Outside, Jiang Mian continued her conversation with Shen Yin.

She had been gone for a while, and Shen Yin had sent several messages in a row.

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: Jiang Mian? Beauty Jiang? Where’d you go? huh?]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: Ugh, you disappeared mid-conversation! Where’d you run off to?]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: Wait, it’s been days since you last saw your Mr. Shen. Did you two get all fiery and passionate or something?]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: I’m counting to three, if you don’t show up it means you really went for it!]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: Ugh, Jiang Mian, you’re such a traitor! Ditching me for a man!]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: Waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Jiang Mian hurried back and was both amused and exasperated by Shen Yin’s barrage of messages.

[Jiang Mian: What are you even thinking!]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: huh? You’re back already? I didn’t expect your Mr. Shen to be all looks and no stamina. How long has it been? Ten minutes?]   

Jiang Mian rolled her eyes in frustration. This woman’s mind was always in the gutter.

[Jiang Mian: angry.jpg, stop talking nonsense! Nothing happened!]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: then what were you doing? taking a dump?]

Best friends never held back, no matter how blunt the conversation got.

[Jiang Mian: No! I was just making his bed!]

Jiang Mian really wanted to vent to Shen Yin, but given her own carefully maintained image, she couldn’t say a word!

She sighed deeply wishing she could find someone to pour out her troubles to.

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: you made his bed? The next step is obviously getting busy, or is he… not up to it?]

[Jiang Mian: …no, it’s just that he doesn’t feel that way about me!]

[Xiao Yinyin wants to make big money: he doesn’t feel that way about you?! Did you not see the way he looked at you in the parking lot? It was like he wanted to devour you whole!]

Devour her whole?

Jiang Mian frowned, what kind of description was that?

[Jiang Mian: sigh, you just don’t get it!]

How could Shen Shiyan possible feel that way about her? The person he truly loved wasn’t her!

After some more back-and-forth with Shen Yin, Jiang Mian moved to another room to start recording an unboxing video.

She spent the entire afternoon filming.

Having not worked for a while, Jiang Mian felt exhausted her back and shoulders aching, and her stomach growling with hunger.

Shen Shiyan on the other hand, hadn’t slept well, and for one reason only—he had dreamed of Jiang Mian.

In the dream, she was wearing a sheer black lingerie set, lying in his arms, her eyes seductive and her red lips curling into a captivating smile.

What followed was a series of indescribable scenes.

It was the first time Shen Shiyan had ever had such a dream, and when he woke up his mouth was dry and his body was drenched in sweat.

Rubbing his temples, he convinced himself it must have been the perfume.

Tomorrow, he would definitely have someone change the bedsheet!

As Shen Shiyan stepped out of the bedroom, he noticed several opened cardboard boxes piled up by the door again.

Massaging his temples, he called out. “Jiang Mian!”

The young woman was startled, quickly turned off her camera and peeked out from the room. “Mr. Shen, what’s wrong?”

How could she even ask what was wrong!

Shen Shiyan was exasperated. “Didn’t I tell you to clean up? Where did all these boxes come from?”

Jiang Mian glanced at the messy pile of boxes on the floor. She had gotten so absorbed in filming that she’d forgotten about them, habitually leaving them by the door where he’d inevitably see them.

“I’ll clean it up right away!”

Jiang Mian hurried out of the room, crouched down, and began efficiently gathering the boxes, preparing to take them downstairs to throw away.

Shen Shiyan’s eye twitched, and he stopped her. “Where do you think you’re going?”

“To throw out the trash!” Jiang Mian turned to look at him.

Hadn’t he told her to clean everything up? If she left the boxes here, he’d definitely complain again!

“You’re going out dressed like that?”

“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”

Jiang Mian glanced down at her outfit, not seeing anything wrong with it.

While filming the unboxing video earlier, she had come across a few new pieces of clothing she’d recently bought. She thought they looked great and decided to try them on to share with her audience.

She had changed into three different outfits, and the one she was currently wearing was a tight-fitting strappy dress that had caught her eye immediately. It had a bold yet soft and sweet vibe, with black fabric edged with white lace, subtly revealing her fair skin.

She even planned to create a matching makeup look later and take a few photos.

There was nothing wrong with it—except that the neckline was too low, the skirt was too short, and most importantly, it was identical to the dress she had worn in his dream.

Thinking back to the dream, Shen Shiyan pinched the bridge of his nose, his voice slightly hoarse. “Go change into something else.”

“Why?”

The dream was something he couldn’t bring himself to talk about.

Shen Shiyan’s eyes swept over her dress again. Her fair legs were exposed, glowing under the bright lights.

“Aren’t you cold dressed like that?”

The heating was on inside, keeping the temperature at a cozy 25 or 26 degrees Celsius. It was so warm that she felt like wearing short sleeves and eating ice cream. For a moment, she had forgotten that it was the middle of winter, with temperatures dropping to -10 degrees Celsius outside. Going out like this would definitely leave her shivering.

“I’ll just throw on a down jacket!”

^_^