Chapter 6 - The Outlines of Love (2/2)

“Yes, Miss Yi Ran lives here.”

He paused and said, “You wait outside.”

When Yi Ran saw her mother’s weird expression as she brought in Gu Tingchuan, the man still holding a small basket in his hand, she was stunned for a while. Then, she quickly pressed her ipad screen to black.

“Xiao Ran, this is your friend?”

Yi Ran casually tucked her hair behind her ear, suddenly feeling shy. “How come you’re here?”

Gu Tingchuan calmly stood in front of the two women. His low voice was particularly nice as he said, “There was no way to say in advance that I was coming. Aunt, sorry to disturb you.”

Yi Ran’s mother, seeing that this atmosphere had some indefinable ambiguousness, quietly endured. After a few moments of joy in her heart, she looked at the handsome man and waved her hand. “You talk first. I still need to fry the dishes in the pot.”

Gu Tingchuan handed the visiting gift to the girl with the red face. He looked at her room a little, seeing a black wrought iron shelf bed; a home decorated with some vintage solid wood drawers; a blue-toned vase next to the window with a few bunches of hydrangea inserted inside; the atmosphere was refreshing and charming.

Next to Yi Ran was a pack of opened snacks and a glass of juice with gradually melting ice. She looked down at the things he brought. The package contained a small caramel box that, when opened, housed two gold foiled jars of orange jam.

She was a little surprised, and secretly ridiculed that she was presently not fit to be seen in company, much less to receive a gift from director Gu Tingchuan. But the point was…

“How do you know that I like to eat jam?”

It should not be a coincidence.

“My nephew told me,” Gu Tingchuan said, looking for a place to sit down. Then, he looked at her. “Sorry, I was filming recently, and I only have a little time this afternoon.”

“I haven’t seen Gu Tai for a while, but I’ve still thought of him.” Yi Ran looked at the eye-catching man who was close at hand and lowered her head. She didn’t know where to look.

“You needn’t feel flustered. If you think it is not appropriate, then I won’t mention it. Sorry.”

Gu Tingchuan’s sentence made Yi Ran suddenly relax a lot. She cleared her throat and asked: “Why me?”

Probably because she was a teacher, her voice was soft and the ending of each words were warm and crisp, like jade drops. The sounds were very sweet.

“Because I believe in intuition, so marrying you should be the correct thing to do.” He said this matter-of-factly. 　.

She raised her head to look at him and became more and more convinced. “Is this a compliment? Or… Like, how you personally choose an actress for your movies?”

Rumor was that Gu Tingchuan’s eyes were very perceptive. Almost every movie will have a talented actress. As long as he sees a girl with potential, no matter how much energy he spends, he will pour all his artistic talent into helping the other person become better.

For example, regarding the female lead role in Cloud Headdress, the pure new actor who won the “White Birch Award” in one fell swoop was definitely thanks to Gu Tingchuan’s hands-on teaching.

“Work and artistic creation have nothing to do with marriage. If I have to say that there are any additional reasons…” Gu Tingchuan paused and truthfully said, “My family has always hated gossip, and I am tired of it myself. It is difficult when the media is always spreading rumors bringing me and every actress together.”

If he was married, he could at least avoid some of the evils.

Yi Ran increasingly believed that Gu Tingchuan was really different from many men. While others were pursuing a peach blossom, he was pursuing a stable family life.

Seeing her in a thoughtful attitude, Gu Tingchuan guided her in a timely manner, “How about it.”

This sentence, he spoke as a statement, not a question.

The two most difficult puzzles for Yi Ran was that their emotional foundation was not solid enough and the other was that they might not be able to “co-shoot”.

The biggest problem between them should be equality. But, in terms of Yi Ran, it was not a story about Cinderella and the prince. At least, she refused to put herself in such a low posture.

After all, she was too lazy to use this kind of dramatic Disney animations to compare the possible gaps between their two lives. She was more worried about the problems that may arose—that was, the inability to communicate and to run when things break down.

Love was still love. Money or love, from the beginning of time, both had always been difficult to choose.

It was just that she clearly understood that while she was thinking, time was constantly flowing. Rather than going for it and making the wrong choice, she feared that she will regret her life more if she had missed the opportunity altogether.

She didn’t know what she wanted most, but it would not be difficult for her to like such a man.

In the eyes of Gu Tingchuan, she was probably like an uncut jade. But, she did not need to be engraved by anyone, to be given the most beautiful appearance. Rather, she preferred the modifications given by life.

After a little meditation, she looked up at him and seemed to have an answer in her heart.