"If, Gu Li, you really like her, I will definitely give you my blessing. But if you’re compromising for family, I don’t want you to marry her. I hope you can be happy." Jun Wuchen spoke sincerely.
Gu Li smiled, hiding so many things within that smile.
"In this world, where can you find love that aligns with your heart? Even after five or ten years, what I want won’t come true..."
Before Gu Li could finish speaking, Jun Wuchen immediately interrupted.
"What do you want? I can help you."
His voice was filled with confidence, as if he truly could make it happen.
Hearing this, Gu Li finally lifted his head and looked at him.
He said nothing, just kept looking at him like that, afraid to reveal his heart, leaving his gaze unreadable.
Jun Wuchen waited for Gu Li’s answer, but even after waiting for a long time, it did not come.
"Gu Li, what do you really want? Speak up."
As long as he spoke up, no matter what, he would definitely give it to him.
"...Gu Li doesn’t lack anything." Gu Li smiled, but his throat felt tight.
Indeed, what does he lack? Except for someone he truly loves.
Jun Wuchen suddenly lost his confidence. He looked at Gu Li, fell silent for a moment, and then said: "Gu Li, if you don’t want to get married, you don’t have to."
Jun Wuchen’s words seemed to carry hidden meanings, and even his gaze was different from usual.
As long as he said he didn’t want to, he would definitely help him.
"Wuchen, Gu Li is not young anymore, it’s time to have a family." Gu Li seemed to have come to terms with it, his tone becoming relaxed, but it was just to avoid making Jun Wuchen worry.
"On the 8th of next month, remember to prepare a generous gift. Gu Li has cared for you all these years. Don’t be stingy with me now." Gu Li interrupted him, smiling as he handed the peeled orange to him.
Jun Wuchen instinctively reached out to take it but forgot he was already holding something.
By the time he wanted to retract his hand, it was too late.
And Gu Li seemed to have noticed what he was holding the moment he reached out.
"When did you start liking candy?"
Gu Li looked at the lollipop in Jun Wuchen’s hand, still smiling, but inside he felt a bitterness that even tainted his smile.
For so many years, Wuchen had never particularly liked anything. He had noticed Jun Wuchen hiding candy the moment he entered.
Candy is usually something girls like. Does Wuchen have someone he loves?
Well, Wuchen is a normal man. It’s perfectly normal for him to like a girl, and I should be happy for him.
Gu Li consoled himself, but his heart wasn’t cooperating.
"Recently caught a cold, and everything tastes bitter, so I carry some candy with me."
"The weather has cooled down recently, take care of yourself."
Since when do you fear the bitterness of medicine, you who always ate as much medicine as food since childhood?
Even if it’s to mask bitterness, it shouldn’t be this kind of candy.
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Since when did you start lying to me?
Gu Li couldn’t describe how he felt, just that it was he who should be eating candy to mask the bitterness now.
"I will be more careful."
"Can I have a taste of that candy?" Gu Li said, reaching out to Jun Wuchen.
Those eyes, hidden behind glasses yet wounded, were fixed intently on Jun Wuchen.
Gu Li himself couldn’t tell if asking for the candy was genuinely to mask his own bitterness or just to test him, to confirm something.