"..." Chu Zhaoyang raised his eyebrows, "Did you react just now?"
Gu Nian: "..."
"I hate it, go away!" Gu Nian blushed deeply and felt ashamed to see others.
"This is better." Chu Zhaoyang nodded seriously, "At least I won't do it."
Gu Nian: "..."
While Gu Nian was stunned by what he said, Chu Zhaoyang looked over directly.
"It's swollen." Chu Zhaoyang said, frowning in self-blame.
Even if she wanted to hide, she couldn't.
Watching Chu Zhaoyang reaching out to apply the ointment on her, Gu Nian was so embarrassed that her scalp felt like it was burning. She simply closed her eyes, covered her face and pretended to be an ostrich, and couldn't see anything anymore.
It's just that the feeling had become sharper.
Finally getting through it, Chu Zhaoyang wrapped her in the quilt again.
He took off her hand covering her face, leaned forward and kissed her lips: "Have a good rest today."
Gu Nian gave him an angry look: "It's because of you."
The culprit in turn asked her to have a good rest. It felt like he was just trying to raise her well before continuing to kill her.
"I didn't control it well." Chu Zhaoyang admitted decisively.
However, Gu Nian couldn't lie on the bed all the time.
Nanny Yu prepared lunch, Chu Zhaoyang brought it in, and the two of them ate in the bedroom.
After that, she moved around and felt okay, not as sore as when she first woke up, so she packed up and left the bedroom.
She still remembered that she had to make up for Chu Zhaoyang's birthday dinner.
Because he was thinking about the feast that Gu Nian prepared for him, early in the afternoon, Chu Zhaoyang asked Nanny Yu to go back first, leaving him and Gu Nian alone at home.
Gu Nian was busy in the kitchen, and Chu Zhaoyang wanted to help.
"I've agreed to prepare a big meal for you, how can I ask you to help me?" Gu Nian said, pushing him out.
Chu Zhaoyang hugged her in turn: "You are busy, I am free, I feel uncomfortable."
He didn't care what he do, he just wanted to be in the same space with her.
Seeing that Chu Zhaoyang was determined not to leave, Gu Nian had no choice but to let him follow her.
Looking around, she couldn't think of anything Chu Zhaoyang could do to help.
How could this man do this?
Finally, she gave him a potato: "Otherwise, just peel it."
"…" Chu Zhaoyang looked down at the potatoes in his hand and asked, "What do you use to peel them?"
Gu Nian took out a special peeling knife from the drawer and gave it to him: "Use this."
Chu Zhaoyang nodded, held it in his hand and studied it. Gu Nian thought it was unreliable no matter what: "You know how to use it, right?"
"…" Chu Zhaoyang straightened up, "There's nothing I don't know how to use, I'll peel it for you right away."
Gu Nian nodded: "Okay."
Then, she went and did other things.
When she got busy, she forgot about Chu Zhaoyang, who was peeling potatoes behind her.
When Gu Nian realized why there was no sound, she looked back and saw that Chu Zhaoyang had cut the potato that was originally bigger than his fist into the size of a taro.
Gu Nian: "..."
The peeling knife was easy to control. How did he do it?
"There were pits, so I wanted to cut them away. Then I found that they didn't look good, so I wanted to smooth them out." Chu Zhaoyang explained.
The expression was particularly serious and innocent.
Then, it became smaller and smaller.
Gu Nian: "..."
"Yeah, it's pretty good-looking." Gu Nian nodded with difficulty, unable to tell that this man actually had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Although the potatoes were peeled small by him, Chu Zhaoyang peeled a lot of them and they were enough.
"Is there anything else you need my help with?" Chu Zhaoyang asked.
Gu Nian glanced at the potatoes on the plate and shook her head silently: "No more."
Chu Zhaoyang: "..."
Did this mean she dislike him for not doing a good job?
"I'll practice more later." Chu Zhaoyang said.
"No, no, it's good." Gu Nian said, "The main reason is that the ingredients were all packed yesterday. The potatoes are oxidized and cannot be used again, so they were peeled again today. Now we are waiting to put them in the pot. You just watch from the side."
Chu Zhaoyang then gave up the idea of helping Gu Nian and sat aside honestly, watching Gu Nian cook.
Involuntarily, his eyes fell on her slender waist.
