Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, Cheng Cheng used himself as a threat to force me to break up. I thought he could at least tolerate me for a few days, just a few days, but unfortunately it didn't work.

It seems that the gift Gao Xinci brought this morning was the trigger for his self-harm. I should have thought of it earlier. Chengcheng had suicidal tendencies and had tried it. He even had cardiac arrest and left sequelae. I should have remembered that even after so many years, he had never let it go...

Now that this has happened, the situation has become even more embarrassing. I can't think of any other way, so I had to go over the reasons in my mind, hug Chengcheng to coax him for a while, and immediately ask Shen Qilin to quietly take him down the mountain to see a doctor. I told others that I was on a temporary business trip. I also went to explain to Lulu, who was still annoyed that she came to the old house but Chengcheng left. I held back my sadness, smiled and told her that I was still here.

When we were almost done with dinner, Gao Xinci arrived. As soon as he entered the door, he was surrounded by a crowd. He pushed through the crowd and came to my side, but I wished I could see him a little later.

"You came here after dinner. When did you apply for the cleaner job at Shishi's house? Or did you go up the mountain to become a bandit and prepare to rob the bride?" Lulu whispered when no one was watching.

I kept my head down, not daring to look at him, until I noticed a pair of shoes at my feet. I heard him pull out a chair and sit down, and his big hands tightened around my waist. Only then was I forced to look up. I saw him kick Lulu's chair with his toes in annoyance, making a long noise.

"Don't talk. Haven't you heard that people cannot become spirits after the founding of a country? What kind of monster are you? Oh, a pig monster." Gao Xinci suddenly turned his head to look at me: "She ate a whole leg of lamb by herself at the foot of the mountain yesterday, and now her waist is as thick as a pig's."

"Gao Xinci!" Lulu jumped up and almost jumped onto the chair. Fortunately, she looked around before evolving into the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Tsk, they are all my future in-laws, so I can't lose face. So she sat down on the chair with her mouth pulled awkwardly: "Hate it, I'm eating lamb, and its legs are only the size of a palm. How can you say that about me! Brother-in-law~"

"Other people's screams are so normal, but you are the only one who seems perverted, as if you want to molest me!" Gao Xinci shrank his neck and hid behind me, grinning and pushing me: "Hurry up, wife, put a talisman on her to make her withdraw her magical powers..."

Lulu gritted her teeth and clenched her fists: "Are you waiting for me to jump over the goat for you to recall your high school life?"

Xiao Gao looked at me with disdain: "When have you ever jumped over? When have you never knocked people over? Please don't drag me into this self-harm. I am a handsome guy who is healthy both physically and mentally. You old witch, stay away from me."

It was just a quarrel between friends, and I usually didn't think it was a big deal. But a word in Gao Xin's words stabbed me like a sharp knife, "self-mutilation". When I heard it, I thought of Cheng Cheng's look just now. Yes, he couldn't stand it, so how could I tolerate him making himself a bloody mess?

My fault, just think of it as my fault...

I swallowed hard and stood up. Gao Xinci was still surprised, so I quickly calmed down and pulled him over: "Okay, don't argue here, let's go for a walk, don't you have something to tell me?"

Gao Xinci was stunned for a moment before he nodded and looked at Lulu. Lulu just shrugged indifferently, stood up and went out with me.

But actually there is not much to see in Jinhai in winter. Even the magnificent old houses will become quiet in this season. Fortunately, winter is short. After the New Year, the warm sea breeze will blow back and this place will be full of flowers again. Now, only hibiscus and bougainvillea are blooming in the central courtyard garden, and you will get bored after walking a few steps.

Lulu held my right arm lazily, and every once in a while, Gao Xinci on my left would slap her in the face. We rolled our eyes at each other, but it was still relatively calm. Gao Xinci said he needed to organize his words before speaking, but after nearly twenty minutes of trying, he could only utter two simplified sentences:

1. The old lady of the Wei family passed away, and the funeral will be held in the next few days. After the funeral, Wei Sinian’s mother will officially become the person in charge of the Wei family, and Wei Sinian will also be the legitimate "Crown Princess".

2. The mother and daughter of the Wei family originally planned to let Wei Defu be a scapegoat and fight for them under William's spotlight. However, William had been idle for a few years and did not do anything "harmful to the world", but Wei Defu caused them a huge disaster. Now they can't clean it up. Although the Gao family has not planned to take action yet, the mother and daughter have to retreat, take back their power, deal with Wei Defu, and plan to develop towards Yudu.

"Yudu?" Lulu paused for a moment, then smiled: "Speaking of retreat, this is not just retreating to your family, right? The Wei family clearly knows that Chengcheng's next step is to go to Yudu. The Fu family and the Wei family are in the same direction in business. Letting her go there to take the lead is clearly blocking our way! We are the ones who are most sorry. Do we have to thank them for being so cowardly? We are classmates, and we pretended to be good when we were in school!"

