After finishing their meal, Lu Lingchuan went to change clothes, while Shen Nian was a bit faster.
As she was adjusting her dress, Lu Lingchuan pushed open the door and came out, mostly dressed, except for the top two buttons of his shirt left undone. He had a suit jacket draped over his arm and was holding a tie in his hand.
Shen Nian took the initiative to step forward and take the tie from his hand. Without words, Lu Lingchuan lowered his head.
She tied his tie skillfully, as they only had two not-so-important meetings at the company today and didn't need to meet any other business partners.
So Shen Nian tied a simple knot for Lu Lingchuan's tie, avoiding a complicated and overly formal look.
After tying the tie, she clipped on a tie clip and then helped him into his suit jacket.
Lu Lingchuan remained silent, calmly watching her bustle about.
They looked like the most ordinary couple.
He prepared breakfast for her in the morning, and she tied his tie and helped him with his suit jacket.
After getting dressed, the two of them left for work together, even taking out the household trash with them.
Lu Lingchuan carried the trash bag in his left hand and held Shen Nian's hand with his right.
Feeling the warmth enveloping her hand, Shen Nian looked up to see Lu Lingchuan's utterly nonchalant expression.
"Let's go, we're going to be late," he said.
Shen Nian pursed her lips without saying anything, following him into the elevator.
They pressed the button for the ground floor and stood side by side in the elevator.
"Ding-dong..."
Upon reaching the ground floor, the elevator doors opened, and the two of them stepped out. Lu Lingchuan threw the trash into the garbage bin near the elevator entrance, then held Shen Nian's hand as they went to find their car.
From just now until this moment, the atmosphere remained warm.
Lu Lingchuan personally drove and brought Shen Nian to work.
Their best quality was that they didn't need to deliberately avoid the company's employees.
Because everyone knew that Shen Nian was Lu Lingchuan's most trusted and ever-ready assistant, it was perfectly normal for them to ride in the same car and arrive at work together.
As they exited the company elevator, Lu Lingchuan strode ahead, and Shen Nian followed closely behind.
"Mr. Lu, there's a meeting in B21 in half an hour," Shen Nian reminded him, regaining her professional composure for work.
"Mm," Lu Lingchuan responded leisurely, then entered his office, while Shen Nian took her seat at her workstation.
Half an hour later, everyone had arrived early for the meeting, with Lu Lingchuan and Shen Nian being the last two to arrive.
Although they didn't need to maintain distance to avoid others, they also wouldn't be overly intimate; in the company, they had a boss-assistant relationship.
As soon as Lu Lingchuan took his seat, the meeting officially began, and someone stood up to present their PowerPoint slides.
Shen Nian was listening attentively when she felt her phone vibrate.
After glancing around and seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she discreetly took out her phone and unlocked it.
It was a WeChat message from Lu Lingchuan.
[Bored.]
Just those two words.
This time, Shen Nian looked directly at Lu Lingchuan and saw him sitting upright, holding his phone.
Yes, he wasn't secretly messaging; he was openly slacking off.
Feeling Shen Nian's gaze, Lu Lingchuan looked up and met her eyes, his expression utterly unapologetic.
"..." Shen Nian was speechless, lowering her head again and replying.
[If you're bored, you might as well count pigs.]
Then she turned off her phone and continued taking notes.
In less than thirty seconds, her phone vibrated again, with Lu Lingchuan sending her another message.
[You only have one, no matter how you count it, it won't change. Counting me would be even more boring.]
"..."
Shen Nian's hand gripped her phone tighter, her teeth clenched.
Well, there was still a bit of the old Lu Lingchuan from six years ago.
The previous Lu Lingchuan was like this, being attentive to details but finding ways to tease her whenever he was bored.
Shen Nian decided to turn off her phone, not bothering to reply to him, but her phone kept vibrating.
"Mr. Lu."
The employee giving the PowerPoint presentation saw that Lu Lingchuan was constantly on his phone messaging, so he swallowed hard and asked nervously, "Mr. Lu, did I say something wrong?"
Why was he messaging so much?
"No," Lu Lingchuan was still staring at his phone, his fingers not stopping. "I'm listening. You do your thing, I'll do mine. Continue."
After saying that, he successfully sent another message, and Shen Nian's phone vibrated again.
Everyone: "..."
What was going on with Mr. Lu today?
After sending the message, Lu Lingchuan hadn't heard any sound, so he looked up at the employee and said again, "Continue."
Although unsure of what was happening, the employee still wiped the sweat from his brow and continued his presentation.
Perhaps only Lu Lingchuan had the audacity to slack off so brazenly, as if it were perfectly normal.
Shen Nian's phone kept vibrating, and to avoid others noticing that Lu Lingchuan was messaging her, she took out her phone again and saw a barrage of thirty messages from him.
She skimmed over the meaningless ones at the beginning and went straight to the last few.
Lu Lingchuan had sent her a website link.
[Choose!] he said.
Shen Nian typed: [What?]
Lu Lingchuan's reply came quickly: [Choose!]
Still that same word.
Choose? Choose what?
With curiosity, Shen Nian clicked on the link.
The title was [100 Things Couples Can Do to Improve Their Relationship?]
Freshness comes from doing many new things with the right person, not doing the same thing repeatedly with different people.
Let's do 100 things together~
Go do them~ I won't let two people in love be bored.
1. Write letters to each other
2. Sing a song together and record it
3. Go shopping together in couples outfits
4. Spend a day together at an amusement park
5. Go to a haunted house together
6. Teach me one of your special talents
7. Celebrate each other's birthdays
8. Go camping together
9. DIY a cake together
10. Do pottery together
11. Make handprints together
12. Visit our elementary, middle, high schools and colleges together
13. Close your eyes and let your partner guide you across the street
14. ...
These were 100 little things that couples should do, and some said that after completing all 100, they could get married and grow old together.
Shen Nian read silently one after another, her lips curving into a slight smile.
They were all just ordinary little things, but if done together with someone she liked, they would undoubtedly become cherished, warm memories.
As she was reading, another message from Lu Lingchuan came through.
[Have you chosen yet?]
Shen Nian carefully considered for a moment, then replied.
【There are too many, it's dazzling.】
There really were too many, a full 100 items even.
As soon as her message was sent, the other side replied immediately.
【No need to choose.】
"?" Shen Nian didn't know what he was going to do, then the man's next message came.
【Do them all!】
Those two short words carried Lu Lingchuan's uncompromising dominance.
【Yes, I'm going to sprinkle sugar on you all~~~It's really sweet, isn't it? Do you want to see how they interacted in their most loving year~~】
