Accidentally Married to the Big Shot-Chapter 156 - : Waiting for Him
Chapter 156: Chapter 156: Waiting for Him
“My wife probably wouldn’t allow me to go to the bar,” Gu Cheng said.
Li Zhen lifted a pair of apricot eyes to look at him, “Newlywed wife? She looks quite young.”
Li Zhen was only a year younger than Gu Cheng. Gu Cheng was 37, and she was also 36.
She had been a star, and she had maintained her figure and skin very well. She looked good for her age at 36, although one could see the traces of time on her face, she still possessed an air of serenity and lightness.
“I just got married two months ago, and now we’re here for our honeymoon,” Gu Cheng said.
Li Zhen glanced around.
Although the hotel’s facilities were good, the lobby was quite small, with busy waiters on the side and a couple checking in, it really wasn’t a suitable place for chatting.
“Really won’t go to the bar for a drink? Don’t worry, it’s just a quiet bar, not noisy, a 10-minute drive will get us there,” Li Zhen said.
Gu Cheng thought, since Zhou Yuan had already agreed, there was no difference between him being out for half an hour or an hour.
So he just agreed.
…
Gu Cheng got into Li Zhen’s car.
Memories of the past gradually surfaced.
Li Zhen learned to drive after returning to the country, as domestic regulations only allowed for applying for a driver’s license at 18.
Because Gu Cheng had taken his driving test a year earlier, he often took her to practice driving around the estate during the time she was learning. She frequently got left and right confused, hitting trees, and once almost drove into a swimming pool.
Perhaps Li Zhen was thinking of these old times too, so both of them kept silent.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at a bar.
Just a place to drink, Gu Cheng ordered the bar’s signature drink, and Li Zhen said, “I’ll have the same as him.”
Gu Cheng looked at her in surprise, “Can you drink?”
She would get an allergic reaction every time she drank alcohol, even a little bit wasn’t okay.
Li Zhen said, “It’s rare for you to be here, a little bit won’t hurt me, I used to drink quite a bit back when I was in the entertainment circle.”
Gu Cheng just let her be.
This bar was indeed quieter compared to regular bars. Since it was a place with few people to begin with, plus the cold weather today, there weren’t many customers. Usually, there would be bands performing, but not today.
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“How have you been all these years?” Li Zhen asked Gu Cheng.
“Not bad, you?”
“I’m fine, I’ve been married and divorced, and you’ve seen my daughter, she’s 5 years old now.”
Gu Cheng asked, “Why did you divorce?”
“Of course, there was mutual attraction that brought us together at the start, but after not liking it anymore, we got divorced,” Li Zhen said with a smile, “I’m running a flower shop here, and the business isn’t bad.”
“That’s good,” Gu Cheng took a sip of his drink.
Li Zhen also took a sip, then said, “I actually thought about coming back to you without caring about anything several times, but when I thought about all the stuff I did in the past, I chickened out.”
Gu Cheng asked, “So, you’d rather shoulder everything yourself than come back to me?”
Li Zhen smiled, “Yeah, but seeing you today makes me really happy. I thought that as long as I never returned to our country, we’d never see each other again in our lifetimes.”
Gu Cheng looked at Li Zhen’s hand holding the glass.
Her hands used to be very delicate and soft, but now they were dry and cracked, probably because running the flower shop was too hard.
Gu Cheng said, “If things are not going well, then come back to our country.”
“Then what? Are you going to arrange the rest of my life for me?” Li Zhen asked with a smile.
Gu Cheng thought of Zhou Yuan, and if he made these arrangements for Li Zhen, Zhou Yuan would certainly overthink it.
Li Zhen downed the rest of the drink in her glass.
“By the way, how’s the dog I left at your place?”
“It’s doing well,” Gu Cheng said.
Then Gu Cheng opened his phone gallery to show Li Zhen the Husky.
Li Zhen laughed while looking at the photos, “You really raised it well, very strong, are those abs?”
“Yes, it loves to move a lot.”
“Do you walk it every day?”
“Whenever I have the time.”
“You really are a good man, even being your dog is fortunate.” Li Zhen first laughed, then inadvertently felt tears streaming.
She had ultimately missed out on such a man.
Gu Cheng said, “Your daughter is quite cute too.”
Talking about her daughter, Li Zhen’s eyes dimmed, and she said, “Cute, yes, but she has autism.”
Gu Cheng was surprised for a moment, “What caused it?”
“I’m not sure, maybe it’s because her dad and I argued a lot when she was born, or maybe it’s divine punishment for me.”
“Why not come back to our country for treatment?” Gu Cheng said.
Li Zhen shook her head, “Here might be a bit better for treating autism, more professional. Her condition has improved a lot, and I don’t dare to rashly change her environment.”
Gu Cheng nodded, “Well, if you need anything, just let me know.”
“Alright.”
As they spoke, Li Zhen began scratching her arm.
Gu Cheng immediately asked, “Are you having an allergic reaction?”
Li Zhen appeared somewhat embarrassed, “Maybe.”
“Go to the hospital.”
“At this time of night, where could we get a doctor’s appointment?”
“We’ll have to find a place to buy some medicine then.”
After each allergic reaction to alcohol, if she didn’t take medication in time, she would break out in a rash and itch for a week.
…
Zhou Yuan sat in the hotel lobby.
Half an hour had passed, and Gu Cheng had not returned.
She told herself, if Gu Cheng could come back within an hour, then she would act as though nothing had happened.
An hour went by, and Zhou Yuan thought, “If he comes back within another half-hour, then I’ll still act as though nothing had happened.”
Another half-hour passed.
Zhou Yuan looked at her watch, feeling both panic and unease in her heart.
After sitting for another half-hour, she still had not seen Gu Cheng.
She felt sad and heartbroken, went back to pack her suitcase, and then called a cab to the airport.
…
Gu Cheng went to Li Zhen’s home to persuade her to take the medicine.
Li Zhen’s daughter stood beside him, holding a stuffed bear, her azure eyes looking at him as if she were a porcelain doll.
She did not speak, but her eyes seemed to express a thousand words.
She could sense that he was a good person.
When he was preparing to leave, she still grabbed his hand.
Li Zhen called out to her in English, “Sunny, let Uncle go, he has things to do.”
But the little girl took out a drawing book, hoping Gu Cheng would look at it with her.
Gu Cheng wanted to tell Zhou Yuan he would be back later, but he couldn’t get through to her phone.
He thought Zhou Yuan would understand.
So he looked at the drawings with Sunny.
Though the little girl did not speak, she had a natural flair for drawing, capturing her feelings on paper after viewing each one.
She clung to Gu Cheng, not letting him leave until she was too tired and fell asleep herself.
“I’m sorry for the trouble today, you should hurry back, your wife is waiting for you at the hotel.”
Gu Cheng was also worried about Zhou Yuan, who had always been understanding, accommodating him in everything, but she would definitely be jealous when it came to his ex-girlfriend.
So he quickly took a cab back to the hotel.
“Sir, your wife has been waiting for you here for three hours. I advised her to go back to her room, but she refused,” said the hotel waiter.
