Lu Yanzhao sat up straight and picked up a book to read attentively.

The desk was newly made by the carpenter at the edge of the village; it had no intricate carvings, and four shelves were built on top of it for storing books. The room was very large, more than twice the size of the previous small room. The bed, in particular, took up almost a third of the room. A cotton canopy hung beside the bed, and the sheets and blankets were all new, their bright red color truly festive.

Gu Nanjiao had no time to appreciate it and went straight to the point: "Where's my room?"

Lu Yanzhao didn't even look up as he continued reading, his tone calm: "So this is your room!"

Gu Nanjiao asked incredulously, "You want me to sleep in the same room as you?"

"If you don't sleep in the same room as me, who will you sleep in the same room with?" Lu Yanzhao said calmly, without batting an eye.

Gu Nanjiao couldn't help but tease, "Weren't you eager to sleep in separate rooms from me? What? You don't want to anymore?"

Lu Yanzhao's eyes flickered: "I had no choice. Mother said my little sister is all grown up and needs to sleep alone. So the room naturally went to her." He paused and added, "You can go to Mother and ask her why she gave the room to my little sister. I'm not going. I didn't pay for the house, I'm too ashamed to ask!"

Gu Nanjiao was so angry she laughed. She had the nerve to ask, "She didn't contribute any money to building the house either."

Her gaze lingered on the large bed that took up a third of the room, and Gu Nanjiao asked, "This bed is so big, did Mother have it custom-made?"

Lu Yanzhao replied naturally, "Yes! If you don't believe me, go ask Mother!"

Gu Nanjiao naturally wouldn't ask Lu's mother. She hadn't contributed a single penny to building the house, and she hadn't even arranged the furniture and beds. How could she have the face to ask? Last year, Lu's mother had asked her why her belly wasn't showing any signs of pregnancy. She brushed it off by saying that Lu Yanzhao's studies were the priority. Asking again would only be asking for trouble.

Just then, Lu's mother's voice came: "Jiaojiao, Yanzhao, come out and eat fried meatballs."

"knew!"

"knew!"

The two answered in unison, then stared at each other wide-eyed.

Gu Nanjiao snorted coldly, opened the door, and walked towards the kitchen.

This time, the kitchen was built to be exceptionally spacious. There were two stoves in the kitchen, one for cooking rice and the other for cooking ingredients for the stall, according to Lu's mother. New cabinets were added to the kitchen, and pots, pans, and utensils were all available. The oil jars were also full.

According to the custom in Hama Village, people eat fried dumplings when moving into a new house. Lu's mother fried a large basin of them and brought them over for the whole family to eat.

I cooked a big pot of soup, added cilantro, and then put the fried meatballs in it. The meatball soup was ready. I also stir-fried two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes.

Gu Nanjiao was very interested in the fried meatballs; they had a golden, crispy exterior and a soft, chewy interior. Served with a bowl of soup, they were incredibly delicious.

During dinner, Lu Xiaomei kept chattering at the table, excitedly showing off her new house.

"Brother, I'll have my own room from now on. I'm going to decorate it in pink and cute colors."

After saying that, he turned to Gu Nanjiao and asked, "Sister-in-law, how do you plan to decorate your and my brother's room?"

Gu Nanjiao was drinking meatball soup when she heard this and almost choked. Her and Lu Yanzhao's room? She really hadn't thought of it. The decorating style and plans in her mind were all based on the room where Lu Xiaomei was currently living.

The thought of sharing a room with Lu Yanzhao in the future left her mind blank, and she had no interest in decorating the room.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "I...I don't know, you should ask your brother."

Lu Yanzhao looked at Lu Xiaomei with a smile and said, "I'll discuss it with your sister-in-law again tonight."

Lu's mother smiled and put a piece of meat on Gu Nanjiao's plate, saying, "Eat more! Yanzhao is so thoughtful. He even made a small partition in your room and commissioned a carpenter to make a large wooden tub for you to bathe in."

Gu Nanjiao asked in surprise, "Oh? When did he commission the carpenter to make the wooden barrel?"

Without thinking, Lu's mother said, "It was when he was asking the carpenter to make a bed."

"Did he have the bed made by a carpenter?" Gu Nanjiao's voice suddenly rose considerably.

Mrs. Lu nodded: "Yes!"

Lu Yanzhao...

He had already spoken to his mother, so how could she betray him like this?

After dinner, Gu Nanjiao returned to her room with a sullen face. Lu Yanzhao followed her in, somewhat amused. Seeing Gu Nanjiao sitting on the bed with her puffed-up cheeks, he smiled and sat down beside her, asking, "Are you angry?"

"No!"

Lu Yanzhao couldn't help but poke her cheek: "Then why are your cheeks so puffy?"

I've realized you're really bad!

Lu Yanzhao quickly said, "I didn't say anything during the meal. That was all my mother's side of the story. She just wanted to match us up and deliberately said that I was the one who had the carpenter make it."

"Who's going to give it to both of you!"

Gu Nanjiao turned her head away and stopped talking.

"Alright, alright, it's not just the two of us, it's us, okay? You, you don't dare to tell your mother what you're unhappy about, you just take it out on me." Lu Yanzhao rarely spoke softly to coax a woman.

"Who got angry with you?" Gu Nanjiao didn't know why, she rarely acted childishly, but today she couldn't hold back in front of Lu Yanzhao.

Gu Nanjiao grew angrier the more she thought about it, so she simply turned her back and ignored Lu Yanzhao. Lu Yanzhao, seeing her like this for the first time, found it somewhat cute and couldn't help but ask, "You say I'm bad? What's wrong with me?"

You're bad in every way, your whole family is bad!

Lu Yanzhao couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't you like your little sister and mother the most? Hmm? How come they've become naughty again?"

"I don't like it now, but I'll like it again in a few days!"

Lu Yanzhao smiled and said, "Fine, it's enough for you to like only me now."

Gu Nanjiao couldn't help but throw a pillow at him: "Who likes you, you egomaniac!"

Lu Yanzhao didn't dodge, but took the pillow and rubbed it: "Women love to say one thing and mean another. If they say they don't like something, they mean they do."

Gu Nanjiao...

Gu Nanjiao was speechless, so she simply lay down on the bed, looking like a corpse: "I'm too lazy to argue with you!"

Lu Yanzhao smiled, slowly approached the bedside, looked at Gu Nanjiao lying on the bed, and narrowed his eyes: "Gu Nanjiao, you're sixteen this year, aren't you?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"No." Lu Yanzhao lowered his eyelids, rarely seeing her look so adorable!

What should I do if I want to kiss you?