Mu Shuoqian still gazed at her intently, though he had just woken up, his face showed no signs of sleepiness, as cold and indifferent as usual. After hearing her words, his eyelids flickered slightly, "Really?"
Gu Qili felt guilty, nodding her head then immediately shaking it. His eyes were so clean and beautiful, even while sleeping they were meticulously neat, how could there be any eye gunk?
"I just woke up, my vision was blurry, it’s clean." She chuckled softly, naturally wriggling out of his arm, "Um, I’m hungry, are you?"
He also sat up, the sudden absence of warmth in his arms making him feel slightly uncomfortable. It turned out that holding her while sleeping could be so peaceful. If it wasn’t for the dream about bees constantly flying towards his face, he wouldn’t have woken up.
"Whatever." He took out his phone to check the time, two o’clock at midnight.
He was accustomed to flying everywhere, jet lag was never an issue for him.
Gu Qili went to the kitchen and made two bowls of noodles with two fried eggs.
To be honest, although the lavish meals here were delicious, they became tiresome after a few, and Chinese cuisine suited her palate better.
After eating, they briefly washed up. Mu Shuoqian went to bed first, checked his phone for a while, and then Gu Qili slowly appeared.
Mu Shuoqian put down his phone, squinted his eyes, her pajamas were still so conservative, everything that shouldn’t be shown was shown, and what should be shown wasn’t shown at all. He lit a cigarette, leaning against the headboard as he smoked.
"Smoking before bed isn’t good." Gu Qili lay on the bed, reached over to pluck the cigarette from his hand, and casually extinguished it in the ashtray, the cigarette butt still faintly smoking.
Mu Shuoqian didn’t get angry, just glanced at her: "Then let’s sleep."
"Yeah, I’m also tired."
He stretched out his arm to turn off the light, and his body slid down into the bed.
After he lay down, Gu Qili carefully wriggled into the bed, the air still faintly smelling of smoke which somewhat eased her nervous mood. Yet, there was still a large distance between the two of them, the blanket enveloping plenty of empty air.
After a while, Gu Qili still couldn’t sleep and wanted to secretly take a peek at him, but then she heard his smooth, enticing voice in the darkness, "Can’t sleep?"
She silently nodded her head.
"Come here." He turned over, facing her back.
Gu Qili obediently moved closer, inching towards him like a caterpillar, her chin resting on top of her head, he tightened his arms and whispered, "Sleep now."
She curled up in his arms like an unborn baby, his palm burning hot, her whole body tensely rigid like a stiff bug.
"I want to go see the lavender." Gu Qili wanted to say something to lighten the mood, knowing he was here on a business trip and likely didn’t have time to join her, so she added, "If you’re busy, I can go alone."
After a moment of silence, Mu Shuoqian said, "I have nothing scheduled the morning after next."
Knowing he agreed, she happily closed her eyes, already imagining a sea of purple lavender in front of her.
"Where did you go today?" he suddenly asked. Check latest chapters at novel•fire.net
Gu Qili thought of Reynolds, but she felt that such a thing was unnecessary to tell him, so she shook her head, "Just strolled around, visited some specialty shops."
"Don’t interact too much with strangers."
Her nerves tensed up, did he find out something?
"I know, I won’t wander off."
"Hmm." His voice deepened a notch, his hand patting her waist lightly, "Sleep."
Perhaps his embrace was too warm, Gu Qili asked softly and drowsily, "Mu Shuoqian, can you not be cold to me anymore, please?"
For a long time, she did not hear his reply.
With a sigh in her heart, she wriggled a bit to find a comfortable position, and then fell asleep.
Meanwhile, Mu Shuoqian gazed at her silhouette from the darkness, his eyes filled with complex emotions.