Together Forever

Chapter 10.1

Wanting Only to Be Together

Once he finished saying this, he selected an appropriate size knife from the rack and cut the tomato into six slices. Without even raising his head, he asked her, "Is it, after I'm done slicing tomatoes, I can step down and hand things over?"

Tong Yan did not utter a sound. She seemed not to have heard him.

She had many emotions that she had never before exposed in front of anyone. Even when she was at home, she would still maintain an expression of always being unconcerned, unaware, and simple-minded. Crying or other similar expressions of emotion only occurred in times when she absolutely could not bear the pressure anymore.

Gu Pingsheng turned his head to the side so his eyes were on her. "What's the matter?"

"Don't know." Tong Yan blew out a long breath. "I feel like I'm about to cry because of what you said."

Hearing this, he was amused, and grabbing a tomato slice in passing, he fed it straight into her mouth. "Don't cry. I don't know how to console people."

"Then why did you say such rousingly sentimental words? ..." She blinked her eyes, sensing that she would not be able to hold herself together much longer. When her eyes were about to brim over with tears, she immediately buried her face into his chest. Gu Pingsheng had no choice but to set down his knife again and hold her in his arms, trying for a long time to coax her tears away.

Afterwards, when she thought about it, Tong Yan could not really remember what exactly he had said.

But, a very deep impression had been left on her that allowed her to verify something: he truly did not know how to console people.

The door was suddenly pulled open. Gu Pingfan was about to say something when she saw Tong Yan swiftly jump out of Gu Pingsheng's arms, and with red eyes at that. Unable to contain a laugh, she said to them, "May I come in?"

Not bothering to pay her any attention, Gu Pingsheng offhandedly picked up a tomato slice and popped it into his mouth.

After closing the door, Gu Pingfan affectionately put an arm around Tong Yan's shoulder and leaned in close to her ear, whispering, "I'll tell you in secret, he's never known how to comfort his girlfriend. One time, when I went to visit him, I personally witnessed a pretty blonde girl in his room, crying hysterically, and he just sat on the couch, reading his book and letting his girlfriend throw and break things." Saying this, Gu Pingfan's lips turned up in a grin. If it were me, I definitely would not be able to stand it. Being the type of guy that he is, when he dates someone, I'm guessing you need to nudge him every time for every little move you want him to make? Wouldn't that be really boring?"

"It's fine ..." Tong Yan searched through her memory. It seemed Gu Pingsheng was actually quite good with words. "Teacher Gu is very good."

"Good? In what way?" Gu Pingfan looked curiously at her.

Tong Yan was somewhat embarrassed. How was she supposed to respond to a question like that? Gu Pingfan's gaze caused her cheeks to flush. Being asked such a question by a thirty year old woman, and furthermore, that person was Gu Pingsheng's older cousin, was ... really weird.

Fortunately, Gu Pingfan was not a very nosy person and merely flashed an evil grin at Gu Pingsheng before switching into her main topic. The general idea of what she said was that she had arranged a follow-up examination for him and other things along those lines.

The words spoken from both of them were few and vague. Tong Yan tossed several dumplings at a time into some boiling water, pretending she did not understand.