Abstinence Pei, don't be too sweet when chasing your wife

As the morning light of the third day of the Lunar New Year just spread over the blue bricks of the Pei family courtyard, Gu Fanxing was awakened by a familiar sweet fragrance.

She rubbed her eyes and sat up. There was a small piece of white porcelain on the pillow - it was a fragment that Pei Luonan brought back from the ruins. He placed it there last night and said, "Let it accompany you to sleep, just like I am by your side."

When I opened the door, the aroma of pumpkin millet porridge wafted from the direction of the kitchen, mixed with a hint of sweet frosting.

Gu Fanxing followed the scent and saw Pei Luonan wearing Pei Ma's floral apron, bending down to take out a plate of cookies from the oven. The sunlight fell on his profile, and even his eyelashes were gentle.

"Are you awake?"

Pei Luonan turned around, still holding the heat-insulating gloves.

"Let me cool this plate of cookies, and then we'll have breakfast."

He placed the cookies on the dining table, and Gu Fanxing could see clearly that each cookie was in the shape of a different porcelain piece. Some had the Song Dynasty scroll leaf pattern she had discovered at the ruins last time, and some had the Tang Dynasty Baoxiang flower pattern she had been talking about.

"How could you do this?"

Gu Fanxing picked up a cookie, touched the frosting lightly with her fingertips, her eyes full of surprise.

"Last time you said you liked looking at porcelain patterns, so I found a pastry chef and learned how to hand-paint icing. I practiced for almost a month before I dared to make it for you." Pei Luonan served the pumpkin millet porridge and sprinkled some osmanthus powder on the porridge. "I was afraid you would get tired of it in the morning, so I put less sugar. The osmanthus flowers were dried by grandma last year, and they are very fragrant."

Gu Fanxing took a bite of the biscuit, the sweet but not greasy taste spread in her mouth, and her heart felt warm as if wrapped in the morning light.

She looked up at Pei Luonan, and just met his gentle gaze. She couldn't help but move closer and gently touched his cheek: "Thank you, Luonan, this cookie is better than any dessert I have ever eaten."

Pei Luonan's cheeks flushed instantly, and he reached out to rub her hair: "As long as you like it, I will make it for you every day in the future, changing the patterns and painting all the porcelain pieces you have studied."

After breakfast, Pei Luonan took Gu Fanxing's hand.

"I'm taking you to a place. I have something to show you."

He led her to the Pei family's study, and the moment he opened the door, Gu Fanxing's eyes lit up.

The bookshelf that originally held Pei's father's financial books was now filled with books related to archaeology, ranging from "Atlas of Song Dynasty Ceramics" to "Techniques of Sorting Pottery Fragments in the Pre-Qin Period." These were all books that she had casually mentioned "wanting to find and read" when she was at the ruins.

On the desk next to the bookshelf, there was a stack of neatly bound drawings. Pei Luonan picked up the top one and handed it to her: "I contacted a friend at the Provincial Museum and got them to print out high-definition scans of Song Dynasty porcelain fragments in their collection. Each one is marked with the location and year of discovery. It will be convenient for you to use when you organize the materials in the future."

Gu Fanxing flipped through the blueprints, her eyes slightly warmed - she remembered the last time she was in the exploration area, she sighed at a blurry piece of porcelain and said, "It would be nice if there was a high-definition picture for comparison." At that time, Pei Luonan just touched her head and said nothing. Unexpectedly, he had kept it in mind and even contacted the museum.

"These books..." Gu Fanxing's voice was a little choked, "How did you know I wanted these?"

"I remember every word you said."

Pei Luonan took an old book from the bookshelf and handed it to her, "This 'Archaeological Excavation Notes', you said it has been out of print on the market for a long time. I asked several friends for help and finally found it in the used book market."

Gu Fanxing took the old book, but she didn't expect Pei Luonan to help her find it.

She couldn't help but throw herself into Pei Luonan's arms, her voice muffled: "Luonan, why are you so good..."

Pei Luonan hugged her gently, patting her back slowly with his hand, his tone gentle.

