After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

After hanging up the phone, Lan Yujuan sent the relevant information over.

The message came back before I even got home.

Just as she guessed, Tang Shan had investigated her beforehand.

The reason the other party was so eager was not because they really liked her, but simply because of Chen Mo's relationship with the Qin family.

After figuring out everything, Lan Yujuan felt relieved.

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, Chen Feifei sent me a voice message:

"Juan'er, your brother-in-law asked me to ask if Tang Shan is your friend?"

Lan Yujuan was feeling a little down and answered truthfully:

"We're not really friends. We just met and have only met twice in total."

"Tang Shan's son and Xiao Man were classmates in kindergarten, and their family also lives in our neighborhood."

After the message was sent, Chen Feifei replied with a cute emoji.

She put away her phone and was about to open the door to go home when, with a "click," the door to apartment 802 next door opened.

At the same time, an enticing aroma of food wafted out from next door, room 802.

Lan Yujuan had been busy all day and was feeling hungry, so she subconsciously swallowed.

"Dinner's ready, wanna eat together?" Chen Mo leaned against the doorway, raising an eyebrow at her.

Lan Yujuan turned and went into the next room almost without hesitation.

Three dishes and a soup, served with rice. The meal was simple, but it consisted of all her favorite foods.

Chen Mo knew that she had arranged to meet Tang Shan today.

When she returned home, her expression was somewhat indifferent, and she didn't mention anything else, only focusing on eating in silence, I began to have my suspicions.

"Have you talked about it?"

"Is it that you don't like her design, or is the price too high?"

As Chen Mo served her soup, he tentatively asked her a question.

"If it's just a price issue, don't worry. Just organize the receipts and go through the company's reimbursement process later."

Lan Yujuan picked up some food while shaking her head.

"Neither."

"I really like Tang Shan's design."

"But according to her, she's offering to design it for me for free..."

Lan Yujuan briefly recounted the whole story to Chen Mo, along with her own conjectures and verifications.

"I hope things can be kept simple and free from too much interpersonal considerations."

"So most likely, I'll find another designer!"

Chen Mo handed her the soup and said gently:

"Would you like to hear my advice?"

Lan Yujuan picked up the spoon, nodded, and said, "Okay, you go ahead."

Chen Mo stopped what he was doing, looked at her seriously, and said:

"My advice is: don't worry about whether the other person is plotting against you, just do what you feel is right."

"Since you like Tang Shan's designs, then let's get her to design for us."

"If you don't want to owe her a favor, then stick to your idea and settle the bill at the market price. We can sit down and talk about these things."

Lan Yujuan immediately frowned. "But I'm worried that she's trying to use me..."

Chen Mo held her hand across the table, his calm voice like a tranquilizer.

"I know what you're worried about."

"Qin Su has his own set of methods for getting to his current position."

"If Tang Shan's studio has the ability to make it to the final round of bidding, and can also get noticed by Qin Su in advance through you, that's her luck and skill."

"Besides, even if you deliberately keep your distance from Tang Shan now, she has already achieved her goal."

"So you don't need to worry about these things, just go for it and do what you want to do."

Lan Yujuan nodded, blushing as she slowly withdrew her hand. "Mm."

Then, he buried his head and continued eating.

The atmosphere in the air seemed to begin to warm up without anyone noticing.

Chen Mo appeared serious, but his toes "accidentally" touched Lan Yujuan's toes under the table.

Lan Yujuan took half a step back and continued eating, pretending not to notice.

"Sigh, I had insomnia last night and didn't sleep well..." Chen Mo sighed softly.

When they first met, Lan Yujuan noticed the shadow under his eyes.

But she wasn't sure whether Chen Mo had insomnia last night or had stayed up late working overtime.

Hearing him say this, Lan Yujuan felt a pang of heartache, but she showed no sign of it on her face, only saying calmly:

"Take medicine if you have insomnia, don't tough it out."

Chen Mo looked at her with a deep gaze, clearly unwilling to accept it, and continued to play the victim:

"There's a lot of new furniture in my house, and it's probably because the formaldehyde levels are too high. The smell is giving me a headache and I can't sleep."

When he said that, Lan Yujuan was even less convinced.

