Chapter 39 Peace of Mind
Gu Muwan excitedly pulled Ye Nuan to open the presents. While they were opening, he suddenly remembered something, ran to the opposite side and opened the door. "Nuannuan, look, my room is opposite yours. Our rooms are exactly the same. I decorated them. If there is anything you don't like, you can change it yourself later. Look, the colors are the same." After saying that, he ran back and continued to open the presents.
"My second brother bought this with his scholarship. He then went to the old lady who opened the shop ten years ago and made another identical one for you. This one is..."
Ye Nuan listened to Gu Muwan's introductions one by one, and a warm feeling filled her heart.
From her words, Ye Nuan learned about Gu Moci and the Gu family's gift-giving habits: Gu Muwan, Gu Moci, and the former Gu Muxi had an agreement that the gifts for his brother Gu Mocheng and sister Gu Mucha would be made by the three of them together.
After I had pocket money and financial strength, I gave watches or cufflinks to my eldest brother, and bags or clothes to my sister; the gifts for my younger brother Gu Mochen and younger sister Gu Muxi were given after consulting them and were made to fulfill their wishes; gifts for my grandparents and parents were also given after I had the financial strength.
As for the three of them, they would search for special little things from each other. The result of this was that it was difficult to give Ye Nuan the same gift now, especially after Gu Moci became an adult. The gifts he gave to Gu Muwan were all bought by him when he saw new and interesting things while traveling abroad or on business trips.
"Nuannuan, no, I need to find a name that belongs to both of us. Xiaonuan? No, that's what the elder brother and sister should call each other. Nuan? No, then I'll call you 'Wan'". It sounds like I'm a glutton. Nuanbao, eh? That's it, from now on I'll call you Nuanbao and you call me Wanbao, okay!" Gu Muwan put her face in front of Ye Nuan.
Ye Nuan found Gu Muwan somewhat amusing. Looking at the face that looked exactly like hers, she nodded involuntarily.
Gu Muwan talked a lot more until Gu Moci came up and asked them to eat.
The three of them arrived at the restaurant and looked at the dishes on the table: braised pork, braised eggplant, steamed fish, blanched prawns, stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, soft tofu with oyster sauce, and a bowl of mushroom and pork rib soup. Ye Nuan was slightly shocked.
"Nuanbao, eat quickly. Second brother's cooking skills are very good! But he doesn't cook easily. In the past, I had to beg him to cook a meal!" Gu Muwan pulled Ye Nuan to sit down. Gu Moci served a bowl of soup to everyone and then sat on the other side of Ye Nuan.
Ye Nuan sat between the two of them, feeling inexplicably at ease, as if everything was supposed to be this way. There was no awkwardness among the three of them, no barriers, and no rifts.
Ye Nuan and Gu Muwan were in charge of eating, while Gu Moci peeled shrimp for them. After the meal, Gu Moci felt that he had become much closer to his sister. After dinner, the three of them moved to the living room and chatted and watched TV on the sofa. During this time, Gu Moci also cut a plate of fruit.
Seeing that Gu Muwan kept talking to Ye Nuan and Ye Nuan didn't mention going back, Gu Moci pretended to have forgotten and didn't ask Ye Nuan.
The three of them chatted until late before going upstairs to rest. Gu Muwan and Ye Nuan went to the dressing room she had prepared for Ye Nuan and happily introduced: "Nuanbao, these pajamas are all washed and can be worn directly. Look here, ding ding ding ding, don't they look good? I designed these especially for you. I made them not long ago. Try them on and see if they fit you. Come with me to the studio to have your size measured."
Then, he took Ye Nuan to the bathroom and showed her how to operate the water heater and bathtub, and where each toiletries were located. Then he returned to his room.
After taking a shower and changing into pajamas, Ye Nuan came out and saw Gu Muwan sitting obediently on her bed holding a big white goose.
"Nuanbao, can we sleep together?" Gu Muwan had her hair loose at this moment, and Bai Jing's little face was blinking with a pair of big eyes, which was very cute. Ye Nuan did not refuse, because she did not want to reject Gu Muwan's desire to be close to her.
The two of them were lying on the bed. This was not the first time that Ye Nuan slept in the same bed with someone else. When she was in the orphanage, the space was small and she had to squeeze into the big bed with other children or the orphanage's life teachers. But this was the first time she lay in the comfortable big bed in her own room with her relatives.
Gu Muwan threw the big white goose aside, turned around and hugged Ye Nuan: "Nuanbao, I used to sleep with Mu Xi when we went out to play, but she seems to be more accustomed to being alone, and she and I always have nothing to talk about.
I don't know why, but she seems to compare herself to me in everything. I don't mean to say that she is bad, but she and Xiaoyan are not very close to me, as well as my older sister and second brother. She is with my second brother because of those few things, but I don't know why with my older sister and me. My parents have noticed this before, but they didn't force anything, and there are no conflicts between us. As long as we get along overall, that's fine.
Now that I think about it, it might have something to do with blood ties. As for Xiaoyan, she's always been obedient to her older sister, Muxi. Maybe they both share an interest in painting and music, so they have something in common."
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