As Yan Shuyu kept telling him it “wasn’t a good time”, Zhou Qinhe was only able to walk her to the outside of her apartment. Never mind about going inside for a cup of tea, when he reached her front door, Yan Shuyu was so nervous that she didn’t even want to unlock her door. She didn’t want to provide him with an opportunity to go inside.

Gripping her keys in her hand without opening the door, Yan Shuyu stubbornly bid the boss farewell. “Okay, I am home. You should go too. It’s getting late.”

“Okay, after I see you get inside,” said Zhou Qinhe gently.

That wouldn’t work, what if he suddenly decided that he would like to go inside for a few minutes after she had unlocked the door? And he’d show his true colors once he got inside and insisted on spending his night there. What would she do? There’s a little kiddo inside her house; it’s not ideal for a romantic relationship!

Yan Shuyu suddenly had a stroke of genius. She shamelessly blinked her eyes at him like Bambi and said, “Nooo, Yanyan wants to see you get inside of the elevator first.”

Zhou Qinhe, “……”

“Yanyan?”

Yan Shuyu’s face turned red. Shoot. That failed. What kind of man would that not work on?

Seeing how she’d go to that extent. Zhou Qinhe felt resigned. Exactly how did she see him? He finally couldn't help but ask, “Exactly what are you so afraid of?”

“I worry about your [lack of] self-restraint…” Yan Shuyu, who was still feeling ashamed of herself, blurted out suddenly.

“Huh?” Zhou Qinhe raised his brows. His look was difficult to interpret and his actions were charged with pressure as he took a step forward. He was almost all the way up against her. Just when he was about to lean closer to say something, he was interrupted by Yan Shuyu’s sudden confession.

Leaning weakly against her front door, she suddenly made a correction to what she had just said, “Well… mostly worry about my own [lack of] self-control.”

“……” Anything that Zhou Qinhe was about to say was now lodged at his throat. He suddenly felt that perhaps there was no rush to reassure her. He’d just let her keep going on and on. Everyday just might be a fun day going forward.

Zhou Qinhe didn’t say a word. He only leaned down, lowered his head, and looked at her quietly.

They were already fairly close to each other and Yan Shuyu was backed up tightly against her front door. There was a shadow over her head and her entire body was trapped within this small confined space. There was a name for this stance, it’s called “Door Dong”.

Some of these actions that were seemingly romantic in novels or soap operas were not quite so romantic when applied in real life. Take “Wall Dong” for example, Yan Shuyu had tried that in her previous life after she had watched it in some Korean drama and never thought much of it. But now, being trapped between the boss and her door, the boss seemed to have become her entire world. And she, only lifting up her head and looking at his delicate chin, suddenly felt that her mouth was dry and her heart was beating a million times a minute.

Her heart was pounding faster and faster, especially when she realized that both the boss’s elegant chin with its perfect arch and his elegant and sexy Adam’s apple were within arm’s reach. Yan Shuyu suddenly couldn't help but lick her lips. She felt that she had just jinxed herself, and she was about to lose all of her self-control.

Zhou Qinhe seemed to have seen right through her. After remaining silent for a little while, he suddenly started to talk. He said, in an agreeable tone, “I think you are right It’s best that I don’t go inside.”

Yan Shuyu, “……”

What did he mean by that? Was her place like a lion’s den or something?

Right when she was about to defend herself, Zhou Qinhe added casually, “After all, you do have past history that supports that.”

Yan Shuyu felt a stab to her heart.

She had not forgotten how the original owner had crawled into the boss’s bed when he was drunk. And, truth be told, she wasn’t all that innocent herself either. Not only did she not back out for the original owner, she had replaced her and went all the way with him. Now, being accused by the “victim”, she couldn’t find any words to defend herself. Forget about her “desire” earlier, all of those were gone now. Despairing, she just waved at him and said, “Then we should…”

Before she could finish what she was saying, light suddenly went out in front of her eyes. With a warm feeling to her lips, everything else that she was going to say was swallowed.

