My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After eating the glutinous rice balls, Gu Li patted her belly with satisfaction, and Chang An pulled her into his arms, and after she sat down, he reached out to her waist. But this time, Gu Li did not reach out to stop him, but looked down at Chang An who put his hand on her belly.

"Why does Madam Gu eat so much? Her belly is bulging." Chang An put his face close to Gu Li's and said so.

Gu Li has always had a small appetite, but today was an exception and he ate an extra bowl of dumplings, which made him feel full, and his belly naturally bulged a little.

"Ah!" Gu Li seemed a little nervous at this time, so he asked, "Will my belly always be bulging like this?"

"No, once the food in your stomach is digested, your belly will go down." Chang An saw that she was a little nervous at the moment, so he said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good." Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"What's wrong? Hasn't Mother Gu ever eaten so much before?" Chang An asked again.

"No, I used to eat until I felt full and then stop eating." Gu Li replied, "If I eat like this every day, will I get fat? If I get fat, will Chang Lang dislike me anymore?"

"No, I like whatever you look like, but I won't allow you to get fat." Chang An said.

"Why?" Gu Li asked curiously.

"Because when you get fat, you're more likely to get sick," Chang An scratched Gu Li's face, "Don't you want to stay healthy?"

"Then I'll control myself and eat less in the future, okay?" Gu Li shrank into Chang'an's arms again as if to please him.

"Just eat normally. Eat the same way that Gu Niang eats usually. It's okay to eat like today occasionally." Chang An patted her head and comforted her.

The two of them were so clingy that they barely separated for a while until it was time to take a shower after dinner. After they finished their showers, they continued to cling to each other.

Chang An continued to hold Gu Li in his arms, while holding her little hand and gesturing in the air.

"Mother Gu, would you like to drink mutton soup tomorrow?" Chang An asked.

"Drink mutton soup? Why?" Gu Li asked in confusion, looking at his hands that were being held by Chang An and gesticulating randomly.

"Winter Solstice represents the coldest time of the year, and drinking mutton soup can warm the body." Chang An said, "The most important thing is that I want my dear Gu Niang to eat all the food that should be eaten during the Winter Solstice, okay?"

"No, if I eat too much I will get fat, and if I get fat I will be unhealthy. If I am unhealthy I won't be able to stay with Chang Lang all the time." Gu Li pouted. Although she said this, she actually still wanted to eat.

"How could that be? You won't get fat if you eat a little more every day." Chang An said, "At most you'll gain a little more flesh. What if you gain a little more flesh? Maybe it will make you more comfortable to hold."

Hearing Chang An's words, Gu Li said with a hint of arrogance: "Okay, but...but I want Chang Lang to feel more comfortable when he hugs me. Don't think I'm greedy."

Chang An looked at Gu Li's arrogant look and couldn't help but smile. He put down Gu Li's two soft little hands, and instead used his fingers to poke Gu Li's little lips, and said in a wronged voice:

"That means that Gu Niang doesn't like what Chang Lang makes, right?"

"I thought Gu Niang would like it, but I didn't expect it was just to please me."

Gu Li had her back against Chang An, so she couldn't see the expression on Chang An's face at this moment. Although she knew that Chang An was actually pretending to be pitiful, she didn't know why she just fell for it.

She felt inexplicably anxious at this moment, so she fluttered in Chang An's arms and said anxiously, "I like to eat. I like everything Chang Lang makes."

"Really? How much do you like it?" Chang An put his hands on Gu Li's waist and used some strength to make Gu Li sit sideways so that she could see his face.

"A little less than I like Chang Lang." Gu Li said, hugging Chang An's neck.

"Then Madam Gu, how much do you like me?" Chang An raised his eyebrows and asked suddenly.

"Hmm..." Gu Li held his chin up seriously, and then replied playfully: "A little more than yesterday, a little less than tomorrow."

Chang An's eyes widened at this moment. He obviously didn't expect her to answer like this. He opened his mouth, organized his words back and forth, and finally asked:

"Mrs. Gu, how did you come up with this answer?"

"Because I feel that I will like Chang Lang more and more every day, that's what I say." Gu Li explained seriously.

After hearing this explanation, Chang An did not have the slightest thought of doubting her, as if he subconsciously knew that she was telling the truth. In the end, he let go of his worries about the matter and kissed her on the face instead.

He sat at the low table and chatted with Gu Li for a long time. When his hair was almost dry, he blew out the candles and went to bed together. It seemed that even Chang An himself did not notice that he could sit with Gu Li and chat every night, and he never felt bored or annoyed.

The next day, Chang An slept in as usual. After waking up, Gu Li dressed and washed himself as usual, and only woke up Chang An after finishing his work.

In the morning, before it started snowing, Chang An brought "little dumpling" Gu Li to the yard and made two more snowmen for his beloved Gu Niang.

In order to build the two snowmen, Chang An even went to the kitchen to get two pine cones as noses and four red dates as eyes.

