A world for two
Father Gu took the colorful maracas and shook them gently, guiding Xiao Qingwu to look from left to right.
"Little Qingwu is so smart. Here, here." Father Gu smiled so hard that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes resembled the wings of a little bird. "Grandpa, call me grandpa."
"How can there be a child who can speak so early?" Gu Zian couldn't help but complain about his father when he saw his father's expression.
"This is called early education. Do you understand listening, speaking, reading and writing? Start with listening first." Father Gu glared at his silly son and felt more and more that his son was not as lovely as his granddaughter.
"Zi'an, Qingwu's toy rack is here." Xia Zhitang shouted loudly at the door.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Gu Zian ran to help.
Toys, Gu's father thought, since his son was hopeless, it wouldn't be a bad idea if his granddaughter was capable of inheriting the family business.
He calculated his own age and the time when Qingwu would become an adult, and suddenly felt that the timing was just right.
When Qingwu was about to go to bed and was carried back to the children's room by the nanny, Gu's father asked someone to set the table for dinner.
Looking at the couple who were still discussing what to add to the children's room, Father Gu suddenly said, "We need to start early childhood education. We need to find English and Chinese studies teachers."
Gu Zian and Xia Zhitang looked at each other and saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.
"Dad, Qingwu is only a few months old!" Gu Zian thought his father was stunned. "In ancient times, children started to learn at the age of three. Even in ancient times, your age would be too early."
"That was the first step to learning to hold a pen at the age of three. Now it's called nurturing." Father Gu felt a surge of regret as he recalled his son's playful childhood. "It's time to consider this school. The kindergarten that Old Tao's family attends is good, with an all-English curriculum. But Chinese studies can't be neglected. I'll teach that when I come back."
"No, Dad. I never saw you controlling me like this when I was a child." Gu Zian suddenly had the urge to escape. He had no idea what his father was thinking.
"That was because we didn't have the conditions at the time." Dolls are still better, a piece of blank paper with strong plasticity.
"Dad, will you be at home tomorrow?" Xia Zhitang pulled Gu Zian's hand from under the table.
Father Gu recalled: "There are no plans to go out, what's wrong?"
"An investor will meet us tomorrow. If you are at home, Xiao Qingwu will trouble you."
Gu Zian raised his eyebrows and looked at the serious Xia Zhitang, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.
"Just go ahead, it's no trouble at all."
This is my granddaughter, what trouble!
"We have to go out early in the morning and won't be back until the evening." Gu Zian added, "If you have time in the afternoon, you have to take her out for a walk and let the neighbors meet her."
"Okay." Father Gu began to think about which street had more neighbors. He wondered if he should let the neighbors meet his granddaughter and check out other children of the same age. He also had to start looking for playmates.
Back in the room, Gu Zian couldn't help but hug Xia Zhitang and kiss her cheek hard.
"Hahaha, the old man is still immersed in the beautiful fantasy of a loving grandfather and a filial grandson." He smiled and pushed her onto the bed. "My wife is so smart."
"What nonsense! It's only natural for Dad to want to enjoy family time." Xia Zhitang hooked his arm around Gu Zian's neck. "Quickly check where we can go tomorrow. Be careful not to choose places where we can be easily photographed."
"Well, wife, it's been a long time since I've been alone with you." Gu Zian looked at Xia Zhitang's black stockings spread out like a fan on the white sheets, and his breathing began to quicken.
"We have to tell Xiao Qingwu later, otherwise the child will think we don't want her anymore." Xia Zhitang didn't actually think that much, he just felt that Father Gu should experience the hardships of raising a child.
"Well, that's something we'll do later." Gu Zian's fingertips rubbed Xia Zhitang's buttons. "Sister, we can't hear the crying from the children's room here. No one will disturb us."
The word "sister" made Xia Zhitang a little dazed. Since getting the marriage certificate, Gu Zian almost never called her sister again.
"Zi'an." Xia Zhitang rolled up Gu Zi'an's sweatshirt, "I want to be on top."
"good."
"Zi'an, what you call a world for two is taking me to stay in a hotel suite?" Xia Zhitang couldn't help laughing as he looked at the well-equipped room.
"We have everything here: a private infinity pool, billiards, a projector, and a bar." Gu Zian put his arms around Xia Zhitang's waist from behind. "The view from the bathroom is beautiful too. We can take a bath later."
"And then there were reports online about a famous actor and his wife having a tryst in a hotel suite?" Xia Zhitang burst into laughter just thinking about that scene. "Or: Wow! A famous actor is suspected of having a marriage crisis!"
"Let's show our love now." Gu Zian took out his cell phone to take a selfie, hugged Xia Zhitang from behind and kissed her cheek.
"Next time we go abroad, let's find a less popular tourist attraction." Xia Zhitang felt that it was really inconvenient to go out in China.
"Okay, let's find a comfortable place and bring Xiao Qingwu along to make up for our honeymoon trip."
Gu Zian trailed off as he placed a warm kiss on the back of Xia Zhitang's neck, burning her so much that she gasped.
Before she could react, she was carried into the luxuriously decorated bathroom.
Xia Zhitang pressed his palm against the pale blue floor-to-ceiling glass: "Where are the curtains?"
"It's one-way glass, so you can't see outside." Gu Zian grabbed Xia Zhitang's hand that was holding his collar, "The scenery here is particularly beautiful."
