After finishing the meal and clearing away the dishes, Mu Lanshu asked Chu Zhaoyang: "You are here and have you booked a hotel?"
Chu Zhaoyang nodded: "It's already booked."
Mu Lanshu said nothing more.
Chu Zhaoyang looked at Gu Nian. Gu Nian remembered that she wanted to buy clothes for Chu Zhaoyang, so she said to Mu Lanshu, "Mom, he came here in a hurry and didn't bring any clothes. I'll go buy one with him first."
"Okay." Mu Lanshu nodded.
Chu Zhaoyang and Gu Nian said goodbye to their elders, who were still a little reluctant to leave Chu Zhaoyang so early.
Chu Zhaoyang said he would come over tomorrow morning, so the two elders happily sent him off.
Gu Nian gave Chu Zhaoyang directions and drove to a commercial street in Yucheng.
Because Yucheng was not big, there was only this one commercial pedestrian street in the whole town.
There were some small foreign trade shops, as well as domestic brands with cheap prices and good styles. They were not high-end but they are all famous.
Gu Nian took him to a men's clothing store.
He picked out a white shirt, a sweater, and a pair of jeans for Chu Zhaoyang.
She had never seen Chu Zhaoyang wearing jeans.
The combined price of these clothes was probably less than a fraction of a shirt in Chu Zhaoyang's wardrobe.
However, she couldn't afford the ones Chu Zhaoyang usually wore.
She weighed the clothes on Chu Zhaoyang's body and said, "I'm sorry, please wear these first."
Chu Zhaoyang accepted it readily: "No grievance, I like it very much."
"Go and change into something." Gu Nian said expectantly, wanting to see him dressed casually.
Normally, she always see him wearing suits and leather shoes, and home clothes at home. Even if he wore a little more relaxed clothes on weekends, he was still dressed like a mature man.
Chu Zhaoyang glanced at it. He had never worn it like this before, and he felt a little unsure.
It's just because Gu Nian chose him, so he agreed to everything.
He took it to the fitting room and after changing it, he still felt uncomfortable.
He heard Gu Nian urging from outside: "Are you ready?"
Chu Zhaoyang cleared his throat: "Yes."
He's really afraid that if he didn't look good in his clothes, he'll be laughed at by Gu Nian.
Chu Zhaoyang opened the door of the fitting room and walked out anxiously.
Gu Nian was stunned when she saw it.
Each piece of clothing obviously costed only a few hundred yuan, but when worn on Chu Zhaoyang, it felt like it costed tens of thousands of yuan.
He was really a clothes rack, like a model, tall and long-legged, and looked good in anything he wears.
This look added a bit of bookishness to him, and he suddenly looked much younger, like a great figure who was still studying in school, or a teacher in a university.
"Looks good." Gu Nian walked up to him and helped him straighten his clothes.
"Is it okay?" Chu Zhaoyang looked down at himself.
Gu Nian nodded without hesitation: "Yeah, you feel like you are ten years younger."
Looking at her shining eyes, Chu Zhaoyang suddenly felt a little depressed.
He said quietly: "Do you think I'm old?"
Eight years older than her, was that a lot?
She never thought that he would care about age so much. She have never heard him mention it before.
Seeing the depressed expression on his face, Gu Nian quickly said: "No, it's not a gap within 10 years. You are not old at all. This age is just right, mature and stable, and it is the ideal age in my heart. "
Gu Nian gave him rice soup without hesitation.
Sure enough, Chu Zhaoyang's expression became better, his eyes were shining brightly, he came closer and asked in a low voice: "Really?"
The low-alcoholic voice slowly reached his ears through the music in the store, carrying his unique mint scent.
Gu Nian's heart skipped a beat: "It's... it's true..."
Hearing this, Chu Zhaoyang's eyebrows lit up with joy.
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and one eyebrow was slightly raised: "I also think that my age is just right."
Gu Nian nodded quickly and looked at him: "You are young, you are mature, you are very good."
Chu Zhaoyang walked to the mirror and admired himself.
He has never worn anything like this before, but it looked pretty good.
