This girl, I don't know whether to call her naive or just plain audacious.
Chen Dongyang took two boxes out of his pocket and gave them to her. She examined them carefully, as if learning some crucial knowledge.
So that's how it is.
"So, what's your answer?"
"I can't let you spend money in vain," Sweetie said with a smile. "Could you take me to take a bath first?"
How to put it? It felt very strange.
Sweetie never understood before why Daddy and Mommy had so many children.
Giving birth is so painful. If Daddy truly loved Mommy, he should have cherished her and had fewer children.
Now she understood.
When you like someone, you want to be close to them all the time.
Before anything even happened with Chen Dongyang, he was already imagining what their future children would look like in his mind.
The next day, just like the previous morning, after taking their seats in the restaurant, Chen Dongyang went to choose breakfast, and Zhang Wei sat down opposite Sweetie.
She wasn't as energetic today as she was yesterday, clearly tired from pulling two all-nighters in a row.
But seeing Sweetie looking so spirited, with such a good complexion, rekindled Zhang Wei's gossip-loving heart.
"Oh, your complexion is so good? You're in a good mood too, with smiles in the corners of your eyes. Looks like something good happened!"
Sweetie didn't hide anything from her, pushing the muscles of her face with her hand to control her facial expressions.
"We're all adults. If you can do it, why can't I?"
"I didn't say you can't. I'm just saying, how can a normal person not think about anything when facing a beautiful woman like you? Tell me about it, how's your Chen Dongyang?"
Sweetie had never experienced this before, so she didn't know how to compare.
"How is he? Do we need to be so specific?"
Zhang Wei knew she was embarrassed. "Let's put it this way. Does he have abs?"
Naturally, he did.
Sweetie nodded and pointed to her own arm.
"He has biceps too."
"Oh, I knew it. The way he wears clothes, you can tell he has a good physique. Old Chen is quite something, hehe."
As she spoke, Zhang Wei couldn't help but show off her own relationship.
"My Meng Kai also has muscles; he loves working out. Even though he looks slim in clothes, my goodness, he's all muscle."
"I saw a topic online before about what you learn when you date a slim boyfriend. I saw comments saying slim men are the best, and I didn't believe it, but now I understand."
Sweetie chuckled at her words.
Just as Zhang Wei was about to say more, Chen Dongyang and Meng Kai returned together.
Meng Kai said, "What are you two talking about to be laughing so happily this early in the morning? You two get along quite well."
Zhang Wei said, "Hehe. I won't tell you. Oh, why did you get me liver and heart again? You eat them yourself; they're good for your health."
Meng Kai's expression changed. He glanced at Chen Dongyang, who was smiling with his lips pursed.
He pushed Zhang Wei and said, "Are you an idiot? You never watch your mouth. Old Chen, want me to share some with you?"
Now it was Chen Dongyang's turn to look displeased.
He gave Meng Kai a meaningful look and said, "No need. I'm not that much of an 'Old Chen'."
"Hahahaha..."
All four of them laughed knowingly.
The next day was the same as the day before, spending eight hours alone in the room.
When Sweetie really focused on her work, her efficiency was high. After five o'clock, she came out. Chen Dongyang asked her how it was going, and she replied:
"More than half of it is done. I estimate it will be finished by tomorrow afternoon."
Chen Dongyang said he was in the same boat.
"We can choose to submit early. That leaves us two or three days for some personal time. Is there anywhere you want to go? I'll take you on a road trip."
Speaking of road trips, Sweetie had longed for one.
When she was little, she was followed by bodyguards even to school. When she started middle school, she was no longer followed by bodyguards, but she was always with Ge'er and Jiang Jingyu.
Holidays were family trips. She had never acted alone, let alone gone on a solo road trip.
"Yes, please. I'd be so happy. Road trips sound so romantic."
Chen Dongyang said, "You've watched too many videos online, haven't you? Those people drive luxury cars on romantic road trips. We'll be driving a Wuling Hongguang..."
"Oh, traveling is about the mood, not about appearances. Only those with an insecure heart care about such vain things. Let's start by planning the route."
After dinner, the two of them researched their travel route at home.
They discovered that within 800 kilometers to the west, there were four popular tourist attractions with high praise online, worth checking out.
Sweetie's leg wasn't suitable for long-distance travel, so staying within 800 kilometers would be fine.
The travel route was quickly decided. Chen Dongyang was about to plan the details when Meng Kai knocked on the door to find him.
"Uh, I'm out of something. I need to go out. Zhang Wei said she's tired and doesn't want to go. Could you accompany me?"
Chen Dongyang returned to ask for Sweetie's opinion.
Sweetie said, "Go ahead. Bring me two bottles of 'fat house happy water' when you come back. I haven't had any in days, I'm craving it."
Chen Dongyang took tens of yuan in cash and left with Meng Kai, leaving his phone in front of her.
Unexpectedly, less than half an hour after they left, Hui Hui called.
Sweetie initially didn't want to answer, but Hui Hui kept calling, and calling.
Thinking that Dou Bao might be in trouble, Sweetie had no choice but to answer.
Hui Hui thought she was talking to Chen Dongyang and blurted out:
"Dongyang, Dou Bao has a fever again. Are you working overtime tonight? Hurry and take us to the hospital."
Sweetie paused and cleared her throat.
"Hui Hui, this is Jiang Jing Tian. Don't you know Chen Dongyang is out here participating in the New Designer Competition? He's not in Nancheng right now."
"What? Miss Jiang, you're with Dongyang?"
"Yes. Don't you know he's out here competing?"
"He mentioned it. But Dou Bao hasn't been well these past few days, and I forgot. Why are you there too? Are you also competing?"
Sweetie said yes, "We're in the same base."
"Then where is he? Why is his phone with you?"
Sweetie explained, "A friend who's also competing had something come up and called him out. He forgot to take his phone. I saw it was your call, and thinking it might be important, I answered it for him."
Hui Hui was silent for a few seconds on the other end: "I didn't realize you were also in the same field as him, and you're competing together. How interesting."
As she spoke, her tone changed. Sweetie knew she was feeling uncomfortable and didn't know how to respond, so she just listened silently.
Seeing her silence, Hui Hui also fell silent for a while, which made her even more annoyed.
"I don't care about his competition or not, but there's an emergency at home, and he needs to come back! Hurry up and give him the phone and tell him to call me back. The family can't do without him!"
After all, Hui Hui had a university education, so she couldn't be completely unreasonable.
Sweetie explained, "If you need help, I can contact a hospital for you. It's best not to disturb him during his competition."
"He's about to enter the finals, and he has a good chance of winning. The lowest prize money is 500,000 yuan. Then Dou Bao's medical treatment..."