Sensing her resistance, Lu Bochuan frowned. "You don't like it?"
Shu Qingqing shook her head. "Why are you suddenly giving me this?"
"An apology gift," Lu Bochuan explained. "The banquet the other day was my oversight, so I wanted to make it up to you."
Hearing this, Shu Qingqing felt much more at ease.
Well, her soul had indeed been wounded that day; she definitely needed a gift to soothe her spirits.
"Thank you, I like it very much." It would have been even better if it were solid gold, she thought. After all, she was a material girl, hehe.
As Shu Qingqing cheered up, her whole face brightened. Lu Bochuan’s lips curled up in response. He had intended to chat a bit more, but Shu Qingqing suddenly stood up. "Then I'll head to bed first. Bye-bye."
She turned to leave but didn't notice the slippers by her feet. She stumbled and nearly fell.
Lu Bochuan caught her just in time.
The physical proximity was intense. A fragrance wafted into his nose—a scent that felt strangely familiar. Suddenly, Lu Bochuan remembered that the intimate garment he had taken back from Shu Qingqing’s room smelled exactly like this.
His hand tightened around her involuntarily.
Standing at 166 centimeters, Shu Qingqing was currently held in Lu Bochuan’s arms, her line of sight falling directly on his neck.
The man had a long neck and a prominent Adam's apple. Shu Qingqing suddenly recalled a rogue-ishly handsome, 185-centimeter-tall intern at her old company. The female colleagues used to gossip about him constantly, saying that men with large Adam's apples were very "capable" in bed.
As she thought about this, she saw Lu Bochuan’s Adam's apple bob once.
Damn, that really is quite sexy.
Realizing what she was thinking, Shu Qingqing panicked. It was only then that she noticed her wrist was turning red from his grip. "Lu Bochuan, why are you holding me so tight? Let go!"
The woman's voice broke his reverie, and Lu Bochuan quickly released her wrist.
"Put on your shoes." Lu Bochuan crouched down and neatly arranged the slippers by her feet. "The floor is cold."
"Oh, right." Shu Qingqing stepped into them and walked away without looking back.
The next day, she still woke up very early.
After several days of research, Feng Xiangdi had a general grasp of current women's fashion trends and was bursting with inspiration. Shu Qingqing sent her home to start on some design sketches while she began working on their social media account.
The world in this novel was basically no different from Shu Qingqing's original world, and the short video platforms were the same.
Since they chose to sell goods online, they needed a short video account.
Shu Qingqing had put in a lot of effort to research this. For selling goods, one could choose to start live-streaming with zero followers, or one could choose to film short videos first to build a following before live-streaming.
Since their clothes hadn't been designed yet, the two of them decided to film videos to gain followers first.
Shu Qingqing spent the entire morning scrolling through short videos looking for inspiration.
When she was a corporate drone, scrolling through videos was a way to relax, but now the purpose was different. After an entire morning, her eyes ached and she felt mentally drained.
Just as she was about to turn off her phone and rest for a while, a message came in.
Ms. Liu: [Hello, Lu Xun's mother. How is Lu Xun's injury healing?]
Only then did Shu Qingqing remember that she had been so busy with the startup that she had completely forgotten about Lu Xun's injury.
After lunch, she drove Lu Xun to the hospital for a follow-up.
Children have great recovery abilities. After the doctor examined him, he said he just needed to continue applying scar-removal cream.
This meant Lu Xun could go back to kindergarten.
Coming out of the hospital, Shu Qingqing told him the good news, but Lu Xun didn't show much of a reaction at the time.
However, the next morning, when Nanny Li picked him up from bed to get him dressed, Lu Xun threw quite a tantrum and cried incessantly.
It had been nearly a month since she crossed over, and aside from those first few days, Shu Qingqing hadn't seen Lu Xun be this difficult in a long time. She coaxed him patiently for a long while, and just as her maternal instincts were about to vanish, Lu Xun finally agreed to go to kindergarten.
Shu Qingqing drove him there herself and walked him right to the classroom door.
When they entered, cheerful music was playing, and a group of adorable children were waving their hands to the beat.
Shu Qingqing had originally worried that Lu Xun would perform another "life-and-death separation" scene at the door, but to her surprise, once he saw his familiar playmates, he ran inside quite quickly.
Shu Qingqing felt very relieved.
After chatting with Ms. Liu for a bit, she was about to leave when she noticed Ms. Liu hesitating as if she had something to say.
Shu Qingqing spoke up considerately, "Is there something else you wanted to say?"
Ms. Liu gave an apologetic smile. "Lu Xun's mother, it's like this: Children's Day is coming up soon, and the school is organizing an event. Every class is required to put on a performance. Our class's program is basically finished with rehearsals, but Lu Xun... since he was home with an injury, what do you think about the performance?"
This was an elite kindergarten, and the parents were very demanding. If Lu Xun was added in at the last minute and the performance ended up being poor, many parents would be unhappy.
Shu Qingqing understood. Children's Day was only three days away, and rehearsals were finished; Lu Xun definitely wouldn't be able to keep up.
"That's fine. But do you think you could arrange a small role for him? Like waving a flag on the side or something? Otherwise, if he's not allowed to participate at all, he'll definitely be upset."
Ms. Liu had originally thought she would be angry, but she hadn't expected her to be so reasonable this time. She immediately promised to make arrangements.
"By the way, Lu Xun's mother, we're also holding a parent-child activity day on Children's Day. Do you think Mr. Lu might find it convenient to come over?" Ms. Liu knew she was being sycophantic, but she had no choice; the principal had personally given her the task of trying to invite Lu Bochuan.
Shu Qingqing didn't answer directly, only saying she would go back and check Lu Bochuan's work schedule.
The original host had initially mentioned that Lu Xun's father was Lu Bochuan just so Lu Xun would receive preferential treatment at the kindergarten.
And elite kindergartens were like that; any event could become a social occasion for parents. Given the Lu Group's status, there wasn't a parent who didn't want to get to know Lu Bochuan.
However, Lu Xun had been at this kindergarten for nearly a year, and Lu Bochuan had never appeared.
This kind of kindergarten activity usually took up most of the day, so Lu Bochuan definitely wouldn't have time to come. She didn't plan to mention it to him.
But Ms. Liu mentioned there would be parent-child activities after the performance.
The kindergarten had parent-child activities almost every month, and every time, everyone else was a family of three, while Lu Xun only had his mother. He would be unhappy for a long time afterward.
Shu Qingqing couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.
She had grown up alone. Although Mother Director was very good to her, she couldn't possibly have the time to attend every parent-teacher meeting for her.
Even in high school, whenever she saw other students surrounded by their parents at meetings, she would still feel envious and sad.
So, she didn't want Lu Xun to have that kind of regret.
Maybe she should... rent a husband?