The important thing was that Gu Nian likes it very much.
Then he could consider dressing like this more often in the future.
Gu Nian walked up to him and the two of them stood in front of the mirror.
She wore flat short boots that barely reached his shoulders.
Gu Nian looked at him in the mirror and found that Chu Zhaoyang was really tall.
Wide shoulders and narrow hips. As for how thin the waist was, she couldn't tell visually yet.
But with such an inverted triangle figure, she felt that even those models were not as good as him.
Chu Zhaoyang looked in the mirror with satisfaction. The height difference between the two standing together was perfect.
It seemed like the two of them were born to be together. They were perfect for each other.
"Chu Zhaoyang, I'm very curious about what you were like when you were a student." Gu Nian raised her head and said curiously, with stars in her eyes.
Chu Zhaoyang lowered his head slightly and looked at her.
He didn't answer, but asked in a gentle voice: "What did you call me?"
Gu Nian paused for a moment and didn't call out for a long time. The address that he had finally gotten used to before was now something he didn't feel comfortable with anymore.
Chu Zhaoyang didn't rush or force her, but just looked at her quietly.
Gu Nian gently fluttered her eyelashes a few times, and retracted her lips slightly. The pink lips immediately became a little thinner.
The appearance was smart, lively and cute.
Gu Nian pondered for a few seconds before slowly speaking: "Zhaoyang."
Chu Zhaoyang's heart, which had been a little high before, was finally able to calm down completely.
Finally, he heard her call him again.
Very nice.
He almost thought it would take a lot of effort to hear her call like that again.
A warm feeling melted away with the sound of "Zhaoyang", and Chu Zhaoyang said softly: "When I was in school, it was no different from now."
At that time, there was no vitality and it was equally boring.
Although he was in his 20s, his personality was as dull as now, and he never showed any excitement.
Gu Nian thought, there were still differences. He must be more mature now than before, and more cheerful than then.
Gu Nian really wanted to get to know Chu Zhaoyang when he was a student, and especially wanted to get to know him earlier.
Earlier and let him get out of the nightmare.
Earlier to make him more cheerful.
It would be better if she could get to know him earlier.
Chu Zhaoyang seemed to have noticed her thoughts, raised his hand and pinched her cheek gently.
"Even though it's not early enough, it's already good to meet you." Chu Zhaoyang said.
It's better than never meeting her in his life.
Meeting her at this age was already God's favor to him.
It's better than meeting someone at the wrong time.
"When I was young, I had a bad personality and was more closed-minded than now. When I meet you, I might make you stay away from me." Chu Zhaoyang explained.
Gu Nian gave him a funny look, with lively and talkative eyes, as if to say: "It seems like you have a good personality now."
Chu Zhaoyang: "..."
He looked at her helplessly.
Now that he had been trained by her, his character has become more and more tolerant.
"Before, I had little patience and didn't like people getting close to me." Chu Zhaoyang said lightly, "I might just get angry and drive you away, or I might directly refuse your approach."
Otherwise, Han Zhuoli and the others would not have been the only friends for so many years.
Actually, he was lucky to have them.
"At the age when you met me, my self-control was already much better than when I was young." Chu Zhaoyang explained calmly.
"I also thought that if I couldn't meet you in time, maybe I would get married in accordance with the interests of the family. At that time, what qualifications would I have to meet you, know you, and like you?" The more Chu Zhaoyang thought about it, the more he felt rejoice.
Even the eyes looking at Gu Nian were full of gratitude for fate.
If Chu Zhaoyang didn't say it, she wouldn't have thought of it.
Yes, if he meet her later.
If, he was already a husband by that time.
With Chu Zhaoyang's character, even if he has no love for his wife, he will not do anything to feel sorry for her or betray the marriage.
And she will not let herself do things that destroy other people's families.
Thinking about it this way, it was true that it was not too late to meet him.
It's very timely.
Suddenly, Gu Nian wanted to hug him hard.
Chu Zhaoyang's eyes deepened in color: "Would you like to go in with me to change clothes?"
Gu Nian couldn't help but look towards the fitting room, her face burning up: "No."