There was no light on on the balcony, but a thin layer of light reached outside from the room and illuminated the balcony a bit. Gu Nianbin stood there quietly in front of the window with his tall figure like a tree. He put one hand in his trousers pocket and held a cigarette with the other hand. From where Du Xiaoxian was standing, only a side of his face could be seen. His lips were tightly shut, and the curve of his chin was somewhat hard. He seemed to be angry. Or maybe he was just sad.
Suddenly, Du Xiaoxian felt a sharp pain in her heart. She quietly returned to the hall. However, she was at a loss and didn't know what to do. She didn't even know what was wrong with her? Why did she eavesdrop on his call?
After returning from Jinxiu Department Store that day, Gu Nianbin opened his mind to Du Xiaoxian and they had a conversation in his office. He hoped that she would not mind Xia Xiaowan and not overthink. He also said that Xia Xiaowan was actually very
After He Sen came back, he told Du Xiaoxian a good news that he had recommended her paintings to some galleries before the Spring Festival, and now a gallery finally replied to him saying that they could help her to hold a painting exhibition.Although it was only a small one, it was great news for an unknown little girl.Du Xiaoxian immediately devoted all her energy to the exhibition with enthusiasm and concentrated on painting at home every day. With things to do, life was not too difficult. Du Huayue didn't call her, perhaps because he hadn't found a house to rent yet. With nothing in mind, Du Xiaoxian was just waiting for Shao Boqing to come back so that she could go out with Gu Nianbin for several days. But before that, she must prepare all her paintings well for the exhibition so that the exhibition could be held as scheduled. As for her presence, it shouldn't matter.After two seemingly smooth days, Shao Boqing came back. With Nina preg
Sitting in the car, Gu Nianbin touched Du Xiaoxian's hand and asked, "Feeling cold?""No," Du Xiaoxian said. "There is heating in the car, so it is not cold at all." She showed Gu Nianbin the tourmaline bracelet, "Does it look good? Sister Nina gave it to me."Gu Nianbin took it and looked at it seriously, "It's pretty good. Do you like it?""I like it very much." Du Xiaoxian put on the bracelet and showed it to Gu Nianbin again, but Gu Nianbin smiled slightly and lowered his head to have a kiss on the back of her hand. Du Xiaoxian was caught off her guard so that she shrank her hand back and gave him a blaming glance. Zhou Ting was still sitting in the front, how could he misbehave like that? Gu Nianbin loved to see her shy and frightened look, so he smiled dumbly.Du Xiaoxian just had her hair cut several days ago. Gu Nianbin didn't know why she had to cut her hair. He actually liked the way she looked with long hair. The black a
Gu Nianbin finally let go of Du Xiaoxian, but his expression was still terribly gloomy. Step by step, he retreated and his voice was dryly hoarse, "Do you really want to leave me? Do you really want that?""No, I don't. I don't want to!" Du Xiaoxian cried. Seeing Gu Nianbin like this broke her heart. She reached out to grab him and said, "Brother, I don't want to leave you.""Are you so enthusiastic towards me these past few days because you want to leave?" Gu Nianbin asked her again.Du Xiaoxian looked at him sadly, but she was powerless to refute. She would not lie. Even if she wanted to lie to him at this moment, her eyes would betray her. She knew that he would definitely see through her."I've never treated anyone as well as you, but what about you? Are you playing me?" Gu Nianbin slammed the door angrily and left. Du Xiaoxian rushed over to grab him but was blocked by the door ruthlessly. She wiped her tears and a thought sud
After work, Gu Nianbin was still sitting in the office. Zhou Ting wandered around outside for a long time and didn't see him come out. After thinking for a while, she walked up to the door and knocked, "Boss, it's almost time for your appointment with Miss Xia to have dinner tonight."Gu Nianbin responded with an okay. He slowly stood up and put on his coat. As he walked out, he asked, "Have you delivered my clothes over?""I've only bought a few new clothes for you to change. The coat you usually wear just happens to be sold out in your size. The new ones won't arrive until tomorrow, so…""It doesn't matter. It'll be fine as long as I have clothes to change tonight." Gu Nianbin came to her side and stopped. He seemed to have something to tell her. But he frowned and walked out without saying anything.Zhou Ting knew that he must be trying to talk about Du Xiaoxian, so she summoned up the courage to chase after him, "Boss, Xiaoxian
The clock on the wall was already showing eleven o'clock in the evening. Gu Nianbin did not come back. Du Xiaoxian knew that he would not come back. He was so angry that he almost scared her out of wits. And he left angrily. But then he immediately asked Xia Xiaowan out for dinner. Without her, he still got Xia Xiaowan and he would never be lonely.The bowl of noodles was still on the dining table. She had no appetite at all and didn't want to eat anything. With her eyes gradually focused on something from somewhere in the void, she suddenly saw the two cookies in the cabinet which were saved by Gu Nianbin when he was making small cookies a long time ago. She drew a picture of a man and a woman on the cookies, with words written on the back. She was reluctant to eat them and kept them on the plate like that.Later, Gu Nianbin dissolved some hot chocolate to glue the two cookies to the plate. Then, he put the plate on the bracket as a small ornament.
As Du Xiaoxian slowly walked back, she thought to herself, "Everything is over."She had seen the truth. Everything was settled. It was time for her to leave.She took big breaths and accidentally sucked the cold air into her trachea. She stood on the side of the street and coughed awkwardly until tears fell from her eyes. She felt that she was so useless as to cough out tears. However, it seemed to be relaxing in her heart. The matter that had been in suspense for a long time was finally settled. She no longer had to think nonsense.Standing on the side of the street, she called Du Huayue. The ringtone rang for a long time before it was answered. On the other end of the phone came Du Huayue's sleepy voice, "Xiaoxian, why are you calling so early?"Du Xiaoxian said apologetically, "Brother Ah Yue, were you on duty last night? Then I'll call you again later.""It's okay. I'm almost about to get up. What's the matter? Ju
Du Xiaoxian got out of the car and looked around. It was really quiet here. She did not expect that a coffee shop could be opened in such a secluded place. But it looked very stylish.She pushed open the door and entered. There were only a few guests inside, which was a little bleak. Someone waved at her in the corner. Although the lights were dim, she recognized it was Xia Xiaowan.When she got closer, Xia Xiaowan smiled and asked, "Was it hard to find this place?""Not really. The driver knew the address." Du Xiaoxian sat down and untied her scarf to put it aside."What do you want to drink?" Xia Xiaowan called for a waiter."Just give me a glass of water," said Du Xiaoxian.Xia Xiaowan asked, "Don't you like coffee because it's bitter?""No, I just can't get used to it."Xia Xiaowan said to the waiter, "Give this young miss a glass of boiled water."The waiter took
As soon as Du Xiaoxian returned home and was changing shoes at the entrance, she received a call from He Sen. He asked her if she was at home and said that he could come up to pick up the painting since he was passing by. Du Xiaoxian hurriedly answered that she was at home and told him to come up quickly.After hanging up the phone, Du Xiaoxian took off her wet coat and took it to the balcony to hang up. She heard the rain knocking on the window glass, tick-tock, tick-tock. It was as if thousands of soldiers and war horses were suddenly galloping over, which could make anyone tremble in fear who heard it. Du Xiaoxian was glad that she had returned early, or else she would be drenched in water.She went to the kitchen and made herself a cup of hot tea, slowly taking a few mouthfuls of it, feeling much warmer.The doorbell rang. She knew that it must be He Sen. So she opened the door, and there he was. She saw that his hair and clothes were wet,