Gentle to the Bone - Chapter 23

As the saying goes, a small marriage wins a wedding. Lu Jingce was away on a business trip for a week, and the night he came back, he had a lot of energy for Shen Yansheng in the middle of the night.

Shen Yansheng didn’t have Lu Jingce’s physical strength, and when it was over, he just felt that his whole body was about to fall apart, and he fell asleep within two seconds of closing his eyes.

It was already afternoon when he woke up, the curtains in the bedroom were closed, and the sunlight from outside could not penetrate, making Shen Yansheng think it was already dark.

She got up from the bed, touched the phone on the bedside table, and was relieved when she saw that the time showed three o’clock in the afternoon.

If anyone knew, she had slept for a day because of that kind of thing, where would she put her face.

Fortunately, after sleeping for a long time, her energy almost recovered, she went to the bathroom to take a shower, changed her clothes and went downstairs.

When he got downstairs, he saw Lu Jingce sitting on the sofa in a state of freshness and reading documents. When he saw her going downstairs, he was embarrassed to laugh at her and said, “Are you awake?”

Shen Yansheng was not angry, and snorted in response.

Lu Jingce smiled and said, “Come here.”

“I’ll come if you ask me to come?” Shen Yansheng didn’t realize that she was now unknowingly infected with a pampered and arrogant temper, completely forgetting that the relationship between her and Lu Jingce was not a normal love relationship.

Lu Jingce smiled and said, “I asked you to come over to eat, don’t you like desserts? The kitchen boiled red dates and white fungus soup.”

Lu Jingce didn’t say anything, but Shen Yansheng felt hungry as soon as he said it. After all, that kind of thing is exhausting.

She sat down on the small stool in front of the coffee table, and when she saw Lu Jingce take a spoon to fill her with tremella soup, she felt a little sweet in her heart. He bent down unconsciously and said, “I’m so tired.”

Lu Jingce looked up at her with a smile in his eyes, and said, “Who did the work last night? Are you still tired?”

Shen Yansheng blushed and looked back subconsciously. Fortunately, the servants were not around at this time. She was a little embarrassed and kicked Lu Jingce, “Shut up.”

Lu Jingce smiled, put the good white fungus soup in front of her, and teased her, “You are getting more and more courageous, dare you tell me to shut up?”

Shen Yansheng looked up at him, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Lu Jingce raised his hand and pinched her cheek, and said, “What are you thinking? I’m teasing you. If you’re not happy, I won’t tease you.”

Shen Yansheng often felt that Lu Jingce was actually very used to her. Although she is the canary he raised at home, he has always been very kind to her and never forced her. Even in bed, he takes good care of her body.

She lowered her head to drink the Tremella soup, her mind was a little confused for a while. When I was with Lu Jingce, I clearly thought that I would never be tempted by him, but after getting along day and night, I realized that people’s hearts can’t be controlled so easily.

When you fall in love with someone, it is impossible not to fall in love.

Shen Yansheng felt that she couldn’t fall in like this anymore. She didn’t know how long Lu Jingce would like her. Maybe three or five months later, she would start to get tired of her. She’s deep in the mud now, wouldn’t it be too sad then?

At the beginning of August, she made a decision – she was not going to look for a job, she planned to open a shop by herself.

She didn’t tell Lu Jingce about the decision she made. After making a plan, the first thing to do was to find a shop.

She wants to open a small-scale studio and only sell clothes designed by herself every day, and does not plan to go the public route. She plans to become a niche brand and attract regular customers.

After making the preliminary budget, she went out to find a shop, but after looking for a week, she couldn’t find a suitable one. Either the location was too remote, or the rent was too expensive.

She didn’t have much savings in her hand, so after a comprehensive consideration, she decided to rent the street-facing shop on Taihu Road.

Just the day before she was about to settle down, Wanwan happened to be looking for her for dinner, and when she talked about her plan to open a shop, Wanwan disapproved very much when she heard that she planned to rent the studio on Taihu Road, saying, “I do it this year. Business, wine fragrance is also afraid of deep alleys, although there is also a business district on Taihu Road, but the flow of people is completely incomparable to Yang Huai Road.”

Shen Yansheng said: “Of course I know Yang Huai Road is good, and the commercial center of the entire North City is there, but Yang Huai Road is not just a price for every inch of land, how can I afford to rent a shop there.”

Zhou Wanying said, “You can’t afford it, but Lu Jingce can afford it.”

