Night Rose

Watching the taxi drive away, Su Jin couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Hey, how are you going to explain this to Little Fatty tomorrow? It's public knowledge already?"

Zhou Zheng recalled the innocent look in Wang Tianle's eyes when he looked at him earlier, and guiltily touched the bridge of his nose. "It's okay, just tell him we have something to talk about, he'll believe me."

"Alright, let's go talk business then," Su Jin said seriously, emphasizing the words "talk business."

Even the most serious words don't sound serious now.

Zhou Zheng took her hand and let it blew in the wind for a while. Her hands were a little cold, so he wrapped them in his arms and rubbed them.

"Where did you go? Did you book a room?"

"It's nearby." Su Jin moved closer to him, pressing her face against his warm chest. "It's so warm, you're so hot."

"Yeah, people who exercise regularly are healthy, didn't you know that?" Zhou Zheng said, his voice echoing from his chest, making Su Jin's cheeks resonate in unison.

She playfully put her arm around his waist, "Yes, yes, let's go inside, it's really cold at night."

The weather suddenly changed at night, and the autumn wind was quite chilly.

The two walked down the street, their heads close together as they talked.

Zhou Zheng wouldn't complain to Su Jin about the hardships of training; he would just frequently send her training videos to show her his results and flaunt his muscles.

He hadn't really thought much of abs and pecs before, but after seeing Su Jin's dazed expression, he knew they were a powerful weapon.

Even though we're thousands of miles apart, in order not to be forgotten, I have no choice but to sell my looks.

Su Jin told him about the progress of the race car, but she wouldn't show him any pictures of the car itself, only pictures of the parts to entice him. He couldn't wait to finish the training and go back to see the race car that Su Jin had prepared for him in person.

The two then talked about racing. Su Jin excitedly shared with him how great her engine was and how cool her rear wing was, but she didn't mention a word about the car's color or overall condition.

Zhou Zheng tickled her in exasperation, and she laughed as she hid in his arms, tears welling in her eyes.

"Don't ask anymore. I showed you the race car, what are you showing me now?" Su Jin asked him matter-of-factly.

Zhou Zheng whispered in her ear, saying things that made her blush and her heart race.

"Go back and see the results of my training; I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Su Jin's ears instantly turned bright red. She glared at him and said, "You're twenty years old! Can't you be serious for once?"

"I'm twenty now, I need an older sister to stamp it." Zhou Zheng raised an eyebrow and quickened his pace, taking a few steps forward.

"You really are..."

Su Jin laughed and chased after him, reaching out to punch him. He crouched down slightly and protected himself with his hands behind his back. Su Jin couldn't stop and fell right onto his back. Zhou Zheng picked her up and started running along the street.

"Zhou Zheng, slow down, slow down!" Su Jin grabbed his shoulders tightly, laughing and joking, not worried at all that she would fall.

She knew Zhou Zheng would definitely protect her and not let her get hurt.

Su Jin climbed comfortably onto Zhou Zheng's back, letting him carry her as they strolled through the streets of the capital.

Occasionally, when a few pedestrians passed by, Zhou Zheng would deliberately bounce the person on his back, taking advantage of her shyness.

Su Jin buried her face in her trench coat, revealing only her bright eyes, and urged Zhou Zheng to hurry up. When he didn't move, she leaned close to his ear and whispered something. Zhou Zheng immediately quickened his pace and walked past the passersby.

When they arrived near the hotel, Su Jin jumped off his back, straightened her trench coat, glared at him, and said, "My clothes are wrinkled!"

"I'll iron it for you." Zhou Zheng took her hand and led her forward.

When the two received their room keys and stood at the door, they looked at each other and seemed a little embarrassed.

Zhou Zheng tilted his head to look at her, laughing wildly, "When I think about how I carried you to the hotel before, why did I soften my heart? I even wasted a few condoms."

Su Jin swiped her card to enter, feeling both ashamed and indignant. "Let me tell you, you're so young, don't always think about those things..."

The rest of her words were cut off. The moment Zhou Zheng closed the door, he pulled her into his arms, physically silencing her.

Having not seen each other for so long, their passion ignited like dry tinder meeting a raging fire, becoming unstoppable.

Zhou Zheng, young and impetuous, resolutely refused to listen to her pleas for mercy. He grabbed her ankle and pulled her back into his arms, and they continued like this until late at night.

Zhou Zheng had training duties the next day, so he took an hour off to wait for Su Jin to wake up.

But Su Jin was really exhausted and slept soundly on her pillow, not even reacting when Zhou Zheng touched her hair.

Zhou Zheng stared at the time on his phone and swiped it away the second after the alarm went off.

He couldn't bear to wake Su Jin, so he bent down and placed a kiss on her forehead, followed by kisses along the bridge of her nose, then her lips, a fleeting touch like a dragonfly skimming the water.

If we kissed any longer, we wouldn't want to leave.

Zhou Zheng counted that there were still half a month left before he finished training and returned to Nanyuan. He was extremely reluctant to leave, but he had no choice but to go.

Only by becoming stronger can he stand beside Su Jin and let more people see her as an outstanding engineer.

Zhou Zheng touched her cheek and left like a whirlwind.

When Su Jin woke up, the room was empty.

She touched the temperature of the bed beside her; the warmth had almost dissipated. She shifted her body and lay down in the middle of the bed, her fingers finding a sticky note on another pillow.

She struggled to open her eyes and saw Zhou Zheng's vigorous handwriting, large characters written in a flowing style on a piece of paper.

The food has been ordered; I'll have it brought up when I wake up. I need to go back to training first; I don't want to waste any time and just want to finish my training quickly so I can return to Nanyuan.

-Love you.

An awkward heart was drawn at the end.

Su Jin exclaimed "Wow!" and jumped out of bed, holding the sticky note closer and then further away, examining it carefully.

When they first became a couple, neither of them heard the word "love" from the other. She never expected Zhou Zheng to write it down on paper. Although the heart shape seemed a bit awkward, she could still feel his sincerity from it.

Su Jin took a picture and sent it to Zhou Zheng, along with a cat kissing emoji.

Sue: I love you too!

She changed her clothes and got out of bed, and unsurprisingly, there were familiar teeth marks on her collarbone.

"I'm speechless, why do they bite so much?" Su Jin buttoned her shirt up to the top, covering up those ambiguous marks.

After finishing her meal, Su Jin rushed back to Nanyuan without stopping.

Everyone has their own tasks to complete; her race car isn't finished being modified yet, so she has to take responsibility for it.

She also assigned Tu Ying a task: they signed up for next month's competition. Once Zhou Zheng and Wang Tianle returned, the two of them could practice together for a few days and then test their results on the track.

Before the race, Tu Ying was going to try to secure some investment to help secure a spot in the race car's final standings.

Tu Ying originally thought this job would be easy, but after looking around, he found that the wealthy people in Nanyuan were just looking but not investing.