I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 444: Heartthrob

Chapter 444: Chapter 444: Heartthrob

Shen Haoze was taken aback for a moment. "You told Qiao Qingyu, but how did you say it?"

Su Yunyao looked at Shen Haoze, who sometimes still seemed as naive as a big kid. She leaned against the dormitory door, then beckoned to Shen Haoze, "Come closer, and I’ll tell you how I said it..."

Shen Haoze did not hesitate and obediently moved closer, still asking, "How are you going to tell her."

To his surprise, in the next moment, his clothes were suddenly grasped by Su Yunyao. He had to bend down, and then Su Yunyao tiptoed up, her cool red lips pressed against his, instantly making Shen Haoze’s eyes widen, and his heart seemed to stop beating.

His entire body stiffened as well.

For some reason, Su Yunyao tried a tentative bite on his lip.

Inevitably, Shen Haoze’s face flared up with redness.

He even forgot to struggle, to dodge, to push Su Yunyao away, and just stood there, bending over as she clutched the collar of his sweater, allowing Su Yunyao’s lips to roam over his.

Su Yunyao hadn’t expected Shen Haoze’s breath to smell so nice.

What did it smell like?

Fresh and brisk, like the scent in the forest early in the morning.

Shen Haoze was completely dumbstruck, letting Su Yunyao take liberties...

A throb at Su Yunyao’s heart, and then her heart finally started beating irregularly. Her breath became somewhat chaotic, and then she suddenly let go, turned, opened the door, closed it swiftly behind her, and without caring whether there were people in the corridor or not, she quickened her pace towards the stairs, faster and faster, until she broke into a run.

Reaching the stairs, she instinctively glanced back; the door to Shen Haoze’s dormitory was still firmly closed, evidently, Shen Haoze had not yet come to his senses.

Su Yunyao couldn’t help but touch her lips, unsure of what she was feeling inside, and she even stumbled on the stairs, nearly tumbling down, luckily catching herself on the handrail.

The snow outside was getting heavier, wrapping Su Yunyao up in an entirely new sensation, a warm one that held an unspeakable warmth, like threads wrapping around her heart.

She didn’t even have time to think about what she would do when Shen Haoze would ask her about these things tomorrow.

Especially since she had so shamelessly stolen, or perhaps borrowed, the scientific achievements of the research team from her previous life.

How was she going to explain that to Shen Haoze?

She pushed these thoughts out of her mind.

Thrown to the back of her consciousness, she ran forward into the night of the blizzard, her heart pounding fiercely, feeling sour and swollen, only thinking that this rebirth was actually pretty good.

They say a timely snow promises a good harvest; this year’s snow was clearly bigger than last year’s.

The snow went on for two days and nights.

Now, clearing the snow was going to be quite the chore.

He Xuerong, who usually loved to sleep in, had gotten up early and, after dressing herself, went out with her little uncle to shovel snow. The sky was somewhat dim and pulling the curtains made the room even darker. After tossing and turning all night, Qiao Qingyu’s limbs were sore, but the bed was warm, and so was the room.

She rubbed her face on the pillow, deciding not to get up today and to sleep in instead.

The bedroom door remained tightly closed, making it unlikely to be disturbed.

He Xiu Yu’s voice conversing with He Xuerong seemed to drift into her ears now and then, and then, it seemed there was an additional male voice, probably a neighbor. Qiao Qingyu, in her drowsy state, didn’t think much of it; getting some extra sleep at this time seemed just right.

Half asleep, half awake, she then heard the bedroom door open. Without needing to look, she knew by the footsteps that it was He Xuerong.

He Xuerong quickly approached Qiao Qingyu.

Although Qiao Qingyu was in a semi-conscious state, she lazily opened her eyes and glanced at her. The little girl’s cheeks were frozen like big apples, but her spirit was lively. Qiao Qingyu asked, "Is it very cold outside?"

"Little aunt, little aunt, I have some news for you." He Xuerong obviously did not answer the question.

Qiao Qingyu closed her eyes again. What had she discovered this time?

"Uncle Shen and Aunt Su are getting married."

"Oh..." After uttering an "oh," Qiao Qingyu paused for a moment, blinked her eyes, finally fully awakening, and sat up with a smile, looking at He Xuerong, "Little girl, where did you hear that?"

"I heard it from Uncle Shen himself talking to the little uncle. They were right at the front gate shoveling snow, and that’s what they were talking about."

Qiao Qingyu lay back down, her eyes fixated on the ceiling, musing how strange the turn of events was. Su Yunyao was always so proud and seemingly indifferent towards Shen Haoze, how could they suddenly decide to get married? Remembering how embarrassed they both looked the day before, she wondered if they had already ’cooked the rice into a meal.’

Of course, this thought was but a fleeting one in her mind, and naturally, she wouldn’t share it with He Xuerong.

Qiao Qingyu drawled, "Well, that’s also quite good. Did you hear when they are planning to get married?"

"They said they’ll have the wedding at the base before the Spring Festival, and then, when the holidays come, they’ll head back to Beijing together." He Xuerong was evidently very excited with this bit of gossip.

The child had a good memory, recalling all that Shen Haoze had just mentioned.

Unable to sleep any longer, Qiao Qingyu decided to get up. After washing up, she went to the kitchen and saw that the rice porridge was ready, and there were still a few warm steamed buns in the steamer.

Qiao Qingyu stuck her head out to look outside. The walkway in the courtyard had been swept clean, and the snow had been piled into the vegetable garden.

The same went for the area outside the main gate, but He Xiu Yu and Shen Haoze were nowhere to be seen.

By this time, having mulled over it for two days and nights, Shen Haoze realized when facing Qiao Hexiu that just like Su Yunyao’s girl had said, even if he wanted to speak, he might not be able to, the key question being how to start. It was utterly absurd, and besides, none of this had yet occurred. To discuss it would involve a lot of complications.

A-04 was now nearly becoming Shen Haoze’s bane; no matter what, the project was drawing to a close; if he told Shen Haoze how Su Yunyao was, just the thought of the consequences made him feel he might not be able to take it.

At this point, he could only choose to be selfish for once.

People are strange indeed. Shen Haoze gripped the shovel in his hand tighter, then involuntarily touched his ear. His ear was hot and burning, for every time he thought of Su Yunyao, his mind would drift to that kiss; he never imagined a girl’s lips could be so soft and sweet.

So sweet that when Su Yunyao pushed open the door to leave, he still stood there dazed and didn’t know how much time had passed before he came to his senses. By the time he opened the door, Su Yunyao had already run out of sight. He chased after her, knowing which dormitory was hers, and just as the lights came on, it was clear that Su Yunyao had just returned.