“Don’t.” Shen Yansheng said quickly, “Don’t tell Lu Jingce about this, I don’t want him to know.”

“Why?” Zhou Wanying was puzzled.

Shen Yansheng said: “He will definitely help me when he knows, but I don’t want him to help, do you understand?”

She owed Lu Jingce too much, and she couldn’t pay it back in her life. She really didn’t want to rely on him for her career.

How could Zhou Wanying not understand, she knew too well the feeling of not wanting to rely on a man.

Her eyes lit up, she suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise, “Shengsheng, shall I partner with you? I’ll pay for it, you can concentrate on the design, then the two of us will split the bill between three and seven? I will give you three or seven?”

Shen Yansheng didn’t expect Zhou Wanying to be willing to partner, and said, “If you really want to partner, of course it will be divided into five or five. But are you really sure you want to partner with me?”

“Of course!” Zhou Wanying had never done any business, but she had seen the clothes designed by Shen Yansheng, and every one of them was beautiful.

“Do you still remember that dress you gave me a while ago? I wore it to a magazine reception last week, and many people praised it for being good-looking, and some people asked me for a link.”

“Really?” Shen Yansheng was a little happy when she heard the words. After all, it was the clothes she designed herself. Of course, being liked was a great thing to be happy about.

Zhou Wanying nodded her head heavily, and suddenly felt a little excited when she thought of doing business in partnership. She took Shen Yansheng’s hand and said, “Let’s choose the studio on Yanghuai Road. There are too many people there, and the purchasing power is also strong. With you As long as someone enters the door, there is no fear of not being able to sell it.”

Shen Yansheng didn’t consider going to Yanghuai Road before because she had no money, but now Wanwan is willing to partner with her, of course, it is best to choose the studio on Yanghuai Road.

For the first time, the two girls were ready to do business, and they were very excited. After chatting in the restaurant for two hours, they went to Wanwan’s house to continue the chat after dinner.

The two carefully calculated the preliminary planning and various costs, and piled up the printing paper on the coffee table.

When people are busy, it is easy to forget the time.

It was almost early morning when Lu Jingce called.

Shen Yansheng and Wanwan were drawing interior design drawings at the time, when they heard the phone ring, and without looking at the number, they picked it up and said, “Hello.”

On the other end of the phone, Lu Jingce frowned and said, “Shen Yansheng, what time is it? Where is it?”

Hearing Lu Jingce’s voice, Shen Yansheng subconsciously looked up at the clock on the wall and found that it was almost early morning.

Lu Jingce just came out of the house in his car and said, “Where are you? I’ll come pick you up.”

Shen Yansheng said, “I’m at Wanwan’s house.”

Zhou Yaoying leaned closer and said into the handset, “Lu Jingce, Sheng Sheng is sleeping with me tonight, don’t come here.”

Lu Jingce snorted and said, “My woman sleeps with you? You think it’s beautiful.”

He said to Shen Yansheng, “Wait for me for twenty minutes.”

Shen Yansheng gave a “uh” and said, “Understood, you drive slower.”

Twenty minutes later, the doorbell rang on time.

Zhou Wanying got up and went to open the door. Seeing Lu Jingce, she curled her lips and said, “What’s wrong with Sheng Sheng here? Are you afraid that I won’t be able to take care of her?”

In addition to being gentle towards Shen Yansheng, Lu Jingce was always a vicious tongue, saying, “I’m really worried about someone like you who can drink a lot of milk and put yourself in the emergency room.”

Zhou Wanying was very tired from filming for a year. At that time, she often stayed up late, and the day and night were reversed, causing her spirit to be a little trance. One morning, she saw milk in the refrigerator, so she drank it. She didn’t know that the milk had expired for two months, and it was moldy. Not long after drinking the milk, she had abdominal pain and rolled on the bed, so she called her manager. Just took her to the emergency room.

At that time, Xie Rin was on a business trip abroad and came back overnight. On the way, I wanted to scold her for not taking care of herself, but when she saw her lying on the bed with a pale face, she couldn’t say a single heavy word.

He took care of her in the hospital for three days and three nights, and until she recovered and was discharged, he returned to the foreign country to continue his business.

Lu Jingce’s car was parked in the garage, and when he got out of the elevator, Shen Yansheng took Lu Jingce’s arm and said, “Lu Jingce, I’m so hungry, let’s have a late night snack.”

