Meng Chu had her own plans in mind, so when Cheng Jinyan looked at her, she couldn’t help but say, “We have been walking around for several hours, and I am a little tired. Why don’t we go back first?”
Seeing the exhaustion on her face, Cheng Jinyan didn’t say much else and simply nodded. “All right, let’s go Home.”
Seeing him agree without any hesitation, a hint of guilt rose in Meng Chu’s heart.
For him to say that, he must be hinting at her to go buy matching rings together.
However, Meng Chu really wanted to give him a surprise this time.
After he had done so many things for her, time and time again.
She also wanted to do something for him in return.
After the two returned Home, just as they finished changing into their slippers, Meng Chu reached out and grabbed Cheng Jinyan.
“Come with me for a second, I want to show you something.”
Cheng Jinyan’s eyelashes drooped slightly, and his gaze landed on her hand grasping his wrist.
At this moment, Meng Chu didn’t notice his gaze and merely pulled him along toward her workspace.
Upon reaching the doorway, Meng Chu suddenly stopped in her tracks and walked behind Cheng Jinyan.
Reaching out to give his back a gentle push, she whispered, “You turn on the light.”
Although Cheng Jinyan had no idea what she was hiding, he cooperatively pushed open the door and reached out to turn on the light in the Living Room.
When the light clicked on, it illuminated the entire Living Room.
The LCD screen on the eyes of the Little Robot sitting on the workbench lit up as well.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Jinyan couldn’t help but reveal a smile. “You successfully fixed it up.”
Just as his voice faded, an adorable mechanical voice echoed through the Living Room.
“Cheng Jinyan, welcome back Home.”
Cheng Jinyan listened blankly to the voice emitted by the Little Robot.
Meanwhile, Meng Chu, who was standing behind him, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, nothing went wrong with it at all.
It was a complete and total success.
Cheng Jinyan looked at the Little Robot on the workbench and noticed that it was facing directly toward the Living Room doorway, which meant Meng Chu had deliberately placed it that way just so it would recognize him.
“Did you prepare this specially for me?” Cheng Jinyan asked softly.
He tried his hardest to control himself so that his voice remained steady.
Only then did Meng Chu step out from behind his back, having done so to prevent the Little Robot from calling out her name first when it recognized the two of them.
Otherwise, the meaning behind her little gift would have been completely lost.
At this moment, Meng Chu looked at the Little Robot and silently gave it a thumbs up in her heart.
As expected of something she made, it was truly amazing.
“That’s right, from now on when the two of us come Home, it will greet both of us,” Meng Chu said, her plan still being to place it at the entryway after fixing it.
Meng Chu still asked for Cheng Jinyan’s opinion. “I can place it at the entryway, right?”
“Of course,” Cheng Jinyan nodded without a single ounce of hesitation.
Hearing this, Meng Chu immediately broke into a wide smile.
She was a woman of action, so since she said she would place it there, she immediately picked up the Little Robot.
Cheng Jinyan followed behind her and watched as she placed the Little Robot at the entryway.
She even adjusted the angle very seriously so that the Little Robot was aimed squarely at the door.
She made absolutely sure that it would be able to recognize whoever opened the door.
After Meng Chu placed it properly, she declared with satisfaction, “It is all done and ready.”
When she turned her head to look at Cheng Jinyan, she saw that he had been staring at her the whole time.
“I think I forgot to tell you earlier,” Cheng Jinyan spoke up and said.
Meng Chu looked at him, waiting quietly to hear what he was going to say next.
Cheng Jinyan gazed at her looking at him with a focused expression, and he no longer wore his usual lazy look but stared back at her with extreme seriousness.
“I really love the surprise you prepared.”
He really, really loved it so very much.
This was the very first time in Cheng Jinyan’s entire life that he had received such a special gift.
Just thinking about how she spent every day quietly in her studio fixing her Little Robot, yet adding traces of him into it.
Cheng Jinyan had heard her talk about the origin of this Little Robot before.
It was something she had made with her own two hands.
It was an item that had kept her company for many years.
Now she had personally added his brand into it.
This level of preciousness was something that absolutely nothing else could ever compare to.
As Meng Chu looked at Cheng Jinyan’s cold dark eyes, which were now filled with an endless tenderness, ripples formed in the depths of her heart.
She knew that compared to those expensive gifts Cheng Jinyan had given her.
This little surprise she had gifted him seemed incredibly insignificant.
But she felt that he truly understood its worth.
Meng Chu was not someone who could easily open up her heart to others; in fact, she was quite stubborn and obstinate.
Her world had always been very closed off and small.
And this single voice was not just a minor optimization in a program.
It represented the key that she had personally handed over to him.
She was practically saying to him in silence.
Cheng Jinyan, I welcome you to enter my world. 7
The two stood at the entryway looking at each other, and Cheng Jinyan took a step forward as if to get closer to her.
This reminded Meng Chu of what had happened on that specific night.
As well as that kiss that failed to deepen.
“However,” Cheng Jinyan took another step forward, making the distance between them frighteningly close.
Meng Chu told herself not to back away at all.
It caused a wave of restlessness to rise in her heart, making her wonder if they shouldn’t just be direct about it, since this pulling sensation felt like something rubbing against her, making her both uncomfortable and expectant.
Meng Chu still felt an overwhelming sense of emotion.”
