Bai Tao was awakened by the numbness in her arm.

When she opened her eyes, it was still dark. She found herself with one arm outstretched, and Pei Jin's head resting on her shoulder.

She was lying face down, with half of her body weight on one side of her body and her other arm across her stomach.

and!

The most important thing is!

Where are their clothes?

Why does it feel like those two layers of fabric are gone?!

She forced out a curse through gritted teeth and shoved him twice with her other hand.

It's so heavy, I can't move it...

"Pei Jin, are you a bastard?"

Last night I pinned her down for so long and it wasn't enough, I had to pin her down while we slept.

Pei Jin groggily looked up, turned over and pulled her into his arms, squinted and picked up his phone to check the time: 5:00.

"Sleep a little longer, baby, it's still early."

"My arm is numb."

Bai Tao's voice sounded unpleasant, as if she was somewhat angry.

Pei Jin sat up, the blanket slipping down to his waist. He wasn't fully awake yet, so he lowered his head, took her arm, and slowly massaged it, from her shoulder to her fingertips.

Bai Tao pulled the blanket up to cover herself.

After a while, Bai Tao said "Okay," and Pei Jin lay down, pulled her back into his arms, and continued to sleep close to Bai Tao.

On the subway, Pei Jin and Bai Tao stood in a corner, carrying breakfast they had bought for the two of them.

When the alarm rang, both of them woke up. As soon as Bai Tao stood up, she felt that her thighs were so sore that she could not walk normally.

Pei Jin massaged her legs, and as a result, Little Pei woke up completely. In order not to delay taking Bai Tao to work, he got up early in the morning and took a half-cold shower.

There was no time to cook when we came out.

As Bai Tao passed the bar where He Fan worked, she deliberately pointed at it.

"Pei Jin, this is the bar where He Fan works~"

Pei Jin nodded and took her hand to cross the street.

Outside the Yueyue Nail Salon, Qiao Yue was sweeping up the trash bags and barbecue sticks left over from the night market the previous night.

Today she tied her curly hair into a single ponytail, wore a bright red dress, and wore exaggerated gold hoop earrings.

"Sister Yue~"

Qiao Yue looked up and saw Bai Tao running towards her in a light green halter dress, which made her feel good.

Behind her was a tall, handsome man wearing a black Chinese-style embroidered short-sleeved shirt and wide-leg trousers.

One hand was in his pocket, his nose was high and straight, his eyebrows and eyes were deep, and he was aloof and noble. His eyes were fixed on the white peach running in front of him, and he was carrying two cups of soy milk and a few steamed buns.

Qiao Yue glanced at it and then looked away.

This guy doesn't look like someone to mess with. I wonder if Bai Tao can shake him off now that she's gotten involved with him.

"Your boyfriend?"

Qiao Yue reached out and caught Bai Tao who ran over, then glanced at Pei Jin.

Bai Tao nodded.

"Yeah, he's off work today, so he came to keep me company."

Bai Tao tried to take the broom from Qiao Yue's hand, but Qiao Yue dodged her.

"Go inside and have lunch; it's not time for work yet."

Even though it was Bai Tao's first day at work, she knew this wasn't appropriate and insisted on helping her tidy up. Qiao Yue gently pushed her away.

"When you're cleaning, hurry up and go inside to eat. If you have nothing to do, use my phone to reply to messages."

"All right……"

When passing by Qiao Yue, Pei Jin greeted her casually, then followed Bai Tao inside.

As he was finishing his meal, Pei Jin glanced at Qiao Yue, who was bending over and cleaning up the trash outside the door.

Then he got up, quickly pushed open the door and went out, asked her where the trash can was, and took the trash from Qiao Yue's hand.

Qiao Yue straightened up and clapped her hands, showing she had good judgment.

She pushed open the door and went inside. Bai Tao was looking down, holding the store's phone and replying to the girl below.

"That's great? You brought your boyfriend to help me with the chores?"

"I'm not going to pay two people's wages."

Bai Tao smiled, still holding a half-eaten xiaolongbao in her hand.

"It's okay, Yue-jie. He went home at noon. Our lease is about to expire, and he needs to go back to move."

Qiao Yue paused for a moment,

"Himself?"

Bai Tao nodded.

"Yeah, we were supposed to move together, but we ended up hiring a moving company."

"There's not much stuff, so it's not tiring, and the new building has an elevator."

Qiao Yue felt a pang of conscience; she glanced at Bai Tao.

"Anyway, you've just arrived and can't be of much help. I'll give you the afternoon off; go back and help him move."

Bai Tao looked up, somewhat incredulous.