"Oh, she hasn't even married yet, and you're already talking about 'us' and 'ours'. You're getting into the role quickly, aren't you, Mrs. Fu?" Gao Xinci laughed and shook his head. "The Wei family is a noble family after all. They've been rich for more than a dozen generations, and they've long been rich. The Fu family is a poor family that's barely managed to get by because their ancestors held minor official positions. How could they, who think highly of themselves, bow down to Fu Shuyu? He doesn't even have any elders to take care of him. In the eyes of the Wei family, especially Wei Sinian's mother, he's just a little chicken that can be picked up at will."

"She is the old chicken! Doesn't Chengcheng look much better than her? She is ruthless and self-destructive! She has been in Linjiang for decades and she has offended everyone at once. I don't think she has the face to come back when Yu can't even do anything!" Lulu rolled her eyes, which made Gao Xinci even more amused, and I also pulled her sleeve.

"For us businessmen, the most important thing we need is face. Reputation and fame are not as real as tangible benefits. Even a weirdo like Wei Defu has not been approached by many people. He just has a cold face during the conversation, but the final result is no different." I smiled, feeling something strange in my body. I covered my mouth and coughed twice before continuing: "As for the mother and daughter of the Wei family, the bad thing has been done anyway, so we might as well offend them to the end."

"Yes, maybe they have to do this. The family has reached a critical moment of survival, what does friendship matter? Even if they don't choose, someone will force them to choose. There is more than one head of a family." Lulu sighed and took my arm as if hinting at something.

I looked back at Guiyan Courtyard, which was still bustling with activity. I felt helpless but relieved. After a long time, you will realize that family harmony is the most important thing. At home, it doesn't matter whether you hate or not, or whether you take revenge or not. A simple life is the best.

Just after saying all this, I suddenly shuddered and remembered something more important besides gossip. What should I do with Yudu? I quickly grabbed Gao Xinci and said, "Then we need to discuss this with Chengcheng right away."

Gao Xinci shrugged with disdain: "Why should I discuss it with him? I'm discussing it with you. As for Lu Chengcheng, if she likes to go, let her go." After he said that, he pointed at Lulu.

My heart was empty, and the hand I was holding loosened: "What are you talking about with me, what are you expecting me to go with..."

"Yes, of course I want to take you with me." Gao Xinci held my hand tightly and looked more surprised than me.

Lulu was still showing her contempt behind him. She snorted and took out her phone: "You are biased. If you don't say anything, I will."

"Hey, it would be quite abnormal if I favor your husband." Gao Xinci waved his hand, and they rolled their eyes at each other again. Lulu's call was connected. Little Gao imitated the voice of "baby" coming from the other end, but he behaved himself only after being kicked by Lulu.

I carefully observed and judged that Chengcheng's condition would not reveal anything. He also found an excuse, saying that he went on a business trip to Yingjing and had many friends in Yingjing, so it was not a problem for him to cover up the lie. Unfortunately, I just breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second I was flicked on the forehead. I looked up and saw Xiao Gao waving his hand in front of my face in confusion.

"What are you thinking about?" Gao Xinci looked back and saw that Lulu wasn't noticing, so she put her arm around my waist with a wicked smile, and kissed me irresistibly, and then leaned over to bite my ear: "Hey, it's so troublesome to take her with us, how about we run away secretly and leave her here?"

I quickly slapped him and said, "Stop messing around. This is an old house. It's such a big place and Lulu is not familiar with it. She could get lost."

"There are servants in such a big place, right? If you can't find it, just ask anyone." Gao Xinci pouted in dissatisfaction, and then he looked at me again, his eyes moving up and down: "No, you still have a problem, Shishi, what's wrong? You become listless after eating, if you are sleepy, why don't we go back and catch up on some sleep?"

"Can you let me sleep well?" I shook my head helplessly and looked in Lulu's direction. She slowly walked away. I pulled Xiao Gao closer and said, "You look so energetic. Let's go back to the room and stay with you for a while."

"Hiss—" Gao Xinci crossed his arms. The more he looked at me, the more I looked like I had evolved. "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be my wife? My wife is avoiding me every day. Why are you so energetic? Are you in your ovulation period?"

"You can go if you want." I snorted and turned around to pretend. Sure enough, Gao Xinci couldn't last more than three seconds and quickly pounced on me and hugged me from behind.

"No, I'm just surprised. At the same time, I'm a little suspicious that someone might have said something to you while I was away..."

My heart trembled when I heard this, but I pretended nothing happened and smiled. When I could see clearly again, it was almost dusk.

