Chapter 2003: Turn Your Face This Way

Lu Zhenzhen stared at him like she wanted to burn a hole in his face, but the man’s expression stayed perfectly calm and composed.

“Aren’t we going on a date? This looks good for that.”

“I said we’re going home for dinner. Which ear of yours heard that as me asking you out on a date?”

Gao Zhe gave a cheeky little laugh, lifting his eyes slightly, a light smile playing at the corners as he looked at her. “Dinner’s at night. Can you really say you’re not trying to go on a date with me during the day?”

That one look of his was damn sexy.

Lu Zhenzhen tossed the clothes aside, jumped onto him, her legs expertly wrapping around his hips. She looped her arms around his neck and lowered her head to kiss him.

Gao Zhe responded instantly, loosening his hands, purposely shifting her down a little from where she was hanging high up on him.

Lu Zhenzhen tipped her head back—not to dodge, but because she was running out of air. After catching her breath a bit, she dipped her head, wanting to continue, but Gao Zhe leaned back and started walking with her in his arms. “Enough. If we keep kissing we really won’t make it out the door. Hurry up and get changed, I’ll take you out to play.”

Lu Zhenzhen grumbled in dissatisfaction. “Turn your face back here.”

So Gao Zhe turned back.

She cupped his face in her hands and bent down to kiss him.

Gao Zhe let out a helpless sigh, letting her kiss and nibble at his lips. He followed along, responding to her, and by the time she’d had enough messing around, he had already carried her into the bathroom.

He shifted to hold her with one arm, propped one leg up against the edge of the sink, turned on the hot water, filled a cup for her to rinse, then one-handedly squeezed the toothpaste.

“Should I brush for you, or are you doing it yourself?”

Lu Zhenzhen felt that being waited on to brush her teeth was kind of gross; baring her teeth would definitely ding her beauty. Even though they’d grown up together since they were kids, she still wasn’t willing to show him any ugly side of herself.

In front of her own man, she had to make sure her face was drop-dead gorgeous down to the very second.

“I’ll do it myself. You go out.”

“I’ll go heat up your breakfast. Take your time coming down, I’ll wait for you.”

Gao Zhe rubbed her messy head of hair, automatically smoothing it out a bit before he could bring himself to leave.

Lu Zhenzhen wasn’t in any rush. She finished freshening up, didn’t change her clothes, went downstairs to eat breakfast. She really couldn’t take the last half cup of milk, so she shoved it over to the man’s side. Gao Zhe took the final bite of his sandwich into his mouth and chased it down with the milk, chewing along as he swallowed.

Lu Zhenzhen did end up wearing that dress, but once they stepped outside she had no idea where to go. Wearing this to go horseback riding would be totally insane. After wandering around a bit, she slipped into the wet market in her expensive formal dress, bought two jars of Shochu Liquor, and headed to Mist Garden.

They had lunch at Mist Garden. Gao Zhe sat next to her, quick-eyed and quick-handed, pressing down her glass several times when she tried to drink. After a few times of him stopping her, she got annoyed. While Gao Zhe was talking to Bo Yanching, she turned her back, tipped her head, and downed a full cup of Shochu in one go.

“You’re unbelievable!”

Gao Zhe practically wanted to drag her up and give her a proper scolding, but in the end he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

In the afternoon, Lu Zhenzhen went off with Nan Jiaojiao—one of them carrying a bucket, the other taking the fishing rod—and they ran to the back hill to go fishing. It didn’t take long before they called back, asking someone to send up bait.

Really speechless.

Going fishing without bait.

Gao Zhe and Bo Yanching went up together. From a distance, they saw Lu Zhenzhen slouched in a lounge chair, head tilted like she was asleep. When they walked up to check, she actually was.

He casually closed her open mouth, his fingers lightly wiping at the corner of her lips.

He carried Lu Zhenzhen back to rest.

Her nap stretched all the way to five in the afternoon, and she still showed no sign of waking. The Lu Family called several times to hurry them up, so Gao Zhe had no choice but to wake her.

“Mmm…”

“Baby, Mom and Dad have the dishes all ready and are asking when we’re heading over so they can start cooking.”