On the morning of the second day, at the dining table, Shen Mingxi dropped a bombshell.

　　"I heard you told Lian Chonglou yesterday that you want to pursue him?" As soon as I heard this, Lao Shen and Shen Yaoxi put down their chopsticks.

　　I remained unfazed, "Yeah, you have such accurate information?" Shen Mingxi paused for a moment, "Lian Chonglou called me last night." Lao Shen peeled an egg for Shen Yaoxi, and then peeled one for me as well, "Daughter, what do you see in him?" I grabbed the egg and stuffed it in my mouth, mumbled, "He's good-looking." Shen Mingxi said, "Good looks won't feed you." I replied, "But it pleases the eyes! Besides, I can make money to support the family, and he can be responsible for being beautiful." Shen Yaoxi hesitated for a moment but couldn't hold back, "Darling, how about...

　　you change your liking to someone else?" Although "but" I have to give face to a beauty, so I asked, "Why? It seems like neither of you really like him." Lao Shen rubbed his forehead, "It's not that..." I tilted my head and looked at Lao Shen, "Dad, if you don't give me a reason today, I'll go find him tomorrow!"

　　"Lao Shen is still struggling, but Shen Mingxi gave me the answer: 'Dad thinks that Lian Chonglou is too outstanding, and he's afraid you'll be bullied.' I paused: 'Dad, brother, sister, you should know that I used to study medicine, although I later switched to biology.' They were stunned, and I continued: 'Those who study medicine all have a course called anatomy.' Lao Shen put down his chopsticks, and Shen Mingxi and Shen Yaoxi seemed deep in thought.

　　Finally, Lao Shen said to me with a serious tone: 'I suddenly started to worry about that child's physical and mental health.' I reassured him: 'Don't worry, I just want to live a carefree life as a lazy fish, without stepping on the sewing machine or making parasols.' After finishing the meal, Shen Mingxi was ready to go to work, but I stopped him.

　　Dealing with smart people is easy, he immediately understood my intention.

　　'My dear sister, he's my friend, I can't risk you scaring him away by giving you his contact information!' I smiled brightly: 'My dear brother, are you just going to watch me love without getting?' 'I will close my eyes.' Me: ...

　　So I used my trump card - I took out an onion and pressed it under my eyes: 'Later, I'll go find Lao Shen and sister and tell them you bullied me!' In the end, I still got the contact information.

　　The experiment ended early today, and on my way past a flower shop, I spent a fortune buying a bouquet of roses and took a taxi to Lian Chonglou's company building.

　　As expected, the receptionist at the front desk stopped me, her voice sweet: 'Miss, I'm sorry, do you have an appointment?' I suddenly remembered that there was such a thing as an appointment, so I took out my phone and dialed the number given to me.

　　The call was quickly answered: 'Hello.' 'Dear Mr.

　　Lian, your future girlfriend is waiting for you downstairs in your company~' He obviously froze for a moment, then said after a while, 'I'll inform the receptionist, you can come up.' So I got in the specialized elevator with the receptionist's stunned gaze.

　　When I saw him, I handed him the roses: 'This is for you, no need to be polite.' Lian Chonglou finally accepted the roses: 'Thank you.' He put the roses on his desk and turned to me, 'Would you like something to drink?' I thought for a moment: 'Hmm...

　　just plain water is fine, thank you.' The assistant quickly poured me water and then left the room.

　　Lian Chonglou dealt with his work at the computer while I randomly picked up a copy of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' from the office bookshelf and chatted with him casually: 'When do you think you'll finish work? I want to make a reservation for dinner.' 'Soon.' And then...

　　I started to feel drowsy - you can't blame me, I just couldn't bear the mental torment of repetitive character names in this book.

　　When Lian Chonglou called me, my head was starting to nod off.

　　He took the book from my hands: 'Next time I'll get a different book, what genre do you like?' 'Literature, medicine, biology, anything is fine.' Then I seemed to realize something: 'Mr.

　　Lian, have you already prepared for me to frequently appear in your office?' He neither confirmed nor denied, and led me out of the room.

　　As we were leaving, he glanced at the roses on the desk.

　　'Do you like them? Then I'll send you another bouquet next month.' He seemed a bit puzzled: 'Next month?' 'Yes.'"

