Wen Feiran felt incredibly pathetic. She pursed her lips and tried to appear as calm as Gu Suian. "The road in front of my house is quite congested; you can take a detour."
Gu Suian nodded slightly, tapped the screen in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Can we go through from the back?"
"Can."
Gu Suian stopped talking, and Wen Feiran couldn't find a new topic. Time spent with him felt slow and long. When the car stopped, neither of them moved.
Wen Feiran hesitated for a few seconds, then unbuckled her seatbelt, the crisp sound echoing inside the car.
Gu Suian turned to look at him. "We're going to record a new episode of a variety show the day after tomorrow, want to go together?"
Wen Feiran was surprised that he would bring this up, and her expression was blank. "Together?"
"That would be more convenient," Gu Suian said gently, asking for his opinion. "Should I have my assistant buy the tickets for you?"
Wen Feiran found it hard to refuse and nodded, "Thank you for your trouble."
"When do we meet?" Wen Feiran felt she couldn't remain passive and took the initiative.
"What time do you wake up? I can wait for you downstairs." Gu Suian's tone was very natural, but only upon closer inspection could one discover the indescribable intimacy.
"Seven o'clock, perhaps," Wen Feiran suggested, giving an early time.
Gu Suian chuckled softly, his deep, magnetic voice echoing in Wen Feiran's ear with a cheating effect, "Can you wake up?"
Wen Feiran's fingers curled up slightly involuntarily, barely resisting the urge to rub her earlobes. "My biological clock has always been very good..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he thought of his reversed day and night schedule over the past two days, felt guilty for a second, and his tone became lower and lower.
Gu Suian seemed to sense this and took the initiative to say, "Let's meet at 8:30 then."
Wen Feiran turned to look at Gu Suian. He thought his expression was natural, but his eyes were somewhat fierce.
Gu Suian proactively explained, "I usually go to the company around this time, so I just happened to be passing by."
Seeing that Gu Suian wasn't questioning him, Wen Feiran finally looked away.
After the topic ended, the car fell silent again. Although Wen Feiran felt uncomfortable, she inexplicably didn't want to leave.
Wen Feiran was poor at the time and could only live in an old neighborhood with very low rent, surrounded by elderly people.
A luxury car suddenly appeared in the neighborhood and stayed parked by the flower bed. The elderly people who were taking a walk noticed it and turned their attention to it.
Wen Feiran's nerves tensed instantly. Being with Gu Suian always gave him a sense of crisis, like he possessed a treasure and was afraid of being spied on.
Wen Feiran raised her hand. "It's getting late, I'll head back now. Thank you Teacher Gu, for bringing me home."
That's too polite a statement; it's not befitting their status at all.
Gu Suian gave him a deep look, knowing that Wen Feiran was shy, and didn't force him to change his form of address. "Okay."
Wen Feiran was the one who wanted to leave first, but now that he had received a response, he stopped moving. He lowered his head slightly, his long eyelashes casting faint shadows, his expression serene and beautiful.
Gu Suian didn't urge him, patiently waiting for him to compose himself.
After a few seconds, Wen Feiran raised her head, her expression extremely solemn. "Okay."
He didn't give a direct response, but he genuinely liked Gu Suian and didn't want to keep things ambiguous and keep him hanging on.
Wen Feiran's courage lasted only a second. Her earlobes visibly reddened, her eyes welled with tears, and when she spoke again, her voice trembled slightly, "I meant..."
Gu Suian interrupted him, "I heard you."
Her eyes remained gentle, like a vast ocean, capable of accepting everything about him. "I will pursue you diligently."
"..."
The car was silent, but Wen Feiran heard a broken sound. He didn't have time to investigate. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, he was furious. He opened the car door as fast as he could and fled, only waving his hand hastily with his back to Gu Suian.
The dilapidated apartment building had no elevator, so Wen Feiran climbed to the third floor in one go, panting heavily. His gaze pierced through the darkness and landed on Gu Suian, who was leaning against the car door, looking at him tenderly.
From Gu Suian's perspective, all he could see was darkness, but Wen Feiran could clearly feel his gaze fixed on her.
Wen Feiran's hand went limp, a strange longing welling up inside her, but the door was already open, which meant the night was over.
But he didn't want it to end like that.
A few seconds later, the door opened. Wen Feiran was worried that Gu Suian had already left. It was as if a hand was pushing him from behind. He took three steps at a time, almost jumping down the steps.
Because he was going too fast and couldn't control his body, he staggered as he crossed the last step, instinctively reaching out to steady himself on the wall covered with small advertisements and so dirty it was almost gray.
But he only touched something warm, with the texture of skin, hard joints, and full of power.
Wen Feiran's heart skipped a beat, and she looked up to see Gu Suian's prominent Adam's apple and sharp jawline.
"You..."
"You..."
They both spoke at the same time, then stopped at the same time.
Gu Suian supported his waist with his other hand, helping him steady himself before gentlemanly withdrawing it, but the hand holding Wen Feiran's remained motionless for a long time.
Wen Feiran felt Gu Suian's unique body temperature and breath, so close that she could count his eyelashes one by one, and a sense of satisfaction and peace welled up in her heart.
He clearly realized that the person in front of him belonged to him.
A smile involuntarily crept onto his lips as he abandoned his pointless reserve, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Gu Suian. "This is burn ointment. Apply it carefully when you get back. I need to check it when we meet the day after tomorrow morning."
Wen Feiran took out burn ointment from her pocket, Gu Suian solemnly accepted it, promising, "I'll be good."