After saying this, Lu Bochuan turned his face away slightly, looking a bit uncomfortable.
Shu Qingqing tried her best to hold it in, but eventually couldn't help laughing out loud.
Just now, after she finished introducing the last room, she noticed something off about Lu Bochuan's expression. Several times, he looked at her as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he held his tongue.
So this was what he wanted to say.
Shu Qingqing leaned close to his face. "Lu Bochuan, have you ever thought about... working hard so you can sleep in the master bedroom with me?"
Although Shu Qingqing bought the house and hosted a housewarming, she didn't plan to live here. Strictly speaking, this place was not only her last resort but also her designated secret base.
For instance, if she wanted to be alone, or if she ever had a fight with Lu Bochuan, this place would be a safe haven for her.
In her original plan, this house only had one master bedroom. The other three rooms were meant to be a walk-in closet, a study, and an audiovisual room.
Later, she changed her mind and converted two of the rooms into bedrooms for Lu Yu and Lu Xun.
As for Lu Bochuan, if their relationship became more intimate in the future, they would naturally share a room.
After Shu Qingqing said this, Lu Bochuan's heart suddenly started pounding rapidly.
Perhaps because they had always slept in separate rooms, Lu Bochuan subconsciously assumed that Shu Qingqing would arrange a separate room for him as well.
But he had forgotten that a husband and wife were supposed to sleep in the same room.
For a moment, he was actually at a loss for what to do.
It took a long time for his racing heart to calm down.
"Qingqing, wait for me," Lu Bochuan lowered his head and planted a kiss on her lips.
Shu Qingqing smiled. "Mhm, hurry up and go to work."
When Lu Bochuan rushed to the company, Zhou Zheng was already waiting at the door of the conference room.
Today's incident was quite a rookie mistake. The marketing department entered a piece of data incorrectly, causing a major error in the coordination with Country F, which forced the project there to halt for a day.
Inside the conference room, all the employees of the marketing department didn't dare to breathe loudly, expecting Lu Bochuan to fly into a terrible rage.
However, after Lu Bochuan listened to the presenter, although his face darkened a bit, he didn't say anything harsh. In the end, he only deducted the salaries and year-end bonuses of the employee involved and their direct supervisor.
Although Lu Bochuan didn't hand out a severe punishment, the erring employee's direct boss was still anxious and hurriedly chased after Zhou Zheng.
"Assistant Zhou, what's going on with Mr. Lu today? Logically speaking, in this situation, it wouldn't be excessive to directly fire those subordinates of mine, yet Mr. Lu only fined us." The man rubbed his hands together uneasily. "Do you think Mr. Lu is waiting to gather enough dirt on me to fire me directly?"
Zhou Zheng stopped walking. "Manager Fan, do you have any other dirt that could be caught?"
The man hurriedly shook his head. "No, no. Assistant Zhou, you know that I am absolutely loyal to Mr. Lu and dedicated to my work. I've been with the company for six years, and apart from this incident, I haven't made a single mistake."
"Then isn't that settled? Don't worry, Manager Fan." Zhou Zheng patted his shoulder. "You're lucky today that you caught Mr. Lu in a good mood."
Zhou Zheng knew that today, the boss's family of four went to the new house the boss's wife bought for a housewarming. The boss was in a good mood, which was why this matter was handled lightly today.
Otherwise, on a normal day, the entire department might not have survived.
Hearing him say this, Manager Fan finally dared to put his mind at ease.
Lu Bochuan held another video conference with the person in charge in Country F and didn't leave the company until after nine o'clock.
The driver, Xiao Liu, was off today, so Zhou Zheng drove Lu Bochuan back.
As the car was about to reach the villa area, Lu Bochuan suddenly told him to pull over.
"Mr. Lu, do you want to buy something?" Zhou Zheng looked around through the car window. There were shops all around, selling food and drinks.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lu Bochuan open the car door, and Zhou Zheng quickly followed.
"Mr. Lu, if you need to buy anything, just tell me."
"No need," Lu Bochuan closed the car door and walked straight into the pharmacy across the street.
Zhou Zheng muttered in his heart. Was someone in the boss's family sick? Didn't they have a family doctor? Why did the boss have to buy medicine personally?
After wondering for a while, he saw the boss come out of the pharmacy holding an extra bag.
The bag was opaque, so he couldn't see what was inside, only a rectangular outline.
When Lu Bochuan approached, Zhou Zheng quickly withdrew his gaze and opened the car door.
It was already ten o'clock when they arrived home. The house was completely silent, with only a warm yellow light left on in the entryway.
Lu Bochuan changed his shoes and went straight to the second floor. He paused when passing Shu Qingqing's room, but quickly walked to his own bedroom.
Lu Bochuan entered the bathroom, spending half an hour washing himself clean and shaving his beard.
His freshly dried hair hung softly over his brows and eyes. Lu Bochuan glanced at his glasses on the sink. He originally wanted to put them on, but after a moment of hesitation, he gave up the idea.
Wearing glasses would make kissing inconvenient. Besides, later... if the movements were too big... they would definitely fall off.
Walking into the walk-in closet, he changed into a dark gray loungewear set. When he reached the door, he took the cardboard box out of the bag, opened it, grabbed two pieces, and stuffed them into his pocket.
When he reached the door to Shu Qingqing's room, he raised his hand and was about to knock when he suddenly thought of something else.
Lu Bochuan went down to the first floor, took out a bottle of red wine of a good vintage from the wine cabinet, grabbed two wine glasses, and then stood in front of Shu Qingqing's door again.
Taking a deep breath, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Shu Qingqing was currently chatting with Feng Xiangdi about the company's profits this month. Hearing the knock, she walked over with her phone in hand.
"Lu Bochuan! You're back! Are the company matters all settled?"
"Yes, they're settled."
"That's good." Shu Qingqing felt relieved. She lowered her head to reply to Feng Xiangdi's message. Seeing that Lu Bochuan hadn't left, she looked up at him again. "Then you should hurry and go to sleep... Huh? Lu Bochuan, you've already taken a shower? Why are you holding a bottle of red wine?"
Shu Qingqing was wearing a fluffy pajama set with two fuzzy balls hanging from the chest. Lu Bochuan couldn't resist and raised his hand to flick one.
"Can I come in first?"
Shu Qingqing stepped aside to let him in. "Do you have something to tell me? What kind of matter requires drinking red wine?"
Lu Bochuan placed the red wine and glasses on the table. "It's like this, Qingqing. Because we haven't... in a long time, I'm afraid of hurting you, so I thought drinking a little red wine might make it better."
While Lu Bochuan was speaking, Feng Xiangdi was asking her on WeChat how to distribute the employee bonuses this month. Shu Qingqing wasn't paying attention to Lu Bochuan's words at all, and just casually followed his train of thought, asking, "What hurting me?"
Lu Bochuan glanced at her bed, his ears turning a rare shade of red.
Then, Lu Bochuan bent down, scooped Shu Qingqing up into his arms, and strode over to the bed.
Her body suddenly in the air, Shu Qingqing reflexively wrapped her arms around Lu Bochuan's neck. After she was placed on the bed, Lu Bochuan pressed down over her.
"Qingqing, today you said you wanted me to sleep in the master bedroom with you."
