My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Gu Li sat on the bedside reading a collection of poems, while Chang An was writing or drawing something at the table in front of the bed. Suddenly, Gu Li seemed to have thought of something and asked:

"Chang Lang, where should we go to bathe at night?"

"In the room, here..." Chang An answered, and then pointed to a corner of the room where there was a screen, "There is a big bathtub behind the screen, and you can take a bath when you fill it with hot water."

"Ah..." Gu Li hadn't noticed that corner before, "Washing inside the house, wouldn't that mean..."

Chang An understood what Gu Li meant, and turned around to look at her with some amusement, which made her feel a little embarrassed, so Chang An said, "Then when Madam Gu takes a bath, I will go outside."

"I... that's not what I meant!" Gu Li said hesitantly, "I'm afraid... I'm afraid the water will spill into the house."

Chang An looked at Gu Li, who was trying to hide something, and asked teasingly, "There's a thick carpet over there, how did it spill on the ground?"

"I..." Gu Li was getting more and more nervous when being looked at by Chang An, and then he said, "I'm afraid of disturbing Chang Lang's study."

"I didn't bring any books. The only thing in our luggage is your poetry collection, Gu Niang." Chang An continued to play dumb, just to tease Gu Li, "I'm just drawing now."

Gu Li opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but then she remembered that she and Chang An were now husband and wife, so it seemed that this was no big deal. Although she was mentally prepared, she continued to say stubbornly:

"Then...don't blame me for disturbing Chang Lang's painting while I'm taking a shower."

Chang An smiled again, turned back to face the table, and said, "I'm just teasing Gu Niang. If you're shy, I can leave."

"It's over. Chang Lang has seen through my little trick. Gu Li, why are you so stupid?"

Gu Liru thought to herself that she had never expected to be laughed at by Chang Lang again, and her face was already red with shame. She wanted to continue to defend herself, but according to Chang Lang's temper, he would probably laugh at her again, so she simply fell on the bed and sulked by herself.

"Mother Gu, don't read while lying down. It's bad for your eyes." Chang An heard the noise behind him and knew that Gu Li had fallen on the bed, so he said.

Helplessly, Gu Li could only sit up again, pouting, humming as if in a fit of anger, and gently patted Chang An with the poetry collection. Chang An knew that Gu Li was sulking, so he didn't turn around to tease her, but just let her go.

After the evening meal, Gu Li's anger was almost gone. Chang An tightened her cloak and took her out of the room. When they got outside the courtyard, Chang An took Gu Li's hand and walked slowly along the temple road.

Although Chang An didn't know what walking meditation and Zen meditation meant, he thought that walking around the temple could be considered as a form of practice. He walked along the road to the main hall, where some monks were chanting sutras. So he took Gu Li to the corner and sat down to listen to the monks chanting sutras.

Chang An himself didn't seem to be listening to anything, but Gu Li didn't seem to be listening as seriously as he had in the afternoon. He even felt a little sleepy while listening, and yawned slightly with his hand covering his mouth.

Seeing her yawn, Chang An asked in a low voice: "Are you a little bored?"

Gu Li nodded, and Chang An took her hand and left quietly, just like when they came.

When I returned to the door of the room, I heard the voice of the monk behind me: "Two donors, please stay for a while."

The two turned around, and Chang An put his hands together as usual and asked, "Master, what's the matter?"

"Nothing serious," said the monk Liao Wen. "Hot water has been boiled in the firewood room. If you need to take a bath, you can go and get it. There is a wooden basin in the house for you to use. The firewood room is not far to the northwest of this courtyard."

"Thank you Zen Master."

After giving the instructions, Monk Lewen left as usual without even looking at Li, like a monk who kept his precepts.

Chang An took Gu Li back to the room and said, "Mother Gu, pack your clothes first. I'll get you some hot water."

Gu Li nodded obediently, and after watching Chang An leave the room, she couldn't help but think of the fact that she had to take a shower next to Chang Lang, and her face began to feel slightly hot again.

She quickly shook off the thoughts in her head, took a deep breath and comforted herself in her heart: Chang Lang is an upright person, Chang Lang respects me very much, and Chang Lang will not peek or eavesdrop.

After comforting herself for a while, Gu Li felt that her face was not so hot anymore. She took her bag, took out a set of clothes at random, and then came behind the screen. There was indeed a bathtub behind the screen, with no windows around it, and the screen was solid, so she couldn't see outside through the screen.

She also hung her changing clothes on the screen, then returned to the bed, took out a paper bag containing soap from her bag, and took it behind the screen. There was a small table next to the bathtub, and Gu Li placed the soap on it.

At this time, Chang An also came in with two buckets of hot water. There seemed to be a monk standing at the door, with two buckets of water at his feet. Chang An first came to the bathtub with the buckets and poured them into the bathtub, then went to the door and took the buckets at the monk's feet and poured them into the bathtub.

