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The waiter pointed behind him: "That gentleman has already left, but he asked me to tell you not to wait here; the rain is too heavy."

Shen Zhiyi looked in that direction, and the rain curtain was as thick as a gray curtain. Through the mist, she could only see the back of a man leaving.

A figure she didn't recognize from behind.

She didn't recognize him then, but now she can recognize him at a glance—it's Lu Zichuan.

At six o'clock in the morning, the sky was just beginning to lighten.

Shen Zhiyi opened her eyes with a "whoosh".

In the quiet bedroom, the sound of my own heartbeat was frighteningly clear, each beat pounding heavily against my chest.

She stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time before she came to her senses.

Was that just a dream?

She raised her hand to her chest, her heart still pounding erratically beneath her palm.

But she couldn't tell the difference.

Because those things in my dream were actually real.

At that time, she thought the person who brought her the umbrella was just a kind stranger passing by, and never bothered to find out who that figure was.

The result was... Lu Zichuan?

She couldn't help but recall Lu Zichuan's public confession to her that he had a crush on her, starting back in college...

If what he said is true...

Shen Zhiyi felt a buzzing in her head, as if a tangled mess had been stuffed into her brain, and the more she tried to sort it out, the more confused she became.

I can't think about it anymore.

She shook her head violently, as if trying to shake those outrageous thoughts out of her head.

It's Sunday, and she doesn't have any plans. It's still early, but she closed her eyes, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

With a "whoosh," the blanket was thrown off; if I couldn't sleep, I might as well not sleep at all.

She got up, quickly washed up, changed into sportswear, and went downstairs for a run.

One lap, two laps, three laps... Shen Zhiyi didn't know how long she had been running. Only after all the chaotic thoughts in her mind finally disappeared did she stop, panting. She bought some vegetables at the market, planning to cook lunch.

Aside from having a regular work schedule, Tan Gui's biological clock is practically a disaster the rest of the time.

She slept until almost ten o'clock before slowly getting up, her hair a mess like a bird's nest, and sauntered to the kitchen doorway.

Seeing Shen Zhiyi preparing vegetables, he yawned deeply and mumbled, "I'm going out for lunch, so don't bother cooking for me."

Shen Zhiyi assumed she was going to work overtime, so she nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

An hour later, Tan Gui came out of the room, and Shen Zhiyi almost dropped the dishes in her hands.

It's a once-in-a-century event that Tan Gui wore a full face of makeup.

She was wearing a dress she would never normally wear, dressed up beautifully, and carrying a delicate chain bag. Standing at the kitchen door, she even seemed a little embarrassed.

Shen Zhiyi narrowed her eyes suspiciously: "You... what's going on?"

Caught red-handed, Tan Gui's face flashed with unease. She coughed lightly and said, "Um... you know. But we're still in the early stages of getting to know each other. I'll let you know once things are more certain."

"Who is it? Do I know them?" Shen Zhiyi put down the vegetables she was holding and pressed, "Why have I told you everything about me, but you're hiding something so important from me? When did you meet them?"

"Well... recently." Tan Gui's ears turned slightly red, and her fingers nervously rubbed her bag strap. "Today was our first official meeting, not exactly a date, but it was pretty complicated. Don't worry, I'll let you know as soon as there's any progress, okay?"

Seeing that Shen Zhiyi was about to ask more questions, she quickly waved her hand: "Okay, okay, I'm going to be late! I'm not talking to you anymore!"

After saying that, he practically fled the house.

The door slammed shut, and the house fell silent.

Shen Zhiyi stood in the kitchen, looking at the dishes in her hands, and inexplicably felt that the quiet was a bit too much.

She pursed her lips, suppressing the inexplicable loneliness in her heart, and continued to pick vegetables.

Just then, her phone rang.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

It was sent by Lu Zichuan.

Upon seeing his profile picture, Shen Zhiyi's mind was filled with the absurd events of that morning.

She swiped her hand across the screen twice, but didn't know how to reply.

Her finger hovered in the air. She pursed her lips, about to not reply, when another message came in: "Pei Jin said he's very grateful for your help and would like to invite you to his house for dinner."

One sentence shattered all the turmoil she had been pondering since yesterday and into this morning.

She suddenly tugged at the corner of her lips, feeling utterly foolish.

Why did she so easily believe what others said instead of choosing to believe the facts she saw herself?

Relieved, she tapped the screen with her finger: "Okay, shall I come up?"

Lu Zichuan replied instantly: "I'll come pick you up. There are restrictions on the top floor; you can't get up without my fingerprint."

Shen Zhiyi then remembered that there was indeed a fingerprint button in the elevator. She had previously thought it was for elevator staff to clock in, but she didn't expect it to be used to go to the top floor.

"it is good."

Ten minutes later, the elevator stopped in front of Shen Zhiyi.

Lu Zichuan stood inside, wearing a dark black V-neck silk nightgown, with one hand casually in his pocket, exuding a lazy and noble air.

His skin was already fair, and the cool white tone was even more striking against the backdrop of the deep black silk.

The neckline is slightly open, revealing the lines of the collarbone that extend all the way to the heart.

Shen Zhiyi saw it at a glance.

There was a dark red mark on the left side of his chest.

It looks like... a hickey.

As an adult, it's hard for her not to overthink things.

What are you holding in your hand?

Lu Zichuan spoke first, his voice slightly hoarse from just waking up.

Shen Zhiyi suddenly snapped out of her daze, realizing what she had just been looking at, and her cheeks flushed.

She cleared her throat and lifted the bag of groceries in her hand: "Oh, I was planning to cook for myself. The vegetables have all been washed, and they won't be fresh for the next meal if I don't eat them. Bringing them up is perfect."

As she spoke, she stepped into the elevator, deliberately avoiding his collar and pretending not to have seen anything.

Lu Zichuan didn't say much, he just extended his index finger and gently pressed it on the fingerprint recognition area.

The button on the top floor lit up automatically.

This was the first time Shen Zhiyi had visited Lu Zichuan's home since they met.

Although she has been living here for almost half a month, and the two of them live in the same building, the top floor is still a completely different world.

When the elevator doors opened again, Shen Zhiyi realized that the apartment layout here was completely different from downstairs. There was only one apartment on the entire floor, and the materials used in the corridor decoration were several levels more refined than downstairs. The walls were made of matte marble, and there was a thick wool carpet underfoot.

She had been wondering why Lu Zichuan, with his family's wealth, would live in such an ordinary apartment building when he could afford any kind of house?

Once she got up there, she realized that it wasn't that the house was ordinary, but that the place he lived in was incomparable to that of the other residents.

Especially the huge floor-to-ceiling window after entering the room.

You wouldn't notice it at all when looking up from downstairs, but standing here you realize that the view is almost panoramic, overlooking the entire city of Beijing.

The city skyline unfolds before your eyes, with towering buildings and a constant flow of traffic, like a giant scroll laid out at your feet.

Standing here feels like standing on a cloud, with the entire city within reach.

Shen Zhiyi was lost in thought when a furry head suddenly peeked out from the direction of the kitchen.

"Sister Zhizhi, you're here?"

It's Pei Jin.