Chapter 116
Thank you for giving me a home
Cheng Sangluo couldn't sit still any longer. She realized that she had been so focused on listening to the real estate manager's introduction that she had only been taking a cursory look around, so she decided to walk around the house again.
The previous owner demolished the partition between the living room and dining room during renovations, connecting the two spaces not only makes the room look more spacious but also allows for brighter lighting.
Behind the restaurant is the kitchen, separated by two sliding doors. It has a neat rectangular layout and can accommodate several people at the same time.
Cheng Sangluo gently pushed open the door, peeked out and looked around, and immediately had fantasies about her future life.
She leaned against the desk, gazing silently through the glass of the sliding door at the empty living room.
In her fantasy, the twilight glow outside the balcony was delightful, and Lin Jin, like a lazy cat, leaned back on the sofa, eating the fruit she had cut while working on her laptop.
She was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen, the cleaver clanging incessantly on the cutting board, the stove bustling with activity, and the range hood making a racket too.
If you miss your wife, you don't need to run around or search all over the house anymore. Just a greeting or a glance is enough to satisfy your longing.
This is what happiness should look like: simple and ordinary.
Cheng Sangluo was lost in her fantasy, a pleased smile playing on her lips, and she didn't even notice Lin Jin approaching.
Lin Jin raised her hand and waved it in front of her, asking with a smile, "What are you thinking about, so engrossed in your thoughts?"
Cheng Sangluo blinked, her gaze fixed on the pretty face. For a moment, she didn't know how to explain her fantasy, so she simply turned her feelings of happiness into an embrace.
Like an easily satisfied puppy, she wrapped her arms around Lin Jin's waist and rested her chin on his thin shoulder. "Lin Jin, thank you."
The hug was tight and sudden, causing Lin Jin to pause for a moment, her eyes shining with tenderness and doting. "Why are you suddenly saying thank you?"
“Although we’ve been living together for a long time, it’s only now that I truly feel like I have a home,” Cheng Sangluo replied earnestly, his fingertips stroking his wife’s soft hair. “These past six months have felt like a dream. Just a moment ago, I was trapped within four cold walls, but in the blink of an eye, I saw our future, and it looked so beautiful.”
Lin Jin frowned slightly when she heard the word "future".
She closed her eyes tightly, stroked the puppy's broad back with her palm, and whispered, "Sangluo, we'll be alright, things will get better and better, give me some more time."
Just as things were getting emotional, the property manager appeared at the door, awkwardly shattering the pleasant atmosphere. "Um... excuse me for interrupting you both..."
Cheng Sangluo instinctively tightened her embrace of Lin Jin and looked up at the manager: "Is there any other problem?"
The manager rubbed his hands together with a smile and explained, "I've already confirmed the contract signing time with the homeowner. How about tomorrow?"
“Okay.” Lin Jin agreed, then turned to Cheng Sangluo, “You don’t need to worry about the formalities, Secretary Zhou will arrange everything. You go home first, I have to rush back to the company to deal with some urgent matters.”
Upon hearing that his wife had changed her plans at the last minute, Cheng Sangluo hurriedly said, "Then I'll take you to the company."
Lin Jin waved her hand: "No need, Secretary Zhou is already waiting for me downstairs. Why don't you go to the supermarket and buy some groceries? We'll have dinner at home tonight, okay?"
"Alright, alright, I'll take you to meet Secretary Zhou, okay?" The puppy nodded obediently, but he was reluctant to let his wife go, so he secretly took her hand.
Lin Jin glanced at the large hand resting on her wrist and couldn't help but chuckle at how Cheng Sangluo was becoming more and more like a clingy puppy. She simply tightened her grip, saying, "Okay~"
A response is the best form of security.
......
"Message me what you want to eat, and I'll go to the supermarket to buy the groceries."
"If you finish work early, give me a call and I'll drive over to pick you up."
"If you really can't manage, go home early after you're done!"
Cheng Sangluo hunched over outside the car window, repeatedly giving instructions. Although she was talking about important matters, her tone was full of reluctance to part.
Lin Jin, who was leaning against the window, noticed the puppy's nagging and leaned closer, beckoning with her finger, "Come here."
"What's wrong?" Cheng Sangluo asked, scratching at the car window in confusion.
This person, who always couldn't bend over, has somehow learned to bend over.
She knew what Lin Jin wanted, so she stretched her head and kissed his furrowed brow earnestly, pleading in a shushing voice, "Come home early, okay?"
"Don't worry, it won't take too long." Lin Jin stroked her face, feeling that a kiss on her forehead wasn't enough to express his love, so he kissed the puppy's lips instead. "I want three meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup. Shall we make it?"
"If you want to eat a Manchu Han Imperial Feast, I'll have to figure out how to make it for you," Cheng Sangluo joked, then waved her hand and said, "Finish your business as soon as possible and go home. Hurry up and go."
"Okay, you wait for me obediently." Lin Jin sat up straight, her gaze still fixed on the puppy's face.
As the car slowly glided along, until their gazes met, Lin Jin's smile vanished, and she indifferently ordered, "Go to the Gu Group."
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Gu's Group.
Chairman's Office.
Gu Shinian, holding a freshly squeezed orange juice in her hand, swayed as she walked to the sofa.
She stared intently at the silent man, her tone sarcastic: "Captain Ji is extremely busy. If it weren't for the case requiring my help as his girlfriend, I don't know when I would have been able to see you again. Zhouhai isn't that big, is it? You've turned our relationship into a long-distance one. Don't you care what others think of us?"
