My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chang An came to the outside of the courtyard and first poked his head to look inside. He found that it was quite quiet and no one was inside.

He stood at the gate of the courtyard and took a deep breath. Then, holding the bookcase behind him, he walked towards the room with light steps.

When he reached the door, he took one last look at his clothes, straightened them a little, and then reached out and opened the door.

Walking into the room, he habitually looked towards the bed, but was distracted in an instant -

Gu Li was sitting on the edge of the bed at this time, wearing a light crimson dress with plum blossom patterns on it; her hair was tied in a bun with two hair loops hanging naturally behind her head, with a diamond hairpin inserted on top of her head; her face was still lightly made up, with a light crimson flower on her forehead.

She had green lip balm on her lips and a diamond necklace hanging around her fair neck. She held a brocade box in her hand and wore a diamond bracelet on her right hand.

"Chang Lang!"

As soon as he saw Chang An come in, his eyes suddenly became bright and he shouted with all his heart.

Chang An came back to his senses, closed the door, and put the bookcase aside. He walked straight to Gu Li, bent down, and came in front of her.

"Here, Chang Lang, take a look..." Gu Li picked up the box.

"This is the birthday gift I prepared for Chang Lang!" Chang An lowered his eyes slightly and saw the box in Gu Li's hand, and also saw the diamond ring on her left middle finger.

He sat down next to Gu Li, stretched out his hand, took the box, and put it beside him. Then he gently pulled Gu Li's hand and took off the diamond ring on the middle finger of Gu Li's left hand.

"This diamond ring cannot be worn on the middle finger of the left hand." Seeing that Gu Li was a little confused, Chang An explained, "Wearing a diamond ring on the middle finger of the left hand represents engagement."

As he spoke, he moved the ring to her left ring finger.

"And Gu Niang is my wife now, so you can only wear the ring on this finger, which means you are married."

Gu Li had never heard of such a statement before. He nodded as if he understood it, and then urged:

"Chang Lang, come and take a look at this gift. I made it myself."

Made by hand? Chang An picked up the box, opened it and looked inside. It was a square jade pendant with water waves on the border. There were two carps carved inside, both swimming towards a lotus flower.

This carp swimming in lotus jade pendant looks more delicate than the heart-knot jade pendant, and it probably took even longer to carve.

Chang An picked up the carp swimming in the lotus jade pendant just like he did that day, and at the same time took off the Qilin crowning the sun and hung them around his waist together with the heart knot.

"Does Chang Lang like it?" Gu Li asked expectantly.

"Of course I like it!" Chang An picked up Gu Li and put him on his lap. "I will wear these two jade pendants when I go out. If others ask, I will say that they were made by my mother Gu. Such beautiful jade pendants, of course I want them to be envious."

"This jade pendant is not as beautiful as Chang Lang said." Gu Li was overjoyed by the compliment, but still said so.

"Of course." Chang An rubbed her face and asked, "Why do I feel that Gu Niang is more beautiful than before today?"

"Because I have dressed up carefully today," Gu Li replied, "Why? According to what Chang Lang said, I was not good-looking enough before?"

"How could that be? Gu Niang has always been very beautiful, but she looks the best today." Chang An said with a smile.

"That's more like it." Gu Li also smiled with his eyes curved.

At this moment, she suddenly broke free from Chang'an's arms and took a few steps back, enough for Chang'an to see her whole body. Then she smiled and turned around in front of his eyes. The plum blossoms embroidered with gold thread on her clothes seemed to be sparkling at this time.

"How about it, Chang Lang? Does this outfit look good on me?"

After turning around, Gu Li opened his arms slightly and asked.

"She is as beautiful as a fairy, a stunning beauty!" Chang An looked at Gu Li and replied.

"It's a pity that I don't know what kind of flowers Chang Lang likes, so I asked the embroiderer of the cloth shop to embroider plum blossoms on it. So it may not look that good." Gu Li pouted slightly, seeming a little dissatisfied with herself.

Chang An smiled, stretched out his hand again, pulled her into his arms, put her on his lap, and said, "My favorite flower is Gu Niang. My Gu Niang is the most beautiful flower in the world."

"Really?" Gu Li asked in a low voice with a smile, moving closer to Chang An and touching their foreheads.

"Of course it's true. When has your Chang Lang ever lied to you?" Chang An answered in the same low voice.

The fragrance of Gu Li's body rushed into Chang An's nose, and it seemed to smell a little bit of excitement and happiness. She exhaled like orchid and whispered:

"Congratulations to my Chang Lang, you now have the most beautiful flower in the world..."

She and Chang An looked at each other, and the latter could see the slight ripples in her eyes, as well as his own reflection. The emotions between the two reached a point, and their lips were about to touch each other again, but——

"Sir, Sanniang?"

