The soft light inside the room seemed to cast a filter over the scene; even the air became soft and viscous, and the heartbeat linked to every breath was deafening.
Meng Chu watched Cheng Jin’s face come closer and closer, and along with it came a faint scent of alcohol from his breath.
Meng Chu did not dislike this smell.
She even seemed to be made slightly tipsy by the scent of alcohol.
In each other’s eyes, the other’s image grew clearer and clearer, but neither avoided it; they both knew what was about to happen in the next second, yet they still kept drawing closer.
The words never spoken aloud, the feelings never confirmed.
At this moment, none of it mattered anymore.
Only the ever-closer distance between them was real, and the ever-intensifying emotions in their hearts, in such a quiet room, seemed to have been doused with the strongest accelerant; one small spark could make everything lose control completely.
When the tip of Cheng Jin’s nose first touched her skin, Meng Chu instinctively closed her eyes.
Although she had never had such contact before.
But at a time like this, closing her eyes was always the safe choice.
What followed was a soft touch; the touch made both their hearts go numb, and even their hearts trembled along with it, wanting to deepen it further.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz.
Until a vibration sounded right beside them.
The man who had been about to deepen the kiss seemed to have no intention of paying it any attention.
But Meng Chu could not pretend not to notice.
She turned her face slightly, and his lips brushed lightly across the skin at the side of her cheek, like sparks and lightning all the way; the electric feeling from their skin touching was maddeningly stimulating.
“Your phone,” she reminded him softly.
Cheng Jin forced a sigh down in his throat, barely keeping it from spilling out.
When he straightened up, he took out his phone from his pocket and quickly answered it.
Hopefully it was something especially, especially important.
Meng Chu also gently opened her eyes at this time, watching him stand by the bed and answer the call; at first his expression was normal, then he seemed to frown slightly.
Before long, the call ended.
Meng Chu watched him stand in place without a word.
So she still sat up and could not help asking, “Did something happen?”
“Nothing,” Cheng Jin replied calmly. “A family member was in a car accident.”
What?
Meng Chu was shocked. This was what he called nothing?
Cheng Jin saw the shocked expression on her face and explained calmly, “It should not be a big problem. They have already been sent to the Hospital.”
“In Shanghai?” Meng Chu asked.
Cheng Jin gave a murmur of affirmation.
Meng Chu pondered for a long time, but did not know what to say.
Instead, Cheng Jin saw her eyes keep moving, yet she still said nothing for a long time, and suddenly smiled.
“I thought you would persuade me to go take a look.”
Meng Chu said softly, “Every family has its own difficult scripture to recite.”
The scripture of her own family had already been written like this.
She certainly could not casually advise Cheng Jin; perhaps this family member in the car accident had an unresolved grudge with him.
Many times, conflicts between strangers were actually easier to resolve.
But the pain brought by parents was something that could not heal for a long time.
Meng Chu was someone who had suffered deeply from it.
Just as Meng Chu slightly pressed her lips together, hesitating over whether to say something more, Cheng Jin’s phone rang.
This time his face remained calm as water, and he only gave a soft response.
After he hung up again, Meng Chu then asked, “Are they asking you to go to the Hospital?”
“Yes,” Cheng Jin said, his expression calm to an excessive degree.
Instead, Meng Chu got up from the bed. “Do you want to go? If you want to go, I can drive you.”
“No need,” Cheng Jin shook his head.
Meng Chu was about to tell him not to be so polite with her.
Cheng Jin said, “A King of Drivers is already here to pick me up.”
Meng Chu nodded, then said softly, “Do not worry too much. Did they not say it is not a big problem?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly found herself in Cheng Jin’s arms.
This time Meng Chu said nothing more, only raised her hands and gently hugged him back.
After a long while, Cheng Jin finally was willing to let her go.
He said softly, “I will go alone. You do not need to accompany me this time.”
“I understand,” Meng Chu nodded immediately, guessing that he had not told his family about his marriage.
His family member had been in a car accident and was hospitalized; she could not help at this time anyway.
It was better not to go and add to the chaos.
“Do you want to change clothes first?” Meng Chu asked.
Cheng Jin nodded. “I will go take a shower first.”
While he went to shower, Meng Chu also went to the Living Room and made a cup of warm honey water.
Twenty minutes later, Cheng Jin came out of his bedroom wearing a black shirt and black trousers; the all-black outfit made him look even taller and more upright.
Meng Chu took one look and still could not help saying:
“…Does not seem very good.”
…Was about to say it was fine, but after seeing the look in her eyes, he nodded softly. “Yes, I will go change.”
Not long after,
This time it was better; he wore a light blue striped shirt, which lacked that oppressive feeling and instead added a touch of crispness.
Meng Chu handed him the honey water she had just made. “Drink some water.”
Cheng Jin obediently took it and quickly finished it.
“You go to sleep first. I probably will not be back tonight.”
Cheng Jin put down the cup in his hand and said softly.
Meng Chu shook her head. “It is fine. I can sleep after you leave. It is still early anyway.”
Coincidentally, just as she finished speaking, Cheng Jin’s phone rang again.
He answered and said, “Just wait for me at the entrance.”
After hanging up, Cheng Jin looked at her. “The King of Drivers’ car is at the Community entrance. Do not see me off.”
