Sheng Shi stretched out his hand and pinched his waist hard, it hurt so much... it really wasn't a dream. He couldn't suppress the upward curve of his lips no matter how he tried, as he held the phone and said to the "little woman" inside, "Chu Chu, do you want me to come home?"
"No, I don't!" Gu Lanshan reflexively blurted out, objecting.
She bit her lip and cocked her head, pondering carefully if her previous words had somehow conveyed that she wanted him to hurry home.
Sheng Shi, however, held the phone and chuckled softly. As Gu Lanshan heard his laughter, her face couldn't help turning red. She petulantly bit her lip and fell silent. Patiently, Sheng Shi stood in the corridor, waiting.
Gu Lanshan glanced at the empty king-sized bed and then at the bedroom, lavishly decorated as though it were a gilt cage, appearing rather desolate and vast, nothing like when he was home, which felt so full and substantial.