"Really?"

Qiao Yue waved her hand and sat down next to Bai Tao.

"Really, before I regret it."

Bai Tao's voice suddenly flared up, "Ahhhhhh, thank you, Sister Yue~"

When Pei Jin pushed open the door, he was carrying three Americanos, two iced and one hot.

He placed it on the table and gestured with his eyes.

"You guys choose first."

Qiao Yue didn't stand on ceremony. She reached out and touched the inside of the cup. When she felt that there was one iced cup and one hot cup, she didn't say anything and took one of the iced cups.

Bai Tao naturally took the other iced cup, and Pei Jin then reached for the hot one, moving a stool over to sit next to Bai Tao.

Qiao Yue raised an eyebrow when she saw that Pei Jin drank the hot drink in the end; he was quite thoughtful.

The two people next to her huddled together, and Bai Tao pointed to the new account she had just created on her phone to show him.

"Look, this is the new account that Yuejie and I made yesterday. We plan to give it to three girls for free first, and ask them to help us promote it."

Qiao Yue, playing on her phone without looking up, added in a light, airy voice,

"Let's pick one with a lot of active followers; they can even help us post videos to promote it."

Bai Tao nodded, silently noting in her mind, "So this is the boss!"

No profit, no joy.

She studies, studies, studies, studies!

Pei Jin's phone suddenly started vibrating wildly.

He glanced down at the screen, stood up, and as he pushed the door open and walked out, he expertly moved the phone's earpiece further away.

Chi Shibao's voice came from inside; he frowned and moved the object further away.

"Aa ...

"I passed! I passed!!!!!!!!! Aa ...

Pei Jin brought the phone back to his ear.

"Um."

"How can you be so calm? Aren't you going to cheer for me?"

"I actually got it right in one go! Aa ...

Pei Jin smiled, stood in front of the nail salon, and looked at the sign of the hair salon across the street.

"Isn't this normal? You're so amazing."

Chi Shibao was stunned for a moment, it was the first time he had heard Pei Jin praise him so directly.

He floored the accelerator, running two traffic lights on the mountain road in a row. Even his voice, transmitted through the phone, carried a sense of excitement.

"Bro, really? You're so handsome, I love you to death!"

"Um."

Pei Jin stood in front of the nail salon, glancing up at the sign of the hair salon across the street.

"Just help me promote it more."

Chi Shibao finally heard what he wanted to hear.

"Brother, are you short of money?"

Pei Jin turned around and saw Bai Tao drinking soy milk with her head down inside the shop.

"Yeah, I'm really short of money. I also have to support my wife now."

Chi Shibao's voice came through the receiver.

"Tsk. So, do you want to work for me, bro?"

Pei Jin glanced at his phone; the screen displayed Chi Shibao's number. That's right.

"I have a job now, and I won't go to Guangcheng."

He refused decisively, then thought for a moment and added,

"If it's funds or stocks, I can take a look for you."

Chi Shibao stopped at the third traffic light. Funds and stocks? He hadn't thought about that much for the time being.

"Okay, bro, I'll help you promote it."

Four female students arrived at the nail salon and stood outside looking inside.

Pei Jin hung up the phone, not hearing Chi Shibao's last words: "I'll be back in China in five days to visit you."

Several girls stood at the door and hesitated for a while.

This shop is newly opened, and most other nail salons were packed on weekends. They stood at the door whispering to each other.

"This is a new store... I wonder if their skills are any good."

"What if it looks really bad?"

"The decor looks really high-end, is it very expensive...?"

"It shouldn't be expensive. I saw it on a video, and it looked pretty good. I even posted pictures of nail art done by their boss before."

"What if it's a case of image theft?"

Only after seeing the handsome guy at the door push open and go inside did they finally make up their minds.

First, do it for the roommate who said it was okay. If it looks good, then the other three can do it.

When Pei Jin entered, he said in a low voice,

"Someone's here."

Qiao Yue looked up at the doorway, and the female college students who were about to enter took a step back in fright when she saw them.

This sister is so trendy and fashionable, it's scary.

When Qiao Yue isn't smiling, she looks quite fierce.

Bai Tao quickly stood up, handing the soy milk in her hand to Pei Jin. She then opened the door for them, her tone light and natural.

"Welcome, welcome, babies~ Sister Yue is amazing."

The woman in the green dress is much more approachable than the one in the red dress.

They then went back inside. Qiao Yue stood up and gave a standard, professional fake smile.

"Hey baby, what do you want to do? Full nails or nail extensions? Have you found a design you like?"

