Chapter 11: What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you.

Zheng Qian hurried to the bathroom.

"I've left your clothes outside."

"Okay."

Zheng Qian took a quick rinse and came out wrapped in a bath towel.

In the living room, Jin Lu was holding a quilt, tidying up on the sofa.

"Oh, you're out? So fast?" Jin Lu was surprised by the speed of Zheng Qian's shower.

"What are you doing?"

"Making the bed for you. You're sleeping in the guest room tonight."

?

"I'm sleeping in the guest room?"

"Then where else did you want to sleep?"

"No way, I want the master bedroom."

"Fine, you sleep in the master bedroom, and I'll sleep in the guest room, okay?"

"Is that the point?" Zheng Qian felt a bit embarrassed to say it out loud.

"The thing is, your house is too big. I don't feel safe sleeping alone... I'm very afraid of the dark."

"What if there are ghosts or something in the middle of the night and I get scared?"

"You know, these kinds of big houses are especially prone to having ghosts. I even had a nightmare last night, dreaming that..."

Jin Lu let out a chuckle.

"Alright, alright, stop acting... You go upstairs first. The room is on the second floor."

"I'll be there after I finish tidying up."

Zheng Qian remained calm on the surface, but in reality, he was overjoyed, running up to the second floor with heavy, excited footsteps.

Upon entering Jin Lu's bedroom on the second floor, he was met with a fragrant scent.

The room was exquisitely decorated and kept impeccably tidy, the kind where there wasn't even any trash in the bin.

Unlike some girls who look glamorous and well-dressed on the surface, but are actually slobs in real life—as messy as it gets—with rooms like a damn pigsty, not knowing if they ever clean up even once a month.

Yes, he was talking about Zheng Qian's ex-girlfriend, Yao Manman.

He was the one doing the laundry, cooking, earning money, and cleaning the house.

Zheng Qian suddenly realized that for the past three years, he had been waiting on a damn ancestor?!

Zheng Qian couldn't wait to spread out the bed and crawl under the covers.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom downstairs; Jin Lu must have been taking a shower.

Zheng Qian suddenly felt, why was time passing so slowly?

Every minute and every second was such torture!

"Why didn't you turn on the lights?"

After Jin Lu came upstairs, she casually turned on a desk lamp, so it wasn't too bright, nor too dark.

Zheng Qian saw that Jin Lu was still carrying a quilt and a pillow, clearly not intending for anything to happen between them.

But then again, Jin Lu had said that she would marry him only after he bought this house, not that she would do it now.

If it were now, it would make him seem too lecherous and too desperate.

It wouldn't fit his current status at all.

"Why are you looking at me? Go to sleep, aren't you tired?" Jin Lu really looked like a gentle wife at that moment.

"I... I can't sleep."

Having eaten so many dishes meant to boost his vitality, Zheng Qian couldn't sleep at all; he was ready to go.

"By the way..."

"Hmm?"

"How many girlfriends have you had?" Jin Lu couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked Zheng Qian, "Someone like you, although you seem quite honest, you must have changed girlfriends quite often, right?"

"Just one, we just broke up yesterday."

"Really?"

"Really, I'm not lying to you."

"Then what about those girls in the bar today? What's your relationship with them?" Jin Lu asked again.

"The one who left early was a colleague. The other three were friends she invited later. That guy was just there to mooch drinks. I don't know those four at all." Zheng Qian briefly explained their relationships.

"That girl who left early must have been your date, the one who treated you like a simp today, right?"

"You're so smart." Zheng Qian laughed; she had guessed it right.

"Well, I wouldn't call it guessing. It's obvious you're no match for them; they were all just trying to reel you in like a sucker."

Zheng Qian finally understood why Jin Lu seemed so different from other girls.

Especially that aura about her; it couldn't be faked.

Being able to live in a house like this since childhood, Jin Lu was clearly a young lady from a well-off family. That kind of temperament can only be cultivated by living a life of luxury and privilege from a young age.

Furthermore, because Jin Lu's father was imprisoned early on, she had to live independently, and a sharp, formidable aura gradually formed in her eyes.

Fortune shifts; if it weren't for Jin Lu's father dabbling in shady business and picking up bad habits, how could she have ended up working in a place like a bar?

Yebai is a consumer city with no real industrial support, but it still has many wealthy people who rose to prominence early on, and Jin Lu's father must have been one of them.

Ginger is still spicier when it's old. Jin Lu's father's decision back then was very correct; if Jin Lu hadn't sold this house at that time, the property value would have appreciated several times over.

Just like she said earlier, it would take twenty-three million to buy this house now.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you out to buy a car. Riding an electric scooter, the wind is too strong."

"Maybe not. Do you have enough money for the house? Buying a car would be another expense."

Nonsense.

If I don't buy you a car, where would the money come from to buy you the house!

Even though Zheng Qian had the system now, he didn't have as much money in his card as Jin Lu did.

Zheng Qian's plan was to buy a car for Jin Lu first, and then wait for the system's cashback to arrive before buying the house.

"What kind of car do you like?"

"Anything is fine."

A joke suddenly popped into Zheng Qian's mind.

Scumbags drive G-Wagons, sluts drive Mercedes-Benz E-Class, green tea bitches buy A7s, and lolis love Minis.

What kind of car should someone like Jin Lu buy?

Zheng Qian didn't know much about cars; he would just take a look when they got to the 4S dealership tomorrow.

"Do you want to sleep with me?" Jin Lu suddenly asked.

What kind of question was that? Zheng Qian was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Uh... no."

"Then why are you in my bed?"

"Didn't I say, your house is too big, and I'm afraid of the dark... and I'm hungry."

Forget it, forget it. Let's wait until the house is bought tomorrow. Anyway, since Jin Lu has already said she would marry him, wouldn't it just be a matter of time?

The night passed without incident.

The next morning, when Zheng Qian woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.

Jin Lu was nowhere to be found beside him.

He checked the time; it was already past ten.

There was a message on his phone from Brother Tao, asking him to go out for drinks in the evening.

Zheng Qian replied: I'll be there.

Soothing music drifted in from the living room.

Walking out of the room, Zheng Qian saw Jin Lu on a yoga mat, doing stretching exercises.

She was wearing a black sports bra and a pair of quick-dry shorts, revealing her figure to the extreme, looking particularly sexy.

"You're awake?"