Chapter 23.2 - Are you ready to give me an explanation?
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With a billiards cue in hand, An Zeru leaned over to stare at the ball while the person next to him munched away on the breakfast in his hand. "And here I was just thinking... Since when had you become so considerate, that even when coming out to play with us you still remembered to bring food."
An Zeru threw him a glance. "Keep a distance from me. Hurry up and finish eating."
He felt frustrated just from seeing it. Was he so addicted to being lowly lately that even today he still couldn’t forget to buy breakfast? Tch. The other man raised an eyebrow, bumped An Zeru with his elbow, and teasingly asked, "What is it? You don’t seem happy, who offended you?"
An Zeru placed down the cue and walked to the side to look at his phone. Aside from the previously sent location marker, Cen Simiao hasn’t sent him anything else.
Raising his head to look outside, it was raining heavily.
F★ck, whoever would go is an idiot!
It really was fun to just shop around at the mall, one just needed to look at the clothes they liked and needn’t care about anything else. Cen Simiao had picked out a few, but then her interest gradually cooled. Gu Yu continued to kindly accompany her in good spirits. When he saw that she seemed to have lost her energy, he went and bought her a cup of milk tea.
Cen Simiao’s lashes drooped as she held the straw in her mouth. Seeing this, with a gentle appearance, Gu Yu reached out to tuck the loose strands of hair by her forehead behind her ear, then asked in a low voice, "Tired?"
Cen Simiao dodged him and didn’t answer. She felt for her purse, wanting to take a smoke. But she couldn’t smoke in front of Gu Yu, and so turned irritable instead. She involuntarily began to frown when she heard him speak again: "Why are you upset again? I was already going along with your temper today."
She raised her eyes.
Gu Yu was stunned for a moment, her eyes just now seemed particularly estranged. But when he went to confirm whether he really saw what he thought he saw, he found that Cen Simiao had already walked away to continue picking out clothes, as if nothing had happened.
He pursed his lips.
He was about to walk over and had just taken the first step when someone called him from behind, a voice that sounded a bit familiar. He turned around to take a look, but before he could even identify the person, Cen Simiao already opened her mouth to ask, "Why did you come over?"
The tone was soft, without the slightest trace of the indifference from just before.
Gu Yu raised his eyes. An Zeru stood not too far away wearing a drenched black T-shirt with droplets of water still on his neck. He reached out to wipe his face, his hair also dripping with water.
His brows carried a hint of flamboyance as the corners of his mouth curled up. He smiled cheerfully. "What a coincidence, you two are also strolling around here?"
Cen Simiao took a good look at him, then narrowed her eyes. "It’s raining outside?"
The tip of An Zeru’s tongue pushed against his upper teeth as he tsked and went up to Gu Yu. "If we were to talk about accompanying girls to shop, I’m sure no one would be able to compare with you. With peach blossoms[2] so prosperous, your aesthetics must have been well-developed for quite a while."
Gu Yu’s facial expression didn’t change, and he just replied with a smile, "No need to make fun of me, what’s a kid like you doing here? Which girl are you here with?"
An Zeru’s eyelashes trembled, then suddenly the corners of his mouth hooked up, and he answered in a fleeting tone, "I’ll introduce you later."
In the time they had taken to exchange this conversation, Cen Simiao had already picked out a piece to try on in the fitting room, but then her footsteps stilled. The lighting was dim, making it seem indescribably ambiguous as she turned her head and called out, "Ge."
The tone was sweet and cloying.
Gu Yu quickly turned around. He felt as if his heart had been brushed by a feather, and his throat tightened. "What is it?"
Her eyes curved. “I want to drink coffee, why don’t you buy a cup back?”
Gu Yu left. Cen Simiao still held onto that piece of clothing from before, the fabric was quite soft. Her gaze became more and more evocative under the soft light as she seemingly unintentionally threw a glance at An Zeru.
A light smile appeared as she turned around to enter the fitting room, but before she was able to close the door, the sound of impatient footsteps followed. Her hands stopped, and only when the other person was already at the door did she try to lock it.
With a forceful push, two people were now squeezed inside. A sense of chill crept up Cen Simiao as she was pressed against the wet clothes of the other, yet a warmth also penetrated through from his strong muscles, causing her to be somewhat out of sorts.
An Zeru felt her struggle. He lowered his eyes and held her slender waist while he asked with his jaws taut, "Would you suffer if you didn’t call on me for just a day?"
Cen Simiao looked up, raised her eyebrows, and gently, her lips hooked up. She didn't say anything at all, but she appeared particularly arrogant.
An Zeru stared at her, then turned his head and sneered before lowering his head to kiss her fiercely. Cen Simiao only felt that his arm was tightening around her waist and that there was still a hint of the smell of cigarettes in his mouth which was pouring into her lungs from the warmth of his kiss.
Panting slightly, she felt him gnaw at her earlobe.
The heat caused a tingle of numbness. "I’ve already accompanied you in here, sneaking around... Have you figured out an explanation to give me yet?"
Cen Simiao's eyes were misty and her lips were pressed against his Adam's apple while his warm hand pinched her waist causing her body to go weak.
[2] Peach blossoms can allude to relationships or lovers, both mutual and unrequited.
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