Autumn has arrived, and the sky over Wencheng has become exceptionally vast and high, with large clusters of white clouds spread across the clear blue sky.
In the early morning, the villa's gardener is turning over the soil in the garden, digging up the flowers that have faded in the summer and replacing them with flowers suitable for autumn growth. This is the secret to how the villa's garden can have flowers blooming all year round.
Mu Hua is now completely idle. He lost a large sum of money in breach of contract fees from his previous job, and he has no desire to continue working. He just wanders around aimlessly every day.
He walked into the garden and squatted down to watch the gardener turn the soil.
When the small shovel digs down a handful of soil, it will stop and turn over the soil to pick out some small bulbs and throw them into the basket next to it before continuing to turn over the next handful of soil.
After observing for a while, Mu Hua casually asked, "What are these seed bulbs for?"
The gardener wiped the sweat from his brow. "These bulbs were planted last summer but didn't sprout. We can't let them continue to take over this land. We'll dig them up, leave them for a while, and then find a new place to plant them next summer."
"Can it survive if we replant it?" Mu Hua asked.
The gardener took a breath and said something quite philosophical.
"We don't know if it wants to live, but we can't give up as long as there's even a glimmer of hope. I heard that if you plant these seeds that didn't bloom in the first season, the flowers that bloom in the second season will be especially beautiful."
Mu Hua smiled approvingly and gave the gardener a thumbs up.
The housekeeper came out and said that breakfast was ready, and invited Mu Hua to go back and have breakfast.
At the dining table, Qiao An was spreading peanut butter on his toast with his head down when he saw Mu Hua walking in lazily in a T-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops. He felt annoyed; this bug was living too carefree a life.
Qiao An placed the peanut butter-spreaded toast onto Du Xiaoruo's plate, glancing sideways at Mu Hua.
"Mu Hua, come to the company with me today. Tang Tang is going to have her costume photos taken. Didn't you work with her before? You can catch up with your old friend."
Mu Hua took a sip of his coffee with double the milk and double the sugar, and tried hard to remember who Tang Tang was. The two of them had filmed a spy movie together before. Mu Hua was the male lead, and Tang Tang played a female supporting character who admired him.
I heard that Tang Tang has been doing very well in the past few years and has already become a top-tier actress. Recently, she also took on the endorsement of Jinse's entire women's clothing line, and her career is booming.
For some reason, even though only a few days have passed, ever since learning about Liu Zhi, Mu Hua feels a sense of estrangement when she thinks about the past.
Mu Hua put down her coffee cup, picked up a sandwich, and ruthlessly rejected Qiao An's offer.
"I don't want to go. I can't be bothered to see these people I barely know."
Du Xiaoruo suggested, "Brother Hua, why don't you come with me to the dessert shop? We're getting some furniture today, could you go and check it out? We'll have lunch together at Ni An's shop, and Xia Qing and Fan Yue can come too."
“Okay, that works.” Mu Hua readily agreed, jokingly adding, “I hereby declare that Xiao Ruo has successfully obtained my right to support her today. I hope you can offer even better bidding terms tomorrow.”
Qiao An cursed, "Shameless." After a pause, she said resentfully, "Then I'll go over at noon too."
Lele and Xiaoshu exchanged a glance, their faces full of displeasure. Sure enough, happiness belongs to adults; children have nothing but going to school.
After a while, Lele comforted herself by talking to herself.
"However, I can see Xiaotong at school. Although she is in an older grade, we will eat lunch together in the cafeteria."
Xiao Shu is even more unhappy. It seems he needs to find a girlfriend in kindergarten as soon as possible. He can't go without a source of emotional support. Going to school every day feels like going to a funeral.
The dessert shop has been cleaned up; it's bright and clean with a warm color scheme, making it look like a dessert shop from an anime.
Upon entering, there is an open-plan dessert room with only a checkered sofa placed under the window. A curtain hangs at the top of the stairs on the second floor, with the cartoon words "Private Property, No Visitors Allowed" written on it.
This little house is small and airy; you can see the whole thing at a glance.
Mu Hua wandered around for a bit, then came out with a puzzled look on her face. "Your dessert shop doesn't have a display case for desserts, nor tables and chairs for dining?"
Du Xiaoruo straightened the wrinkles in the curtains and introduced them to Mu Hua.
“I don’t like dealing with people, so I use a fully online model. Customers place their orders online, explain their needs, and after I customize the desserts, I have a courier deliver them. I don’t have to meet anyone in the whole process.”
Mu Hua nodded and sighed.
"That's great. You're all living the lives you wanted. Even if this is just a world in a novel, it's a perfect ending, isn't it?"
The lily-of-the-valley wind chimes hanging on the door frame made an ethereal sound as Joan walked in, bowing against the light.
The moment she stepped inside, Joan's signature sarcastic remark rang out, "Was this door frame made for dwarfs?"
Mu Hua shook his head and sighed.
"Can't you live without a wife? Didn't you say you'd only come over at noon? You follow everyone around you? Are you planning to quit your company? I've finally seen what it means for a king to neglect his duties."