Huaiqin's voice came from outside the room, and the two were forced to stop. Chang An felt a little "speechless", and looked at Gu Li again, and said, "Come in."

Huaiqin then opened the door, and together with Zhen'er and the servants brought in the dishes.

"Master, Sanniang, it's time for lunch." Huaiqin and Zhen'er seemed to notice the unnatural look on Chang'an and Gu Li's faces.

The two of them separated, left the bed one after another, sat in front of the low table, and watched the servants put the food on the table one by one. Chang An and Gu Li looked at each other, but they looked at each other, wanting to say something, but in the end they had nothing to say.

Huaiqin and Zhen'er saw that their masters were a little awkward. They looked at each other, as if they had reached some consensus, and then nodded in tacit understanding.

After serving the meal, Gu Li finally asked, "Chang Lang...are you planning on going out later?"

"Mrs. Gu, do you want to go out? Where to?" Chang An picked up some dishes for Gu Li with chopsticks.

"No, I'm just asking..." Gu Li shook his head and simply picked up some rice from the bowl and put it into his mouth.

After that, there was no conversation until lunch was over. After lunch, Huaiqin and Zhener quickly cleaned up the dishes and fled out.

Not long after, Zhen'er came in with medicine, put it in front of Gu Li, and said, "Sanniang, your medicine."

Gu Li simply nodded and picked up the medicine bowl. Then Zhen'er turned to Chang'an and said, "Sir, Huaiqin and I would like to ask for leave from you."

"Take a leave? What's wrong with you?" Chang An asked with some confusion.

"It's just... Huaiqin suddenly feels a little uncomfortable in her stomach and wants to see a doctor..." Zhen'er said hesitantly.

"Stomach upset?" Even Gu Li felt a little strange. He held the bowl and asked, "But you didn't have any problems when you were eating just now?"

"Replying to Sanniang, Huaiqin just...just started to have a stomach upset after lunch, and the pain was very uncomfortable."

The two looked at each other in confusion, not knowing why. Chang An held his chin and thought, while Gu Li continued to drink the medicine. The room suddenly became quiet for a moment.

After Gu Li finished drinking the medicine and handed the medicine bowl to Zhen'er, Chang An spoke again:

"Although I don't know what you two want to do, I can't deny this holiday..." Chang An said, taking out two silver ingots from his purse and placing them on the tray.

"You two take this and go out. We've granted you this afternoon's leave. When will you be back?"

"It should be around the twilight hour."

"Okay, go ahead." Chang An said.

Zhener picked up the plate and bowed, "Thank you, sir. We will be out later."

After Zhen'er left, the two of them relaxed a little. But then, Gu Li suddenly stood up, walked to the door and bolted it, and then sat back at the low table.

When he sat back in his original seat, Gu Li still unhappily rested his elbows on the table, supporting his face.

Chang An saw her like this, so he smiled and came forward and asked, "Mother Gu? What's wrong?"

"I'm a little unhappy." Gu Li answered directly without hiding anything.

"Then come and talk to Chang Lang. Why are you unhappy again? Weren't you in a good mood just now?" Chang An pulled her over and asked considerately.

"Because today is Chang Lang's birthday, I want to spend some time with him." Gu Li frowned and pouted as he said, "But no matter before or today, there are always people who come to disturb me..."

"Okay, okay, isn't there anyone who can disturb us now?"

Chang An smiled and opened his arms, and Gu Li also got into his arms, leaning on his shoulders, and wrapped his arms around Chang An's neck. As if he felt a little far away from Chang An, he shrank back into his arms, and his head was completely pressed against Chang An's face.

"Are you holding it so tightly because you're afraid that I'll lose it?" Chang An asked with amusement.

"No..." Gu Li raised his head and looked at Chang An, "It's almost the same if I lost it. Chang Lang is so smart that he won't lose it."

"Little flatterer..." Chang An kissed Gu Li on the lips lovingly.

Gu Li smiled and said sweetly: "Today Chang Lang is one year older. This is also the first birthday I celebrate with Chang Lang."

"There will be a second time, a third time, and a hundredth time." Chang An pinched Gu Li's waist and shook her body.

"Really?" Gu Li asked happily.

"Of course, and Mrs. Gu is always there to accompany me every year."

Chang An said, and kissed Gu Li again. But when he just left her lips, he looked at her sparkling eyes again, and at this time, the tenderness like water filled her eyes.

"Chang Lang, happy birthday..."

After saying that, she took the initiative to kiss Chang An's lips.

After a while, the two of them needed to stand up and move, so they temporarily separated their lips. When they sat back on the bed, they continued what they had not finished just now.

At this moment, their emotions overwhelmed their rationality and knocked them down...