Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away-Chapter 44 - Forty-four he actually touched his own lips_1

After that, she hurriedly added, “I’ll take them to the kitchen for you. Remember to take them with you tomorrow when you leave; they should be able to fetch some money.”

To tell the truth, it wasn’t that she didn’t want to try them, but that she really couldn’t bear to.

But whom could she blame for that?

It wasn’t that Ji Pianran was stingy.

It was that during the years when Gu Chen left home, she had lived on her own, with Tangtang, as tenacious as a weed.

That life was naturally fraught with difficulties.

So many times, the house was so poor that there wasn’t even money to buy rice.

All she could do was borrow money over and over again.

At the most extreme times, she even had to borrow rice!

More than once, she wanted to rebel against such a life, hoping to live with dignity and not bend for those five bushels of rice.

But again and again, reality bent her spine.

She wasn’t just a woman, but also a mother.

Behind her stood her own flesh and blood.

She could only grit her teeth and swallow down pride, stretching every penny to its limit, sometimes splitting it in two, or even three.

Now Gu Chen was earning money, but some habits had taken root.

And they were truly hard to change all at once.

Something seemed to stab at Gu Chen’s heart.

What had she endured during all those years?

Thinking back to the girl he’d married, innocent and carefree, Gu Chen’s heart ached bitterly.

What had life done to her?

But he knew she was reluctant to part with them, and he couldn’t expose that.

Gu Chen gave an uncomfortable smile.

“It’s okay, these are for you. You and Tangtang wash them and eat them like fruit! If you can’t finish them, we’ll dry them and boil them for soup!”

Ji Pianran shook her head, her eyes earnest.

“Really, it’s not necessary. You should sell them. It’s only two days until the New Year, and there might be a few days we won’t be able to sell vegetables.”

“Listen to me, just keep these for us to eat at home. People are always more important than money!”

After saying that, Gu Chen pinched a goji berry and brought it towards Ji Pianran’s lips…

Ji Pianran was startled.

He, he was feeding her?

Seeing that Gu Chen had already brought it to her lips,

Refusing would seem a bit distant.

Ji Pianran had no choice but to brace herself and open her mouth.

Her mouth was very attractive, the soft, delicate lips rosy red.

The instant Gu Chen touched them with his finger, a tingling sensation rushed through his body.

In those days, city folks were still unliberated, let alone the even more conservative countryside.

In his past life, it was only after Ji Pianran ran away from home that Gu Chen realized he truly loved her.

But it was already too late.

Even though he was alone in the city without a decent job, Gu Chen had one advantage:

He was born attractive.

Thanks to his good looks, there had been quite a few young girls chasing after him.

But by then, Ji Pianran was already in his heart.

And he could no longer make room for anyone else.

Latter in life, as Gu Chen grew older, the number of his suitors dwindled.

And then, Tangtang fell ill.

followed by Gu Chen’s rebirth.

So strictly speaking, Gu Chen really didn’t have much experience with romance.

A person filled with ideas of free love had died without ever having been in a relationship.

It was just fate playing tricks.

He swallowed hard, his throat tight.

Ji Pianran was equally frozen on the spot.

To tell the truth, her experience with love was even less than Gu Chen’s.

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She fell for him the moment she saw him, and then married him.

She had thought that this was probably love, but later she realized it was just one-sided love.

He didn’t love her, yet he married her and gave her a home.

These past few days, Gu Chen first touched her hand, then held her, and now he even directly touched her lips.

Ji Pianran felt nothing but an increased heartbeat and nervousness.

Her brain seemed to have been stolen away, suddenly going blank.

Only a lingering intuition was telling herself.

His actions were getting more and more intimate!!!

He actually touched her lips!

“I, I’m thirsty, I’m going to drink some water.”

After Ji Pianran said that, she turned and hurried away, feeling that if she delayed even a moment longer, her face would start burning!

That would certainly be noticed by Gu Chen!

She didn’t want Gu Chen to notice.

At this moment, Gu Chen’s mind was chaotic, but he felt like he should say something to mask that hint of awkwardness in the air.

“Why, why don’t you try making some water with goji berries…”

Ji Pianran: “…”

Having said half of it, Gu Chen’s rationality gradually returned.

It was as if he suddenly realized something, and fiercely slapped his own head hard!

Does he have OCD or something?

Just now offering her goji berries to eat, and now telling her to make goji berry water.

Lucky for him, Ji Pianran was his wife.

Otherwise, she might think he was fixated on the idea of selling her his goji berries!

After Ji Pianran left Gu Chen’s room, she finally exhaled a sigh of relief.

Then she patted her chest.

That moment just now, she felt like her heart was about to jump out!

It was the twelfth lunar month after all, the outside was freezing cold.

She rubbed her hands together, and quickly returned to her own room.

That night, Gu Chen, as usual, told his daughter a story, and the little girl fell asleep after not too long.

Lying in bed, Gu Chen looked out at the moonlight and thought of the packet of cordyceps seeds.

It’s winter right now, and it’s definitely not feasible to plant them outside.

And those seeds are valuable.

Planting them in the yard would risk damage from heavy snow or strong winds, and even one seed lost would be a loss of money.

The only solution was to hurry up and build a house.

Not for anything else, but for the sake of the cordyceps, he had to build it.

Moreover, once the second floor was built.

Ji Pianran’s status would be lifted.

He wanted her to live with her head held high and chest out, never again worrying about life’s basic necessities.

The countryside is not like the city.

Bricks are cheap, and the land is their own. With money, they can build as many floors as they desire.

Gu Chen decided that once the new year was over, he would build a second floor!

He would keep one room especially for cultivating cordyceps!

He didn’t believe that with hard work, there would be any money he couldn’t earn!

…

The next morning, as usual, Gu Chen got up early to prepare some food, and just as he lifted the kitchen curtain, he saw Ji Pianran standing at the stove, with a pot of rice porridge simmering on the bright red furnace.

Gu Chen smiled, “Morning.”

Because of his slip of the tongue last night.

Gu Chen felt somewhat embarrassed, feeling like whatever he said didn’t quite seem right.

When Ji Pianran saw him, she too couldn’t help but remember the scene from the day before.

To be honest, she had slept badly last night.

Her dreams were filled with Gu Chen.

It had been a long, long time since she had dreamed about Gu Chen.

And this was the first time.

In the dream, Gu Chen stood under the sun, his gaze warm and clear, smiling at her, saying, “Don’t be afraid, from now on, we’ll walk the path together.”

Even in the dream, her heartbeat involuntarily sped up a lot.

When she opened her eyes, it was already six o’clock.

She tossed and turned in bed several times, thinking that Gu Chen was probably going to buy groceries, and today she herself was planning to visit Li You’e’s house in the east end of the village to inquire about craftwork.

So she got up and made breakfast.

She didn’t expect to run into Gu Chen in the kitchen again.