two days later.
weekend.
The spring is warm, the grass grows and the warblers fly.
Gu Xiuyi was stuck in a traffic jam on the main road of the ring road in the suburbs, and was caught in a group of colorful private cars and drove fast.
Spring is here, and city residents seem to be rushing to the suburbs with all their strength, dragging their families out for outings.
Gu Xiuyi pointed his finger on the steering wheel anxiously, glanced at the time, it was 11:05, fortunately, it was not too late.
But if he gets stuck for a while, he won’t be sure, and he has to pick Ji Ruan for lunch.
“The road ahead is congested, and the route is being re-planned for you…”
The navigation tried to plan a new route for him every few minutes, but he didn’t even drive ten meters in five minutes, and he couldn’t walk. What’s the use of planning ?
Gu Xiuyi raised his hand, clicked, and turned off the navigation precisely.
clean.
After he took Ji Ruan home from the hospital the night before, the kid shrank under the quilt, pulled his sleeves with blushing cheeks, and said he wanted to discuss something with him.
The little wish of a sleepy child before going to bed, not to mention discussing it, is that the decision has already been made, just let him know, can he not agree?
If you want the stars in the sky, you have to fly up and pick them off without saying a word.
That’s what Gu Xiuyi said.
Of course, the words used are more restrained and euphemistic, in line with his calm image in Ji Ruan’s mind.
So Ji Ruan said that Cheng Yunxiu wanted to accept him as an apprentice, and he had already agreed.
Just a few hours ago.
He’d come to the bar looking for him, partly because of that.
Gu Xiuyi heard a little heartbreaking sound at that time.
But it doesn’t matter, it’s only part of the reason, and Ji Ruan came to the bar to find him in order to hear his opinion, which is enough to show his weight in Ji Ruan’s heart.
This was originally a good thing.
If Ji Ruan can find something he likes to do, of course Gu Xiuyi has no reason to refuse and will fully support him.
He told Ji Ruan the same.
Then coax Ji Ruan An to fall asleep peacefully.
But Gu Xiuyi didn’t expect Ji Ruan to move so fast.
That night, he promised to be a teacher, but the morning after tomorrow, he was in a hurry to perform the teacher’s ceremony.
The well-known Master Cheng and Ji Ruan, who always slows down like a little snail, are surprisingly strong in execution on this matter.
Cheng Yunxiu liked Ji Ruan so much that he was afraid that the apprentice he got would run away.
And Ji Ruan… Gu Xiuyi didn’t understand why Ji Ruan was in such a hurry, even before going out, his stomach didn’t heal, and when he got up, he lay on the bedside for a long time with pain.
Ji Ruan’s movement was so fast that it gave Gu Xiuyi the illusion that he wanted to leave him.
Just because of this thought that flashed by and was enough to cause people’s hearts to shudder, Gu Xiuyi lost interest in the meeting all morning.
Being stuck on the road is even more frustrating now.
The short 40-minute journey took two hours to get there, and by then Ji Ruan’s apprenticeship ceremony had already ended.
When Gu Xiuyi arrived, Ji Ruan was standing by the door, kicking small stones on the ground with his head down.
Cheng Yunxiu has a small yard on the outskirts of the city, where a lot of colorful flowers are planted, blooming vigorously over the fence.
And Ji Ruan was wearing a simple white shirt and a gray knitted jacket, looking extraordinarily cool and elegant among the gorgeous flowers.
At noon today, Cheng Yunxiu had an appointment with another teacher. He originally wanted to take Ji Ruan with him, but what they wanted was seafood. Ji Ruan felt sick to his stomach and was afraid that eating it would make him feel worse, so he didn’t go with him.
Mr. Gu knew about this, so he volunteered to come pick him up, but he was half an hour late after he had agreed to twelve o’clock.
If it wasn’t for eating two peach cakes at Cheng Yunxiu’s house, Ji Ruan would really faint from hunger.
