If it were Yu Qiao Qiao, she would probably be worrying and go to check the door or ask aloud by now.

But Lu Man, the clever little thing, didn't act recklessly.

She perked up her ears and listened for a while, making sure there was no sound outside the door.

Then, she lifted her long, fair right leg and tiptoed out of the bathtub, stepping onto the floor towel. Then she covered her chest, and carefully straightened up, stepping out of the bathtub.

Next, she carefully moved her left leg still in the bathtub out and finally picked up the bath towel beside the bathtub, draping it around herself and tying it at the chest.

After doing all this, Lu Man quietly approached the door, pressing her ear against it and listening patiently.

But no matter how hard she listened, there seemed to be no sound outside.

Confusion filled Lu Man's wide eyes.

She bent down, peeked through the crack of the door, and still, there were no shadows or shoes.

"Uh? Did Chen Yan really leave?"

Lu Man glanced around the bathroom. Her clothes hadn't been brought in, so she couldn't dress.

What was worse, her phone along with her clothes were taken off to the bed, so they weren't brought in either.

This meant she couldn't use a phone call to test if Chen Yan was still lurking outside the door.

Thus, Lu Man found herself in a stalemate.

However, after hesitating for a while, she came up with an idea.

She went back next to the bathtub, adjusted her expression in the mirror, and then summoned all her acting skills to let out a tragic scream, "Ah~"

After the scream, Lu Man instantly stopped moving, widened her eyes, and listened intently to any sound outside the door.

Based on Lu Man's understanding of Chen Yan, even if he hid outside wanting to prank her, upon suddenly hearing her scream, he would temporarily give up his mischief to check on her.

But...

Lu Man was disappointed, for no sound from Chen Yan came from outside.

In her heart, Lu Man was sure Chen Yan must have left.

Her beautiful eyebrows pinched together.

"What?!"

"He really left?"

"Humph!"

"How unsporting!"

With that in mind, Lu Man huffed to the door, opened it, and prepared to get dressed and grab her phone to confront Chen Yan.

Just as she opened the door, suddenly, Chen Yan's triumphant voice came from outside, "Haha! Caught you, didn't I?!"

Lu Man was startled.

But before she could react, a familiar figure rushed in front of her, lifted her into his arms, and headed for the bedroom, carrying her on his shoulder.

It looked exactly like a bandit kidnapping a township's bride.

Lu Man, alarmed, cried out "Wa Wa," her slender legs flailing about~

But upon realizing it was Chen Yan, her shock turned into indignation and grievance, "You, you! You were actually outside the door!"

While being carried on Chen Yan's shoulder, she slapped the shoulders of Chen Yan who was heading to the bedroom,

"I screamed so tragically, why didn't you respond?"

Chen Yan laughed and said, "Because I saw you walking back and forth at the door. Of course, I wasn't fooled. Hahaha."

Lu Man, surprised, said, "You saw me at the door?"

Chen Yan replied, "Of course!"

Actually... Chen Yan didn't see her from the door.

After his ploy to trick Lu Man to open the door failed, he sat in the corridor playing on his phone.

He had thought it through.

Lu Man was bound to come out eventually.

And she didn't have any clothes.

Wouldn't she still end up at his mercy?

Upon hearing Lu Man's tragic scream, Chen Yan at first almost asked in panic. But at that instant, he remembered the game.

Games were much more convenient than asking. They allowed direct visual on Lu Man's status.

So... Chen Yan saw a pixel figure of Lu Man, sneaking around the door wrapped in a bath towel...

After abducting Lu Man, Chen Yan rushed straight into the bedroom, and then the two toppled onto the bed together.

They rolled into a bundle, Lu Man shyly hitting Chen Yan all the while saying, "The curtains, the curtains."

Chen Yan was not fooled, "Look for yourself."

Lu Man turned her head and noticed, that... Chen Yan had learned from last time and had drawn the curtains ahead of time.

Lu Man was momentarily lost.

"My god. What kind of preparations did he make just now?"

While Lu Man's plot failed, suddenly she felt a chill on her body.

Looking down, she discovered... the bath towel wrapped around her had been yanked away by Chen Yan...

"Ah~! Pervert!" Lu Man, in her shyness, covered her body and weakly resisted.

But... that effort, if called resistance, would rather be described as half-hearted refusal...

In the room, pink bubbles seemed to float in the air for a moment...

...

Meanwhile.

Qin Island. Wutong Group, 7th floor. Technology Business Division. Vice President's office.

A beautiful woman was flipping through a document.

She appeared to be in her mid-twenties, wearing a white women's suit and emitting an aura of a strong, independent woman.