　　"I nodded as I pressed the elevator button and said, 'I've already spent all my lab subsidy for this month, so I can only rely on you for a while.' We got out of the elevator, and he led me towards the parking garage.

　　'Do you also run out of money?' I asked.

　　'I'm chasing after my boyfriend, so using my family's money is nothing,' I thought for a moment and decided to comfort him, 'Don't worry, even though our lab subsidy isn't high, I have another project ending soon, and I'll buy you flowers every day.' 'You're amazing,' he genuinely congratulated.

　　I was happy to hear that.

　　When the car stopped at a regular restaurant, I was quite surprised.

　　Based on my years of reading novels, aren't domineering CEOs supposed to go to high-end restaurants? Oh, Lao Shen and my dad don't count as CEOs.

　　If they don't come home for dinner, Lao Shen's older brother and Miss Shen would mercilessly push him, while my mom, Mrs.

　　Yun, would punish him by making him sleep in the guest room.

　　'Your brother said you like ribs, and the ribs at this restaurant are really good,' Lian Chonglou said as he pulled out my chair.

　　As soon as I heard this, I knew there was something up.

　　Sure enough, good-looking and successful men always have ulterior motives, and here I was thinking my first date was going well.

　　I raised my chin, picked up the menu, and checked off all the rib dishes while asking, 'So today, are you planning to use your negotiation expertise to help answer your friend's questions?' He took the menu I had checked off, made a few more marks, and only spoke after the waiter left.

　　'Not exactly, Ming Xi mentioned that although you returned to the Shen family, there is still some distance between you and fully accepting everyone from the bottom of your heart.' I looked directly into his eyes, waiting for him to continue.

　　'Ming Xi said that despite your comfortable life over the past twenty years, it does not make up for their absence throughout your growth.

　　Therefore, he understands your uneasiness and displeasure.' The dishes quickly arrived, and I glanced at the several non-rib dishes that were added.

　　Obviously, Lian Chonglou prefers light flavors.

　　The Shen family is full of clever people, so naturally, they can perceive the discomfort I revealed, even though I had no intention of hiding it.

　　I picked up a rib with my chopsticks.

　　'You're right, I indeed find it difficult to fully accept this reality in a short period of time.

　　But that doesn't mean I don't value them.

　　On the contrary, I cherish this family bond, so I will take the time to seriously consider how to accept everyone.

　　If my actions cause them anxiety and uneasiness, I will deal with it seriously.' 'I know what you want to say.

　　You might think that the favoritism from Lao Yue and Mrs.

　　Yun will prevent me from fully accepting the Shen family.

　　But what I want to say is that returning to the Shen family was a decision we made together and ultimately approved by me.

　　So there is no situation where I am comparing anyone.' Suddenly, Lian Chonglou laughed.

　　'Can I ask something unrelated?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you automatically assume I was single when you first met me?' As for why I was certain that Lian Chonglou was single, it's actually quite easy to guess."

　　At a banquet, if there is a girlfriend, in most cases, a female partner will be brought along.

　　Even if the female partner is unable to attend due to other commitments, there will still be subtle traces.

　　Furthermore, when I express my intention to pursue someone, anyone with a bit of rationality and conscience will clearly tell the other person that they are not single.

　　Lastly, it was during the time when I was picking juice that I overheard gossip about Mr.

　　Lian, the CEO of Mingchen Technology, who is still single.

　　Of course, these are definitely not my answers.

　　In fact, at that time, I only replied to him with two words: "guess." I think I should definitely adjust my way of interacting with the Shen family.

　　Coincidentally, the subsidy from my laboratory came, so I bought a bracelet for Shen Yaoxi.

　　I happened to catch a glimpse of her adding it to her shopping cart once, and I couldn't help but exclaim that even the young miss from a wealthy family uses Taobao.

　　I got a tie clip for Shen Mingxi, and for old Shen, I made an ugly scarf using a knitting tool.

　　Finally, I used the little money I had left to buy a bouquet of flowers and had it delivered to Lian Chonglou's company.

　　Oh, by the way, I used the C.O.D.

　　(cash on delivery) option.

　　Why did I do that? Well...

　　laboratory subsidies are not much in the first place! Money needs to be used sparingly.

　　Although I haven't counted the number of zeros in the accounts given to me by Lao Yue and Lao Shen.

