Chapter 62: Warmth (Making a Birthday Cake)

Qin Ruyan returned to the bedroom, took out her phone and sent a message, then took a change of clothes from the closet and went into the bathroom.

She washed up quickly, and when she came out, Lu Jingchen still hadn’t come in.

She walked to the bed, took out the hairdryer, and started drying her hair. The last few times, Lu Jingchen had dried it for her. Before her hair grew so long, she would just use a towel to dry it. She felt a little annoyed. Long hair was quite difficult to manage. She hesitated whether to go and cut it short.

After she dried her hair, Lu Jingchen still hadn’t returned to the bedroom. She put away the hairdryer, and her whole being felt a little cold and inexplicably irritable.

She stood by the bed for a while before lifting the covers and lying down. She didn’t sleep, just sat up against the bedside table, holding her phone and starting a game.

When Lu Jingchen walked in, he saw her brows slightly furrowed, her fingers moving quickly as she played the game. He walked over and took a look. It was a new shooting game. He didn’t disturb her, lifted the covers and got into bed, resting his head on her shoulder. He watched her finish a round of the game before speaking,

“Wife, you seem quite agitated playing games today?”

Qin Ruyan closed her phone, glanced at him, didn’t say anything, and turned to lie on her side, facing away from him.

Seeing her like this, Lu Jingchen reflected on himself. Had he offended her?

He looked at her back for a while, then lay down, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.

“Who made you unhappy?”

His voice was still deep as usual, with a deliberate low, soothing tone. Qin Ruyan felt her ears warm.

She turned over, snuggling into his arms, “My hair is too long, it’s a pain to blow dry. I want to cut it short.”

Lu Jingchen’s lips curved into a smile. He thought for a moment, recalling the feeling of her long hair brushing against his chest at a certain moment, the subtle emotions it stirred in his heart.

“It’s my fault, I didn’t come in to dry your hair for you earlier. Don’t cut it, I’ll dry it for you from now on, okay?”

Qin Ruyan curved her eyebrows, laughing in the corner he couldn’t see, “Okay.”

She didn’t say anything more, reaching out to wrap her arms around his waist. Soon, she fell asleep.

Lu Jingchen lowered his head and looked at her sleeping face, unaware of the world. At this moment, she looked younger than her actual age. Usually, she had a cool and aloof demeanor, with a hint of recklessness in her eyes.

He tidied her blanket, then held her tighter in his arms.

The next day, Qin Ruyan woke up early.

When she woke up, Lu Jingchen was still asleep. After a night of sleep, their sleeping positions had changed, with her back to him, but he still held her waist tightly, keeping her firmly in his arms.

Qin Ruyan looked down, oh, it wasn’t exactly holding her in his arms, one hand was actually inside her clothes, holding one of her breasts.

Qin Ruyan’s heart skipped a beat. She had slept until she woke up naturally. After their last negotiation about the alarm clock time, she basically slept until she wasn’t sleepy anymore, and her morning grumpiness hadn’t flared up for several days.

But this time, she didn’t know whether it was because of his mischievous hand or because she was really hungry, her eyes were filled with coldness.

After hesitating for a moment, she struggled, and the person behind her moved, “Awake?”

She hummed, “It’s time to get up.”

Lu Jingchen hummed in response, his voice a little muffled, “Wife, tomorrow is my birthday, have you decided?”

Qin Ruyan didn’t say anything, and he patiently repeated himself.

“I’ll send you a red envelope,” she couldn’t stand being pestered by him anymore. It was too annoying, he kept talking in her ear, his breath too close, she couldn’t think straight.

Lu Jingchen smiled, “That might not work, I only accept one of three choices.”

She slapped his hand that was wandering on her chest, turned around, and looked at him.

“Then let’s talk about it tomorrow, it’s not urgent, there’s still one day left.”

Lu Jingchen smiled, “Okay, I have to go to the company today, does Mrs. want to go out? If you do, I’ll take you there first.”

Qin Ruyan shook her head, “The studio isn’t finished yet, and Yaoyao hasn’t been able to make time these days. I sent her a message, she said she’s busy, let’s make it another day.”

Lu Jingchen thought of Ji Feng’s call a few days ago, smiled, “Yaoyao has been busy dodging people recently, she’s not very brave to go out, she’ll invite you out to play when she figures things out and deals with it.”

Qin Ruyan wanted to ask more, but Lu Jingchen didn’t seem to want to say anything, so she gave up.

“Oh, then I’ll stay at home today, I don’t really want to go out.”

Lu Jingchen nodded, the two of them got up and got ready, had breakfast, and Lu Jingchen went out.

Qin Ruyan called the studio and confirmed the progress again, then felt relieved.

Now she was sitting on the sofa, Lu Jingchen’s birthday was tomorrow, she really didn’t know what to give him, she just gave him a watch, she couldn’t give him another watch, could she?

After thinking for a long time, she sent Lu Jingchen a WeChat message.

“Do you have any engagements tonight?”

Lu Jingchen always replied to her messages quickly, “No, what are Mrs. plans?”

She typed fast, and her message came back in a few seconds.

“Then come home early after work, I’ll cook dinner for you tonight?”

Lu Jingchen looked at the words “come home,” his mood calmed down for a long time, he replied with a “good.”

After Qin Ruyan closed her phone, she went to the kitchen. She looked at the ingredients in the refrigerator, there wasn’t much, everything was lacking. She frowned, took out her phone, bought meat and vegetables on the grocery shopping app, and also bought some ingredients for making cakes.

It was still morning, she wasn’t in a hurry, it’s just that she had never made a cake before, she was afraid of messing it up, so she bought a lot of ingredients for making cakes.

An hour later, everything she needed was delivered.

When Qin Ruyan was studying abroad, she couldn’t get used to the food there, so she basically rented a house and cooked her own meals, and her cooking was also pretty good.

There was still time, she decided to make the cake first, after all, she wasn’t sure about this.

Qin Ruyan searched for tutorials online, it looked pretty simple? But she failed to whip the cream, and failed to separate the egg whites and yolks.

She looked at the things in the kitchen trash can, frowned, but she couldn’t find any help.

Qin Ruyan went to the living room to get a glass of ice water, drank it, and then returned to the kitchen to try again.

Three hours later, she finally made a decent cake. She hadn’t tasted it, she didn’t know how it tasted, she hesitated for a long time, then took out her phone and ordered one from a cake shop, if hers didn’t taste good, she would eat the one she bought later?

Lu Jingchen’s birthday was tomorrow, she really wanted to spend it with him at midnight, to be the first to say “Happy Birthday,” so she planned to make him a cake today and cook dinner.