Quite big
It tasted salty; she truly was like the ocean, capable of encompassing everything.
The island is most popular in the evening when people come out for a stroll, enjoy the sunset and sea view, and feel the sea breeze – it's incredibly pleasant.
The two went out for the first time in a long time, wandering around aimlessly.
"I haven't exercised in a long time, and my body feels stiff." Ye Jia never imagined that she would stay at home alone for so long without going out.
"I'm fully charged, you don't need to keep me company anymore, get back to your pace." Gu Anzhou looked at Ye Jia, his girlfriend, who was walking and doing chest expansion exercises beside him. "Thank you very much."
"The way you're saying this makes it sound like I'm doing all this for you. I still have to work, don't I?"
"ah."
"Besides, I feel great being with you." Ye Jia didn't seem tired at all, "It's just that we can exercise together now."
As soon as Ye Jia finished speaking, she realized in a second that something was wrong. She quickly looked up at Gu Anzhou and found that his expression had not changed, as if he had not realized it.
Gu Anzhou looked at Ye Jia, who suddenly stared at him, and realized something from her slightly frightened eyes. His face instantly turned red.
"No!" Ye Jia said in a panic, "I mean! I haven't seen you exercise lately, you should start exercising, otherwise you'll lose all your muscle!"
"I..." Gu Anzhou stammered a little, "I exercised, in... in my room."
Ye Jia was stunned. No wonder she thought he had maintained his figure very well and hadn't changed much. She thought it was because it hadn't been that long and they saw each other every day, so it wasn't noticeable to the naked eye. It turned out that he was just secretly working out in his room.
Gu Anzhou still remembered the painting Chu Nian had drawn before. Although he could recognize it as his own, he wasn't confident that it was that good. Ye Jia seemed very satisfied with the painting, as he was still cultivating.
Why don't you exercise on the balcony?
It was still a little awkward; he didn't want her to see how hard he was trying.
The two agreed to go for a morning run together from now on. Gu Anzhou decided to stop ordering food at 10:30 p.m. so he could go to bed earlier and ensure he could get enough sleep for his morning run.
Gu Anzhou also registered for online software for the first time, clearly displaying this information on the homepage.
Curled up on the sofa, Ye Jia watched him fiddling with his phone and asked, "Are you sure this is okay? You don't have to follow my lead."
"I don't have a rhythm. I just stay open late because I can't sleep at night, and that's why I opened the bar."
Ye Jia patted his head and asked, "Are you able to sleep now?"
"You can't see it, I'm sleeping like a log."
"Oh..." Ye Jia asked, "Then how can I see it?"
Gu Anzhou paused again before realizing what he had said. How could he be so slow-witted? She wouldn't doubt his intelligence, or how he had managed to survive in such a place before.
He slowly turned his head to look at her.
"That's not right. I saw you sleeping on the sofa last time. You were sleeping very soundly, but you looked much better than a dead pig."
"..." I almost laughed. "Thank you for saying I'm prettier than a dead pig."
"You're welcome."
Gu Anzhou looked back at his phone and edited the menu, but unfortunately there were no pictures. He hadn't been in the mood to take photos, but he could prepare them after the official reopening.
He now has a strong motivation to keep living and finds even these trivial things quite enjoyable.
The price of each type of wine was uploaded. Gu Anzhou asked, "What do you like about it?"
Ye Jia paused, her hand stroking his head: "You care?"
"certainly."
"Okay, when I went to college, it was the first time I left the city, and it was a big city like Beicheng. I wasn't used to it at all, and the people I met were all a bit... how should I put it, aloof? Maybe they weren't, but to me at that time, everyone seemed like that."
"He's different?"
“He was really different back then. He was very nice to me and gentle. He introduced me to part-time jobs, got me into clubs, introduced me to a lot of people, and would buy me food. If I didn’t know how to eat something, he wouldn’t laugh at me, he would just teach me.”
Gu Anzhou couldn't continue editing, so he put his phone aside and looked at her: "She sounds like a really nice person."
"yes."
"..."
"Yes, that was true back then." Ye Jia said, pondering whether it was affection or gratitude. Perhaps she had never liked anyone before, so she mistakenly took all her good feelings for romantic love.
Even when she still thought Han Lanchuan was very handsome, she didn't even have the urge to hug him, let alone kiss him or look at his body.
But seeing Gu Anzhou looking a bit sulky in front of her made her want to rub him hard, to lie on top of him, and to lean down and kiss him a couple of times.
"So you like gentle women."
Yes, I think so.
Ye Jia looked at Gu Anzhou and said, "That's him."
Gu Anzhou nodded, understanding. So he wasn't angry anymore. No, he was just pretending not to be angry. Gentle people don't care about things that are in the past. Besides, she was treating that person very badly right now. Wasn't that enough?
Ye Jia watched as he relaxed his brows and eyes, and even gave her a gentle smile, as if deliberately trying to show that "yes, I am actually very gentle."
He immediately burst out laughing.
"Just because you smile like that doesn't mean you're gentle, okay?" Ye Jia now felt that gentleness wasn't a superficial attitude. Just like how she could sense his gentleness through his imposing demeanor towards Han Lanchuan and Wang Jun.
Gu Anzhou was taken aback: "Then what should we do?"
"You already are."
“But I have never been described as ‘gentle’.”
"What do you mean no? Didn't I just say that?" Ye Jia's face was serious. "I confirmed that you said I like gentle people, and I like you, so isn't that saying you're gentle?"
Gu Anzhou was stunned.
"Didn't you realize?" Ye Jia suddenly asked with a look of disgust. "Are you really that stupid?"
"..."
