Chapter 74 Will there be rime ice on the moon? ...
January has a subtle air of smugness, as if it knows it's the beginning of the new year and is at the forefront, so it recklessly presses the busy button on people.
Since New Year's Day, Shang Shu has been busy. The Spring/Summer collection has entered the final polishing and preview stage. She is also busy with workshop progress, advertising shooting, and client negotiations. Although she doesn't need to personally oversee every detail, she still doesn't want to slack off.
Gu Sui was also quite busy, having entered the first draft writing stage, putting the theory into writing. There was even more to read and write, but her busyness was more like a steady stream, filling each day, unlike Shang Shu's more unpredictable pace.
Gu Sui knew that the company was very important to Shang Shu, as it was the business she had worked hard to build. Therefore, she understood Shang Shu's hands-on approach to everything and tried her best to support her. She personally picked her up and dropped her off every morning and evening, put effort into her diet and nutrition, and tucked her in when Shang Shu was so tired that she fell asleep immediately.
Fortunately, nothing else caused trouble. It was said that after Shang Wei learned about the Chen family's affairs, she fell ill again on her way home from the hospital. Song Lan also went to the hospital on Shang Shu's behalf and said that the ward was still heavily guarded. She only ran into Shang Zhiyi, who had an injury on her face and was hiding from her, in the corridor. Feng Yuan seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps she was too busy to take care of herself, or perhaps she couldn't find an opportunity, and she didn't cause any more trouble for Shang Shu.
The only downside was that their house-picking plan for the New Year was repeatedly postponed. Shang Shu was so busy that she didn't even have time to take a closer look at the VR panoramic images that were delivered to her and prepared.
On Thursday, after a meeting with the art director in charge of the advertising shoot, Shang Shu was finally able to catch her breath. After taking a shower and replying to a few work messages when she got home in the evening, she lazily propped her head up and admired Gu Suilai, who was quietly reading a book beside her.
Will there be rime ice on the moon?
Shang Shu truly felt that Gu Sui when she was silent, and Gu Sui when she was calm and focused, were like this charming, indescribable combination. She couldn't think of a more fitting description. She was beautiful enough from afar, but if you looked closer, you would find those even more beautiful, downy ice crystals that made you reluctant to disturb them, as if they would shatter with the slightest breath or tremor.
Gu Sui's temperament seemed to be innate; Shang Shu felt this way from the first moment she saw her.
This cool and aloof feeling is quite peculiar. It gives people the feeling of looking at something but not really seeing it, thinking they understand it but actually not understanding it. Those who don't understand it might call it aloof or even indifferent. But once you are allowed to enter its territory, you will find that it is actually a perfect balance of gentleness and strength. It's like being able to filter all emotions cleanly and steadily without making a sound, and then output them in a light and subtle way.
After watching for a while, Shang Shu slowly leaned over and traced her eyebrows and eyes with her fingers.
"Gu Sui".
"Um."
"How can you be so handsome?" Shang Shu exclaimed, her fingertips tracing the bridge of Gu Sui's high nose.
Her eyes were beautiful, her nose and mouth were beautiful, she was beautiful everywhere. Her skin was flawless, as white as snow, as smooth as cream, with skin as pure as ice and as delicate as jade. A whole bunch of words unconsciously popped into Shang Shu's head. She really liked looking at her so carefully and slowly.
A faint itch spread across her skin, and the area touched by the little girl's fingertips still retained a little warmth, like a cat's gentle scratch. It was the kind of gentle scratch where the cat's nails were retracted, and only the soft padding covered by fur was used. She couldn't help but want to pinch the cat's soft paws, and then touch her wet nose and say to her, "Good girl."
Gu Sui slowly closed the book, then gently placed it on the bedside table. He reached out and pulled the person into his arms, speaking softly, "You don't like me because I'm good-looking, do you?"
"Of course not." Shang Shu retorted without thinking, implying that she was simply lustful.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she felt that it wasn't quite right to say it that way, because that was indeed a factor back then, and upon closer reflection, it probably accounted for quite a lot, probably at least 80%.
"Hmm... half, I guess." She hastily changed her answer to compromise, hoping it would make her seem less superficial.
Gu Sui raised an eyebrow: "What about the other half?"
