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Chapter 507 Did you guys make a plan?

Tan Yu, who had skipped two afternoon classes, rushed to Cao Sheng's villa. The bodyguards in charge of security were familiar with her. When she rang the doorbell, they opened the gate for her and invited her in.

Tan Yu went to the living room on the second floor of the villa. Aunt Qin Xiyue made tea for her, but Tan Yu couldn't sit still and asked, "Hey! Where's Sheng-ge?"

Qin Xiyue pointed to the third-floor floorboards, "The boss went upstairs after lunch and is probably working. Why don't you watch TV in the living room for a while? He probably won't come down until dinner time."

Tan Yu hesitated for a moment.

Reason told her that writing novels was Cao Sheng's job, and she shouldn't disturb him, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

But a voice inside her kept tempting her—go find him! What's there to be afraid of? Even if he's angry, I can just take off my coat! I'm wearing sexy lingerie today, surely he wouldn't like it?

Driven by this thought, she took the teacup Qin Xiyue had brewed for her, paced back and forth in the living room a few times, and suddenly looked down at the teacup in her hand, thinking: If he asks me what I'm doing, I'll say I brought him tea, yes! I'll say I brought him tea!

Having made up her mind, she bit her lip and quickly walked towards the stairs leading to the third floor.

Qin Xiyue, who was busy in the kitchen, heard the noise and turned around. She saw Tan Yu coming upstairs and hesitated to speak.

She wanted to persuade Tan Yu not to go up and disturb Cao Sheng's work.

But when she thought of Tan Yu's relationship with Cao Sheng, she swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

She thought to herself: Maybe the boss doesn't mind this girl bothering him! What business is it of mys to care about this kind of thing?
……

Tan Yu carried a teacup to the third floor.

The closer she got to Cao Sheng's study, the slower her steps became.

The footsteps grew softer and softer.

She tiptoed to the study door and could hear the continuous sound of keyboard typing coming from inside.

Clearly, Cao Sheng was concentrating on typing.

She raised her right hand as if to knock on the door, but each time her fingers were about to touch the door, she suddenly stopped, repeating this several times.

She finally lowered her right hand, a bitter smile on her face; she dared not.

She realized that she still didn't dare to disturb him while he was working.

She knew in her heart that Cao Sheng was a career-oriented man; otherwise, he could not have achieved such great success in writing.

What annoys career-oriented men the most?
She believes it must be people and things that are affecting their careers!

Just like Dong Tianbao in "Tai Chi Master", he was so ambitious that he would turn on anyone who dared to stand in his way.

The woman I like the most, I can kill with a single, slap.

Even childhood friends can turn against each other with knives, showing no mercy.

If I knock on this study door now, will Cao Sheng break up with me?
Even if we don't break up for now, I'll definitely lose points in his heart, right?
With these thoughts swirling in her mind, Tan Yu turned around with a wry smile and leaned against the wall. She lifted the lid of her teacup, blew away the foam on the surface of the tea, and took a small sip.

Qin Xiyue brewed her Qimen black tea, the tea soup was bright red, the aroma was rich and fragrant, and the taste was bittersweet.

Tan Yu really liked the taste of this tea.

She had only ever tasted such good black tea at Cao Sheng's place.

She bought a jar herself from the supermarket, but the taste was far inferior.

She knew that was the reason for the price.

He is very rich.

……

In the study.

Wearing headphones to block out the outside world, Cao Sheng was completely immersed in the world of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts". Occasionally, he would pause to think for a moment, then continue typing. Occasionally, he would use the mouse to open the outline of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts", glance at the outline, and then return to the document he was typing to continue typing.

Whenever he immerses himself in the world of a book, he forgets everything in reality.

Just like now, Qian Zhenyu, Huang Qingya and the others were all forgotten by him.

Time passes little by little.

As darkness fell outside the window, Cao Sheng finally finished writing the second chapter of the afternoon.

After carefully saving the manuscript, he relaxed, leaned back in his chair, picked up the teapot on the table, and took a couple of sips from the spout.

He put down the teapot, casually took off the headphones he had been wearing all afternoon, and tossed them on the table. He closed his eyes to rest for a while before opening them to shut down the computer. He stood up, twisting his somewhat stiff neck as he walked towards the study door, opened it, and went out.

He had only taken two steps when he stopped in surprise and turned to look at Tan Yu, who was leaning against the wall.

Tan Yu's expression was originally indifferent.

She had been standing there for almost an hour. She had never waited for a man like this before in her entire life, and her expression had become numb from waiting.

