Su Yan took Cheng Kou and Little Cuttlefish to have dinner on the top floor of the shopping mall. Little Cuttlefish had a good appetite and ate a lot of meat, smiling with satisfaction.
Cheng Kou touched his round belly, worried that he might have eaten too much.
She looked up at Su Yan, her eyes expressing her worry.
Su Yan smiled at her and shook his head slowly.
The little cuttlefish just watched the two of them interacting with a smile on his face, his big eyes bright and lively.
After dinner, the two of them held the little cuttlefish's hands, one on each side, and took him for a walk in the square outside to help digest the food.
The night was dark, but the surrounding scenery was charming.
Under the neon lights, the smiles on each other's faces are reflected.
The little cuttlefish finally got tired of playing, blinked his eyes, and tugged at Su Yan's pants.
He asked gently, bending his upper body slightly.
"Xiaowu, I want to go home." The little cuttlefish yawned, and his curly eyelashes were stained with tears.
Su Yan knew at a glance that he was extremely sleepy, so he raised his hands and hugged him tightly.
The little squid was very sensible. He didn't ask to be hugged. When he was lifted up, he panicked and hugged Su Yan's neck. After making sure his body was stable, he whispered in Su Yan's ear to thank him.
The child's voice was soft and tender, and Su Yan's heart softened a little when it entered his ears.
Cheng Kou stood aside and watched their interaction, and saw that Su Yan's usually expressionless face unconsciously added a few smiles.
If... If he became a father himself, he would definitely take care of his child like he did the little cuttlefish and support the family with his strong arms.
Cheng Kou imagined such a scene and felt warm inside.
The little cuttlefish fell asleep, with its soft and white cheek resting on Su Yan's shoulder.
Cheng Kou walked up to him, took the child from his hands, and waited for Su Yan to secure the child seat on the back seat before putting Little Moyu on it. Then she got in from the other side of the car door and sat next to Little Moyu to look after him.
Cheng Kou probably had a slight headache because she had used the air conditioner too much. Su Yan noticed that she was not feeling well, so he took her back to Yuren Garden first, and then drove Xiao Moyu back home.
Cheng Kou opened the door with the key, and the house was dark. She fumbled for the switch on the wall, and under the warm orange light, there was finally a hint of warmth.
When she was alone, she realized how empty this house was. The huge space was silent, and only her own breathing could be heard clearly.
Su Yan was not at home, Cheng Kou had nothing to do, so she walked into the bedroom and looked around. She sighed slightly, threw the sheets into the washing machine, and after setting it to automatic mode, the not-so-small machine began to turn silently.
Cheng Kou thought that she had washed the sheets too frequently recently, but fortunately there were still many unopened sheets in the closet at home.
A wealthy man like Su Yan would not mind the extra expense of buying a few more sets of bedding.
Cheng Kou stretched her body and chatted with Shen Yinran on WeChat for a while. Then she heard the beeping sound of the washing machine, reminding her that the sheets had been washed.
She took a basin, put it in, and then walked to the balcony with the basin in her arms.
After she spread out the bed sheet and hung it on the clothesline, she turned around and saw Xia Linchen with a smile on his face, half leaning on the door frame of his house, looking at her.
It was pitch dark and Cheng Kou was startled. He almost dropped the basin on the ground in excitement.
"Pfft—" Xia Linchen chuckled, walked to the fence between the two houses, and said helplessly, "Can you not have a moment of trouble?"
Cheng Kou glared at him and retorted, "Isn't it because you walk silently, like a ghost, that you are scary?"
Xia Linchen looked incredulous: "Is there anyone as handsome as me?"
"Bah." Cheng Kou stuck out her tongue at him, "Shameless."
After doing this, she was stunned for a moment. It had been a long time since they had such interaction. They did this every day when they were in high school.
Because they were young and hot-tempered, no one was willing to give in to anyone else.
She couldn't stand his shamelessness and always wanted to retort him, but for some reason, he always refused to let her get the upper hand.
At that time, there were always people who misunderstood that she was in love with Xia Linchen. No matter how hard she tried, no one was willing to believe her explanation, and they all told her to stop trying to cover it up.
Cheng Kou was so angry that he simply ignored them.
She felt that they were both honest with each other, but she didn't know that in the eyes of others, those were just classic scenes of young lovers flirting.
Ten years later, Xia Linchen left her life, and when they met again, he just gave in to her and took care of her, completely overturning the way they had been getting along since childhood.
Cheng Kou thought that this might be the transformation he made from a boy to a man.
Seeing that she was still in a daze, Xia Linchen leaned over and waved his slender fingers in front of her eyes.
"Hey, come back to your senses, are you thinking about your Su Yan?"
Cheng Kou pushed his hand away, glanced at him, and said, "I'm thinking about you."
Although she was telling the truth, Xia Linchen just smiled and obviously didn't believe it.
"Cheng Kou, I... may be leaving soon." He hesitated for a while, but still told her the news.
