As soon as Gu Nuan heard the door open, she hurried over and threw her arms around Chen Qingzhou.
“You’re back. Why were you gone for so long? I was starving to death.”
As she spoke, she rubbed her face lightly against his chest.
For a brief moment, Chen Qingzhou froze before gently pushing her away and walking straight to the dining table. He unpacked the takeaway he had brought home, then turned back to find Gu Nuan still standing by the doorway.
“Weren’t you hungry? Come eat.”
His tone was as calm and indifferent as ever.
“Oh, I’m coming.”
Every dish on the table was one of Gu Nuan’s favourites.
Although Chen Qingzhou’s attitude toward her seemed cold, his actions still showed that he cared. He instinctively told her whenever he was going out, reminded her to rest, and even bought all the food she liked.
She wasn’t afraid of whatever misunderstanding lay between them.
She would simply cling to him.
Not for any other reason, but because he was the source of the System Space’s energy.
Just from hugging him a moment ago, she had clearly felt that she could enter and leave the System Space again.
Wonderful.
Tomorrow she will move all the water into the space.
“Have you eaten?”
Gu Nuan looked up and noticed that Chen Qingzhou hadn’t touched his chopsticks. He had only been watching her eat.
“I already have. Go ahead. I’m going to take a shower.”
With that, he stood up and headed towards the bathroom.
“Wait a second.”
Gu Nuan hurried into the bedroom and came back carrying a dark blue silk set of pyjamas.
“Here. I bought you a new set of pyjamas. This fabric is really comfortable to wear during summer.”
Chen Qingzhou looked at her before accepting them.
“Thank you.”
She chuckled.
“Why are you being so polite with me? What’s our relationship? Go on, hurry up and shower.”
After saying that, she happily ran back to the dining table to finish her meal.
Watching her retreating figure, Chen Qingzhou let out a quiet sigh before turning and entering the bathroom.
Whatever had happened in his previous life, Gu Nuan hadn’t said those cruel words this time.
Instead, she had suddenly begun caring about him so much.
That alone was enough to make him happy.
By the time Gu Nuan had finished eating and cleaned everything up, Chen Qingzhou had also finished showering.
Good heavens…
This is lethal.
Who could possibly withstand this?
Chen Qingzhou was casually drying his still dripping hair as he turned around. Droplets of water slid down from his damp hair, disappearing beneath the collar of his pyjamas, whose top buttons hadn’t been fastened.
Gu Nuan unconsciously swallowed.
Putting everything else aside, she really had been out of her mind in her previous life.
Chen Qingzhou was one metre eighty five tall, with perfectly sculpted abs. He looked elegant in clothes and even better without them.
Yet somehow…
She had lost him.
Seeing the dazed expression on Gu Nuan’s face, the corners of Chen Qingzhou’s lips lifted slightly.
He was well aware of how attractive he looked.
“Ahem…”
Gu Nuan gave a dry cough, trying to hide her embarrassment.
“You’ve finished showering. It’s still early. How about we watch a movie?”
Gu Nuan, honestly…
Look at you!
How could you be so easily captivated?
No, it’s Chen Qingzhou who’s too seductive.
“Sure. What do you want to watch?”
“San Andreas. How about that?”
The words slipped out before she even thought.
She had always wanted to watch that film, but the Apocalypse had arrived before she ever got the chance.
“Sounds good.”
Chen Qingzhou went into the living room, turned on the projector, found the film on his phone, and cast it onto the screen before lazily leaning back against the sofa.
Seeing that, Gu Nuan quickly poured two glasses of juice and walked over.
“Have some juice. It’s freshly squeezed pomegranate juice.”
Chen Qingzhou glanced at her.
“Are you sure this is the right drink for this movie?”
Looking down at the juice in her hand, Gu Nuan suddenly realised what he meant.
“Well… there were only pomegranates left at home. It’s fine. I’m mentally strong enough to handle it.”
She sat down beside him, then naturally leaned against his chest.
The hand Chen Qingzhou had resting on the sofa instantly tightened.
Gu Nuan had never leaned against him like this before.
The only exception was whenever Guo Minmin was around.
She really was acting strangely.
She also never stayed home this early in the evening.
Everyone in the city knew that the wealthy young Miss Gu spent her nights partying.
So what happened today?
It was unbelievably unusual.
“Hehe, why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?”
She reached up and touched her cheek.
“It’s nothing.”
Chen Qingzhou turned his attention back to the film.
“Chen Qingzhou… if there really was an Apocalypse, would you take me with you?”
Her sudden question caught him completely off guard.
When he didn’t answer for a long time, Gu Nuan’s heart started pounding.
Please don’t leave me behind, Boss.
I’m still your girlfriend right now.
She was screaming inwardly while maintaining a bright smile on the outside as she looked at him.
“I would.”
After a long silence, Chen Qingzhou finally answered.
Gu Nuan silently wiped away an imaginary bead of sweat.
Thank goodness! Thank goodness!
“Then that’s your promise. I’ll remember it.”
Chen Qingzhou glanced at her but said nothing more.
If the Apocalypse really came…
Would he take her with him?
The cruel words Gu Nuan had spoken in his previous life echoed through his mind once again.
But in this life, at least for now, she was still his girlfriend.
The two of them had already become intimate.
Although Gu Nuan had forced herself on him last night, he had willingly taken over afterwards.
As a man, he felt responsible.
Once his customized vehicle was finished and he had stockpiled enough supplies, taking her with him wouldn’t be a problem.
The Gu Nuan of this life was different.
What she probably didn’t know was that the reason he had agreed so readily to become her boyfriend was because he had already liked her for a very long time.
The gap between their social status had always held him back.
To everyone else, she was the precious daughter of the Gu family, while he was just a poor young man.
How could someone like him ever be worthy of her?
But no one knew that he had secretly loved her for four whole years.
Ever since high school, she had captured his heart.
Although Gu Nuan appeared arrogant and domineering on the surface, she was actually incredibly kind.
He had seen her give her umbrella to an elderly person caught in the rain without one.
He had seen her rescue the stray cats and dogs wandering around the school grounds.
That was right.
In this lifetime, neither Gu Nuan nor Chen Qingzhou had graduated from university yet.
They were both fourth year students.
They had attended the same high school as well, although Gu Nuan barely remembered him.
Chen Qingzhou had transferred in during his final year and only studied there for half a semester.
He never expected that they would meet again at university.
Even more unexpectedly, Gu Nuan had been the one who pursued him, insisting that he become her boyfriend.
Had she not eventually broken his heart so completely, he would never have chosen to leave.