"Young Master, why did you come down?"
"Let's come down and take a look," He Yan replied calmly.
Because that's how he usually speaks, Uncle Wang didn't notice anything unusual about Gu Zheng, and just chuckled and said...
"Don't you also want to come down and take a look? Me too. Hearing the young master's cheerful voice, it's really hard not to be happy."
Gu Zheng pursed his lips, looking at the situation in the pool, without answering.
He stood there, and after looking at him for a while, Uncle Wang couldn't help but continue talking.
"Young Master, it's our family's good fortune to have met him. Some things should be let go. Life is about moving forward, not staying in the same place forever."
Gu Zheng immediately understood what Uncle Wang was talking about, but he didn't answer. He just stared intently at the direction of the swimming pool.
He wanted to see when Xia Ran would finally notice him.
However, Xia Ran didn't keep Gu Zheng waiting for long; she turned around and saw him.
He was slightly taken aback when he saw Gu Zheng, but he quickly smiled and waved to Gu Zheng.
Unfortunately, Gu Zheng remained expressionless.
Xia Ran wasn't angry even though she knew what kind of person Gu Zheng was. Qin Hao also turned around and glanced at Xia Ran when he saw her actions. When he saw Gu Zheng, he said something to Xia Ran and then went ashore.
He approached Gu Zheng and said with a smile.
"Cousin, what brings you down here? Aren't you busy anymore?"
He was met with Gu Zheng's indifferent gaze in response, but Qin Hao was not annoyed and continued speaking.
"Would you like to come down and spend some time with Xia Ran and Chen Baobei?"
Upon hearing Qin Hao's address to Xia Ran, Gu Zheng's expression finally changed. Unfortunately, Qin Hao was completely unaware of this and continued rambling on.
"If only you had that thought! There's always work to be done. If you want to spend time with them, hurry up and change into your swim trunks. Look, these swim trunks are a gift from Xia Ran. He said he originally bought them for you, but you said you weren't going swimming, so they're a good deal for me, hehe..."
As he spoke, Qin Hao chuckled smugly, completely oblivious to his cousin's increasingly cold gaze.
"What did you call Xia Ran just now? And what's with these swimming trunks?"
"My name is Xia Ran. He said he didn't like the title 'cousin's wife,' so he told me to call him Xia Ran. I thought about it and it makes sense; calling each other by name makes it seem like we're closer."
"As for the swim trunks, since you don't wear them anyway, you can give them to me. Okay, okay, I'm going to go for another swim. If you want to come, hurry up and come."
Qin Hao was about to turn and leave when Gu Zheng's cold voice rang out behind him.
"Stop right there! When did I say you could leave?"
Qin Hao turned around with a pained expression and asked,
"Cousin, is there anything else you need?"
When his cousin speaks in this tone, it's never a good thing.
Chapter 24 Awkward Sweetness
"Your mom called looking for you."
Gu Zheng spoke calmly, while Qin Hao's eyes showed confusion.
"My mom is looking for me? When did that happen? What does she want?"
Gu Zheng: "I don't know."
Qin Hao thought for a moment, "Then why didn't she call me?"
"Your phone isn't being answered," Gu Zheng said without changing his expression, but he was right; Qin Hao's phone was indeed not being answered.
Upon hearing this, Qin Hao remembered that he had left his phone in the room when he changed into his swim trunks, and he guessed that his mother had called, but he hadn't heard it.
"Then I'll call her back."
Qin Hao turned and went inside without thinking much about it, while Uncle Wang watched from the side, feeling that something was not quite right, but he didn't think much of it.
Xia Ran had actually been keeping an eye on Gu Zheng and the others, but he hadn't heard what they were talking about. Now that Qin Hao had left, he carried Gu Chen upstairs.
He walked up to Gu Zheng and asked in confusion,
What happened to Qin Hao?
Gu Zheng didn't answer, but looked at Xia Ran in front of him. He was clearly a man in his twenties, but his skin was still fair and tender. Just like when he was holding Gu Chen, their skin was not much different.
"Hmm? Zheng, what's wrong?" Xia Ran asked again.
Why is Ah Zheng staring at him? Is there something dirty on his face or body?
Thinking this, he looked down and found that he was completely naked.
"It's nothing," Gu Zheng replied casually. "Qin Hao has something to do. You guys have fun."
"Ah?" Xia Ran sighed with some regret, "I originally thought that having another person to play with would be good for Xiao Chen."