　　In order to escape from the days where even a penny would stump a hero, I practically lock myself in the laboratory.

　　Every time I leave the laboratory, it's usually after 10 o'clock at night, but even if I'm late, Shen Mingxi would still come to pick me up.

　　"You still have to work during the day, so I can just take a taxi back by myself in the future." "You're right, if I have to work overtime, I might not have time to pick you up." "Then...

　　why don't I see you working overtime often? Brother?" Now, I can call him brother much more naturally than before.

　　"Oh, I'm not like your boyfriend who I haven't won over yet, I don't like working overtime." The implicit meaning is that Lian Chonglou likes to work overtime.

　　"However, during this time, Yao Yao went to get her driver's license." When I heard this, I had a bolder guess in my mind...

　　Sure enough, in terms of throwing out clues like this, Comrade Shen Mingxi never disappoints.

　　"Yao Yao is planning to learn how to drive and pick you up." "Alright, I've decided to finish this horizontal project as soon as possible recently, and I'll work hard to prevent this kind of thing from happening!" It is said that the Shen family has two major weapons: my cooking and Shen Yaoxi's driving.

　　When Auntie was not around before, and I stayed up late in the laboratory, I woke up late and was starving, so I went into the kitchen...

　　The result was that the entire kitchen in the Shen family was renovated, and the words "Kitchen Restricted Area, Yun Songlan Not Allowed" were posted on the kitchen door.

　　As for Shen Yaoxi's driving...

　　according to something Old Shen confessed after getting drunk once, Shen Yaoxi, Miss Shen, began learning how to drive in college and continued until she finished her Ph.D.

　　and now owns her own clothing brand.

　　She finally...

　　forced the driving school to close down.

　　In order to avoid seeing the sight of Comrade Shen Yaoxi driving, I spent even more time in the laboratory.

　　It was already 2 AM when I left that day, and before that, I specifically called Lao Shen and Shen Mingxi to forbid them from picking me up.

　　So, I was quite satisfied to not see familiar license plates at the entrance.

　　But I saw another car that I wasn't very familiar with, but I definitely had seen before...

　　The car window rolled down, and I saw Lian Zhonglou's face, which qualified him to be an academic supervisor - if he asked me if my thesis needed any secondary authors with that face, I would most likely be enchanted by his beauty and give up my first author position.

　　Beauty is truly deceptive, just as the ancients have said.

　　"I told your brother that I would come to pick you up today." I readily got into the car.

　　"Lian Zong, how do you have time to pick me up today? Aren't you extremely busy?" "Just got off work, I came by on the way." Well, well, I couldn't help but exclaim, truly, as a man who has successfully built up a business empire, he worked overtime until dawn and then "conveniently" came twenty kilometers out of his way to pick me up...

　　Who gave me the courage to say, "He is responsible for being fair and beautiful, and I am responsible for making money to support the family"...

　　Perhaps I was lost in thought, during the interval of waiting for the traffic light, Lian Zhonglou asked me, "What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking that you are responsible for being fair and beautiful, and I am responsible for making money and supporting..." Oh no! I blurted out my thoughts...

　　Overtime really affects the mind.

　　I could sense Lian Zhonglou trying hard to suppress a smile.

　　"Miss Yun, it seems...

　　that I haven't officially agreed to be your boyfriend yet." I saw that there were twenty seconds left until the light turned green, so I mustered up my courage, bit my lip, stomped my foot, and lifted Lian Zhonglou's chin: "Darling, you will be mine sooner or later!" Then I quickly sat back in the passenger seat and told him very seriously, "The light is green." Although I appeared calm, I think my ears, which turned red, must have been noticed.

　　When we arrived at the Shen family's villa, I opened the door and got out of the car, ready to express my gratitude in a formal manner, but Lian Zhonglou also got out of the car.

　　I wrote my confusion on my face, "Aren't you supposed to work tomorrow?" "I just thought it through on the way." "Since I will be yours sooner or later." "Then, I think it's fine to make it sooner." "Miss Yun Songlan, would you like me to be your boyfriend?" When I heard this, I felt that working overtime wasn't a big deal anymore.

　　Such a good thing can't be found even if you hold a lantern! So I heard myself say, "It's my honor~"