Looking so unfulfilled.
He couldn't help but think that when he held her waist with his hands last night, it was really very thin.
When he held it, it felt like the fingertips of both hands were almost touching.
He couldn't help it, so he tightened his grip.
The charming images that lasted for half the night kept replaying in his mind.
Looking at Gu Nian's slender back, Chu Zhaoyang's mouth felt dry and his whole body felt hot.
He stood up and walked slowly towards Gu Nian with his long legs.
He stopped behind her, like a hungry traveler, breathing heavily.
Gu Nian immediately felt the warmth coming from Chu Zhaoyang's body. Just as she was about to turn around, Chu Zhaoyang hugged her waist.
"I...I'm cooking." Gu Nian's ears were so hot from his breath.
"You cook yours." Chu Zhaoyang said in a low voice.
There was still the "booming" sound of the range hood working above her head, but Chu Zhaoyang's lips were close to her ears.
Even if the sound was low, it could still reach the ears clearly.
With his burning breath, Gu Nian trembled suddenly.
Her waist was being ironed by the palm of his hand, her lower abdomen unconsciously pulled in, and even her legs were weak.
Chu Zhaoyang's arms suddenly retracted, and he moved his hand upward: "Do you want to try it in the kitchen?"
Chu Zhaoyang lowered his eyes slightly, staring at her delicate and fair skin, but in his mind he was thinking about the scene of squeezing her against the refrigerator.
Gu Nian's body went limp and she almost fell down, but fortunately, she was caught by Chu Zhaoyang.
"You...you said you wanted me to have a good rest today." Gu Nian said tremblingly.
"I think you're recovering well." Chu Zhaoyang whispered, holding her soft body, wishing he could embed her directly into his bones and carry her with him anytime, anywhere, wherever he goes, for a moment. Neither was separated.
"When did you see it?" Gu Nian muttered, but he hadn't seen it.
Chu Zhaoyang's eyes flashed with a smile, and he breathed the hot breath into her ear ambiguously.
Even the mellow voice contained a deep smile, teasing her ambiguously: "Where are you thinking? I mean, your physical strength seems to have recovered, and your waist was no longer sore."
Gu Nian: "..."
The good thing about his girlfriend was that she was a policeman, and she recovered very quickly.
"Go away!" Gu Nian said angrily, put down the spatula and pushed him.
But, how could she push him away, Chu Zhaoyang held her so tightly.
Looking at her red ears, they were small and cute.
He couldn't help but place pecks on her red and delicate ears.
Gu Nian's ears felt hot, itchy, and numb, so she couldn't help but shrink her neck to avoid him.
"Chu Zhaoyang!" she shouted helplessly, "I'm cooking!"
The voice that came out of her mouth was so delicate that it felt deep in Chu Zhaoyang's bones.
Chu Zhaoyang didn't want to let her go anymore, so he trapped her with his arms and pressed against her body.
Gu Nian let out a hissing breath, feeling that he was so menacing that he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.
"How about we cook rice first?①" Chu Zhaoyang asked, rubbing her earlobe gently.
"..." Gu Nian's face burned red and she had to bite the bullet and said, "I...I'm not healed yet. It's still swollen..."
Gu Nian just wanted to bury herself.
She never imagined that one day she would discuss this with Chu Zhaoyang and actually say this.
"That ointment reduced the swelling quickly. I specifically asked Shi Hongze for it." Chu Zhaoyang said, "If you don't believe me, take a look now."
Who...who wanted to show it to him!
Gu Nian thought that he actually asked Shi Hongze for it, and wondered if Shi Hongze would guess the purpose.
She punched him angrily: "What did you tell Shi Hongze? If he knew that you used... to wipe that place for me, how could I see him in the future?"
Chu Zhaoyang took the opportunity to turn off the fire on the stove and hugged Gu Nian directly: "How could I tell him this?"
By the time he finished speaking, Gu Nian was pressed against the refrigerator.
Gu Nian: "..."
This man was talking real!
Chu Zhaoyang had already taken the opportunity to kiss her. It wasn't until Gu Nian was almost breathless from the kiss that he relaxed her a little.
Gu Nian gasped and said: "I'm still...still cooking, it's going to burn..."
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Translation Note :
① Cook rice meaning in Chinese idioms = making baby