"Pfft." Gu Chen, standing to the side, was trying not to laugh.
Li Yifan squinted at Xiang Yu, then hooked his arm around his neck and complained, "Brother, you still say you're not in a relationship! There's something going on with you, tell me!"
Xiang Yu remained silent, so Li Yifan changed his target and asked, "Boss Gu, you and my brother are so close, you must know that, right? Tell me about it."
Gu Chen laughed, "I can't tell you, we agreed to keep it a secret from each other."
Well, not only did we not get the answer, but we also brought up another one.
"You two are so boring!" Li Yifan felt like a badger locked in a cage by a melon patch.
The melon is right in front of you, but you can't eat it.
Li Yifan kept complaining to himself, while Xiang Yu picked up a large box of chocolates, waved it in front of him, and put it in the shopping cart before finally stopping.
[Author's Note: Gu Chen: Actually, I really want to go public, but my boyfriend won't allow it.]
Chapter 79 Gu Chen, my boyfriend, I miss you
Chapter 79 Gu Chen: Boyfriend, I Miss You
Gu Chen went to the supermarket with his father, Gu Wenshi. The father and son shopped separately. Gu Wenshi finished his shopping quickly. Gu Chen and Xiang Yu hadn't walked far when Gu Chen received a call from his father asking him to meet up.
Gu Chen bought some snacks. He had heard from Xiang Yu that Grandma Hou was also at the supermarket, and Gu Chen planned to meet the old lady.
There's no chance now; we can only wait until later.
"Alright." Gu Chen regretfully put his phone in his pocket and said goodbye to Xiang Yu. "I'm leaving now, my dad is waiting for me at the cashier."
"Hmm," Xiang Yu said again, "The holiday is so long, there will be opportunities."
“That’s true.” If it were just the two of them, Gu Chen could have held Xiang Yu’s hand, but with Li Yifan watching from the side, Gu Chen could only give up, waved his hand, and said, “Come visit my home after the New Year.”
"Okay." Xiang Yu waved goodbye to the other party.
Xiang Yu and Li Yifan browsed around the supermarket for a while longer, filling their shopping cart with snacks. When they got to the checkout, they ran into Xiang Junhou's grandmother.
"Wow!" Li Yifan found Xiang Jun's boxes of fish, meat, and shrimp much more appealing than their shopping cart full of snacks.
Snacks are readily available, but Grandma Hou can create all sorts of possibilities with the ingredients.
In addition, there were several boxes of fruit, so full that the shopping cart could hardly hold them all.
The old lady was initially very distressed about spending so much money at once, being used to being frugal. But seeing the smiles on her grandchildren's faces, she immediately felt it was all worth it.
"These look quite fresh." Grandma Hou pointed to a box of strawberries on top, each one the size of a baby's fist, bright red and tempting. "I'll wash them for you when we get back."
"That's great!" Li Yifan exclaimed eagerly.
The shopping cart could be pushed to the parking spot, and the trunk was packed full.
They bought a lot, and since there's an elevator in the building, it didn't take them more than a few steps. Xiang Yu and Xiang Jun each carried several large boxes, while Li Yifan carried two large bags of snacks. The three men took care of everything, not letting Grandma Hou lift a finger.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" As soon as Grandma Hou opened the door, Li Yifan went in first and hurriedly put his things on the dining table.
"Damn, that hurts!" Li Yifan rubbed his palm, which was purplish-red from being squeezed by the plastic handle. "I didn't realize there were so many when I bought them."
"Oh dear, it's so tight!" Grandma Hou noticed the deep marks on his hand, as if they were about to sink into his flesh, and quickly told him to go and rest.
"Go and rest, I'll take care of the rest." Grandma Hou opened the double-door refrigerator, sorted all the things she bought and put them in, leaving more than half a box of strawberries to wash, took a plate and set aside a few, and handed the rest to Xiang Yu.
"You and Xiaofan can eat these. Save these for your mom."
Xiang Yu's house is large; besides the main room where the couple sleeps, there are three other rooms besides Xiang Yu's second bedroom and guest rooms.
Sun Xiaoli used one of the rooms as a storage room and took good care of the other two guest rooms.
The room was heated by underfloor heating, making it cozy and inviting, which made people want to doze off.
After eating and drinking his fill, Li Yifan leaned back on the sofa and drifted off to sleep.
Xiang Jun told Li Yifan to stay here for the next couple of days.
At first, Li Yifan was reluctant, but now he was so tired that he made a phone call to ask his parents for their opinions. When he saw that neither of them had any objections, he yawned and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Grandma Hou was also tired. If she were in the city, she would have gone to bed early by now. She didn't seem as energetic as she did when she went to the supermarket.
"Grandma, go to sleep." Xiang Yu saw that the old lady was sitting on the sofa and seemed a little sleepy, so she advised her to go and rest.
The old lady felt sorry for her daughter-in-law and wanted to wait for Sun Xiaoli to come back before going to sleep. She also asked her son when Sun Xiaoli would be back and whether she was busy working in another province until this time.
Like his son, Xiang Jun prioritized the old lady's health at this moment, coaxing Grandma Hou to go to sleep, saying, "It's your first day here, so there will definitely be a lot of work to do. It'll only be for the next couple of days, and then it won't be like this again."
