Chapter 247 The First Night Living Together

Shi Nian was still holding a bath towel for drying her hair.

She looked at him.

Huo Yanmo was very different from usual at this moment.

He was always impeccably dressed, never looking out for anything.

Because she runs a gemstone business, she often wears shiny gemstones.

For example, jeweled cufflinks make a person look extremely noble.

But when he changed into his loungewear, he looked gentler and more harmless than usual.

She even looks younger, like a college student in her early twenties.

His handsome face made Shi Nian pause in surprise.

Huo Yanmo saw her, smiled, and said, "Would you like some water?"

Shi Nian then came to her senses and nodded haphazardly.

"Okay," she muttered.

Then the two of them went to the water dispenser, and he reached out and poured her a glass.

She took it and took a sip.

"Uncle Zhou showed you around the house today. Do you like it? Is there anything that needs to be changed?" Huo Yanmo's voice came from beside him.

Shi Nian thought for a moment, then shook her head: "It's fine."

Then, remembering how happy Sisi looked hugging the big alpaca today, and the Cinnamoroll dolls, Cinnamoroll bed and blankets all over Sisi's room, as well as the newly added Peppa Pig notebook, Shi Nian smiled.

“Sisi really likes it,” she said. “Especially the big alpaca in the children’s playground; she didn’t want to get off it today.”

"And you?" Huo Yanmo turned around and looked down at her. "What's your favorite place?"

Before Shi Nian's eyes appeared the walk-in closet where their clothes were kept together.

Her face flushed slightly, and she took another sip of water to cover it up.

"The study," Shi Nian said, "is very well furnished."

"Hmm..." Huo Yanmo seemed to be deep in thought.

Shi Nian didn't understand what he was thinking, so she looked up at him.

But then I saw him pull out a hairdryer from somewhere.

He led her to sit down and took the towel she was using to dry her hair.

Is she about to blow-dry her hair?

Shi Nian reached out to take the hairdryer.

But he had already plugged in the power.

"Sit still," he said, and then pushed the switch.

A warm breeze blew as Huo Yanmo patiently dried her hair with a hairdryer.

His fingers ran through her hair as he patiently dried and styled it.

I cut my hair before, but so much time has passed and it has grown quite a bit back, from chest-length to longer.

The buzzing sound of the hairdryer echoed in the quiet space.

There were only the two of them there; the lights were dim, and the atmosphere was ambiguous.

Shi Nian lowered her head, her face slightly flushed, her hands tightly gripping the water glass, letting him play with her hair.

Huo Yanmo looked at Shi Nian beside him, her presence filling his entire being. He could feel so strongly that she was right beside him, living under the same roof as him.

This is the scene he has longed for in his midnight dreams for so many years.

Now finally...

Although she hasn't agreed yet... he thinks that one day she will.

Even so, he was already very content as long as she sat beside him.

"Niannian, I really... like you so much," Huo Yanmo said softly.

"What?" Shi Nian looked up in confusion.

She thought she heard him say something, but all she could hear was the buzzing of the hairdryer, so she couldn't hear clearly.

But he just shook his head and smiled to indicate that it was nothing.

He quickly dried her hair.

He turned off the hairdryer and put it aside. He took the water glass from her hand and put it aside as well. Then, he lowered his head and kissed her.

He pressed her against the edge of the table and kissed her deeply.

His hair was still dripping wet, and a drop landed on her collarbone, slowly sliding into her pajamas, making her shiver slightly.

Both of them were wearing pajamas and smelled of shower gel; they were very close to each other.

Huo Yanmo couldn't help but kiss her. After kissing her for a while, he finally controlled himself, his eyes slightly red, and kissed her forehead.

“Okay, go to sleep,” he said, his voice hoarse.

Shi Nian looked at Huo Yanmo, who was clearly enduring something, and turned her face away.

"Okay," she replied, and then ran off.

If we don't run now, something else might happen.

Shi Nian hurriedly slipped on her slippers and went upstairs to her room.

"Goodnight," she said from the doorway.

"Good night." Huo Yanmo looked up and smiled at her.

She then closed the bedroom door.

Huo Yanmo looked down at himself, took a deep breath with patience, then put away his water glass and hair dryer and slowly went upstairs.

He stood outside her bedroom door for a while before returning to his own bedroom.

Shi Nian was in the bedroom when she heard his footsteps fading away, so she turned over.

She reached out and touched her lips, then pressed her hand against her heart.

It was thumping wildly.

...

Lu's new products are about to be launched in the next few days.

That day, Lu Yanzhi and Yu Yiyang went drinking. Lu Yanzhi got drunk, and Yu Yiyang took him directly back to his apartment next to the Lu Group building.

These past two days, because of the new product launch, the company has had many things to handle, and Lu Yanzhi often works overtime until late at night. Therefore, Lu Yanzhi stays in this apartment.

On this day, the new product was finally launched.

After the sale began, everything went well.

And this was three days after that day.

When Lu Yanzhi drove wearily back to the house opposite the one Shi Nian had previously rented that evening, he keenly sensed that something was wrong.

However, he couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong, so he could only open the curtains and look across the street.

Unlike usual, her clothes weren't drying on the balcony opposite; instead, they were neatly tidied up.

Lu Yanzhi was puzzled.

He looked downstairs again. Previously, there were Huo Yanmo's men in the shadows all around to protect Shi Nian's safety, but he couldn't see them now.

What's going on?

Did they have a fight?

Lu Yanzhi couldn't help but feel fortunate.

It would be best if they argued, so that Shi Nian could see another side of Huo Yanmo and the two would break up!

But before the excitement and joy had even lasted two minutes, the lights in the house across the street suddenly came on.

Lu Yanzhi saw a strange man lead another strange woman into the room.

What?

For a moment, Lu Yanzhi couldn't understand what was going on.

Why would strangers go to her rented house?

Is he a thief?

But it doesn't seem so; he just saw the other person open the door and go in normally.

The man was still talking to the woman as they were led around to the living room, bedroom, and kitchen.

They don't look like thieves, but rather...a middleman.

and……

After the lights were turned on, Lu Yanzhi could see from a distance that her things were not arranged in the living room as before.

Instead, it was spotless, as if no one lived there.

Lu Yanzhi frowned slightly, then immediately went downstairs and headed towards the building across the street.