Shen Nianchu picked out a turtleneck sweater dress and dressed up carefully.

After all, it is the first date after confirming the relationship, so it must be taken seriously.

But Lu Jinzhou did not give her any other surprises, such as a carefully prepared candlelight dinner and a large bouquet of white roses.

Shen Nianchu was so surprised that she almost cried. He didn't give her the same roses as others, but her favorite white roses. "How do you know I like white roses?"

"Didn't you say in a previous interview that you liked White Rose the most?" Lu Jinzhou helped her pull out a chair. "Do you like it?"

Shen Nianchu's face was full of joy, and there was a layer of mist in her eyes as she hugged him.

"I like it! I like it very much. I like the white rose, and I like you who gave me the white rose even more."

Lu Jinzhou put his right arm around her and gently patted her right lower back.

"It's a date after all. Of course you have to have what other girls have. It's just a bouquet of flowers, and you're so moved that you're about to cry? Do you have such low expectations of me?"

Shen Nianchu resisted the urge to cry and shook her head, "No, I just feel a little surprised and a little unreal."

White Rose is so special to her that it goes beyond the scope of liking her.

The two sat down, and Lu Jinzhou asked, "What's unreal about it?"

"Just yesterday, you were rude to me, speaking rudely and telling me not to mess with you again. But today, you've suddenly changed your ways and are so nice to me. It's unbelievable to anyone."

While cutting the steak, Lu Jinzhou asked gently, "Was I mean to you before?"

"Not really. Compared to others, you're quite gentlemanly, but you're too cold. You have no idea how hard it is for me every day, especially when compared to you, after meeting those weirdos on the show a while ago... By the way,"

"Didn't you say you'd say hello to Jiang Qinian during that dinner? Why were the next few guys still weird? Did you forget?"

"I haven't forgotten," Lu Jinzhou frowned and gave the steak he had cut to Shen Nianchu. "If I had replaced it with those weird guys, how could they form a strong contrast with me, and how could they make you remember my kindness so well?"

His eyes were so open and his tone of voice made me feel righteous.

Shen Nianchu was not stupid. She had suspected it before, "So, those men were actually arranged by you deliberately for Jiang Qinian?"

"You've already been cheated on this before, so I'll let you go on as many blind dates as you can so you don't have to suffer the same fate next time."

Shen Nianchu's smile froze slightly: "So I still have to thank you, right?"

"You're welcome. It's just a piece of cake."

"Do you know that those male actors you found were so weird that I couldn't even eat enough during the first few days."

Lu Jinzhou smiled and said, "Well, I felt a little guilty at the time, so I treated you to dinner that night."

“…”

"No," Shen Nianchu shook his head thoughtfully.

"Lu Jinzhou, you deliberately arranged for those men to disgust me. In fact, you have been interested in me since then, right? You ignore my messages every day, you are basically playing hard to get!"

Seeing that Lu Jinzhou didn't deny it, Shen Nianchu pretended to be angry and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll get angry and ignore you after I find out?"

"I told you last night that you can't just come and go as you please here. It's too late to regret it now. Besides, you were the one who pulled up your pants and denied your responsibility first. I'm playing a little trick to make you take responsibility for me. It's not too much."

Chen Nianchu was stunned. Why was she still performing a one-man show there to tease people?

It's not that she is irresponsible. How could she know about the trouble caused by the secondary personality that night?

"Lu Jinzhou, your image in my eyes is a bit broken."

You thought he was a polite gentleman, but it turns out he's a black-hearted and scheming man?

She seems to be unable to play, can she return it?

Lu Jinzhou excused himself seriously, "I've always felt that as long as the result is perfect, it's understandable to use any means necessary."

Shen Nianchu took a sip of wine, her face full of unhappiness.

"But I don't like the feeling of being cheated. But since this is your first time, I won't hold it against you. Next time, just say what you want to say and don't try to trick me."

"Well, if there's anything else that makes you unhappy, tell me now so I don't make mistakes later."

Seeing the man was so good-tempered, Shen Nianchu continued, "Also, I won't be happy if you don't reply to my message. You must reply to my message in the future. Even if you are busy, you must remember to reply after you are done."

"Yeah," Lu Jinzhou replied good-naturedly with a doting smile on his lips, "You pout so high, you could hang a bottle of oil on your lips."

Chen Nianchu said coquettishly: "It's not you..."

She's just throwing a tantrum at him, so there's nothing wrong with giving in to her. It feels... not bad.

"Well, blame me. Eat quickly, dear."

good?

…

When the two of them returned after dinner, Shen Nianchu suggested taking a walk in the community park.

The two of them walked slowly and aimlessly in the moonlight.

Lu Jinzhou lowered his eyes and glanced at the black mask that covered most of her face. "Don't you want to be exposed? Aren't you afraid of the risks?"

"This park is so huge. Look, there's no one around."

When she decided to come here, she also took this into consideration. She might not run into many people even if she walked around. The few people who occasionally came were jogging, so the chance of being recognized was very small.

The moonlight cast a long shadow on the two of them, and Shen Nianchu was still like the last time at Peninsula Manor, sneaking around and trying to hold his hand.

How could Lu Jinzhou not know this? He casually wrapped her slightly cold little hand in his big palm, looked at the smile at the corner of her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "So happy?"

"It's our first time holding hands, so of course I'm happy."

Lu Jinzhou put his left hand in his pocket and held her hand as they continued walking forward. "Didn't we hold hands a long time ago?"

"When?" Although the two of them had done more intimate things, they had never held hands.

Could it be another alternate personality, Shen Xiaochu?

"Last time when I sent you back to the villa at Peninsula Manor, Shadow."

Shen Nianchu tugged at his hand, and they both stopped walking. "You knew everything, and you left me there all alone, laughing like an idiot? Couldn't you have held my hand then?"

"It was not proper at that time, so it was inappropriate to hold your hand."

Shen Nianchu: “…”

Shen Nianchu scratched his palm with her fingertips, "Lu Jinzhou, you are so cunning that it doesn't seem like your first time in love."

"Maybe, I've been influenced by it since I was a child?"

Shen Nianchu's beautiful eyes were full of smiles. She stood on tiptoe, kissed him through the mask, and whispered softly, "I like it."

Lu Jinzhou touched the back of her head lovingly and kissed her forehead. His heartbeat quickened unconsciously. "You're so sweet?"

"Of course my mouth is sweet after eating the steak you cut."

"It's sweet if I cut it? What if I made it myself?"

"You'll know next time you try it."

Lu Jinzhou hugged her as they walked towards the apartment. "You're the only one with so many tricks up your sleeve, and you still say I'm cunning."