"Because you're worth it. You stay up all night organizing materials for archaeological purposes and endure the wind and sun at the ruins. I'm just doing a small thing for you. It's nothing."

In the evening, Pei Luonan said he wanted to take Gu Fanxing for a "walk" in the courtyard.

When Gu Fanxing walked out, she found that the courtyard had changed - the red lanterns hanging on the locust tree were replaced with small strings of warm yellow lights, like stars falling on the branches.

There was a small table under the tree, on which was her favorite white porcelain bowl with fresh daisies in it, and an exquisite brocade box next to it.

"This is the last surprise." Pei Luonan picked up the brocade box and handed it to Gu Fanxing, "Open it and take a look."

Gu Fanxing opened the brocade box and found a silver bookmark inside. On the front was a porcelain pattern outlined with fine silver thread, and on the back was a line of small words engraved: "Luonan and Fanxing, together year after year."

"I had it custom-made by a silversmith,"

Pei Luonan held her hand and gently ran his fingertips over the lines on the bookmark.

"When you read archaeology books, you can use it to hold them, just like I am reading with you. In the future, I will find more porcelain pieces, make more bookmarks, and carve our stories on them."

Gu Fanxing looked at the small words on the bookmark and couldn't help but shed tears. "I will put it in the book I read most often. Every time I see it, I will think of today's surprise and how good you are to me."

Pei Luonan wiped away her tears and gently touched her cheek with his fingertips.

"Don't cry, I haven't finished yet. When spring comes, I'll take you to find new porcelain pieces. Then we'll organize the pieces we find and put them in a box. It will be our 'time treasure box', and we'll add a new piece every year, okay?"

"Okay!" Gu Fanxing nodded vigorously, put her arms around Pei Luonan's waist, and buried her face in his arms. "Luonan, this year is the happiest year I've ever had. With you, the Pei family, and so many surprises, I feel so happy."

"Every year from now on, I will give you surprises and make you so happy."

Pei Luonan hugged her and looked up at the stars in the sky. The small string of lights in the courtyard was on, and the warm yellow light fell on the two of them. Even the wind was sweet.

At this moment, the living room window opened, and Mother Pei poked her head out, smiling and calling out, "Xingxing, Luonan, come in for dinner! I made your favorite stuffed tofu again, and I also heated up some osmanthus cake. If you don't eat it now, it'll get cold!"

Grandma Pei also shouted: "Xingxing, grandma saved the biggest piece of osmanthus cake for you, come in quickly!"

Gu Fanxing and Pei Luonan smiled at each other and walked hand in hand into the living room.

Gu Fanxing held the bookmark tightly in her hand, her heart filled with warmth - she knew that these surprises were not expensive gifts, but Pei Luonan's thoughtful love hidden in the details. He remembered her preferences, her love, her regrets, and took everything about her to heart.

At the dinner table, Mother Pei looked at the bookmark in Gu Fanxing's hand and said with a smile, "Last time he went to the second-hand book market, he was frozen all afternoon and came back with a cold. He didn't let us tell you because he said he was afraid you would worry."

Gu Fanxing looked at Pei Luonan, her eyes full of heartache, yet full of love: "Just for an old book, you were frozen for an entire afternoon and even caught a cold?"

Pei Luonan scratched his head and said with a smile: "It's just a little cold, it's okay. It's worth freezing all afternoon if you can find the book you want and make you happy."

Gu Fanxing picked up a piece of stuffed tofu and put it in Pei Luonan's bowl: "Then you should eat more to replenish your body. Don't do this again in the future. Your health is also important. I will be worried."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Pei Luonan nodded with a smile, picked up the stuffed tofu and started eating, his eyes full of pampering.

Fireworks outside the window occasionally explode, and colorful lights are reflected on the window. The laughter in the living room and the songs on TV mix together, full of warmth.

Gu Fanxing thought quietly: It turns out that happiness is so simple - having the person you love by your side, having family who loves you, having love hidden in the details, having endless words to say, and having endless years to live through.

And she knew that this kind of happiness would continue forever, because Pei Luonan would always be with her, making every ordinary day full of surprises.