Lin Luoying walked out of the hospital, but she still felt that something was wrong, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it. In the end, she decided to trust the hospital's judgment.

She drove her Honda to a roadside stall.

The family's money barely covered their rent and daily expenses, leaving them with very little. If her parents hadn't spoiled her, they wouldn't have given her so much money.

Unlike her, Lin's parents looked down on Liu Zhongze, knowing that he was no better than a scoundrel. For the sake of their precious daughter, they cut off most of their financial support to prevent Liu Zhongze from continuing to cheat her out of money.

"Boss, two servings of fried rice, please."

Lin Luoying took out her phone to scan the boss's QR code, but found that a lot of time had passed. Thinking that Liu Zhongze would usually call to urge her to buy food and go home quickly, she couldn't help but ask the boss to cook faster.

The shop owner was sweating profusely. He had many customers, and there were three or four people ahead of Lin Luoying. He wiped his sweat and said, "Young lady, I'm really busy. I'll try my best to speed things up for you, but please don't rush me."

Lin Luoying sighed, thinking: I'm going to get scolded again when I get back.

She opened her own short video, intending to scroll through it to pass the time, only to find that her backend had 99+ likes. She clicked on it and discovered that the video of her watching TV with Liu Zhongze had surpassed 30 likes and had over 5 comments.

Such high-traffic videos can bring them a lot of hidden income, such as products in their shop window, collaborations with some male merchants, and finally, live streaming couple accounts, waiting for big fans to tip them. This is the source of their income.

She excitedly opened her private messages and found that they were mostly from long-time fans and some new fans who didn't know anything about it, with no news of collaborations.

With a sense of doubt, Lin Luoying clicked on the comment section of the video and found that among the 30 likes, there was a comment with nearly 40 likes.

Dongyue expert said: "Liu Zhongze's latest short drama, 'The Ugly Country President Falls in Love with Me with Menopausal Dementia,' is now online. You can view the edited clips on my homepage."

It was clearly a comment meant to attract traffic, but it got more likes than their video. She originally wanted to delete the comment, but after thinking about it, she clicked on the account's profile page instead.

The pinned image on the homepage is of a man with a sharply defined jawline who looks somewhat familiar. This video has the most likes and comments on this account, with a whopping 40 likes, suggesting that the account's traffic surpasses that of their videos.

Upon clicking in, you'll find a man who looks remarkably like Liu Zhongze, resembling a male succubus. He appears alongside several foreigners and seems to be an insignificant character, yet everyone unconsciously stares at him after he appears.

In this video, which is less than 9 seconds long, the man who looks remarkably like Liu Zhongze is arguably the most outstanding among the several shots. Whenever he appears, he seems to have an aura that can firmly capture the attention of both men and women.

"Is this...is this the Liu Zhongze I know?"

Lin Luoying looked at it several times, but even after living together for so long, she still couldn't be sure that this was the man she knew.

"Has he been possessed? What's with this damn jawline? He doesn't usually wear makeup on his jawline!"

Lin Luoying's eyes widened, her gaze unconsciously drifting towards the person next to her, trying to get a concrete answer from them.

The boss, who was wiping his sweat and tossing the wok, was stunned when she looked at him like that. If the person next to him hadn't reminded him, he would have burned his hand by now.

"Boss, look at the pot! And what's with that pretty girl over there?"

The proprietress peeked out from the corner, her eyes filled with hostility, but when she saw Lin Luoying, her eyes suddenly became much clearer.

Often, only people of the same sex can appreciate the beauty of another person of the same sex.

The proprietress smiled and nodded at Lin Luoying, not minding at all, and turned back to prepare the things she needed to set up her stall.

Lin Luoying snapped out of her daze and said, "Boss, I'll stop cooking my fried rice now, I have something urgent to take care of."

Without waiting for her boss's reply, she drove her Honda home, determined to confirm whether the man with the prominent jawline was indeed her man.

A white Honda appeared at the entrance of the residential area and slammed on its brakes.

The security guard came out, about to unleash a torrent of curses, when he saw Lin Luoying's anxious face. He immediately smiled, nodded to Lin Luoying, and opened the access gate.

Lin Luoying didn't waste any words. She drove the car into the basement of her rented apartment, then immediately took the elevator, pacing back and forth inside from time to time.

When Lin Luoying reached her front door, she hesitated to open it. For some reason, she felt that if the man in the short drama was her man, then his transformation might be too drastic, perhaps unacceptable to her...

A pleasant aroma wafted from inside the room. Lin Luoying, as if possessed, pushed open the door and found several dishes laid out in the kitchen, all of which looked quite appetizing.

"Did you make this?"

Lin Luoying immediately forgot all her previous doubts and confusion. For her, nothing was more surprising than Liu Zhongze, who never did housework, suddenly cooking a fragrant three-dish-and-one-soup meal.

"You wouldn't be thinking of poisoning me, would you? Is that something you would do?"

Lin Luoying was so surprised that she stopped calling him "son" and could only use the normal way of addressing him.

"You're here?" Liu Zhongze brought over a plate of fragrant chicken and placed it in the center of all the dishes. "I noticed you hadn't been back for a while. I was worried you might have forgotten to buy food, so I just found something at home and made something simple."

Many people born in the 80s came from humble backgrounds, especially the Liu Zhongze family. If they hadn't been desperate to survive, who would have risked smuggling to Hong Kong?

When he was little, he often cooked for his parents. Since his parents had to go out to work, they had to leave all the housework to Xiaoliu Zhongze. You could say he was a little expert in housework, and cooking was no problem for him.

Lin Luoying felt a lump in her throat, thinking that this kind of man wasn't bad at all. Was she about to be treated like a princess?

With tears in her eyes, she smiled and said, "Then let's eat first."

There was actually some food in their house, but Lin Luoying would only cook when she felt like it, and most of the time she was too lazy to cook.

"Won't these vegetables spoil?"

Liu Zhongze shook his head and said, "They're a bit wilted, but they'll be fine once they're removed. The meat is still within its shelf life, so it's safe to eat."

"You know quite a lot."

Lin Luoying picked up a large piece of green vegetable, put it in her mouth, and then showed a satisfied expression.

They don't get to eat this kind of home-style cooking very often, especially Lin Luoying. When she's with Liu Zhongze, they almost always order takeout. When they run out of money, they go to the food street outside the neighborhood to buy something to eat.

Lin Luoying felt that this way she wouldn't get enough nutrition, so she bought some food to keep at home so that she could sometimes have something hot to eat.

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