After giving Qiao An a thorough dressing-down, Mu Hua, not wanting to remain a third wheel, said, "I'm going to Ni An's place first," and walked out of the dessert shop.
When she rushed out the door, Mu Hua didn't need to bend over because of her height, but remembering Qiao An's earlier complaint, she still pretended to bend over.
Joan stuck her tongue out at his retreating figure, "Some people are just envious and jealous."
Du Xiaoruo is really a saint. Whenever Qiao An and Mu Hua bump into each other, their IQs plummet. Sometimes they even feel that Xiao Shu is more righteous than them.
"Why are you here? Is the company pretty quiet?" Du Xiaoruo asked.
Qiao An turned around and closed the door, pulled Du Xiaoruo into his arms, lowered his head, and gently nibbled at her lips with his thin lips.
Du Xiaoruo closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, gently matching his movements.
Qiao An's kisses were never domineering, unlike the kind of kisses in romance novels that involve sucking and licking until the person is breathless. Instead, they were a very gentle and delicate feeling. Coupled with his alluring woody scent, it would make people unconsciously sink into it, their bodies becoming light and floating, rising and falling in the vortex of passion and desire.
"I just drove my car downstairs to the company and suddenly I missed you so much that I felt anxious and wanted to see you right away, so I came here." Qiao An hugged Du Xiaoruo's slender back and whispered in her ear like a spoiled child.
The two cuddled and cuddled for a while, then Qiao An pointed to the curtain that read "Private Area, No Visitors Allowed."
"I am also your private property, may I visit?"
Upon hearing Qiao An's words, Du Xiaoruo pondered for a moment, looked at the curtain with some difficulty, and pursed her lips, seemingly wanting to refuse but finding it hard to say it.
Qiao An originally just wanted to tease her, but seeing her like this piqued her curiosity instead.
He hugged Du Xiaoruo's waist, burying his head in the crook of her shoulder and nuzzling against her, his voice both lazy and sweet.
"Just let me see it, just one look, please? Please, please."
The adorable puppy is so sweet it melts everyone's heart.
Du Xiaoruo resisted the urge to agree immediately and pretended to be hesitant, "Well... I can let you take a look, but I have a condition."
Qiao An released Du Xiaoruo, her clear pupils sparkling, and nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, you go ahead."
Du Xiaoruo licked her lower lip and swallowed.
"Lift up your shirt and let me see your abs."
Joan, “…”
Mu Hua and Xiao Shu have taken over Qiao An's bedroom, and the two of them have been sharing the same bedroom for the past few days.
Qiao An, that shameless bastard, always covers himself up like a polar bear. Not only can you not touch him, you can't even look at him. This makes Du Xiaoruo so angry that she wants to erect a monument to his chastity.
"We agreed beforehand that you can look around, but you're not allowed to touch me."
Du Xiaoruo bit her lower lip and nodded demurely, "Yes, I promise."
Qiao An decisively took off his suit jacket, and the outline of his abdominal muscles was faintly visible under the high-quality, soft fabric of his silk shirt. Du Xiaoru stared at his lower abdomen, and it took a lot of effort to suppress the urge to touch him directly.
His slender fingers grasped the hem of the shirt and casually pulled it up... pulled... damn it, it got stuck.
Qiao An had wanted to look cool, but forgot she had brought her shirt clip. "You... turn your head away, don't peek."
Du Xiaoruo complained impatiently for a couple of minutes, then reluctantly turned her back to him.
Qiao An quickly pulled the hem of her shirt off the clip, pulled up her pants, and poked Du Xiaoruo on the back of the shoulder to remind her that she could look.
Du Xiaoruo turned around, and Qiao An gently lifted a corner of the hem of her shirt.
You can vaguely see the firm, bulging abdominal muscles, with beautiful muscle lines running down the abdomen, connecting to two sexy V-lines hidden in the trousers, creating a kind of ascetic beauty.
Du Xiaoruo was going crazy. This overflowing hormones, this damn thing that she could see but couldn't touch.
"Finished reading? I'm dressed now?"
"How stingy!" Du Xiaoru thought to herself, though she desperately wanted it but stubbornly insisted, "Is that all? It's not even as nice as my abs."
Qiao An stopped putting on her shirt and glared at her defiantly, "I don't believe you."
"Then you'd better watch closely, I'm going to show you something amazing today."
Du Xiaoruo was also wearing a dark green linen shirt. She pulled up the hem of the shirt to reveal her firm, flat stomach, and she really did have some nice abs.
"How is it?" Du Xiaoruo was so arrogant that she wanted to be on top of the world. During her free time, she would practice boxing and her body lines were very beautiful.
Qiao An looked at hers, then lifted the hem of her clothes and looked down at her own, seriously comparing whose abs were prettier.
Ni An and his restaurant were doing a live stream today. Mu Hua had nothing to do when he arrived, so he borrowed a device and walked around taking pictures.
He was holding up his filming equipment, taking pictures of the scenery as he called Du Xiaoruo and the others over for dinner.
Mu Hua pushed open the unlocked door and finally saw his wife's enthusiastic viewers in the live stream.
[Hello, Xiaoruo, I've missed you so much... What are you two doing with your bellies showing?]
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