Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 286: Want to Touch

Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Want to Touch

Gu Huai’an looked down and shook his head, "I’ve never eaten it."

Song Yunuan immediately extended a warm invitation, "Come, give it a try."

It was inconvenient to hold, so she poured a few into Gu Huai’an’s palm.

Afterward, she paused for a moment.

It was the first time Song Yunuan seriously looked at Gu Huai’an’s hand.

It was very clean; indeed, the palm of his hand was very white.

His knuckles well-defined, his fingers long and jade-like.

[Brother’s hands are really nice-looking, I want to touch!]

Song Yunuan’s hand was eager to try.

Gu Huai’an, without changing his expression, withdrew his hand.

He also stepped back.

Want to touch?

Just wait then.

He then watched Song Yunuan, who always blurted out bold words — indeed, one could never tell just by looking at her surface.

Gu Huai’an picked one up, pondered for a moment, and said, "In the north they call it ’black oily,’ but its scientific name is Dragon Hollyhock. It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. The fruit is edible but should not be eaten in large quantities. The unripe ones are poisonous."

Song Yunuan regretfully glanced at the hand Gu Huai’an had withdrawn; he was a true gentleman.

While eating, she said, "No wonder it looked familiar. Its scientific name is quite pleasant to hear."

Under the tree’s shade in the summer, a gentle breeze blew.

The sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows.

From a distance, they looked like a perfectly matched couple.

Gu Huai’an looked down at Song Yunuan.

How much did she really know about his thoughts?

Gu Huai’an suppressed the myriad thoughts in his heart and shifted the topic.

He told Song Yunuan that there were peaches someone had sent him in the base’s cold storage. He had brought back a basket of them. Since the team office was in a meeting just now, he left the peaches in his temporary office and would deliver them to her house later.

The peaches would definitely be tastier than these.

However, at this time, it was rare to see fruit for sale in Nanshan County Town, even though there were fruit trees here, the yield wasn’t high.

Clearly, Gu Huai’an had gotten them for her.

She thought about what Gu Huai’an had given her since he returned from abroad.

Not to mention the gifts.

They were all infused with exotic charm, and almost everyone in the family had received something; hers were the most numerous.

Yet they were not the kind of items that prompted wild thoughts; all were quite proper, such as notebooks, books, pencil boxes, hairpins, fountain pens, etc.

But speaking of things he brought for the family, there were pork, vermicelli, dried noodles, and a basket of eggs...

Song Yunuan raised her eyebrows and asked directly, "Brother Huai’an, you are so good to me, do you want a return favor?"

[For example, offering myself?]

Gu Huai’an smiled slightly, "I want a return favor!"

Song Yunuan stopped in her tracks, her eyes sparkling, and she asked excitedly, "What return favor do you want?"

Gu Huai’an took a deep breath, knowing that when he spoke with Song Yunuan, he had to be straightforward and thick-skinned.

He casually glanced at her and instead asked, "What return favor can you offer me?"

Song Yunuan laughed, "I know what you want, and I can tell you what I will give you as a return favor, but if I say it out loud, you’ll be embarrassed."

Gu Huai’an: ...

When it came to having a thick face, he was no match for her: "Then don’t say it, I’m thin-skinned."

Song Yunuan laughed heartily.

Gu Huai’an’s eyes twinkled with a smile, "Let’s go, I’ll get you the peaches."

The two of them walked together toward the team office.

Chu Zizhou hurried out and upon seeing Gu Huai’an said, "I forgot to tell you; Grandpa Gu called this morning and said to give him a call back."

Gu Huai’an replied, "I’ve called him from the base."

Since the call had been made, he didn’t worry about it any further; Chu Zizhou went to check on the construction of Xia Xindong’s house.

This was the responsibility of the public officials, who needed to complete it within a certain timeframe, striving to finish the repairs on Xia Xindong’s house before the rainy season arrived.

The location was not far from the Song family home.

The village itself was not large; one could almost see from south to north, and from east to west.

That indicates just how small the village was.

But it had one advantage, it was easy to manage.

