Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 236 - 179. Release water and nurture fish

Chapter 236: 179. Release water and nurture fish

"I haven’t seen Mian Mian in several days," Mr. Lu missed Mian Mian.

As a mother, Guan Yongyi naturally had no reason to stop him, so she drove with him, the car speeding along Nanhu Avenue.

"Eh, what’s up with you today..."

Finally in their private space, Lu Jincheng propped up his leg, nestled into the passenger seat, and struck a relaxed pose.

He examined the short-haired girl driving seriously, and said with a smile,

"Me? What about me?"

Just then, they stopped at a red light. Guan Yongyi turned her head and looked at him with curiosity in her eyes.

"You dress up so nicely, and put in so much effort to look good. As the saying goes, ’Ladies dress up for those who appreciate them.’ Is there a guy at school you can’t get off your mind?"

Mr. Lu’s lips curved upward, unable to help but tease her.

Among his many female friends, he loved to banter and tease Guan Yongyi the most.

Because she was so proud and always so stubborn!

If he could catch her "little tail" just right, the feeling of exposing her on the spot and leaving her with no place to hide was incredibly satisfying.

"Stop talking nonsense. What’s different from usual? Where did I make an extra effort?"

Guan Yongyi turned her head, stepped hard on the gas pedal to keep up with the car ahead, and her voice dropped a bit.

Although Lu Jincheng was complimenting her between the lines, what he said about ’ladies dress up for those who appreciate them’...

Ugh!

He really was shameless!

She had definitely put more effort into her makeup.

But as long as she didn’t admit it, this jerk, who was by no means a professional, couldn’t possibly tell, right?

"Really...?"

Lu Jincheng deliberately drew out his words, leaning forward, his cheek coming within a few centimeters of the driver’s seat, a triumphant smile hanging on his face.

He glanced at the road conditions ahead and lazily stretched out his hand, catching a few wisps of hair from Guan Yongyi’s short hairstyle.

"What do you say about this?"

Her short hair clearly had been carefully styled with a curling iron, one layer of texture resting on top, flowing down to naturally curled ends.

Most crucially, she had curled up the short hair slightly, bending what was originally a somewhat sharp aura and making her whole face appear smaller and sweeter.

Paired with the uniform skirt she was wearing, she was the very image of a high school sweetheart.

"Curling one’s hair is pretty normal, isn’t it? Don’t you use hair wax when you go out?"

Guan Yongyi pursed her lips, her eyelashes fluttered, and she quickly found a point to counterattack.

"Fine, fine, fine. But how about the earrings?"

The man pointed at her silver circle earrings.

"Come on, who doesn’t wear an accessory when going out?"

"Your lipstick style has also changed; you rarely go for lighter shades."

"You’re joking, right? How could you possibly know what style I always use?"

Unconsciously, Guan Yongyi shifted from casually holding the steering wheel with one hand to maneuvering with both.

At this moment, she started to feel something was off.

Did Lu Jincheng actually know about lipstick shades?

"And..."

The man grinned, delivering a knowing blow.

"Although you applied your eyebrow powder finely and got the thickness just right, I still noticed... you drew on your eyebrows."

"???"

Guan Yongyi took a deep breath, and a blush spread across her fair skin.

Wait, it’s not like he cheated, right?

Did Zhou Sinin tell him?

The MAC brush with synthetic fibers, known for creating a natural ’born-with-it’ brow look – she had only filled in some sparse areas!

And he could tell?

This guy had been paying so much attention to her...

"Didn’t expect you to know so much."

The voice from the driver’s seat sounded as calm as ever, but Lu Jincheng’s next words still caught her off guard.

"Actually, all those things I mentioned just now are okay, not a big deal. What’s really beautiful today is the under-eye shadow."

"It took a long time to apply, didn’t it? It’s my first time seeing it."

...

In the Jiangnan Home Parking Lot, Guan Yongyi slammed on the brakes, then turned to grab her bag from the back seat on her own, pulled the handbrake, turned off the engine, and slammed the car door shut.

She stopped talking.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

Lu Jincheng chuckled to himself, unbuckled his seatbelt, and chased after her.

"You’re looking so closely, what, are you totally smitten with me?"

Guan Yongyi, who had been suppressing her words, finally remembered to retort.

She mimicked Lu Jincheng’s style of speech.

"You wish. I might just die from your new perfume first."

"Shut up!"

On the way upstairs, the two of them, one in front and one behind, exchanged words back and forth, bantering with each other.

Bang!

The sound of a door closing, the sound of changing slippers, the sound of hanging up a bag, and the comfortable purring of a kitten.

Lu Jincheng and Guan Yongyi felt just like a couple returning home from school or work.

Both were familiar with the way, both were relaxed in body and mind.

The man sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, one hand playing with a cat toy, the other rubbing Mian Mian’s plump little head, his face wearing a gentle smile.

"Baby, eat more, has your evil mom not been giving you treats? Haven’t gained any weight lately... poor thing."

"I’m warning you, don’t bad-mouth me to Mian Mian."

Guan Yongyi pulled out a bottle of ice-cold Coke from the fridge, sat down next to Lu Jincheng, and gave him a glare.

"She doesn’t understand anyway."

"Your behavior is not right! If we had a child, would you talk to them about their mother like that...?"

Halfway through speaking, Guan Yongyi seemed to realize something was wrong, her cheeks flushed, and she forcibly swallowed the rest of her words.

Their current situation and raising a child... seemed to have no difference.

Every few days Lu Jincheng would come over to feed the cat. He knew exactly what was in the fridge – how many bottles of drinks, how many bottles of beers – and even did housework more than once.

Aside from not spending the night with the ’kid’s mom’, he was as familiar with this place as if it were his own home.

Thinking of this, Guan Yongyi felt a mix of bitter and sweet, and her emotions were complex.

The joy was in having gained a truly good friend.