The two exchanged a smile. Shen Tian nodded, "Okay! Besides, Chen, I think you're definitely not an ordinary person. You have great ambitions and will have a very different life. Maybe I can help you in the future."
"Be the woman behind me who supports me?" Lu Chen asked with a smile.
Shen Tian shook her head slightly, "To correct you, I'll be one of the many women who support you."
As she spoke, she had already picked the bok choy, rinsed it in the basin of water beside her, and walked to Lu Chen's side. She gently squatted down beside him. Her slender fingers lightly traced across Lu Chen's chest.
"Thank you, Chen," she said sincerely; "I truly feel I can't repay you enough."
Lu Chen smiled slightly, "Consider it something I owed you in my past life!"
Shen Tian's gentle smile was captivating, her soft, jade-like hand sliding back and forth across Lu Chen's chest. The more she slid, the more rapid her breathing became. Lu Chen's breathing quickened as well; that hand seemed to possess a powerful magic, making his whole body burn.
Then, Shen Tian's hand slid down, slipping inside the man's clothes, caressing his chest.
"Chen, you're so strong, like a bull," Shen Tian murmured dreamily.
Lu Chen added, "A very handsome bull."
Shen Tian chuckled, her hand suddenly slipping downwards.
Lu Chen was wearing tight-fitting shorts, making it easy for her to slip inside.
Lu Chen immediately felt his whole body tense up, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister Tian..."
Shen Tian said softly, "You're still not well, really. Chen, if... like this, will it be contagious?" As she spoke, her hand made a strange movement, making Lu Chen shudder, and he quickly understood.
He grimaced and said, "Of course I can do it."
Shen Tian sighed. She thought for a moment, then went to the kitchen and brought back a very thin sheet of cling film.
A few seconds later, Lu Chen felt like he was about to die; his legs were taut.
Sister Tian's technique was truly excellent, excellent…
Dong Qingqing had done it for him before, but compared to her, her technique was at an elementary school level. Shen Tian's was at least at a master's level.
And, oh my god, this was on a rooftop! Luckily, there weren't any taller buildings around, otherwise… wait, wait, what was that rumbling sound? Why was a plane flying by?
The people on the plane could see it, right? They definitely could!
"Sister Tian, Sister Tian, a plane! A plane is coming!"
"Never mind it, let it fly…"
A muffled voice sounded, then Lu Chen screamed, and the act continued.
Half an hour later, Lu Chen, still feeling a bit weak in the legs, leaned against the kitchen doorframe, watching Shen Tian stir-fry bok choy with ginger, making it smell delicious.
While stir-frying, Shen Tian said, "This bok choy is all-natural and pollution-free, grown with organic fertilizer, no pesticides or chemical fertilizers added, it's sure to taste delicious!"
Lu Chen looked at Shen Tian thoughtfully and nodded, "There's quite a lot of vegetables, Sister Tian, you drink a lot of water every day, that... is enough, right?"
"Get lost!" Shen Tian rolled her eyes at him, "That needs to be diluted."
Suddenly, she froze, exclaiming, "Right, my illness... hey, could it be... contagious?"
Lu Chen was dumbfounded, scratching his head helplessly, "This, I don't know... should we ask Baidu?"
"Okay, okay, go search it quickly, oh dear! How come I didn't think of that?" Shen Tian stared blankly at the nearly half-cooked bok choy in the pan, unsure whether to continue stir-frying.
During lunch, Lu Chen received a phone call. The voice on the other end was very pleasant, sweet and charming with a mature allure. And it sounded familiar. However, he had never seen this number before.
Who is it?
The voice carried a hint of mystery, inviting Lu Chen to guess who it was.
Lu Chen racked his brains, but couldn't figure it out. It sounded familiar, and the voice was definitely that of a beautiful woman. Who could it be? How could he not recognize a beautiful woman's voice?
Lu Chen concluded that he simply knew too many beautiful women.
The other person seemed disappointed that Lu Chen couldn't identify her! However, she persisted, insisting he guess. She seemed quite unwilling to give up.
Lu Chen, unable to guess, became less polite: "Who knows who you are? Please tell me yourself! Your voice is quite loud, why are you acting like a little girl?"
The other person paused for a moment, panting heavily, sounding quite angry.
Then, a busy tone came from the other end; the other person had hung up.
Shen Tian chuckled from the side, "You've been involved with too many beautiful women, and you've even forgotten who they are and their numbers! That's not good; it hurts their feelings!"
Lu Chen scratched his head, looking utterly embarrassed.
Shen Tian suddenly slapped the table lightly, a mischievous grin on her face: "Oh, I get it! Was it that pretty girl you brought home from the nightclub? So, a one-night stand, and you forgot about it the moment you woke up."