He thought she would also wish that he would tell it directly instead of dragging it out and making her sad when they parted.
"So soon?" Cheng Kou was surprised. "Didn't you say it was by the end of the year?"
Xia Linchen half lowered his head, with a smile on his face: "Xia Yunshen is back."
Cheng Kou frowned when he saw him laughing inexplicably, and said as quickly as possible: "You leave when he comes back, what kind of logic is this?"
"Xia Linchen's logic." He smiled, reassuring her. "So, just take good care of yourself. I can buy you a bag and skin care products when I get there."
His topic jumped too quickly, and Cheng Kou couldn't keep up for a moment, so he was led astray and forgot what he had just said.
There was a noise at the door. Cheng Kou knew that Su Yan had returned, so he waved to him and said, "I'll go in first."
"Yeah." Xia Linchen nodded, "Go ahead."
He watched Cheng Kou enter the room but did not move.
The night breeze was gentle, and the sheets that Cheng Kou had just hung up to dry swayed gently with it.
Xia Linchen stared at it, lowered his head and smiled silently.
When Cheng Kou walked over, Su Yan was changing his shoes. He bent down and put his leather shoes into the shoe cabinet.
Cheng Kou complained halfheartedly: "You're so slow."
"My brother and sister-in-law just came back, and I stayed with the little cuttlefish for a while, so I'm late."
"Okay." Cheng Kou shrugged, took the tie he had taken off and put it away.
In the bedroom, Su Yan asked while changing clothes: "Do you have time tomorrow?"
"It should be okay, what's wrong?" Cheng Kou opened the drawer beside the bed to look for something, and looked up at him when she heard that.
"Come with me to meet grandpa and grandma after get off work."
Su Yan spoke casually, but Cheng Kou was startled.
"Why suddenly—"
Su Yan stared at her face and smiled: "The two elders heard my mother mention you and wanted to meet you."
After a pause, he added: "I mentioned it several times before, but I was afraid that you were not mentally prepared, so I didn't agree."
Cheng Kou scratched his hair and stammered, "Is that so..."
"So I plan to drive to my grandpa's house after get off work tomorrow and stay there for the night. What do you say?"
Cheng Kou raised his eyebrows, somewhat helplessly: "You have already planned it, of course I will follow you."
"Be good." Su Yan was standing, his hand just touching the top of Cheng Kou's head while she was squatting, so he rubbed her hair.
Cheng Kou was dissatisfied and protested: "You messed up my hair."
Su Yan had his own theory: "You haven't taken a shower yet?"
Before Cheng Kou could say anything, he continued, "It just so happens that I haven't washed either, shall we wash together?"
Cheng Kou's eyes widened in surprise and he said incredulously, "When did you become such a scoundrel?"
Su Yan raised his hand and pointed at her hand, his tone somewhat helpless: "You grab the things yourself, I just think you are inviting me."
When Cheng Kou saw clearly what he was holding in his hand, he wanted to bang his head against the wall.
She just felt that this thing was in the way when she was looking for something, and just when she was about to put it aside, Su Yan dropped a bombshell at the right time, which made her forget that she was still holding it in her hand.
Cheng Kou raised his hand and looked closer. After examining it for a few seconds, he said calmly, "Well, let's use it while it's still fresh."
She acted like she was going to throw the jar into the air, so Su Yan couldn't help laughing and pulled her into the bathroom.
I turned on the hot water and closed the door. Soon the bathroom was filled with steam, blurring the mirror.
There seemed to be an ambiguous factor floating in the air. Cheng Kou's face turned pink. She couldn't see it herself, but the man who saw it smiled and kissed her.
The two of them took off their clothes, Su Yan held her in his arms, pressed her against the tiles and kissed her. There was a leaping fire in his heart, ready to explode at any moment, and a single spark could start a prairie fire.
Even with a thin mist, the tiles were still cold. Cheng Kou was not used to it at first, but soon her body temperature, which was obviously higher than that of the tiles, was transferred over and warmed the area behind her.
Su Yan was afraid that she would hit her head, so he remembered to put his hand behind her head.
The thing in Cheng Kou's hand finally came in handy. He raised his eyes in the mist and looked at Su Yan. His eyes were dark, flashing with bright light, and at this time his face was still as handsome as a painting.
His fingers were lighting fires everywhere, and when they touched a certain place, Cheng Kou's breathing stagnated and his mind suddenly went blank.
But the next second she fought back unwillingly and succeeded in making his breathing heavier.
Cheng Kou smiled slyly, raised her arms and put them around his neck, and was still thinking in a trance that it was a good deal for her to be able to drag this always sober and abstinent man into depravity together with her.
After that, Cheng Kou lay in Su Yan's arms, and the two of them took a bath together in the large bathtub.
Cheng Kou bit his collarbone gently and complained, "My waist is sore."
She bit her gently and Su Yan didn't feel much pain. He resigned himself to his fate and raised his body, gently kneading her waist with his fingers.
"It's my fault, okay?"
"You're smart."