Chapter 375 Complete Acceptance
The awkwardness that had just been broken by Aunt Gongsun's appearance came back again because the two of them were alone.
Gu Xizhou entered the bedroom a step later than Su Nanzhi. He saw Su Nanzhi standing at the door without moving, her little face flushed, and her heart suddenly began to beat violently.
"What's wrong?"
His voice was gentle, but it made Su Nanzhi's already panicked heart beat even faster. She felt like she was nailed to the bedroom door, her gaze nowhere to go but onto the bed with two large red pillows—they were the ones Liang Hongyan had replaced before leaving at noon.
She hadn't noticed it just now, but now the red color was so eye-catching that she couldn't ignore it at all.
"Nothing... nothing." Su Nanzhi replied in a low voice and walked quickly to the dressing table.
On the dressing table were some of her books, toiletries, and a large dressing mirror.
Before, Su Nanzhi always washed and brushed her teeth in the space. The table was usually used by her for studying, and there was nothing else on it except toiletries.
The mirror reflected her cheeks that were red as if they were about to bleed, as well as Gu Xizhou's tall but somewhat bewildered figure.
Gu Xizhou saw her embarrassment clearly.
The air in the room seemed to carry a tiny electric current with every breath.
Gu Xizhou cleared his throat and turned his eyes away from Su Nanzhi, but he had no way to avoid the red wedding supplies piled up in the room, on the table, and in the corner.
Su Nanzhi didn't know where to look, and she spoke again to break the silence in the air.
"Did you buy this dressing mirror at the supply and marketing cooperative this afternoon?"
Gu Xizhou looked at Su Nanzhi's profile reflected in the mirror and nodded. Then, realizing that she couldn't see, he said, "I think your room is too empty. Other lesbians would have a dressing mirror or something."
He pointed to the drawer of the table and said, "I also bought you some facial cleanser. I wonder if it's suitable for you."
Su Nanzhi opened the drawer, which contained cosmetics unique to this era: vanishing cream, clam oil, shampoo, and even a lipstick...
She picked up the lipstick in surprise.
Ordinary supply and marketing cooperatives do not sell lipsticks. Even now most lesbians don’t know that lipsticks exist, let alone gay men.
As if he could see through her confusion, Gu Xizhou took a few steps closer and stood by the window to explain, "When I was on a mission before, I happened to see a lot of female comrades buying this, so I just bought one. I never had the chance to give it to you before..."
Su Nanzhi opened the lipstick cap and applied lipstick on her lips in front of the mirror.
Her lips are beautiful, and her mouth is small, clean and transparent, like a warm word with rouge on it.
Her lips were slightly raised, and the lipstick she had just applied made her look even more charming.
"Does it look good?"
After applying lipstick, Su Nanzhi looked up at Gu Xizhou and asked. After meeting Gu Xizhou's ink-black eyes, she immediately regretted it.
Gu Xizhou's gaze fell heavily on her lips, as if there was a dormant beast, ready to break out of the cage at any time.
Under Su Nanzhi's nervous gaze, he took two steps closer to her. He turned sideways, deliberately avoiding her face filled with panic and seductive red lips, and looked out the window.
"Are you tired?" Gu Xizhou looked out the window at the quiet moonlight, and in his heart he deliberately checked whether the curtains were closed tightly. When his fingertips touched the slightly cool fabric, he felt a little bit of reality again. "You should rest first."
He didn't answer Su Nanzhi's question, his mind replaying the alluring scene from just now—the innocent words, the red lips, the fatal temptation that almost instantly overwhelmed his prideful rationality. He almost, just almost, would follow his instinct to kiss her lips and answer her question.
"Yeah, I'm a little tired." Su Nanzhi responded to his words. She mustered her courage, quickly raised her eyes to glance at him in the mirror, and then quickly lowered them, "That... the bed..."
Gu Xizhou's gaze unconsciously fell on the bed, and his cheeks flushed. However, after seeing that Su Nanzhi's cheeks were even redder than his, he instantly calmed down a little.
"Ahem," Gu Xizhou cleared his somewhat tense throat. His voice remained low, but he tried to maintain a steady tone, even with a hint of deliberate ease. "Don't worry." He turned away, no longer looking at the unsettling bed, and glanced at the old cabinet in the corner of the room where miscellaneous items were stored. "I can just sleep on the floor."
"Cough," Gu Xizhou cleared his somewhat tight throat. His voice was still low, but he tried to keep it steady, even with a hint of deliberate ease.
"Don't worry." He turned around, no longer looking at the unsettling bed, and his eyes fell on the wardrobe in the room, "I can just sleep on the floor."
Without waiting for Su Nanzhi to speak, he walked a few steps to the cabinet, took out the bedding he had previously stored at the bottom of the cabinet, and planned to continue sleeping on the floor.
"You sleep on the bed." Gu Xizhou said calmly as he tidied up the mat on the floor. "I just boiled some hot water for you. Take a shower and go to bed early."
Su Nanzhi watched Gu Xizhou quickly spread the mat and pursed her lips. "Don't do these physical tasks during this period. It will not be worth it when the time comes."
"I can do these little things myself."
After saying that, Su Nanzhi turned around and took out some clothes from the closet, walked across Gu Xizhou's mat, and hurried towards the shower room.
It was already the end of August and the weather was getting a little chilly at night. As soon as Su Nanzhi entered the shower room, she felt the warmth blowing towards her.
She took a quick shower with the hot water that Gu Xizhou had prepared in advance and returned to the bedroom.
When she returned to the bedroom, Gu Xizhou was taking out some clothes from the closet. He turned around immediately when he heard her footsteps.
"I still have a bucket of water left, go take a shower."
After saying this, Su Nanzhi was about to walk past Gu Xizhou and walk towards the table.
She had just sat down on the chair when a towel suddenly fell on her head.
Gu Xizhou's gentle voice with a hint of reproach came from behind.
"Dry your hair, be careful not to catch a cold."
Before Su Nanzhi could react, the sound of footsteps getting farther and farther away was heard, followed by the sound of the door closing.
Su Nanzhi picked up a towel and wiped the slightly wet ends of her hair. Although she was very careful when taking a shower, her hair was still inevitably a little wet.
When Gu Xizhou returned to the bedroom, covered in dampness, the lights in the room had gone out. Only the small candle on the square table was still burning, emitting a small ball of dim light.
He walked very quietly and looked at the bed in the dim light. Su Nanzhi was lying on her side, with a thin blanket covering her shoulders, her long black hair spread out on the pillow, as if she was already fast asleep.
Gu Xizhou's gaze fell on Su Nanzhi's white nightgown draped on the armchair beside the bed. In front of his eyes, he could still see the scene of Su Nanzhi with wet hair, which made her white nightgown wet, and a hint of spring scenery.
He only felt that the temperature, which had just dropped, was rising again.
Gu Xizhou took a deep breath, then looked at Su Nanzhi again before lying down.
As long as he can wait until Nanzhi marries him, he can wait until the day when Nanzhi completely accepts him.
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