"Because you're a good person."
"Really?" Gu Sui gazed deeply into those amber eyes, then pulled the person close to him. "How good is it?"
It's been so many days, I miss her so much.
My heart is beating a little fast, two beats, alternating rhythmically, one after another.
Just as their soft lips were about to touch, Shang Shu's phone, which was on the bedside table, vibrated at an inopportune moment.
After enduring so many days, Gu Sui's possessiveness finally began to take hold, and the urge to monopolize things became somewhat uncontrollable, making her want to throw a rare tantrum.
She cupped Shang Shu's face, not allowing her to turn her head to look, then moved her back away from the headboard, straightened up, and kissed her somewhat urgently.
Shang Shu was caught off guard, so she could only return the kiss while adjusting herself to follow the woman's forward lean, and then lean in and straddle her.
"Buzz," the phone rang again.
One sound after another, short and rapid, irritating, eventually turning into a long, drawn-out vibration.
Shang Shu gently pushed Gu Sui's shoulder during the kiss. Gu Sui understood that this meant "not to continue." She breathed slightly and rubbed the back of Shang Shu's neck a couple of times, then released her.
"Let me take this." Shang Shu caught her breath, got off the bed briskly, grabbed her phone, and walked to the sofa to answer it.
Actually, they didn't talk for long. But when Shang Shu hung up and turned around, she saw Gu Sui already sitting upright, calmly flipping through his book again.
Judging from this, are you not planning to continue?
Seeing that Gu Sui hadn't even looked up after she'd been typing for so long, Shang Shu silenced her phone, tossed it on the sofa, and went back to him.
“Um…” Shang Shu bit her lip, like a kitten that had dropped a water glass, “The person who called just now was the art director.”
"I heard you." Gu Sui turned a page.
"Because I personally held the meeting with her today, I told her to ask me directly if she was unsure about anything, and we were also in a hurry to book a photographer, so, so..."
Seeing that the person still didn't look up and seemed to dislike her, Shang Shu knew that he was unhappy, so she hurriedly began to explain.
"Hmm." Turn the page again.
Gu Sui didn't really know what she was angry about. Maybe it was the annoying phone call, or maybe it was the VR panoramic images that she had already looked at many times on her own.
Back when they were in school, they were busy with their own things, but now she finds herself more prone to anxiety and insecurity.
The loss and its recovery were like throwing a stone into a calm lake, activating many emotions that were originally hidden deep within her, so deep that she had almost forgotten they existed.
That reluctant parting, "I'll stay with you."
That hazy, cloying "Come back soon."
That hesitant, shy "I miss you."
This made her confront some things, such as her possessiveness, her sense of security, and her little emotions. It made her realize that there is never a fixed solution to the problem of love, and that it is impossible to always be as shrewd and indifferent as with other things. She realized that she also wanted to depend on others and to be given to. She realized that the need and being needed between them was always a two-way street.
Love is the philosophy that touches the soul the most. It makes people firm at times and hesitant at others. It makes people soft and stubborn at the same time.
I want to start a family with Shang Shu as soon as possible.
He wants to marry Shang Shu.
This was the only thing she could be certain of amidst all those unpredictable variables.
"Gu Sui..." Shang Shu took away the books that were in the way, snuggled into his arms, and drew circles on his collarbone.
"Don't be upset. I know I've been a bit busy lately and haven't had much time to spend with you. Hmm... how about this? From now on, no, starting next week, I'll organize my work and only keep the ones I have to be personally involved in. I won't worry about the rest anymore, okay?"
"No need, A-Shu." Gu Sui's heart softened immediately.
The thought that she needed the little girl to coax her made her feel unreasonable and ashamed.
She knew that Shang Shu wasn't the type to shirk responsibility, and she didn't want to make her feel bad, nor did she want Shang Shu to change anything for her. It was just that her emotions had come on a bit too suddenly, and she could actually calm herself down on her own.
"I'm sorry," Gu Sui said softly. She took the hand that had been drawn on her collarbone, held it in her palm and gently squeezed it, just like she had imagined squeezing a kitten's paw, only this one was more delicate and softer.
Upon hearing the apology delivered so quickly, Shang Shu was slightly taken aback, then burst out laughing a few seconds later.
