Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

"Watching a movie alone?" In this familiar environment, they often sit head to head, eating snacks and discussing the clichéd plots of the movies.

"Of course not, she's here too." Gu Cheng carefully adjusted the angle of her phone so that Su Wanxi could see her upper body clearly. Perhaps because she had just taken a shower, the girl's cheeks were flushed, like a tempting little apple, and even her voice was soft and sweet.

"Him? I've already found a new love after just half a day?" Su Wanxi asked teasingly, poking Gu Cheng with her finger through the screen.

“It’s Gu Chengyan…you know, I went to the movies with her…” Gu Cheng gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, her lips, damp with moisture, becoming even more pink.

He's practically seducing her... Su Wanxi thought to herself.

In reality, Gu Cheng didn't mean it that way; she just felt uncomfortable with her hair covering her eyes.

"Wanwan...have you eaten yet?" Seeing that Su Wanxi was still wearing the same clothes she wore during the day, Gu Cheng assumed that she had just arrived home.

"I just ate. I've been back for a while now."

After traveling by plane and car, and then sitting with someone for more than half an hour on the way back, Su Wanxi felt utterly exhausted.

"Take a break." Although she didn't say it out loud, Gu Cheng could still hear the fatigue in her tone.

"...I was a little tired before, but listening to you talk makes me feel much better." Su Wanxi leaned her shoes against the bedside, propped herself up on the pillow, and crossed her legs.

"It's not that magical..." Gu Cheng moved the screen from herself to the movie. She couldn't stand Su Wanxi's directness, which always made her blush.

"...That's the truth."

"I'm hanging up now." Seeing Gu Cheng threatening her for once, Su Wanxi couldn't help but chuckle.

"Pfft... I'll call you back if you hang up." This feeling is a bit like a kitten showing its claws; it's not fierce at all, but rather surprisingly cute.

Chapter 179, Section 183: Talking about views on love with my girlfriend?

"Besides, would you really be willing to hang up?" The voice was deep and magnetic, with a hint of the dark hue unique to the night. Gu Cheng stared at the screen for a long time, her gaze sliding from her forehead to the bridge of her nose, finally landing on the two cherry blossom petals.

This journey will separate us by thousands of miles; when we meet again, the rivers will have thawed and all things will have come back to life.

With a gentle flutter of her eyelashes, Gu Cheng turned her head away and gave a hesitant answer: "...I can't bear to."

The sound was very soft, almost drowned out by the background noise of the movie, but Su Wanxi still heard it clearly. She just squinted and pretended not to know: "What?"

The girl turned around and caught a glimpse of the other person's upturned lips, her fair face instantly turning red.

"You heard that, didn't you... Su Wanwan..." Half shy and half angry, Gu Cheng bit her lower lip, her cheeks puffing out slightly.

"Hmm, I just want to hear it one more time~" Su Wanxi said with a smile. No matter how many times she had teased her, the girl's reaction was always as cute as ever, so cute that she wanted to fly back to Lanjiang immediately and spend a New Year just the two of them.

Thinking of this, the woman's smile gradually froze.

"What's wrong... Wanwan?" Gu Cheng asked her.

"I'm a little thirsty... What kind of movie are you watching?" Su Wanxi quickly changed the subject, pulling her heavy thoughts back to her mind.

Is it because the other person never mentions it, or is it because their optimistic demeanor every day has misled her? Having lost both parents at a young age and then experiencing drastic changes as she grew up, Gu Cheng seems to belong to the most unfortunate group... In such a large city, she can't even find a single "family member" to spend the New Year with.

Su Wanxi suddenly felt a pang of guilt. She had left so easily, leaving the other person all alone in Lanjiang.

Spend more time with your family... What was she thinking at that time...?

"It's a romance film. Gu Chengyan said she just picked it on a whim."

"...Could you tell me about it?"

Perhaps she would prefer me to stay... Gu Cheng noticed that Su Wanxi was absent-minded, but she didn't expect it to be related to her.