I struggled to get up. The sheets were torn into a mess. I picked them up twice and then gave up. After all, with Gao Xinci and I, who were so big, pressing on them, it would be impossible to fix the quilt. I simply lay back and pressed on Gao Xinci's bare arms. I stroked his chest which was red from my scratching, took a deep breath and covered him with the quilt.

But the room is warm, so it doesn’t seem to matter whether I cover myself with a blanket or not?

It's a pity that the day passed like this. I slept for fourteen of the twenty-four hours, and the remaining five hours were spent on sex and five hours on eating and "socializing". It's still a headache. The key point is, how can I sleep tonight?

My palm was still wandering on Gao Xinci's chest, which soon woke him up. Looking out through the thin white curtains, the golden afterglow was sprinkled on the lake not far away and then reflected and imprinted on the house. It was really a perfect day for sleeping. However, he still rubbed my cheek and said that he liked broad daylight because he could see more clearly during the day.

"You like to see it clearly so much?" I smiled, turned over and lay on him, sat up and took off my gauze pajamas, put my hair back, and put my hands on his waist: "Then you must take a good look, and remember me clearly in the future."

Unexpectedly, there was no surprise on Gao Xinci's face. He just raised one hand and playfully stroked it from my shoulder to my thigh, then hugged me and rested my head on his chest.

"I prefer to do nothing and just hold you like this." Gao Xinci put one hand on my back and stroked my hair with the other hand: "Shishi, I don't want you to leave either. I have waited for a long time in this life. Three years, three years, after all passed, I waited for you to come back and stay with me for a while. I am even a little envious. There are four of us in our rebirth. Although Jiang Yinan died, you never left him during this period. Fu Shuyu... is even more enviable. He didn't leave you for long, and he was even more inseparable after his rebirth. In the past six years, we are the only ones who haven't seen each other much, Shishi?"

Gao Xinci unconsciously held his hand a little heavier. I looked up at him and kissed the corner of his lips: "But we have been hearing from each other for the past six years."

"That's what I told you. I want to ask if you don't care whether you can see me or not if I don't look for you?"

I lowered my head and gave a half-answer: "I don't want to disturb you. I know you are busy. I didn't stop you from sending someone to spread the news out of the old house, right..."

In the corner of his eye, Gao Xinci's face twitched and he forced a smile, then patted me on the back: "Yes, that's right."

We were silent for a while. I guessed where Gao Xinci's strangeness came from. I didn't know if Chengcheng had also caused trouble for him, or who else he had met before me. But then I denied it. Chengcheng only liked silent victory. He didn't want to show off. He liked a cold and superior attitude. Maybe my lowly lies could not be hidden from Gao Xinci. Naturally, he was more familiar with Yingjing. Even if he just checked the flight, he could tell that Chengcheng had not left Jinhai at all.

I then thought of the consequence of not leaving Jinhai, which was that he was still monitoring me. In fact, someone knocked on my door in the afternoon and said he was looking for a list of new personnel to be assigned to me. He bypassed Lanlan and knocked on my door directly to identify people.

I couldn't help but want to run, for I was afraid that my tears would fall on Gao Xinci and he would notice it, but he hugged me tightly, so I had to cover my eyes with the back of my hands, but the cold and biting air still slipped through the gaps between my fingers. Gao Xinci loosened his hands, turned sideways and laid me down on the bed, and pulled my hands apart. In a daze, his lips slid from the corner of my eyes to the direction where the tears were falling. My neck was itchy from him.

I hugged him, and now I really didn't want to let go: "Are you still leaving today? I want to stay with you for a while longer."

Gao Xinci was stunned for a moment, and shook his head, not sure whether it was a test or a real move. "I have something else to do at the company. I have a flight tonight, so I'll leave after dinner."

"I don't want you to go..."

"Will you come with me?" Gao Xinci kissed my forehead and leaned over to touch the tip of my nose: "Let's get married, okay?"

It was this sentence that woke me up. I smiled and didn't answer. I took the pajamas from the side where our bodies were pressed together, put them on in a few seconds and sat up: "We are leaving, so let's not go out to deal with it. I will make you what you like to eat."

I don't know what Gao Xinci's expression was when I turned my back. I only knew that I couldn't even reach the bed before he grabbed me and dragged me back. I thought he was going to be angry, but he just kissed me sticky and confused, and only let me go when I was almost out of breath.

"Why are you wearing it again?" Gao Xinci suddenly held up my left hand and looked straight at the ring on it.

I was silent for a long time before I smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, I don't know where to put it..."

"Forget it, just wear it." Gao Xinci sighed, hooked the hair beside my ear and smiled: "Shishi, let's play a game."

"Ok?"

I was a little confused, and when Gao Xinci turned me around to face him, he spoke formally, "Let's play a game called hide-and-seek. You hide and I find you. If I win, you come back to Linjiang with me. If you win, I'll stay here and not leave. Okay?"