"How come I never noticed before that you're so easy to please?" She tapped the tip of Gu Sui's nose under his questioning gaze.
Shang Shu now truly understood what Gu Sui meant by pursuing her. She reached out in her mind and touched the cool frost not far away. It turned out that the moon was really standing beside her, and that the moon was also afraid of being neglected.
Gu Sui turned his head to one side, a faint smile on his face, and said nothing.
Seeing her somewhat embarrassed expression, Shang Shu found it particularly adorable and took the opportunity to push her luck.
She climbed up and gently bit Gu Sui's slender neck: "Our Dr. Gu is not only jealous of people, but also of his work."
people?
Gu Sui was good at grasping the key points; if she hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten about this incident.
She turned her head back, squinted, and looked at the little girl with a cool gaze.
Shang Shu finally realized what was going on. She blinked, feeling a bit like biting her tongue and committing suicide on the spot.
"Uh... how about we look at houses together?" she forced a change of topic, and started to get out of bed to get her phone from the sofa.
Before her toes even touched the ground, Gu Sui scooped her up, and she let out a soft cry, feeling a little weak.
"We'll see later." Gu Sui's breath pressed down on her, and he kissed her lips.
Because now, they need to continue doing what they hadn't finished earlier.
After the pink flowers wither, the love beans gradually ripen, blushing as they express their deep affection and ask you to pick them.
Shang Shu got up to wash her hands, but instead headed towards the door.
"Where to?" Gu Sui asked her in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Go to the study to get something." Shang Shu leaned softly against the corner and smiled. It was a sudden idea of hers, since Gu Sui had provoked her by looking like he was reading a book.
Gu Sui lay on his side, propping his head up, and chuckled softly: "Take the one in the left drawer, the matte one."
"Yes, ma'am."
Subtle cognitive dissonance is like a flame on a cocktail, intensely and recklessly stimulating one's senses. The honest body says, "Be intimate, be unrestrained," while the glasses say, "Be serious, be restrained."
Shang Shu was very clever; she knew all too well how to maximize this tension. So she would call her "Dr. Gu" in the most innocent voice and ask her in an innocent tone whether what she was doing was good or not.
Shang Shu is also quite mischievous. When Gu Sui couldn't help but want to kiss her, she would only give him a light kiss because of his glasses. And when Gu Sui tried to get rid of his annoying glasses, she would stop abruptly and bite his ear to tell him "Don't take them off."
After the oil was heated and the flowers were adorned, the wet glasses were neatly folded and placed quietly on the bedside table.
"When were these glasses fitted?" Shang Shu asked, a smile in her eyes, as she held Gu Sui contentedly.
“A couple of days ago,” Gu Sui brushed his fingertip against Shang Shu’s luscious lips, and asked her in a clear, resonant voice, “Did you like it?”
Thinking that Gu Sui had already secretly thought about this and even made special preparations for it, Shang Shuxin's heart melted, and a blush rose all over her body. She teased the Southern Love Seed a few more times and said with a smile she couldn't hide, "I like it very much, don't put it back in the study."
She knew that Gu Sui liked it just as much as she did.
Love is the longest and strongest red thread in the hands of the Old Man Under the Moon. It crosses the sea of people and transcends time, firmly binding two hearts together, allowing them to nourish each other with their bodies and minds, to bloom freely in the depths of their souls, and to create secrets that belong only to each other and are understood without words.
After taking another shower, the hot water washed away their drowsiness, and they embraced on the bed to look at houses together.
“I took a look at some apartments at noon today, and I remember there was a nice one. It’s in a great location, and most importantly, it has a really big study that you can use exclusively. I think you’ll love it.”
Shang Shu scrolled through the iPad, having skipped lunch to make time for this task.
"Hmm... tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or how about we go take a look the day after tomorrow?" She has to attend a New Year's charity gala tomorrow, so the weekend is a good time to rest.
Shang Shu tilted her head back with her eyebrows curved, and gently poked Gu Sui's neck twice.
"good."
The red thread in his heart was gently tugged, and Gu Sui lowered his eyes to kiss Shang Shu's forehead.
It turns out there was more than one heart that was looking forward to it.
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