Long Yubei had never lived in a place before. Staying here for a week was as difficult for him as scaling the blue heavens.
But since it was her home, he didn’t leave outright.
Gu Lili noticed he didn’t like the place and said with a smile, "Don’t judge by its shabby look. Maybe after a couple of days here, you might change your mind."
"What do you eat living here every day?"
"Just homemade meals. My master is very diligent. She has cultivated some wasteland, planting wheat, peanuts, and sweet potatoes, and there’s also a vegetable garden. Whatever we can’t eat, we take to the market to sell. Although she is the lady of the Gu Family, she’s proud and refuses to spend a penny of the Gu Family’s money, nor does she allow Xichen’s father to come here. Apart from the visits from Xichen in the past, we really haven’t had many visitors. Later on, we can go pick veggies in the garden."
So, reluctantly, a few minutes later, Long Yubei was pulled along by her to the vegetable garden. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel_fіre.net
She bent over to pick vegetables and quickly filled a basket.
Thus, the brief idyllic life of the couple began.
On the first day, Long Yubei really wasn’t used to it, but by the second day, he gradually began to think that this place wasn’t too bad and his attitude continued to change on the third, fourth, and fifth days.
He grew to like it here.
Every day she made him delicious food in various ways. The ingredients were limited, but there were several dishes that he had never tasted before and they were very tasty.
Every day, the two would walk around the mountain, breathing fresh air and watching the sunrise together.
At night, they would sleep in her bed, enjoying the quiet of the mountain.
In the blink of an eye, the last day arrived, and they would leave this place tomorrow morning.
"Today I’ll take you to see my secret base."
He followed her, full of curiosity, to a small hot spring pool not far from where they stayed.
The pool was enclosed by a circle of old bed sheets for privacy.
Nearby, water trickled down from a small waterfall on the mountain.
Gu Lili described that in spring when flowers bloomed, this place was at its most beautiful, surrounded by wildflowers, a sight to behold.
"You don’t actually bathe here often, do you?"
"Of course," she laughed. "No one ever comes here. You see the pool doesn’t look like much, but this is my territory. Do you want to take a soak?"
The weather was good today, the sun shining brightly and warmly.
Without any hesitation, Long Yubei stripped off his clothes in front of her and jumped in.
It was refreshingly invigorating.
As Gu Lili began to undress, goosebumps covered her body, and she quickly got in too. The water submerged her neck as she sat on the stone steps inside and shouted, "Ah... so refreshing."
Long Yubei forcefully pulled her onto his lap, "I’ve been very happy these past few days."
Gu Lili’s bright eyes stared straight at him, "What if we settle down here when we are old? Fix up the house and the land around it."
"Yeah." She wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her face to his shoulder, "Just thinking about it feels wonderful. Tao Yuanming wrote about picking chrysanthemums beneath the eastern hedge and leisurely seeing the Nanshan. My ideal life is just like that, but it would be lonely alone. If you were with me, I could live in the mountains forever. Maybe it’s because I’ve been used to this kind of life since I was young; living for a lifetime doesn’t seem bad at all to me."
"You know of Tao Yuanming’s poetry?"
"I’ve never been to school a day in my life, but I can recognize every character I should know. My master graduated from a prestigious university and was skilled in Taekwondo. Regrettably, she didn’t pass these skills on to Xichen; instead, I got it all piece by piece."
"Did she pass on to you the 108 Styles of Couples?"
Gu Lili sat up straight and glared at him, "Of course not!"