Exhausted, Chu Zhuo yawned, let out a message to her parents that she was safe, and then lay down to rest.

Today was truly eventful. He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep in less than two minutes, his even breathing rising and falling.

Lu Tingzhou tucked the blanket around Chu Zhuo and stared quietly at his young lover. After a while, he bent down and placed a gentle kiss on Chu Zhuo's lips.

"Zhuobao, you must take good care of yourself."

He tiptoed out of the bedroom, closed the door, and walked a little further away before calling his private doctor.

The person on the other end seemed to have anticipated that he was there to interrogate him, and betrayed him without hesitation: "It was the old man who told me to just mention it casually."

Lu Tingzhou pinched the bridge of his nose: "I know. If you tell him again, be careful that Chu Zhuo gets scared away and he'll never see his son-in-law again."

doctor:"……"

This father and son are really...

Ding-dong, Lu Tingzhou transferred money to him on WeChat with the note: "Phone transfer fee".

He's truly the best employer in the world. The doctor took the money and sent the exact words to Old Master Lu.

Upon receiving the message, Old Master Lu: ...

He was instinctively worried, but after a few seconds he understood and was relieved.

Knowing his son as he did, if the man had really run away, he wouldn't have had time to play the game of telephone with him. He might even have caught up with him, though the process would have been thrilling but ultimately harmless.

Grandpa Lu sent a smug emoji.

Upon examining the image and realizing it was a meme, Lu Tingzhou was speechless.

Alright, I don't blame the old man for being so perceptive. Last week when I went back to the old house, the old man saw the seashell necklace he was wearing and asked him if there had been any big progress.

Lu Tingzhou thought he had gotten away with it, but he didn't expect the old man to be even more anxious than him. This surprise attack he staged today was really opportunistic.

All the work piled up until the afternoon. After confirming that Chu Zhuo was fast asleep, Lu Tingzhou turned around and went to his study to deal with it.

The afternoon passed by leisurely.

When Chu Zhuo woke up, it was already dark outside. He rubbed his eyes and, using the dim light from the bedside table, found the light switch and turned on the room light.

He sat there in a daze, taking a moment to calm down before getting out of bed.

A few minutes later, Lu Tingzhou pushed open the door and entered.

Chu Zhuo asked in surprise, "How did you know I was awake?"

"The heart rate monitoring bracelet shows your heart rate has increased, so I guess you're awake." Lu Tingzhou raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling on the black bracelet on Chu Zhuo's left wrist, and explained, "I put it on you while you were sleeping."

Still half asleep, Chu Zhuo finally sensed something on her wrist and examined it, turning it over and over: "Where is it displayed? I can't see it!"

"It's connected to my phone." Lu Tingzhou said, while carefully observing Chu Zhuo's reaction. Seeing that he was not displeased, he said in a good mood, "You'll only wear it for a few days, no more than a month. Zhuo Bao, you really scared me to death this morning. I could feel how cold you were even through your clothes."

Knowing that he was acting out of concern, Chu Zhuo was not offended at all, since he himself felt it was reckless.

Furthermore, since he had already assured 001 that he would try not to use his skills in this world, one more Lu Tingzhou wouldn't make a difference, so Chu Zhuo obediently wore the bracelet.

However, if he could do it all over again, he would still do the same thing. Qi Yu, who had harmed three innocent people in succession, deserved to die.

*

When it came time to eat, Lu Tingzhou was left speechless, both amused and exasperated.

Lu Tingzhou's cooking skills were limited, so his aunt came over to cook dinner that night. It was three dishes and a soup, each dish was rather light, but the taste was impeccable.

An ordinary fish and tofu soup has been transformed into a dish worthy of a state banquet.

Chu Zhuo's eyes lit up when he took a bite of tofu, and then again when he took a bite of fish. After drinking a bowl of soup, he became as lively as a stubborn fish, thrashing about.

Throughout the meal, Lu Tingzhou watched the boy's lively expression as he enjoyed the delicious food. His phone, which was placed next to him on the table, kept lighting up. He fell silent; the instruction manual said that the notification would only pop up if there was a significant fluctuation in his heart rate...

Is this thing really reliable?

