Qin Shen had no objection to this. He took out the key chain from his pocket, took out the spare key of the rented house and returned it to Xu Man. She was going to live in her own home anyway, so there was no point in keeping the key. She could take it if she wanted.
Xu Man took the key he handed over, but did not put it in her bag. Instead, she opened the first drawer of the bedside table and put it in. This was the place where the landlord told her to keep the spare key. Now it was returned to its original place.
After doing all this, she said to Qin Shen: "Okay, let's go."
Qin Shen nodded, pulled the suitcase over, locked the door with her and left. He came to his SUV parked by the flower bed downstairs, put the suitcase in the trunk, and asked her as he put it in the trunk, "Do you want to go eat noodles?"
"Now?" Xu Man was stunned and looked at the time on her phone hesitantly, "It's almost half past nine..."
"It's not too late." He closed the trunk door. "You haven't had breakfast yet, right? I haven't either. Skipping breakfast is bad for your health. Besides, you still have to pack your luggage later. You won't have the energy to work if you're hungry. It's better to eat something."
Xu Man thought about it and felt that it was true. Although she only had one suitcase, there were a lot of things in it. It would take a lot of time to sort it out. She might miss lunch, and she also needed to save some energy. So she nodded and agreed to his suggestion: "Let's go eat noodles. But if I eat noodles at this time, I may not be able to eat lunch."
"It's okay," Qin Shen smiled nonchalantly and walked towards the driver's seat, "Just treat it as brunch. We can eat breakfast and lunch together."
"Alright, where shall we eat?"
"Let's go to the noodle shop I took you to on your first day in Minnesota. They also serve soup dumplings in the morning. They're delicious."
The two got into the car while talking. Qin Shen started the engine and drove slowly towards the gate of the community. On the way, he saw his lover turning his head to look out the window, as if he was appreciating some scenery, so he asked, "Why, you don't want to leave here?"
Xu Man shook her head. She had only lived here for more than a month, and most of the time she went out early and came back late. She didn't even know the overall picture of the community. How could she be reluctant to leave? It was just that she happened to remember one thing and was a little concerned.
"I remember when I was looking for rental information online, the landlord wrote in the post that there was a circular fountain pool in this community, and it would play music programs in the summer." She sat up straight in her chair and said, "It was when I saw this that I became interested in the house. I thought it would be very cool to watch the fountain show on a summer night. But after I actually moved in, I never had the time to do so. Either I was busy or I forgot. I have never seen it until now."
At this time, as a qualified and considerate lover, the answer would usually be "I'll take you to see it", but Qin Shen was obviously not an ordinary person. After hearing what she said, he replied disapprovingly: "What's so good about this fountain? Four of the ten water outlets may be broken. I'll take you to the Fountain Palace when I have time. The fountains there are really beautiful. The smallest one is three stories high and all of them are running water. There are also circular fountains, covering an area of more than ten square kilometers. You can't see the end at a glance."
Xu Man knew that the Fountain Palace was a famous tourist attraction in Xinjing and also one of its symbols. It was the largest musical fountain palace in the world, with more than one hundred fountain pools of various sizes. Among them, the Star-Moon Long Bay was the most famous, covering an area of more than ten hectares, and was the largest circular fountain pool in the world. There were very few panoramic views in the promotional photographs, and it was indeed as Qin Shen said, with no end in sight at a glance.
"I've been to the Fountain Palace. It was during my sophomore year. I went there with my roommate for a day." She said with a hint of nostalgia, "It happened to be when all the fountains were flowing. The scene was particularly spectacular. I also went to see Xingyue Changwan. It was indeed very beautiful, but it was during the day. I don't know what it would be like at night."
"It's more beautiful at night than during the day. There are colorful beams of light and water, and music. Sometimes you can even see live performances. Can I take you to see it during the National Day?"
"Okay." Xu Man smiled and agreed immediately. She felt that this conversation was a little familiar, as if he had told her about this place before, so she asked, "Did you mention the Fountain Palace to me before? You mean when you were interning at the provincial department, you were always on duty there?"
Qin Shen responded and turned the steering wheel. "Yes, it was winter and all the fountains were frozen. I was just counting the icicles out of boredom. Occasionally I was assigned to the hot fountains to watch a fountain show."
"Hot fountain? The winter in Xinjing is so cold, even if hot water is sprayed out, won't it freeze halfway?"
"Not halfway through, but at the top, they freeze into small pieces of ice beads that fall back into the pool and are heated up into water. The whole pool is filled with bubbling bubbles, which is quite interesting to watch. I just keep wanting to wash my hands to relieve my frozen fingers."
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The two chatted all the way to the noodle shop, ordered two bowls of noodles and a serving of steamed dumplings, and ate them slowly as brunch. By the time they arrived at Qin Shen's villa in Mingzhou, it was almost half past ten.
