Li Linlin woke up after sleeping for a while. Because she had lived in this bedroom before, she didn’t notice anything wrong at first.

Only after her eyes saw that the surrounding furnishings were different from hers did she realize that it was now Chen Yiran who was occupying this place.

“……” So she fell asleep at Chen Yiran’s house?

Thinking of this, she her head turned sharply and glanced to the side.

Half of the bed next to her was empty and there was no sign that anyone had slept on it. Fortunately, Chen Yiran wasn’t so crazy yet.

Her clothes hadn’t been changed and only her shoes were taken off. She raised her hand and touched her face. It felt like her makeup had been removed.

She turned on the bedside lamp and sat up. She remembered that Assistant Wu once revealed to her that Chen Yiran was a bit of a germophobe. Now he actually let her lie on his bed without changing clothes. Would he have to change all the beddings tomorrow?

Li Linlin pursed her lips and went to the bathroom in slippers. She didn’t feel it when she was asleep, but when she woke up, she felt uncomfortable sleeping without washing up.

She searched in Chen Yiran’s bathroom cabinet and found a new electric toothbrush head. She took it apart, pulled out Chen Yiran’s old one and replaced it with a new head.

She couldn’t find a new cup, so she had to make do with Chen Yiran’s.

After brushing her teeth, she washed her face with Chen Yiran’s facial cleanser, then walked to the closet to change into more comfortable clothes.

She remembered that when she moved out from there, she left some clothes behind and didn’t have time to take them away. She came down once and wanted to pack away her things secretly, but she happened to bump into Chen Yiran who was moving over. After that, the matter had been forgotten.

So if Chen Yiran didn’t throw away the things she left behind, she should still have clothes there.

She opened a few closet doors and actually found them there. Chen Yiran allocated a small area for all the things she had left behind, and placed on the topmost layer, was her underwear.

It was pink.

Li Linlin: “……”

Li Linlin’s face instantly turned red. She became so angry that she grabbed her underwear and went to settle accounts with Chen Yiran.

He wasn’t in the other bedrooms. When Li Linlin saw light coming from the study through the crack in the door, she walked up aggressively and turned the door handle.

Chen Yiran didn’t lock the door so it opened with ease. In Chen Yiran’s study, only one lamp on the desk was turned on. He was sitting behind the computer, and when he heard someone come in, he subconsciously raised his eyes and looked towards the door.

Li Linlin was holding her underwear in one hand, and before she even reached the desk, she began to question Chen Yiran, “You even kept my underwear hidden! Are you a pervert?!”

The study was very quiet for a moment, then Chen Yiran whispered a few words in English into the headset’s microphone. Li Linlin didn’t manage to clearly hear what he said.

She frowned and looked at Chen Yiran across the room. “You’re video chatting with someone? You’re up late at night, are you flirting with some beautiful woman?”

Chen Yiran took off the headset and looked at her with a faint smile. “I’m having a video conference with a few high-level executives abroad.”

Li Linlin was stunned for a moment and her expression became obviously unnatural. “Then they didn’t hear what I said just now, did they? No, I spoke in Chinese, they can’t understand it, right?”

Chen Yiran fell silent for a moment, then nodded. “Mm.”

Li Linlin looked at him and said, “Since you’re in a meeting, I’ll come back to settle accounts with you later.”

Chen Yiran said with a light smile, “You’re not interrupting. I told them to take a ten minute break. Just tell me what you wanted to say so you can go back to sleep.”

Li Linlin pursed her lips and asked him, “My underwear……”

“You left it here and I helped put all your things together.” Chen Yiran looked composed when he said this, and one couldn’t tell at all how flustered he was when he first discovered the underwear.

He appeared so candid that Li Linlin felt that she was making a big fuss about it. “Have you touched it?”

Chen Yiran found this question tricky. “If I didn’t touch it, how can I help you organize your things?”

“Who wants you to help me organize my things? They’re originally placed in the closet. You can just leave it there and then send me a message to pick them up.”

Chen Yiran said, “But you simply ignored me at that time. Our relationship had eased slightly later on but by that time I have forgotten about this matter.”

“……” Li Linlin was silent for a while, her eyes sizing him up sharply. “What else have you done to my underwear?”

Chen Yiran said helplessly, “What will I do it? You don’t really think I’m a pervert, do you?”

Li Linlin scrutinized him a few more times before calming down. “Alright, I’ll take your word for it.”

She didn’t continue to linger in Chen Yiran’s study and left the room with her thing. Once she was gone, Chen Yiran resumed the video conference.

Li Linlin didn’t know until what time Chen Yiran worked that night. Anyway, she fell asleep deeply after that and didn’t wake up until the other day.

She rubbed her hair, picked up her phone and looked at the time. It was almost ten o’clock.

After briefly washing up, Li Linlin put on yesterday’s dress and walked to the living room. As soon as she opened the door, Xiao Chaichai ran over excitedly and circled around her. Li Linlin bent down and teased it for a while, then carried it to take a look at the kitchen.

There’s a faint aroma in the living room and she guessed that Chen Yiran was cooking in the kitchen. She walked over, and sure enough, she saw Chen Yiran in an apron busy inside.