After flipping through the document for a while, the woman put it aside, thought for a stint, then pressed the intercom button on the desk phone, instructing, "Xiao Yu, call Qin Ming over."

From the phone, a girl's voice responded, "Right away, Director He."

After hanging up the phone, it took a full three minutes before the door to the woman's office was knocked on heavily.

The woman, supporting her chin with her hand, looked towards the door, "Come in."

The door pushed open, and a rather handsome but somewhat frivolous young man peeked in.

He glanced at the woman and displayed a cheeky smile, "Cousin? You called for me?"

If Chen Yan were here, he would recognize this person as the young man who tried to buy his watch at the watch store, claiming to be the son of He Ruifeng, Qin Island's richest man.

Seeing the young man peeping in, the woman gave a gentle smile and waved him over.

Relieved by the woman's smile, the young man relaxed.

The siblings had a visibly good relationship, hence the young man didn't consider himself an outsider.

After ascertaining the woman's mood, he casually pushed the door open, walked inside, and then took a seat on the sofa, carelessly speaking, "Sis, what did you need? I was busy over there."

The woman came out from behind the table, her high heels clacking as she walked to the door, then said, "What could you be busy with? Hanging out with some nightclub girl again?"

The young man waved his hand, saying,

"I call that actively blending into the younger crowd."

"I'm the marketing manager of the company, I need to stay updated with market changes."

"If I don't understand the youth, how can I grasp future market trends?"

The woman smiled and then reached behind the door, locking it with a "click" before picking up a baseball bat...

Hearing the door lock, the young man suddenly sprang up from the sofa, a sense of foreboding washing over him.

He saw the woman holding the baseball bat, staring intently at him.

This scene was obviously not the first of its kind.

So the young man skillfully raised his hands in a panicky defense, saying, "Sis, sis. What are you doing?"

The woman smiled sweetly at him and asked in a sugary tone, "Qin Ming~ I don't mind that you understand the market."

"You using the He family's name to pick up girls, I don't care either."

"But... why have I recently heard that my dad has another son?"

"And I... am strangely bedridden and severely ill, on my deathbed?"

Hearing the woman's words, the young man totally panicked.

He waved his hands while speaking, "Sis, sis. Hear me out! There's a reason for that!"

The woman unbuttoned the top button of her suit to allow for more freedom of movement.

Then she tilted her neck, dragging the baseball bat with her as she stepped closer to Qin Ming, stating, "Sure. No problem. I'll give you time to explain."

"But... you better be quick, you know I'm not patient."

"If you're even slightly slow, perhaps the one seriously ill in bed, needing a broken watch to survive, will be you. Hehehe..."

Qin Ming hurriedly said, "Sis! Sis! Hear me out! It was the Zhao family's lesser branch young miss's first time attending our circle's gathering. I thought of suppressing her for you!"

"After all, how could a young miss from a Zhao family branch compare to you?"

"You are the goddess in everyone's eyes here!"

The woman, "Hehehe. Really? Then why were you desperately seeking a men's watch everywhere?"

Qin Ming completely panicked, "I... I... I. I'm also representing my uncle's dignity! I'm part of the He family, I... I..."

The woman, "Hehehe...."

After a while, a pig-slaughter-like scream echoed in the office, "Ah!"

...

At the same time, as a fierce battle unfolded in the Wutong Group.

In Lu Man's villa. In a room on the third floor, a silent battle was taking place.

Lu Man's voice was muffled, "Chen Yan, my mouth is a bit sore..."

Chen Yan, while stroking her head, responded, "Be good. You'll get milk if you try hard."

Lu Man cooed, "Hmm~ don't wanna. It's too exhausting."

...

Half an hour later.

Chen Yan, "Is the milk tasty?"

Lu Man, "Cough cough. A bit strong. Can we buy a lighter one next time?"

Chen Yan tapped her little head, "Don't be picky. It's not nutritious that way."

...

The next day, Chen Yan was awakened by a streak of sunlight peeking through the curtain gap.

He reached to rub his eyes but realized there was still a beauty lying in his arms.

Her delicate face, fair skin, long lashes, high nose bridge, and the jade arm extending out of the blanket, all seemed like a collection of the world's most beautiful things...

Chen Yan smiled as he looked at her.

Though they hadn't done the ultimate step yesterday, their night had its own kind of splendor, leaving a bit of nostalgia.

Thinking so, Chen Yan reached for his phone to check the time. It was just 8 AM.

Still early.

Thinking thus, Chen Yan gently hugged the lovely Lu Man again, closed his eyes, and prepared for a little more sleep.

But what he didn't notice, as he held Lu Man planning to sleep in, Lu Man's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she stealthily opened her eyes. In her gaze was bashfulness, and a sliver of slyness...

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