The waiter looked at the young lady in astonishment. After some hesitation, he gave the young lady a bottle of fruit juice, saying that if the young lady needed it, she could look for him anytime!
The young lady smiled and rejected the waiter's fruit juice, focusing on waiting for her "family" to return.
The moment Yun Liuli's "family" Gu Qingcheng came out of the elevator, he saw Yun Liuli, who was hugging a cake and sitting at the door of the suite in a daze.
Gu Qingcheng had just come from the Fu residence and was surprised to see Yun Liuli at the door of his suite.
Yun Liuli looked up and saw Gu Qingcheng, who was still sitting at the door, blinking.
It wasn't until the elevator door behind Gu Qingcheng closed and no one else came out that Yun Liuli smiled. She reached out her hand to Gu Qingcheng. "My legs are numb. Pull me up …"
Yun Liuli was certain that Gu Qingcheng would be soft-hearted toward her.
As expected, Gu Qingcheng frowned and walked to Yun Liuli's side. "How long have you been waiting?"
Yun Liuli only smiled and didn't say anything. Her legs were numb … it must have been very, very long.
Gu Qingcheng grabbed her petite hand and pulled her up. Yun Liuli, who was hugging the cake, stumbled into Gu Qingcheng's arms. She protected her cake and sensed that Gu Qingcheng was about to push her out of his arms. She anxiously grabbed onto Gu Qingcheng's shirt. "Wait, my legs are so numb!"
Yun Liuli was frowning, and the veins on the back of her fair and tender hand that was grabbing onto his shirt were popping up. It didn't seem like she was faking it, and his deep gaze became increasingly deep.
"How long have you been waiting?" Gu Qingcheng asked again.
"Three hours …" Yun Liuli answered honestly.
Gu Qingcheng put one arm around Yun Liuli's shoulder and opened the door with the room card. He carefully helped the young lady in. The young lady gritted her teeth with every step she took, almost unable to hold onto the cake in her arms.
Gu Qingcheng placed the cake in the young lady's arms on the coffee table. He bent over and supported the back of the sofa with one hand while helping the young lady sit down as slowly as possible.
After settling Yun Liuli down, Gu Qingcheng removed his watch and casually placed it on the corner table with the table lamp. He took off his jacket and casually tossed it onto the sofa. His gaze swept over the cake that Yun Liuli had brought over earlier, then he sat down on the single-seater sofa.
He took out the pack of cigarettes and pulled out a cigarette. He wanted to put it to his lips, but after thinking about it, he put it back into the pack. He looked up at the little girl sitting obediently on the sofa.
She was wearing a red woolen hat that covered her bright forehead, making her face appear even more delicate. Her overly large eyes were beautiful and full of spirit, so clear and clean that it was as if she had never seen the mud of this world. She was so pure that people could not bear to stare at her with eyes that had been contaminated by the world.
It was undeniable that eighteen years old was the best age, and Yun Liuli was born with such a stunning set of exquisite facial features. She was so clean and pure that she looked like a fairy that had accidentally landed in the mortal world, young and beautiful.
Gu Qingcheng felt that a lady like her should have a sunny life and not be dragged down by him in the darkness.
Gu Qingcheng gazed at Yun Liuli with his dark and deep gaze, holding onto the lighter in his hand as he said, "I'll be getting married very soon. The wedding will be held in the country, and after that, you'll be settling down in the country …"
At this point, Gu Qingcheng's Adam's apple vibrated slightly. He lowered his gaze, refusing to look at Gu Liuli's large eyes. He frowned and bit the cigarette at the corner of his lips, pressing down on the lighter. The flickering flame deepened his cold and tough facial features.
Yun Liuli looked at Gu Qingcheng as if she didn't know anything, nor did she hear Gu Qingcheng mention anything about getting married. She only asked, "It's good to settle down in the country. I like Sister Xiao Nuan and Tuan Tuan very much, and I'll be able to meet them often in the future. Where will we be staying then?"
Gu Qingcheng looked up at Yun Liuli, his expression calm and cold as he puffed out the smoke. "There's no us, there's only you … Liuli."
His expression was blurred behind the light smoke, and the air seemed to have tightened into a frozen line. The slightest sound in the hotel would shatter it.
From the corner of Yun Liuli's eyes, she saw the red dot on the cigarette between Gu Qingcheng's fingers, flickering.
Gu Qingcheng's expression formed a contrast with the lights in the suite. One was cold, the other warm. However, when the warm lights landed on Gu Qingcheng's facial features, they couldn't warm up his tightly pursed lips.
"So, you don't want me anymore?"
This sentence wasn't as hard to say as Yun Liuli had imagined. She was probably the only one who would be hurt if she said it.
She felt her nose getting sore, and her eyes turning misty …
This time, he probably really didn't want her anymore!
He was about to get married.
"You're already an adult, not a child," Gu Qingcheng said.
Yun Liuli looked at Gu Qingcheng with her large eyes. "I've always been telling you that I've grown up, that I'm already an adult! But you've always said that I'm a little girl. Now that you've finally admitted that I'm an adult, you're pushing me away! "
The distance between them was actually only a thin line. Yun Liuli was brave and was willing to take a step towards Gu Qingcheng, but Gu Qingcheng would always cautiously move the line back, maintaining just the right amount of distance between them.
He lowered his gaze and tapped away the cigarette ash. Ever since Yun Liuli's 18th birthday, they had talked about this a lot.
The cake on the coffee table occupied a corner of Gu Qingcheng's peripheral vision, making him recall the night of Yun Liuli's 18th birthday. When he rushed back in the rain, the young lady was like an abandoned kitten, hugging the cake and sleeping in front of the French windows.
She had waited from dawn until the sky turned dark, all so that she could celebrate her 18th birthday with Gu Qingcheng, her coming of age ceremony.
She looked at Gu Qingcheng in high spirits, then glanced at her watch, saying that there was still time … her birthday wasn't over yet!
He wondered why Yun Liuli didn't celebrate with her classmates and friends. Yun Liuli said, "I don't need friends, I only need you!"
He accompanied Yun Liuli as she opened the cake and lit the candles. Through the flickering candlelight, he heard the young lady's third wish, causing his entire body to stiffen.
She said, "My first birthday wish is for Gu Qingcheng to be safe! My second wish is for Gu Qingcheng to be healthy. My third wish is for Gu Qingcheng to become my first man! "
Gu Qingcheng, who had been smiling and waiting for the young lady to blow out the candles, froze. His gaze was deep and gloomy, and the heavy aura he exuded was even more oppressive than before.
Gu Qingcheng's expression was reflected in the young lady's black eyes. As if she had expected it, she calmly said, "I'm serious." She then blew out the candles and hid herself in the darkness.
Memories flashed past Gu Qingcheng's mind like a black and white movie reel. At the same time he put down the lighter in his hand, he pulled the ashtray in front of him and tapped away the cigarette ash, saying casually, "When you came to me at the age of 16, I treated you as my daughter. Even if I wanted all the women in the world, I wouldn't want you! Do you understand? "
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