Chapter 380: Help Your Friends Keep Up Appearances
Chu Luo tidied up the herbs refining room and walked out with Li Yan.
As they walked out of the villa, it was just dawn. The two of them walked into the courtyard hand in hand.
When she walked to the middle of the courtyard, Chu Luo smelled the fragrance of the herbs in the air and said to Li Yan, “Coincidentally, there are many herbs here. When I’m free, I’ll make some fragrance bags to refresh myself. When I’m tired, I’ll just smell it and I won’t be sleepy anymore.”
Li Yan held her hand tightly and said in disagreement, “Don’t stay up too late in the future.”
Chu Luo smiled at him and suddenly pulled her hand out and stopped.
Li Yan looked at her.
Chu Luo extended her hands to him and wheedled, “I want you to piggyback me.”
Li Yan didn’t say anything. He turned around and arched his legs with his back facing her.
Chu Luo pounced on his back.
Li Yan carried her on his back. Chu Luo leaned her cheek against his intimately and said with a smile, “Indeed, piggybacking and carrying feel different.”
Li Yan smiled. “Compared to piggybacking you, I prefer to carry you with my arms. This way, I can see your face.”
Chu Luo deliberately rubbed her face against his. “The butler and the others must be up already. How embarrassed would you be if they saw you carrying me in?”
Hearing this, Li Yan chuckled. After laughing, he said, “If you want me to carry you, I’ll immediately get them to retreat.”
“No, Yan, I’m tired…” After saying that, Chu Luo leaned her chin on his shoulder and actually fell asleep.
Li Yan tilted his head to look at her, heartache flickering across his eyes.
When he carried her back to the villa, the butler was indeed waiting in the courtyard.
The butler immediately saw the sleeping Chu Luo. He originally wanted to say good morning, but he shut his mouth and followed behind Li Yan. When they were about to reach their bedroom door, he opened it first.
Li Yan went in and placed Chu Luo on the bed. He whispered to the butler, “Make some stomach-nourishing porridge. We’ll eat it in two hours.”
“Okay, Master.”
The butler turned around and left their bedroom and closed the door.
Li Yan went to the bathroom and fetched half a basin of hot water. He wiped Chu Luo’s hands and face before changing her into pajamas.
Chu Luo must have felt disturbed, for she frowned in dissatisfaction.
Li Yan lowered his head and kissed her forehead. “Baby, continue sleeping.”
Chu Luo nodded in her sleep and turned around to continue sleeping.
Li Yan looked at her, who was defenseless even in her sleep, and an indescribable joy surged in his heart.
He brought the basin in, washed up, came out and climbed into bed, then hugged her before closing his eyes.
Two hours later, Li Yan woke Chu Luo up.
She opened her sleepy eyes and blinked a few times before asking, “Is it eight o’clock?”
“Mm.”
Chu Luo rubbed her eyes and sat up.
She tilted her head to look at Li Yan and saw a layer of stubble on his chin. She couldn’t help but touch it and say with a smile, “You look a little different from usual.”
Li Yan’s gaze was born sharp and wolfish. He usually had a cold face and gave people a sense of distance that made them not dare to approach.
At this moment, there was only wildness in his eyes, especially since the top two buttons of his pajamas were still open. It was very tempting.
Li Yan’s heart burned and his throat bobbed.
He raised his hand and pressed it against the back of her head, bringing himself closer to her as he gave her a scorching kiss.
It wasn’t until they were both panting that he let go of her and said in a hoarse voice, “If you’re not getting up, we can continue.”
Chu Luo suddenly came back to her senses and pushed him away. She got off the bed and ran towards the bathroom.
Li Yan, who was pushed against the bedhead, looked at the bathroom door and laughed happily.
When the two of them washed up and went downstairs, it was already half-past eight.
She and Li Yan had just sat at the dining table to eat breakfast when they received a call from Wang Mingtao.
Wang Mingtao asked on the phone, “Sister Chu, are you leaving?”
Chu Luo looked at the porridge in front of her and replied, “No.”
Wang Mingtao: “Hehe, I knew that you haven’t left yet. Then hurry up. My father and I are arriving soon. Today, Dad said that he wants to send the senior flowers to congratulate them on the opening of their company.”
Chu Luo replied, “Okay, I’ll be there soon.”
With that, she hung up.
After breakfast, Chu Luo stood up and walked out of the door.
Li Yan grabbed her hand and stood up. “I’ll go with you.”
Chu Luo looked at him.
“Help your friends keep up appearances.”
Chu Luo pursed her lips and smiled. She nodded at him and the two of them got into the car.
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Elsewhere.
At the Phoenix Skies Legend online company.
