◇ 【062】 Xi Lang builds his foundation
When they turned around the rockery, Xi Lang leaned close to Gu Juan's ear and said, "Xiao Juan, stay here tonight."
Gu Juan turned around, raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, "What do you want to do?"
Xi Lang patted his waist and said calmly, "Just chat under the quilt."
"Why don't you come with me to my place?" Gu Juan asked.
"That's fine." Xi Lang was calm.
In the end, Gu Juan stayed at Xi Lang's house. Xi Lang had to go to work the next day, so it was more convenient for him to start from Building No. 1.
The two of them lay in the same bed, and apart from kissing each other a few times, they didn't do anything else. They felt very satisfied that they could no longer hide anything and could sleep in each other's arms with the person they loved.
In the morning, Gu Juan woke up earlier than Xi Lang, and on a whim, he made breakfast for Xi Lang. Although the fried eggs were a bit mushy, they tasted quite good, and Xi Lang almost wolfed them down.
Gu Juan will probably never forget the moved and satisfied look in Xi Lang's eyes when he saw him coming out of the kitchen with breakfast, as if he had nothing else to ask for after getting it.
After breakfast, Xi Lang took a bunch of spare keys and gave them to Gu Juan. He lowered his head and kissed his lips. "I'm going to work. Will I be able to see you when I get back from get off work?"
"Why can't I see it?" Gu Juan asked back.
Xi Lang chuckled, "That's good."
After Xi Lang left, Gu Juan took out his laptop and looked up some information online. Although he had handed some tasks over to Lan Na, he wasn't completely letting go. After all, he had chosen Lan Na primarily because of his concern for Jixiang Village, and he didn't yet have a firm grasp on Lan Na's abilities.
After searching online for some highly-rated construction companies, comparing and recording them, he looked up information on loans. He definitely needed to set aside funds for refining the talisman, as he worried that his current funds might not be sufficient. Now that he had caught the attention of some in the capital, he decided to err on the side of caution and not sell the items in his space. Mortgaging his house should yield a loan of around 1.8 million yuan, which should be enough.
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Secretary Wang usually arrived at the office five to ten minutes before Xi Lang to do some preparatory work, and today was no exception. But she found it odd that her boss hadn't arrived yet, even after twenty minutes. She quickly sat up straight when she heard the elevator ding.
After a while, she heard the familiar footsteps of her boss getting closer and closer. She raised her head and smiled politely, "Good morning, boss."
"morning."
Secretary Wang watched his boss walk away with a carefree look on his face, and wondered what had happened.
She pulled out her phone and quickly posted a Weibo post: "Ever since my boss replaced his office walls with solid ones, I can no longer peek at that delightful face from time to time. Damn~~~" She didn't think she was vulgar; everyone loves beauty. Besides, her boss, who always looked serious, never had a habit of doing anything strange in the office, so it was okay for her to take a peek.
In less than five seconds, a row of replies appeared below. Some were gloating, some were regretful, and some were contemptuous...
Secretary Wang is very calm. As a celebrity in the circle with over 200,000 fans, she is very well-mannered and is not surprised by praise or criticism.
Seeing someone ask, "Is this related to that handsome guy from last time?" Secretary Wang suddenly realized something and stamped her foot in frustration. Her acumen wasn't as good as a random person on her Weibo account. How could she possibly handle this? How could she have forgotten about "the handsome guy"? The boss's good mood today might also be related to the handsome guy.
Seeing the time in the lower right corner of her computer change to 09:00, she quickly put away her phone and prepared to start her day's work. As a top secretary, she was very professional.
The sun gradually set in the west. When Xi Lang realized that he had been looking at his watch for the fifth time, he was a little surprised, but then he felt relieved. He glanced at the photo frame on the desk and concentrated on the documents.
In the photo frame, Gu Juan is wearing camouflage, facing the sunset, and smiling at the camera.
Congzhou University started school on the 12th day of the first lunar month, and Gu Juan stayed at Xi Lang's home until the 11th day of the first lunar month.
In the morning, he went home, packed up, and went to the supermarket to buy a large bag of vegetables and fruit. If he never bought from outside, it would eventually arouse suspicion. When he got home, he put the vegetables and fruit into the space and picked fresh ones from the space to send to Xi Lang's house. The vegetables and fruits he bought could be used to feed the chickens raised in the space.
He also used the bamboo in the space to weave three large bamboo baskets, put the fruits, vegetables and eggs in the space into them respectively, and then hung three fresh-keeping charms on them, which could ensure that the vegetables, fruits and eggs would be fresh within a month.
Seeing the plants on the balcony wilt, he diluted a drop of spiritual spring water and poured it on. Looking around Xi Lang's house, he felt it was a bit too cold and hard, so he went out to buy some potted plants and watered the flowers and plants with the diluted spiritual spring water. He also bought an oval glass fish tank and filled it directly with water from the lake in the space. He fished out two beautiful fish and placed them in it, covering it with some clean sand, colorful small stones, and water plants.
