Extra 2.5

It was another evenly matched and chaotic night. Jiang Xue and Gu Zhanwang were becoming more comfortable with each other on the bed. The first night had been somewhat awkward, but tonight, both seemed intent on unleashing the desires they had suppressed for over thirty years. Coincidentally, both parties were able to fully accept and respond well to each other.

After the chaotic lovemaking, Gu Zhanwang hugged Jiang Xue as they smoked, lying naked together. They took turns taking puffs, and neither spoke. The intense aftereffects lingered between them, and suddenly, they both wished that time could freeze at that moment.

After finishing a cigarette, Gu Zhanwang carried Jiang Xue to take a shower. Both had left love marks on each other, with Jiang Xue particularly marked with white, blue, and purple bruises that were quite startling at first glance.

Gu Zhanwang felt a little distressed: “Sorry, I’ll be gentler next time.”

Jiang Xue closed her eyes and enjoyed the bath, she then shook her head: “It’s okay, it doesn’t hurt.”

Gu Zhanwang entered the bath barefoot: “Since that’s the case, let’s go for another round…”

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By the time they emerged from the bathroom, Jiang Xue had already fallen asleep. Before drifting off, Jiang Xue thought about the gossip she had heard from married women, about how husbands in their thirties and forties become less capable, but why was Gu Zhanwang still so energetic?

The next morning, it was the weekend, and Xiao Du came over with breakfast from “Three Meals and Four Seasons” and also brought a small companion along.

As soon as the chubby little steel cannon entered the house, he rushed into Gu Zhanwang’s room as usual.

It was too late for Xiao Du to stop him, and he could only shout: “Oh, my little ancestor, don’t go in yet. Wait a minute…”

The little steel cannon ran while shouting: “Godfather, godfather…”

Gu Zhanwang had stayed up late the night before, and his biological clock was naturally off schedule that day. Upon hearing the little boy’s voice, his first reaction was to hold the woman in his arms tightly, pull the sheet over Jiang Xue, and turn to “shush” the little boy.

‘What’s going on?’

The little boy’s raised foot didn’t touch the ground; his big, dark eyes blinked a couple of times, straining to look at the bed.

Gu Zhanwang, who was still shirtless, got out of bed quietly and, with bare feet, carried the little boy on his shoulder, heading toward the door.

The little boy, lying on his godfather’s shoulder, tried hard to look at the bed, but it was tightly covered, and he couldn’t see anything. He could only watch helplessly as his godfather closed the door.

“Godfather, is there someone else on your bed?” The little boy’s big eyes were filled with curiosity. In his understanding, only husband and wife slept in the same bed, but his godfather wasn’t married yet.

Gu Zhanwang’s smile never faded. He held Xiao Roubao on his lap and pinched his chubby face: “Godfather found you a beautiful godmother. Are you happy?”

‘Huh? Godmother?’ Xiao Roubao widened his eyes: “Godfather, you are married? How come I didn’t know?”

Gu Zhanwang said, “Well, now you know. Let’s have breakfast first, and later, when your godmother wakes up, I’ll introduce you to her.”

Xiao Roubao shook his head: “I’ve already eaten. Then, Godfather, if you and Godmother gave birth to a little brother or sister, will you still need me as your godson?”
Gu Zhanwang smiled and teased him: “That depends on whether you still want to be my son. What do you think? Do you want to?”

Xiao Roubao thought seriously and shook his head: “Then Godfather, let’s end the father-son relationship starting today. I became your godson because I felt sorry for you. Even though you’re older than my dad, you still had no wife or children. You are so pitiful. Now that you have a wife and will have children in the future, I’d better call you Uncle Gu. You don’t have to be too nice to me, so your future children won’t, um, what’s that word again? Oh, right, be jealous.”

Gu Zhanwang: “…………?”

The children from Han Cheng’s family really know how to annoy people!

Gu Zhanwang tickled him. “What? We agreed that you’d take care of me in my old age. Does that not count now? Hmm?”

The little boy laughed, “But you have your own wife and children now, so you don’t need me. Stop tickling me, it’s ticklish, haha…”

Gu Zhanwang nuzzled the little boy’s head with his nose. “Your godmother said she doesn’t want to have children, so you’ll still have to be my godson and take care of us in the future.”

The little boy tilted his head and looked at Gu Zhanwang, pondering. “But who would marry someone and not have children?”