Ji Nanxing was already used to his girlfriend's temperament, and he didn't react much to her complaints, but a hint of apology appeared on his otherwise expressionless face.
She took the cup and took a small sip, her brows furrowing as she tasted it. The citrus juice, squeezed with the peel on, tasted sour, bitter, and sweet, which was somewhat similar to their ambiguous and complicated romantic relationship.
Gu Shinian ignored the large sofa and insisted on sitting on the armrest, but Ji Nanxing raised his hand to stop her and pulled her onto his lap.
This person usually has a sour face and doesn't talk much. He doesn't say sweet words, let alone do anything outrageous. Today, however, he is surprisingly proactive.
She held Gu Shinian's waist with one hand, swirled the glass in the other, and said calmly, "You deliberately squeezed it with the peel on?"
Gu Shinian shrugged indifferently and confessed, "Yeah, it was on purpose. Other people's relationships are sweet, but my relationship with you is bittersweet. It's harder than climbing to heaven to find any sweetness."
Ji Nanxing put down her cup, her gaze meeting the face that held a hint of anger, and her tone softened slightly: "Are you angry with me?"
"Does this even need to be asked?" Gu Shinian's tone was always slow and deliberate, his anger concealing a coldness beneath a gentle exterior.
"The cases never seem to end, and I apologize for neglecting you." Ji Nanxing was sincerely apologizing, but his businesslike tone only made people more annoyed.
Perhaps feeling that what she said wasn't appropriate enough, she took off her police uniform jacket, as if shedding the icy constraints of her job, so that she could show her emotional side.
She tightened her arms around his waist and said gently, "Don't be angry. After we finish dealing with Cheng Sangluo and Lin Jin's cases, I'll ask Director Zheng for a day off. Then we can go on a trip. I'll go wherever you want."
Ji Nanxing's logic is very meticulous. She can argue about everything from the perspective of the legal system to the good and evil of human nature. It is really difficult to get her to apologize and coax people.
However, Gu Shinian was her exception.
Of course, Gu Shinian is not easily swayed, and Ji Nanxing is her only exception.
She looked at the person who usually treated her with a cold face, then suddenly lowered her stance and waved her hand arrogantly: "Fine, since you seem to be admitting your mistake, I'll let it go for now."
Ji Nanxing's smile was always subtle, with a slight upturn at the corners of her lips and a gentle curve in her eyes, enough to express her doting affection for Gu Shinian.
She gazed intently at her girlfriend's luscious red lips and politely inquired, "Miss Gu, would you be willing to give me ten minutes of your private time?"
Gu Shinian had an unbelievable feeling, thinking to herself that her deadpan face was in a good mood today, and that she wanted to indulge in some affection during a break from discussing business.
She raised an eyebrow, straightened her slender waist, and proudly thrust her hips forward, "With pleasure~"
Ji Nanxing loosened the tie that was tightening around his neck, supported Gu Shinian's back, and pulled him tightly into his arms. "I'm sorry, I always make you wait."
Gu Shinian was most susceptible to the "iceberg-like" act of yielding; after hearing a few kind words, she softly and bonelessly leaned on Ji Nanxing's shoulder.
"You know where you went wrong, so why can't you give me more time? How long are you going to make me wait, a year, two years, or a lifetime?" In her anger, she bit down hard through her shirt and said bitterly, "Ji Nanxing, when are you going to marry me?"
Ji Nanxing winced in pain, but still let his girlfriend vent her anger on him.
She turned her head and kissed Gu Shinian's delicate neck in response to the bite she had been venting, and said earnestly, "Shi Nian, Director Zheng will be retiring soon. If the promotion recommendation goes smoothly, I will have a lot of time to spend with you in the future. Let's wait a little longer."
Gu Shinian sat up straight, put one hand on Ji Nanxing's shoulder, and slowly loosened her tie with the other. "Don't give me empty promises about the future. The future is the future, and the present is the present. I'm just asking you, are you coming home with me tonight?"
Ji Nanxing nodded, looking at the beautifully manicured hand, then leaned in for a tender kiss. "Go back."
Gu Shinian used the hand that was being kissed to pinch her chin, gently lifting it upwards, and then released a fierce kiss on her lips that she had been holding back for so long. "Don't talk. We don't have much time left. Let's enjoy this rare moment."
"Of course, if we're going to kiss, we have to kiss to our hearts' content." Ji Nanxing sucked on his girlfriend's lips, letting his lipstick stain the corners of her mouth.
This person, who is sparing with words and not good at expressing emotions, is exceptionally stubborn in everything they do, even kissing requires genuine affection.
Gu Shinian enjoyed the gentle warmth of icebergs melting into spring water, and couldn't help but murmur a few times as their tongues intertwined and mingled.
Even Ji Nanxing, whose heart was as firm as a rock, could not resist such temptation. He held the soft nape of her neck in his palm, turned over and wrapped her tightly in his arms.
Gu Shinian let out a few clear, pleasant laughs, wrinkled her nose at the person in front of her, and scolded in a coquettish low voice, "You sullen, horny... um..."
Ji Nanxing didn't give her a chance to continue cursing, and instead covered her lips with a burst of excessive force.
She rarely displays such irresistible kissing skills; at this moment, it's more captivating than any aphrodisiac.
Just as the two were deeply in love, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and the person who reacted so strongly was Gu Shinian.
Feeling a bit flustered, as if she'd been caught red-handed, she pushed away the person who was holding her, sat up abruptly, and then focused all her attention on that person in the next second.
Gu Shinian was busy tidying up Ji Nanxing's messy shirt and skillfully tying his tie. Even without saying anything, you could tell that she was very protective of her beloved.
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