Chapter 29 Witnessing
Nan Zhiyi woke up to a passionate kiss.
Before my consciousness was fully clear, the familiar scent had already invaded my mouth.
She raised her hand to push him away, but Gu Xiao grabbed her wrist and pressed her against the back of the sofa.
He kissed her deeply and passionately until her breath became ragged.
"...Time to get up, lunch is coming up."
Gu Xiao caressed her lips with his fingertips, his eyes burning with passion.
Nan Zhiyi, embarrassed and annoyed, dodged his hand and muttered, "Fifth Brother has been... always being indecent lately."
She got up, walked to the window, and wanted to open it a crack to let in some fresh air.
When she pulled back a corner of the curtain and her gaze swept across the downstairs, she froze.
Zhou Zhengping and Zhou Anping, siblings, were walking past the Gu family's small building with Wang Lili, carrying several paper bags.
Wang Lili was beaming, tilting her head to say something to Zhou Zhengping.
Zhou Zhengping's face was expressionless as he listened, while Zhou Anping followed absentmindedly behind.
Nan Zhiyi's feelings were mixed.
She didn't expect to see the three of them walking together, and they seemed to know each other quite well.
Zhou Zhengping and Anping used to dislike Wang Lili's domineering attitude, so why are they now...?
Her gaze fell on Zhou Zhengping.
He seemed to have lost some weight, his back was still upright, but he exuded a lingering sense of loneliness.
Nan Zhiyi felt a slight pang in her heart.
Zhou Zhengping.
The engagement had been arranged since childhood.
In the prime of their youth, he was gentle and considerate, and handsome; it was only natural that she liked him.
Those hazy feelings, the heart-pounding emotions of a young man's infatuation, all truly existed.
But alas... the Nan family mansion collapsed, and all the beauty came to an abrupt end.
Things have changed, but people are no longer the same.
She sighed silently.
"What are you looking at so intently?" Gu Xiao's voice was cold.
Nan Zhiyi hurriedly lowered the curtains and turned around: "N-nothing, just looking at the scenery outside."
She didn't want to mention Zhou Zhengping, and even less did she want to upset Gu Xiao.
A hint of disapproval flashed in Gu Xiao's eyes; she was lying.
From his position, he had just caught a glimpse of the three figures downstairs and also saw the complex expression on Nan Zhiyi's face as she looked at Zhou Zhengping's back.
He stepped forward, lifted her chin, and forced her to look at him.
"Scenery? More beautiful than me?"
Nan Zhiyi was breathless from his kiss, her mind went blank.
Only when she felt she was about to faint from lack of oxygen did Gu Xiao slightly release her lips: "Zhou Zhengping... has he ever kissed you like this?"
He looked terrifying, completely different from his usual cold and composed demeanor.
Nan Zhiyi immediately shook her head: "No, no."
She dared not hide anything, "We...we just held hands...and hugged..."
I felt both ashamed and terrified by his current appearance.
Gu Xiao locked her up and remained silent for a long time, as if judging the truthfulness of her words.
Gu Yan did not appear at lunchtime.
He didn't return until dusk, still shivering with cold, his face expressionless.
At the dinner table, he only picked at the food in front of him, indifferent to everything around him.
Nan Zhiyi had little appetite because she hadn't been very active during the day.
Faced with a table full of dishes, she only picked a few vegetarian dishes with her chopsticks before putting down her bowl.
"Eat some more." Gu Xiao picked up a piece of taro and put it in her bowl. "This isn't greasy."
Nan Zhiyi shook her head: "I'm full."
Gu Xiao leaned close to her ear: "Be good, just eat a couple more bites. Hmm? Look how thin you've gotten."
He circled her wrist with his fingertips.
Fifth Brother is actually here, disregarding his image, coaxing her to eat?
Nan Zhiyi secretly glanced up and, sure enough, saw Commander Gu in the main seat looking at them with a complicated expression. He clearly found it hard to understand his son's "good-for-nothing" appearance, and even a little... disgusted.
She looked a little embarrassed.
She picked up her chopsticks, ate the taro, and then forced down a few sips of soup: "...I really can't eat anymore."
Gu Xiao scooped the remaining half bowl of rice and a few green vegetables from her bowl into his own, and then continued eating.
Commander Gu almost choked on a mouthful of soup.
He watched his son eat other people's leftovers as if it were his right, his lips twitched a couple of times, and finally chose to turn a blind eye and leave the restaurant.
Gu Yan kept his head down the whole time, as if he hadn't seen anything.
Before... before the Nan family had this incident, when everyone ate out, they would eat what Nan Zhiyi couldn't finish, since saving food was the norm in this era.
The secret joy he felt at that time could linger in his memory for days.
But now...
He finished the last two mouthfuls of rice in his bowl, stood up, and said, "I'm done eating." Without looking back, he ran upstairs.
Only Gu Xiao and Nan Zhiyi remained in the restaurant.
It was late at night, and I had finished washing up.
Nan Zhiyi crawled into bed and closed her eyes tightly.
She just wanted to be an ostrich.
Before long, Gu Xiao's warm body leaned closer, and he wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her into his embrace.
Nan Zhiyi said in a muffled voice, "...I'm going to sleep."
Gu Xiao's voice rang in her ear, hot and clear: "It's still early."
His warm lips brushed against her earlobe: "Help me again, hmm?"
Nan Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat: "No!"
Gu Xiao, however, persisted, grabbing one of her hands and pulling it to his lips.
His lips kissed her fingertips, one after another.
"You won't help me..." Gu Xiao's lips pressed against her fingertips, his hot breath spraying onto her fingertips, "I feel terrible."
His tone carried a childlike quality, yet it was also filled with the repressed desires of an adult man.
"……no."
She tried to pull her hand away, but he held it even tighter.
His kisses traveled along her fingertips, down to her palms and wrists, carrying a pleading tone.
Nan Zhiyi felt weak all over, and her mind gradually became hazy.
"...Then I'll help you for a little while."
In the darkness, Gu Xiao's lips curled into a triumphant smile.
He gripped her hand tightly, moved it downwards, and then covered her lips with a burning kiss, silencing her sobs.
A night of ups and downs.
Nan Zhiyi didn't know when she fell asleep, only that her wrist felt sore and numb at the end, as if it wasn't her own.
When I woke up in the morning, my wrists and forearms felt slightly weak.
Thinking back to how he had so persistently coaxed and enticed her last night, getting her to help him "for a while" and then "for a while" again...
After dawdling over my clothes, I went downstairs for breakfast.
Nan Zhiyi picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of warm rice porridge, and her wrist trembled slightly uncontrollably.
Gu Xiao's gaze fell on her hands, a secret pleasure rising in his heart. Last night, those hands had been under his control, bringing him joy under his guidance.
He reached out to take the spoon from her hand. "I'll feed you."
Nan Zhiyi gripped the spoon tightly and glared at him: "No need!"
Commander Gu, seated at the head of the table, caught a glimpse of his son staring at his wife with an air of utter contempt, offering to feed her, serving her food, and even bringing steamed buns to her lips…
Commander Gu's eyelids twitched. This was truly an eyesore so early in the morning! How did this kid become so...shameless after getting married!
Gu Yan mechanically chewed the tasteless food in his mouth.
He even suspected that his fifth brother was doing it on purpose? Had he already sensed his feelings and was deliberately showing off his affection in front of him?
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