honeymoon
In front of the infinity pool in the top-floor sea view suite, you can see the golden beach, green coconut trees and sapphire bay.
The cool breeze with a faint smell of salt blew on Xia Zhitang's long hair. Gu Zian, who had changed into a colorful Hawaiian-style sweater, hugged her from behind.
"It's fine even without Qingwu." Gu Zian sniffed the fragrance of her hair affectionately, "It's time to enjoy our world together."
"There's no celebrity Gu Zian here, nor producer Xia Zhitang." Her fingertips traced the smooth muscles of Gu Zian's hands. "Sometimes I think ordinary people are pretty good too."
"Ordinary Xia Zhitang, how about we go on an ordinary date?" Back home, the two of them rarely went out on public dates because they were too conspicuous. "How about we go to the movies together?"
"Okay, Mr. Gu."
The two of them randomly chose a superhero movie that foreigners were more familiar with. When Gu Zian came back with popcorn and two cups of Coke to find Xia Zhitang waiting on the side, he saw two blond-haired and blue-eyed foreign men coming up to Xia Zhitang and mumbling something.
Xia Zhitang waved her hands. The two men surrounded her on both sides and wanted to say something, but her brows were already slightly furrowed.
"What are doing to my wife?" Gu Zian shouted and took two steps at a time to stand in front of Xia Zhitang.
The two foreigners looked at Gu Zian's arms with bulging veins and the eyes that were instantly focused on them, and they couldn't help but raise their hands and step back.
Gu Zian squinted his eyes and watched the two people disappear into the waiting theater before he breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Zhitang hugged Gu Zian from behind: "Zi'an, you look like Sun Wukong holding the golden cudgel."
Gu Zian's expression finally relaxed: "My Fairy Zixia, you must follow me closely from now on."
"Well, I'll tie you up with a rope." Xia Zhitang tapped the back of Gu Zian's tense hand, "Dear, get ready to go in."
The two held hands and lined up for ticket inspection. In the dark movie theater, Xia Zhitang picked up a piece of popcorn and fed it to Gu Zian in the dim white light.
Gu Zian took the opportunity to lick her fingertips. Xia Zhitang wiped her wet hands on his lapel, and Gu Zian took the opportunity to hug her.
After the movie, neither of them paid attention to the gibberish in the foreign language movie.
"I understand why there are so many fat people abroad. These popcorn and cola are so sweet." Xia Zhitang rushed to buy mineral water as soon as the movie ended.
She poked Gu Zian's abdominal muscles and said, "You ate so much without batting an eyelid. If I hadn't tasted it, I wouldn't have known it was so unpalatable."
"Sister, I'd even be willing to feed me poison." Being in a foreign country where he couldn't speak the language, Gu Zian didn't need to pay attention to any influence, and a bunch of cheesy love words came out of his mouth.
"Little fool." Xia Zhitang pinched Gu Zian's face, "Tell me if it tastes so bad. You still need to control your weight before joining the team."
"What's going on with those two foreigners?" Gu Zian saw another foreign man staring at Xia Zhitang, and he couldn't help but hug the man and glared back fiercely when Xia Zhitang wasn't paying attention.
"They came over and asked me if I knew kung fu, and then they said I looked a lot like the heroine in 'Kung Fu Queen.' If I were to ask them, I'd say they're all face-blind and think all Asians look the same." Xia Zhitang sensed that they were about to get jealous again. "I'm sleepy. I'll go back and take a nap before going out again."
"Okay, let's go back first." Gu Zian's expression darkened. Looking at the modified version of the Chinese cheongsam skirt that Xia Zhitang was wearing today, he couldn't help but think about changing her outfit next time they went out.
When Xia Zhitang woke up, there was no trace of Gu Zian in the messy bedding beside him.
She stood up and walked on the soft carpet of the suite in her cloth slippers, looking for someone. The blue water of the swimming pool outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was rippling.
Gu Zian was like a beautiful mermaid in a fairy tale, flexibly controlling the waves in the water.
As he walked, the muscles in his arms moved as smoothly as sculptures, shaking off countless pearl-like water droplets.
Xia Zhitang looked at Gu Zian, who was as energetic as a little sun, and the plot of "The Legend of Three Kings" flashed in his mind.
The third prince, who lost his mother's protection at a young age, made the palace maid who had raised him like a sister and mother his imperial concubine after ascending the throne. However, in the repeated power struggles and games, he and this palace maid and imperial concubine drifted further and further apart...
Gu Zian, who was swimming in the water, turned around as if she had sensed something, and saw Xia Zhitang wearing a black bikini slowly walking out.
Seeing her dressed like this for the first time, Gu Zian almost made a mistake. He suppressed his rapidly beating heart in embarrassment and swam towards Xia Zhitang.
Xia Zhitang touched the water surface tentatively with his toes. The water in the swimming pool was kept at a constant temperature and was not cold.
Gu Zian watched Xia Zhitang's fair calves slowly sink into the water, and couldn't help but grab her round ankles and kiss the back of her feet.
Before Xia Zhitang could react, Gu Zian pulled her into the water and kissed her.
