GLIHBN Chapter 76
by VolareChapter 76: Your Boyfriend Thinks You’re Cold
Su Shi deeply loved the flowers and plants in the yard, and he learned a lot of tips on planting and cultivating flowers from the old lady.
Chi Ye listened silently beside him, remembering everything in his heart, and suddenly thought of the unpopular pink roses he had once given Su Shi.
The two stayed at the old lady’s house until very late. When they left, the old lady stood in front of the courtyard gate, reluctant to part, and moved her mouth as if wanting to say something.
In the end, she said nothing.
Walking a long way, Su Shi looked back and saw that the old and somewhat hunched figure was still standing there.
Su Shi hesitated and said, “Chi Ye, don’t you want to acknowledge your great-grandmother?”
Chi Ye was actually indifferent to family affection, and could be said to not care much. He took Su Shi’s hand and swayed it, “It doesn’t matter.”
Su Shi didn’t comment on this.
Because he deeply understood that some family affection cannot be forced.
Before Old Li left, she secretly told Su Shi a few words behind Chi Ye’s back. Old Li said that Chi Ye was sometimes a bit extreme and asked Su Shi to be more tolerant.
Su Shi had never understood this.
Where was Chi Ye extreme?
The moonlight was bright, stretching the two shadows of Su Shi and Chi Ye side by side.
Their pace was slow, deliberately trying to extend this pleasant time indefinitely.
“You like flowers, so why didn’t you like the pink roses I gave you before?”
Su Shi was stunned when he heard this, “When did you give me pink roses?”
“Not long after I moved into your house.”
Su Shi thought for a long time before he remembered, “That wasn’t a gift for me, you clearly bought it to put in the house.”
Chi Ye stopped and said solemnly, “It was a gift for you.”
“He let it slip, he is not going to tell me that he liked me, hmph.”
Su Shi thought secretly, then held back a smile and asked knowingly, “You didn’t like me at that time, so why did you give me flowers?”
“I…” Chi Ye almost blurted out, “I liked you at that time,” but he swallowed the words back, “I just thought you were nice to me, so I bought flowers to thank you.”
“Oh.” Su Shi drew out the ending sound meaningfully, “So you thank people by giving flowers?”
“No, I haven’t given them to anyone else.”
Su Shi nodded in satisfaction, and warned, “Don’t give them to anyone else.”
“Okay, I’ll only give them to you.”
Continuing forward, Su Shi said, “Actually, it’s not that I don’t like flowers, it’s just that I don’t like flowers that wither quickly.”
“So you don’t like those bunches of red roses either.”
Su Shi didn’t understand why Chi Ye asked this, but soon he heard Chi Ye’s next sentence, “Then I’ll buy a villa in the future and build a big garden for you. I’ll learn to grow flowers and take care of them carefully so they bloom forever.”
Su Shi was touched that Chi Ye thought so far ahead, “No need, wouldn’t it be good to have them in pots like your great-grandmother?”
“Okay.” Chi Ye squeezed Su Shi’s hand and found it was a little cold, “Are you cold?”
“Not cold.”
Chi Ye put Su Shi’s hand in his pocket, “But I think you’re cold.”
There’s a kind of cold called “mom thinks you’re cold,” and for Su Shi, it became “there’s a kind of cold called your boyfriend thinks you’re cold.” Su Shi was both happy and troubled.
Chi Ye kept Su Shi’s hand warm until it was slightly sweaty.
Later, they quickened their pace and soon arrived at the ginkgo forest they had passed on the way.
The golden leaves on the ground looked different under the moonlight. Su Shi suddenly had an idea, “Chi Ye, let’s take some ginkgo leaves back and put them in a glass jar as decorations, okay?”
The golden ginkgo leaves don’t rot easily, and they can be preserved for a long time in a glass jar, as if collecting an entire winter.
“Okay.”
Chi Ye grabbed a pile of leaves from the ground and held them in his arms, asking Su Shi, “Is this enough?”
“Enough.”
The phone rang in his pocket. Su Shi took it out and glanced at it, his brow furrowing. “I’ll take a call.”
