Watching the man's departing figure, Qiao Zhen felt much more relaxed and at ease.
At this moment, Lu Zheng slowly moved closer to Qiao Zhen, and through the car window, Lu Zheng's lower body was exposed.
Qiao Zhen couldn't help but say, "Thank you. If it weren't for you just now, I don't know what would have happened to me."
She still feels lingering fear when she thinks about it now, and she sighed.
Lu Zheng remained silent, turned around, went back to his car, and sent her a message.
"Go back to your home."
Qiao Zhen glanced at Lu Zheng's car through the rearview mirror, but still started the car.
Back home, Qiao Zhen parked her car and watched as Lu Zheng's car slowly followed.
She had intended to turn Lu Zheng away, but considering how much he had helped her earlier, she couldn't bring herself to say no.
"What, you don't want me to come in?" Lu Zheng couldn't help but tease Qiao Zhen with a smile when he saw her hesitating at the door.
"No." Qiao Zhen shook her head stubbornly, then opened the door: "Come in."
After the two entered the house, Qiao Zhen casually turned on the light.
Lu Zheng looked around the house, still a circle around, and couldn't help but ask, "You live in such a doghouse?"
It wasn't that Lu Zheng looked down on single-level apartments, but Qiao Qiaozhen had been exhausted from work lately and hadn't had time to tidy up the house, resulting in a mess.
In addition, since this is a newly purchased house, there is not much decent furniture, and the whole house looks like it is filled with garbage.
Qiao Zhen gave an embarrassed smile and said, "I'm sorry, I've been busy with work lately and haven't had time to tidy up the house."
Previously, when she lived in Lu Zheng's villa, there were servants to take care of everything, so Qiao Zhen hadn't considered this issue. Now that she's in a different environment, the change of scenery has caught her completely off guard.
"Is this place even habitable?" Lu Zheng exclaimed as he took off his shoes and walked around the lobby, "I'll hire a housekeeper to tidy it up for you tomorrow."
"No need," Qiao Zhen immediately refused. How could she accept Lu Zheng's kindness for no reason?
"You don't have to let me pay if you don't want to." Lu Zheng smirked, then turned around and looked at Qiao Zhen: "Come back and live with me, let's start over."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen pursed her lips, thought for a long time, and then shook her head and said, "Never mind, it's not necessary."
Having already moved out of someone else's house, how could I possibly move back in?
"Then you have no choice. I'll find a housekeeper to come over tomorrow."
Lu Zheng's tone left no room for argument, and Qiao Zhen couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Then, Qiao Zhen noticed what Lu Zheng was carrying and couldn't help but ask, "What are you holding?"
Hearing this, Lu Zheng felt a little awkward and explained, "It's nothing."
Qiao Zhen became interested and couldn't help but walk over to him, wanting to see what was in the package, but Lu Zheng dodged left and right and wouldn't let Qiao Zhen see.
Finally, after Qiao Zhen's relentless pursuit, she successfully grabbed the packaging bag, which felt damp and somewhat soft.
"This is..." Qiao Zhen leaned closer to look and saw that the strawberries were crushed and deformed in the bag, some of them even had some juice.
She couldn't help but twitch her lips and joked, "Don't you have good teeth? You just like eating soft things?"
Lu Zheng cleared his throat, his tone somewhat unnatural.
"No, I was following you the whole time, but then I saw an old woman selling strawberries by the roadside late at night, so I couldn't resist stopping and buying all her strawberries."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen suddenly realized what was going on.
No wonder Qiao Zhen said that Lu Zheng had disappeared, but then suddenly reappeared here.
"And then..."
"Later I thought I'd go to your house to pick up the strawberries and give them to you, so I carried them with me while driving, and then I suddenly saw you go through this."
At this point, Lu Zheng's expression became somewhat serious, and his demeanor became a little unnatural.
Qiao Zhen realized he was angry and couldn't help but comfort him, "It's okay, I wasn't hurt at all, and he gave me the money back, so consider it a lesson."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng's expression softened slightly, and he nodded, saying, "I was in a hurry when I got out of the car and didn't have time to put the strawberries in with me. By the time I realized it, I was already out of the car, and I instinctively threw the strawberries aside, which is how they got ruined."
Listening to Lu Zheng's description, Qiao Zhen could already imagine how anxious Lu Zheng was to throw away the strawberries and then deal with that man.
Thinking of this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little moved. Her nose tingled, and she nodded.
"Thank you."
"No need to thank me, after all, you are my mistress."
Lu Zheng suddenly started joking in her ear, and Qiao Zhen's face turned bright red. She then punched him lightly and said, "Can you please stop joking in such a sentimental place!"
"What's wrong, Miss Qiao? Are you touched?"
Lu Zheng suddenly moved closer to her face and said very seriously.
"I..." Qiao Zhen subconsciously wanted to deny it, but she couldn't bring herself to say the denial halfway through her sentence.
Because she was genuinely moved by his actions.
Seeing Qiao Zhen's reaction, Lu Zheng smirked smugly: "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."
Seeing Lu Zheng's smug expression, Qiao Zhen gritted her teeth.
"So how do you plan to repay me, Miss Qiao?"
Hearing Lu Zheng's malicious words again, Qiao Zhen was speechless. Her gaze shifted to the bag of rotten strawberries in Lu Zheng's hand, and suddenly she had an idea.
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