Well, let's look at it from another angle. It's one thing that Zhuobao can't hide her facial expressions, but why is her heartbeat also jumping around like that?

Lu Tingzhou's eyes filled with affection, and he chuckled, "Baby, you're so adorable."

Chuzhuo: "?"

After the meal, Chu Zhuo drank a vial of glucose and picked up her phone to see if Shi An had sent any messages.

Sure enough, Shi An said that Qi Yu had revealed those deeper, more secretive details.

Chu Zhuo replied with an Ultraman laser-firing emoji of "Do you believe in light?.JPG", and Shi An sent a little figure nodding wildly with a "Mm" popping up above its head.

After chatting for a while, he noticed that Lu Tingzhou's WeChat profile picture had changed. He clicked on it to check and saw that it was a sunset and colorful clouds background picture from last month, showing Lu Tingzhou hugging him from behind.

"That's really fast."

Chu Zhuo also changed his profile picture. Lu Tingzhou had his hand on Chu Zhuo's shoulder. He took Lu Tingzhou's phone, compared the two pictures side by side, and said with admiration, "Not bad, not bad, we have matching profile pictures now."

Just as Lu Tingzhou was about to exit the profile picture page and his finger touched the screen, a call came in on his phone, which Chu Zhu answered by mistake.

The note says it's Old Man Lu.

Chu Zhuo instinctively called out, "Hello, Old Man Lu?"

Upon hearing the unfamiliar voice, Grandpa Lu hesitated, his questions turning away abruptly: "Is this Xiao Zhuo? Have you eaten yet? It's so late. Why are you answering the phone? Did Tingzhou leave you to your work? I'll talk to him later. No matter how busy you are, you can't neglect your partner."

It's no wonder that Old Master Lu has a stereotype. Before meeting Chu Zhuo, Lu Tingzhou was this kind of person. Even though he already had enough money, he could still stay up for days on end for a big project.

The surname was Lu, the voice was elderly, and the address was intimate. Chu Zhuo guessed, "I've already eaten. Are you Lu Yan's grandfather?"

The main reason Chu Zhuo thought of Lu Yan was because he was deeply impressed by his grandparents' late-life child.

Grandpa Lu choked up.

Speaking of which, the Shen family's son and Lu Yan are indeed the same age.

"Yeah, I'm also that brat Tingzhou's dad. Look at the weird nickname he gave me in his contacts, it almost made our little Zhuo think we were from different generations." Annoyed that his son wasn't being reasonable, Old Master Lu personally stepped in to speak well of his son, "Although Tingzhou is a bit older, he's absolutely devoted in relationships, has no bad habits, is quite handsome, and can make money. His mother and I have known he likes you for a long time..."

Before Old Master Lu could finish his long-winded speech, his phone was snatched away, and Old Madam Lu said in a gentle and kind voice, "Xiao Zhuo, if Tingzhou treats you badly, you can complain to me. If you quarrel and neither of you is at fault, then he is. It is only natural for a mother to discipline her son."

Lu Tingzhou dried his hair, pushed open the bathroom door and came out, only to hear his mother's voice coming from the phone. He paused for a moment.

"Lu Tingzhou is very good to me, Uncle and Aunt, we will be together for a long time." After replying to Madam Lu, Chu Zhuo said, "He's out of the shower, I'll give him my phone."

Old Madam Lu thought to herself, "What's the point of talking to that clueless brat?" The next second, she heard Lu Tingzhou's deep voice calling her "Mom."

"Alas, it would have been even more beautiful if it were Xiao Zhuo calling out like that," said Madam Lu with regret.

Lu Tingzhou's lips twitched slightly.

The original purpose of Grandpa Lu's call was to ask about Lu Tingzhou's progress in pursuing Lu Tingzhou. Now that he had received the answer, he said a few words and hung up the phone, letting the young couple cultivate their relationship on their own.

"What did they say? You look pretty helpless." Chu Zhuo poked Lu Tingzhou's cheek, which was still steaming from his shower.

Lu Tingzhou grabbed his mischievous little hand: "My mom told me not to make you angry, saying that you are several years younger than me, and as the older one, she should take care of you more... They like you very much."

Chu Zhu chuckled: "I like myself too."

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