Grandma Hou didn't know what the working mode was like inside the police force. Seeing that it was almost midnight, she sighed, washed up, and went back to her room to rest.
The living room quieted down as Xiang Yu finished washing up and came out to find the living room dimly lit.
Xiang Jun was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, sitting on a small sofa, reading a book with only a floor lamp on.
"Dad, go to sleep. Mom might not even be home tonight."
Xiangyu sat down at the edge of the long sofa, which was placed at a 90-degree angle to the small sofa, and discovered that the other person was reading a book entirely in English about foreign architectural aesthetics.
"It's okay, you go to sleep. I'm jet-lagged and not sleepy. I'll just wait for your mom to come back."
It would be strange if I wasn't sleepy.
Xiang Jun hasn't rested much during the day, and there's a cup of black tea next to him now, indicating he's likely to stay up all night.
After observing the situation, Xiang Yu glanced at his phone, which displayed a text message sent by Sun Xiaoli a few minutes earlier.
The other party guessed that Xiang Jun would wait for her to come home, so she asked her son to persuade her husband to go to sleep first and not wait for her.
Xiang Yu tried to persuade them a few more times, but they remained unmoved. In desperation, he could only bring up Sun Xiaoli's text messages.
"Your mother is really something." Since his wife had spoken, Xiang Jun could only shake his head, close the book, get up, go to the kitchen to pour out the black tea in his cup, rinse the cup, and put it in the cupboard.
"Go to sleep, I'll go to sleep right away."
After his father finished speaking, Xiang Yu went back to his room to rest.
Gu Chen runs back and forth between the welfare home and the nursing home during the day, and he said goodnight to him more than an hour ago.
Xiang Yu stared at the ceiling in the darkness, listening to Xiang Jun returning to his room. He thought about how, apart from the time when he was a child, his parents had spent most of their time with him. It seemed that they had been busy with their own careers ever since.
Despite being separated by distance, their relationship seemed unaffected.
Xiang Yu pursed his lips.
He firmly believed in his future with Gu Chen.
With tonight gone, there's only a little over a day left until Lunar New Year's Eve. With plenty of time, everyone is busy. Grandma Hou is busy preparing various traditional New Year's dishes from her hometown. Xiang Jun is at a company meeting, Sun Xiaoli is out early and back late, and Sun Xiaona and her husband only get their day off on the afternoon of Lunar New Year's Eve. The only ones who can help Grandma Hou are Xiang Yu and Li Yifan.
Gu Chen was also busy helping his family, so the two could only chat briefly in their spare time.
This period of time is not long.
The arrival of Lunar New Year's Eve brings joy and laughter to every household. As soon as the night falls, dazzling fireworks rise into the sky over the suburbs, illuminating a brilliant galaxy.
The advantage of living on a high floor is that you can enjoy the city's night view and take in the lights of thousands of homes.
My phone kept vibrating; the Class 2 group chat was buzzing with activity as people were sending and receiving red envelopes.
Wang Zehao: Holy crap, I only got 18 cents from the red envelope I sent myself?
-Wang Airu: Hahaha
-Wang Airu: I snatched 6.6 yuan, what a lucky omen!
Zhang Boyuan: Class monitor! Happy New Year! (Gu Chen)
Zhang Zitong: Class monitor! Happy New Year! (Gu Chen)
Jiang Wensong: Squad Leader! Happy New Year! (Gu Chen)
Wang Zehao: Class monitor! Happy New Year! (Gu Chen)
Tang Yue: Class monitor! Happy New Year! (Gu Chen)
The comments below were all identical; it's obvious what everyone wanted.
Gu Chen had told Xiang Yu a few minutes ago that he would help roll out dumpling wrappers.
Thinking that the other person's hands were covered in flour, Xiang Yu figured he probably wouldn't be looking at his phone.
Afraid of spoiling the fun for everyone in the group, the subordinate sent out a red envelope.
-Xiangyu: [Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!]
Gu Chen hadn't rolled out many dough sheets when his aunt, annoyed by his slow pace, put on an apron and took over.
Gu Chen had just finished washing his hands and picked up his phone when he saw that his boyfriend had sent him a red envelope in the class group chat.
The students in Class 2 had incredibly fast hands; when Gu Chen ordered, he didn't have a single penny left.
"Goodness, it's only been a few seconds." Gu Chen muttered to himself, as a red envelope slid out from under his hand.
Zhang Boyuan: ? ? ?
Wang Zehao: ? ? ?
Yang Shuhuan: ? ? ?
Zhang Zitong: ? ? ?
-Jiang Wensong: ? ? ?
The moment the red envelope was sent, everyone in Class 2 clicked frantically, only to find out it was a special red envelope.
Tang Yue: I'll drink this bowl of dog food!
This time it wasn't withdrawn.
Turn to the corner.
Seeing that Xiang Yu had accepted the offer, Gu Chen sent another red envelope to the group chat.
Open the personal chat box.
-Gu Chen: It's so lively at home.
Gu Chen stood on the balcony with his phone in hand, closed the glass door, watched the fireworks burst in the distance, looked back at the lively scene in the living room and kitchen, thought for a moment, and then made a video call.
-Xiangyu: There's someone next to me.
Xiang Yu was mainly worried that Gu Chen would call her boyfriend right away, so she reminded him before the video call was connected.