"Of course you can hear it... It's a pretty good story."

......

The movie is not long, but it cannot be summarized in just a few words. Gu Cheng spoke softly, and Su Wanxi leaned against the headboard and listened quietly.

The screen's light fell on her cheeks, creating a gentle, soft halo that even tinged her eyes with a subtle glow. Su Wanxi felt that her lover was incredibly tender at that moment, like a soft, fluffy cotton candy that might melt at any moment. When he inadvertently turned his head and their eyes met, a wave of warmth washed over her.

As the story drew to a close, the male and female protagonists embraced in the rain and parted with smiles.

"Is it a tragic ending?" Su Wanxi asked her.

"I guess... I guess so," Gu Cheng replied. She seemed somewhat frustrated, but not sad. This inexplicable sense of disharmony came from another soul within her, one that she could empathize with.

Su Wanxi changed her posture, her long, smooth hair cascading down her chest: "Why...?" She sensed the hesitation in Gu Cheng's voice.

The girl shook her head, her thin lips slightly pursed: "Actually, I think... in the old days, teacher-student relationships were often questioned, and there was an irreconcilable suspicion and estrangement between the two people. It's probably better to forget each other than to cling to each other in the vast world."

Continuing down this path will only lead to mutual harm and wear each other down. This bleak and hopeless life is neither what the male and female leads want nor what the audience yearns for.

The credits started rolling on the screen, and the phone went silent, leaving only her steady breathing that made Gu Cheng's heart race. She cursed herself inwardly for being so stupid as to talk to her boyfriend about such a negative topic. Wasn't this just telling him that she was a straight man, and that she wouldn't comfort him when he was angry, but would only send him messages reminding him to drink more hot water?

Su Wanxi lowered her eyebrows, her long eyelashes obscuring the corners of her eyes, and remained silent for a long time.

Gu Cheng swallowed hard, then nervously cupped her hands in her hands: "Su Wan..."

Before she finished speaking, Su Wanxi sat up straight, wrapped her arms around her calves, and rested her phone between her knees and chest.

"Orange, I want to see you... I want to see you whether I'm on a plane or in a car." Her voice was languid and charming, and her dark eyes were clear and bright, like a starry sky filled with fireflies on a midsummer night.

Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, staring straight at the other person.

“Wanwan…” After a long while, she smiled and tapped the screen.

Me too.

......

Su Wanxi found herself becoming more and more adept at sweet talk. No matter how cheesy the words were, she could say them to Gu Cheng very naturally. No wonder they say that women in love have zero IQ; she now truly understood this.

The noble and aloof Captain Su is gone forever; now only the doting husband Su Wanxi remains.

"Oh, right, I have something to show you~" Before hanging up, she deliberately kept Gu Cheng in suspense.

"What?" On the screen, a pair of long, slender, fair legs walked away in slippers, and soon returned to the house carrying a ball of yarn.

"This is my little sister, Xiao Sang." The Ragdoll cat held the cat close to her cheek and shook her chubby paw.

The sight of a beautiful woman with a cat struck Gu Cheng so hard that she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"Isn't it cute?" Su Wanxi asked.

"Hmm, I want to... touch it." Gu Cheng, who could only admire cats from afar, was so envious that she was practically splitting her body in envy.

"Am I cuter or is she cuter?" Su Wanxi continued to ask with a smile, her fair fingers sinking into the fluffy cat fur.

"You're cute, Su Wanwan is the cutest in the world!" Gu Cheng answered without hesitation; she could answer such an easy question.

Xiao Sang, who had been lazily nestled in the girl's arms, suddenly opened her eyes as if she had noticed something, let out a meow, and patted the screen with her paw.

What's wrong with it?

"Based on my experience raising cats, she should be angry." Su Wanxi stroked Xiao Sang's head and smoothed the tuft of white fur on its head.

"What are you angry about?" Gu Cheng asked.

"Of course it's my fault... I had other cats outside."