She herself had just bought the furniture, so she knew exactly what she was doing!

All the new items Chen Mo has added to his home are from top international brands. They are not only expensive, but also environmentally friendly, practical, and very stylish.

Even if it's newly added, it couldn't be as bad as he described, making it so pungent that people can't sleep.

But Lan Yujuan didn't expose it, only raised an eyebrow and said calmly:

"Since you can't sleep at home, why don't you find somewhere else to sleep?"

Her suggestion struck a chord with Chen Mo, and a triumphant smile flashed across his eyes.

"Yes, you have a point!"

"It's strange, but I slept quite soundly on the sofa in your living room."

"Or else, I..."

Lan Yujuan looked up and glared at him, then immediately refused, "It's inconvenient."

"How about I sleep on your balcony, okay?" Chen Mo started to act like a spoiled child.

Lan Yujuan still refused: "Absolutely not."

Chen Mo snorted, "You don't get to decide what's on the balcony."

"When night falls, I simply carry the blanket over and climb over from the balcony."

Lan Yujuan looked up at him again, and Chen Mo returned the gaze with a grin, as if no one could do anything to him.

"Okay, I'm full. You can continue eating!"

"I'm full too, I'll take you!"

Lan Yujuan wiped her mouth, got up, and went back to her small apartment next door.

Chen Mo also got up, escorted her to the door, watched her go inside and close the door, and then turned and went inside himself.

Although Lan Yujuan refused.

That evening, Chen Mo washed up early, changed into his pajamas, and followed the little guy into room 801.

Lan Yujuan saw it all, but she knew in her heart that Chen Mo was a sensible person.

Even if he does move in, he won't do anything too outrageous as long as the children are home.

Seeing that the two children were having a lot of fun, Lan Yujuan decided to turn a blind eye.

Just as Lan Yujuan subconsciously thought that Chen Mo would stay at home and spend the night on the sofa.

Unexpectedly, he got up on his own, said goodnight to the two of them, and went home by himself.

Lan Yujuan didn't know if she had seen it wrong.

When Chen Mo left, something seemed off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

"Mom, what's this?"

The little guy next to her suddenly tugged at her clothes and then held up a card.

Lan Yujuan took it casually. "Where did you find it?"

When she opened it, she found it was a greeting card from the flowers they received on the day they registered their marriage.

The little guy pointed towards the sofa, "I picked it up from the sofa, what does it say on it?"

"Dad was looking at it just now, and I asked him, 'What does it say on it?'"

He just smiled, didn't say anything, and then left.

Lan Yujuan's ears still burned when she read the words above again.

Seeing the stack of picture books on the sofa, she guessed that the little guy might have accidentally taken out the greeting cards that were at the bottom of the drawer when he took the picture books out of the drawer.

She patted the little one's head and mumbled:

"It's nothing, just a greeting card on a flower."

"Go pick out a picture book you like, then we'll go back to our room and go to sleep!"

After returning to the room, the little one fell asleep in my arms shortly after the lights were turned off.

Lan Yujuan was still pondering what had just happened, and couldn't quite understand it.

That bouquet of flowers was clearly a gift from Chen Mo himself, so why did his expression and reaction be so strange after seeing the card?

Unable to figure it out, she simply picked up her phone and sent Chen Mo a message:

Are you asleep?

About half an hour later, just as Lan Yujuan thought he wouldn't reply to her messages again that night and was about to fall asleep.

My phone, which was under my pillow, vibrated unexpectedly.

Half-asleep, she picked up her phone and glanced at it; it was a message from Chen Mo.

[Going to sleep.]

Lan Yujuan was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly replied with "Goodnight".

Then, he tucked his phone back under his pillow, turned over soundly, and drifted off to sleep.

On the balcony of apartment 802 next door, in the darkness, a crimson light flickered on and off.

Suddenly, the phone screen flashed. Chen Mo quickly glanced at it and saw the words "Goodnight," which almost gave him a heart attack.

Just as he was about to turn off his phone, a call came in; it was Qin Zhang, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Feed?" Chen Mo's voice was somewhat low and depressed.

"Chen Mo, where are you?"

Qin Zhang's voice on the phone was filled with undisguised joy.

"I'm back, let's go out for a drink!"