Under Lu Sui’s gaze, Wu Mangmang withdrew her calves that had been hanging over the armrests and sat upright behind the desk. “Of course not. When he came in, I was sitting like this—he couldn’t see anything.”

Indeed, he couldn’t see any real goods, but those red marks trailing down from her neck to her collarbone were more tantalizing than anything visible.

“Were your shirt buttons fastened when he came in earlier?” Lu Sui asked again.

Wu Mangmang lowered her eyelids, no longer daring to look into Lu Sui’s eyes. She had actually been aware of it earlier, but buttoning up her shirt in front of Peng Ze would have been even more obvious, so Wu Mangmang had brazenly played dumb.

Lu Sui closed his eyes. Peng Ze’s brief moment of distraction during the meeting earlier hadn’t escaped the big boss’s keen observation.

When they left Lu Sui’s office, Wu Mangmang was already properly dressed. The clothes had been brought by Annie.

However, unlike their intimate entrance earlier, when leaving, Lu Sui carried Wu Mangmang’s bag and walked ahead, while Wu Mangmang followed behind him with a pale face.

Peng Ze’s usually composed secretary Flora rarely sighed, but she couldn’t help remarking, “Mr. Lu actually carries his girlfriend’s handbag?!”

And somehow this scene was strangely harmonious.

Lu Sui had always only used male assistants. The elite female assistant who had suddenly appeared last time had already resigned, and now Peng Ze’s secretary Flora was the only woman on this floor. However, this particular flower had been married for fifteen years with two children, so there was basically no trace of infatuation to be found in her—otherwise she never would have been hired.

Men couldn’t win over mature women with just a pretty face.

But just the right amount of gentleness could earn their appreciation.

“Ah, if I were twenty years younger…” Flora sighed.

If Wu Mangmang had heard this, she would have advised Flora not to choose Lu Sui even if she were twenty years younger.

As soon as she sat in the car, Wu Mangmang immediately cried out in pain, quickly adjusting her posture to sit sideways with only half her body on the seat.

Lu Sui had been too harsh earlier. Wu Mangmang felt her bottom was probably swollen like a fermented steamed bun.

Lu Sui patted his leg, and Wu Mangmang immediately lay down with her head on it.

She didn’t say much, just handed Lu Sui her phone, which showed the content she had searched on Baidu.

“Although the buttocks have the most soft tissue in the human body, if the impact force exceeds its capacity, especially continuous, repeated impacts, it will cause extensive soft tissue contusion and bleeding. In severe cases, it will reduce effective circulating blood volume… ultimately leading to death. At the same time, this type of contusion can easily cause acute kidney failure and death.”

“Take me back to the hillside villa,” Wu Mangmang said sullenly.

“Not today,” Lu Sui seemed to have no sense of guilt whatsoever.

Wu Mangmang bit down on Lu Sui’s thigh. The summer fabric was thin, making it particularly satisfying to bite.

Lu Sui patted Wu Mangmang’s head like she was a little dog. “I’ll take you there tomorrow.”

“Why?” Wu Mangmang asked.

“A brief separation is better than a new marriage,” Lu Sui said shamelessly.

“We already did that this afternoon!” Wu Mangmang was furious.

As usual, they returned to the Lu residence—after all, Wu Mangmang wasn’t the one paying the driver’s salary.

When the car drove through the gates, the servants in the house all came out in formation to welcome the lady of the house back.

Wu Mangmang awkwardly greeted old Peter, remembering that she had been the one who insisted on breaking up. Now she felt truly embarrassed.

In contrast, Lu Sui’s powerful inner strength was completely unreadable from his expression.

The room Wu Mangmang had used before as the lady of the house had been redecorated. Walking in gave her the illusion of entering a different time and space—it was just like an ancient young lady’s boudoir.

There were rosewood day beds, screens, curio cabinets, and hollow carved grape vine moon gate partitions.

This was what ancient elegance should look like.

Only one thing was different—the bed.

The bed was newly made, with all antique-style wood, but the shape had a modern style because Wu Mangmang didn’t like those ancient canopy beds, finding them stuffy.