A girl put a picture she found on her phone onto the desktop. Qiao Yue glanced at it and quickly replied,

"How long should the baby's nails be? We recommend using extension nail tips for a nice look!"

They only truly relaxed when Qiao Yue called out "Baby".

The other three girls sat down on the sofa, waiting for their roommates.

Qiao Yue asked Pei Jin to get a mask for Bai Tao to wear. After putting on the mask, Bai Tao obediently leaned in to watch Qiao Yue perform pre-treatment on someone.

Pei Jin sat down next to her and finished the soy milk that Bai Tao hadn't finished earlier.

It wasn't until midnight that Qiao Yue finished doing six nails for that girl.

Bai Tao glanced at the time and pursed her lips. She had thought that since there would be no one in the shop today, she could go back with Pei Jin. But now there were still three people sitting in the shop waiting.

She sent Pei Jin a message saying that she wasn't going back and asked him to go back first.

Pei Jin glanced at her, then stood up and began packing his things.

Qiao Yue looked up at him, then glanced at Bai Tao, who was diligently taking notes beside her.

Why aren't you leaving yet?

Bai Tao looked up, "So many people..."

"It's alright, let's go."

Qiao Yue insisted that Bai Tao go back first.

Bai Tao nodded and closed her notebook.

"Thank you, Sister Yue. I'll be going now."

Pei Jin helped her pick up her sun-protective clothing, and as he reached the door, he turned back and nodded towards Qiao Yue.

"Bye-Bye."

Qiao Yue smiled and continued with her work.

They ate something casually outside, and Bai Tao was in a good mood, holding Pei Jin's hand as they walked back.

Pei Jin handed her a small cake with his free hand.

Actually, there weren't many large items to take from the basement. Apart from the mattress and air conditioner fan, there were only two large boxes and a bunch of pots and pans.

Bai Tao squatted in the middle of the basement, her hands supporting her cheeks, looking at the scattered items in the room with some worry.

"What should we do, Pei Jin? We don't have any cardboard boxes."

Pei Jin squatted down, his hands resting on his knees.

"It's okay, baby. The moving company has them. We'll just buy two in a bit."

"Go to bed and rest for a while, I'll get ready myself, okay?"

Bai Tao shook her head, her gaze falling on the pile of unpacked items behind Pei Jin.

Pei Jin looked at her, then slowly squatted down.

"Then why don't you sit down? Have some cake. Didn't someone just say they wanted some cake?"

Bai Tao nodded, sat down on the sofa, one leg under her buttocks and the other on the floor, and took the cake box he handed her.

When Pei Jin stood up, his gaze lingered on her bent legs for a moment before moving away.

He roughly organized his belongings and waited for the moving company to arrive.

Bai Tao sat on the sofa, watching Pei Jin busy himself.

Go to the restroom and pack the undried clothes into bags, then fold the dried ones into a box.

He bent down again to stack the boxes, and then squatted down to check if anything had been left in the drawer.

Bai Tao scooped up a spoonful of cake, making teasing sounds as she spoke.

"Pei Jin, suck suck suck."

After saying that, she leaned back on the sofa and burst into laughter.

Pei Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, walked up to her, leaned down against the back of the sofa, and pretended to eat the piece of cake on her spoon.

But he didn't even look at the cake in the spoon. Instead, he kissed Bai Tao's nose and, as he got up, he gently licked the corner of her mouth.

"generally,"

He straightened up, staring intently at Bai Tao.

"It doesn't taste as good as baby food."

Bai Tao froze for a moment, her ears turning visibly red. She lowered her head and remained silent, finishing the rest of the cake herself, not even leaving a crumb for Pei Jin.

"By the way, Pei Jin."

"Um?"

"He Fan helped me get this job. I told him I'd treat him to a meal after we moved."

Pei Jin was counting things with his back to Bai Tao, without turning around.

"OK."

"Then let's treat them to dinner tonight!"

Bai Tao stood up and was about to knock on the door across the street when Pei Jin grabbed her hand.

"Baby, we're moving today, it's too tiring, how about tomorrow? Hmm?"

"Anyway, we'll have to go back to the basement to check it again later, and return the key while we're at it."

Bai Tao thought about it and agreed. Pei Jin had spent a long time packing, and they would be moving to another place later.

She nodded, turned around, and sat back down on the sofa.

"it is good."

Pei Jin packed the unopened pink boxes and the remaining packaging bags into his suitcase and zipped it up.

As she stood up, she glanced at Bai Tao on the sofa and her lips curled slightly.

He was indeed tired tonight, but he didn't mention it was because of moving.

Silly baby.

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