Wen Shuqiao took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. The weather had been good lately, and the sunlight felt comfortable on her face.

She snapped out of her daze and said to Shen Jiazhou, who was waiting for her, "Let's go sign the contract."

Wen Shuqiao is signing the contract for the house she wants to buy today.

Shen Jiazhou walked alongside her and asked, "When do you plan to start construction?"

“We need to find a designer first,” Wen Shuqiao said. “I definitely hope it’s as soon as possible.”

Shen Jiazhou asked, "Shall I help you find it?"

Before Wen Shuqiao could answer, Shen Jiazhou continued, "Putting everything else aside, I have much more experience than you in the decoration field. At least the team I work with won't make any mistakes."

Home renovation is a very detailed and meticulous process, and having a reliable team is the best thing you can do.

Wen Shuqiao stopped hesitating: "Okay, then please take a look for me. By the way, it's almost the end of the year, isn't your company busy?"

"It's alright," Shen Jiazhou said. "If there aren't many social engagements, I won't be busy. In previous years at Shen's, there were always a lot of social engagements at the end of the year."

Shen Jiazhou seemed to remember something and said, "However, I need to go back to the Shen family for New Year's Day. If you have something to do at the end of the month, I'll leave Cancan with Gu Xingyuan."

"What could possibly happen to me?" Wen Shuqiao turned her head to look at him. "Are you prepared for this?"

"I wasn't prepared." Shen Jiazhou glanced at her sideways. "There's nothing to prepare. It's a storm, just open the umbrella and I won't get wet."

Wen Shuqiao withdrew her gaze: "Hmm? Which umbrella is President Shen planning to use?"

Shen Jiazhou pursed his lips, not answering immediately. Wen Shuqiao turned her head to look at him: "Hmm?"

Shen Jiazhou raised an eyebrow slightly: "Guess."

After saying that, he walked towards the driver's side.

Wen Shuqiao watched his retreating figure, followed him with some doubt. What was there to guess about this?

*

Thanks to Shen Jiazhou, Wen Shuqiao's first experience buying a house was very good. She only needed to sign the papers, and Shen Jiazhou and his lawyer had already taken care of everything else.

She was still a little dazed when she received the property certificate. Shen Jiazhou talked with the lawyer, who then left. He came to his senses and looked at Wen Shuqiao, asking, "What's wrong?"

Wen Shuqiao waved the property certificate in her hand: "It feels a bit unreal."

She actually bought an apartment! Completely hers!

Shen Jiazhou laughed and said, "I feel like you weren't even as happy as you are now when you won the grand prize back then."

"Just as happy." Wen Shuqiao smiled, her eyes crinkling. "I'll treat you to dinner, Mr. Shen. What would you like to eat? It's on me."

"Let me treat you. Congratulations on owning your own house." Shen Jiazhou opened the passenger door and gestured for you to enter. "I'll save you some money. Now is the time to spend money."

Wen Shuqiao bent down and got into the car. Shen Jiazhou closed the door, walked around to the other side, got in, fastened his seatbelt, and asked, "What would you like to eat, Mr. Wen?"

"What do you want to eat?" Wen Shuqiao asked. "It's just the two of us today, so we don't need to cater to Can Can."

Can Can is a gluttonous child. She wants to try everything except leafy greens and vegetables, so she has never been to many stores that are not suitable for children.

Shen Jiazhou thought for a moment and said, "Take me out for hot pot, Mr. Wen. I want to eat super spicy hot pot. Gu Xingyuan's health-preserving hot pot just feels like it's missing something."

Wen Shuqiao frowned slightly and asked, "Can your stomach handle this?"

Shen Jiazhou smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Wen. My stomach is made of iron now!"

The problem originally stemmed from not eating properly, but in the past few months he has been eating three meals a day on time. Last month, he went for a physical examination, and some of his previously dangerous indicators have returned to normal.

He's gained quite a bit of weight recently and plans to go to the gym with Gu Xingyuan after he's done with these busy days.

"Let's go eat hot pot then." Wen Shuqiao took out her phone: "Let me search."

She found a hot pot restaurant with good ratings, which wasn't far from their location; it only took Shen Jiazhou about ten minutes to drive there.

As soon as I got out of the parked car, I smelled a strong, spicy hot pot aroma in the air.

Wen Shuqiao looked at him: "You really eat spicy food?"

"Eat." Shen Jiazhou looked up at the hot pot restaurant sign: "Don't look down on people."

"Alright," Wen Shuqiao said, "Let's go then."

The two entered the hot pot restaurant together. It was already past 1 p.m., long past lunchtime, but the restaurant was still crowded.

However, there were seats available. Wen Shuqiao chose a relatively quiet spot, then took out her phone to scan the QR code and start ordering. After ordering, she didn't put her phone down.

When she came in, she saw a chain coffee shop next door. She searched for the milk tea shop's mini-program, ordered two cups of grape lemonade, and then finally put down her phone.

Shen Jiazhou asked, "What level of spiciness did you order?"

“Extra spicy!” Wen Shuqiao said seriously, “Didn’t President Chen want to try the extra spicy version? I just searched it up, and quite a few people have challenged the extra spicy version at this restaurant. They all come in laughing and leave crying.”

"...No way." Shen Jiazhou was actually a little unsure of himself; he admitted that he had just spoken a bit too loudly.

Wen Shuqiao replied, "Don't worry, I've prepared everything for you."

Shen Jiazhou asked in confusion, "What?"

Just then, Wen Shuqiao's phone rang. She glanced at it and said, "Wait for me here. I'll be right back."

Shen Jiazhou blinked, nodded, and watched Wen Shuqiao leave the hot pot restaurant. The hot pot base that Wen Shuqiao ordered was also served. She ordered a tomato and spicy broth, and the spicy part was bright red, making her mouth water just looking at it.

He regretted his earlier stubbornness.

Within two minutes, Wen Shuqiao returned with lemonade. As she sat down, she took it out and said, "The cooling drink I ordered for you has arrived. You can order more if you need more."

Wen Shuqiao looked at him and said seriously, "President Chen, I believe in you. A mere spiciness is nothing to you!"

Shen Jiazhou: ...

He was getting restless.