once i loved you

Chapter 23

"Is your throat uncomfortable?" He looked at her mouth that opened but couldn't make a sound, feeling very uncomfortable, "If you can't say it, don't say it." He put the fresh-keeping box on his lap and gently pulled her Lifting her hand, he saw the water in her eyes.

"Dumplings..." She tried again softly, and this time she managed to make a sound. There was no problem with her throat, which seemed to be due to psychological factors, "We can eat it after warming it up."

He actually didn't think it mattered.But for good things, Gu Weiye is used to tasting them slowly, not finishing them all at once, so it's better to stay and eat slowly.

Closing the lid, he put the crisper back properly, then stood up and stretched out his arms, and said to her, "I'll help you—"

At this time, Cen Xiao noticed that the speed of the subway was slowing down, and it should have arrived at the station.

She put her hand into his, and the next moment she stood up with his strength.

I thought I was fine if my stomach didn't hurt, but I realized that my thinking was wrong when I stood up.She didn't eat lunch or dinner, and now she stood suddenly and her legs became weak. Fortunately, with the help of his arms, she got a buffer gap until she stood firmly.

After the two companion girls brushed past them, she suddenly remembered something and asked him in a low voice, "How did you go back?"

"You have to ask yourself this question." He pointed to the sign above it for her with some amusement.

She fell asleep after getting on the subway, and when she woke up, she focused all her attention on him again, never noticing that she was sitting in the wrong direction.

Cen Xiao was stunned for a moment, then knocked his head in self-pity.

A question of "how do you go back" suddenly turned into "how do we go back" miraculously.

"Don't worry, I'll call now and ask Ben to pick us up."

Just now he chased her out by car and drove to the subway station, just in time to see her walking in, he threw the car at the subway entrance in a hurry and entered the subway entrance.When they got on the subway and found her section by section, she was already asleep.He simply wasn't in a hurry to take her out of the car, but quietly stayed by her side.

Cen Xiao looked at him, and could only nod in the end.

Ben arrived 10 minutes later.

He sat in the back with her, Ben turned around and asked where to go, Gu Weiye did not respond after a short pause, but asked Cen Xiao for advice, "I have a house nearby. You don't feel well, don't go back tonight, come with me There."

The raindrops were pattering on the window glass, and the only thing I could see was the dark yellow lights that were blurred by the rain, and everything else was blurry.

The warmth from his hand was solid and comfortable. She looked back at him and nodded slowly.

Ben then took a taxi and left, and Gu Weiye drove instead.

Villas outside the city that are cleaned regularly, because the owner is not frequent, the part-time workers generally do not help to prepare food.So he drove to a small convenience store, got out of the car to go shopping, and left Cen Xiao to rest in the car.

A sleepover was not expected in advance.She touched her bag and found that she didn't have enough sanitary napkins.I was embarrassed to call him to buy it together, so Cen Xiao also got out of the car.

Walking into the bright little convenience store, the electronic welcome device in the store automatically played the sound of "Welcome", Gu Weiye, who was taking a bag of brown sugar from the shelf, looked up and saw her.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man guarding the reception desk glanced at Cen Xiao who came in, then lowered his head listlessly and continued to doze off.Only then was she able to walk up to Gu Weiye without hesitation, just after saying "I have something to buy", she saw two packs of women's products in the green shopping box on his arm.

The other party is so careful, she should be touched, but the biggest reaction is still embarrassment, ears and face flushed with fever.

Seeing her embarrassment, Gu Weiye was a little amused, but instead of teasing her, he asked her, "Is there anything else you need?"

Brown sugar, fresh ginger, soy milk, milk, whole wheat toast... There are quite a few samples, including almost all healthy foods that can be bought in small convenience stores.

She made a slight exclamation sound, and wanted to take out some food... only staying for one night, he bought so much, it would be wasted.

Gu Weiye held her hand, stopped her, and dragged her all the way to the checkout counter.Did not tell her why.

Back in the car, he shook her hand that was drooping on the passenger seat before he started the car. "Do you still remember the story I mentioned when we were in Badain Jaran?" Gu Weiye asked.

"Remember," she said, "you said you would tell me only when we were both."

He looked in the rearview mirror and turned sharply. A vine that hadn't been pruned for a long time passed the car. After making a "crashing" sound, the car drove into the main road.

He told her while driving, "Once after Einstein gave a class to the students, a student who was not paying attention to the class came up and asked: Teacher, your explanation is too complicated. I still don't know what the theory of relativity is. Can you put it more simply?"

When he said this, he stopped abruptly, deliberately giving her time to think, but Cen Xiao couldn't wait, "Then how did Einstein answer?"

