Qi Nuan thought Qi Zhangkai would miss his mother at night, so she offered to take him to sleep with her.
But it was rejected by Lu Yin.
He asked the child directly: "Qi Zhangkai, from today on, you have your own room. Can you sleep by yourself?"
Little Zhang Kai nodded, but then twisted his fingers and asked Lu Yin carefully: "Then I will be scared in the middle of the night. Can I call my aunt and uncle?"
The six-year-old kid is not stupid. After being taught repeatedly a few times, he can pronounce the words properly.
"This nanny will sleep in the outer room of your bedroom. You can call her first. If you are still scared, you can call us later. How about that?"
Qi Zhangkai looked up at the nanny. She was so gentle when she was wiping his hair just now.
This time he nodded heavily and gave the exact answer his uncle requested: "I can sleep by myself, good night, aunt and uncle."
Unlike his aunt's embarrassment, Qi Zhangkai was quite comfortable calling Lu Yin "uncle".
Qi Nuan watched him being taken away obediently by the nanny, and felt inwardly: It’s great that he is a good child, unlike Qi Meng who was so difficult to coax when he was a child.
Immersed in the memory of coaxing her sister to sleep for a long time, Qi Nuan came to her senses, turned her head, and met Lu Yin's gaze.
It was so deep, and I didn't know how long I stared at him.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Qi Zhangkai can sleep alone, but what about Qi Nuan?
Tonight, after Lu Yin completed the exchange conditions she proposed,
Tonight, when he was taking her home to fulfill her obligation,
Can she still ask to sleep alone?
"What's wrong? Is there something stuck on my face?" Qi Nuan touched his face and bluffed.
Lu Yin's hand suddenly stretched out and reached Qi Nuan's neck.
The force of the gentle stroke was not strong, but the sudden touch of the skin still made Qi Nuan tremble and almost scream out.
Her shoulders straightened instantly, and she couldn't help but raise her face and look up at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared into her eyes and said, "Sorry, I got it wrong. It was originally here."
As if to prove the purity of his motives, he raised his index finger and moved it gently, like scratching a kitten's chin, and wiped a strand of hair from Qi Nuan's chin.
Looking at the hidden smile in the eyes of the man in front of her, Qi Nuan knew that her startled reaction was exactly what he wanted.
She blinked her eyes, closed them, and opened them again, then blew away the hair that was at the tip of her nose in one breath.
"For such trivial matters, I won't bother Mr. Lu to condescend to help in person in the future."
"We're a family, don't be so formal."
As if he really just wanted to help Qi Nuan remove her hair, Lu Yin quickly stepped away from her.
"It's getting late, time to rest."
After he finished saying this, he gave a few instructions to Uncle Liu and Aunt Fang who were waiting in the side hall, then turned around and motioned Qi Nuan to go upstairs with him.
Even though she was prepared, Qi Nuan still let out a soft cry when Lu Yin pulled her into his bedroom.
As soon as the door closed, Lu Yin let the person go: "Stay here for two hours before going back."
The purpose of pulling her in could be guessed by Qi Nuan from the look in his eyes downstairs. It must be to do it for the two elderly people downstairs to see.
Although staying in his bedroom for two hours was unsettling, the word "go back" still made her feel relieved.
At least tonight, Lu Yin didn't ask her to "fulfill her obligations."
Two hours was not as unbearable as Qi Nuan had imagined.
Lu Yin didn't know whether he was prepared or was just a workaholic and was used to bringing work into the bedroom.
After leaving a message to Qi Nuan, he went to work overtime.
Qi Nuan had nothing to do. Although this bedroom was much bigger than hers, it was still a bedroom after all, and it didn't take much time to scan the whole thing.
She sat on the single sofa by the window, trying to fight off sleepiness.
As she hurried, she couldn't keep up and Qi Nuan's upper eyelids and lower eyelids started to overlap.
"Qi..." The deep male voice was interrupted by the sound of a slap.
Qi Nuan opened his eyes the moment he felt the breath, and saw Lu Yin in front of him withdraw his arm and his face darkened.
"Go back or go to bed. Choose one."
Qi Nuan had acted out of defensive habit, but she didn't expect that Lu Yin was just kind enough to wake her up and ask her to sleep somewhere else.
Unable to bring herself to apologize, she could only quickly stand up and run away.
It was not until he heard the door on the other side slam shut that Qi Nuan locked his own door.
She breathed a sigh of relief: I've escaped tonight.
The bed was of good quality and Qi Nuan had a surprisingly good night's sleep. She felt like she could have eaten two more meat buns for breakfast.
Unlike the exquisite food in the Lu family mansion, the food in Lu Yin's home is very popular.
Watching Qi Zhangkai chewing the steamed buns with such grease dripping from their mouths, Qi Nuan suddenly remembered many years ago.
It was also on such a full morning that the young boy Lu Yin took her to eat breakfast at a roadside stall. She had also seen a boy of her age eating buns with greasy hands.
That was the first time for the spoiled Miss Qi to experience eating on the roadside, but Lu Yin said that it was a daily routine for him and his parents.
When the young Lu Yin said that, he was not indifferent at all. Instead, his eyes were filled with happy memories.
Qi Nuan raised his head slightly and glanced over.
Lu Yin didn't have breakfast. There was only a cup of coffee in front of him, and he was holding a tablet in his hand, constantly swiping at the information.
Feeling the gaze, he turned around and asked, "Have you finished eating?"
Qi Nuan nodded, and saw Lu Yin instruct the housekeeper and the nanny to take good care of Qi Zhangkai, then stood up and motioned for her to follow.
"Choose one, drive it yourself or have a driver assigned to you."
Lu Yin took her directly to the garage and spoke in a very important way.
Qi Nuan was indeed planning to talk to Lu Yin about going to and from get off work alone, but she didn't expect to ask him to provide her with a car.
Young Master Lu is favored by the old man of the Lu family and is very rich.
Qi Nuan, who had also experienced wealth, naturally recognized that each of the cars parked by Curry was worth a lot of money.
"Do you want to just make our relationship public? How can a lowly employee like me be worthy of this?"
She is just an ordinary employee who has just paid off the Qi family's huge debt. How could she dare to use such a flashy car for transportation?
"I don't care." Lu Yin answered casually, and signaled Qi Nuan with his eyes to follow him inside.
"The housekeeper probably reported your move-in to the old house last night, and Grandpa will ask to see you soon. If the Lu family knows about it, do you think the news won't spread?"
Qi Nuan had also thought about this situation, but she still had to make a living after leaving Lu Yin, and she couldn't just give up the job that she had worked so hard to get promoted.
She should keep a low profile now so as not to embarrass herself too much when the time comes.
"If you don't say anything, no one can say anything about you."
Qi Nuan understood what he meant. The implication was that he would not let this exchange relationship be exposed to the public, but she might not necessarily do that.
She pursed her lips: "Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut and won't bother you."
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but when Lu Yin looked back at her, his eyes seemed a little colder.
When they stopped again, Qi Nuan saw the red Jaguar F-TYPE at a glance without Lu Yin pointing it out to her.
This car parked among Boss Lu’s many luxury cars looks so ordinary and approachable.
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