Huo Cheng pushed open the door. Gu Sisi was sitting on the bed with her knees hugged, looking small and pitiful. Huo Cheng couldn't help but step forward and pull her into his arms.
His chin just rested on the top of her head. He rubbed it gently and comforted her in a soft voice, "Don't be sad. One day, we'll get our child back."
Gu Sisi sat there blankly without much reaction. She knew Huo Cheng was worried about her, but she also knew that this was just his way of consoling her. Although Huo Cheng seemed all - powerful, he was still helpless when facing the fierce Huo family.
Seeing that Gu Sisi didn't respond, Huo Cheng felt anxious and at a loss. He had to pretend to be calm and kept comforting her softly.
After a while, Gu Sisi finally showed some reaction. It wasn't that Huo Cheng's words had worked, but she understood that without the child, Huo Cheng must be feeling bad too. While feeling sad, he still took the time and energy to comfort her. Gu Sisi thought it was too cruel to him.
Gu Sisi thought that no matter what, she was the child's mother. She couldn't keep being like this. She had to learn to pull herself out of this and stop relying on Huo Cheng so much.
"Do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry."
Hearing this, Huo Cheng felt as if the clouds had cleared and the sun had shone through. Finally, this little woman was no longer torturing herself and was willing to eat properly.
Looking at Gu Sisi's slender arms and waist, she had lost a lot of weight during this period and looked even thinner.
Huo Cheng preferred to keep her a bit plump so that she would look healthier. But Gu Sisi always looked so thin, which made people worry.
"I asked Sister Hu to prepare some porridge. You haven't eaten properly for a long time. Drinking some porridge is good for your stomach."
"Okay," Gu Sisi replied obediently.
Soon, the porridge was served. It was vegetable and lean - meat porridge made in the kitchen, sweet and delicious, which suited Gu Sisi's taste after days of having no appetite.
Moreover, with Huo Cheng feeding her spoon by spoon, soon the bowl of porridge was finished. Gu Sisi patted her round belly. She was full.
At the same time, perhaps because her stomach was satisfied, Gu Sisi felt her mood improve and she was full of fighting spirit again.
It was okay that they couldn't get the child back for the time being. She could make good use of this period, work hard, and improve herself.
At least she had to live up to the man beside her. Gu Sisi slowly turned her head and looked at Huo Cheng. At this moment, he was the only one in her eyes and heart.
Huo Cheng's eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth. The more she looked, the more she thought this man was a favorite of God, with features as delicate as a painting.
Huo Cheng noticed a passionate gaze on him. Instead of avoiding it, he looked back at the little woman who was staring at him.
Gu Sisi stared without blinking, as if looking at a precious treasure. She was so absorbed that she didn't even notice that the person she was staring at was also looking at her.
Huo Cheng felt that Gu Sisi's gaze was like a poison, igniting the fire in him.
Just as he was about to act, Gu Sisi suddenly noticed that Huo Cheng was also looking at her. She quickly lowered her head and murmured, "Why... why are you looking at me?"
Facing such a Gu Sisi, Huo Cheng was both angry and amused. He had never seen such a person. She stared at someone for a long time without realizing that she was being stared at in return. Instead, she even questioned the other person for looking at her. This was so typically "Gu Sisi".
Even so, Huo Cheng still showed great patience towards Gu Sisi. He who never used to drink milk tea sometimes thought that perhaps, just like milk tea, he had used up all the patience he had accumulated in his life on Gu Sisi.
"If you don't want me to look at you, okay. Then you stop looking at me first."
Suddenly, an odd blush slowly crept up Gu Sisi's ears.
"Who... who's looking at you?"
"Oh, really? Why do I feel like you've been staring at me?"
"I said I wasn't."
Gu Sisi, extremely embarrassed, turned over, broke free from Huo Cheng's embrace, and stuffed her head into the quilt.
She didn't want to hear what Huo Cheng had to say anymore. But Huo Cheng didn't want to let her off so easily. He leaned over, picked her up along with the quilt, and whispered into Gu Sisi's exposed ear, "What if I say you were?"
Gu Sisi only felt a puff of hot air on her ear. The tingling feeling made her a bit uncomfortable.
She quickly popped her head out of the quilt and stared at Huo Cheng angrily.
"Don't talk into my ear!"
"What if I do?" Huo Cheng suddenly got the urge to tease the woman in front of him.
"You... you..." Under such a burning gaze, Gu Sisi suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.
Just as she was about to say something, Huo Cheng didn't give her a chance. While Gu Sisi was stuttering "You... you...", Huo Cheng had already stepped forward and covered her mouth, preventing her from speaking.
The sudden kiss caught Gu Sisi off - guard. This wasn't the result she wanted. She started to struggle.
"Mmm... Let... mmm... go."
"What did you say?" "Sisi, don't you want me anymore? Do you not want me just because we lost the child?" Huo Cheng looked at Gu Sisi heart - broken.
"No, no, it's not what you think." Seeing Huo Cheng's heart - broken and helpless look, Gu Sisi suddenly softened.
But she forgot that Huo Cheng was always as fierce as a wolf. He wasn't worthy of her soft - heartedness. Unfortunately, Gu Sisi didn't realize this at that time. She only thought that Huo Cheng had been very hard - working during this period. His worry about the child was no less than hers as a mother.
She had always been thinking about how to relieve Huo Cheng's worries, but she never thought that the cure was herself.
Huo Cheng rubbed his head against Gu Sisi little by little. The extreme tenderness and lingering made Gu Sisi gradually relax. This time, Huo Cheng was more patient than ever.
He guided Gu Sisi step by step without any sign of coercion. Under his guidance, Gu Sisi was like a person floating in the sea who saw a lighthouse and found a direction.
But gradually, Huo Cheng's movements became rough. Instead of being gentle as before, they were more intense. Gu Sisi was like an unsteady boat, caught in the whirlpool of the sea, rising and falling.
After all the commotion, Gu Sisi was exhausted. She had been full of energy right after drinking the porridge, thinking that she could work hard and improve herself. But after this, she felt like a dead dog and didn't want to move at all.
Thinking of this, Gu Sisi was full of resentment towards someone. So, she couldn't help but kick that someone.
As Huo Cheng slowly opened his eyes, Gu Sisi felt as if she was seeing a wild beast waking up. The little woman couldn't help but feel timid.
"Hehe, I... I accidentally kicked you. I'm sorry."
Huo Cheng gave her a look that clearly said "I don't believe you" and then closed his eyes.