Lin Qingze picked fruit all afternoon and kept busy afterwards, working up a sweat. Shortly after finishing his meal, he was the first to leave.
Lin Xiaoran had to go to school the next day, so she went back to her room early to wash up and go to bed.
Grandpa and Grandma Lin are used to going to bed early, so they went back to their room after a short while.
Soon, only Lin Chuxia and Gu Yuheng remained in the courtyard.
"Should we go back inside and rest?" The man's eyes flickered in the darkness.
Lin Chuxia clutched her stomach, looking embarrassed, and said, "No, I was too hungry before, and I ate too much for dinner."
Although it was dark, Lin Chuxia could still clearly see the man's doting expression in the darkness.
Gu Yuheng chuckled softly, his deep, magnetic voice resonating in everyone's ears like a subwoofer on a stage—
"We're stuffed, so let's stay a little longer before going back inside."
She has an unusually good temper.
Lin Chuxia couldn't help but look at him: "Don't you suspect that this is just an excuse I'm using to refuse?"
"Then are you?" Gu Yuheng asked in return.
"Of course not." She was genuinely stuffed.
"Isn't that enough?" In the darkness, the man's features became even more defined, and the lines of his jawline were even more captivating. A slight smile curved his lips as he slowly said, "Besides, we burn calories faster at night, so eating more is good."
Lin Chuxia: "..."
Gu Yuheng suggested, "How about we take some food back to the house later?" After all, energy will be used up quickly then.
Lin Chuxia blushed and glared at him angrily: "I'm not taking you!"
“…Alright.” Gu Yuheng said with some regret.
However, half an hour later, Lin Chuxia was still dragged to the restaurant by Gu Yuheng. Watching the man take out a few slices of plain toast, a plate of pastries, a fruit platter, a small cake, two chocolates, two cans of energy drinks, and a carton of yogurt from the refrigerator… her temples twitched involuntarily, and she finally couldn't help but growl in a low voice—
"Gu Yuheng, do you think I'm a pig?!"
Gu Yuheng looked at her in surprise: "Wife, why are you belittling yourself like that?"
Lin Chuxia glared at him: "...You're the pig."
Seeing the girl's cheeks puffed up with anger, Gu Yuheng couldn't help but smile. "Wife, you're so cute. Okay, you're not the pig, I'm the pig. This is what the pig prepared for himself, after all, the pig is going to root for cabbages tonight, so he'll be expending a lot of energy~"
"Pfft—"
Lin Chuxia couldn't help but laugh out loud, and pinched his waist: "Stop talking nonsense, who would call themselves a pig?"
Gu Yuheng smiled nonchalantly.
He didn't care about these things; as long as he could win her favor, he would happily agree to be called a fool.
Gu Yuheng's arms were piled high with food and drinks until he could carry no more.
Just before stepping out of the restaurant, Lin Chuxia suddenly turned back, took a bottle of fruit wine from the wine rack, and picked up two stemmed glasses.
Gu Yuheng smiled, his eyes sparkling like stars: "My wife really knows how to be romantic."
Lin Chuxia was a little annoyed: "Shut up, or I'll take it back."
Gu Yuheng obediently shut his mouth. However, Lin Chuxia found that her face was uncontrollably burning up again.
...
The Lin Family Manor is located halfway up the mountain.
Lin Chuxia's room window faces south, and the starry sky is particularly dazzling that night. As soon as she draws back the curtains, she can see the brilliant starry sky and the boundless night.
The bay window inside is more than a meter wide. Pulling back the curtains and opening the window reveals a small balcony.
The cool autumn breeze swept away some of the heat from people's faces.
Lin Chuxia, holding a glass of fruit wine, sat cross-legged opposite Gu Yuheng. Suddenly, she remembered the year she first met Gu Yuheng and couldn't help but say, "Gu Yuheng, you've really changed a lot compared to before."
This person used to be so irritating with their words, unlike now, who has a whole repertoire of flirting skills.
Gu Yuheng humbly replied, "It's all thanks to my wife's excellent guidance."
"Nonsense, when did I ever teach you this nonsense?" As she said this, Lin Chuxia had completely forgotten the bunch of sickeningly sweet words she had once said to Gu Yuheng.
The valley was quiet at night, with only the occasional chirping of insects coming from afar.
Lin Chuxia held the wine glass, and each time she tilted the glass, she only touched her lips with the wine and drank a few drops at a time.
The deep red fruit wine moistened her lips, making them look even more vibrant than the delicate flowers glistening with morning dew.
Gu Yuheng felt that this scene seemed familiar.
"young married woman."
"Huh?" Caught off guard by his call, Lin Chuxia instinctively turned to look at him, her mouth slightly agape.
The girl's every word and action overlapped with that night three years ago, and Gu Yuheng couldn't help but think of his own treacherous self under that moonlit night, and suddenly smiled.
"What are you doing?" Lin Chuxia looked at him with a puzzled expression. Why did he call her but not answer? What was he laughing at?
Because his thoughts were still lingering on the past, Gu Yuheng's thinking was a little sluggish. He gently swirled the cup in his hand and said slowly, "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something... Wife, do you remember that first night we did together?"
No.…
Once.
After going through those words in her mind, Lin Chuxia understood Gu Yuheng's meaning.
"How could I not remember? That was the day I finished my college entrance exams!" Lin Chuxia's expression soured as she glared at Gu Yuheng with displeasure. "I even turned down the class's graduation party just to celebrate your birthday. And you actually had such thoughts behind your back!"
Gu Yuheng obediently nodded and admitted, "Yes, I had ulterior motives towards you that night." And he succeeded.
The man opposite her had a smug and arrogant smile on his face. When Lin Chuxia saw this, she couldn't help but grab a small toy from the side and throw it at his face: "You still have the nerve to smile? I had promised my classmates that I would go to the graduation party that night, but I missed it because of you!"
Gu Yuheng tilted his head and smiled as he looked at the wine glass in his hand: "Hmm. It's a good thing you weren't there."
In fact, he had already received the news that someone was planning to confess to her at the party that night, so he played some tricks in advance.
That day, he waited for her for a very long time under the sycamore tree at the gate, until the birds returned to their nests and the sun set, but she did not come back.
He couldn't see her anywhere, and his heart sank like the setting sun. As the sun went down, it seemed to take away the warmth from the air, and even though it was already summer, he still felt a chill to the bone.
Just as his patience was about to run out and he was about to give up waiting and prepare to go and bring her back himself, her figure appeared on the other side of the mountain.
The girl, dressed in a loose blue and white school uniform with her backpack casually slung over her shoulder and carrying a cake in each hand, was surprised to see him: "Gu Yuheng, what are you doing here?"
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