"Other cats?" Gu Cheng was still puzzled. They had indeed considered raising a cat together, but they had forgotten about it because they were busy.

"Hmm, maybe it's a little brown cat with light brown eyes." Su Wanxi curled her lips, revealing an extremely alluring expression.

"......" Whose behavior in bed is more like that of a lecherous cat... Gu Cheng felt that her dignity as a husband had shattered along with her morals.

"Su Wanwan...I'll wait for you to come back..." She thought through gritted teeth, "I'll discipline you when you get back."

"Hehe~ I'm going to take a shower. Do you want to bring the video in with the camera on?"

"...Go take a shower now, or we'll have to sleep in separate rooms after the New Year."

Su Wanxi immediately became obedient, pitifully hung up the video call, grabbed a few clothes from her suitcase, and walked into the bathroom in flat sandals.

After taking a shower, she should talk to her brother about Gu Cheng. She turned the handle, and soon the room was filled with steam.

Chapter 180, Section 184: I Don't Care

After tying her long hair into a neat and tidy single ponytail and changing into a plain white dress, Su Wanxi pushed open the door and walked lightly through the corridor. The living room was filled with a very faint smell of tobacco. Su Wanxi leaned against the windowsill, her knees bent, a spark between her fingers.

"Isn't it cold to smoke with the window open?" The woman sat down in a corner of the sofa, looking intently at the other person.

“I can’t let you inhale secondhand smoke… Your brother can withstand the cold…” Su Wanshan smiled as she stubbed out her cigarette, pressing her palm against the glass with a little force.

The window slammed shut, and Su Wanxi noticed a few cigarette butts scattered in the ashtray, roughly guessing that the other person had smoked quite a bit.

"Does Sister Yuling know that you like smoking so much?"

“Yes, she helped me create a strict smoking cessation plan... no more than one cigarette a day, and a maximum of six cigarettes a week…” Su Wanshan placed the cigarette pack and lighter on the coffee table, then crossed her hands and placed them on her knees.

Seeing this, Su Wanxi smiled and said, "So you just used up a week's worth of savings."

“If she’s not here, then we won’t count her,” Su Wanshan replied.

......

It's far better and easier to channel unmanageable stress and worries into a few cigarettes than to pass them on to others.

Frost outside the window blurred the starry sky, and Su Wanshan stared at the "Smoking is harmful to your health" sign on the cigarette pack and smiled bitterly.

According to Su Wanxi, he had probably entered middle age prematurely, becoming a married man who, after work, would enjoy a few minutes of leisure time while parking his car.

“Yu Ling said she’ll be coming to our house for the New Year. You’ll see her tomorrow or the day after…” Song Yu Ling had only met Su Wan Xi a few times. Apart from knowing that she was Su Wan Shan’s younger sister, that she was pretty, and that she had a cold personality, she knew very little else.

Su Wanxi knew quite a bit about Song Yuling. Su Wanshan often talked to her about her brother, and she trusted his judgment.

"Let's put Yu Ling's matter aside for now... I have something else to ask you..." Back in Lanjiang, he felt that Su Wanxi and Miss Gu's relationship was not quite normal. Only a few months later, news of her coming out came out. Su Wanshan really couldn't rest easy having such a troublesome younger sister.

"How far did things go between you and her at the teahouse that day?"

"Who...what step?" Su Wanxi asked innocently.

“Gu Cheng, someone’s best friend.” Su Wanshan frowned, emphasizing the last two words.

After a moment of silence, Su Wanxi's tone became uncertain: "I should... have a confession."

Recalling that hazy, ambiguous relationship, Su Wanxi only spent half a month from understanding her feelings to taking action; the rest was just a natural progression.

"If you like someone, go for it. You can't hesitate in matters of the heart... Brother, that's what you taught me..." Su Changqing preferred that his son marry a girl from a similar social class, rather than Song Yuling, who came from an ordinary family and was like Cinderella.