During that week, she dared not eat anything because everything she saw seemed to resemble that wound on that person. Even for water, she could only drink colorless boiled water.
Later, when the BOSS learned about this, he just sent a message to her through someone, saying, "You can choose not to eat, but you must carry out the tasks and complete the necessary training."
So, in order to survive and not be eliminated, Su Mingyu endured the nausea and started eating white toast, then bread, and finally anything with strawberry jam.
After that incident, Su Mingyu understood that she had to adapt to such a life quickly because the organization never kept idle people.
Gu Ruobai lowered his eyes and looked at Su Mingyu, who was silent. For some reason, he felt that Su Mingyu seemed a bit different today.
Subconsciously, Gu Ruobai pulled Su Mingyu back and hugged her tightly in his arms.
Lowering his head and resting his chin on the top of Su Mingyu's head, Gu Ruobai said in a low voice, "Even if you don't hold me in your hand, I won't run away."
Su Mingyu found it funny and a warm feeling welled up in her eyes. She hugged Gu Ruobai back and said, "Okay."
The lanterns by the river formed a long river of stars. The night breeze blew gently, and the lanterns swayed back and forth on the river surface with the water waves, floating gracefully towards the distance, almost connecting with the sky.
Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai stood by the river, looking at the lanterns. They hugged each other tightly, and even the air seemed to carry a hint of sweetness.
When they returned from the river, it was almost midnight.
Su Mingyu was still full of energy. Since she had nothing to do, she pulled Gu Ruobai to drink.
Gu Ruobai naturally refused immediately. He still remembered how uncomfortable Su Mingyu was after drinking last time. How could he let her drink so easily again?
But Su Mingyu clearly wasn't willing to give up. She frowned and pulled Gu Ruobai, insisting on drinking no matter what.
Gu Ruobai couldn't resist her and could only nod helplessly, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll drink with you, but you can't drink too much, just a little bit."
Su Mingyu nodded and said, "Okay."
Then, Su Mingyu asked the maid to bring a table, and they drank in the yard.
Gu Ruobai didn't understand why Su Mingyu was in such a high mood, so he asked curiously, "Why do you suddenly want to drink?"
Su Mingyu grinned and said, "It's like celebrating my first Qixi Festival in my life."
Seeing her like this, Gu Ruobai knew she probably didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask further. Instead, he took out a palm-sized wooden box from his sleeve and handed it to Su Mingyu, saying, "Before midnight arrives, make a wish quickly and then open it to have a look."
Su Mingyu looked at the box in surprise and asked, "When did you buy this?"
"While you were skipping happily to the river to release the lanterns," Gu Ruobai raised his eyebrows, with his thin lips slightly pursed, looking incredibly charming.
Su Mingyu took the box, put her hands together, and said, "Gu Ruobai's wish is my wish. If the God of Marriage can hear me, just fulfill his wish."
Saying that, without waiting for Gu Ruobai to feel helpless, Su Mingyu had already opened the box.
There, a finger-sized spider was crawling back and forth on its own web. Although the color of the web wasn't very obvious, there was a web after all.
Seeing this, Su Mingyu immediately raised her wine cup and held it in front of Gu Ruobai, saying, "Come! Let's celebrate that our King Ruixian will have his wish come true!"
Gu Ruobai raised his eyebrows, glanced at the spider, and said, "This little thing is quite sensible."
Saying that, Gu Ruobai also picked up his wine cup and clinked it with Su Mingyu's.
Su Mingyu grinned at him and asked, "Now you can tell me your wish, right?"
"Only now do you remember to ask about my wish?" Gu Ruobai was a bit speechless. "The wish has already been made. Aren't you afraid that I made an excessive wish?"
Su Mingyu pouted and said, "What excessive wish could you have?"
Originally, Gu Ruobai was just joking, but now that Su Mingyu asked, he really couldn't remember what to say.
After all, this woman in front of him had once said, "If you are a merciless devil, I will be the blade in your hand."
Seeing that Gu Ruobai didn't say anything, Su Mingyu hooked her lips and said, "Actually, I can guess it even if you don't say it."
"Oh, then tell me," Gu Ruobai obviously became interested.
Su Mingyu pointed at her wine cup and said, "If you want this great god to solve your doubts, how can you not pour me wine?"
Seeing her like this, Gu Ruobai found it funny and helpless. He picked up the wine pot and poured a cup of wine for Su Mingyu very devoutly, saying, "Here, great god."
Su Mingyu took the wine cup satisfactorily, took a sip, and then clicked her tongue and said, "You are always so proud. You can handle almost every political matter with ease, so it can't be about politics. Although you care a lot about people's livelihood, you obviously disdain such a playful thing."
Listening to Su Mingyu's analysis, Gu Ruobai nodded and said, "Go on."
Su Mingyu pursed her lips and said, "So, in the end, there's only one thing left, which is about me."
Before Gu Ruobai could answer, Su Mingyu pouted and said, "But you never ask anything of me. So, I guess this wish should be something like hoping that I can live freely."
After hearing this, Gu Ruobai squinted his eyes, and there were stars twinkling in his dark eyes.
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows and looked at him, asking, "Am I right?"
Before she could get an answer, Gu Ruobai had already propped himself up on the table, leaned towards Su Mingyu, pulled her head over, and kissed her on the lips.
It was another long and lingering kiss.
When Su Mingyu finally came to her senses from the kiss, she let out a long breath and asked, "So, what does the king mean by this?"
Gu Ruobai tapped her on the head and said, "This is a reward for you."
Su Mingyu rubbed her forehead and said, "I feel like this should be a reward for yourself. I don't like this."
Gu Ruobai's eyes turned cold. His black eyes peeping out from behind the mask were as deep as a pool of water, making Su Mingyu shiver. "I mean... don't make it so long next time. I don't know how to breathe yet. I'm suffocating."
Seeing Su Mingyu say such things without blushing or getting nervous, a hint of a smile appeared in Gu Ruobai's eyes. "Alright, stop drinking. We'll set off for the capital tomorrow. Go to bed early tonight."
Su Mingyu nodded very obediently and said, "Okay!"
Actually, she had drunk enough. "Let's go."
Saying that, Su Mingyu stepped forward and took Gu Ruobai's arm. Feeling the warmth from Gu Ruobai's arm, a touch of tenderness flashed in Su Mingyu's eyes. Maybe she really had a hard time in the 21st century, but now, because of this person, many things seemed different.
It turned out that love was not just annoyance, caution, or the kind of touch built on material things.