However, the headboard and footboard designs had a very ancient feel, so it wasn’t jarring.

Sleeping in this room, Wu Mangmang could probably naturally perform an “ancient time-travel drama”: Where is this? Are we filming a period drama?

Wu Mangmang mentally performed the time-travel scene once and happily rolled around on the bed. When her eyes inadvertently fell on the displays in the curio cabinet, she couldn’t help saying, “Lu Sui really spared no expense with these sugar-coated bullets.”

Wu Mangmang picked up a white jade double-eared cup and played with it for quite a while until Annie came to call her for dinner, then reluctantly put it down.

“Mangmang!” Lu Lin was quite shocked when she saw Wu Mangmang coming downstairs.

Wu Mangmang was actually more surprised than pleased to see Lu Lin, wondering whether Lu Lin’s appearance here was due to Lu Sui moving too quickly or if it was really a coincidence.

Wu Mangmang glanced at Lu Sui, then went forward to embrace Lu Lin, who had opened her arms to welcome her. “Sister Lu Lin.”

Lu Lin enthusiastically refused to let go, stroking Wu Mangmang’s back in front of Lu Sui. “You’ve gotten thinner.”

Although being touched by Lu Lin like this felt a bit awkward, Wu Mangmang didn’t push her away.

After more than half a year, Wu Mangmang had learned to be smart.

Lu Lin might have some interest in her, but most of that interest came from the fact that Lu Sui was also interested in her.

Especially after she had dumped Lu Sui, Lu Lin had been particularly nice to her.

Wu Mangmang saw through Lu Lin’s thoughts, knowing she wanted to annoy Lu Sui.

And Wu Mangmang, having been beaten up that afternoon, was also feeling uncomfortable, so she let Lu Lin get in Lu Sui’s way.

“Let’s eat,” Lu Sui pulled Wu Mangmang out of Lu Lin’s embrace.

Wu Mangmang turned back and threw a flirtatious glance at Lu Lin.

“How did Lu Sui win you back? He must have put in a lot of effort, right?” Lu Lin asked casually during dinner.

At times like this, she absolutely couldn’t let her elbow bend the wrong way. Wu Mangmang gave Lu Sui a reproachful look, then turned to Lu Lin and said, “No, I was just too soft-hearted.”

“Women who are too soft-hearted get won back easily by men, but they might not know how to cherish it,” Lu Lin was openly trying to sow discord.

“Are you reminiscing about how stupid you used to be?” Lu Sui smiled mockingly.

Lu Lin’s expression changed, and Wu Mangmang quickly lowered her head. It seemed Lu Sui was specifically stepping on Lu Lin’s sore spots.

Fortunately, everyone present was skilled at social situations, and soon the siblings shifted the topic to business.

Wu Mangmang quietly picked at her food when she heard Lu Sui say, “Eat some green peppers.”

Such a controlling person.

But Wu Mangmang had learned from Lu Jianan not to embarrass her man in front of others, so she obediently picked up a strand of green pepper.

But by the time dinner was finished, that strand of green pepper was still lying at the bottom of her bowl.

Wu Mangmang thought this was perfect. She had learned the art of superficial compliance and secret defiance when she was with Lu Sui before.

After dinner, Annie brought Wu Mangmang her usual detox and beauty fruit and vegetable juice. Wu Mangmang took a sip and her mouth was full of green pepper flavor. Since she couldn’t spray it in Lu Sui’s face in front of Lu Lin, she felt quite depressed.

The clock quickly moved to 8:30. Lu Lin wanted to continue reminiscing with Wu Mangmang, but Lu Sui had already stood up to see her out. “You should go home.”

Lu Lin looked at her watch and frowned slightly. “It’s still early. Mangmang and I haven’t seen each other for so long and miss each other terribly. If you’re busy, go ahead—I’m not an outsider.”

Lu Sui supported Wu Mangmang’s waist and pulled her up, then stood shoulder to shoulder facing Lu Lin. “Mangmang and I are going to rest.”

“This early?!” Lu Lin obviously didn’t believe Lu Sui’s dismissal. “Are you really that impatient?”

