Lin Zheng’s attention was elsewhere, so she failed to notice the look in Gu Yanche’s eyes.
She realized that everything had already been sold and immediately started missing the air conditioner at home. She pushed Gu Yanche to get to work.
“We’re closing up! We’re closing up! We can go home now!”
She muttered, “It’s so hot outside. I’m going to die of heat!”
“Gu Yanche, when can we stop setting up this stall?”
Hadn’t he said he was going to get a raise? If so, they should be able to stop running the stall afterward.
Not only was he tired, but she was tired too.
Gu Yanche’s movements paused as he packed up. He turned around and looked at the sweat running down her cheeks.
If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have to come out and work the stall at night.
Feeling guilty, he sped up.
On the way home, Gu Yanche said, “From now on, I’ll come out and run the stall by myself at night. You can stay home and rest.”
She could stay home and enjoy the air conditioning instead of being roasted by the heat outside.
Lin Zheng had wanted to stay home all along, but the system had told her to come out and wait for the supporting female character to appear.
What could she do?
She tentatively asked him, “Then can you bring me milk tea and grilled sausages?”
Gu Yanche gave a low hum, his mood somewhat gloomy.
Lin Zheng praised him, “Gu Xiaoche is so capable. You can run 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.
“Fine, fine, I was wrong. I mean, having a perfect boyfriend like Gu Xiaoche, I must have smoke coming out of my ancestors’ graves!”
“I must have done countless good deeds in my previous life. Having you is truly my blessing!”
Gu Yanche wondered: Those are clearly compliments, so why do they sound so strange?
Forget it. This was simply how she talked.
Lin Zheng continued, “Let me tell you, I was originally a celestial fairy from beyond the heavens. I saw that you had such good character and looked pretty good too, so I humbled myself by coming down here to repay you…”
Gu Yanche: She’s telling another story again.
Although the things she said were bizarre, that didn’t stop him from listening.
Gu Yanche multitasked, driving while listening to Lin Zheng’s 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 initiated anything again…
Were all women like this?
Gu Yanche was puzzled.
He was preoccupied with his thoughts.
Gu Yanche didn’t sleep at all that night.
He only managed to doze lightly around dawn. When Lin Zheng’s thigh ended up draped across his waist, he got out of bed.
He went downstairs to buy breakfast. Then he took two steamed buns and a cup of soy milk and began his workday.
Even while working, he was distracted, wondering what Lin Zheng was doing at home, whether she’d started talking nonsense again after getting up, and whether she liked the flavor of the steamed buns he’d bought today…
And although her possessiveness had grown stronger lately, why had she stopped asking him to sleep with her?
Gu Yanche’s mind was filled with questions, all of them about Lin Zheng.
He couldn’t figure out a single one.
Even the trickiest problems at work had never left him this stumped. Yet when it came to Lin Zheng, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand her.
Cao Rui noticed how absent-minded Gu Yanche looked and became curious.
“Brother Gu, what’s wrong?”
Did he have a fight with his girlfriend?
Gu Yanche looked at Cao Rui. Cao Rui had a girlfriend, and the two of them were married.
Cao Rui often went around the company talking about how wonderful his relationship with his wife was. He always claimed to be an expert in relationships.
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 a disagreement with Sister-in-law?”
Gu Yanche waited until the other coworkers weren’t paying attention before saying, “No, we didn’t argue. It’s just… there’s a bit of a problem in another area.”
His expression was extremely awkward.
This was the first time Cao Rui had ever seen Gu Yanche make such an expression. He laughed wildly inside but didn’t show it on his face.
“Brother Gu, then what exactly are you two having an issue about?”
Brother Gu was always in control when it came to everything else. If he was going to stumble, it could only be in love.
Could it be that his girlfriend’s strong 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 laughing like crazy inside, but he maintained a serious expression.
“Brother Gu, women’s physical structure is different from ours. Were you too rough?”
“I have several hundred educational materials here. I’ll send them to you privately. Study them and improve your skills. Then Sister-in-law won’t be upset—”
Gu Yanche cut him off with a dark expression.
“It’s not what you think!”
Cao Rui looked puzzled.
“Then what is it?”
The more Gu Yanche spoke, the more uncomfortable he became.
“She used to be very proactive with me. Now she isn’t. If I don’t bring it up, she doesn’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 looked eager to learn.
“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 a woman keeps getting rejected, even her burning heart will eventually turn cold!”
“Brother Gu, could it be that you’re… sexually cold?” Cao Rui asked, gathering his courage.
He kept rejecting her?
Brother Gu’s girlfriend was actually pretty persistent to have kept trying.
No wonder she was so possessive of Brother Gu. They only had the title of a couple without anything actually happening!
How tragic!
Cao Rui felt extremely sympathetic.
Thinking about how his body reacted to Lin Zheng, Gu Yanche immediately denied it.
“I’m not!”
Nowadays, he had to take a cold shower every night. There was no way he was sexually cold.
Cao Rui said, “Brother Gu, I think Sister-in-law really loves you. You’re a man, so 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 wisdom.
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 when necessary and stand tall when necessary. Besides, she’s your woman, isn’t she?”
“Don’t you agree?”
Gu Yanche repeatedly mulled over Cao Rui’s words.
Even the hottest heart can turn cold…
Does Lin Zheng no longer have those kinds of feelings for me?
Did I hurt her feelings?
So the changes in her lately were enough to prove that he had broken her heart.
And yet, as her boyfriend and the person sleeping beside her, he had been completely unaware!
Gu Yanche’s mood sank, and he hummed in response.
Cao Rui patted him on the shoulder and didn’t dare say anything more.
He had already said enough!
If Brother Gu still didn’t figure it out, his girlfriend would eventually leave him!
In his opinion, with how possessive Brother Gu’s girlfriend was, if she went too long without getting any affection from him, who knew what she might do?
Sigh. Hopefully Brother Gu figures it out soon.
When it came to relationships, harmony in that area could lead to harmony in many other areas too!
Gu Yanche was still thinking about Cao Rui’s words.
I should take the initiative.
Her health has recovered, and it’s not that time of the month anymore. So… should I agree to her?
Lin Zheng knew nothing about this.
She was discussing with the system whether she could skip the stall tonight.
But the system said the supporting female character would appear tonight. Lin Zheng’s task was to make sure the supporting female character discovered Gu Yanche working at the night market.
The supporting female character would tell the female lead, who would then come here. Gu Yanche would regain his memories, Lin Zheng’s deception would be exposed, and only then would her mission be considered complete.
It sounded simple.
But Lin Zheng was living right in the middle of it all and had to genuinely get through each day.
Once the supporting female character discovered Gu Yanche, there would be no need for them to keep running the stall.
The system spoke in its little baby voice with an artificially sweet tone:
【Host, tonight is the last night. Just go!】
【The male lead won’t be going anymore after this. He’s going to get a raise soon!】
Lin Zheng couldn’t stand the system’s smug little expression.
“Fine, fine, I know. I never said I wasn’t going!”
Her eyes landed on 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 polish them all off in two days?
The system’s little hands hurriedly hid the milk tea behind its back, but the cup was much bigger than its tiny bird body.
It was extremely obvious.
Lin Zheng was speechless.
“Drink, drink. I’ll let you get fat enough to become a ball!”
The system didn’t dare answer, afraid Lin Zheng would stop letting it buy milk tea on credit.
It wasn’t going to get fat!
Besides, wasn’t being chubby cute?