Today was the opening day of the company. Too excited to sleep last night, Tang Zhiyun and the other three had arrived at dawn.
The four of them did another round of cleaning up in the company and checked all the computer equipment. It was finally eight o’clock.
Xie Minghai checked his wristwatch for the 15th time today and muttered, “Did Junior forget the time? Should I call her to remind her? Also, Taozi said that he would come early today. Why isn’t he here yet?”
Yu Lei, who was standing beside him, couldn’t stand his nagging for the umpteenth time. He raised his hand and punched his shoulder. “Haizi, rather than nagging here, you might as well go downstairs and wait. Maybe they’ll be here soon.”
“Hey, you’re right. I’ll go down now.”
After saying that, Xie Minghai walked towards the stairs.
“Hey…”
Yu Lei wanted to stop him, but Tang Zhiyun, who had walked over, said, “Let him be. Coincidentally, we need someone to go downstairs to receive the guests. A few seniors said that they would come over today. Looks like it is almost time for them to arrive.”
The seniors that Tang Zhiyun mentioned were all graduates of Imperial University who had already graduated and had started working, and were doing well in the field of computer science.
Sure enough, in less than five minutes after Xie Minghai went down, four to five elite-looking young men in suits and ties walked up.
Xie Minghai pointed at the glass door in front and said to them, “Seniors, that’s our company.”
A young man in a blue suit patted Xie Minghai’s shoulder and praised, “Junior, the place you chose isn’t bad. The renovation is also very well done.”
Hearing the praise, Xie Minghai felt refreshed. He even said humbly, “No, no. We have to thank the students from the School of Engineering for the renovation here. We asked them to help us design it.”
Another young man in a white suit with all his hair combed towards the top of his head looked at the company nameplate by the door and was a little surprised. “Junior, your company actually used the name of the team you used in the competition?”
“That’s right. We all think that the name Phoenix Skies Legend is good, so we used it.”
The young man in the white suit propped his chin on one hand and admired it for a while. “These words are really well written. Who did you get to help write them? Coincidentally, my office also needs a more classy calligraphy piece. Junior, do recommend.”
The other young man in the red suit said, “Such a calligraphy piece would make a great gift for the boss. Junior, recommend the calligraphy master to me too.”
The other three were also a little tempted.
“Erm…”
“My Sister Chu wrote this herself. How can my Sister Chu’s calligraphy pieces be given to others casually?”
The sudden voice made the youngsters turn around.
Just as they were wondering where this person had come from, Xie Minghai grinned and greeted him, “Taozi, you’re finally here.”
“Not only am I here, but my father is also here.”
“Where? Why don’t I see Uncle Wang?”
“He’s instructing a few workers to move the flower baskets from the back.”
“Oh, why didn’t you say so earlier? How can you let Uncle Wang be behind you?”
Xie Minghai punched Wang Mingtao’s shoulder and shouted at the company door, “Old Tang, Leizi, Qingfeng, come out and help Uncle Wang get the flower baskets and entertain the guests.”
The three of them immediately walked out from different places.
Tang Zhiyun received the seniors and the other three went down to help move the flower baskets.
Tang Zhiyun brought the five of them in.
The five of them looked around the entire company and praised the place.
The peacock-haired young man suddenly asked Tang Zhiyun casually, “Junior Tang, your company is opening today. Will Junior Chu Luo come?”
Tang Zhiyun nodded. “Junior said that she would come.”
The five of them looked at each other and a glint flashed across their eyes.
“Seniors, go to the office and take a seat.”
“No need, no need. We want to see your studio first.”
“Okay.”
Tang Zhiyun led them to look at the studio outside.
Xie Minghai and the others quickly brought up all the flower baskets.
After Daddy Wang came in, Tang Zhiyun greeted him.
Daddy Wang sized up the company and nodded in praise. “Not bad, not bad. Your computer office looks different from other companies.”
These words immediately made the others laugh.
Soon, Wu Yiyao arrived.
When the youngsters saw Wu Yiyao, they were all attracted by her gentle and pleasant disposition.
Especially the peacock-haired youth, he lowered his voice excitedly and asked Yu Lei, who was closest to him, “Junior Yu, is this beauty your girlfriend?”
Yu Lei subconsciously replied, “No, she’s a computer science teacher.”
“Really? Then does she have a boyfriend?”
When Yu Lei heard this, he immediately became alert and asked warily, “Senior Zhu, why are you asking this?”
Zhu Chenglong straightened his collar. “If she doesn’t have a boyfriend, of course I’ll woo her. This kind of beauty is simply my ideal wife candidate.”
Hearing this, Yu Lei’s eyelids twitched and he looked at Tang Zhiyun subconsciously.