Gu Zheng didn't say anything after hearing this, he just kept looking at Xia Ran.
Xia Ran suddenly seemed to have thought of something, her eyes darting hesitantly towards Gu Zheng, and she asked cautiously,
"Ah Zheng, are you busy?"
"not busy."
Xia Ran's eyes lit up. "Can you swim? Or could you play with me and Xiao Chen?"
Not only Xia Ran, but even Gu Chen, who was in Xia Ran's arms, looked at Gu Zheng with bright eyes.
The two were clearly father and son with no blood relation, but their eyes were equally bright and beautiful, and they even looked at him with the same expectation.
Gu Zheng suddenly chuckled. He didn't know what he was laughing at, but he was in a very pleasant mood, which made him unable to stop laughing.
His sudden laughter stunned Xia Ran. He had almost never seen Gu Zheng laugh before, and now that he laughed, Xia Ran immediately felt his heart racing, and his eyes were only on Gu Zheng.
Xia Ran didn't know what his expression looked like, but he was sure it was very red.
"Cough..." Xia Ran coughed lightly, calming her unruly heartbeat.
"So, Zheng, do you want to come with us?"
The expectation in Xia Ran's eyes was simply irresistible.
Gu Zheng looked down at Gu Chen, then gently pinched Gu Chen's cheek.
Hmm, it feels nice, similar to the one on Xia Ran's face.
Gu Chen's eyes widened as Gu Zheng pinched his cheek, seemingly shocked as to why Gu Zheng had pinched his cheek.
However, Gu Zheng ignored him and looked at Xia Ran, saying,
"I don't have swim trunks."
Uncle Wang, who had been silent until now, was also taken aback when he heard Gu Zheng's words. He remembered that the young master had swimming trunks.
In families like theirs, there are many things that are useless, but they are always present, so that they can have them when they need them.
However, Uncle Wang didn't ask any more questions and simply left quietly.
Upon hearing Gu Zheng's words, Xia Ran quickly smiled and said,
"It's okay, I bought it for you. But I knew you were busy, so I didn't tell you. It's in the underwear compartment under the closet in my room. You can see it when you open it."
"Didn't you give it to Qin Hao?" Gu Zheng blurted out instinctively when he heard Xia Ran mention that she had swimming trunks.
After he finished speaking, he realized that something was amiss, but Xia Ran's eyes didn't seem to suspect anything.
Gu Zheng felt inexplicably relieved.
"Yes, he said he didn't have any swim trunks, and when I bought them for you, I also bought two extra pairs, thinking that he didn't have any, so I gave him one."
After Xia Ran finished speaking, the heat that had finally subsided on her face rose again.
I still feel a little awkward buying swimming trunks for Ah Zheng.
It was sweet, yet tinged with a hint of nervousness and fear.
He was afraid that Ah Zheng would find it objectionable, since they had a prenuptial agreement. Was his action a breach of boundaries?
Just when Xia Ran thought he had crossed the line, Gu Zheng was actually in a pretty good mood.
"Okay, I'll go change first. You guys go wait for me. It's time for me to relax too."
Upon hearing this, Xia Ran's eyes lit up.
"real?"
It wasn't that he didn't trust Gu Zheng, it was just that he dared not believe him.
He couldn't believe that Gu Zheng would actually be willing to play with him in this swimming pool.
He found it somewhat unbelievable.
Gu Zheng raised an eyebrow. "When have I ever lied to you?"
Xia Ran thought about it and realized that although A Zheng seemed cold on the surface, he had never lied to him.
So after chuckling twice, Xia Ran picked up Gu Chen and walked towards the pool, saying as she went.
"Then hurry up and change into your swim trunks. Xiao Chen and I will wait for you."
Gu Zheng turned around with a smile on his lips, preparing to go inside to change his clothes.
His mood seemed to improve inexplicably.
However, the smile on his lips vanished completely when he entered the living room and saw Qin Hao.
"Cousin, were you lying to me? My mom didn't even call me, okay?"
Qin Hao gave Gu Zheng a resentful look.
He just called his mother, and she said he never called him.
Despite Qin Hao's questioning, Gu Zheng remained unfazed.
"Really? Then I must have remembered it wrong."
"..." If the person in front of him wasn't his cousin, Qin Hao would have really cursed and even suspected that Gu Zheng was playing him.
But the person in front of him was Gu Zheng, his cousin. He believed that his cousin was not that kind of person, so he believed that Gu Zheng had misremembered.