"You really can't see?" Xia Zhitang tried hard to grab the string of reason in the floating waves.
"I promise." Gu Zian interlocked his fingers with hers and gently kissed the back of Xia Zhitang's hand.
The white dress fluttered to the ground, and the golden buttons made a crisp sound when they fell on the tile floor. The already loose thin thread finally couldn't bear the impact and couldn't hold the buttons anymore, so it rolled into the gap of the dark wash basin base.
More than half an hour later, the owner of the clothes finally discovered the embarrassing damage.
"Gu Zian, you pulled all the buttons off my shirt!" Xia Zhitang grabbed the collar of his shirt and kicked the culprit who was drying his hair with his white feet.
"I'll buy you a new one right away." Gu Zian hugged Xia Zhitang, and the water droplets on his body wet Xia Zhitang's white skirt.
"That's enough. I'm tired." Xia Zhitang grabbed Gu Zian's wrist sharply, "Let me rest."
Gu Zian hugged Xia Zhitang and laughed muffledly: "Sister, you were very excited just now."
"Same here." Xia Zhitang felt like he was just like a mad horse.
"Do you like it?" Gu Zian buried his chin in Xia Zhitang's shoulder and sniffed deeply the fragrance on Xia Zhitang's neck.
"It's so exciting." Even though Gu Zian repeatedly assured him that no one outside could see it, Xia Zhitang still subconsciously had a strong feeling of being spied on.
"But, don't do it next time." She reached out and pinched Gu Zian's face. "Zi'an, you are a public figure."
"Sister." Gu Zian held Xia Zhitang's slender wrist and kissed her palm, "You are my wife."
"Yes, but we can't seek excitement in this area." Xia Zhitang just thought Gu Zian was young and playful. "We can do something together that we are all interested in, or something new that we haven't tried before. Besides extreme sports, which I'm not good at, there are still many things we haven't tried."
"For example, take Xiao Qingwu to the zoo? Or take her to Disneyland?" Gu Zian was a little jealous that Lin Jingming and Xia Zhitang had so many common topics and hobbies.
"Zi'an, can you make cocktails?" Xia Zhitang suddenly remembered the bar in the small living room. "Let's make a cocktail together!"
She picked up Gu Zian's sweatshirt and changed the torn and wet hem of his skirt: "As a punishment, I'll make you wear a bathrobe until my new clothes arrive."
"Wife, you're so beautiful." Gu Zian looked at Xia Zhitang, who looked particularly small under his oversized coat. He felt that the contrast between her and her usual appearance was huge, giving him the illusion that she was under his control.
"Slippery tongue." Xia Zhitang glared at Gu Zian, "Delete the dirty crap in your mind."
"I didn't." Gu Zian felt a little aggrieved. He just felt that Xia Zhitang looked different from usual.
"Okay, remember to order some clothes for me." Xia Zhitang pulled Gu Zian's wrist. "What do you like to drink?"
"I will drink it even if it's poison you mix." Gu Zian rarely saw Xia Zhitang so lively.
"I don't know how to make poison. At most, I can make you a glass of wine that will make you lose your way after drinking it." Xia Zhitang recalled the first time they were together, when Gu Zian clumsily hinted at her to drink.
You have made me lost, Gu Zian answered silently in his heart.
Xia Zhitang, who was in charge of cocktail making, got excited earlier than Gu Zian who was applauding. Gu Zian couldn't help but stand up and pick her up when he saw her cheeks which looked like they were covered with a layer of peach powder.
"Zi'an, I don't want it." Drunk Cat grabbed his collar, his eyes soft and messy.
"Okay, I'll carry you back to the room to rest." Gu Zian's alcohol tolerance was much better than Xia Zhitang had imagined.
"Don't even think about tempting me again." Xia Zhitang, who fell on the bed, thought of their somewhat confusing first time and couldn't help but poke Gu Zian's chest.
"Well, just sleeping." Gu Zian pressed the sleep button on the wall, and the dazzling light slowly went out.
The light from the floor-to-ceiling windows was blocked by the automatically drawn blackout curtains. In the soft darkness, Xia Zhitang heard Gu Zian whisper in her ear, "Go to sleep, sister."
When Gu Zian pulled Xia Zhitang into the house, Gu's father was sitting in the middle of the living room with his hands folded and holding a cane, which scared Gu Zian.
"Is Qingwu asleep?" Gu Zian vaguely saw a hint of fatigue on his father's face.
"Have you been drinking?" Father Gu looked at his son's flushed face, a little unhappy.
"Yes, for socializing." Gu Zian ignored his father's sarcastic tone, "Let's go up and see Qingwu."
"Hmph, you're a father now but you don't spend more time with your children." Father Gu looked at Gu Zian's back and grumbled in dissatisfaction.
"The old man was beaten up by his daughter?" Gu Zian blurted out his true feelings when he saw Aunt Wang on the second floor.
"From what you said, it seems that Xiaobao is more opinionated." Wang Ma glanced at Gu Zian. "Children don't understand anything. They have their own ideas."
It was just that when Gu's father stopped and wanted to have a good chat with someone, Qingwu cried and wanted to keep going. When Qingwu had enough fun and was contentedly ready to go to bed, Gu's father was already gasping for breath from exhaustion.
Gu Zian nodded: "We need to let the old man take care of us more. The more we get along, the more affection we will have."
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