long-term marriage

Chapter 7

Turning around the path, a black car was parked on the side of the road, leaning on a person leaning on the car, with one leg slightly bent and the other straight, with a cigarette between his slender fingers and slowly smoking.

Gu Yechen raised his head when he heard the footsteps, and seeing the person coming from the corner, he straightened up, put out the cigarette butt on the trash can beside him, straightened his black shirt, and walked towards Qiao Zhi.

Qiao Zhi was a little far away at first, but when she saw the person approaching, she stopped in astonishment, "Why are you here? Why don't you go home?" There was a faint smell of smoke in her breath, the first time she I don't think the smell of smoke is all that annoying.

Gu Yechen naturally took the things in Qiao Zhi's hands, turned around and walked to the car, and said as he walked, "If I go back, will you still be able to get out tonight?"

Gu Yechen walked two steps, but didn't hear the people behind him coming up, stopped walking and looked back at her, only to see Qiao Zhi standing there, blushing almost to burn.

After realizing that what he said just now was somewhat ambiguous, Gu Yechen frowned helplessly, and coughed lightly, "I didn't mean that, I..." I didn't know how to explain it for a while.

The dim light of the street lamp hit the faces of the two people, bright or dark, and a breeze blew gently, mixed with the fragrance of flowers in the spring night.

A white Pomeranian came running from nowhere, circling around Qiao Zhi, sticking out her tongue, Qiao Zhi took a few steps back, a little at a loss, the Pomeranian jumped up again when she saw Qiao Zhi backing away, After barking a few times, Qiao Zhi was bitten by a dog when she was a child. Although she didn't leave any shadow behind, she was a little scared when she saw the dog, so she had to keep dodging.

That Pomeranian is so pestering, she can't drive her away no matter what, Qiao Zhi didn't dare to move too much for fear of hurting it, so she looked at Gu Yechen with pleading eyes, Gu Yechen stood still, with the corners of her mouth slightly exposed With a lively smile, the Pomeranian was small and cute, and he wasn't worried that it would hurt Qiao Zhi. It was quite pleasing to see her panic-stricken.

"Michelle..." There was a scolding sound not far away, and the Bomei rushed away after hearing the sound. The middle-aged woman in sportswear smiled apologetically at Qiao Zhi, who waved her hand and smiled back.

"Who told you to run around, so disobedient, go back to see me to clean you up at night..." The sound of the middle-aged woman scolding the dog got farther and farther away, and Qiao Zhi couldn't help laughing when she heard these words.

Turning around, I saw Gu Yechen still standing there, Gu Yechen smiled lightly, "Get in the car, I'll take you home."

Qiao Zhi felt a little strange in her heart. On the one hand, she complained slightly about his "do not save" just now, and on the other hand, she felt that she was actually a little narrow-minded. Gu Yechen had already put the things in the car in a daze. If she refused again, it would be a little hypocritical. Qiao Zhi let out a sigh of relief, opened the door and got in the car.

The car was started, Gu Yechen turned the steering wheel skillfully, Qiao Zhi looked straight ahead, the urban area was still full of traffic, the neon lights were flickering, and the phone vibrated, Qiao Zhi picked it up and took a look, it was a text message from an unfamiliar number , "Cousin, this is my mobile phone number, please call me if you need anything. Su Zi."

Qiao Zhi's slightly drooping eyes darkened, she tapped her fair fingers a few times to delete the text message, and then looked out the car window, her hand holding the phone was a little stiff.

Gu Yechen, who was extremely sensitive, naturally noticed the change in Qiao Zhi's mood. He glanced sideways at her and broke the calm in the car, "Dad, did you cook today?"

Qiao Zhi came back to her senses, forced a smile, "Well, I steamed a fish."

Gu Yechen nodded, "Father's fish is really unique, I must try it when I go back tonight."

Qiao Zhi was taken aback, a little embarrassed, "I'm afraid you won't have anything to eat when you go back tonight. Mom forced me to eat all the fish."

Gu Yechen shook his head helplessly.

Qiao Zhi also thought of Gu's father and mother's usual appearance, and couldn't help being in a good mood, the corners of her mouth raised slightly.

There was a red light ahead, and the car stopped slowly, and the LED on the square beside it was displaying an advertisement for a French restaurant.

Qiao Zhi suddenly remembered something, turned her head slightly to look at Gu Yechen's sharp-edged face, "Thank you for the lunch." He should have paid for the meal at the Hunan restaurant at noon.

Gu Yechen put one hand on the car window to support his chin, and put the other hand on the steering wheel. He tilted his head slightly and smiled, "The lunch at noon should be used to make up for what happened tonight."

Qiao Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he was talking about dogs. Qiao Zhi looked at him, endured it, and finally lowered her head and muttered, "It's as if you have the foresight to plan ahead."

Although Qiao Zhi's voice was low, Gu Yechen's hearing was excellent. She had a slightly complaining expression, and she couldn't help raising her pretty eyebrows, "There is no 'plan ahead', but there is something about 'after the fact'."

His joking tone made Qiao Zhi laugh, and Qiao Zhi turned her head to look out the window and smiled with her lips pursed.

Just at this moment, Gu Yechen's cell phone rang. Gu Yechen stopped talking and picked up the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Tai Ling's lazy voice came, "I said, Young Master Gu, I specially opened the back door for you today, and you got off work early, do you have to show something?"

Gu Yechen glanced at the person looking out of the window, and then said lightly, "What's the matter, let's talk."

When the green light came on, Gu Yechen lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the car drove smoothly.

Qiao Zhi looked at the pedestrians and street lights that kept receding outside the car window, her eyes were a little dazed, and he didn't really respond to the people on the opposite side, most of them just said yes, but it could be heard that the two were very familiar.

A strange feeling suddenly appeared around her. She had never seen this person beside her several times. Strictly speaking, she should be a stranger, but she was inexplicably familiar. She thought that this familiarity might be due to Caring for the warmth given to her by her father and mother.

This marriage is undoubtedly a bit absurd. To her, even if it is absurd, it is harmless. After all, she is used to being alone, and as long as she lives in peace, it will be good.

But he was different. Accepting this marriage four years ago was just a stopgap measure. Four years of military service had passed, and he was about to start his own life. Then, she might be the biggest obstacle in his new life.

Tai Ling muttered there for a long time before giving up. Gu Yechen hung up the phone and went downstairs to the apartment. Qiao Zhi got out of the car but didn't go up. She looked down at her toes for a long time before raising her head and said softly, " Shall we have a good talk?"

Gu Yechen flicked the hand that wanted to hand her something, but he was not surprised by her words, "I have something to do tonight, let's make an appointment another day."

Hearing this, Qiao Zhi secretly heaved a sigh of relief. In fact, she didn't think about what to say, and she felt a bit rushed to the shelves. His refusal made her relieved, took the bag in Gu Yechen's hand, and thanked her , Qiao Zhi went upstairs briskly.

Gu Yechen turned around and got into the car when he saw the light on the thirteenth floor was on.

(End of this chapter)