Hearing the door open, she paused for a few seconds before suddenly realizing what was happening. Seeing Cao Sheng's eyes, she quickly forced a smile, instinctively lifted the lid of her teacup, and handed it to him. "Do you want some tea? I... I brought you some tea."

Cao Sheng looked at the teacup she handed him. She had already drunk all the tea in the cup, leaving only some tea leaves clinging to the bottom.

What did she offer me to drink?
Cao Sheng chuckled slightly, looking at her. "Have you been here long?"

Tan Yu then realized that she had finished her tea, and her cheeks flushed. She took back the teacup and smiled awkwardly, "It's alright, it's alright, it wasn't long, really not long."

Cao Sheng didn't argue with her about the issue. He tilted his head at her and said, "Come on! Let's go downstairs and sit down! Don't stand here! I don't need any door gods here."

"Oh, oh, good! Good!"

Tan Yu quickly agreed and followed Cao Sheng downstairs.

On the way downstairs, Cao Sheng casually asked a few questions, "Don't you have classes this afternoon?"

Tan Yu: "I only had two classes this afternoon, and they were already over."

She was too embarrassed to tell him that she had deliberately skipped two classes to come to his place.

Cao Sheng didn't doubt it, because when he was in junior college, he usually only had one long class every afternoon (two classes in a row), and sometimes there were no classes at all in the afternoon.

The academic workload is quite easy.

But this ease also made him feel a little lost, especially when he first came to Huizhou Teachers College to study as a freshman.

He was bewildered.

Because of the semi-military management of their school for three years of high school, not only were the classes full every day, but they also had to attend evening self-study sessions until late at night. They could only rest for half a day on Sunday afternoons, and even then, they had to come back for evening self-study on Sunday nights.

After arriving at Huizhou Teachers College, he suddenly felt so relaxed, with plenty of time to himself every day. For a long time, he didn't know what to do with that time.

"What have you been busy with lately?"

Cao Sheng asked again.

Tan Yu glanced at him and answered cautiously, "Uh, I haven't been busy with anything. Besides attending classes, I've been reading some extracurricular books, and... and trying to write."

Cao Sheng smiled and glanced at her again. "Oh? You're still trying your hand at writing? How's it going? What have you written recently? Is it a novel?"

He always remembered that not long after they met, she brought him the beginning of a novel she had written and asked him for his feedback.

I also always remember the novel she wrote, called "Our Love." The male protagonist in the book seemed to be modeled after him, Cao Sheng.

The female lead is suspected to have been modeled after Tan Yu.

He was quite surprised at the time.

I thought to myself: Is this a novel? Are you trying to express your love for me in this way?

Tan Yu: "Yeah, I'm still writing! After all, once I'm in university, I have tons of free time every day, and since we're together, I... I want to try and see if I can make a living as a writer..."

At this point, she cautiously looked at Cao Sheng, "Do you...do you think I can do it?"

Cao Sheng chuckled softly.

I led her to the living room on the second floor and invited her to sit on the sofa.

"Whether you can do it or not is not up to me, it depends on you! Most things in this world are achieved by those who are determined. As long as you are determined enough, you will definitely make continuous progress. Writing is not some high-tech knowledge. As long as you keep improving, you will eventually achieve something."

Tan Yu smiled and nodded, but she didn't have much confidence in her heart.

She has indeed been trying to write novels recently, and she does want to earn royalties from her novels like Cao Sheng, but... the more she tries, the more she finds it too difficult.

The hardest thing is to fight against your own laziness.

Every day, her free time outside of studying is her own time. She could easily eat, drink, and have fun, or even just lie in bed reading magazines.

With so many comfortable choices available, she had to force herself to take out a pen and paper and rack her brains to write a novel. The characters, plot, setting descriptions, and so on all had to be perfected by her own hands, which was too much of a headache.

What frustrates her most is that every time she finally manages to write a few thousand words, she looks back and thinks about it carefully, only to find that her writing is a mess and doesn't look good at all.

Therefore, Cao Sheng's saying "Where there's a will, there's a way" did not encourage her; on the contrary, it made her a little discouraged.

Do I have ambition?

Have it?

She didn't think so.

Cao Sheng chatted with her for a while, then took out his phone to check the time. He then unsilenced his phone, put it away, and said to Tan Yu, "Xiao Yu, I can't have dinner with you tonight. I have plans for the evening. Hmm, you can eat here. Auntie will cook for you. After dinner, you can play here for a while, or you can rest here tonight. I'll probably be back a little late. What do you think?"

Tan Yu frowned slightly, thinking: What's the arrangement? Are we going to have dinner with Qian Zhenyu? In your heart, she is still more important, isn't she?
Her smile became somewhat unnatural.