Lu Chen stammered, "Sister Tian, I'm definitely not that kind of person! If I get together with a woman, I usually maintain a long-term relationship. That way, there's more fun. One-night stands are just not for me!"
He muttered to himself, "But it's strange, who was that woman? Her voice sounded so familiar, but... but I just can't remember!"
"Anyway, she wasn't a nightclub girl, so we can use the process of elimination!"
Shen Tian rolled her eyes at him: "First, you can't remember her, and you didn't save her number, so you usually don't have a deep relationship with such a woman; second, but she kept pestering you to guess who she was, and she got upset when you couldn't guess, which means there's some ambiguity between you two. And third, I also heard her voice; she was quite mature, at least over twenty-five. Analyze it!"
Lu Chen's mind raced.
Suddenly, an image popped into his head: a stunningly beautiful woman, also with an icy demeanor and a fantastic figure.
He called her an icy beauty because she was only slightly cold, mostly serious and dignified, not truly aloof. She was, after all, a leader! And he had indeed had a rather intimate relationship with her.
They'd kissed, hugged, and that day in the hospital's back garden, he'd even embraced her from behind.
That intimacy—wow, it still lingered in Lu Chen's mind!
She was a leader, after all; she'd been quite affectionate with him on the phone, clearly showing her affection. And he hadn't even recognized her voice!
Instantly, cold sweat broke out on Lu Chen's back; he wanted to slap himself!
That was Xu Jiaqi! The First Vice President of the Municipal Hospital.
Back then, he bumped into Jin Ziliang's old woman, Dong Cuiliu, who was treating his ankylosing spondylitis in the hospital. At first, nobody believed him except Xu Jiaqi.
He even massaged her little feet and treated her foot injury.
Afterwards, he teased her, even to the point of being a little bullying her, and she half-heartedly went along with it.
"Remember now?" Shen Tian looked at her with a grin.
Lu Chen suddenly stood up, spun around twice, and clenched his left fist, pounding it into his right palm. He looked utterly dejected: "Oh dear! How could I forget it was her? I'm so damn stupid, so damn stupid!"
Shen Tian pointed to the phone on the table and said, "Then why don't you call her right away?"
Lu Chen immediately grabbed the phone and dialed the number back.
Once, twice, three times… the other party always hung up immediately.
Lu Chen gritted his teeth: "Damn, so petty?"
"What's petty about that? You've forgotten about her! That's a huge offense!"
Shen Tian said calmly, "Remember when I had my first love? I deliberately changed my phone number and made him guess who I was. He couldn't guess, so I hung up on him. He called 999 times, and I hung up 999 times, making a deep impression on him before he finally stopped!"
Lu Chen was dumbfounded: "Women are that ruthless? Uh! Do I really have to call 999 times?"
Suddenly, he had an idea and quickly said goodbye to Shen Tian, saying he was going to his brother's place.
Shen Tian asked softly, "Will you be back tonight?"
Lu Chen said, "We'll see!"
Although Shen Tian felt a little resentful, she knew that this man wasn't just her man. Actually, she was quite content if he came here once or twice a week. She also knew that because of her illness, she couldn't use her seductive arts.
Otherwise, if this man got hooked, he might come every day.
Thinking about it, Shen Tian's lips curled into a wicked smile, feeling smug and looking forward to her recovery.
So, Lu Chen eagerly ran to Gong Jiu's place.
The Gong family lived nearby. Lu Chen had come to look around because Gong Jiu and his family had bought a house there, and he found the top-floor apartments quite nice, so he bought one too.
However, he bought a unit on a floor far from the Gong family's, without telling them.
People need some privacy, like now, keeping a secret about keeping a mistress is best kept quiet.
Gong Jiu and his family were very happy to see Lu Chen. Gong Jiu's leg was almost fully recovered; he could walk again, though still with a slight limp, but everything was progressing in a positive direction.
The two elders of the Gong family were also almost fully recovered and looked quite well.
Gong Xiaoyi, meanwhile, looked at Lu Chen with eyes that flickered, subtly filled with love, yet also with a hint of resentment and shyness. She didn't say much, just secretly stared at Lu Chen, as if she couldn't get enough of looking at him.
When Gong Jiu saw Lu Chen arrive, he was overjoyed and grinned, saying he wanted to have a drink together. Lu Chen, however, had no interest in that and immediately recounted the embarrassing incident of not recognizing Xu Jiaqi's voice when she called him.
Upon hearing this, the two elders of the Gong family began to complain:
"Chen, I'm not trying to be mean, but you're so young, how come you can't even recognize Dean Xu's voice?"
"That's right, Chen, you're really disappointing!"
Gong Jiu also shook his head and sighed, "Brother, with your memory like that, you're just making things difficult for people!"