Chi Ye glanced at the number, which wasn’t saved in his contacts, and his eyes dimmed. “Okay.”
Su Shi usually answered strange numbers face to face, not like now, walking to the side.
Chi Ye pricked up his ears and heard Su Shi’s few short answers.
“Yes, okay.”
“I’ll revise the plan tomorrow.”
“Okay, let’s have a meeting to discuss it then.”
It sounded like a work call, so there was even less reason to avoid it.
Chi Ye vaguely felt strange.
Su Shi turned around after the call, “Work call, the first draft of the proposal needs a major revision.”
“Okay.”
Chi Ye drove back, and Su Shi was constantly replying to messages.
Chi Ye couldn’t help asking, “Who is it so late?”
Su Shi felt sleepy and said lazily, “Work stuff, discussing the plan.”
Back home, Su Shi went straight into the bathroom.
The phone was left on the sofa, and it lit up again.
Chi Ye couldn’t resist his curiosity and picked it up to unlock it.
It was indeed work messages, and the group messages were constantly popping up.
But…
Chi Ye’s fingers froze on a familiar profile picture.
This profile picture was all too familiar, it was Xu Chongming’s.
A chill emanated from Chi Ye’s body.
Su Shi came out of the shower, wiping his hair while urging Chi Ye to take a shower quickly.
Chi Ye sat motionless on the sofa and asked Su Shi in a cold voice, “Has Xu Chongming been bothering you lately?”
Su Shi was stunned for a moment, “He did before, but not now.”
Chi Ye lowered his eyes, hiding the fleeting look of disappointment in his eyes.
Su Shi walked over, “What’s wrong?”
Chi Ye stood up, “It’s nothing, if he bothers you again, you must tell me, I’ll handle it.”
Su Shi opened his mouth and stayed silent for two seconds, thinking that with Chi Ye’s jealousy, it was better not to tell him, and slowly nodded in agreement, “Okay.”
A few days ago, after careful consideration, Su Shi accepted an invitation from a medium-sized company to do the year-end product planning for the company.
The contract was signed smoothly, and the planning was officially launched soon, but on the day the two parties met to discuss it, Su Shi saw Xu Chongming at the conference table.
Xu Chongming had joined later with investment, which was not a breach of contract, but if Su Shi wanted to terminate the contract temporarily, he would have to pay at least three times the penalty.
Xu Chongming assured Su Shi again and again that they would only talk about work and nothing else.
Over the past few days, Xu Chongming had indeed not crossed the line. The two sides only communicated in the work group and never contacted each other privately.
Tonight, the person responsible for communicating with Su Shi had taken a temporary leave of absence, so Xu Chongming personally called to ask Su Shi for information.
Chi Ye entered the bathroom and punched the wall.
His bangs were wet with water, hanging down in strands on his forehead, and his eyes were full of violence.
Su Shi was lying to him!
Su Shi had met Xu Chongming and had work dealings with him.
The phone call Su Shi answered was from Xu Chongming, and the messages he replied to were also sent by Xu Chongming.
Xu Chongming wanted to snatch Su Shi back from him!!!
Countless pessimistic thoughts came one after another, and the demon hidden in his body began to greedily devour this negative emotion, growing rapidly like it had found nourishment, and roaring.
Su Shi was his, Su Shi was his, no one could take him away.
What could he do to make Su Shi never leave him?
“Chi Ye, why are you taking a cold shower?”
A voice suddenly appeared, pulling Chi Ye back. Chi Ye turned around and saw Su Shi holding a bath towel.
Chi Ye turned off the water, his eyes were bloodshot, and he smiled slightly at Su Shi.
The smile was too strange, and Su Shi couldn’t help but shudder.
“I heard that taking cold showers can strengthen your body,” Chi Ye said.
Su Shi unfolded the bath towel, “Come here.”
Chi Ye obediently walked over, Su Shi wrapped Chi Ye in the bath towel and dried his body, saying heartlessly, “Chi Ye, that smile of yours was scary just now.”
Chi Ye stuck out his tongue and gently licked Su Shi’s face, “Don’t be afraid.”
“At most, I’ll just eat you.”