The boss was as unpredictable as usual. Yan Shuyu sighed in resignation, but her arms were very honest to her desire. They were wrapped around his waist. Through his very thin shirt, the boss’s slender but strong waist was wrapped inside her arms and it felt great.

That was correct, Yan Shuyu had shamelessly wrapped her arms underneath his suit jacket. Even Zhou Qinhe was surprised by her passion. Almost unnoticeably, he paused a little. He was going to take his time and let things progress naturally. Now, he just reached one arm around her shoulder. Placing the other one behind the back of her head, he held her tighter and deepened his kiss with her.

Such was the romance with adults. They could cut straight to the chase. There was no problem that a kiss couldn’t solve, and if there was, just kiss a few more times.

When Yan Shuyu finally walked inside of her apartment, she had already forgotten all about the despair she felt not too long ago. There was desire written all over her face, and she even uncontrollably scooped up her instant son, who was now sound asleep, from the bed and gave him a big kiss.

Just like that, Zhang Yuanjia was woken up. Opening up his eyes groggily, he said, “Mommy’s home~”

Now that she had shared her joy with her son, Yan Shuyu felt a little bit calmer than she was before. Without feeling any shame, she put him back in bed and patted him. “Yes, Mommy is back. Now go back to sleep.”

“Mmm.” The little kiddo was still very groggy. He rubbed up against her palm with his little cheek before he, once again, closed his eyes in content. A couple minutes later, the deep and rhythmic breathing resumed inside of the apartment. With a smile on that delicate little face, he fell into an even deeper sleep.

Yan Shuyu, after looking at her son’s serene sleeping face for a few seconds, yawned and started to feel tired herself. She then happily got up and headed toward the bathroom to get ready for bed.

Ten or so minutes later, Yan Shuyu returned to the bed in her pajamas. Scooping her son’s little warm body into her arms, she, too, fell asleep happily.

When the mother and son duo were happily sleeping, Boss Zhou, who had just gotten home, took a look at his cellphone. The text that he sent via WeChat was never responded to. He finally shook his head in resignation before he turned his cellphone off and went to bed. “What an ungrateful girl.”

Yan Shuyu had no idea about any of that. She had a good night’s sleep and was glowing when she got up the next morning. Even little kiddo Zhang Yuanbao asked, “Is Mommy in a good mood today?”

“How could you tell?” Yan Shuyu was a little bit worried. Was her feeling really that obvious? If her son could see right through her, then there was no way she could keep it from her gossipy little buddies when she went into work in the afternoon.

Yan Shuyu wasn’t adamant about keep her romance a secret, but she had just openly said that there was no chance between herself and the boss not too long ago. Now that she had turned around and became a couple with him, she was totally faceslapping herself. Yan Shuyu, who valued her face a lot, naturally didn’t want to faceslap herself in front of everyone.

Of all her buddies at Sunshine House, Manager Yang was about the only one who, owing to the fact that he was the boss and that he was of the opposite gender, never pried too much about her privacy, so she never made such a declaration in front of him. She could, perhaps, share this news with Manager Yang privately.

Probably not the others. Maybe after she had moved onto her new job. That way, they wouldn’t be able to pry every time they saw her. Besides, Yan Shuyu had no idea how long this relationship would last. What if it was casual and they’d split up in a month or two? Then there was definitely no reason to share with anyone else. No reason to waste her time and effort to do so.

All in all, it’d be quite embarrassing if she couldn’t help herself and let her little buddies at work figure out what was going on between her and the boss.

Luckily, it was proven that Yan Shuyu had overthought this. Zhang Yuanjia analyzed it for her. “Because Mommy woke me up last night. You must have been very happy.”

Recalling her action last night, Yan Shuyu quickly apologized. “I’m sorry. Mommy won’t wake you up next time.”

Zhang Yuanbao shook his head and said, with a bit shyness, “Yuanbao likes it when Mommy does that.”

Yan Shuyu recalled how she had woken him up the night before. She pinched his little cheek a little and teased. “Wow. You are a boy. Do you like these touchy-feely acts too?”