Yes, he was.

As soon as Lu Lin left, Wu Mangmang was dragged upstairs by Lu Sui.

“I don’t want to sleep this early. What young person goes to bed at nine o’clock nowadays?” Wu Mangmang protested.

“We can get up again later,” Lu Sui held Wu Mangmang’s slender waist without loosening his grip, biting her earlobe and whispering, “I missed you.”

The most wonderful thing about the word “courtship” was the character for “request.”

Tossing and turning, thinking of her in sleep and wake.

When Wu Mangmang woke up again, it was already past ten o’clock the next day. Yesterday had been chaotic, but now her mind was finally clear.

Wu Mangmang’s fingertips traced Lu Sui’s chest seemingly absent-mindedly. Lu Sui didn’t stop her, just lay quietly with his eyes closed.

“You lied yesterday about being at A University. You actually knew I was coming to find you, didn’t you?” This topic had come up yesterday, but because of the “Old Apple” incident, Lu Sui had deflected it and Wu Mangmang hadn’t had a chance to ask.

“And you said you didn’t have time to see me today, but now you can sleep until ten o’clock and have time?” The more Wu Mangmang thought about it, the more she felt she had fallen into Lu Sui’s trap.

What was infuriating was that Lu Sui kept silent. Wu Mangmang got angry and simply turned over to straddle his waist.

“Speak! How did you know I would come?” Wu Mangmang menacingly held her hand like a knife at Lu Sui’s neck.

“Do you think I’m an immortal who can predict the future?” Lu Sui caught Wu Mangmang’s hand and kissed her fingertips.

Although he wasn’t an immortal, this person was really too good at manipulating people’s hearts.

Before Wu Mangmang returned to the city, Lu Sui had always been in a state of “I’m very busy, I’m very busy, although I’m very busy, I’m willing to be a frequent flyer to see you.”

After Wu Mangmang returned to A City, Lu Sui worked one hour a day and then was in various states of leisure. Although he had various invitations every day, they weren’t things he couldn’t cancel—at least compared to his girlfriend, their importance was definitely not high.

Wu Mangmang was almost sick of seeing Lu Sui’s face constantly hanging around in front of her. If it weren’t for the sake of his abs, she really would have wanted him to disappear immediately.

After about half a month, one evening, Wu Mangmang had been thoroughly worn out by Lu Sui and groggily realized that her life didn’t seem much different from before—she was still going to bed at nine o’clock every night.

The only difference was that before, Lu Sui had commanded her to go to sleep, but now he used coaxing and deception. Although the methods were different, the results were completely unchanged.

As for morning exercise, Wu Mangmang could always hear Lu Sui saying to her, “Your face seems to have gotten fatter lately.”

“Can you still fit into your size XS dresses?”

“How did your waist get a size bigger? Are you pregnant?”

Being bombarded like this every day, how could Wu Mangmang not get up for morning runs? She felt like every time she ran, it was like being walked by Lu Sui like a dog.

If Wu Mangmang were still at A University, this kind of thing would never happen.

But at the Lu residence it was different—fighting on away turf, she was naturally at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.

After being stupid for half a month, Wu Mangmang finally discovered that Lu Sui had originally been pretending to be busy just to coax her back.

It must have been hard for him to put on such an act, running back and forth between this city and A City in one day.

At the time, Wu Mangmang had been incredibly moved and heartbroken, afraid that Lu Sui’s body couldn’t handle such travel. She also felt that someone with such a large family business could still do this much for a small girlfriend like her—his sincerity was perfectly expressed. If she continued being proud, she would be courting death.

As a girlfriend, Wu Mangmang naturally had to be understanding. But when people are too kind, they easily become foolish, jumping directly into the pit Lu Sui had dug for her bright and early.

Wu Mangmang almost cried at her own stupidity.

To be considerate of Lu Sui’s busy schedule, when she was at school, Wu Mangmang only let Lu Sui help her fetch hot water twice before she stopped enslaving him.

Every time Lu Sui came to A University, she obediently went with him to Lychee Garden. Now thinking back, was there any woman more naively sweet than her?