He needed to complete the task quickly, so Xia Xindong’s family could move into the new house, and then the youth volunteer point could be transformed into a factory.

So, Erdao River Village ended up with a clothing factory, and soon as the livestock farming project was completed, a batch of chickens, ducks, and geese would be brought in.

Next, they had to look after the rice paddies; the technician said it was almost time for a crucial phase and absolutely no mistakes could be afforded.

Oh Heaven, was every village leader this busy, or was it just him?

Chu Zizhou thought to himself as he vanished like a gust of wind.

Gu Huai’an was not surprised at all.

Deep down, Chu Zizhou was a very persistent man.

Even stubborn.

It was only his casual appearance that suggested otherwise.

Song Yunuan didn’t move all of the peaches to her home; Old Mr. Gong still lived at the brigade headquarters, and her uncle also visited often. Now they were just waiting for the equipment and technicians sent from Beidu to arrive so they could start production.

Old Mr. Gong was nervously anxious yet excited.

Although he was an atheist, deep down he was also chanting Amitabha, hoping that everything would go smoothly.

He hoped that before he died, he could bring his unfortunate youngest son back home.

It is said that good people will be rewarded.

His son had done a good deed by taking someone to the hospital and didn’t deserve this fate.

And now he didn’t even know how his youngest was doing, just that he was still alive.

He followed Xia Xindong closely, with protection arranged, not to mention having Gu Huai’an here.

Unknowingly, Erdao River Village had become a rather special existence.

Song Yunuan only took a small portion of the peaches, then washed a basin full for Old Mr. Gong and brought them over.

She then heard Old Mr. Gong and Gu Huai’an discussing the summer friendship camp.

Song Yunuan set down the freshly washed peaches, not taking much notice as Old Mr. Gong and the others were just talking.

Gu Huai’an advised Old Mr. Gong to rest, while he himself went off to the temporary office to get busy.

When the medicine was ready, he too would be leaving.

Meanwhile, the Xia family had already moved back into their old house.

Even the small apartment that the joint venture company was supposed to allocate, Xia Bowen had refused.

Luckily there was another option, or else they would have had to rent a house for him and his daughter and son.

Falling to these circumstances made Shangguan Wan uncomfortable, but after hearing about it, her father said her uncle was a petty hypocrite who had it coming. At this stage, one should see the situation clearly and preserve the most significant interests. For instance, work didn’t matter; they both resigned. Over here they wouldn’t hand over Xia Xindong, and on that side, they’d find a way to take care of Song Yunuan. If that failed, they’d ignore her, waiting for another opportunity to deal with this troublemaker.

But Xia Bowen disagreed.

As a result, now he gained nothing, and it would all end up being fruitless.

Shangguan Wan felt her father’s words were both right and wrong, her feelings torn. She couldn’t easily make phone calls here, because the person her father had left in charge had encountered trouble.

Most importantly, with things turning out this way, living in the Xia home was extremely awkward for her.

Just as she was at her wit’s end, a stranger stopped her, informing her that Second Young Master Zhong would soon arrive in Beidu, hidden among the summer friendship camp; his target was her, but her boss had already found someone to prepare to slip Song Yunuan into the camp, handing her over to Second Young Master Zhong, thus killing two birds with one stone.

The stranger then instructed Shangguan Wan to prepare to move out.

A room had already been rented for her near the Xia residence.

With Xia Bowen’s unyielding attitude, if things turned against her, she wouldn’t be able to escape.

She was asked to wait for the summer camp to start, wait for Zhong Shaoqing to shift his target to Song Yunuan, after which she would be free.

What she needed to do now was to convey the information about the summer camp to Xia Bowen, in the hopes of easing tensions and using the pretext of additional points for college entrance exams to persuade Xia Bowen to consider signing Song Yunuan up.

If it failed, it didn’t matter.

She must not be too eager, must not give herself away.

A fierce determination flashed in Shangguan Wan’s eyes—all of this was Song Yunuan’s own doing.

The nail that sticks out gets hammered.

She could only blame her for standing out too much!