Chapter 53: I Miss You Very Much

Gu Tingyan's robust and steaming chest pressed against her from behind; his tall, upright frame enveloped her petite back, and he raised a hand to stroke her face earnestly, saying, "Huahua, I miss you very much."

Qin Shu's eyelashes trembled; in the past, when their passion was deep and their affection sweet, Gu Tingyan also loved to hold her like this, whispering sweet nothings as if he couldn't bear to let go.

In the past, it would always make Qin Shu blush and her heart race, and she would bury herself in his chest, not daring to look up at him.

Qin Shu tugged at the corners of her lips and raised her hand to coldly pry his hands away: "President Gu has found the wrong person."

"I am not your Sheng."

Gu Tingyan looked at her cold little face, his eyes darkening slightly.

Qin Shu brushed past him, but he reached out to grab her hand, stepped forward twice, and hugged her tightly from behind, his scorching breath spraying against her neck.

Qin Shu's spine was stiff as a board.

Gu Tingyan held her tightly in his arms, his voice hoarse as he said, "I clearly miss you."

"Do you want to check? Hmm?"

Qin Shu froze, her brain buzzing, and for a moment, she didn't even push him away.

Before Qin Shu could resist him, he hugged her for a moment and then let go; the scent of her still lingered in Gu Tingyan's palms.

He really couldn't bear to let go.

Gu Tingyan raised his hand to touch Qin Shu's soft hair, his pitch-black eyes staring at her: "Invite me upstairs to sit for a while?"

"Chenchen's birthday is coming up soon; I'll bring him over to spend it with you then."

Qin Shu looked up at Gu Tingyan abruptly: "Are you threatening me with the child?"

Qin Shu was the type to respond to soft tactics but not hard ones; if anyone threatened her, she would rather go down with them.

Stubborn as a mule.

Gu Tingyan didn't dare to threaten her, fearing he would annoy her; he raised his hand to pinch her cheek, unable to stop looking at her or bear to let her go.

How could his Huahua look so likable no matter how he looked at her.

Gu Tingyan smiled faintly and said, "No."

"We have never taken Chenchen out to play, have we?"

"Your first scene is in Beijing; after you finish filming, I will come to pick you up."

Qin Shu felt a slight stir in her heart upon hearing this.

She had indeed not seen Chenchen for a long time.

Qin Shu pursed her lips and walked ahead, while Gu Tingyan curled his lips into a smile and followed after her.

Qin Shu walked to the door and took out her keys to open it; Gu Tingyan caught a glimpse of the pair of men's shoes at her entrance, his eyes darkening and his expression shifting.

Gu Tingyan asked with a straight face: "Are you hiding a wild man in your home?"

Qin Shu glanced at him indifferently: "Who am I hiding?"

Gu Tingyan almost blurted out Ji Yanli's name, but he held back, swallowing the words back into his throat.

Gu Tingyan sneered: "Who knows which shady dog of a man it is."

Qin Shu: "..."

Gu Tingyan pressed on step by step: "We aren't even divorced yet, and you've already found a successor?"

His pitch-black eyes narrowed dangerously: "Who exactly is it?"

"You can tell me with peace of mind; I definitely won't do anything to him."

Gu Tingyan: "I have always been quite magnanimous!"

Qin Shu felt he was overstepping his bounds.

"We're about to get a divorce; why do you care who I'm hiding?"

Qin Shu raised her eyes indifferently: "Did I care about you and Chu Sheng?"

Gu Tingyan was blocked by her words and felt flustered; after a moment of silence, he said, "She will have nothing to do with me in the future."

Qin Shu gave a faint "Oh."

She opened the door, and Gu Tingyan stepped inside immediately, like a tiger patrolling its territory, carefully examining the apartment Qin Shu rented, scanning every corner earnestly.

There were no men's slippers, no traces of a man's existence; he was the first man to come here.

Gu Tingyan asked as if unintentionally: "Ji Yanli and Xie Jin haven't been here?"

Qin Shu looked up at him: "What are you trying to say?"

"Hmph," Gu Tingyan snorted coldly; it seemed neither of them had been here.

Gu Tingyan refused to give up and asked her: "Whose shoes are those at the door!"

Qin Shu was annoyed by his questioning and said: "I read online that single women put a pair of men's shoes at the door."

"It can avoid risks."

Upon hearing this, Gu Tingyan lowered his head and chuckled: "What is inside that little head of yours?"

"If you want a man, isn't there one right here?"

Qin Shu didn't speak.

Qin Shu let him in and began to go about her own business; Gu Tingyan got his answer, and his mood improved by more than half.

He didn't continue to harass her; he looked around Qin Shu's place, and the security measures were decent.

A cactus was placed on the table, the only green plant in the entire room.

In the past, Qin Shu liked to grow vegetables and flowers at home; there was a plot of land behind the villa that had been cleared for her to use.

Gu Tingyan leaned against the door and looked at Qin Shu, his eyes as black as ink: "Why don't you move back to the villa? You aren't home, and that little vegetable patch is being neglected."

The soft light shone on her, adding a touch of gentleness and tranquility to her brows and eyes.

Qin Shu didn't even look up, continuing to recite her lines: "No."

Gu Tingyan said: "When I get back, I'll pull out all your vegetables."

That vegetable patch used to be something Qin Shu would always carefully tend to; she would grow beautiful vegetables and even show them off a little to Gu Tingyan.

Hearing this, Qin Shu looked up at him, only feeling that he was truly hateful.

"If you want to pull them out, then pull them out; why ask me?"

Gu Tingyan walked over and sat down opposite her; Qin Shu paused slightly, but Gu Tingyan just sat there doing nothing, staring straight at her with his eyes.

The man's eyes looked affectionate no matter how one looked at them, but Qin Shu had been fooled once and would not be fooled a second time.

That was just how his eyes were; he looked affectionate even when looking at a dog.

Qin Shu was immersed in her own world, earnestly memorizing her lines.

Gu Tingyan just sat there, resting his face in his hand, watching her quietly.

Qin Shu was exceptionally beautiful, but she did not smile often and had a sullen temperament; she had a pair of large, captivating, beautiful eyes, and every time the two of them were in bed, Gu Tingyan loved it when she looked at him shyly with those eyes.

The voice that came from her mouth was soft and sweet, carrying a delicate lilt, fine and tender, tingling and numbing.

Gu Tingyan loved hearing her call his name in bed.

Qin Shu was so engrossed in memorizing that she did not even know when Gu Tingyan had left; by the time she had gone through the whole book, it was already dark.

Qin Shu was not very good at cooking, and her food tasted terrible; once, she prepared a candlelight dinner to surprise Gu Tingyan when he returned.

There is a saying: if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach.

Qin Shu wanted to please Gu Tingyan; she was very greedy, wanting not only to possess his body but also to win Gu Tingyan's heart.

As it turned out, the surprise turned into a shock.

Gu Tingyan suffered from food poisoning and ended up in the hospital.

Gu Tingyan's heart drifted even further away from her...

Ever since then, Qin Shu had completely extinguished that notion; she had no talent for cooking.

Qin Shu was preparing to go to the kitchen to boil a pack of instant noodles for herself when the door was opened from the outside; Gu Tingyan walked in holding keys and carrying several bags.

He opened the food bags and placed the food containers on the table one by one, calling out to Qin Shu: "Stop boiling those lousy instant noodles of yours, come over and eat."