"I said we should move in the morning." Qin Shen pulled Xu Man's suitcase to the living room. The central air conditioner was running non-stop under his settings, making the room cool. "It's just the beginning. The morning is almost over. If we really move in the afternoon, we will definitely be busy until the evening."
Xu Man also felt that what he said was very right, and thanked him in her heart for the phone call she made in the morning. Otherwise, with her conflicted mentality, she might have really delayed moving until the afternoon, thus wasting the entire day.
She followed Qin Shen up to the second floor, looking at the interior decoration as she walked. This was not her first time here, but when she thought about living here from now on and eating and living with the people next to her, her mood changed subtly, and even her perspective on this house became different.
Qin Shen saw her looking around as she walked, and he felt inexplicably nervous.
Logically speaking, this was not the house he bought, and the furniture and decoration had been completed long ago. He had lived here for more than a year. The places he used the most were his room and the sofa area downstairs. He occasionally used the kitchen, and the rest of the house remained unchanged, just like when he first moved in. He could just take a picture and hang it up as a display of the interior of the commercial villa.
The decoration of the entire house has nothing to do with his aesthetic taste. Even if Xu Man has some opinions about the decoration here, he will not think it is his problem. He does not need to feel nervous, but he just can't help it.
He coughed dryly, drawing his lover's attention back to himself: "This floor is full of guest rooms, take a look at which one you like and choose it as your bedroom."
"All of them?" Xu Man finally withdrew her gaze and turned to look at him.
"Probably all of them." Qin Shen answered uncertainly, "Three or four rooms, I don't know for sure. When I come back, I either sleep on the sofa or go straight to my room. I haven't been to other rooms."
As he spoke, he walked to a door, opened it, took a look and said, "This is it." He walked to the other side and opened another door, "This one too." He opened four or five doors in a row. "These are all guest rooms. They are fully furnished with furniture and bedding. Take a look and see which one you like."
Xu Man looked carefully at each room and found that each room was decorated in a different style, some simple and some luxurious. She chose the one with the most light, "Then I'll take this one."
As she spoke, she walked in, opened the curtains, and found a French window behind it, facing the balcony outside. She was a little surprised: "Is this a balcony outside?"
Qin Shen walked forward and took a look: "It should be. Do you want to go out and take a look?"
Xu Man was a little tempted, but after taking a look at the sun rising high in the sky, she gave up the idea: "Forget it, it's a bit hot outside now, we can go in the evening."
Her words reminded Qin Shen that although the central air-conditioning downstairs was on, it was obvious that the cold air on the first floor was difficult to reach the second floor. He didn't feel it in the corridor, but as soon as he entered the room, he could clearly feel the temperature difference between the inside and outside. He found the air-conditioning remote control, turned on the air-conditioning in the room, and let the cold air lower the temperature of the room.
Xu Man saw this and smiled at his thoughtful gesture.
Qin Shen was completely unaware as he adjusted the temperature and wind speed of the air conditioner: "Are you sure you want this room? If you are, I'll clean it up. Although I have hired a part-time cleaner every week, this room has been unoccupied for a long time and a lot of dust has accumulated. I still need to clean it up."
"Well, this one will do."
The two of them were busy, and one good thing about living in a well-decorated villa was that the matching mattresses were prepared for you, vacuum-packed and placed on the bed board, so you didn't have to go through the trouble of bringing a set yourself. With the help of Qin Shen, Xu Man made the bed, opened her suitcase, took out the things inside and sorted them out one by one. It took less than an hour to get everything done, which was much easier than she had imagined.
During this time, Qin Shen brought cleaning tools and cleaned the dust left in the room. After finishing, he saw that Xu Man still had some finishing work to do, so he went over to help her tidy up.
It was almost noon at this time, the time when sunlight was the brightest in the day. The sunlight shone directly in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the room bright while also bringing a lot of heat and being dazzling. Xu Man walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows and wanted to close the curtains.
The curtains had two layers, one layer of translucent white gauze, and the other layer of thick blackout cloth. She first pulled up the white gauze, but after trying it, she felt it was still a little dazzling, so she pulled up the thick beige knitted cloth to block out the sunlight. However, it couldn't be completely blocked out, so she had to leave some sunlight in the room.
Qin Shen stood behind her, watching her concentrate on adjusting the area covered by the curtains. The sunlight shone on her body through the white gauze curtains, covering her with a faint halo. The tiny beads of sweat on the tip of her nose reflected the crystal light, like dewdrops on flower petals in the morning. The action of raising her head and stretching out her hand made her beautiful body curves visible, and he felt a dry mouth, as if a fire was burning his heart.
He walked forward and hugged her from behind.
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