A gentle breeze blew by, and Qiao Zhen felt a tickle on her cheek, so she couldn't help but touch her face.

Qiao's mother had almost finished her rounds and decided to give Qiao Zhen and Lu Zheng some time alone.

Watching her mother leave, Qiao Zhen felt like crying, but she quickly regained her composure with the scenery around the school.

As the sun gradually set, its afterglow bathed the earth. Qiao Zhen turned to look at Lu Zheng beside her, and the setting sun cast a warm glow upon him, making his face even more radiant with the colors of the sunset.

For some reason, Qiao Zhen's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Lu Zheng turned to look at her, and their eyes met.

Qiao Zhen admitted that she did feel a flutter in her heart, as if an electric current had passed through her.

"So, are you satisfied with this project now?" Lu Zheng asked with a faint smile.

"Yes, I'm satisfied." Qiao Zhen nodded. She was naturally satisfied that her parents' wishes had been perfectly fulfilled.

The two of them went up to the rooftop of the school's teaching building and looked down at the view below. Qiao Zhen felt great.

"Qiao Zhen."

Lu Zheng, unusually, called her by her name in a serious manner.

"What's wrong?"

Qiao Zhen turned around abruptly and looked at Lu Zheng's serious face, her heart inexplicably racing.

"Do you want to consider being with me?" Although Lu Zheng was confessing his feelings, his words came out stiffly, as if he were reading from a script.

Qiao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little out of place, and instead of agreeing immediately, she asked, "Is this the first time you've confessed to someone?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng paused for a moment, then lowered his head: "This is the first time I've confessed, but it's not the first time I've confessed to you."

Qiao Zhen was completely confused by this and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"

"Do you agree or not?" Lu Zheng seemed a little impatient, strode forward, and grabbed Qiao Zhen's shoulder.

Feeling the man's tense grip, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but purse her lips: "I agree."

When she spoke, Qiao Zhen's voice was very soft, like a feather, yet it easily drifted into Lu Zheng's heart.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng didn't speak, but his lips trembled slightly. Before Qiao Zhen could react, Lu Zheng suddenly hugged her.

"Thank you, Zhenzhen."

It was rare for Lu Zheng to call Qiao Zhen by her name, and Qiao Zhen couldn't help but smile: "You're really unusual today, you actually called me that."

Lu Zheng did not answer his question, but instead slightly loosened his grip on her, then stared at her face with a serious expression.

Qiao Zhen felt a little nervous under his gaze. She moved her lips as if to say something, but Lu Zheng stopped her with a kiss.

Lu Zheng's mouth was firmly sealed to Qiao Zhen's. For a moment, she felt her mind go blank. Before she could react, she heard Lu Zheng say something.

"Zhenzhen, I love you."

...

Even after getting back into the car, Qiao Zhen still felt a little lightheaded.

She felt as if she were dreaming about everything that had just happened.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Zheng suddenly asked from the side.

Qiao Zhen was startled and shook her head: "It's nothing..."

Mrs. Qiao could tell at a glance that the relationship between the two had progressed further, and she couldn't help but smile and say, "Zhenzhen, don't keep anything to yourself, just tell him."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen merely curled her lips, but her mind involuntarily drifted back to the day she stumbled upon Lu Zheng in his study back in high school.

After the initial impulse, Qiao Zhen felt that things weren't so simple.

Just as he was deep in thought, Qiao's mother arrived at their residence. After exchanging a few brief pleasantries with the two of them, she went home.

"Go back to your place or mine?" Lu Zheng suddenly asked.

"Anything is fine," Qiao Zhen replied casually.

Lu Zheng listened without saying anything, but turned the car around and drove back to the villa.

In the car, Lu Zheng asked about Su Ning and the others.

Have they contacted you since then?

Qiao Zhen shook her head: "No, since the public opinion reversed, they haven't shown their faces in front of me. Maybe they're scared. It's a good thing they backed down."

Hearing this, Lu Zheng's expression remained serious: "Don't let your guard down too much. Su Ning is no pushover."

"Yes, I'll be careful."

The two returned to the villa, and Qiao Zhen then discovered a package on her phone, which was being sent to her rented apartment.

Since she was already there, Qiao Zhen was too lazy to go back and get it, so she decided to do it tomorrow.

The next day, Qiao Zhen got up to prepare for work, but Lu Zheng insisted that she ride in his car.

Qiao Zhen also thought that now that they were together, there was no need to be coy about this.

The two then appeared together in front of the company building.

After Qiao Zhen disappeared for several days, there were many rumors in the company about the reason for her disappearance. Unexpectedly, when they saw Qiao Zhen again, the two of them were already so bold.

Under the gaze of everyone, Qiao Zhen felt slightly nervous. She pursed her lips and walked in hand in hand with Lu Zheng.

Back at her familiar workstation, Qiao Zhen felt that everything around her smelled very familiar, and she couldn't help but smile.

"Sister Qiaozhen, you're back again?"

Song Shiyi, standing next to Qiao Zhen, looked at her with a gossipy expression, and Qiao Zhen nodded.

"So what were you doing before?"

Qiao Zhen thought back to the days she spent at Gu Xijue's company and simply smiled, "I just handled some things. Didn't you see my recent live streams?"

"Of course I saw it, but I didn't expect you to be so efficient in handling things."

Hearing Song Shiyi's excited voice, Qiao Zhen smiled faintly.

At that moment, a noisy commotion arose downstairs.

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