Names mentioned in this chapter :
-苏芮 (sù ruì) – Su Rui, our female protagonist
-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead
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Dinner is, of course, delivered here.But the table was set by Su Rui.
As Su Rui looked at the man opposite her in the candlelight, she couldn’t help but had a smile on her face.
“What are you thinking about?” When Gu Yu Cheng saw the smile on Su Rui’s face, the corner of Gu Yu Cheng’s lips curved into a smile as he asked.
“Nothing.” Su Rui fluttered her eyelashes and said.
She just suddenly felt that for her to be able to find such a boyfriend like Gu Yu Cheng was worth being smug about.
When Gu Yu Cheng heard her response, he smiled and asked, “Now can I see my birthday cake?”
“En. Hold on. I’ll get it.” Su Rui said as she got up to bring over the cake that was previously prepared.And Gu Yu Cheng also followed behind Su Rui.
“I will do it.”
“Okay.”
“Wait a minute.” Seeing that Gu Yu Cheng was about to take the cake away, Su Rui suddenly had an epiphany and called out to him.
“What’s wrong?”
“Wait a minute, let me decorate it again.”
As she said that, just as Gu Yu cheng was carrying the cake, Su Rui took the previously unused piping bag from the side, opened the lid of the box and added another stroke to the top.
The moment the lid was opened, Gu Yu Cheng also finally saw what was drawn on the cake.
A chibi of himself.
Even though it was a chibi, the portrait’s facial features as well as the feelings between the eyebrows were exactly the same as Gu Yu Cheng, himself.
It is just that the expression on the chibi version of him was not like the outside world’s evaluation of Chairman Gu: cold, domineering and wise.
Instead, this little figure’s expression looked gentle and a little bit foolish.
“How is it?” Su Rui looked up at Gu Yu Cheng and asked with sparkling eyes.
“It’s drawn well.” Gu Yu Cheng said truthfully. He paused for a moment, looked at the piping bag that Su Rui was holding and recalled Su Rui retouching it. He was a little curious and asked, “What did you add?”
“Just a small stroke.” Su Rui said and directly drew a small heart symbol next to the cartoon figure.
When Gu Yu Cheng saw the heart symbol, his gaze moved slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.
“Okay, take it over there.”
“Alright.”
The cake was placed on the table by Gu Yu Cheng. Originally, Su Rui wanted to ask the waiter to prepare 27 candles. However, imaging the 27 candles on a 6-inch cake “grand” scene, Su Rui decided to forego it.
She placed a candle in that spot where the heart symbol was drawn.
“Happy birthday.” As Su Rui lit the candle, Su Rui smiled and said to Gu Yu Cheng.
“Thank you.” If he could, Chairman Gu wasn’t keen on celebrating this 27th birthday.
“Do you want to make a wish?” Su Rui asked.
In the next second, she saw Gu Yu Cheng nodding his head and said, “Yes.”
Initially, the wishing and such was just a formality.
But when she saw Gu Yu Cheng making a wish so seriously and then blowing out the candle in the same manner.
Su Rui suddenly couldn’t help but be a little curious.
“What did you wish for?” Both of Su Rui’s eyes gleamed as she looked at Gu Yu Cheng and asked.
Originally, Su Rui was just curious and subconsciously casually asked him.
She didn’t expect that Gu Yu Cheng would actually tell her.
Being asked this question, Gu Yu Cheng gazed towards Su Rui.
“I hope that I can marry my wife when I’m 29.” When he said this, Gu Yu Cheng’s gaze towards Su Rui had a layer of fervour as well as hidden intent.
Hearing Gu Yu Cheng’s words, Su Rui was first stunned.
Immediately, she reacted to what Gu Yu Cheng had said, she also couldn’t help but look at him.
What can a birthday cake help you fulfil your wish, the so-called birthday wish usually has two possibilities: It is either to silently set a goal[1] for themselves or to let the person next to you hear your wish, and who knows he/she may be able to help you grant that wish?
Su Rui felt that Gu Yu Cheng should be the latter.
When Gu Yu Cheng is 29 years old, which would be two years later, then she would be 22 years old and had just graduated from university.
Seems…alright?
“Ahem, oh right, there’s still your birthday present.” After saying that, Su Rui ran over and brought over the box that had been stored on the side beforehand.
“It’s for you.” Su Rui handed the gift to Gu Yu Cheng.
“What is it?” Taking the gift box that wasn’t too light in weight, Gu Yu Cheng asked, “Can I open it?”
“Of course.”
Gu Yu Cheng unwrapped the box on the outside, opened it and took out a bottle of wine from within the box.