“Time to get up, little master,” Lu Sui lowered his head and gently bit Wu Mangmang’s cheek.

Wu Mangmang covered her face and kicked her feet fiercely in the air. “Go away.”

“Not going for a run?” Lu Sui reached out and pinched the little bit of flesh at Wu Mangmang’s lower back.

As long as women aren’t as thin as reed stalks, they can always pinch out some flesh when bending their bodies. Without fat, they wouldn’t be soft women but rigid tomboys.

But women are also that strange species who will shout “I need to lose weight” even when they don’t have an ounce of fat on them.

Wu Mangmang slapped Lu Sui’s hand away, buried her head in the pillow, and stuck her bottom up facing Lu Sui. “I’m not losing weight!”

“Be good, get up. If you get up, I’ll let you play the little master again tonight,” Lu Sui blew in Wu Mangmang’s ear.

Little master my ass! She didn’t want to play that role at all, okay? Only Lu Sui was enjoying himself from beginning to end, okay?

“I want to sleep,” Wu Mangmang resolutely refused to be foolish again.

“Alright then. Sigh, but going for a run alone is really no fun,” Lu Sui hugged Wu Mangmang through the blanket.

Haha, you’ve been insisting on morning runs for eight hundred years—why didn’t you say it was no fun before? Wu Mangmang complained internally.

“Forget it, I’ll stay and sleep with you,” Lu Sui started taking off his clothes.

Wu Mangmang didn’t care—sleep if you want to sleep.

When Wu Mangmang went downstairs for breakfast at ten o’clock, she saw Lu Sui looking at documents. She glanced over casually and asked, “What is it?”

“Medical examination report,” Lu Sui said.

“Oh, let me see,” Wu Mangmang came over with her milk and looked. The report showed mild fatty liver and recommended more exercise.

Wu Mangmang’s eyes scanned Lu Sui’s body. She really couldn’t see how someone with his physique could have fatty liver. “Too much socializing, right? Too much drinking?”

Lu Sui casually put down the report. “It’s nothing serious, no big deal.”

Wu Mangmang bit the rim of her milk glass and muttered, “Men’s average lifespan is several years shorter than women’s.”

Lu Sui leaned over and bit Wu Mangmang’s ear. “Don’t worry, when I die, I’ll leave you all my inheritance so you can be a rich widow.”

Wu Mangmang made a disdainful “tch” sound.

That evening, Lu Sui used the doctor’s orders for more exercise as his slogan and easily tricked Wu Mangmang into bed at nine o’clock.

The next morning, Wu Mangmang’s biological clock naturally woke her at six o’clock because Lu Sui was tossing and turning beside her.

“If you can’t sleep, get up and go running,” Wu Mangmang kicked Lu Sui.

Lu Sui grabbed Wu Mangmang’s calf and let his hand slide upward. “Running alone is no fun. I’m not going. I’ll stay and sleep in with you—then you won’t have to complain about waking up every morning and not seeing me.”

Wu Mangmang silently cursed Zeng Ruling, that traitor—she really told Lu Sui everything.

Cursing aside, Wu Mangmang was a girl with an extremely soft heart. She rolled out of bed. “I’m really afraid of you. I’ll go running with you. Fatty liver can develop into cirrhosis—it’s no joke.”

“How do you know?” Lu Sui smiled and went to bite Wu Mangmang’s cheek.

Obviously someone cared and had definitely looked it up online.

“Get up, old man,” Wu Mangmang threw a pillow at Lu Sui irritably. “You just like bullying me. Enslaved by you at night, and I have to accompany you running in the morning. It’s really bitter.”

“Thank you,” Lu Sui wrapped his arms around Wu Mangmang’s waist as she knelt on the bed.

Somehow, when Wu Mangmang saw the happy sparkle in Lu Sui’s eyes, she felt that sacrificing a little sleep wasn’t really anything. Money can’t buy happiness, right?

So although Wu Mangmang had made up her mind not to be foolish anymore, it seemed her sleep schedule still couldn’t be adjusted back—she continued going to bed early and rising early as usual.