novelraw Chapter 587 : What is Love_
Chapter 587 : What is Love_
Chapter 587: What is Love?
"I really can't be generous to someone I don't love."
Su Ruochu snorted lightly with her upturned nose.
"Books say that at times like this, you can't trust what men say."
Chen Fan laughed, "What messy online novels have you been reading again? Didn't I tell you not to read those?"
Su Ruochu shook her head.
"The other day I was tired from studying in the library, so I just picked up a book to pass time and relax a bit."
"Sometimes reading some leisure books can actually teach you quite a bit of knowledge."
Chen Fan teased with a smile: "So do you think what the book says makes sense?"
Su Ruochu thought seriously for a moment, then shook her head.
"It makes sense and it doesn't."
"What do you mean?"
"It might make sense for others, but not for me!"
"Because the person I love is called Chen Fan, and I believe every word he says."
Chen Fan suddenly stood up, rubbing his hands.
"Little girl, you're deliberately trying to corner me, aren't you?"
"Alright then, I'll prove it with action."
Saying this, he walked naked and limping to the side, opening his suitcase in front of Su Ruochu.
He took out a red gift box from inside.
"What's this?"
Su Ruochu asked curiously.
"Open it and see."
Su Ruochu opened the box, and inside was a beautiful jade bracelet.
"Ah... what a beautiful jade bracelet. When did you buy this?"
"I bought it last time when I went shopping with our mom. I bought her a gold necklace, and your mother-in-law said I was wasting money."
Su Ruochu burst into laughter, picking up the jade bracelet and examining it gently.
"It's really beautiful, it must have been expensive, right?"
"The sentiment is priceless, the jade is invaluable."
Su Ruochu pouted.
"Wasting money again."
"How can buying gifts for someone you like be called wasting money?"
Chen Fan took the jade bracelet on his own initiative, then pulled Su Ruochu's left hand, and gently put the jade bracelet on her.
"Look, the size is just right."
"I already bought you a ring when we got engaged, so I figured you needed a jade bracelet."
"I heard old people say that jade ornaments are best for nourishing people. Today, I'm using this to tie you down tightly, so you'll never escape from my palm in the future, haha..."
Su Ruochu looked at him smiling proudly like a child, her face full of joy and happiness.
"Come up quickly, don't catch a cold."
Chen Fan pointed to the suitcase beside.
"These are all bought for you. I picked two sets of autumn clothes for you, the rest are cosmetics, skincare products, and some face masks."
"The climate is dry in winter up north, you need to pay more attention to moisturizing."
"See if there's anything else you need. Remember to tell me anytime. I'll definitely buy it and send it to you at the speed of light."
Su Ruochu looked at Chen Fan, speaking softly with a face full of emotion.
"Can you not be so good to me? You're going to spoil me rotten like this."
"You'll make me arrogant!"
Chen Fan climbed onto the bed and hugged her with a smile.
"So what if you become arrogant? Fairies are supposed to fly anyway."
Su Ruochu giggled and leaned into Chen Fan's arms. She raised her wrist to admire the jade bracelet.
"The jade bracelet is beautiful, but it's too easy to damage."
"I'd better keep it safe when I go back, it would be a shame if it got damaged during class."
But Chen Fan waved his hand: "If it gets damaged, we'll just buy another one."
"After all, your man isn't short of money now."
Su Ruochu burst into laughter.
"You're just boasting."
"I'm really not boasting. In the future, when I make big money, I'll buy you a jade bracelet every year."
Ah, men.
No matter how calm and low-key they usually are, they always can't help but want to show off a bit in front of the woman they deeply love.
The two lay back down, and Su Ruochu gently nuzzled her head into Chen Fan's embrace like a lazy little cat.
Chen Fan grinned and mischievously placed his hand on her lower abdomen, then tried to explore upwards.
"Wife, look, we've rested for so long. Why don't we... go for round two?"
Su Ruochu quickly pressed down on Chen Fan's mischievous hand.
"No."
"You're injured now, and... and the book says this kind of thing is very draining for men, moderation is best, otherwise it will be counterproductive."
Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"What kind of book did you read? It doesn't sound very proper."
Su Ruochu looked up and glared at Chen Fan.
"Medical books."
Chen Fan analyzed seriously: "The author of this book must be a single old bachelor without a wife, otherwise I don't believe that as a man, he could exercise restraint when faced with a beautiful woman..."
Su Ruochu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"What are you talking about?"
Chen Fan chuckled and hugged her tightly.
"Alright, I'll listen to you. Let's rest then."
Su Ruochu curled up in Chen Fan's arms, her beautiful eyes staring at the ceiling.
"Husband..."
"Hmm."
"What is love?"
Chen Fan smiled: "Why are you asking this?"
"Oh, I just want to know how you understand love in your heart."
Chen Fan thought for a moment and said:
"Though I have no colorful phoenix wings to fly together, our hearts are connected as one."
"My clothes loosen as I pine for you, but I have no regrets wasting away for your sake."
"In heaven we'd be birds flying wing to wing, on earth we'd be branches growing intertwined."
"If our love can last forever, why fret over seeing each other every day..."
The corners of Su Ruochu's pretty little mouth curved upwards slightly.
"Your college entrance exam Chinese score was higher than mine."
Chen Fan smiled proudly: "Of course. I was a top student too."
Su Ruochu pondered for two seconds, then suddenly said softly.
"May mandarin ducks entwine their necks for a thousand years, may lutes and zithers harmonize for a hundred years."
"Heaven doesn't rob people of their wishes, so it lets me see you."
"At the place where I watch for my husband, the river flows on and on. I turn to stone, never looking back."
"In this life I only wish for no parting, under the moonlit flowers, before the embroidered screen. Like two silkworms spinning a cocoon together, entwined. May we be joined again in our next life..."
Chen Fan recited four lines of poetry, and Su Ruochu responded with four lines as well.
Chen Fan smiled wryly: "Alright, you win."
Su Ruochu smiled triumphantly, making a victory sign with her hand.
But after two seconds, Su Ruochu suddenly asked seriously again.
"So what exactly is love?"
This time, Chen Fan didn't joke around, but held Su Ruochu and thought for a while. He gave his answer very seriously.
"What is love? The man comes riding on a bamboo horse, circling the bed and playing with green plums. We thought these years would create affection, not knowing that this affection would create estrangement because of the years. You and I were young, full of regrets. The spring wind blows against the willows, longing faces the stars. How can we have colorful phoenix wings to fly together, how can our hearts be connected without telepathy? This feeling is hard to convey, hard to convey but not hard to endure..."
"The most difficult thing in this world is to send you off for a thousand miles, steep ridges turning into flat plains, preparing everything, only for you to eventually become someone else's wife through matchmaking. This world can be long if you say it's long, coming and going for decades, guarding our longing day and night; this world can be short if you say it's short, meeting you just as summer arrives, parting in the cold winter."
"Sometimes we miss each other, sometimes we come to a fork in the road, sometimes there's not enough time, not enough time to welcome you, not enough time to send you off, not enough time in this life to grow old with you."
At this point, Chen Fan took a deep breath. He lowered his head to look at Su Ruochu's perfectly still face so close to him.
"So what exactly is love?"
"Three meals a day, morning and evening routines, beautiful moments, marrying you as my wife!"
Su Ruochu suddenly hugged Chen Fan's arm happily.
"Husband..."
"Hmm?"
"Love me..."
"As you wish!"