Bai Ruoshu said so, Lin Zhiyi had no reason to refuse.
"I’ll cooperate well with Miss Bai."
Xue Man saw the two chatting amicably and stood up, saying: "I believe with your capabilities, you’ll definitely surpass the previous years’ Ji Nian Jewelry designs."
"Definitely," Bai Ruoshu said confidently.
Lin Zhiyi dared not boast, just smiled slightly.
A moment later, the two left Xue Man’s office together.
Lin Zhiyi originally wanted to say goodbye to Bai Ruoshu.
"Miss Lin, I have something to do, I’ll go busy myself first."
Bai Ruoshu interrupted Lin Zhiyi and turned away.
Lin Zhiyi watched the distant silhouette, feeling a strange sense of familiarity for some reason.
Had she seen Bai Ruoshu somewhere before?
As thoughts raced through her mind, her phone rang.
"Just finished, what’s up?" Lin Zhiyi asked softly.
"Why are you here?" Lin Zhiyi said in surprise.
"Moving in," Gong Chen reminded.
Lin Zhiyi pursed her lips, guessing a bit of his thoughts: "I didn’t say I was backing out."
Gong Chen seemed a bit awkward, immediately hanging up.
Lin Zhiyi looked down at her phone and, smiling, walked into the elevator.
As the elevator doors closed, Bai Ruoshu slowly walked out.
She looked down at a message she had just received and also smiled.
When Lin Zhiyi got into the car, the man was frowning while hanging up the phone.
"What’s up?" she asked casually.
Gong Chen obviously didn’t intend to discuss the topic.
Lin Zhiyi paused, then switched topics: "I still have some things to pack, send me back first."
After speaking, she turned her head to look out the car window.
There was quite a distance between them.
Gong Chen reached out to pull her, but she avoided him with her cell phone playing gesture.
He paused for a moment, then directly shifted his body closer.
Lin Zhiyi immediately raised her hand to block his chest: "What are you doing?"
Gong Chen raised his eyebrows: "Not playing with your phone anymore?"
Lin Zhiyi struggled for a long time but was instead pressed against the car door by him, even having some difficulty breathing.
And at this very moment, the car partition slowly rose.
Her face was flushed.
"Now you can look at me?"
Lin Zhiyi heard the man’s teasing voice above her head, his breath warm as he spoke.
She slightly raised her eyes, gritted her teeth, and said: "Don’t mess around."
"Mess around? What counts as messing around? Not the final step?"
Gong Chen’s voice was hoarse, laced with meaning.
Lin Zhiyi bit her lip tightly, refusing to speak.
Gong Chen looked at her flushed cheeks, clearly guessing what she was thinking.
Intentionally teasing her, he said: "On the car... seems like we haven’t tried. I wouldn’t mind trying, might be more exciting."
Lin Zhiyi couldn’t lift her head anymore.
Doing such things in the car, not just exciting, truly life-threatening!
Instantly, she conceded: "Look, looking at you, just speak properly."
Her voice even faltered a bit.
Gong Chen eased up a bit and said calmly: "It was a call from the residence, asking me to go back."
It must be Old Mr. Gong’s intention.
Whenever she thought of him, Lin Zhiyi would remember the pregnant woman.
No news till now, what exactly are they planning?
Gong Chen remained calm: "I didn’t agree."
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiyi knew he had other plans.
Right at this moment, the car stopped.
"Third Young Master, we’re here."
Lin Zhiyi opened the door and got out, finding herself not at her apartment but at Su He Bay.
"I haven’t packed my things yet."
"Miss Lin, Third Young Master had the moving company come early in the morning to pack things."
While explaining, Chen Jin specifically emphasized early in the morning.
So early that just as Lin Zhiyi stepped out, the moving company stepped in to pack things.
Afraid she might back out of moving in.
As Lin Zhiyi looked toward Gong Chen ready to speak, a childish voice sounded.
Xingxing walked over hand in hand with Liao Yi.
Lin Zhiyi hurriedly picked up Xingxing: "Why are you guys here too? Didn’t you say you’d wait for me to pick you up?"
Liao Yi sneaked a glance at Gong Chen, unable to hold back her smile.
Lin Zhiyi was somewhat puzzled.
Gong Chen looked at Chen Jin and said: "Send Miss Liao back."
Chen Jin nodded and took Liao Yi away first.
Lin Zhiyi asked curiously: "What’s up with Liao Yi?"
"She ran out of money, so I introduced her to a high-paying job," Gong Chen said.
"Xingxing still needs to rest quietly, and you need to work. It might be difficult for her to adapt to strangers coming to accompany her, so I paid to hire Liao Yi to come and accompany Xingxing during the day. Just helps her not miss her painting too."
"That works," Lin Zhiyi nodded, and asked, "How much is the pay?"
"Thirty thousand a month."
Then what’s the point of her working?
Her current salary wasn’t even enough to hire Liao Yi.
Gong Chen reached out to pick up Xingxing: "Let’s go upstairs."
Lin Zhiyi came to her senses and followed them up.
Upon entering the house.
Lin Zhiyi didn’t see her luggage.
"Where’s mine and Xingxing’s luggage?"
"I asked people to put it in the room," Gong Chen put down Xingxing.
Xingxing pulled Lin Zhiyi to a room with a star lamp hanging on the door.
Lin Zhiyi looked at the starry sky ceiling in the room, slightly surprised.
Xingxing tugged at Lin Zhiyi’s hand: "Mom, let’s lie down and watch the stars together."
Not wanting to spoil the mood, Lin Zhiyi nodded and lay down with her.
Just after lying down, Xingxing looked secretly at Gong Chen again, seemingly wanting him to lie down too but hesitated to speak.
Probably realized Gong Chen wouldn’t do such childish things.
Who knew, in the next second.
Gong Chen drew the curtains, turned on the light, and voluntarily lay down on the other side of Xingxing.
He pointed at the ceiling, introducing each star system.
Xingxing started with some interest, but eventually fell asleep listening.
Gong Chen looked at the way she slept with her face resting and couldn’t help but chuckle.
"She’s quite like you."
"Hmm." Lin Zhiyi nodded proudly.
"Falling sleepy when studying. Back in high school, when teaching you two questions, your head almost hit the desk."
"Nonsense! I was quite studious..."
The more Lin Zhiyi talked, the more she felt guilty.
She wasn’t very good at science subjects, any question that required a bit of thinking made her head spin.
At that time, Gong Shiyan had Gong Chen teach her.
She was thrilled, after all, she could be with the person she liked.
Who knew, he focused solely on teaching the problems, unwavering.
One question, three different solutions, each one making people drowsy.
Yet to avoid being underestimated by Gong Chen, she diligently studied late into the night and managed to get decent grades.
Remembering those times was unbearable, and Lin Zhiyi quickly stood up to change the topic.
"I’ll go tidy up my things."
She ran off before Gong Chen could respond.
Lin Zhiyi had been to this residence at Su He Bay before, so she knew the layout.
So she directly headed toward the guest room.
Her luggage wasn’t in the guest room.
She checked another guest room, still didn’t find her stuff.
Was it possibly put in the storage room at the entrance?
Lin Zhiyi exited the guest room, and Gong Chen had just walked out of the children’s room.
"Looking for something?" he asked deeply.
"Where’s my luggage?"
Three simple words, yet brimming with ambiguity.
Lin Zhiyi paused, turned to look at the master bedroom at the far end.
Gong Chen raised a hand to unbutton his shirt: "Zhiyi, I didn’t plan on going vegetarian."