But they didn't dare to lose their temper at all.

She didn't even dare to give him a hard time.

She tried her best to keep smiling and to show her gentleness and understanding. "Oh, it's okay! Since you have plans, then go ahead and do them! You don't need to worry about me, I'll wait for you to come back here."

After saying that, seeing that Cao Sheng was about to get up, she gritted her teeth and forced a brighter smile. She leaned close to his ear and whispered, "But you have to come back soon! I... I specially wore a new set of underwear today."

Cao Sheng, who was about to get up, paused upon hearing this and turned to look at her. Tan Yu winked at him with her left eye, as if hinting at something.

Cao Sheng chuckled to himself.

He reached out and ruffled her hair. "Okay! Be a good girl, eat your food early, and take a shower if you have nothing else to do!"

Tan Yu was secretly pleased and quickly nodded.

Given her temperament, when she guessed that Cao Sheng was going to have dinner with Qian Zhenyu, she wanted to sulk and leave.

But reason led her to make the opposite decision. She not only wanted to stay, but also to lure Cao Sheng back as soon as possible. She felt that this was the wisest choice.

……

Cao Sheng changed into his casual shoes, grabbed his sunglasses, and went downstairs.

We should thank Tan Yu for coming.

When he came out of the study, he suddenly saw Tan Yu, which reminded him of Qian Zhenyu, and he also remembered that he had made an appointment with Qian Zhenyu for dinner.

Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have remembered his date with Qian Zhenyu today.

As soon as he went downstairs, Huang Lijun and Qu Hai quickly ran over to ask him if he was going out.

Seeing Cao Sheng nod, Huang Lijun and Qu Hai each opened a door: one opened the rear door of the Land Rover, and the other opened the driver's side door. They got in and prepared to drive off.

Yes! Cao Sheng bought a new car again.

This time he bought a black Land Rover.

He didn't buy it himself; instead, he instructed Wang Jing to purchase the new car in the name of the Oriental Sunrise Hotel. Buying it in the hotel's name not only allowed him to deduct taxes but also enabled the other shareholders of the hotel to share part of the car purchase cost.

As for his original BMW, it has already been given to Wang Jing to use.

He still prefers this Land Rover SUV; the interior space is much larger.

The car slowly drove out of the courtyard, and Cao Sheng took out his phone and dialed Qian Zhenyu's number.

"Hey beautiful! Where are you now? I'll come find you when I'm done with my work."

Qian Zhenyu: "Heh, I'm waiting for you at the hotel! How long will it take you to get there?"

Cao Sheng: "About half an hour!"

Qian Zhenyu: "Okay! Drive carefully and be safe! It's okay if you're a little late."

Cao Sheng hummed in agreement.

As he was about to put his phone away after ending the call, a call suddenly came in, and the caller ID showed Wang Zuxian's number.

Cao Sheng was very surprised.

Why did she suddenly decide to call me at this time?

He hadn't seen Wang Zuxian for a long time, and they usually kept in touch by texting. Why did she suddenly call today?
He answered the phone, and as soon as he put the phone to his ear, he heard Wang Zuxian's laughter, "Hehe, guess who I am!"

Cao Sheng wanted to laugh, "Do I even need to guess?"

Wang Zuxian: "Huh? Did you recognize my voice? Or have you been saving my number all this time?"

Cao Sheng: "Guess?"

Wang Zuxian: "I'm not going to guess! Then guess where I am right now?"

Cao Sheng: "Guess whether I'll guess or not?"

Wang Zuxian: "Go away! Are you trying to play tongue twisters with me? Hurry up and guess! Hurry up! I'll give you three chances! If you guess right, tonight I'll let you...hehe...hehe, hmm? How about it? Want to guess?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Sheng thought to himself: Is there any need to guess? You said you guessed right and could make me do that tonight. If you weren't in Huizhou right now, even if I guessed right, would you have time to make me do *that* tonight?
You've come to Huizhou?

Cao Sheng asked with a smile.

Wang Zuxian: "Oh? You guessed it so quickly? How did you figure it out? You're amazing! Yes! I'm in Huizhou right now, at the Shangri-La Hotel. Come over and have dinner with me! Is that alright?"

Cao Sheng chuckled self-deprecatingly, thinking: What's wrong with all you women? Usually, none of you come to see me, but today three of you showed up. I just finished arranging things with Tan Yu and was about to go see Qian Zhenyu when you, Wang Zuxian, showed up to join the fun? Did you all plan this?

(End of this chapter)