Li Linlin leaned against the door frame and looked at him for a while. “What time did you go to bed last night?”

Chen Yiran said while beating eggs, “Past two. Almost three o’clock.”

“Then what time did you get up this morning?”

“Eight o’clock.”

“So you only need to sleep five hours a day?”

Chen Yiran raised his eyes to look at her. “The key to sleep is quality. Five hours of high-quality sleep is more useful than ten hours of low-quality sleep.”

“Oh.” Li Linlin nodded slowly. “So you work before going to bed to improve the quality of your sleep?”

“……” Not necessarily. “Go wash your hands and then you can eat.”

“Oh.” Li Linlin responded and walked away holding the dog.

When she came back after washing her hands, Chen Yiran had already set breakfast on the table, including omelettes, fruits and vegetables, and also milk and bacon.

“This is quite a rich breakfast.” Li Linlin pulled out a chair and sat down opposite him. Xiao Chaichai came over to Chen Yiran’s side, wanting to eat as well.

Chen Yiran bent down and looked at it, but didn’t give it any food. “I just gave you breakfast this morning. You’re hungry again so soon?”

“Woof!”

“There’s no use acting coquettish. These aren’t prepared for you.”

While one of them was having a conversation with the dog, Li Linlin had already forked a piece of bacon and ate it. “Your cooking is really good. It seems like you’re getting better and better.”

Chen Yiran looked up at her and said, “If you like it, I’ll keep cooking for you from now on.”

Li Linlin curled her lips and continued to eat her breakfast. “Stop saying beautiful words. How can you have so much time to cook for me when you’re so busy with work?”

Chen Yiran said, “It’s indeed impossible to cook every meal, but I can guarantee that I will do it for you whenever I have time.”

“Woof, woof.” Xiao Chaichai reminded him not to forget it.

Chen Yiran laughed, looked at Xiao Chaichai and said, “I know. You as well. Little glutton.”

“Woof.”

After the two of them finished breakfast, Chen Yiran didn’t clean up. He just put the dishes in the sink and planned to do it when he came back in the evening. “I still have to go to the company. Where are you heading?”

Li Linlin said, “To the studio. Wu Hui’er sent me a message early in the morning asking me to go over.”

“Okay, I’ll take you there.”

“Woof, woof.” Seeing that they were leaving, Xiao Chaichai barked while following them, hoping they would take it with them.

Chen Yiran thought for a while and said to Li Linlin, “How about you take Xiao Chaichai to the studio? I’ll pick you up after work in the afternoon.”

Chen Yiran’s suggestion seemed to be okay. Li Linlin’s studio had fewer people and was relatively unrestrained, and since she’s the owner of the studio, no one would say anything if she brings a dog there. But he said ‘pick you up’ instead of ‘Xiao Chaichai’. Did he want to trick her into coming to his place again tonight?

Heh, did he really think she wouldn’t notice his trick?

“I can take Xiao Chaichai, but just come to the studio to pick up the dog after work. I still have to go home.” She didn’t go home last night. If she didn’t go back again tonight, her dad might have something to say about it again.

The couple could obviously stay abroad for more than half a year on their own.

“Why don’t we have dinner together tonight?” Chen Yiran tempted her with food again.

Li Linlin firmly said, “No, if it got too late, it won’t be convenient to go back.”

“Then you can continue staying here, there are plenty of rooms anyway.”

Li Linlin looked at him and said, “That’s even more inconvenient.”

Chen Yiran was silent for a moment, thinking about it. He didn’t have much of Li Linlin’s stuff there, so it would be better for her to go back upstairs.

With this though, he discovered a big hidden problem. He’d been living in Yinwan, and if he wanted to trick— no— invite Li Linlin to his house, he had to be wary of the few young people and the kid opposite. Even if she did come, she could stay upstairs for the night.

It seemed that he could no longer stay in Yinwan, but if he moved away, only a few girls and the people across the house would be left there, making him even more uneasy.

“What are you thinking about?” Seeing his pensive expression, Li Linlin felt as if he was calculating something.

“Nothing.” Chen Yiran put on his suit jacket and buttoned it up while telling Li Linlin, “Let’s go.”

Li Linlin gave him a suspicious look, packed up Xiao Chaichai’s stuff, and took it out with her.

Chen Yiran first sent Li Linlin to her studio before going to his company. The two places were in the same area and wasn’t too far apart.

———pr

They received such a big project yesterday and Wu Hui was so excited that she stayed up all night. She also came to the studio early in the morning to handle the various contracts and negotiations that followed.

When Li Linlin came with the dog, she froze for a moment. “……Isn’t that dog President Chen’s Xiao Chaichai?”

Many people knew that Chen Yiran had a dog. Although Wu Hui didn’t have Chen Yiran’s WeChat account, she still saw a lot of his posts due to Li Linlin. Apart from seeing the dog in photos and videos, this was only the second time she’d seen it in person.

“Yeah.” When she arrived at the studio, Li Linlin released Xiao Chaichai from the carrier. “She’s bored at home so I took her out for some fresh air.”

“……Getting some fresh air in our studio?”

“……” Li Linlin was quiet for a second. “At least there are two more beauties accompanying her, which is much better than guarding an empty house alone.”