Lin Zheng’s attention was focused on other things, so she didn’t notice the way Gu Yanche was looking at her.
She noticed that they had already sold out of everything and was desperately missing the air conditioner at home. She pushed Gu Yanche as he worked.
“We’re done! We’re done! We can go home now!”
She muttered, “It’s so hot outside. I’m going to die from the heat!”
“Gu Yanche, when can we stop setting up this stall at night?”
Hadn’t he said his salary was going to increase? Then they should be able to stop setting up the stall later.
Not only was he tired, she was tired too.
Gu Yanche’s movements paused as he packed up. He turned around and looked at how much sweat was running down her cheeks.
If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have to come out and work at the stall every night.
Feeling guilty, he sped up.
On the way home, Gu Yanche said, “From now on, I’ll come out and set up the stall by myself at night. You can stay home and rest.”
She could stay home and enjoy the air conditioning instead of being steamed by the heat outside.
Lin Zheng had wanted to stay home for ages, but the system had told her to come out, saying they had to wait for the female supporting character to appear!
What could she do?
She tentatively said, “Then can you bring me milk tea and grilled sausages when you come back?”
Gu Yanche gave a low hum, his mood somewhat downcast.
Lin Zheng praised him, “Gu Xiaoche is so capable. You can set up a stall and go to work. You’re truly an essential man for both home and travel!”
Gu Yanche: “…”
“Lin Zheng, speak properly.”
What did she mean by an “essential man”? What did other women have to do with him? He didn’t care about them at all.
Lin Zheng grinned and changed her wording.
“Okay, I was wrong. I mean, having a perfect boyfriend like Gu Xiaoche, I must have burned incense at my ancestors’ graves!”
“I must have done countless good deeds in my previous life. Having you is truly my blessing!”
Gu Yanche thought: They’re clearly compliments, so why do they sound so strange?
Forget it. That was simply how she talked.
Lin Zheng continued, “Let me tell you, I was originally a celestial fairy from beyond the heavens. Seeing that you had such good character and looked pretty good too, I decided to humble myself and come down here to repay your kindness…”
Gu Yanche thought: She’s telling another story again.
Although what she said was absurd, that didn’t stop him from listening.
Gu Yanche multitasked, driving while listening to Lin Zheng tell her stories and occasionally glancing at her little mouth as it opened and closed.
Ever since that time he had kissed her, neither he nor she had taken the initiative again…
Were all women like this?
Gu Yanche was very puzzled.
Gu Yanche was troubled by his thoughts.
He didn’t sleep at all that night.
He only managed to doze lightly toward dawn. When Lin Zheng’s thigh was thrown across his waist, he got up.
He went downstairs to buy breakfast and came back, carrying two steamed buns and a cup of soy milk before starting his workday.
Even while working, he was distracted, thinking about what Lin Zheng was doing at home, whether she had gotten up and started talking nonsense again, whether she liked the flavor of the buns he had bought today…
And although her possessiveness had grown stronger recently, why had she stopped asking him to sleep with her?
There were so many questions in Gu Yanche’s head, all of them about Lin Zheng.
He couldn’t figure out a single one.
Even the most troublesome problems at work had never left him this baffled. Yet when it came to Lin Zheng, no matter how much he racked his brain, he couldn’t understand her.
Cao Rui noticed Gu Yanche looking absent-minded and became curious.
“Brother Gu, what’s wrong?”
Could he have had a fight with his girlfriend?
Gu Yanche looked at Cao Rui.
Cao Rui had a girlfriend and was already married to her.
Cao Rui often talked at the company about how wonderful his relationship with his wife was and always claimed to be an expert in matters of love.
If he asked him, maybe he would know?
Gu Yanche hesitated because Cao Rui wasn’t exactly reliable when it came to work.
Cao Rui said, “Brother Gu, tell me! Did you have an argument with Sister-in-law?”
Only after making sure none of the other coworkers were paying attention did Gu Yanche say, “No. We didn’t argue. It’s just… there’s a problem in another area.”
His expression was extremely uncomfortable.
This was the first time Cao Rui had ever seen Gu Yanche make such an expression. He laughed wildly inside but didn’t let it show on his face.
“Brother Gu, then what area are you and Sister-in-law having problems with?”
Brother Gu was always in complete control of everything else. If he was going to stumble, it could only be in matters of love.
Could it be that his girlfriend’s possessiveness had finally become too much for him?
Gu Yanche lowered his voice.
“It’s just… there’s a bit of a problem in that area.”
Cao Rui was practically dying of laughter inside. He put on a serious expression.
