Chapter 311: Getting down to business
The next day, when Su Nanzhi opened her eyes, the mat at the door had been cleared and Gu Xizhou was nowhere to be seen.
She changed her clothes and went out. There was only Niu Xingguo washing up in the yard.
Niu Xingguo wiped his face and greeted Su Nanzhi, "Comrade Su, you went to bed so late last night, and you got up so early?"
Su Nanzhi nodded casually, "I'm used to it."
Seeing her looking around, as if he knew what she was looking at, Niu Xingguo picked up the washbasin and walked towards his room, saying, "Comrade Gu left early in the morning, and Comrade Lin didn't see him since he got up in the morning."
As soon as he finished speaking, Comrade Lin, who had disappeared in the morning, appeared at the door with a few buns in his hand.
Gu Xizhou: "Wife, you miss me after not seeing me for just a while."
Su Nanzhi felt that if Gu Xizhou hadn't joined the army, he could still rely on his looks to act.
The gangster acted so well that she couldn't help but roll her eyes and turned to go into the room.
A hint of discomfort flashed across Gu Xizhou's eyes, and he glared fiercely at Niu Guoxing who was standing beside him.
"Stay away from my wife, or watch your legs."
Niu Guoxing was stunned, nodded hurriedly, and ran towards his room.
Gu Xizhou brought breakfast into the room and saw Su Nanzhi sitting in the main room. He gave Su Nanzhi an apologetic smile and then went to the kitchen to get dishes.
When he came out of the kitchen, Niu Guoxing had already hurried out to work.
Gu Xizhou pushed the meat buns he bought from the state-owned restaurant in front of Su Nanzhi.
"Just bought it, eat it while it's hot."
Su Nanzhi shook her head, glanced at the closed door of the east wing, and asked the question that she didn't have time to ask yesterday.
"You and Gu Poguan know each other?"
Gu Xizhou was stunned. Instead of answering the question, he asked, "Are you on good terms with Gu Poguan?"
Su Nanzhi was about to answer, but when she saw Gu Xizhou staring at her, the words on her lips changed into...
"What does this have to do with you?"
Gu Xizhou narrowed his eyes unconsciously, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes. In the end, Su Nanzhi could only catch the sense of determination.
"Gu Poguan is my half-brother."
"I don't have a partner yet, but I don't want to have a sister-in-law."
Su Nanzhi was choked by his straightforward words, and the teasing words she wanted to say were instantly stuck in her throat.
Seeing the smile in Gu Xizhou's eyes, her unyielding spirit instantly took over.
"I think Gu Poguan is pretty good. He's young, cheerful, and humorous..."
The smile moved from Gu Guxizhou's eyes to Su Nanzhi's face.
Gu Xizhou lowered his eyes. He wanted to refute, but Gu Poguan was indeed young and had a good temper, and many female comrades in the compound liked him.
Unlike him, he is older than Su Nanzhi and his temper is not good...
Su Nanzhi didn't expect that her casual words would make Gu Xizhou look so disappointed.
She had become accustomed to Gu Xizhou's calm and composed appearance.
"Actually, you're pretty good too. Although you're a bit older than Gu Poguan, you're already the leader at such a young age. You're also good-looking, and you have so many women..."
Su Nanzhi was halfway through her words of comfort when she noticed Gu Xizhou looking up at her, and the frustration she had just seen on his face was gone.
"Nanzhi, thank you for your compliment." Gu Xizhou had a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of determination. "No matter how good Gu Poguan is, I will not give up. I will let you see my own strength."
Su Nanzhi was so angry at Gu Xizhou's rogue look of trying to climb up the ladder that she couldn't help but say something coquettishly.
"Gu Xizhou, I think you are becoming more and more like a gangster."
Gu Xizhou smiled and didn't respond.
If you can find a partner by acting like a gangster, then it's not wrong to be a gangster.
Su Nanzhi took a bite of the meat bun with a bit of malice, then she let out a sigh of relief. "So, Gu Poguan was scared by your brother and returned to Taipei early?"
Gu Xizhou slowly poured her a cup of soy milk. Through the misty hot steam, Su Nanzhi couldn't see his appearance clearly.
"It's better to go back early. His parents must miss him very much."
Su Nanzhi tightened her grip on the bun. Although Gu Xizhou had never mentioned his relationship with his family, it was clear from the few words he had said before that his relationship with his family was not very good.
"you……"
She wanted to say something, but when the words came to her lips she didn't know what to say.
Gu Xizhou pushed the soy milk in front of her and said, "Whether Gu Poguan is my brother or not, I will never give up on you."
Su Nanzhi's hand holding the bowl of soy milk trembled slightly. The heat from the edge of the porcelain bowl passed through her fingertips, but it was not as hot as the heat in her heart.
She lowered her eyelashes, stared at the reflection of the swaying soy milk in the bowl, and saw the red tips of her ears.
"Do you think..." her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible, "that I would soften my heart if you said something like that?"
When Gu Xizhou saw her like this, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of his mouth.
After Su Nanzhi returned from Hongqi County, he noticed the change in her attitude. Thinking of what Gu Poguan said yesterday, a dark light flashed in his eyes.
"You and...Gu Poguan have a good relationship?"
He still cared a little about the relationship between Gu Poguan and Su Nanzhi.
This time, the calm person was Su Nanzhi. Looking at the tension and worry in Gu Xizhou's eyes, Su Nanzhi raised the corners of her lips.
"you guess!"
Gu Xizhou didn't know why, but after seeing the smile on her face, the tension in his heart instantly eased a little.
He was about to speak when his expression froze and he caught a glimpse of Niu Xingguo appearing at the door.
Seeing Gu Xizhou's expression suddenly change, Su Nanzhi choked on the soy milk that had already reached her throat and started coughing violently.
The next second, Gu Xizhou's calloused fingertips touched the corner of her lips and gently rubbed them.
Compared with his gentle actions, Gu Xizhou's words seemed very vulgar.
"Being my Lin Sen's woman, I will make sure you eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, and watch your precious face with a bowl of soy milk."
Su Nanzhi frowned and was about to speak when she saw Niu Xingguo.
The confusion on her face was instantly replaced by disgust, and she slapped Gu Xizhou's hand away.
"Your hands are filthy, don't touch me."
Gu Xizhou touched the back of his hand and turned to look at Niu Xingguo with a sullen face.
"Niu, didn't you go out? Why are you back here?"
Niu Xingguo's face turned pale in an instant and his body began to tremble.
"I...I forgot to take something, come back..."
Before he could finish his words, he had already run into his room.
Even with the door closed, he could still hear the man cursing outside.
"Sooner or later, I'll kick out all of you who are in the way and delaying my work..."
The sunlight shining on Niu Xingguo's face seemed particularly dark and unclear.
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