"Think about it carefully, have we touched any of the money you've earned?"

"No." Chen Lu had always known about this. Although he always kept his bank card at home and the password was still Liang Zhirou's birthday, Liang Zhirou had been paying for their food and clothing for a long time.

Mainly because he doesn't buy groceries much, nor does he have the habit of picking out clothes for himself when he's not busy, over time, all these things have fallen to Liang Zhirou.

It seems that even the shower gel at home was bought by Liang Zhirou.

“And a big villa…” Chen Lu murmured again, “I originally planned to use this money to buy a house. You saw the house Liu Yan lives in, it’s so big.”

“I think this house is pretty good. I feel like even going to the toilet is a struggle in Yan Yan’s house.”

Liang Zhirou placed her index finger in front of Chen Lu's lips, not giving him a chance to dwell on it anymore. "Don't be unhappy, okay? Just pretend that the money is gone. I'll take care of you from now on."

As the girl thought about it, she suddenly realized that it wasn't so bad after all.

That way, Chen Lu wouldn't even need to go to the company every day; he could stay home all day and paint with her.

After getting married, you can also help take care of the children.

Now Chen Lu can't bully her anymore, right?

Chen Lu couldn't help but chuckle. He was just afraid of failing at the last minute, not that he wanted to freeload.

If that really happens, even if he goes to work as a laborer, he can't just stay at home doing nothing and let Liang Zhirou support him by painting.

However, thanks to this, most of the pressure in his heart suddenly dissipated.

He reached out and pulled the girl into his arms, gently inhaling her unique fragrance. "A mere idiot like me, yet she's always thinking about keeping me as a sugar daddy."

Liang Zhirou pouted unconvinced and poked his Adam's apple. "I clean the room every day, I wash the dishes and I cook the meals. You eat while playing on your phone, and then leave as soon as you're done. Aren't I the one supporting you?"

"Stop talking."

Chen Lu's lips twitched twice, and he suddenly felt like a little puppy who was living off a woman.

He hasn't cooked in a while.

Damn, it turns out he's the one who's been spoiled.

"I'll clean your ears for you," the girl suddenly said in a sweet voice.

"...I reasonably suspect you just want to play around."

......

"I'm cleaning your ears! Don't kiss my thigh, it tickles..."

Liang Zhirou put the ear pick on the coffee table, not daring to use it again, for fear that she might accidentally poke Chen Lu's eardrum.

She had just put down what she was holding when Chen Lu pressed her down onto the sofa.

"Can we kiss now?"

Chen Lu grinned mischievously and leaned in, his lips close to the girl's, while his right hand roamed restlessly over her thigh.

"Stop fooling around, Duoduo is watching..." The girl glanced at the gray kitten peeking out from the balcony, not wanting him to take advantage of her.

"Isn't that even more exciting?"

Liang Zhirou shrank back timidly, "You're being kept by me now, you can't disobey..."

"I'm just doing what a gigolo should do right now."

Liang Zhirou: "?"

Does this person even have the slightest awareness of being kept?!

After a while.

After washing his hands in the bathroom, Chen Lu finally calmed down a bit.

I was so moved that I lost my mind.

In broad daylight...

"I'm going to paint."

Liang Zhirou tidied the stray hairs off her face and ran to the computer desk as if fleeing.

"Okay." Chen Lu nodded.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, I managed to hold back.

Unexpectedly, even before the water reached the right temperature, Liang Zhirou still seemed a little reluctant.

He swore that he only wanted a kiss at first.

Damn it, those slip dresses are a real menace.

As the summer heat intensifies, so too does the restlessness in their hearts seem to grow hotter.

Before we knew it, it was Chen Lu's birthday.

That morning.

Liang Zhirou and Chen Mo were browsing gift shops in the mall, looking around aimlessly.

"You're about to take the college entrance exam, is it okay for you to take leave?" Liang Zhirou asked softly with concern.

“It’s just one day off. It’s already this late. Whether I pass the exam or not, it won’t make a difference if I don’t take one more day…” Chen Mo slurped down the fruit tea in his hand and casually threw it into the trash can next to him. “My brother also took leave to come back and celebrate my birthday when he was in his senior year of high school.”

Chen Mo remembers clearly that Chen Lu ran back after class that afternoon to have dinner with her, and then rushed back to attend evening self-study.

They bickered and teased each other since childhood, neither of them ever giving in to the other, yet they always liked to take care of each other in all sorts of little things.

Don't ask, the answer is she really dislikes it. When Chen Lu uses her washcloth, she even wishes her brother were dead.

But she wouldn't trade this cheap brother for any amount of money offered to her.

Seeing Liang Zhirou's somewhat melancholy expression, she asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, why do you look so worried?"

"I still haven't decided what gift to give."

Liang Zhirou bit her lip. The last time Chen Lu celebrated his birthday, their relationship wasn't that good yet, so this was the first time she had celebrated Chen Lu's birthday.

The more I want to give a meaningful gift, the less I can think of what to give...

Moreover, the gift Chen Lu gave her on her birthday was something she couldn't possibly give in return.

Forget about equivalence, she felt she couldn't even achieve the same effect.

She would never forget the gift Chen Lu gave her, but she couldn't think of any gift that would make Chen Lu remember it for a lifetime.

"Does this even need to be thought about?"

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