A sophomore in college starts by getting a marriage certificate with a female CEO.

"Don't worry, Auntie."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yang could only utter these four words.

Only he himself knows the true nature of his relationship with Li Xixue.

But faced with his mother-in-law's heartfelt words, he couldn't very well coldly reply, "We're just acting."

Song Qiulan nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, Li Xixue slowly walked over from the balcony, the blush on her face had mostly faded.

"Mom, you've seen it all, said what you needed to say, let's go home."

"What's the rush? I haven't finished watching it yet."

Song Qiulan then wandered to the bathroom. "The bathroom is nice, with a separate wet and dry area, which will make it convenient for you two to take a shower."

Li Xixue's temple throbbed.

What does it mean for two people to take a shower conveniently?

After explaining everything that needed to be explained, Song Qiulan finally prepared to leave: "Alright, alright, I won't disturb you two any longer. It's getting late, get some rest."

"By the way, Xiao Lu, Xiao Xue, I put some things in the bedside table in the master bedroom. Remember to use them."

The two were baffled.

Li Xixue quickly asked, "Mom, what is that thing you're talking about?"

Song Qiulan had already reached the entrance hall. Without turning her head, she waved her hand and said, "You'll know once you try it yourself."

The door closed.

gone.

The living room fell silent instantly.

Li Xixue stared at the door and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally gotten rid of this Guanyin Bodhisattva statue.

"So... what exactly did you tell your mom?"

Lu Yang plopped down on the sofa, letting out a sigh of relief as he asked the question he'd been wanting to ask all day.

There must be a reason why he suddenly asked me to live with him.

Li Xixue pursed her lips, walked to the opposite side of the sofa in her pink bunny slippers, sat down, crossed her long legs, and put them on.

"My mom signed me up for a dating show, the kind where you go on TV."

Lu Yang imagined Li Xixue on a dating show.

She had a cold expression the whole time, didn't say a word, and all the male guests turned off their lights.

"and then?"

"Then I was pushed to the limit, so I... said that I was already living with you."

Lu Yang almost dropped the water glass he had just picked up.

"What did you say?"

Li Xixue turned her face away: "I just said it casually at the time, thinking it would stop her from nagging."

"Just something offhand? You call that just something offhand?" Lu Yang smirked.

"Who knew she'd react so strongly!"

Li Xixue panicked. "After I finished speaking, she started making phone calls and notified all her relatives within half an hour. The next morning, she mailed the keys to the apartment to my company!"

"I refused. She said if I didn't move, she would tell my dad about the marriage certificate, and the hotel company wouldn't let me stay."

Lu Yang blinked, even more confused: "Wait, she knows about the marriage certificate?"

Li Xixue remained silent for a while.

She found it when she went through my bag.

Lu Yang raised an eyebrow: "So your mom knows we got our marriage certificate?"

"Um."

Where's your dad?

"have no idea."

"And what was your mom's reaction?"

She burst into tears on the spot.

Lu Yang: "..."

"And then what?"

After crying, she went to the temple to burn incense and came back to tell me that it was a miracle from Buddha.

Lu Yang was completely speechless.

He leaned back on the sofa and stared at the ceiling for a long time.

No wonder Song Qiulan treated him like her own son every time she saw him, with an absurdly enthusiastic attitude.

They already knew he was their son-in-law, and it was legally recognized.

"So you dragged me into this because you've already tricked me into having no way out?" Lu Yang turned his head to look at her.

Li Xixue lowered her head and fiddled with the cups on the table.

This can be considered an implicit agreement.

Lu Yang sighed.

"Alright."

"Aren't you angry?" Li Xixue looked up.

"What's the point of getting angry? I've already moved in."

"Well... just consider it a favor and stay here for now. I'll find an opportunity to explain things to my mom later."

"OK".

Lu Yang was actually thinking about something else.

Living in a 50 million dollar apartment is free.

No need to pay rent, no need to squeeze into dormitories, and even the food is readily available.

He did the math.

If this were converted into rent, it would save at least tens of thousands of yuan per month.

That's tens of thousands.

Even if you don't make money from it, saving it is still a form of profit.

Furthermore, there are rewards for completing the tasks that the system just released.

Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem like there's anything to refuse.

"You can stay in any room you like, but let's agree on three rules first."

Li Xixue held up one finger: "First, we must sleep in separate rooms."

Lu Yang had no objection: "No problem."

Li Xixue raised her second finger: "Secondly, you are not allowed to enter my room."

Lu Yang nodded and added, "Mine is the same."

"third……"

Li Xixue thought for a moment and said, "I haven't decided yet. Let's leave it at that for now and I'll add more details when I do."

Lu Yang nodded, then asked, "Um... can I eat the steak in the fridge?"

Li Xixue almost laughed out of anger.

"casual."

"make a deal."

Lu Yang stretched.

After a long day, he was first interrogated by his father and then subjected to a surprise inspection by his mother-in-law, leaving him mentally exhausted.

"By the way, what was that Auntie just talking about?"

"How would I know?"

The two exchanged a glance.

Li Xixue hesitated for a few seconds, but still got up and walked towards the master bedroom.

Lu Yang followed behind, purely out of curiosity.

Pushing open the door to the master bedroom, one finds it furnished more elegantly than the guest room. The large bed sits by the window, with a cabinet on each side of the bed, upon which rests a lamp and a small potted plant.

Li Xixue opened the drawer of the bedside table.

Inside lay a flat box, the packaging quite exquisite.

"What is this?"

Lu Yang leaned closer, puzzled.

"..."

Li Xixue stared at the box for a few seconds, and then her expression suddenly became quite interesting.

Lu Yang reached out and took the box, then flipped it over to look at the product description.

"Oh, couple lights."

To put it simply, it's a small nightlight that changes color at night. It comes in pairs, with each couple placing one by their bedside. When one person touches the light, it changes color, and the other person's light changes in sync. It's touted as a magic tool for long-distance relationships.

"Throw it away."

Li Xixue turned her head away.

"No, your mom bought it." Lu Yang had already opened the box.

There are two lights inside, each about the size of a palm, one white and one pink.

Lu Yang casually touched the white one, and the light turned on.

Soft, warm yellow light illuminated the entire room.

Immediately afterwards, the pink light also lit up, with the color synchronized.

Lu Yang touched it again.

The light turned pale blue.

Touch it again.

Turning purple...

The walls and ceiling of the master bedroom alternate between blue, pink, and purple-red, making the whole room look like a karaoke room.

Lu Yang was having a lot of fun.

Li Xixue bit her lip, her pretty face turning red from the base of her neck to the tips of her ears.

It's not because the lights are pretty.

Instead, she suddenly realized what her own mother meant by putting this thing in the bedside table.