Gu Xiuyi got out of the car, walked quickly to Ji Ruan’s side, looked at his face first, put a candy in his mouth without saying a word, and then gently put his arms around his shoulders.
“Is it uncomfortable?”
“…I’m starving to death.” Ji Ruan was weak,
he pressed the sugar to the palate, and the sweetness spread between his lips and teeth, but the dizziness could not be relieved immediately. Leaning on Gu Xiuyi.
“My fault.”
Gu Xiuyi’s palm stuck to Ji Ruan’s stomach through the clothes, and the originally flat belly was a little bit sunken, making it feel pitifully tight to the touch.
He moved up a few inches, and gently pressed Ji Ruan’s stomach: “does it hurt?”
The pain was okay, but he was so hungry that he twitched, and sometimes had acid regurgitation. Ji Ruan closed his eyes and his lips were pale. “It hurts a little…”
Seeing this, Gu Xiuyi didn’t dare to delay any longer, and took Ji Ruan to the co-pilot in a half hug. Fortunately, the roads are clear now, and he didn’t spend much time choosing a clean beef bone soup shop.
There are meat, vegetables, and rice, as well as the thick and refreshing beef bone soup. After a few mouthfuls of hot soup, Ji Ruan’s light lip color that couldn’t be saved by fruit sugar finally came alive and returned to the original light red color.
Although this shop sells big bone soup, it is decorated in an elegant and rural atmosphere. In the private room on the second floor, you can see the flowers, plants and white butterflies in the yard outside.
Ji Ruan picked up a root of seasonal vegetables and chewed the soft glutinous rice slowly. No matter how hungry he was, he would not lose his eating etiquette. He was gentle and quiet without making any sound.
Not surprisingly, at this time, any topic is not enough to be talked about, Ji Ruan will only stare at the vegetable soup in front of him and respond with “um”, “ah”, “oh”, if you want to listen to him, you have to wait After a long chew.
But usually he can’t say a few words in this way, and he will send the next bite of meat into his mouth, and then there is an endless loop of chewing, waiting, and perfunctory responses.
Gu Xiuyi knew this kind of eating process very well, he didn’t try to chat with him about anything at first, he only occasionally reminded him to be careful about the heat, there was no unnecessary sound in the private room, only the soup pot was gurgling and steaming.
This way of eating was quite in line with Gu Xiuyi’s intentions at first, perhaps because of his rude father as a contrast, he admired people who eat well and have self-cultivation since he was a child.
When he first got married, Ji Ruan was the type who was delicate and expensive and hard to support, so he couldn’t be considered a perfect marriage partner.
But Gu Xiuyi hardly considered anyone other than Ji Ruan from the very beginning, largely due to the fact that he was lucky enough to have dinner with Ji Ruan when he met him for the first time, and admired his elegant demeanor while eating.
Gu Xiuyi didn’t say a word, and habitually watched Ji Ruan’s every move, feeling refreshed while watching.
Finally, Ji Ruan finished his small bowl of rice, filled some soup with a spoon and let it cool gently, propping his chin with one hand to look at the butterflies outside the window: “By the way, there is
something I forgot to tell you.”
He said leisurely , he seemed to exhale a little while speaking, and the ending sounded comfortable and cozy, as if he really liked the butterflies flying around the flowers outside the window.
This kind of ending sound slightly raised, with a state of laziness and burnout, made Gu Xiuyi slightly vigilant.
Although Ji Ruan is very beautiful like this, when he proposed to Gu Xiuyi to be Cheng Yunxiu apprentice the night before yesterday, he was also so reserved and beautiful, even the tone of his speech was exactly the same.
“What’s the matter?”
Gu Xiuyi said in a calm tone.
Ji Ruan turned around, and the spring scenery in the garden was still reflected in his eyes. He smiled and said, “There is an event next week. The teacher will take me and my senior sister to go together. It’s a special event every two years.” Gu Xiuyi had expected it, nodded and said
: “When the weather is good, it’s good for you to go out for a walk.”
