Chapter 81 Mouthwatering

"You eat it yourself, my bowl is already piled high with food."

"With Boss Chu gone, I have to take good care of you. If anything happens to you, my life will be in danger. By the way, Sister Lin Dang, you are so lucky. Boss Chu is really too good to you."

"You'll encounter it too."

"Thank you for your kind words~"

Xiao Xiao is a very talkative person. She told me a lot of her stories. She is not old, but she has been through a lot in love. However, in the end, she only gave her heart to the wrong person. Now she doesn't believe in so-called love at all, and she doesn't expect to meet the right person. She just wants to enrich herself with work. Nothing makes her feel more at ease than work.

Xiao Xiao insisted on taking me home, and since I couldn't refuse, I invited her to come in. She was probably the second young woman to come to my house. The first was Huang Yanyan, who, being my best friend, acted like a tyrant and Chu Zhen couldn't do anything about her. Xiao Xiao was different; she was noticeably more reserved.

"Please make yourself at home. I'll get you a glass of water."

"This house is huge! May I take a look around?"

"I'm sorry, Chu Zhen isn't used to people showing off their things around the house. Most of his belongings are in the house. You can go to the balcony and take a look; the view is quite nice, and you can see the night view of City A." To be honest, I don't know Xiao Xiao very well. Apart from being colleagues, we only have a meal together.

"It's so beautiful. When will I be able to settle down in City A?" Xiao Xiao's exclamation was the same feeling I had when I stood in my rented room looking at the lights of thousands of homes.

"You're working so hard, you can definitely do it!" Once upon a time, I was just like Xiao Xiao, wanting to have my own place in City A. I was luckier than her because I met Chu Zhen. But I believe that heaven will not let down anyone who works hard to live a good life.

As I chatted with Xiao Xiao, it got late at night before I knew it. Her place was quite a distance from here, and the buses had stopped running. I was a little worried about a girl alone at night, so I let her stay at my place. I checked the time, and she didn't refuse, so I let her stay in the guest room.

"Ah~" I was startled awake early in the morning by a scream coming from the bathroom.

Chu Zhen was wrapped in a bath towel, half-naked, his hair still dripping wet, and Xiao Xiao's mouth, which had just screamed, was still open.

"Hurry up and go change your clothes!" I grabbed Chu Zhen and pushed her towards the bedroom. "Chu Zhen doesn't know you're home. Do you need to use the bathroom? There's one in the guest room. I'll take you there."

I led Xiao Xiao to Chu Lin's room. "Were you scared just now? You can use this room too. I'll go get you a new towel and toothbrush." ​​I could tell that Xiao Xiao was a little flustered.

"Sister Lin Dang, there are already early morning buses running. I'm going home now to wash up."

"Okay, don't worry, you can come to work a little later today, it's fine." Xiao Xiao's face was already flushed. After all, it's inevitable for a girl to feel nervous and embarrassed when she sees a man's naked body so early in the morning, especially since this man is her boss.

After seeing Xiao Xiao off, Chu Zhen had already changed his clothes.

"I saw you were sleeping soundly and didn't want to disturb your sleep, so I took a shower in the outer bathroom. How come Xiao Xiao was home?"

“I had dinner with her last night. Later, she was worried about me and took me home. We ended up having a really good chat. It was already past midnight, so I let her stay at my place. You seem to have scared her just now.”

"I was scared to death! You're so carefree! Your man appeared in front of another woman like that and you were worried about whether she was frightened. How come you're not even a little jealous?"

"Jealous? Why would I be jealous of a young girl? But your figure is quite enviable." I pretended to swallow and looked at Chu Zhen with a lecherous gaze.

"Don't test my patience. You're past the danger period now, so you'd better not provoke me~" Chu Zhen hugged me and walked towards the room. I had forgotten that three months had passed and the pregnancy was stable. Besides, Chu Zhen had indeed been holding back for a while. Wasn't this just like walking into the lion's den?

"I'm hungry~" Seeing Chu Zhen's wolf-like eyes, I was really afraid that he would do something outrageous in the next second. And I was indeed hungry. People say that you only have a big appetite in the later stages of pregnancy, but I'm different. I had a good appetite right from the beginning.

"Then you go back to bed and lie down for a while, I'll go make it for you."

After what just happened, I'm wide awake now. I washed up and sat in the restaurant waiting for breakfast, while also checking today's headlines. There were no reports about "fake beef," so it seems Song Huai didn't report it. But if that's the case, won't there be more victims?

"How many days do you plan to report on the fake beef incident?" I asked Chu Zhen. If citizens have reported it but the station doesn't report it, then it's the station's dereliction of duty. If the citizens who reported it then complain about the station, Song Huai should be the first person held accountable.

"Cast a long line to catch a big fish."

Since Chu Zhen didn't want to talk about it, I didn't press him further; he had his own reasons.

Chu Zhen just got home this morning. He hadn't slept all night. I still have to go to work during the day. I'm already traumatized by driving. I was thinking of taking a taxi downstairs to work, but Chu Zhen stopped me.

"Sleep with me for a while, I didn't sleep a wink last night." I told Chu Zhen to go to his room to sleep while I was eating breakfast. I was going to cover him with a blanket, but he pulled me to his side and hugged me tightly. I stroked his eyebrows. This made it easy for him to fall asleep. However, his dark circles were getting worse and his fine lines were getting more and more pronounced. Time was beginning to leave its mark on his face.

After Chu Zhen fell asleep, I lit some aromatherapy candles, closed the door, and he slept very comfortably. He didn't appear in the office until 3 p.m. Of course, I waited for the housekeeper to arrive before going to work, and told her not to disturb his rest before leaving.

"Who told you to come here by yourself? How did you get here?" Chu Zhen asked abruptly as soon as he entered, his face dark.

"I'm an employee, of course I have to go to work. Don't worry, Yan Yan is here to pick me up, and I'm perfectly fine right now."

"Just this once." Chu Zhen sat down at his desk, turned on his computer, and looked at something with a serious expression. I took this opportunity to send a message to Huang Yanyan to let her know, since I had taken the bus when I arrived this morning.

“You have absolutely no personal freedom now. You even have to sneak around to work. Is this still the Lin Dang we used to know?”

"This is love, this is respect. You'll understand when you're in a relationship. I have to go now, I have something to do."

Huang Yanyan and Chen Weiqi's relationship has been developing too rapidly lately. Whenever I initiate a conversation with her, almost every topic revolves around Chen Weiqi. I'm already sick of hearing about it. Plus, I'm pregnant now, and I don't want my child's prenatal education to revolve around their relationship. If it's a boy, it would be fine if he's like Chen Weiqi, but if it's a girl who picks up Huang Yanyan's tricks, then she'll really be a handful.