Eleven murmured something, and Gu Liancheng didnāt quite catch what she was saying.
He was too distracted by her, so beautiful.
She seemed to merge with the sea of cherry blossoms, like a still painting of pure beauty.
Eleven stood by the lake, her arms spread wide, her hair lifting in the breeze. All around her, cherry blossoms fell.
For a moment, Gu Liancheng stood a short distance away, entranced by the sight of her back.
Then Eleven turned, smiled at him and said, "Honey, could you take a photo of me?"
"Sure."
Her pose was natural, and even a few consecutive shots didnāt pose a problem.
A passerby happened to walk by, and Eleven asked her to take a photo of them together. It turned out that the passerby was Japanese. With a bit of gesturing and sign language, she agreed to help them.
Gu Liancheng kept a straight face, while Eleven made silly faces. The sight left the older Japanese woman speechless. She naively gestured and used sign language to say: Smile.
Gu Liancheng said something to her.
Eleven asked surprisingly, "Honey, you know Japanese?"
"I can hold a simple conversation."
"Oh... What other languages can you speak?"
"Japanese, Korean, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. Iām currently learning Arabic."
"..."
Elevenās reaction was like this: Ī£(Ā°ā³Ā°|||)ļø“
She prides herself on her language skills, but even so, now Chinese and English arenāt enough, she needs to speak eight languages?
If you can speak Chinese, Japanese, and Korean you have most of Asia covered. English would have you covered in half of the world, and with Spanish, youāre good for Europe. Eleven was surprised to realize, "Honey... so, for our global travels, I donāt need to bring anything but you!"
He has money, GPS, translation skills. Is there anything he canāt do?
"Itās under consideration." He meant that he could consider taking her to other places for a visit.
Last time when he took her to France, he didnāt have a chance to show her around like he did this time in Japan. He would make up for it next time.
...
Eleven was a true tourist, spending most of the day exploring Nagoya Castle. Her joyful figure could be seen everywhere. She loved to take photos of everything she saw. And today, Gu Liancheng was her personal photographer, taking snapshots of her.
There was someone dressed as a shogun outside the Castle Tower. Upon seeing him, Eleven insisted on having a photo taken with him.
When they were tired, they sat down in the park. Many other tourists were sitting on the grass, taking a break. The cherry blossoms were blooming beautifully everywhere.
Eleven lay across his lap, smiling contently.
The day was so lovely, it was like a date.
Smiling, she looked up at Gu Liancheng and said, "Honey, is this our first date?"
"Yes."
After thinking about it, it indeed was.
Theyād never set aside their work and other people to focus solely on each other like today.
In the past, they only rode in the same car along with Su Qing and Su Bai, making it rarely just the two of them. They hadnāt been alone to any famous places in Xicheng either.
Upon reflection, he realized that they hadnāt created any significant, beautiful, or unique memories together within the past four years.
So, today would be a first.
...
"Iām so glad I was able to take leave. The cherry blossoms are so beautiful. Itās worth the trip! If I missed them this year, Iād have to wait till next year. Plus, itās all out of my pocket, so it has to be worthwhile...Hey, Xiaoyu, what are you looking at?"
Not only Xu Weiyu saw, but their whole group noticed.
Gu Liancheng stood out in the crowd. His conspicuous presence soon caught their attention.
They also had another reason to stop and stare.
"Hey... look over there! Isnāt that Eleven?"