Gu Zhanwang: “…………”

There are many reasons for marrying, but could he explain them clearly to this little kid? Could he?

“When you grow up, you will know that two people together don’t necessarily have to have children. Besides, having you as a son is already enough trouble for me. Why would I want more children?”

Xiao Roubao nodded: “Okay since you won’t have children, I will reluctantly continue to be your son.”

He then tried to give Gu Zhanwang a heavy kiss, but Gu Zhanwang blocked it, turning his chubby lips away. “From now on, only your godmother can kiss me here.”

Xiao Roubao cried: “Godfather, you’ve changed! You’re not the same godfather who used to love Xiao Roubao the most!”

The old godfather used to hug and kiss him!

Gu Zhanwang hugged the little boy tightly and rubbed his cheek. “Baby, considering that I’m only just getting married at my age, could you give in to your godmother? Your godmother has a bit of a temper. If you cover me with saliva from all your kisses, she might not want to kiss me anymore. What should we do then?”

Xiao Roubao looked at his godfather in disbelief, as if he were meeting him for the first time. After a while, he wrinkled his nose in distaste and said, “Godfather, you’re so disgusting. I don’t want to kiss your face and get it all covered in saliva from a woman!”

Jiang Xue, who had woken up at some point, was leaning against the door in a long robe. She intended to smoke a cigarette but tossed the cigarette and lighter aside upon seeing the child. “Gu Zhanwang, do you have no shame? What are you saying in front of the child?”

Gu Zhanwang reached out to her. “You’re up? Come here, let me introduce you to my godson.”

The little boy tilted his head, looking at Jiang Xue with a sense of familiarity as if he had seen her somewhere before.

Jiang Xue walked over. The little boy was so cute that she couldn’t help but stretch out her hand to pinch the delicate face of the child: “Don’t you remember Aunt Jiang?”

The little boy thought hard and finally remembered. “You’re the pretty lady from the gate of our courtyard. You know my dad and mom,” he said confidently.

Jiang Xue walked to Gu Zhanwang, sat down, nodded, and said, “I used to live in Qingfeng Town. When I first met you, you were only a few months old, and now look at you—you’ve grown so much.”

Time was unforgiving; every recollection required describing it as many years ago.

“Then I don’t remember. Since you are a good friend of my parents and the wife of my godfather, I will call you godmother from now on, godmother!” The little boy shouted cheerfully.

Jiang Xue was stunned for a long time and didn’t know how to respond. She had never imagined in her wildest dreams that Han Cheng’s son would one day call her godmother.

Gu Zhanwang let go of Xiao Roubao and hugged Jiang Xue: “What are you standing there for? Why don’t you give our godson a big red envelope? It’s in the drawer of the table; go get it.”

Jiang Xue snapped out of her daze, still looking at the child, who was smiling so brightly he made sunflowers look dull, and finally got up to go to the room.

Gu Zhanwang pinched the little boy’s cheeks. “Look at you. You’ve made your godmother shy.”

Life was unpredictable. Who would have thought that after all the twists and turns, he and Jiang Xue would end up together, and Han Cheng’s son would become their godson?

When Xiao Roubao received the big red envelope from his godmother, he thanked her repeatedly and was so happy that he looked like a small Maitreya Buddha. He even said he wanted to buy toys.

Gu Zhanwang was also happy, so he asked Xiao Du to follow him and asked him to take Xiao Roubao to Guowang Shopping Mall and buy him whatever he liked without spending his red envelope money.

After they left, Gu Zhanwang pulled Jiang Xue into his arms. “How does it feel?”

“What do you mean? How does it feel?” Jiang Xue asked in return.

Gu Zhanwang said, “Han Cheng’s son is calling you godmother. What does it feel like?”

Jiang Xue glared at him: “Gu Zhanwang, it’s boring to talk about this. Tell me, when did you set your eyes on me? Have you been secretly in love with me for a long time? Are you still bothered by Han Cheng?”

Gu Zhanwang looked seriously into Jiang Xue’s eyes and said earnestly, “Yes and no.”

Jiang Xue asked, “What do you mean?”

Gu Zhanwang kissed her lips deeply and seriously. After a long time, he released her and pressed his forehead against hers, saying honestly, “I haven’t been bothered by Han Cheng, but I have indeed been in love with you for a very long time.”

Jiang Xue’s breath became uneven. She was just asking casually….

Gu Zhanwang had been secretly in love with her for a long time.