In order to avoid being crushed by the heavy snow, the two snowmen made this time were larger than the last two snowmen, already half the height of Gu Li. Then Chang An ran back to the room and found a piece of silk that he rarely used, and wrapped it around the "shoulders" of one of the snowmen as a cloak, and then simply wrapped a "scarf" around the neck of the other snowman, and pinned a sword made of "twigs" on his waist.

Gu Li looked at the two snowmen with unstoppable joy in his eyes, "Chang Lang, the snowmen are so big this time!"

"Yes, if it's bigger, it won't be crushed by the heavy snow." Chang An shook off the snow on his hands, "Now, my dear Gu Niang won't be sad because the snowman is crushed."

"Chang Lang is so nice!" Gu Li didn't care about Chang An's cold hand at this time, he just took it and took him back to the room.

When it was almost lunch time, Chang An went to the kitchen again to arrange the mutton soup, and then returned to the room to continue accompanying Gu Li.

After lunch, Chang An and Gu Li sat at the low table and took a brief rest. Then they continued to snuggle together but each did their own thing - Chang An read a book, while Gu Li sat in Chang An's arms and did embroidery, and from time to time she would bring the patterns she made to Chang An's sleeves for comparison.

They sat there for another afternoon. When it was almost evening, someone knocked on the door. They both thought it was Huaiqin or Zhener, so they spoke at the same time:

"Enter!"

At this time, the door was pushed open, and the person outside walked in and asked, "Brother Yonghe...?"

When they heard the voice of a young man, they both raised their heads at the same time and looked towards the door. Du Chengming was standing at the entrance at this time, with one foot halfway in. However, seeing the current state of Chang An and Gu Li, he seemed to be at a loss, not knowing whether to move forward or backward.

Chang An and Gu Li were also a little embarrassed at this time. One of them quickly loosened his arms, and the other quickly moved out of the arms.

Du Chengming, who was standing at the door, also felt a little offended at this time, but after seeing the two of them separate, he stepped into the door and said with a little embarrassment:

"Brother Chang, today we have an appointment to go to Xinluan Restaurant for a drink as a celebration of this year's winter solstice. Are you going?"

"Xinluan Restaurant?" Chang An looked at Gu Li beside him and found that he was also looking at him, so he asked Gu Li: "Can I go?"

Gu Li thought about it for a moment, nodded and agreed: "You can go."

"Then Brother Yonghe, let's go now? Su... get ready quickly." Du Chengming was halfway through his words when he noticed that Gu Li was still beside Chang An, so he quickly changed his words.

"Wait a moment!"

At this time, Gu Li spoke again. Chang An and Du Chengming immediately became nervous, fearing that she would find something wrong. At this time, Gu Li continued to speak:

"I also need to go."

"Mrs. Gu...are you going too?" Du Chengming was a little incredulous.

"Mrs. Gu, you..." Chang An's reaction was exactly the same as Du Chengming's.

"I want to go too. My sister is in the Xinluan Restaurant and I want to go see her." said Gu Li.

Chang An was slightly startled after hearing this, and looked at Du Chengming - elder sister? Doesn't Gu Li only have two brothers? Where did the elder sister come from? But Chang An could feel that Gu Li was not lying, so he asked with some doubt:

"Mrs. Gu, you have a sister? Do I know her?"

"My elder sister Chang Lang also knows him." said Gu Li.

"I know him?" Chang An was even more confused. He searched the original owner's memory and found that in the entire Xinluan Restaurant, he only knew the courtesan Su Meng, and Su Meng definitely did not know Gu Li before.

"Yeah," Gu Li nodded and said, "And she is very familiar with Chang Lang."

Chang An and Du Chengming were even more confused, but Du Chengming still said, "If Madam Gu wants to go, she can go. Why don't you two prepare first?"

Hearing this, Gu Li laughed and went to get his cotton-padded jacket and cloak. After Chang An and Gu Li were ready, they followed Du Chengming out of the room. Before leaving, Chang An also told Huaiqin not to prepare dinner for himself and Gu Li, but Gu Li's medicine still had to be boiled in advance.

After giving instructions for everything, Chang An and Gu Li followed Du Chengming to the door, got on Du Chengming's carriage, and headed towards Pingkangfang.

Arriving at the entrance of Xinluan Restaurant, the ladies standing at the entrance came forward to greet Du Chengming from Chang'an enthusiastically as soon as they saw him: "Mr. Chang, Mr. Du."

When they saw the woman standing behind them, they were stunned for a moment, then greeted:

"Madam Gu is here too."

This greeting confused Chang An and Du Chengming again. They both turned back to look at Gu Li at the same time, but found that she looked normal, as if she thought it was normal.

But it was not appropriate to just stand at the door, so Chang An and Du Chengming had no choice but to bite the bullet and take Gu Li into the Xinluan Restaurant.