Gift
Xu Qian had not expected her boyfriend, Qiu Ming, to return to New Shanghai 0297 so many days ahead of schedule.
The email she had just received was from Qiu Ming, saying he would arrive downstairs in twenty minutes. Faced with this sudden visit, Xu Qian hurriedly had the housekeeping robot tidy up the apartment and pack away and throw out the food left over from breakfast. Then she rushed to the vanity to touch up her makeup, tried on several outfits, and finally chose a dress that looked homey while subtly accentuating her figure.
Once she had changed, her wristband notified her that a visitor was requesting entry into the residential complex.
Xu Qian granted him access. Come to think of it, this was Qiu Ming's first visit to her home since they had started dating. It was not that Qiu Ming had not wanted to come; rather, Xu Qian had deliberately controlled the pace of their relationship, unwilling to let Qiu Ming think she was too easy to win over and look down on her. Thus, she had never allowed him upstairs, at most letting him walk her to the building entrance.
But this time, Qiu Ming had rushed back from Earth early for her, and the first thing he did after getting off the spaceship was come looking for her. Xu Qian could hardly refuse him again.
Besides, a lot had happened around her lately, and she desperately needed someone to lean on. So upon hearing that Qiu Ming had returned, Xu Qian was overjoyed and, for the first time ever, did not reject his request to visit.
Xu Qian turned on the projection and switched it to a movie channel. Then she slightly tousled her hair. Combined with her light makeup, she looked as though