NOVPUB76: Chapter 76 Eat Sweet Cake
76 -76 Eat Sweet Cake
Jin Zijin had an edible dormouse in his hand, which was for Gu Youyou.
He had sold the others and exchanged them for rice.
Gu Youyou thought of helping him since his hands were full, but upon seeing the sack of rice, she decided against it; she didn’t have the strength to catch it.
As for the edible dormouse in the other hand…
forget it, blood-drenched, she’d have to wash her hands later.
What a waste of hot water.
In the end, her hands could only awkwardly extend half into the air.
Gu Youyou chuckled and said, “Zijin, are there more game on the mountain now?”
After pondering, she still asked the question.
Jin Zijin nodded and said, “Yes, there is more, so I bought you some sweet cakes!”
Gu Youyou: “Oh…?”
When he put down the items, sure enough, he pulled out a paper-wrapped package from his chest, containing a piece of cake that was half-crushed!
Gu Youyou liked to eat all kinds of sweet desserts, especially those Western-style cakes, but she was afraid of getting fat and always restrained herself from eating too much.
Since crossing over into this world, she had never tasted sweetness; looking at the sweet cake made from unknown ingredients, she instinctively swallowed.
Before, she was afraid to eat for fear of gaining weight; now, she wished she could gain weight but couldn’t afford it.
The irony of life could really make one cry and laugh at the same time.
She held the sweet cake, still warm from his body heat, and her heart suddenly filled with a sour aching, unable to take a bite for a long time.
“What’s wrong?” Jin Zijin asked.
Gu Youyou looked up; under the setting sun, her face was lit with a faint golden-red glow, making her jade-like complexion appear even more delicate and radiant with slight coyness!
After staring at her for a while, Jin Zijin, for some reason, uncomfortably shifted his gaze away and said, “Eat it while it’s warm, it’s not good for you to eat cold things!”
This place wasn’t far from the town, but it wasn’t close either; in this kind of weather, he had brought back this piece of warm sweet cake, so was he keeping it warm with his own body temperature the whole time?
Because it wasn’t good for her to eat cold things!
Gu Youyou forced a smile and whispered, “Have you eaten?”
“I…” Jin Zijin paused for a moment and said, “I don’t like eating sweet things!”
Gu Youyou smiled and said, “Zijin, this lie is like that of a mother who always saves the tasty food for her own child, saying to her child ‘eat it, Mother doesn’t like it,’ when in reality, she just wants to leave the best for her child.
In such a world, where even having enough to eat is a problem, how could one afford to be picky?
Who wouldn’t love tasty food, if not those who never have to worry about their next meal, right?”
Gu Youyou suddenly saying such words made Jin Zijin gaze at her bewilderingly for a long time.
Who exactly was this woman?
He gave a bitter smile and said, “Alright, I saved it for you to eat, but remember, I’m not that kind mother!
I’ve never been a kind person.”
“Then why did you suddenly buy me a sweet cake?” Gu Youyou looked at him with expectant eyes, thinking that even if he had a mysterious identity, as long as he was genuinely good to her, she wouldn’t be afraid to risk it all with him.
Wherever he would go in the future, she was determined to follow.
Was who he really was important?
Regardless, it would surely be better than her situation, as someone who had returned to life in another’s body, right?
Jin Zijin’s eyes twinkled for a moment, akin to an inscrutable star, distant and beyond reach.
Today’s weather was clear, and she could see that; but tomorrow, if the weather turned poor, he’d hide behind the clouds, and despite how hard she tried, she wouldn’t be able to see him!
