Chapter 400: Chapter 401: This is Precious
“I can’t go. What if Xiao Shu misses me?” Ye Xingbei was reluctant.
“If Xiao Shu needs you, Xiao Chi will call you,” said Gu Junzhu, leading her towards the back of the mountain. “The kids are growing up and need their space. As a mother, you should learn to let go.”
Ye Xingbei: “…Nonsense!”
Her little Xiao Shumiao was only five years old.
Other children at the age of five probably can’t even dress themselves well yet. How was she supposed to let go of her own yet?
Despite her reluctance, seeing Gu Junzhu’s insistence, Ye Xingbei didn’t dampen his enthusiasm.
With Gu Chi watching over the kids, she didn’t have anything to worry about.
Gu Junzhu took Ye Xingbei to the back of the mountain.
At the most open part of the mountain, Ye Xingbei saw a hot air balloon.
Ye Xingbei was surprised: “A hot air balloon?”
“Yes,” Gu Junzhu chuckled. “Didn’t you say that your biggest childhood dream was to fly like a bird and touch the stars?”
He bent down, picked up Ye Xingbei and placed her in the hot air balloon. He also jumped in. “Tonight, I’ll let you fly like a bird. Though you can’t touch the stars, you’ll be very close to them!”
Someone came over to light the fire for the hot air balloon.
After a while, the hot air balloon slowly lifted off the ground.
Watching the hills and forests grow smaller, as if she was stepping on them, Ye Xingbei’s eyes suddenly watered.
No one had ever been so thoughtful towards her before.
As a child, she wished she could be a bird and touch the stars.
This was just something she casually mentioned a few days ago.
In fact, she couldn’t even remember if she said it to Gu Junzhu or to the kids.
But now, because of that casual remark, someone had thoughtfully prepared all of this for her, enabling her to fly in the sky.
She couldn’t help but turn to look at Gu Junzhu: “Why… why are you so good to me?”
“Do I need a reason to treat you well?” Gu Junzhu also turned to look at her, a casual but touching smile on his lips. “Since you’re my wife, it’s my responsibility to fulfill your wish and make you happy. Flying you in a hot air balloon isn’t a big deal, it’s nothing.”
Ye Xingbei looked at him, her eyelashes trembling.
It’s nothing?
No.
It’s precious.
That there’s a person in this world who, because of a casual comment of hers, goes to great lengths to fulfill her wish, just to see her happy.
It made her feel warm and touched.
She quietly looked at Gu Junzhu, and realized that she didn’t know this man at all.
Or rather, she had never tried to understand him.
Sometimes he was cold and aloof, sometimes flip and irreverent. So what was the real him like?
Seeing Ye Xingbei staring at him, Gu Junzhu’s smile grew wider. “What? Finally realizing that my charm is so irresistible it could shatter the heavens?”
Ye Xingbei: “I’ve found the two things you love to do the most – praising yourself and making fun of others.”
Praise for himself was limitless.
His teasing left others speechless, and on the verge of tears.
Gu Junzhu laughed heartily. He bent down to take a bottle of red wine from a small cupboard in the balloon, poured a glass for Ye Xingbei, and one for himself. He clinked his glass with Ye Xingbei’s, “That proves you don’t know me well enough.”
Ye Xingbei was not convinced: “So you’re saying I’m wrong?”