853 What’s the Big Deal? (1/2)
”Are we sleeping over there?” Long Jinjing asked.
Lu Zihao replied, ”Maybe.”
”Oh.” She thought for a moment before nodding. Then her eyes began to shine with excitement. ”I want to go. I want to spend some time with my sister, Dom, Sis Ying Yue, and of course, Little Jun and the cats. I miss the kids so much. I'm going to buy some treats for them before we go there.”
He raised an eyebrow. ”I didn't ask you to come with me to have a girls' night out with your friends. We're going to spend the night together in my bedroom there.”
”Oh.” Her face and neck turned crimson. ”I…uhm…”
”Remember that our time is limited. The days are passing by so quickly. I want to spend more time with you as much as possible.”
His reminder sobered her mind in an instant and prevented it from plunging to amoeba-level IQ even further. ”Right.”
”I need to talk to my sister and Jin Liwei…Third Brother.” He said the last part slowly, sounding like he wasn't used to saying it.
”My talk with the two is extremely important and might take a long time, so you can hang out with your friends and the kids during that time,” he told her. ”Just remember that you'll be sleeping with me in my bedroom at night.”
”Okay,” she replied in a shy tone. Then she remembered something. ”Uhm…Nikolai….”
”Hm?”
She cleared her throat. ”You see…uhm.”
”Spit it out, Jinjing.”
”Little Sister Xiulan and my friends already know that we're, uh, in a relationship,” she said before covering her face with her hands.
”I know.”
She lowered her hands and looked at him in surprise. ”What? How did you know? Did my sister tell you?”
”Something like that,” he said in a vague manner.
(Actually, Bacon told him when his AI nephew visited him last night. The black cat revealed that his gossip-loving older sister saw him, Lu Zihao, and their Auntie Jinjing kissing each other inside his car in front of Orchidia Beauty. Given how talkative the white cat was, she immediately shared her findings to her mother.)
”It's not only Little Sister Xiulan who knows,” she said in a hesitant tone. ”Xiao Fei knows. Dom, too. And you know Dom. I'm sure that he already told our other friends about our relationship.”
”You don't…mind?” she asked.
He looked at her. ”Why would I mind?”
”Because others now know that we're together.”
He raised an eyebrow. ”Isn't that the point of this relationship? You want the title and status as my official girlfriend and I agreed. I told my subordinates, so they know to give you respect or they'll answer to me. And now my sister and your friends know. What's the big deal? Are they against our relationship?”