At noon, Fu Xiuyuan was still in a meeting at the company, looking at the roses filling the courtyard like a beautiful sea of red.
Gu Nian'an sat alone in a rocking chair in the garden, holding the kitten in his arms. A breeze carried the fragrance of flowers, refreshing the senses.
As he watched the buds swaying in the breeze, his thoughts gradually drifted.
Remembering how the man's lack of restraint a few days earlier had left him ill for several days in a row, and how the doctor had lectured him afterward, Gu Nian'an felt his ears grow hot, a blush spreading across his fair cheeks.
And then there was the way the man had set aside his work these past few days, patiently coaxing him to take his medicine, with eyes and heart full of nothing but him.
Being cared for, cherished, and held like a treasure in someone's hands was something he had never experienced before.
He rubbed his fingertips together a little awkwardly, glanced at the drowsy Renata in his arms, and smiled.
Perhaps he, too, should let go of the things from his previous life and start living anew.
A ringtone suddenly sounded beside him. Gu Nian'an picked up his phone and saw that it was Lin Shuxue. Soon after he answered, a somewhat excited female voice came through.
"Nian'an, a director has invited you to play the lead in a film."
Hearing that someone wanted him to act, Gu Nian'an frowned slightly and said hesitantly, "But, Shuxue, I don't know how to act."
Back in high school, a teacher had once chosen him for a role in a stage play, but he could only decline because he couldn't act.
Yet no matter how he tried to get out of it, his homeroom teacher