"Don't you have two bedrooms? Cough, cough... you and Xiao Sheng can each have one."
"No, Dad—"
"Get along well with Xiao Sheng."
"I believe Xiao Sheng is a gentleman. If he accidentally makes a mistake... it can actually be forgiven, after all, your marriage is already set in stone." The invitations had been sent out, and the wedding venue was being decorated by the vendors.
Qin's mother chimed in from the other end, "Yi Ge, remember to take care of yourself."
"..."
The call ended.
"I need to take a shower." Having wasted over ten minutes, the man in front of her was clearly growing impatient.
Snapping back from her shock, Qin Yi Ge rolled her eyes, "What does it have to do with me if you want to take a shower?"
Shang Sheng nodded, unbuttoning his shirt as he walked towards her bathroom.
"Hey, that's my bathroom!"
The man turned back, "Then what?"
"How can you just walk into a girl's bathroom? Shang Sheng, are you still so ungentlemanly?"
He put his hands in his pockets and stood still, "Then I won't shower? Just stink up your place like this?"
"..."
Fine, fine, fine... forget it.
Qin Yi Ge deflated, saying reluctantly, "Clean it up after you're done."
The bathroom door was closed from the inside. Qin Yi Ge withdrew her gaze and began to slowly tidy her own bedroom.
It was already half an hour later when Shang Sheng emerged from the bathroom.
The bathroom door opened. Qin Yi Ge, who was waiting on the bed, couldn't wait to speak before she even saw him, "If you want to live—Ah—"
A high-pitched scream echoed through the room. Anyone overhearing it might have thought a tragedy had occurred in the middle of the night.
After the scream subsided, Shang Sheng closed the bathroom door again.
Qin Yi Ge slumped onto the bed, as if she had gone completely numb. What had she just seen?
The man's, no, Shang Sheng's naked body??
She had seen everything she should and shouldn't have, and it was deeply etched in her mind.
A moment later, the man's deep voice came from the bathroom, "Qin Yi Ge, bath towel."
Shang Sheng had intended to come out and ask her for a bath towel. He had assumed Qin Yi Ge was in the living room, but he hadn't expected her to be sitting on the bed in the bedroom.
Bath towel? Bath towel...
Still in shock, Qin Yi Ge crawled off the bed and started searching for her bath towel everywhere.
Oh, she had used it and carelessly tossed it into the washing machine.
Qin Yi Ge retrieved the bath towel from the washing machine and scurried to the bathroom door.
Just before knocking, she took a deep breath, adjusted her breathing and emotions, and then yelled fiercely, "Open the door!"
The glass door opened slightly from the inside, and a large hand with well-defined knuckles emerged.
Suppressing the urge to touch that hand, Qin Yi Ge slapped it and cursed, "Shang Sheng, are you polite?"
"If you don't give it to me, I'll show you something even more impolite."
Qin Yi Ge, unwillingly, shoved the bath towel into his hand and left the bedroom, muttering under her breath.
"Such a big CEO, and he has to squeeze into my small apartment. Fine, squeeze he can, but not even bringing a bath towel, so stingy."
Shang Sheng changed into his pajamas and, with slightly messy short hair, walked into the living room. He looked at the girl engrossed in her phone, "Where do I sleep?"
"Sleep wherever you want."
Shang Sheng said nothing, turning to go back into her bedroom.
Qin Yi Ge quickly called out, "Wait, go sleep in the next room."
Fortunately, there was an unused guest room.
However, upon opening the door to her so-called guest room, Shang Sheng frowned slightly.
The only large bed inside was completely occupied by her clothes.
Qin Yi Ge said while scrolling through Weibo, "If you want to sleep, tidy it up yourself. If you don't want to sleep, this young lady will escort you downstairs."
The man walked silently into the room and opened several wardrobes. Each one was stuffed with her clothes, shoes, and bags.
The rumor that Qin Yi Ge changed her clothes every day of the month wasn't false.
"Don't want to tidy it up?"
Shang Sheng turned back. Qin Yi Ge was leaning against the door at an angle, their eyes meeting. Her gaze held a hint of triumph.
Ignoring the triumph in her eyes, he took his phone out of his pajama pocket and dialed a number, "Come to Building 9, Phase 1 of Fragrance Garden now."
"Who are you calling?" Qin Yi Ge asked vigilantly.
Shang Sheng calmly threw two words at her, "Assistant."
"What are you calling your assistant over for?"
"To tidy the room." He put away his phone.
"No, this is my private space, no one is allowed here!" She disliked people coming to her home, especially strangers.
"I can respect your opinion. In that case, please have the future Mrs. Shang tidy up the room."
"You're the one who insisted on staying here, shouldn't you be the one tidying it up? Besides, Shang Sheng, even if I end up marrying you, I'm not going to be your nanny." Qin Yi Ge retorted, glaring at him.
"Your clothes, your room, if you don't do it, who will?"
Meeting his deep gaze, Qin Yi Ge stated with absolute certainty, "You!"
This time, she didn't wait for him to speak. She continued, "You agreed to the marriage first. If you hadn't agreed, how would I have fallen into my parents' trap and married you? So, from now on, you need to fulfill your role as 'Qin Yi Ge's fiancé.' As a husband, you should actively take on all responsibilities, including minor things like tidying up your fiancée's clothes when there are no maids!"
After her righteous speech, Shang Sheng was astonished by her logic.
He was finally amused into laughter.
"Qin Yi Ge, have you misunderstood something? First, you agreed to the marriage first, and then I fell into Grandma's trap. Second, I am Qin Yi Ge's fiancé, that's true, but does being your fiancé mean I should do all the housework?" What kind of twisted logic was this?
"Yes! You should do all the housework. You wanted to marry me, so you should bear all my demands."
Shang Sheng nodded in admiration, "Between the two of us, who is the domineering one?"
She used to always call him domineering. Having not spent much time together recently, how could he feel that she was a hundred times more domineering than him?
"Of course it's you. You, Shang Sheng, are domineering and scheming, selfish and arrogant, cold and heartless. Do you deny it?"
"Qin Yi Ge, who is the one being called domineering and willful?"
Qin Yi Ge bit her lower lip and retorted indignantly, "It's because no one dares to say it to you. They think I'm a soft persimmon, so they pick on me. What are you so smug about?"
"You, a soft persimmon?" Shang Sheng found it hilarious. The person who dared to be so outrageously arrogant in front of him was claiming to be a soft persimmon?
After several rounds of argument, Qin Yi Ge knew she couldn't win against him. She took out her phone and threatened, "If you say one more word, say one more word and I'll call Grandma Shang to complain!"
Shang Sheng fell silent.
Seeing that this trick was effective, Qin Yi Ge haughtily commanded, "Don't let the assistant come. You tidy the room yourself. If you don't want to tidy it, fine, then sleep on the sofa."
Shang Sheng: "Qin Yi Ge, it's best not to just rely on quick retorts. Here's a piece of advice: leave some room for maneuver in everything, and you'll have a better chance of meeting again in the future."