"Brother, why haven't you called me these past two days? You're so slow to reply to my WeChat messages," Xu Nuo said, lying on Jin Yuanzhi's legs playing Candy Crush. He always failed to complete the tasks even if he used up all his steps, so he simply threw away his phone and stopped playing.

Jin Yuanzhi's big hands were messing with his soft hair, which felt very good in his hands. His originally neat short hair became fluffy like a puppy.

"Xu Qingzhou is already 29, he can't always be around his brother all day long."

"Oh," Xu Nuo sat up and rubbed against Jin Yuanzhi's arms, with a barely perceptible sense of loss in her tone.

"The next episode of the dating show is still three days away. Should we go find your brother tomorrow?"

"Okay!" The little mushroom, who had just drooped his head, raised his head instantly. "Brother won't do that. Brother has always said that he likes me the most."

"I like you best, too."

Xu Nuo smiled, raised her face and exchanged a long kiss with him, "I like you and brother the most."

Jin Yuanzhi raised an eyebrow, calmly held down his body as he was about to leave, and deepened the kiss.

…

Fu Qian has had a lot more free time since participating in the dating variety show. In the past few days, he has even put aside the only work he has on hand and prepared three meals a day at home like a virtuous wife before running to the Xu's building.

The receptionist recognized him as the owner of a law firm that had cooperated with the company, so they naturally did not stop him. Fu Qian was given a green light all the way to Xu Qingzhou's office.

When Xu Qingzhou saw him, she couldn't help but recall the romantic night a few days ago. She suppressed her palpitations and didn't look at him. She pretended to handle the documents, but her trembling eyelashes revealed her mood.

Fu Qian laughed when he saw this, but he didn't dare laugh out loud, for fear that he would make the person laugh too much and cause trouble if he came over again.

The heart is a strange organ. Fu Qian had seen so many failed marriages and relationships that he thought he had long lost the ability to love or be loved. Strangely, whenever he saw Xu Qingzhou, saw his stubborn and serious commitment to responsibility, and heard him ramble on about random things, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

"For lunch today, the lotus roots from the supermarket are very fresh, so I made some soup for you. Do you like it? Drinking a little is good for your stomach."

Xu Qingzhou wanted to say that he didn't like it and that he shouldn't do it again in the future, but all the harsh words he had prepared turned into a mosquito-like "hmm" when they came to his lips.

Fu Qian collected the documents that were just for show and piled them up on the other side of the desk, as if he had expected that he would not be in a hurry to look at them. Xu Qingzhou took a quick glance at them but did not say anything to stop him.

He was always like this, like a sponge. No matter what Fu Qian said, he would absorb it all and swallow it all into his stomach, as if he had no temper.

The lunch box was opened, revealing three exquisite dishes and a soup. Fu Qian's cooking skills were just as Xu Qingzhou had initially thought, and it was even more delicious than what it looked in the live broadcast.

Xu Qingzhou didn't say anything, but he didn't know how many times he swallowed his saliva in his heart.

Today, Fu Qian made boiled shrimp, braised hairtail fish, stir-fried vegetables and lotus root and pork rib soup. They were light and healthy, and they were all Xu Qingzhou's favorites. I don't know where he heard about them.

Fu Qian consciously put on disposable gloves and started to peel shrimp for him. There were two boxes of lunch in the thermos bag. He had been coming here to eat with Xu Qingzhou these days. Xu Qingzhou had unknowingly gotten used to his company. She didn't know how she would interrupt him when he went back to film a dating variety show in the future.

The chopsticks unconsciously poked a few holes in the compacted rice.

"Don't you like it?" Fu Qian put a clean shrimp in his bowl and looked up at him.

"I like it," Xu Qingzhou swallowed the shrimp into his mouth. The delicious taste exploded in his mouth, and the fragrance made him squint his eyes happily.

Xu Qingzhou brought the grilled hairtail fish to him. This was the first time Fu Qian cooked fish in the past few days. He really liked eating hairtail fish because it had few bones and the meat was very tender.

But he didn't rush to eat. Instead, he carefully picked out large pieces of fish and put them into Fu Qian's bowl, just like he did that day in the Japanese restaurant.

"Small boat eats it by itself, I'll eat later."

Xu Qingzhou glared at him and said, "Eat it or not," but he didn't stop picking the fish meat.

Fu Qian felt a pang of sadness. Xu Qingzhou could teach him how to pick out fish bones by himself, and could tell him to overcome the psychological trauma of his childhood, but he did none of them. He just quietly and carefully picked out the fish meat.

"Little Boat, can I kiss you?"

Xu Qingzhou paused, turned away from Hongyi's face and didn't look at him.

Fu Qian was also prepared to be rejected, so he curled his lips and continued to peel the shrimp.

"Let's talk after dinner," Xu Qingzhou said after a long while, "My mouth has a fishy taste after eating shrimp..."

Fu Qian laughed out loud and couldn't stop laughing. He laughed until tears were about to flow out uncontrollably, and then he replied in a hoarse voice.

"good."

…

"Is my uncle here?"

Xu Nuo wore sunglasses and a mask, and walked from the parking lot to the Xu Building holding Jin Yuanzhi's hand like a thief, without noticing that the man took off his hat as soon as he got out of the car.

"Yes, my brother is in the office during his lunch break, so we'll give him a surprise."

Jin Yuanzhi couldn't smile. "If I were here, Xu Qingzhou wouldn't be surprised."

Xu Nuo couldn't accept this, as he felt guilty, but the ugly daughter-in-law still had to meet her parents-in-law in the end. Besides, no matter how he looked at Jin Yuanzhi, his brother would always accept him.

Xu Qingzhou's assistant naturally did not stop them when he saw them coming, but was stopped by Xu Nuo just as he was about to report.

"I came here secretly to give my brother a surprise!"

Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, then nodded and left.

The opaque glass door of the office was pushed open and Xu Nuo jumped in excitedly.

"Brother—I'll do it..."

The word "了" was not uttered, because in the office, Xu Qingzhou was being held by Fu Qian and they were sitting on the office chair and kissing.

"Excuse me," Jin Yuanzhi was not surprised at all. He was stunned for just a second and then he took Xu Nuo and walked out, holding the door closed considerately.

In the office, Xu Qingzhou hurriedly pushed Fu Qian away, feeling ashamed and angry.

"Why don't you let your brother in? The boat?"

Xu Qingzhou wanted to slap him, but couldn't bring himself to do it. "Who is your brother?"

Ten minutes later, Xu Nuo and Jin Yuanzhi sat on the sofa holding hands. Xu Nuo's eyes were wandering, as he was too embarrassed to look at his brother. Fortunately, Xu Qingzhou was not much better.

In the end, it was Jin Yuanzhi who greeted them openly, "Brother, sister-in-law."

"Yeah," Fu Qian nodded reservedly and stood next to Xu Qingzhou's chair. "Remember to knock on the door next time you come."

Xu Nuo was already in an awkward position, and now that Jin Yuanzhi came out to stir up trouble, he just agreed blankly, but felt a little uncomfortable, "Sister-in-law...sister-in-law."

Xu Qingzhou couldn't muster the energy to scold Jin Yuanzhi anymore. He pinched his forehead and asked, "Are you coming home for dinner tonight, Nuonuo?"

"good……"

"Then let's go home tonight and talk about it... and take him with you."

Xu Nuo smiled brightly, "I see, brother! Can my sister-in-law come too?"

His younger brother was so heartless. Xu Qingzhou sighed silently, and just happened to meet Fu Qian's pleading eyes.

"……Come."