.
After seeing off the last two guests.
Gu Anzhou quickly came out from behind the bar, like a weary bird finally returning to its nest, and perched on Ye Jia's back.
"It's so heavy..." Ye Jia was pressed against the table by his chest.
The person behind her finally managed to lift himself up, but he was still pressed against her back.
"Just a short while to charge it."
"So tired?" Ye Jia raised her hand and patted his head. "Didn't you used to work until one in the morning?"
Gu Anzhou took a deep, slow breath: "It's different."
"What's different?"
"It's really hard to feel like I can suddenly spend less time with you."
Ye Jia was speechless and then laughed. How could this be? She continued to pat her, "Then go ahead and stick it on, just don't crush me to death."
Gu Anzhou not only wanted to stick close to her, but also to rub against her, his head touching and rubbing against her neck until he felt an electric current travel down her spine, only then did he feel a little better.
It felt so good that I bit her neck.
"Hey!" Ye Jia cried out in pain and slapped him from behind.
Just then, a voice that didn't belong to either of them came from the side.
"that……"
The two turned around and saw Ye Jia clutching her neck, looking at the aunt who had given her her first impression of Gu Anzhou.
"I left something behind." The aunt walked to the bar and looked at the table, but didn't see what she had lost.
The two asked her what it was, and she said it was a silk scarf. After looking around, they found that it had fallen to the ground.
Gu Anzhou picked it up and handed it to the owner of the silk scarf: "Take care."
The aunt didn't leave. Instead, she looked at the two of them, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Are you... lovers?"
"Yes," Gu Anzhou replied.
"Oh..." Auntie, who is usually eloquent and persuasive, didn't know what to say. She had just told Meng that he wasn't married, and now she had received such terrible news.
Moreover, this Mr. Gu doesn't seem like his usual self at all. Who would have thought that he would hug his girlfriend's back and act coquettishly after the guests left?
What else could I say? I could only say "Then I won't bother you any longer" and leave.
But as I approached the door, I asked, "Boss, will the store still be open when I come next week?"
"I'm sorry, I can't guarantee that."
My aunt's world has collapsed.
-
As Ye Jia helped tidy up the shop, she asked him, "Are you really planning to close this shop and come somewhere else with me?"
"If you want to go somewhere else."
"Hmm..." Ye Jia pursed her lips, but decided to ask directly, "Don't you plan to go back to being a policeman?"
Gu Anzhou stopped what he was doing and looked at her: "Why do you ask that?"
Ye Jia also stopped: "I want to know what you really want to do."
"I understand. You think I want to go back to work, but I'm just not in good shape. But I have no such plans. I don't want to do anything dangerous anymore."
Ye Jia nodded.
Do you want me to go back? Do you think I'm being cowardly or backing down?
"No, it's all your own choice, and from my perspective, of course I hope you will always be safe and sound."
So you mean you want me to stay with you forever?
Ye Jia looked at his gaze, which was unusually authoritative and penetrating, and chuckled: "You're still thinking about marriage? Okay, from now on I'll seriously consider it."
Saying you'll consider it is a polite way of declining, isn't it?
The sense of crisis has returned.
Gu Anzhou continued wiping the table, his movements a bit rough, making a sizzling sound, as he said, "Have you decided which city you want to go to? A big city or a small city?"
"There are too many choices, I really don't know. What do you think, wanderer?"
"I think smaller cities are better."
"Why? Because it's quieter?" Ye Jia also felt that small cities were better, as big cities always gave her a suffocating pressure.
"No, it's probably because there aren't that many handsome guys in smaller cities."
"Huh?" Ye Jia didn't react for a moment to the change of topic. "How did this become a factor to consider?"
Gu Anzhou silently wiped the table, remaining silent for a while. After being urged twice, he finally said, "I can see you're quite envious of Chu Nian's change of boyfriends."
puff.
Ye Jia burst out laughing, laughing so hard she could barely stand. She sat down in the chair, looked up at him, and said, "I'm really envious, what should I do?"
Gu Anzhou remained silent for a long time before replying with a mournful tone, "Then I'm going to bite you again."
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