Embarrassed, Zhong Yuhuan threw himself inside his mother’s arms, but he was pulled back out by his mother. The two of them looked at each other face to face, and Yan Shuyu asked in all seriousness, “Yuanbao, how do you think Mommy look today?”

The little kiddo blinked and studied her attentively for a while before he started on his usual flattery. “Mommy’s very pretty today. Mommy is the most beautiful mommy in the world.”

Even though he said that every day, Yan Shuyu was still uncertain. “Prettiest today?”

“No,” said Zhang Yuanbao loudly. “Mommy is the prettiest every day!”

Meaning that she was just as pretty as any other day and that there was nothing special about today? Feeling reassured, Yan Shuyu patted her son on his shoulder and said, “That’s what I say, I am so pretty every day~”

She then turned back around, grabbed her eye liner, and continued to apply makeup on herself.

Yan Shuyu had to work this afternoon and she had already made arrangements to drop off the little kiddo at the musical institution. Zhang Yuanjia would stay there for 3~4 hours. He’d have plenty of time to practice his piano. Yan Shuyu didn’t want him to overdo it, so she didn’t have him practice at home that morning.

After breakfast, she happily applied makeup on herself, and the little kiddo had nothing to do. He didn’t watch TV or play any video games. He just sat there docilely next to his mother and watched her apply makeup without blinking.

Seeing how the little kiddo was so enchanted by her beauty, Yan Shuyu’s make-up application went even smoother than usual.

After watching his mother attentively for a little while, the little kiddo seemed to have recalled something else. “Mommy, why were you particularly happy last night?”

“What an interesting use of ‘particularly’.” All Yan Shuyu had left was her lipstick and she’d be done. She put away her makeup as she calmly gave him the reason that she had prepared ahead of time. “I was happy for you.”

The little boy blinked cutely at her. “Was it because this will be Yuanbao’s first class with Instructor Lin and Instructor Liu?”

Yan Shuyu paused for a second before she carried on naturally. “That is part of it. Uncle Zhou invited you to go on a playdate with Xiao Zhou Yi this morning. You were already asleep, so Mommy accepted the invitation for you.”

Zhang Yuanjia had played with Zhou Yi two or three times. He was friendly to him at the beginning mostly out of his fondness for Uncle Zhou. But, he must admit that this new friend of his was smart and not noisy. He enjoyed hanging out with him more than the others at the kindergarten. Plus, separation made the hearts grow fonder. The fact that he only saw him once or twice a month definitely made him grow fonder of him.

Hearing his Mommy’s words, Zhang Yuanjia’s face lit up. “That’s awesome! Where are we going?”

“I don’t know.” Yan Shuyu suggested with some anticipation. “Would you like to talk it over with little Zhou Yi?”

“Can I?” The little kiddo had barely finished talking before Yan Shuyu couldn’t wait to pull her cellphone out. “Of course. Do you want to voice chat him or video chat?”

Little kiddo Zhang Yuanbao blinked. He felt something was off about his mother today, but he couldn’t quite put his fingers on it. Finally, he said quietly, “Video chat.”

That was what Yan Shuyu was hoping he’d pick as well. She said with a bright smile, “Okay. Little Zhou Yi is probably with his dad right now. Let me call up your Uncle Zhou first.”

As she was talking, she quickly opened up WeChat and that’s when she saw the two unread messages from the boss. They were “I am home” and “Good night.”

As she had been single for too long, Classmate Yan Shuyu, who was once a severe cellphone addict, hadn’t been too attached to her cellphone lately. Which was why she hadn’t seen the messages until now.

Seeing the unread messages from the boss did not provoke any shame from her. In fact, they made her happy. She was able to make the boss send her multiple messages. What charm she had!

Yan Shuyu proudly sent over the video chat request. As much as little kiddo Zhang Yuanbao felt that his Mommy was a bit off today, thinking about Uncle Zhou whom he hadn’t seen for a while, he was still pretty excited. Docilely, he stood next to his mother. Both the mother and the son stared at the screen on the cellphone.