“I am simply just Cheng Jinyan, nobody else.”
He stared straight at her with a cluster of fire seemingly dyed in his eyes, and merely by looking at her, that ball of fire burned straight into Meng Chu’s heart following his gaze.
Meng Chu forcefully endured the intense throbbing in her chest and asked in a low voice, “Then what exactly do you like?”
Cheng Jinyan replied to her question directly, “Think about it for a moment.”
“Jinyan,” Meng Chu called out these two syllables in a low murmur.
Cheng Jinyan gave a rare, slightly teasing smile, evidently preferring it when she called him that.
As Meng Chu listened to his laughter, she almost felt as if he was actively trying to seduce her.
Wait a minute, that was not right at all.
It wasn’t as if she hadn’t heard him laugh before.
Just as Meng Chu watched him lean closer and closer, the sound of a phone ringing suddenly echoed, being the specific ringtone for a WeChat voice call.
Only this time, the ringing sound was coming from Meng Chu’s own body.
She subconsciously raised her head to look in Cheng Jinyan’s direction.
She saw that Cheng Jinyan actually laughed out of sheer exasperation, as if wondering if these repeated interruptions were completely intentional.
Meng Chu still couldn’t help but say, “Let me check who is calling first.”
When she lowered her head to grab her phone, she couldn’t help but close her eyes slightly.
How could the mood be ruined so perfectly every single time.
However, upon seeing the name displayed on the screen, Meng Chu hurriedly said, “It is my mom, I need to take this.”
Afterward, she walked over to the side and answered the phone call.
Cheng Jinyan then walked toward the bar counter next to the Kitchen, taking out a bottle of ice water from the Refrigerator.
As he drank the water, he thought about the events of these past two times, feeling as if God was intentionally playing a massive joke on him.
Every single time the atmosphere was just right, someone was dispatched to cause trouble.
Furthermore, it was always someone who simply couldn’t be refused.
At this moment, Meng Chu walked over to the window in the Living Room, gazing out at the surface of the Huangpu River while asking softly, “-Mom, what is wrong?”
“I want to ask you, is that boyfriend of yours from a very wealthy family?” Xu Qingying asked right off the bat.
Meng Chu had discussed this issue with her previously, so she said, “Haven’t I told you before, his family is indeed well-off, but his personal abilities are outstanding, and his current career is very successful completely on his own merit.”
Meng Chu even thought that Xu Qingying was still worried that Cheng Jinyan’s family background might create obstacles between the two of them.
“No, Mom was eating out with a few old classmates yesterday, and it turned out that one Auntie’s family is in the jade business. The moment she saw the Bracelet I was wearing on my wrist, she couldn’t stop praising it, saying that this Bracelet was an exceptionally good purchase.”
Meng Chu nodded her head, knowing that since Cheng Jinyan had specifically chosen it for her mother, it definitely wouldn’t be of poor quality.
“-If it is good, then you should wear it more often in the future. Didn’t I tell you that he specially hired someone to consecrate it so it can bless you with health and safety?”
Ever since Xu Qingying fell ill, Meng Chu had also started to believe in these sorts of things a little bit.
Perhaps not truly believing in them, but rather seeking a sense of peace of mind.
Xu Qingying could not help but ask, “-Do you know how much this Auntie told me this Bracelet costs?”
“-Exactly how much are we talking about here?”
Meng Chu knew absolutely nothing about these jade stones, and the waters in this industry were incredibly deep, with pricing completely unlike those big designer jewelry brands where the official website price was the final price.
These kinds of items were entirely priced by people within the industry itself.
Naturally, Meng Chu would not proactively go out of her way to ask Cheng Jinyan about the price of this Bracelet.
So now that Xu Qingying had brought it up, she was actually feeling a little bit curious about it.
“At least 7 figures,” Xu Qingying said, before letting out a sigh. “If it really is as my old classmate said, wouldn’t it be a bit inappropriate for Mom to accept such an incredibly expensive gift?”
After all, she had not even met Meng Chu’s boyfriend face-to-face yet, but she had already accepted such a valuable item from him.
Xu Qingying was extremely worried that this might end up negatively affecting Meng Chu.
“Is that Auntie’s appraisal perfectly accurate?” Meng Chu asked.
Xu Qingying replied softly, “I was also afraid she might not be accurate, so I specifically went to a store today to get it appraised, and the price they quoted was pretty much the same as what my classmate said.”
They were all industry insiders, so even if there was a slight discrepancy in the given price, the difference wouldn’t be too huge.
Which meant to say, this Bracelet was indeed valued at 7 figures or higher.
Meng Chu knew that the gift Cheng Jinyan gave her mother would definitely be quite expensive.
But she truly never expected it to be this incredibly expensive.
However, this Bracelet was something Cheng Jinyan had specially prepared for her mother, even going out of his way to get it consecrated.
It was entirely for the sake of blessing her mother with good health.
To actually return it now would be truly inappropriate and completely out of line.
Meng Chu comforted Xu Qingying, saying, “Mom, just wear the Bracelet with peace of mind. I will think carefully about preparing a gift for his mother as well.”
“Chuchu, although our family’s financial situation isn’t as good as your boyfriend’s, we still can’t be lacking in basic etiquette. If you are going to prepare a gift for his mother, you must put your heart into choosing it.”
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