The warm chest in front of him formed a sharp contrast with the delicate waves, and the feeling of weightlessness without his feet touching the ground made Xia Zhitang a little scared.
"Zi'an, don't stay here. I'm scared." Xia Zhitang pushed away the person in front of him who was a little out of control.
Gu Zian pinched Xia Zhitang's waist: "Sister, please don't leave, okay?"
His eyes were somewhat sad and broken, which made Xia Zhitang feel distressed.
"Zi'an, don't rush to make a decision, okay?" Xia Zhitang hugged Gu Zi'an's shoulders fearfully.
"Sister, we are fine now." Gu Zian thought of Lin Jingming who was eyeing him covetously, and the countless men who were staring at Xia Zhitang today, and his heart collapsed.
Xia Zhitang kicked the water hard, feeling that his state of mind was as unreachable and boundless as his current situation.
"Let's go to the shore and talk." She rubbed Gu Zian's neck, trying to comfort him.
With a "splash", Gu Zian brought Xia Zhitang out of the water, and the gray frosted floor was wet by the water droplets.
"Sister, why do you have to leave?" Gu Zian pressed Xia Zhitang on the canvas beach chair.
"Zi'an, that just gives each other another chance to choose." Xia Zhitang felt some pain in his wrists which were fixed above his head by Gu Zi'an's single hand.
"Sister, why don't you want to believe me?" Gu Zian buried his face in Xia Zhitang's neck to hide his collapsed expression.
Xia Zhitang was silent. She just saw the future, but past experience told her not to say it out loud because others would not believe that she could accurately predict the future direction through the details.
"Why are you willing to let me pursue my dreams, but not willing to stay for me?"
As he spoke, the black waterproof cloth fell onto the gray floor tiles, and warm, wet tears fell on Xia Zhitang's shoulders. The hot breath from Gu Zian's body wrapped around her tightly, burning her heart and making her tremble.
Xia Zhitang felt this violent emotion like a volcanic eruption impacting her heart, trying to pry open the defenses deep in her heart.
However, the last bit of rationality in her heart tried hard to suppress her urge to obey, and Xia Zhitang felt a pain of being torn apart.
When Gu Zian regained his senses, Xia Zhitang's lips were bleeding.
He carried her back to the room in a panic, took out the medical bag and applied hot compress to the bruises on her body.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Gu Zian held down his trembling hands. He was a little frightened that he had lost control.
Why did he lose his mind and choose to hurt his lover in this way...
"Zi'an, I can't agree to you not because you are not good enough." Xia Zhitang stood up and hugged the trembling Gu Zi'an, "I am not abandoning you, don't be afraid."
She vaguely realized that the Third Prince had lost control and forced the maid to leave the palace when he heard her request to travel because he was afraid, afraid of being abandoned by his mother...
"No matter what, you are Qingwu's father, and this role cannot be changed." Xia Zhitang pressed his palm on the top of Gu Zian's head, which was a little prickly. "The bond between us will never be severed."
Gu Zian's panic finally calmed down, and he felt a sense of loss and relief in his heart, as if the dust had settled.
"But I don't want to get divorced. We haven't reached that point before." He still hopes to fight for it.
"I am Qingwu's mother and you are her father. In this sense, we cannot be separated." Xia Zhitang felt that the current choice was a difficult trade-off under various conditions.
Gu Zian sighed and said nothing more, but secretly decided in his heart that he would perform well in the next year and try to make Xia Zhitang change his mind.
The two walked hand in hand along the exotic tree-lined avenue filled with the scent of tropical fruits, but their mood was not as relaxed as when they first arrived.
There is an unknown gap between the two people. Even people who are connected by love will have their own positions and wants.
"Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?" Gu Zian handed the freshly opened green coconut to Xia Zhitang.
"Go paragliding! I saw an ad on the beach." Xia Zhitang felt a little sore, but she didn't blame Gu Zian. After all, such excessive actions by young people can also lead to a sense of loss of control. All she could say was that they loved each other.
Gu Zian stroked Xia Zhitang's slightly red wrist with his fingertips and shook his head: "Not going."
"Why?" I had spent so much time researching paragliding information before setting off.
Gu Zian took Xia Zhitang to a coffee shop on the beach and sat down: "I am already your husband, Xiao Qingwu's father."
Xia Zhitang looked at the boys and girls playing volleyball outside in the sunset: "Zi'an, have you ever regretted it?"
Gu Zian, who was looking at the menu, suddenly raised his head and said, "No, why do you say that?"
Xia Zhitang's fingertips brushed across the tip of Gu Zian's tall nose. "If you hadn't met me, you would have been snorkeling and skydiving like them at the age of 25, enjoying the beauty of youth."
Gu Zian and Xia Zhitang held hands and said, "From the first moment I saw you, I believed that you were my destined wife."
Xia Zhitang was a little surprised. She had always thought that Gu Zian had developed feelings for her during their ordinary interactions on the set: "That day I had just finished paying homage to my parents and my late husband."
"But I feel like you are the missing piece of the puzzle that I've been looking for in my life."
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