Chapter 18
Uncomposed
She turned and entered Su Li’s room. The curtains were open, but the room was messy, with books and papers scattered on the bed and desk. After opening the window, she moved on to the next room.
This was a guest room, and as she was about to enter, she found that the door was being pushed open from the inside.
She was taken aback for a moment and then noticed that Su Shen had opened the door from the inside.
She blinked in surprise and looked at Su Shen. “You… didn’t go to work?”
She had assumed that Su Shen had already gone to work. However, he was here in the guest room.
Morever, she had thought he might have slept with Su Bing or Su Li since there was no bed in the guest room.
So, how had he slept here?
She tilted her head slightly and noticed that there was a straw mat on the floor in the room.
Su Shen’s gaze landed on Gu Zi’s face. She was standing in the corridor, and the sunlight from the windows on one side illuminated her, making her look even more fair and translucent, as if she could disappear with a touch.
Su Shen cleared his throat and shifted his gaze, pressing his temples. “Uh, I’ll go in a while.”
“Why didn’t you sleep with one of the boys?” Gu Zi asked with concern.
“I was afraid of waking them up. Why are you up so early?” Su Shen looked at Gu Zi, noting that it was only six o’clock, which was earlier than most young people woke up.
Gu Zi smiled and replied, “I woke up, so I got up.”
She felt a bit sorry that Su Shen had slept in the guest room without a bed.
“It’s alright,” Su Shen said nonchalantly. “I’m heading to the pig farm now.”
Gu Zi raised her eyes to look at Su Shen and asked, “Do you want me to heat up some buns for you, so you can have breakfast before you go?”
Su Shen understood now. No wonder he had smelled the aroma of meat buns when he had woken up. Gu Zi had made them.
He nodded slightly.
“Alright, you freshen up, and I’ll go heat up the buns,” Gu Zi said, then turned and headed to the kitchen downstairs.
After Su Shen freshened up, he walked to the second-floor corridor, where all the doors were open, and the curtains were drawn back. The previously dim corridor now felt bright.
He walked down the stairs, and the living room was also well-lit. It looked completely different from what he remembered.
The aroma of meat buns filled the room. He saw Gu Zi carrying a plate of buns to the dining table.
Aunt Chu had been working here for a long time, but she had never steamed buns that smelled so good. These buns must have been made by Gu Zi.
He hadn’t expected Gu Zi, a city girl, to know how to cook. He had heard rumors about her before, that she was some spoiled rich girl who had a bad temper and looked down on the poor.
Clearly, the Gu Zi he saw now was completely different from the one in the rumors.
Gu Zi smiled at Su Shen and said, “Take your time eating. I’ll go clean the rooms.”
With that, she walked away without looking back and went back upstairs to continue cleaning.
She opened the curtains in the guest room and heard barking coming from below. When she looked out the window, she saw the dog wagging its tail obsequiously in Su Shen’s direction.
Su Shen squatted down in front of the dog and used a hand gesture to make it sit quietly. The dog’s tail was still wagging vigorously.
Su Shen placed his hand on the dog’s head and patted it gently.
Perhaps her gaze was too intense, because the next moment, she saw the man looking up at her.
She grabbed the curtain with her hand and couldn’t help but feel nervous. Her ears turned bright red as she looked at the man downstairs. She had accidentally fallen into his deep, captivating gaze, as if she had fallen into a vast universe.
Her heart skipped a beat, then raced faster. Her face blushed uncontrollably. She lowered her head and averted her gaze, silently walking toward the door of the room.
She was just curious about that big and fierce dog. Why was she feeling shy after being looked at by him?
Why was she so uncomposed?
Gu Zi pursed her lips. She would look at the dog in a more open and straightforward manner next time. When she reached the window, she realized that Su Shen had already left, leaving only the big dog wagging its tail toward the door.
She removed all the curtains and put them in the washing machine for cleaning. Then, she cleaned the entire second floor.
It was difficult to clean the rooms that were mostly empty.
When she was done mopping the floor, she moved on to cleaning the cabinets and chairs.
She couldn’t help herself; she had a slight obsession with cleanliness and wanted her living space to be spotless and bright.