But Gu Anzhou realized that she was saying she liked him. Never mind, so be it. Last time he said he was stupid, she helped him tie his apron. What would she do for him this time? He brought his face close to hers.
This time, I was just pinched on the nose.
I don't know how it started touching other places, my hands seemed to disobey me and automatically explored downwards.
But actually, quite the opposite is true. Her hands were very obedient, moving entirely according to the deepest needs of her brain, while her consciousness was slower and chasing after her.
Hmm, it really is as big as you can tell from the naked eye.
She pinched it.
Gu Anzhou felt something was off. He grabbed Ye Jia's hand with a "snap," but he didn't control his strength well and used a bit too much force. He heard Ye Jia hiss, so he quickly let go.
Ye Jia was really hurt by the grip, and as soon as he was released, he started to rub it with his other hand: "I didn't pinch you that hard!"
Yes, she didn't use much force, but can those two parts be treated the same?
Seeing Ye Jia in so much pain, Gu Anzhou was still frightened. He lowered his head and reflected on his actions, then reached out to rub her arm.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." Ye Jia had recovered, and wanted to pat Gu Anzhou's head again, but saw that he had already gotten up.
"I'm going back to my room."
"Why go back?"
The excuse came to me after a moment's thought: "Aren't we supposed to go to bed early? I'll try my best."
Gu Anzhou ran back to his room and lay down on the bed. The spot where he had been pinched still felt a little strange. He raised his hand and touched the spot where he had been pinched, trying to relieve the strangeness. However, touching his chest felt even stranger.
He pulled the blanket over his head.
It seems like she's a little scared, afraid that she won't be gentle enough.
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Ye Jia received her payment after finishing an order with an overseas client, and her work schedule was almost back to normal.
Gu Anzhou took down the sign that said the business was closed for a month and put up a blackboard stand at the entrance with a picture of a sunrise and the words "Welcome" and the opening hours.
The shop was no different from before, except that it had been thoroughly cleaned from top to bottom and inside to outside. These days, Gu Anzhou relied on this to suppress the evil thoughts that kept popping into his mind.
Before the store officially opened, Ye Jia was already drinking there.
Last time, we finished off the last of the cherries in the can; this time, we're enjoying a cocktail made with juice from the freshest fruit.
Ye Jia doesn't plan to work for the next few days. The money she received is enough for her to lie on Lingfeng Island for a year, but she can't lie there for that long. A few days of rest will be enough.
It just so happened that it was payday at her former company, so Ye Jia sent some money home. As usual, they called home after receiving the money.
Her father asked her on the phone, his voice very loud, because he has hearing problems and speaks loudly: "How's work going lately?"
"Of course it went smoothly." Ye Jia said in her rustic hometown dialect, glancing at Gu Anzhou to see if he still thought her voice was pleasant.
Gu Anzhou did stop what he was doing to look at her, but he only had a look of curiosity on his face.
"Don't keep the money you received, go buy something," Ye Jia continued.
Mom said, "We have everything we need at home, so I don't know what to buy. It's better to save it, just in case you need money someday. You have many more expenses in Beicheng than we do."
"No, I'm keeping it for myself. I'm giving it to you so you can spend it."
The two on the other end were laughing, their voices carrying a sweet kind of annoyance: "But we really have nothing to buy."
In the first year, Ye Jia sent the money she earned home to her family, which was enough for them to buy a house in the county town. Their standard of living was completely different from before. They had everything they needed and even stockpiled goods.
"You don't necessarily have to buy necessities. You can buy some new clothes or shoes."
"Why waste this money! Enough to wear is fine."
Ye Jia knew she couldn't persuade them. They were used to being frugal and only needed a few sets of clothes to change into; they wouldn't buy things that only provided emotional value.
Just then, he saw Gu Anzhou pick up his phone and start typing. After a while, he handed the phone to him.
It read: [Take your dad to get his ears treated?]
Ye Jia was stunned for a moment. She had never thought about this. Her father had never said he wanted to get treatment. Their family had always had the attitude that as long as they spoke loudly, it was fine. It wasn't a matter of life and death, so it was just left behind.
Her gaze shifted to Gu Anzhou's face; his eyes were full of concern. How could no one have ever said he was gentle? She would definitely give him a good rub and tell him later.
"Dad, give the phone to Mom. I need to talk to her alone."
"What is it that Daddy can't hear, my dear daughter!"
"Don't worry about it, just give it to Mom." Ye Jia knew that telling Dad would be pointless, so she decided to talk to Mom alone first. Only when the two of them reached a consensus could she persuade Dad.
Ye Jia first asked her mother how much money she had saved during this period, and then told her about the ear treatment.
The mother only remembered after being reminded like this, and she was immediately tempted, but then she worriedly said, "But the little money we have saved may not be enough?"
"Adding what I have here will definitely be enough." Ye Jia is just as frugal as her family, and now that she owns her own company, her salary is much higher than before.
Neither of the elderly couple had social security, so Ye Jia bought them commercial insurance after she started working, but it's definitely not applicable in this situation. However, if the cost is really high, she should be able to cover it by taking on two more cases.
"Won't this put a lot of pressure on you?" Mom was still worried.
"No, I said I thought it would be fine, don't you trust me?"
Mom said anxiously on the other end, "I'm sure you believe me! Okay, then I'll talk to your dad. He definitely won't agree. I'll talk to him a few more times and see."
"Okay." Ye Jia could hear her father's voice clearly even though they were far apart. He was extremely anxious, afraid that the mother and daughter had some secret.
Finally, they got the chance to talk on the phone together, and Dad excitedly asked his dear daughter for a long time how she was doing in Beicheng.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Jia looked at Gu Anzhou and reached out her hand to him.
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