“The red wine from V brand?”
“Take a closer look.”
Hearing Su Rui’s words, Gu Yu Cheng’s eyes looked once more at the bottle of red wine.
When he saw a certain very familiar number, Gu Yu Cheng’s eyes lit up.
“The red wine was produced on my birthday?”
“En. Do you like it?”
“I love it. Thank you.”
“Do you want to try it?” Su Rui asked.
“No,” Gu Yu Cheng said. He paused and explained, “I still have to send you back later.”
Upon hearing that, Su Rui raised her eyebrows and gave a sceptical glance towards Gu Yu Cheng.
Chairman Gu, have you forgotten that there’s always a chauffeur service?
Gu Yu Cheng didn’t forget.
Originally this was a reason that Gu Yu Cheng randomly found, and as for the real reason: Chairman Gu didn’t want to drink this very memorable bottle of wine.
……
In the evening, Gu Yu Cheng drove Su Rui back to the Su house.
As they stood downstairs of Su House, Gu Yu Cheng pulled Su Rui.
“When are you going to let me pay a visit to your house?” Gu Yu Cheng asked.
When Su Rui heard that, her gaze moved.
Initially, she had been considering this issue today but didn’t expect to be asked by Gu Yu Cheng first.
“Well…. Let me think about it.” After feigning to ponder, Su Rui added, “Wait until you return from this business trip.”
“Alright.”
“Su Rui.”
“Hm?”
Hearing Gu Yu Cheng calling her name, Su Rui looked up, and her whole body had been enveloped into a warm embrace.
This was the first time that Su Rui and Gu Yu Cheng had been so close to each other ever since the two of them had started dating.
All of a sudden, Su Rui’s expression was a little dumbfounded.
Although there were times when she would be infatuated with a male celebrity’s picture or was fond of a boy when Su Rui was in school, this was the first time for her to date and be in such close contact with a man.
The scent of Gu Yu Cheng’s body pervaded within her nasal passage, Su Rui couldn’t help but feel a little hot on her face.
Also, the “thump, thump, thump” in her ears, Su Rui could not differentiate whether it is the sound of Gu Yu Cheng’s heartbeat or her own.
Before Su Rui could distinguish whether she was now a little more nervous or her heart was pounding more, Gu Yu Cheng’s voice sounded in her ears.
“I’m leaving on the 9am flight tomorrow, and I’ll be in City S for about a week.” Gu Yu Cheng said. After a pause, he added, “I’ll try to get back as early as possible after it’s over.”
“I might be busy during the day, but I’ll call you in the evening.”
“Also, sometimes my phone may be turned off, so if you can’t find me if something happens, you can call Wang Zhou.”
Su Rui buried herself in Gu Yu Cheng’s arms and nodded her head when she heard what Gu Yu Cheng had said.
“As mentioned earlier, other than the ones we had talked about, do you have any other things you want me to be aware of?” Gu Yu Cheng asked again.
Su Rui had vaguely felt that his odd behaviour of “talking too much” is probably an attempt to stall time. But, what can she do, she was also quite reluctant to let Gu Yu Cheng go back.
“Oh, let me think….”
“Don’t stay up late, drink less alcohol, remember to eat your meals…”
“Oh right, I checked the weather and it’s raining and cool over there in City S next week, so you should dress warmly.”
“And,” Su Rui’s gaze turned and deliberately changed her tone as she said, “No female companions when you are attending social gatherings. No nightclubs and no weird clubs of any kind.”
Hearing the last sentence said by Su Rui, Gu Yu Cheng couldn’t control and laughed lightly.
He hadn’t been to such social gatherings before without Su Rui, let alone now that he had Su Rui.
However, his girlfriend’s reminder, such as this made Gu Yu Cheng feel inexplicably happy.
“Alright, I promise.”
“Is there more?” Gu Yu Cheng asked.
‘Have a safe trip.”
“And…” Su Rui said and the corner of her mouth quirked. She raised her head and looked at Gu Yu Cheng in front of her.
She slightly stood on tiptoe and imprinted a kiss on Gu Yu Cheng’s lips.
“I will wait for you to come back.”
……
Until Su Rui entered her house, Gu Yu Cheng was still standing upright downstairs of Su house with the pair of eyes that seemed to be on fire.
Pfft, I don’t feel like going on this business trip.
[1] 立flag(lì flag)- Raise a flag. It originates from japanese phrase “furagu ga tatsu”, which literally means “a flag rises (a flag has been raised)”). This phrase would mean the prerequisite conditions for an event to be fulfilled or to set a goal. Credits: Wikipedia
End of Chapter 35 Part 2/2.