Seeing Gu Li looking at him, he said, "This hot water is not enough. I'll go get some more. You wait first."

After saying that, he picked up the bucket and quickly went out the door. He fetched another batch of hot water and the basin was almost full. After Chang An returned the wooden bucket to the monk, he returned to the house and checked around for Gu Li before saying:

"I'll wait for you outside. Call me when you're done."

After saying that, Chang An was about to turn around and leave the room, but Gu Li stopped him: "Um... Chang Lang, don't... don't go out, it's cold outside."

Chang An raised his eyebrows and found that Gu Li's face was a little red, but he didn't want to tease her anymore. After all, the water would get cold if she didn't wash. So he said, "Then you go first, Gu Niang. I'll be over at the desk. Just call me if you need anything."

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded, so Chang An left the screen and returned to the desk to continue painting.

Not long after he started painting, Chang An's sensitive hearing came into play: the sound of Gu Li bathing over there actually reached his ears. He took a few deep breaths and wanted to continue to concentrate on painting, but the sound that reached his ears seemed to be getting louder and louder, and he felt a little angry.

Chang An stroked his forehead and pretended not to hear anything, intending to continue painting. But no matter how he pretended, these sounds were real, so even if Chang An was calm, he felt his face getting slightly hot.

"Chang Lang."

Well, I was hallucinating because of the blood and qi, and I could even hear Gu Niang calling me - Chang An thought so.

"Chang Lang, are you there?"

At this time, he heard another voice, which was definitely coming from the other side of the screen. It was probably not an illusion, so Chang An replied, "I'm here, what's wrong?"

"I... I forgot to bring a towel in. Can Chang Lang help me get it?" Gu Li behind the screen seemed a little shy, and his voice was not very loud.

After hearing this, Chang An's mind went blank. He mechanically looked at the bed. Gu Li's bag was still on the bed, and there was indeed a towel lying in the bag.

He mechanically reached out his hand to take the towel, stood up and walked to the screen. He stood in front of the screen and took several deep breaths, then raised his hand to cover his eyes tightly, and slowly walked past the screen according to his memory. When he saw that he was almost in the right position, he stopped, held out the towel in his hand, and said:

"Mrs. Gu...your towel."

Gu Li was sitting in the water at this time. Seeing Chang An covering his eyes tightly and then trying very hard to pass the towel in his hand to her, she smiled secretly. She stretched out her hand and took the towel directly. When Chang An felt the towel in his hand being taken away, he immediately turned around and wanted to "escape" from this "place of trouble".

But he remembered the way in, but not the way out, so he bumped into the screen when he turned around. He cried out in pain, then quickly changed the trajectory of his steps and left the screen directly. Seeing him like this, Gu Li felt a little moved.

Chang An sat back at his desk and tried to take a few deep breaths to adjust his state, but his throat felt a little dry. He didn't know if it was caused by the mist or something else. He quickly poured a glass of cold water and poured it directly into his mouth. Only then did he feel better.

Not long after, Gu Li changed his clothes and came out. Seeing Chang An still sitting there drawing, he remembered how he bumped into the screen just now, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

When Chang An heard Gu Li's laughter, he looked up and asked awkwardly, "Mother Gu, are you done washing?"

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded, then walked forward, bent down to get close to him, and reached out to gently touch the red spot on Chang An's forehead, and asked: "Chang Lang, does it still hurt?"

Chang An smelled the fragrance of Gu Li's body, and coupled with what happened just now, he couldn't help but feel a little hot again, and hurriedly said: "It doesn't hurt anymore, that water... is the water still hot?"

"It's still hot."

"Then I'll go wash..." After saying that, Chang An took his bag, quickly took out his towel and clothes, and went straight to the other side of the screen.

Seeing Chang An's shy look, Gu Li sat directly where Chang An had just sat, looked at the other side of the screen, bit his lips lightly, and laughed - he knew that Chang Lang was a shy person, but he didn't expect that Chang Lang would be so shy that he even covered his eyes when he came in.

As she was thinking, she suddenly noticed the painting on the table. Chang An also said that he was painting, but he didn't know what he was painting. So, she lowered her head and looked at the painting -

The painting was a snowy scene, with trees painted on both sides and some flowers dotted on top. In the middle was a mountain path, and on the path was a silhouette that looked like a woman.

The woman was wearing a cape with a flower branch on it. Looking closely at her movements, it seemed that she was looking at the flowers and trees on both sides, and from the back she looked lively.

In the lower right corner of the painting, there is a cute snowman standing there quietly, and a small plum blossom is painted on the snowman's head.

Seeing this, Gu Li seemed to have thought of something, so she turned around and took her cloak from the bed. She turned over the back of the cloak, and after seeing the pattern on it clearly, her heart moved slightly, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

She held the cloak in her arms. If Chang An was present at this moment, he would definitely see that Gu Li's face was slightly red, just like the plum blossom branch on the cloak.