Although he said that, Meng Chu still accompanied him to the entryway.
When Cheng Jin finished changing his shoes and was about to open the door, Meng Chu still could not help saying, “If anything happens, call me anytime.”
“Yes,” Cheng Jin reached out and rubbed the top of her hair heavily, then left.
Fortunately, after Cheng Jin arrived at the Hospital, he immediately sent Meng Chu a WeChat message.
Cheng Jin: [It should not be a big problem.]
Cheng Jin: [Sleep peacefully.]
Probably because he knew she definitely had not slept yet, he sent it especially.
A sense of reassurance rose in Meng Chu’s heart, and only then did she turn off the light and sleep.
The next morning, Cheng Jin still had not returned.
Meng Chu did not know what time he had slept last night, and just planned to call him again at noon.
Unexpectedly, not long after she arrived at the Company, she received a call from Cheng Jin.
Meng Chu: “Is everything okay?”
Cheng Jin on the other end chuckled softly.
“It is nothing serious. Someone ran a red light, and the driver swerved to avoid them and hit a flowerbed by the road. There was not even a minor injury. They can leave the Hospital today.”
“That is good,” Meng Chu felt relieved immediately upon hearing the situation.
Cheng Jin: “I have to go on a business trip this afternoon. It may be for a few days. You will be fine alone at Home, right?”
Hearing his tone, Meng Chu was immediately amused.
She said softly, “You are treating me like a child.”
Actually, Meng Chu knew he was probably especially worried about her because of what had just happened.
Meng Chu added, “Ordinary people cannot even get into this Community, and Momo is at Home. It will definitely protect me.”
“Counting on it?” Cheng Jin laughed lightly, clearly not believing it.
Meng Chu said, “Did you not even send it to school?”
During the few days Meng Chu had lived here, it had to be said, she really had seen someone come to pick Momo up for school in the morning.
It even went off looking quite spirited and proud.
The key point was that it also carried a little yellow backpack, which was unbearably cute.
“What it learns at school is how not to bite people,” Cheng Jin said somewhat helplessly.
After hanging up, Meng Chu still wanted to work; it was all very understandable.
But when she returned Home that night and was alone in the empty house, the loneliness that rushed at her was actually stronger than at any time before.
However, Cheng Jin must really have been busy on this business trip, because Meng Chu even saw it online.
It should have been a company invested in by Yunji Capital going public in Hong Kong.
As an investor, he also needed to be there in person.
When she saw the news that day, Meng Chu looked at the photo in the news article; among the crowd in suits and leather shoes, he was the most dazzling and eye-catching.
That night when Meng Chu was on the phone with him, Cheng Jin suddenly said, “By the way, help me go get something from the room next to the study.”
“Oh, okay,” Meng Chu did not hang up either, and just walked over like that.
When she reached the room next to the study, after pushing open the door, she found the switch on the wall by the door.
As the switch was pressed, the room immediately became bright.
And the entire room’s arrangement also fell into her view at once.
“This…” Meng Chu stared blankly at the arrangement in the room before her.
On the wall was an entire wooden pegboard, taken down from Meng Chu’s home, while the table had been replaced with a long table in the same color scheme, with an ergonomic chair beside it.
The position of every tool on the pegboard was exactly the same as in her original place.
Even the Spanner she had used to smash that scumbag’s head had been carefully put back in its original position.
The various parts boxes on the table were neatly arranged, and their order was also what Meng Chu was used to.
On the other side were her Robot Dog and various other tools.
Cheng Jin had completely replicated the workbench from her original place one-to-one.
Oh, no.
The chair she had used before was not as good as this ergonomic chair.
Meng Chu sniffed slightly and asked softly, “When did you have someone set this up? I actually had no idea at all.”
“While you were at work during the day.”
Cheng Jin’s tone seemed calm, but it also faintly revealed the pride of a successful surprise.
Meng Chu slowly walked in. Although it had been stunning just looking from the doorway.
And now, she walked to the table and reached out to touch it.
Although the work table had been replaced this time, it felt very good.
“Thank you, Cheng Jin,” Meng Chu still could not help saying.
This time Cheng Jin said softly, “Did you not say you wanted to fix the Little Robot? You can do it right here in this studio.”
Meng Chu immediately said, “Okay. I hope that after I fix it, you can be the first to say hello to it.”
With this motivation, Meng Chu felt that being alone at Home was not so lonely anymore.
Because she had made this Little Robot a long time ago, and some parts had broken in a fall and were hard to find again.
Just buying these components took her two or three days.
Fortunately, Cheng Jin’s trip to Hong Kong this time was quite long, and he still had not returned Home.
That day happened to be the weekend. After she got up, she began taking out the parts she had received.
Then she began wholeheartedly preparing to repair the Little Robot.
Fortunately, the Little Robot only had a problem with its LCD screen; the other parts did not have major issues.
She sat alone in the studio, and before she knew it, the sky outside had darkened.
When the LCD screen lit up again, Meng Chu could not help but let out a breath of relief.
But this time, she had not only repaired it, she had also specially optimized the Little Robot.
Meng Chu had just stood up and stretched; she had been sitting all afternoon.
She picked up her phone and went to the Kitchen to pour a cup.
She had originally wanted to send Cheng Jin a message to tell him that the Little Robot was fixed.
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