Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, Gao Xinci was painting steadily, and I was twisting like a caterpillar on the table. It was strange. In the past, he wanted to pounce on me and eat me immediately when he saw this scene, but why was he indifferent today? I was almost freezing to death, couldn't he see it?

After a long time, which felt like a year, I was a little impressed by Xiao Gao's endurance. I really couldn't do it, so I pulled the tablecloth over my legs. Unexpectedly, this made him dissatisfied. He put down his paintbrush, came over and hugged me, and tried to pinch away the thin material.

"I am cold……"

I held Gao Xinci's arm tightly with both hands. I don't know if it was my body or my thoughts that were quietly climbing up. It was also a big test for Gao Xinci. His reaction was instinctive. His ears felt like they were dripping with blood. I hooked my fingers and gently stroked them. He was hot and I was cold, and we both had to shiver violently.

"It will be fine soon, just hold on a little longer." Gao Xinci suppressed his emotions, biting his lips until they bled. He turned to the side to turn the light brighter, shining it brightly on me.

The crystal chandelier right above my head is off, but the one on the side is working very hard. It was originally just a warm light lamp I bought to enhance the atmosphere, but now it has become Gao Xinci's creative tool. I have an idea whether I should ask him for rent. I heard that it is quite expensive to borrow lights from places like studios.

Unfortunately, before I finished calculating the price, Gao Xinci came over to correct me and whispered into my ear: "Shishi, be good and lie down. Do you know how to write the letter after L?"

I thought about it for a moment, and quickly pushed his shoulders back: "I don't want it——"

"Be good."

"You can't see it! I'm not in a good place, but you have the heart to make classmate Gao suffer for the whole night? It must be suffering following you..."

Gao Xinci tightened his grip around my waist and leaned over to kiss my cheek: "It's okay, I remember the look, I'm just giving you a little extra."

"What weird thing are you drawing..." I trembled as I said this, and he held my arm down, forcing me to lower it.

But reality is more magical than imagination. I was thinking to myself, "I don't know what Gao Xinci is thinking about." I thought that letter...wasn't it facing him vertically? Why did he put me down horizontally? And sideways...that letter is so strange? Why did he want to see my side profile?

I tilted my head: "Baby, does my cross section look good?"

"The cross section is to cut you in half. You can't say that nonsense, but I understand what you mean." Gao Xinci quickly drew a few strokes and glanced at me: "What do you think I want to draw?"

I pursed my lips and couldn't say anything, then turned my head back honestly, still feeling a little itchy inside.

"I like the color of you." Gao Xinci suddenly said.

I didn't react for a moment: "Color?"

"Yes, when I first saw you, it was dusk. You had just returned home and looked very young. It was your first time meeting so many strangers. You were shy, timid, sad, confused, and everything in between. These emotions all made you produce a certain color. Because it was summer, the thin clothes didn't cover much, so most of the exposed skin was pink. The soft pink that appeared on your sickly white skin looked very beautiful at dusk."

I didn't quite understand what that was worth liking. He said that his love at first sight was very complicated and involved a lot, but then he gradually forgot about it and occasionally mentioned it to me. Now it seems indeed complicated, but I can also seem to figure out a bit of the burning desire, which is weird.

"Tender, tender pink." I stared at the ceiling and repeated in a daze. I don't know how I angered Gao Xinci, and he jumped up with a thud.

"What are you talking about—"

I opened my mouth wide in confusion and astonishment: "This is also my problem? I didn't say anything!"

"Change it, change it, coral pink, coral pink..." Gao Xinci rubbed the back of his neck, sat down slowly, added a few strokes, came forward and wrapped me in his coat, carried me to the painting frame: "You made me so uncomfortable, the painting is a little ugly, but fortunately the color is adjusted, I will draw another one later."

I was a little disgusted. He actually criticized me for drawing for him. However, I was completely trapped in his arms. If I complained, I might get beaten. I decided to forget it. I rubbed my lower back and felt the burning sensation. I pouted my lips with lingering fear. But when I looked at the painting in front of me, I thought, huh? Does this have anything to do with me?

Gao Xinci painted a cluster of hazy flowers in the dusk, with their backs against the mountains. The last bit of afterglow sprinkled down, light and darkness intertwined, and the small flower buds dotted with water droplets.

I looked carefully, and it seemed that the only thing related to me was the coral powder he mentioned, contained in the flower bud.