"Einstein said that the same hour, when you are with a beautiful girl, you feel that time flies, but when you listen to my lecture, it feels like a year. This is the theory of relativity."

Although it was just a joke, it seemed to have some truth.For example, when she entered Badain Jaran, she felt that time passed slowly, but when she left, someone had to tamper with the time.

"I guess you haven't noticed that it's almost 11 o'clock now." The corner of his mouth opened an arc, and he got a surprised reaction from Cen Xiao the next moment.

We are together, how come the time is too fast?
"Today's commercial shooting is coming to an end, and I will make up a few more shots tomorrow, and I can come back at noon. I will turn off other things, and you should ask for leave and don't go to the studio. Let's stay indoors for a rainy day tomorrow, okay?"

She had no reason to refuse, and she didn't want to refuse, so she agreed with his suggestion with a smile.

Before coming here, she expected that there would be all expensive and modern furniture in his villa, but after taking a look, she realized that it was different from what she had imagined.It's not plain, but the furnishings in the room are very simple and casual.

"I have something to tell you now. I don't know if it's too late?" He said suddenly, "There are four rooms up there. But I only have the key to the master bedroom here. The other three rooms are only cleaned regularly. Auntie knows where to put it." His brows and eyes curved slyly.

"You mean..." Before she finished speaking, he understood and nodded to her, "So, you won't let me sleep on the sofa downstairs, will you?"

He insisted on making ginger tea with brown sugar and making French toast for her.She said no, and sat on the sofa in the living room, holding a beige pillow and waiting anxiously.

When he was busy, she often heard the sound of bang bang bang bang bang in the kitchen, and she almost rushed in twice, but thinking of the determination he showed just now, she finally held back.

When the food was served, she saw the greasy stains on his shirt, she couldn't help laughing, and said considerately, "Let me do these things in the future."

"Sorry, I don't think I'm really talented." He was disappointed and annoyed, and also laughed at his clumsiness in this area. "It's too late today, so it's not convenient to order food. You just make do with it."

She smiled and said it was okay, and picked up a knife and fork to eat a little bit of toast.Seeing that she could swallow it, Gu Weiye told her where the downstairs bathroom was, and went upstairs to take a shower without worry.

After Cen Xiao finished eating, he also drank all the ginger tea.Looking at the ginger pieces that had been cut into different shapes sinking under the cup, he suddenly laughed out loud.

If this is a competition, this man's craftsmanship must be negative.But fortunately, the heart can still give full marks.

The bedroom is very large, because there are few things, it looks a bit empty.

She had already finished taking a shower in the bathroom downstairs, and when she walked into the room, Gu Weiye had just come out of the bathroom in the bedroom wearing a loose T-shirt and trousers.

"Why don't you come in?" He sat directly on the edge of the bed, patted the seat beside him for her to sit over.Seeing her embarrassed expression, she couldn't help teasing, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you."

She was unwell, and she knew that he would not do anything to her, but even so, she was still very disturbed.

"Yeah." She sat down.

"Do you prefer to sleep on the side by the window or by the door?" He asked carefully.

"I can do it all" Ever since she could remember, she had always slept alone, and this was the first time she had to face such a problem.

Gu Weiye thought for a while, "Then I'll choose the window." He added, "It will be easier for you to go to the bathroom at night."

Cen Xiao said "Oh" embarrassingly, watched him stand up, walked to the south window, only opened a gap to let in air, and couldn't help reminding from behind, "You can open more."

He was worried that she would be cold, so he paused his hands and had some thoughts in his mind, and finally followed her request.

Cen Xiao said while getting into Xia Liang's quilt, "I like to listen to the sound of wind and rain outside when lying indoors, because it makes me feel that I am in a safe environment."

"I'm here." He threw off the quilt and went to bed, and hugged her with her back facing him, "You won't be unsafe."

His voice seemed magical, and his simple sentences were reassuring.

She hummed softly, turned over, stepped back a little distance, looked into his deep and quiet eyes and asked, "Well...what do you like about me?"

This is a question she has never figured out.

"I like you." He nodded in the middle of her eyebrows.

"Huh?" She couldn't understand.

"Fool, let me say," he emphasized and slowed down, "I like—you." He hugged her completely in his arms.

Many people say that you don't need a reason to like someone.In the past, Gu Weiye felt that this was wrong—how could there be no reason?Why is this person, and not someone else, need no reason?
However, at this moment, he discovered that there was really no need for a reason.

Like, he likes Cen Xiao for no reason.And—he liked the whole of her, all of her.

(End of this chapter)