“Brother Gu, women’s bodies are different from men’s. Were you perhaps too rough?”
“I have several hundred study materials here. I can send them to you privately. Study them and improve your technique, then Sister-in-law won’t be angry—”
Gu Yanche interrupted him with a dark expression.
“That’s not what you think!”
Cao Rui looked puzzled.
“Then what is it?”
Gu Yanche became increasingly uncomfortable as he explained.
“She used to be very proactive with me, but now she isn’t. If I don’t bring it up, she won’t even think about it.”
Cao Rui: “!”
“Brother Gu, did you keep rejecting Sister-in-law before?”
Gu Yanche nodded with a dark expression.
Cao Rui slapped his thigh.
“Ah! Isn’t it obvious?”
Gu Yanche eagerly awaited his explanation.
“Tell me.”
Cao Rui explained, “She took the initiative, and you kept rejecting her. Who could keep being patient?”
“Especially when it comes to relationships between men and women. If the woman keeps getting rejected, even her burning heart will eventually turn cold!”
“Brother Gu, are you… sexually frigid?”
Cao Rui finally mustered the courage to ask.
He had kept rejecting her?
Sister-in-law was incredibly persistent to have lasted this long.
No wonder she was so possessive of Brother Gu. She had the title of girlfriend but none of the actual intimacy!
How tragic!
Cao Rui felt deeply sympathetic toward her.
Thinking about his reactions to Lin Zheng, Gu Yanche immediately denied it.
“I’m not!”
He had to take cold showers every night now. He definitely wasn’t sexually frigid.
Cao Rui said, “Brother Gu, I can tell Sister-in-law really loves you. You’re a man. Why don’t you be a little more generous?”
“If Sister-in-law isn’t taking the initiative, why don’t you take the initiative?”
He poured out all of his own relationship experience.
Finally, he said, “Brother Gu, Sister-in-law is the person you’ll spend the rest of your life with. There’s nothing shameful about lowering your head in front of her!”
“We’re men. We can bend and stretch when necessary. Besides, she’s your woman, right?”
“Don’t you agree?”
Gu Yanche repeatedly mulled over Cao Rui’s words.
Even the hottest heart will eventually turn cold…
Lin Zheng no longer had those kinds of feelings for him?
Had he hurt her?
So the changes in her recently were enough to show that he had broken her heart.
And yet, as her boyfriend and the person sleeping beside her every night, he hadn’t noticed at all!
Gu Yanche’s mood sank, and he gave a quiet hum.
Cao Rui patted his shoulder and didn’t say anything more.
He had already said enough!
If Brother Gu still couldn’t figure it out, his girlfriend would leave him sooner or later!
In his opinion, with Brother Gu’s girlfriend being so possessive, if she went too long without getting Brother Gu, who knew what she might do?
Sigh. Hopefully Brother Gu would figure it out soon.
When it came to men and women, a harmonious sex life could make many other aspects of the relationship harmonious too!
Gu Yanche was still thinking about Cao Rui’s words.
He needed to take the initiative.
She was healthy now, and it wasn’t that time of the month. So should he agree to her?
Lin Zheng knew nothing about this.
She was discussing with the system whether she could stop setting up the stall.
But the system said that the female supporting character would appear tonight. Lin Zheng’s mission was to make the female supporting character discover that Gu Yanche was setting up a stall at the night market.
The female supporting character would tell the female lead. The female lead would then come here, Gu Yanche would recover his memories, and Lin Zheng’s deception would be exposed. Only then would the mission be considered complete.
It sounded simple, but Lin Zheng was in the middle of it all and had to genuinely live through every single day.
Once the female supporting character discovered Gu Yanche, there would be no need to keep setting up the stall.
The system put on its cutest, most coquettish little voice.
【Host, tonight is the last night! Just go!】
【The male lead won’t come again after this. His salary will be increased very soon!】
Lin Zheng couldn’t stand the system’s pitiful look.
“I know, I know. I never said I wasn’t going!”
She stared at the milk tea in the system’s hands.
“001, isn’t that your tenth cup of milk tea today?”
She remembered stocking thirty cups of milk tea for the system yesterday!
Was it planning to finish more than ten cups a day and drink them all within two days?
The system’s little hands hurriedly hid the milk tea behind its back, but the cup was much bigger than the system’s tiny bird body!
It was extremely obvious!
Lin Zheng was speechless.
“Go ahead, drink it. I’ll let you get as round as a ball!”
The system didn’t dare answer, afraid that Lin Zheng would stop letting it buy milk tea on credit.
It definitely wouldn’t get fat!
Besides, wasn’t being chubby cute?