Er Jianmei felt more comfortable in Xi Lang's house than in her own home, and followed her master around.
When Xi Lang got home from get off work, he found his house completely changed. He smiled slightly, put his briefcase on the sofa, and asked loudly, "Xiaojuan, where are you?"
Erjianmei came out of the study, ran to Xi Lang, called out to him, trotted into the study, and looked back at him, as if telling him that its owner was in the study.
Xi Lang walked into the study, patted Er Jianmei's head, and saw Gu Juan staring at the computer screen helplessly. He took a closer look and saw that it was the Food Network. He couldn't help but smile.
Gu Juan checked the time and shook his head in frustration. "You always cooked before. I wanted to make dinner before you got home, but after searching online for a long time, I found that simple dishes were hard to come by, and complex ones were too difficult to learn. I spent a long time choosing, and before I knew it, it was almost six o'clock. You should cook. Luckily, I already prepared the ingredients in advance."
Xi Lang didn't say anything. He sat down on the armrest of the computer chair, propped his left hand on the computer desk, lifted his chin with his right hand, and kissed his lips, the tip of his tongue directly entering his mouth...
This kiss was different from the gentle ones in the past. It was a little fierce. Gu Juan leaned back in the chair and put her arms around his neck.
The friction of their lips and tongues made their body temperatures rise higher and higher. Xi Lang took a deep breath and let go of him. "I'm going to cook. Come help?"
Gu Juan nodded, wiped his mouth, and stood up.
Xi Lang prepared a simple dinner, consisting of two dishes, one soup and two bowls of rice.
After dinner, Gu Juan insisted that he wash the dishes. Xi Lang let him do it, and was responsible for drying the dishes he washed and placing them on the dish rack.
"Old man, have you finished the pills I gave you today?" Gu Juan asked.
Xi Lang nodded, "I was just about to tell you about this."
"I will help you build your foundation tonight." Gu Juan was a little excited. Once Xi Lang built his foundation, their relationship would be closer.
"Okay." Xi Lang felt relieved. After building the foundation, he and Gu Juan became the same kind of people, and the previous sense of distance would no longer exist.
After washing the dishes, Gu Juan said, "I'll go get ready first."
He went to the bathroom, filled the tub with hot spring water, and felt the water temperature with his hand. The old man was much happier than when he was building his foundation. When he first gained the space, he was so excited that he took the foundation-building pill without thinking. Now he let Xi Lang build his foundation in the hot spring water. The hot spring water would nourish his body and help alleviate the pain of removing impurities and expanding his meridians.
"Now, old man, come on in. Wear your pajamas—or nothing."
Xi Lang walked in, stood in front of him, and began to take off his clothes openly.
Gu Juan watched as his clothes were gradually removed, revealing his broad shoulders, strong chest, and slender thighs. His heartbeat quickened. Seeing that only his underwear was left, and Xi Lang was about to continue taking them off, he quickly looked away and admitted defeat, "I was just kidding."
"You have the desire but not the courage." Xi Lang laughed at him, stretched out his long arm, took the bathrobe that had been placed outside the door and put it in.
"Really?" Gu Juan smiled and kindly reminded him, "You'll pass out in a moment. No matter what I do, you won't be able to resist."
"What do you want to do? Tell me. You don't have to wait until I pass out." Xi Lang sat down on the edge of the bathtub and leaned closer to him, their noses almost touching.
Gu Juan's face flushed. She pushed him away and said sternly, "Let's get down to business. Lie down in the bathtub first."
Xi Lang did as he was told, leaving only his neck and above exposed.
Gu Juan opened his palm, revealing a green jade bottle slightly larger than a thumb. "This is the Foundation Establishment Pill. Eat it. It will be a little painful, but I've tried my best to alleviate any pain you may have."
Xi Lang touched his face and said, "It's okay. If you can do it, I can do it even more." He opened the jade bottle and poured the pill into his mouth.
The Foundation Establishment Pill took effect quickly. After a while, he felt a wave of pain, but it wasn't unbearable. He could feel the water in the bathtub helping to soothe the pain. As time passed, black stains began to seep out of his body, and the water in the bathtub gradually turned black.
He frowned and said, "Xiaojuan, go out and rest for a while."
Gu Juan didn't want to embarrass him, so she stood up and said, "Okay. Try not to faint, but if you really can't bear it, it's okay to faint. Your physical condition is already at its best, and everything will go smoothly."
Xi Lang nodded, "Don't worry."
[Update time for this article has been revised: First update: 08:00-10:00, second update: 15:00-17:00. This will help relieve the pressure on Moumou to save manuscripts. I hope my dear friends understand. One by one. (づ￣3￣)づ╭～]
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