Chapter 397 Attentiveness
When Gu Xiao heard that Aunt Feng and Uncle Zhang were coming, he specially asked Xiao Liu to prepare a lot of good things for them.
At midday, when it was very hot, Xiao Liu carried the load twice, covered in sweat, before saluting and running away.
When Nan Zhiyi saw the items piled up in the living room, she couldn't help but widen her eyes. In addition to the usual cigarettes, alcohol, candy and tea, there were also sea cucumbers and dried scallops chilled with ice, Jinhua ham in a bamboo basket, and the most eye-catching thing was the brand-new Great Wall brand floor fan, with a red ribbon tied to the packaging box.
"Fifth Brother even thought of a fan..." Nan Zhiyi murmured. He even remembered Uncle Zhang's smoking habit.
Sister Zhang smiled and said, "Yes, Minister Gu is very thoughtful; he knows that people from his hometown are afraid of the heat."
"yes..."
Nan Zhiyi and Sister Zhang sorted and packed away the dried and fresh goods, and cleaned the south-facing study/guest room on the first floor. They changed the bedding and put on new ones, and the quilts had been aired in the yard early in the morning, so they were fluffy and soft.
Then place the new electric fan under the window, plug it in, and the blades will slowly spin, sending out a cool breeze.
Nan Zhiyi stood in the center of the room and looked around. She was fairly satisfied and hoped that Aunt Feng and Uncle Zhang would have a comfortable stay.
Before going to sleep that night, she clung to Gu Xiao like a koala, planting a string of delicate kisses on his face.
"Gu Xiao, you are truly the best person in the world... You even thought of electric fans and cigarettes. I never even considered such details."
Gu Xiao let her fuss, his hand firmly supporting her waist.
After she had finished fussing, he leaned close to her lips and asked, "So satisfied?"
"Extremely satisfied!" Nan Zhiyi suddenly remembered something, lightly tapping his chest with her fingertip, "By the way, why do you never smoke? My dad and Commander Gu both smoke heavily, and Gu Yan smokes too..."
Gu Xiao lowered his head and captured her lips in his mouth, murmuring between kisses, "If I smoke, you definitely won't let me kiss you."
Nan Zhiyi laughed and dodged the attack: "How did you know?"
"That Spring Festival," he said, his fingertips casually twirling the ends of her hair, "you came to our house to wish us a Happy New Year, and saw Gu Yan and Zhou Zhengping smoking on the balcony. You wrinkled your nose and ran away from them, telling Zhou Anping, 'They stink.'"
Nan Zhiyi tried hard to recall, and there was indeed such a fragment in her memory.
She had just started working then, and was wearing her newly made wool coat when she went to the Gu family to pay New Year's visits... Suddenly, her eyes widened: "But I remember, you were standing by the window smoking too!"
"Yes," Gu Xiao readily admitted, "What soldier doesn't smoke? But from that day on..." He recalled that snowy afternoon when he saw the little girl covering her nose to avoid the smell of smoke, and turned around to stub out half a cigarette in the snow.
Later, during countless late nights working at my desk, when I felt like smoking, I would think of her wrinkled nose, and I actually managed to quit.
His fingertips gently traced the outline of her lips. "But from that day on, I thought, if I ever get to kiss you, I absolutely can't let you dislike me."
In those years, she seemed like a delicate orchid, even frowning if she saw a slight odor on someone else's sleeve.
He didn't want to be disliked by her over such a small matter.
Quitting smoking is indeed tough, but the thought of being able to pull her into my arms and kiss her without her pushing me away makes the comfort from nicotine seem insignificant.
Nan Zhiyi pinched his burning earlobe, incredulous: "Gu Xiao...you big bad guy, you've been thinking about me for so long?"
Gu Xiao's lips curled into a smile, his gaze fixed intently on her: "Yes, I've had my eye on you for a long time..."
He gently stroked her waist with his fingertips. "And you? Have you ever thought about me?"
Nan Zhiyi suppressed a smug smile, her heart bursting with sweet joy.
Who would have thought that Fifth Brother, who seemed so aloof, secretly harbored such thoughts?
She suppressed a smile and deliberately said, "How could I dare? Minister Gu, you really have no idea how frightening you were when you had a stern face."
"Oh?" Gu Xiao enveloped her completely beneath him, his hand slowly caressing her. "Please be clear, boss, how exactly is it frightening?"
Nan Zhiyi shrank back in embarrassment, frantically trying to push away his mischievous hands: "I'm not playing anymore... I'm sleepy."
"Aunt Feng and the others are coming over in the next few days," Gu Xiao leaned down to bite her earlobe, his breath hot, "You definitely won't want to play with me..."
His kisses landed softly on her neck. "Consider tonight your way of making it up to me in advance..."
Nan Zhiyi wanted to protest, but he silenced her with a kiss.
Her hand, which had initially been pushing him away, unknowingly wrapped around his neck, her fingertips disappearing into his thick black hair.
"Fifth Brother..." she whispered to him between breaths.
"Hmm?" His lips lingered.
Nan Zhiyi suddenly flipped over and looked down at him from her superior position.
"Tonight..." she mimicked his tone, her fingertips lightly tracing his Adam's apple, "it's my turn."
A night breeze carried a sweet fragrance.
Gu Xiao gently patted her sweaty back, a satisfied smile on his face, and whispered in her ear, "Looks like... I'll have to ask the boss for guidance more often in the future."
Nan Zhiyi was so sleepy she could barely keep her eyes open, so she gently pinched his waist in response.
"You big bastard!"
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