“That’s great. I can start packing my luggage when I get back.”
Gu Xiuyi raised his head: “Luggage?”
“Well, I’m out of town. I’m on a business trip.”
Ji Ruan picked up the soup bowl, took a small spoonful of it and put it into his mouth, his movements were smooth and elegant, and a part of his wrist was exposed from the cuff of his loose white shirt.
He seldom wears a shirt, counting the day when he received the certificate, this was the second time Gu Xiuyi saw this shirt on him – a small black bamboo embroidered on the cuff gave him a quiet bookish look.
It’s been almost a year, and Ji Ruan’s eyebrows are stretched, and the originally exquisite facial features are more beautiful and full of spirit than when they first met.
Gu Xiuyi’s expression was blank for a moment, and he realized later that Ji Ruan was already an adult who could go on business trips by himself.
He couldn’t tell what it was like, and at the same time he was relieved, the illusion of “Ji Ruan will leave him” involuntarily occupied his sense of existence in his consciousness.
He put down the chopsticks and leaned back on the back of the chair, resting his elbows on the armrests on both sides, his legs crossed naturally.
For a long time he spoke calmly, as if he was just asking casually: “Sounds very interesting, will there be works on display?”
Ji Ruan was always very talkative about the things he was interested in: “Yes, there will be a lot of collection-level embroidery on display, not only For Han embroidery, the teachers of the four famous embroideries will come, and there will be an auction, and the teacher and senior sister will also send two of their own works to the auction.”
His cheeks were slightly flushed, and he looked forward to flying: “But I didn’t. I just became an apprentice, and I haven’t even officially entered the industry. This is the first time that the teacher has brought me into the circle. It’s good to broaden my horizons with him.”
Gu Xiuyi looked at Ji Ruan with gentle eyes, nodded occasionally as he spoke, and seemed to be listening very carefully: “It’s really meaningful, so do I need to prepare something for you?” “No, I’m just a little boy.”
” It’s just an apprentice.” Seeing Gu Xiuyi so supportive of his hobbies, Ji Ruan was a little moved: “Thank you.”
Gu Xiuyi smiled, and then casually asked: “Where is the business trip, is it far?”
“Not far, just City B next door, Qingxi Mountain.” Moved, Ji Ruan knew everything.
Gu Xiuyi sipped his tea and thought for a while: “The scenery there is very good.”
“That’s right,” Ji Ruan yawned shallowly, “…I’ve wanted to see it for a long time.
Unlike Gu Xiuyi’s chair, Ji Ruan sat It was a small sofa. He felt a little sleepy after eating, and the cushion behind him was soft. He rubbed his belly and leaned on it contentedly, closing his eyelids little by little. “Can we rest for a while before we go…”
He muttered.
When he closed his eyes completely, he heard Gu Xiuyi’s deep and soft voice: “Of course. “
Ji Ruan was taking a nap on the side, while Gu Xiuyi maintained the same posture, resting his chin with his fingers.
He sat at the junction of the window and the wall, and when he leaned back a little bit, he would disappear into the shadows. There were shadows between his brows, as if he was hiding He was thinking about something.
It took a long time for him to move, and his eyes fell on Ji Ruan’s face, looking at the eyelashes that were shaking slightly when he was sleeping.
Then his eyes turned, and suddenly looked at Ji Ruan’s stomach.
He stared at it for a while, as if In order to see more clearly, he quietly sat beside Ji Ruan.
Ji Ruan is very thin, and his whole body has no flesh, let alone a small belly. The waist and abdomen are hidden under the shirt, a thin piece, what? he can’t tell.
But the cardigan sweater on Ji Ruan is a bit like the fur color of the cat at home.
Gu Xiuyi remembered very clearly that when Xiao An was just brought home and was only the size of a palm, he liked to lie sprawled like this after feeding, and would be happy to touch his belly.
Gu Xiuyi stared at it for a long time, then stretched out his hand mysteriously towards that poor little belly.