"You painted me as a flower? Then what's the difference between me sitting on your lap and lying on the table as a model?" I hugged his neck with a little dissatisfaction.

Gao Xinci pinched my face and said, "Because you lie on my legs, you press my hand. It also has an impact on the bed. You are used to it. I always have to change some new scenes to arouse your emotions. Do you want to see what you look like now?"

I shrugged, and Gao Xinci's fingertips brushed the corner of my lips again.

"The color seems to be a little faded, I will replenish it for you."

He leaned over, his lips and tongue circling in an invisible place. Even under the dim light, he was surrounded by a halo. He bit his lips and rubbed them gently, making it impossible to tell east from west.

After the "kissing ceremony", it was time to watch. He carried me to stand in front of the floor-length mirror, held my hand and brushed it across my lips, stopping at my chest. It was the first time in my life that he stared at myself like this, and it was a bit strange. He leaned sideways and kissed the strands of hair on my temples, which made me feel itchy. I smiled and avoided him.

"See? This is the color of your body now. Do you know hibiscus? It suits your body best." Gao Xinci leaned close to my ear.

I thought about it and said, "Hibiscus? In the backyard...are there any in the backyard? I can't remember clearly."

"Yes, I saw it when I came here. There are also some in the outer courtyard. It is the flowering season now, and the steward had already planted them."

I turned my head and looked directly at Gao Xinci and smiled: "Then I'll go out and take a look later?"

Gao Xinci also narrowed his eyes and smiled at me: "You still want to go out?"

Well, the pleasant atmosphere seemed to be broken. I was petrified on the spot. Gao Xinci seemed to give me some time to buffer and did not carry me away directly. But when I was thinking about the route and time of escape, he brought back a cushion, sat cross-legged on the cushion, and used himself as a backrest for me to lie down. I thought this seemed to be... okay? I obeyed and drooped my legs on the carpet. Xiao Gao, if you like to look at flowers, let him look at flowers. We don't understand but we respect it.

but……

Why did he hold my hand and move it little by little? Move it across my chest, and then to my belly. Everything stayed at my angle. He didn't touch me except to lean on me. It seemed that he was more inclined to let me appreciate the flowers?

Gao Xinci bit my neck and said, "Do you know the meaning of Hibiscus?"

I shook my head, looking in the mirror and his eyes seemed sharp for a moment.

"Its flower language is pure and mature. The overlapping petals are as shy and beautiful as a young girl, and as intellectual and noble as a lady. The last one represents the pain of missing a couple after they are separated." He paused at the end, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, caressing my cheek lightly, and then adding a little force to my neck to force me to look up: "So from time to time, I feel that it is like you. When you were not around, I planted this in the yard. It makes me sad every day looking at it."

My heart trembled. I wanted to lower my head but he held me down again. I couldn't help but cough twice and looked at him with tears in my eyes: "But, but I really can't do it. I really feel uncomfortable... Don't you want me to do it with my hands..."

"I don't need your help. I want to see how you feel, yourself." Gao Xinci said, then he relaxed his smile and bit my cheek.

But I felt even more desperate after listening to this. I even shed tears when I looked at myself in the mirror: “You’re bullying me too much…”

"I'm just bullying you." Gao Xinci rubbed my cheek with his thumb. "You know I'm like this. If you run into trouble and come back to me, can you ask for nothing? Okay, stop crying."

I was scared by him. After hearing what he said, I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't run away, so I had to cry in his arms with my lower abdomen stuck in his arm. I finally managed to stop when he pinched my wrist. But this situation didn't last long. I was thinking that I would have cried a little longer if I had known earlier. Then there was another guest outside, and Zhizhi came over hurriedly and knocked on my door.

"Believe it or not, you don't need to go out. He did it on purpose." Gao Xinci sighed.

I felt sad and angry while crying. I finally got the chance for him to let go, so I quickly turned over and hit him a few times, wiped my tears and went to put on my clothes. Gao Xinci followed me, and I opened the door without thinking much, but I only saw Zhizhi huddled aside, his expression tightly wrinkled, with helplessness and worry. Facing me was my brother, who was almost the same as Zhizhi.

Could anything be more embarrassing than my brother coming? I thought my brother scaring me was the final test, but he didn't say anything and just kept his chin raised towards the outside.

I had a rough idea in my mind. Looking back at Gao Xinci, I saw that he was helpless as he was blocked at home. I guess my second uncle had already made up his mind.

