What Zhou Shuyan said sounded like the truth, but it didn't seem like it was his first time here today.

Lu Youxi couldn't help but think of Zhou Shuyan taking a bath in there before.

"Youxi?" Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, Zhou Shuyan called out again.

Lu Youxi finally came back to his senses and said with a red face, "Come and get it."

Zhou Shuyan put down the book and walked up the stairs two steps at a time with his long legs.

At this time, it was inevitable to see Lu Youxi up close. The little girl, who had just finished taking a bath, had fair and tender skin with a hint of pink, and every part of her skin was clean.

Zhou Shuyan's throat felt dry and hot as if it was stuck together.

He coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and then went to the bathroom to get some toiletries.

After he took it down and brought it into the bathroom downstairs, he soon heard the sound of a shower coming from downstairs.

Originally, Lu Youxi wanted to go to the living room to watch TV, but now he was too embarrassed to go down, so he obediently went to the bed and pretended to sleep to avoid the embarrassment of having to interact with Zhou Shuyan again.

Sure enough, when Zhou Shuyan came out, he called her again, "Youxi."

Lu Youxi closed her eyes tightly and did not answer. As long as Zhou Shuyan did not come over, he would not be able to find out that she was pretending to sleep.

Then, Zhou Shuyan muttered to himself, "Asleep?"

The villain in Lu Youxi's heart nodded wildly and said, "That's right, just pretend that I'm asleep."

Zhou Shuyan smiled, turned off the TV, and lay down on the sofa.

Lu Youxi heard him tossing and turning downstairs. Come to think of it, Zhou Shuyan was so tall that he would not be able to stretch out if he slept on the sofa.

And the sofa downstairs doesn't look very spacious.

Lu Youxi turned over, feeling conflicted and a little distressed.

* The next morning, Lu Youxi woke up and smelled the aroma of coffee coming from downstairs.

She quickly got up to wash up, looked in the mirror and straightened herself up to make sure there was nothing wrong with her. She then hid in the bathroom to change her clothes before going downstairs.

Sure enough, Zhou Shuyan was frying eggs and bacon in the kitchen.

Smelling the smoky aroma of fried eggs and bacon mixed with the taste of coffee, Lu Youxi found that he was indeed a little hungry.

"I'm not very good at cooking." Zhou Shuyan explained, giving Lu Youxi a heads-up in advance, "But fried eggs and bacon should be okay."

It’s not difficult, just pour some oil and fry it, no seasoning is needed.

"We have ready-made toast at home. If you don't like coffee, we also have milk." Zhou Shuyan said, "Just make do with it."

"It's already very good." Lu Youxi smelled the scent of coffee and instantly felt refreshed.

When we have breakfast in the school cafeteria, we always have soy milk or porridge, accompanied by fried dough sticks, buns and other side dishes.

When she is at home, Liu Yusu makes similar kinds of dishes.

She had almost forgotten what it felt like to eat these for breakfast.

Toast was already on the table. Zhou Shuyan brought the fried eggs and bacon to the table. Lu Youxi chose coffee without milk or sugar.

Zhou Shuyan himself also liked to drink it this way, but he didn't expect that Lu Youxi could also get used to such a strong bitter taste.

After dinner, Lu Youxi rolled up his sleeves to wash the dishes, "You made breakfast, I'll do the cleaning."

"I promised not to let you do this." Zhou Shuyan said, taking the dishes from Lu Youxi and washing them himself.

Lu Youxi felt embarrassed to do nothing, so he picked up the garbage bag at the door and said, "Then I'll go take out the garbage."

After saying that, without giving Zhou Shuyan a chance to refuse, he walked out the door carrying the garbage.

There is a trash can at the end of the corridor on each floor of the apartment, and the cleaning staff will come up to collect the trash on a regular basis every day.

A young man walked out from the opposite side, he looked about the same age as Zhou Shuyan.

Seeing Lu Youxi, the young man's eyes lit up and he immediately asked with a smile: "Are you the new colleague who moved in?"

Lu Youxi was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "You work in Chengzhou."

"Yes." The young man nodded enthusiastically, "I haven't seen you before. Are you new to Chengzhou? Which department do you work in?"

There is actually such a beautiful new female colleague, but no one in the company has heard of it! If there was a young female colleague with such good looks, the company would have known about it long ago.

Still not officially working yet?

"I'm not an employee of Chengzhou." Lu Youxi explained with a little embarrassment.

"So you rented this place through an agent, right?" the young man asked, "This apartment is also rented out, so you just moved here?"

The kitchen was just at the door. Zhou Shuyan was washing dishes when he heard voices at the door.

It's just that the sound of flowing water affects my hearing a little.

Zhou Shuyan was wondering what kind of acquaintances Lu Youxi could meet here, so he turned off the faucet, and then he heard a man outside asking about Lu Youxi.

As soon as he heard it, he knew that the other party was targeting Lu Youxi! When Zhou Shuyan opened the door, he heard the other party say, "You just moved in. If you need any help, just let me know. I live across from you, which is very convenient. By the way, you are familiar with our apartment..."

The young man's next words seemed to be swallowed up suddenly. He widened his eyes in shock and looked at the man who walked out of the door behind Lu Youxi.

President... President!

The young man looked at Zhou Shuyan, then at Lu Youxi.

Why is the president here?

no!

Why is the CEO with this pretty girl? What are they doing here? The CEO can't possibly live here.

If it wasn't the president, then this girl lived here, and the president came to see her? Could it be that the two of them...

The young man's mind was full of questions and speculations. When he saw Zhou Shuyan, his calves started to tremble. He had forgotten any reaction and was unable to speak.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Shuyan walked out and stood behind Lu Youxi, his chest almost touching Lu Youxi's shoulders.

Although they didn't do any intimate actions, just standing there, people could understand everything.

"Always..." The young man finally found his voice.

But just as he said one word, his eyes suddenly blurred.

Zhou Shuyan strode past Lu Youxi and walked towards him. He actually held his shoulder, turned around and pushed him into the open door behind him.

"Xiao Zhang, don't talk about this all the time." Zhou Shuyan said, "Let's talk later."

Zhou Shuyan pushed the young man back into the house and slammed the door shut for him.

"Do you know each other?" Lu Youxi stared blankly at the closed door opposite.

"Colleague." Zhou Shuyan explained calmly, "I'll go with you to throw away the trash."

Lu Youxi looked down at the garbage in his hands.

It's just a small amount, there's no need to throw it all away, right?

But Zhou Shuyan had already led Lu Youxi forward, so Lu Youxi could only swallow back the words on his lips.

(End of this chapter)