Um? Why is there a little bump?
Not sure, touch again.
Really pumped up!
…and a little cute.
Gu Xiuyi was amazed that his stomach, which was so hungry that it was sunken, could now feel a slight curvature. In his opinion, Ji Ruan didn’t eat much at all. Can a bowl of beef bone soup and a few bites of meat fill his belly?
This is too food-saving.
Inexplicably, Gu Xiuyi feels that Ji Ruan doesn’t seem to be that difficult to feed, and even raising him is more fulfilling than raising a cat.
As if he was fascinated, he touched it again and again fondly.
The palm of his hand suddenly felt cold, and Ji Ruan’s thin white fingers slowly picked up his hand:
“What are you doing?”
His eyebrows were slightly hanging, and there was still some hazy sleepiness in his eyes.
Gu Xiuyi paused as if waking up from a dream.
…he also wanted to know what he was doing.
How could he do such inappropriate behavior such as rubbing someone’s belly while they were asleep?
How does he explain this?
Is the gentlemanly image he painstakingly maintained in front of Ji Ruan faltering?
What would Ji Ruan think of him?
Do you feel that he is no different from other ordinary 30-year-old rich men?
All of a sudden, Gu Xiuyi’s heart was filled with turbulent waves, lightning, thunder, thunder and storm, forcing him to use up the mental quality trained in decades of battles in shopping malls and intrigues with rich and powerful families to stabilize his figure and withdraw his hand.
And all this fell into Ji Ruan’s eyes for only a short moment.
All he saw was that Mr. Gu withdrew his hands neatly, and then folded his hands in front of his chest, his face calm enough to be called cold.
Ji Ruan’s head was empty, and he sat there for a while before rubbing his eyes and asking again: “Why are you touching my belly?”
Gu Xiuyi’s body was tense, because the smooth lines of arm muscles were wrapped under the stiff shirt because of too much force.
The air was quiet for a few seconds, and he turned his head to look at Ji Ruan, his expression as usual:
“Didn’t you notice that your stomach was uncomfortable just now?”
“…?”
“You had a stomachache when you were sleeping just now, let me help you Rub it.”
“…Really?”
“Yes.”
Gu Xiuyi said in a tone that even he believed in.
Because of poor health, every time Ji Ruan goes to bed and wakes up, the first few minutes are the lowest IQ in life.
Gu Xiuyi’s firm and open eyes of a gentleman, and Ji Ruan’s sluggish and self-doubting eyes are intertwined in the air. In the end, Gu Xiuyi won the victory with an even more shameless attitude.
Ji Ruan lowered his head and stroked his stomach.
He ate more than before this meal, and his stomach was swollen, and he really didn’t feel well.
He lightly stroked the bulging arc with his palm, and looked at Gu Xiuyi: “It seems… a little swollen.”
For a person with beautiful eyes, the reddish eye sockets when he just woke up from a nap is always the deadliest weapon for coquettishness. Thousands of arrows shot straight at Gu Xiuyi’s heart.
Gu Xiuyi’s Adam’s apple slid up and down not so obviously, he hooked Ji Ruan’s waist and brought him to his side.
Ji Ruan was so light that he was holding a small cushion in his hand. When Gu Xiuyi lifted him up, he was like a hand-made doll, and he brought the cushion to Gu Xiuyi’s side without any effort.
Gu Xiuyi put his palms on his bulging stomach: “It’s okay, rub it again to promote digestion, and the swelling will soon be gone.” He
said this like an old technician with many years of experience, Ji Ruan was served by Mr. Technician Consciousness was deeply moved, Ziliu gave him a thumbs up and gave him a thumbs up.
He was touched and said, “Is your group really not going to expand the service industry?” If it is
really expanded, with Gu Xiuyi leading by example, how strong corporate beliefs must be established from top to bottom, from the boss to the employees!
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The author has something to say:
Mr. Gu: …he likes others, we all have a bright future.
Ruan Ruan: Humph~
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