Then there is no need to hide.

I sighed, and felt more at ease, and took Gao Xinci out. My second uncle was sitting in the living room, and he looked very friendly. When he saw us, he just asked us to sit over and handed us tea.

Gao Xinci was polite and bowed before he hugged me unreasonably. I couldn't get rid of him. My second uncle smiled faintly and just tasted the tea calmly.

Gao Xinci curled his lips when he saw this: "Second Uncle, actually something happened in my family recently, and I had no choice but to come and live with Shishi."

"Oh?" Second uncle raised his eyebrows.

"My house is being renovated and the bedposts have collapsed, so I have no place to sleep." Gao Xinci said frivolously.

I was speechless. It would have been better if I hadn't said this. It would have sounded provocative if I had said it. But when I think about it carefully, it doesn't matter whether it's provocative or not.

The second uncle laughed out loud and shook his head. "You are young and full of energy. I understand that. On the way here, I thought that you might be here. I just thought that Shishi is a widow after all. If you live with her and are seen by others, it will inevitably be bad for your reputation. It is not a good thing for outsiders to talk about it. It is better to come to her house and propose marriage as soon as possible. Wouldn't it be better if it is reasonable at that time?"

I sighed silently. My second uncle really knew how to provoke people. Gao Xinci just made me cry, and he mentioned Jiang Yinan again.

As expected, Gao Xinci swallowed a long breath, but didn't show much on his face. He held my hand even tighter, and smiled: "Yeah, I think so too, but it takes time. If I can wait for seven years, I'm not afraid to wait longer."

"Wait another seven years?" Second Uncle glanced and sneered, "Alas, by that time, our Lingling and Yunyun would have been grown up girls. It really went by so fast. I remember that Shishi was engaged at the age of thirteen. Hundreds of families begged and thousands of families wanted to marry her. Now she has two daughters and even more. The Zhao family came to her earlier. Never mind. I'm not in a hurry to tell you about this now. Just keep it in mind in the future."

Gao Xinci nodded heavily: "Yes, this is what I should do."

My second uncle said nothing, paused, and then took me to the study, closed the door, asked me to sit down, and gently placed a property notarization on the table. He transferred nearly 10 billion yuan in assets and cash to me, pointed at it and asked me to sign. It took me a while to come to my senses, but I still shook my head.

"Do you really intend to trade your body with him, or do you still love him?"

"Uncle, I'm really tired. I can hardly stand up. Do I still care who I love in this state?" I responded as soon as he finished speaking, looking up at him expressionlessly.

Perhaps I was crying unconsciously again. My second uncle stopped in front of me and stretched out his hand for a long time. He wiped away my tears with his thumb somewhat heavily. I think he had also forgotten how he loved in the past. Now he was numb and unfamiliar with it. The jade ring he was wearing scraped against his skin, stiff and cold.

He leaned on the table: "So what do you think?"

"What do you want me to think?"

"I won't interfere with you."

I turned around and he really wasn't staring at me, so I sighed.

"I will take the blame for Chengcheng's misfortune. The most important thing in this case is not the money. I don't want to take risks until the last step. It's not that our family's foundation cannot be moved, but it cannot be moved easily. No matter how powerful the surface is, it is not as good as an iron-clad background. The Gao family cannot be destroyed without dozens of generations behind them. Our family is different. Branches will always cling to old trees."

"Is he an old tree in your heart?" Uncle Er said with a solemn tone.

I was stunned for a long time and nodded: "Yeah, he made me pay the price, so let me ask for a little more in return."

"Are you going to live like this for the rest of your life? What will you do? What will your children do?"

I don't know if I was annoyed or if I was really doing it on purpose, I gritted my teeth and laughed for no reason, looking straight at him: "Uncle, didn't you make it through this life?"

He paused again and nodded stiffly.

I guess he has thought about not fighting, but I don't want to give in again. I know he can regret it at any time, but if I am a step late, I don't know who will be the next to lose.

So I stood up with depression and sadness, went to him and took away his cigarette, advising him that it was bad for his health, just like I did to Lao Fu. After doing all this, I left. Outside the door, Gao Xinci was still waiting for me.

He even pretended to be nervous and asked me if my second uncle believed it, and what he believed in? Did he believe in his home renovation? I smiled and hit him lightly. I no longer cared whether my second uncle believed me or not.

I told Zhizhi to take good care of the children and let them rest early, and then I continued to live with Gao Xinci.