Bo Jingzhou looked up, towards the direction the voice came from, and saw Xie Chuyi.

She had just come in from outside, still wearing a long down jacket, fluffy earmuffs and gloves.

The man hung his head and shook it. "No, thank you," he said.

Xie Chuyi looked at the cigarette in his hand that hadn't burned out yet, and straightened her face: "The teacher said that in your current situation, it's best to quit smoking and drinking."

"Uh-huh."

In the face of the woman's admonition, Bao Jingzhou only responded with a cold "Mm."

Xie Chuyi opened her mouth, just about to speak, when the man who had been as cold as ice a moment before looked somewhere else, and his tense features softened.

He politely excused himself with a 'excuse me' and then left straight away.

Bo Jingzhou walked to Shen Wanci's face, naturally reaching out to hold her waist and pulling her into his arms: "How did you come out?"

"I've been looking for you. You haven't gone back in so long, I thought you fell in the toilet," Shen Wanci teased, turning her head towards Xie Chuyi, but the other had already walked away. She only saw half a familiar profile: "Do we know them?"

"I don't know."

The test results for the drug are in, and it has been confirmed to have an effect on humans. However, the exact nature of this effect and the specific symptoms it will cause are yet to be determined.

Bo Jingzhou didn't intend to tell Shen Wanci about this. Even if she knew, she wouldn't be able to help, and it would just add another person to worry.

Does she know that he will cooperate with the treatment actively, so it doesn't matter if she says or not?

Shen Wanci frowned: "I feel like I've seen that person before."

Bo Jingzhou pinched her face, turning her head around: "You haven't even seen the person's full face and you think you recognize them? With your ability to recognize people, everyone looks familiar to you?"

Shen Wanci raised an eyebrow: "Hearing you say that, are you implying I'm blind?"

"No."

This was just a small episode, she quickly put it out of her mind. Both Second Master Jiang and Bo Jingzhou had been drinking, so Shen Wanci could only drive: "Dad, why don't you stay at Yting Villa? The place you used to live hasn't been cleaned in ages, it's probably full of dust."

Master Jiang has been in City A recently: "No need, I've already booked a hotel."

He glanced at the man in the passenger seat: "If you go abroad, you'll have to stay for a month or two at least. Someone's resentment right now is so heavy it could summon ghosts. I'm not going to go out of my way to make enemies."

During the Chinese New Year, staying in a hotel always feels cold and quiet. But Old Master Jiang insisted, so Shen Wanci had no choice but to send him to the hotel they had booked beforehand.

Back at Yuting Courtyard, as soon as she stepped in, Bo Jingzhou hugged Shen Wanci from behind, his chin resting lightly on her collarbone: "You had to leave for so long?"

Shen Wanci put the car keys on the shoe cabinet and then opened the cabinet door to take out a pair of slippers for them both, placing them on the floor.

Bo Jingzhou was like a human-shaped puppet hanging on her throughout the process: "It's not certain that I'll go yet. The candidate selection is made by those above. A month or two is just Guan Chang's meaning. He said it's a rare opportunity, so treat it as further education. As for how long exactly, we need to wait for the meeting at the top to discuss and confirm..."

Shen Wanci turned in his arms, holding the man's face, making him look down at her: "Our department is very poor, so even if it's just a few people, accommodation and food abroad for a month or two would be unaffordable. The most likely scenario is to first discuss on paper, and then take a field trip. Adding the competition time, it won't exceed half a month."

Bo Jingzhou frowned, saying nothing.

Shen Wanci playfully said, "Why don't you be a sponsor?"

Don't even think about it.

Even offering support without secretly trying to sabotage, was already him holding back as much as he could. The man met Shen Wanci's dazzling smile and leaned down, giving her lips a firm, real kiss.

……

On the seventh day back to work, Qin Yue on the sixth day invited everyone for a late-night snack, "Let's just go through the motions and get into the mood of the New Year."

She has a lot of relatives, seven aunts and eight cousins, plus her parents' friends. Every family would take turns for a meal. From the first day of Lunar New Year, she was dragged by her mother to visit relatives, listening to six days straight of urging her to get married like a Tang monk reciting sutras. It took a lot of effort to steal some free time.

Qin Yuezhi was alone, so Shen Wanci didn't let Bo Jingzhou follow. They were having a girlfriends' chat, and it would be awkward for him, a big man, to just stand there.

Shen Wanci stood in the foyer changing her shoes, trying not to look at Bo Jingzhou's pitiful eyes: "I'm just going out for some late-night snacks, I'll be back soon. Yue Zhi is alone here, it would be too awkward for her to be by herself. I'll bring you along."

Bo Jingzhou didn't speak, but the sorrow on his face was almost overflowing.

"I'm leaving first..."

When Shen Wanci said this, she felt like a dog who was so excited to go out that it wagged its tail wildly, but was left alone at home with a sense of emptiness. She quickly reached out to grab her bag…

Just as my hand reached halfway, it was grasped by Bo Jingzhou.

Shen Wanci turned her head to look at him, "What's wrong?"

The man held her hand, guiding it under the hem of his shirt. His palm pressed against his taut abdominal muscles. "Eight-pack," he murmured.

"What eight pieces?"

After the questioning, Shen Wanci only then reacted, she had abs.

She knew that during this time, Bo Jingzhou went to the gym twice a day, rain or shine. She thought it was his hobby, but she didn't expect him to be training his abs.

Still obsessed with getting eight-pack abs.

"So you shouldn't look at others'."

Shen Wanci's face was flushed with a thin layer of crimson, and the muscles under her palm were like a burning ember, making her stammer, "Um, yes, I won't look at others."

She tried to quickly pull her hand away, but the man held on tightly. The harder she struggled, the more friction there was.

Shen Wanci's gaze clearly saw the man's vigorous physiological reaction, and this reaction was still continuing.

She didn't dare move, afraid of accidentally setting off the gun. This man was unrestrained when it came to this kind of thing, and she couldn't tell if he genuinely enjoyed it or if he was subtly trying to prove to her that he could still do it.

Yuezhi was already waiting for her at the night snack stall. If she went too late, she'd be ridiculed to death.

Bo Jingzhou's voice was low and husky: "Do you want me to take it off for you right now?"

Shen Wanci's palm was rubbed sore by the hard muscles of his abdomen. Hearing this, she almost wanted to smash the bag on his head: "Look at you, who told you I like eight-pack abs? I like six-pack abs."

After that, she was still not satisfied and added another sentence: "You're ugly."

Bo Jingzhou : “…”

Seizing the moment when the man was stunned, Shen Wanci forcefully pulled her hand out from under his clothes.

I took a look at my palm, it was indeed red, burning hot.

She grabbed her bag, quickly yanked open the door and ran out. The loud bang of the door closing mingled with her voice as it reached Bo Jingzhou's ears: "I was kidding you, you idiot."

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