his kisses are sweet

Chapter 370

When Ah Shu entered the door, he was startled by the messy scene in front of him.

Everything in the house was overturned, broken, and a mess.

Mrs. Liu was cleaning up the mess, and when she was about to step on the broken porcelain, she exclaimed, "Ma'am, be careful where you step!"

Ah Shu frowned, walked around the fragments of the vase, and asked, "Sister-in-law Liu, is there a thief in the house?"

Mrs. Liu faltered: "It's not the thief, it's the husband."

Upon hearing this, Ah Shu handed her the bag in his hand, "Where is he now?"

"In that studio to the west."

In the studio to the west, no one is allowed to enter except Li Yu, not even Ah Shu.

Her footsteps paused, and she looked in the direction of the studio. A heavy door blocked her view, but she could faintly hear the sound of something falling inside.

After thinking about it for a while, Ah Shu didn't go any further, but turned to ask Aunt Liu, "Apart from smashing things when you came back, did you have any unusual behaviors?"

Aunt Liu tilted her head and thought for a moment before she spoke, "Sir also ordered me to find someone to dig up that bitter orange tree in the yard."

"Dig it?"

Ah Shu was a little surprised, she remembered that Li Yu mentioned yesterday that this bitter orange tree was a gift from Yann for his new house, and he had been cultivating it carefully, why did he have to dig up the tree in just one night?
Mrs. Liu was holding her bag, a little undecided, "Madam, do you want to hire someone to dig the tree?"

"Do as he asks!"

"Yes."

Aunt Liu got her affirmative answer and turned around to call the workers.

"and many more!"

Ah Shu called her to stop. Although Li Yu's temperament was gloomy and unstable, she felt very wrong to Ah Shu today. She always had a feeling that digging the tree was probably just a subconscious decision when he was furious. If he calmed down, it must be will regret it.

Thinking of this, she pursed her lips and said, "After the tree is dug, it will be transplanted elsewhere."

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Li Yu stayed in the studio for a whole afternoon and did not come out.

As night fell, Ah Shu tightened his thick coat and walked in the courtyard.

It has been half a month since the beginning of spring, and there are a few green shoots emerging from the crevices of the cobblestones. The courtyard is not big, and she walked to the end within a few steps.

Her footsteps finally stopped at the place where bitter oranges were planted in the southwest corner.

The original dense and verdant orange trees have long since disappeared, leaving only a dark shallow pit and a few dead leaves falling from the soil.

Ah Shu leaned over and picked up the few scattered leaves.

The faint fragrance of the leaves was drawn into Ah Shu's nose with the wind, it was sweet and slightly bitter.

She smiled, Li Yu probably didn't know that Qingcheng couldn't buy bitter oranges, and the first time she ate bitter oranges was when she was in school in Kyoto.

In Ah Shu's university dormitory, there is a roommate from southern Zhejiang. Every year when he returns to school, he brings some specialties from his hometown. One time he brings this bitter orange.

Bitter tangerines are not all bitter, but slightly bitter in their sweetness. Although the taste is a bit different from the ones we usually eat, it is still acceptable.

However, except for Ah Shu and the roommate from Zhenan, the other two roommates in the dormitory obviously don't pay for the smell.

Regarding this, the roommate in southern Zhejiang asked her rather strangely, "Ashu, in fact, bitter oranges are not widely accepted in our place, and I am a little surprised that you, a native of Qingcheng, like this taste. "

At that time, Ah Shu knew that bitter oranges only grow in southern Zhejiang and Fujian, not to mention that bitter oranges are not available in Qingcheng, and even cultivation is a problem.

Seeing her surprised eyes, the roommate buried her head in peeling the orange, and asked her: "Do you think the taste of your bitter orange is like the taste of longing? It's sweet with bitterness, so astringent that the tongue coating turns white, but it overflows. It smells sweet."

After the roommate's words fell, Ah Shu accidentally knocked over the freshly boiled water. At that time, it had been more than a year since Gu Rugui was involved in a car accident.

She was like waking up from a dream. It turned out that she could accept the taste of bitter orange so easily, but it was because she had experienced the pain of lovesickness.

Thoughts were withdrawn from a distance, what Ah Shu was thinking at the moment was that when she was dealing with Yan's divorce case, she had accidentally learned that his hometown was in the southern Zhejiang area.

This bitter orange seedling, which is not seen in Qingcheng at all, must have been brought from his hometown.

Thinking of this, she subconsciously raised her head to look in the direction of the studio, only to realize that the bitter orange plant was planted in an unbiased place, facing the only window facing the courtyard in the studio.

Just like the shallow pit in front of him, the studio is also dark, almost blending with the thick ink-like night.

Or maybe, there are a pair of eyes inside that have been watching every move outside.

Ah Shu withdrew his gaze, stood up slowly, recalling Yann's dusty face in his mind, he pulled his lips and smiled.

Yan, what was the purpose of you giving Li Yu this bitter orange tree?
In this world, who is suffering from lovesickness?

"Madam, Mister has been in the studio for a whole day, will something happen if this continues?" Aunt Liu walked up behind her, looked in the direction of the studio, and asked worriedly.

Ah Shu pursed her lips, she was now roughly sure that Li Yu's anomaly today must have something to do with Yann.

But she had no way of knowing the specific reason, and it was not wise to rush to disturb him at this time.

"There shouldn't be anything wrong. Let's take a look first. Sister-in-law Liu, please pay attention to the movement in the studio. If there is anything unusual, please let me know immediately."

After Ah Shu told Sister Liu a few words, he didn't stay in the yard for too long, so he walked towards the house.

The child in her womb didn't make a fuss about her today, but she was too tired to take care of Li Yu's affairs.

She went back to the bedroom and fell asleep after taking the medicine.

It's just that he didn't sleep well, Ah Shu had a dream, which was sweet but bitter.

In her dream, she went back to the year when she was 14 years old. On the endless coast of Jiangcheng and the sky full of stars, the young Gu Rugui put a warm conch in her hand.

At that moment, Ah Shu burst into tears outside his dream.

At the same time, in the dense night of Jiangcheng, along the coastline that stretches for miles, there is the sound of the tide, and the moist air is full of salty bitterness.

At the end of the beach, Gu Rugui was sitting in a wheelchair, staring at the things in his palm, with a relieved smile on his lips.

In the sand behind him, there are two long ruts run over by a wheelchair...

(End of this chapter)