Chapter 14 Of course I'll live with my wife
Ordinary bad guys really can't beat Shen Li. For some reason, she started practicing judo and boxing in her third year of junior high school.
To everyone's surprise, he was quite talented, especially in judo. By high school, he had even qualified for the provincial team in the selection competition.
He couldn't continue due to some unforeseen circumstances; otherwise, he might have had a real chance to join the national team.
So although her high school classmates verbally targeted her, they did not physically bully her.
Is it that they don't want to?
No, it's because they can't fight them.
However, as soon as Shen Li said this, Lu Yanchuan, who was standing at the door, frowned even more.
Shen Li pursed her lips and said, "It's too dark, I can't see, and I can't find where the switch is, so I wanted to borrow some light from the hallway."
"Where's your phone?"
"I forgot where I put it," Shen Li said honestly.
Lu Yanchuan glanced at her with his long, narrow eyes, then picked up his phone and dialed her number.
The motion-sensor lights in the hallway went out again, leaving only the light from Lu Yanchuan's phone screen, which displayed Shen Li's number.
The saved name is—Madam.
Shen Li: "..."
It wasn't the first time she'd known that her name in Lu Yanchuan's phone was "Madam."
But at this moment, the two of them are in a dark stairwell, staring at the same phone screen.
Looking at the number and name saved above, 'Madam,' I felt a little embarrassed.
Even more awkward situations followed.
The hallway was very quiet; even without speakerphone, the sounds from the phone were clearly audible.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently busy. Please try again later..."
Lu Yanchuan looked at Shen Li, "Shen Li, did you block my number?"
Hearing the question, Shen Li suddenly realized what was happening. She remembered that Lu Yanchuan had used Qu Xiang's project investment to blackmail her, and she had blocked his number in anger.
Earlier at the coffee shop, Shen Li called him, but forgot about blocking him.
It was only then that I suddenly realized what was happening.
Shen Li gently bit her lip, remaining silent, only saying, "I'll go downstairs and ask the property management to come up and take a look..."
Lu Yanchuan chuckled softly, though it was unclear whether he was laughing out of anger.
As Shen Li was about to walk past him, he grabbed her wrist.
“Lu Yanchuan…” Shen Li looked up at him.
He was still frowning, clearly unhappy about being blocked.
But while holding her hand, he turned on his phone's flashlight with the other and shone it on the top cabinet in the entryway.
With slender fingertips, she pried open the cover of the electrical control box inside the cabinet.
With a click, the switch was flipped up, and the room was instantly illuminated.
Lu Yanchuan walked in, saw Shen Li's phone on the sofa, picked it up and handed it to her, "Remove me from the blacklist."
Shen Li complied.
"What did you change the password to?" Lu Yanchuan asked.
Shen Li thought of the 30 million yuan initial investment from Qu Xiang and silently endured it.
She gave an eight-digit number, paused, and then said, "I'll send it to you later."
But Lu Yanchuan repeated the number precisely, "No need to send it, I remember."
He looked at Shen Li, "What date is this?"
It was clearly an important day, otherwise Shen Li wouldn't have used it as the door lock password.
But it wasn't her birthday.
Shen Li glanced at him and replied indifferently, "It's just a random number, it doesn't have any specific meaning."
Lu Yanchuan stared at her intently, seemingly disbelieving, but he didn't press her for details.
He walked inside and saw a workbench on one side of the living room.
One side of the workbench is a drawing area, with several drawings scattered around, all of which are Shen Li's design drawings.
On the other side was a pottery turntable, still covered in clay.
Next to the workbench are the electric kiln and the dryer.
The items were actually arranged quite neatly, but compared to the upscale penthouse decor of Guanhaiyuan, they seemed particularly out of place.
Shen Li walked in and saw Lu Yanchuan staring at her work area.
"You're just going to play in the mud here?" Lu Yanchuan asked.
Shen Li: "..." This is called pottery! This money-grubbing man would never understand.
She paused for a moment, then explained, "I'll clean it up when I'm done."
"It doesn't matter." Lu Yanchuan looked at her. "This is your house."
Since he had already given it to her, Lu Yanchuan had no intention of interfering.
Shen Li was surprised by his words and was just thinking that this man had suddenly become much more reasonable.
Lu Yanchuan had already walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, facing the night view and seascape outside, and continued, "Since you like this place, then you can stay here."
Shen Li blinked, realizing that what he meant was something like...
"Lu Yanchuan, you're not planning to move in here too, are you?" Shen Li noticed this trend and immediately asked.
Lu Yanchuan's eyes were deep and long, and when he looked over, he had a half-smile on his face.
It didn't sound like mockery, but rather like playful banter.
"Otherwise what? Lili, we're not divorced yet."
As he spoke, he took off his suit jacket, loosened his tie, and his entire demeanor instantly transformed from one of restrained asceticism to one of unrestrained and alluring sensuality.
Lu Yanchuan sat down comfortably on the sofa, stretching out his two incredibly long legs.
His voice remained the same, with a faint, mocking tone, "Of course, you should live with your wife."
Looking at the small ornaments on the cabinets around me, and the coral fleece blanket with Patrick Star print on the sofa.
It's clear that it doesn't fit the style of the house's interior design at all.
But Lu Yanchuan breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that this feeling was finally right.
I stayed in the villa for a few days before, which was the same house I always lived in, but it just didn't feel right no matter how I lived there.
But compared to Lu Yanchuan's ease, Shen Li bit her lip, feeling as if she were being pricked by thorns.
She felt like she had shot herself in the foot.
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have removed the bed in the guest room when we moved here!
She figured that since she was divorced and living alone, there was no need to set up a guest room.
If Qu Xiang were to come and stay for one night, the two-meter-wide bed in the master bedroom would be more than enough for the two of them to sleep in.
So I had the installer remove the bed in the guest room, planning to rearrange it later to use as my workspace.
Now things are much better, aren't they?
Lu Yanchuan clearly meant he wanted to move in!
Shen Li, instead of backing down, took the initiative and said, "Lu Yanchuan, why don't you move back to the villa?"
Lu Yanchuan glanced over, his sharp eyebrows twitching slightly, exuding a menacing aura.
“There are no guest rooms here. You wouldn’t want to stay in the master bedroom with me, would you?” Shen Li said.
Lu Yanchuan has looked down on her for the past few years, and even after five years of marriage, they still don't share a room.
Shen Li instinctively thought that this was a way to advance by retreating.
To her surprise, Lu Yanchuan merely glanced at her and said, "There's nothing wrong with that."
Shen Li was stunned, "But..."
“Didn’t my mom say we wouldn’t share a room?” Lu Yanchuan said.
Shen Li's pupils contracted sharply. This man... he really did it on purpose!
Shen Li suddenly stood up. "Go back to the villa! It's closer to the Lu family's place, which will make it easier for you to get to work."
Lu Yanchuan neither confirmed nor denied this, only asking softly, "And what about you?"
Shen Li bit her lip and said with a forced smile, "I'll go too."
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