Lu Jingce looked at her sideways, “Didn’t you eat tonight?”

“I didn’t eat much, I’m so hungry right now.” During dinner, she and Wanwanjing were discussing the business of starting a business, but they didn’t eat much.

When I was busy at Wanwan’s house just now, I didn’t feel hungry, but when I came out, the night wind blew, and suddenly I felt very hungry.

After getting in the car, Lu Jingce drove the car out of the garage and asked, “What would you like to eat?”

“Let’s go eat noodles.” Shen Yansheng really wanted to eat beef noodles from the noodle restaurant outside the community, and said happily, “You know the Xuji noodle restaurant outside the community, right? Their house is open until two in the morning. “

Lu Jingce laughed at her, “When did you feel this so clearly?”

Shen Yansheng smiled and said, “You think I’m like you and don’t pay attention to what’s going on outside at all.”

Lu Jingce curled his lips and smiled, but did not answer her.

Twenty minutes later, the car stopped outside the noodle restaurant Shen Yansheng said. Shen Yansheng unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car, walked into the store, turned around and asked Lu Jingce who had just parked his car before ordering, “Do you want to eat?”

“No, I ate it last night.”

Shen Yansheng said to the boss, “A bowl of beef noodles.”

After ordering the meal, the two casually found a table and sat down.

At this point, there was no one else in the store, and it was very quiet.

Shen Yansheng looked at Lu Jingce with a smile, and said, “Are you sure you don’t want to eat it? The beef noodles here are really delicious, even better than the ones made by Aunt Ping.”

Lu Jingce looked at Shen Yansheng with a smile that made his eyes crooked, and the corners of his lips couldn’t help but bring a smile, and said, “I’ll accompany you to eat another day when I’m not eating.”

Lu Jingce is a very self-disciplined person. Apart from the necessary entertainment, he basically doesn’t eat supper at night, and Shen Yansheng doesn’t force him. She was in a good mood today. In addition to ordering a bowl of beef noodles, she also asked the boss for a bottle of beer.

Lu Jingce remembered the pile of documents he saw at Zhou Wanying’s house, and couldn’t help but ask, “What are you and Zhou Wanying doing? Uncle Chen said you were looking at the shop recently?”

Shen Yansheng nodded after drinking two glasses of wine, happily sharing the joy with Lu Jingce.

“I’m planning to open a clothing studio. Wanwan and I partner with us. We plan to rent a shop on Yanghuai Road. Wanwan will pay for it, and I will design it.”

Hearing this, Lu Jingce frowned, “Why didn’t you tell me you want to rent a shop for business?”

Shen Yansheng said: “Why should I tell you. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you to worry about me.”

She went down a few glasses of wine and was already a little drunk. In the end, he didn’t eat a bowl, and just lay down on the table.

When Lu Jingce saw Shen Yansheng so many glasses of wine, he got drunk and lay down. He was amused and a little helpless for a while. He took out his wallet and paid the money, then got up and hugged Shen Yansheng horizontally.

Shen Yansheng was so drunk that he buried his face in Lu Jingce’s arms, habitually feeling safe.

When he got home, Lu Jingce carried Shen Yansheng upstairs. Shen Yansheng was quiet at first, but when Lu Jingce took her to the bathroom to wash, she started to make a fuss, sat on the stool, and splashed Lu Jingce’s feet with water.

Lu Jingce squatted in front of her and took a shower to wash her feet. He got wet and said with a headache, “I really serve an ancestor.”

After washing his feet, he waited to dry his feet, and then carried Shen Yansheng back to the bedroom.

When putting someone on the bed, Shen Yansheng wrapped his arms around his neck and refused to let go, Lu Jingce was helpless, and freed up a hand to hold Shen Yansheng’s hand, his tone soft like coaxing a child, “Dear, let go, I’ll change clothes. .”

Shen Yansheng still refused to let go. She looked at Lu Jingce, and after a long time, she suddenly asked with some doubts, “Lu Jingce, have I seen you somewhere before?”

Hearing this, Lu Jingce was stunned for a moment, his gaze turned a little deeper at Shen Yansheng, and he asked back, “Really? Where is it?”

Shen Yansheng looked at him for a long time, then finally shook his head and said, “I don’t remember, maybe it was in a dream.”

Lu Jingce smiled, patted her head, and said, “Forget it if you don’t remember, go to sleep.”

The author says:

Finished the update today, see you tomorrow~