Adam and Paige

New Jersey.

Princeton.

Adam, who had run away on the phone, was naturally unaware of Leonard's slander.

Even if he knew, he would just laugh it off.

He even wished it were so.

He once whipped a famous horse while drunk, fearing that too much affection would burden a beautiful woman.

Leonard could never know his sorrow.

Adam's attention was already focused on Paige. As he walked toward Paige's apartment, he listened to Lisa's report on Paige's life over the past week.

"Has Paige's mother not come back yet?"

"No."

Lisa shook her head and said, "She only received one phone call. She said she went to her boyfriend's hometown. Her boyfriend recently received a big order, and she will be staying there for a long time."

"She's forgotten about her daughter now that she has a boyfriend."

Adam shook his head. "What does her boyfriend do?"

"He seems to be a furniture designer."

Lisa thought for a moment and said, "I used to work for a big company, but I quit a while ago. I met Paige's mom during my vacation, and we fell in love at first sight. Now I want to start my own business and go back to my hometown to design and manufacture my own furniture. My hometown is a small town near Washington."

"I see."

Adam nodded. "What was Paige's reaction to that?"

"There was no reaction."

Lisa laughed and said, "She's a real science fanatic. Ever since I moved across the street and took care of her life, I've seen her constantly thinking and calculating, and she's hardly ever said a word to me."

Did they mention me?

Adam couldn't help but ask.

"No."

Lisa gave Adam a strange look.

Really?

Her philandering boss could be like this too?

It seems that the charm of a beautiful female scientist is indeed different.

Adam understood Lisa's look, and his lips twitched.

He was just asking casually, was it really that serious?

They had already reached the apartment building, so without saying anything more, Adam went straight upstairs.

Outside the door of room 3A.

A guitar melody drifted out of the room.

Adam was jolted awake.

"Paige really likes the ukulele you gave her."

Lisa laughed and said, "I like to play it for a while now and then."

Adam couldn't help but glance at Lisa.

Lisa lowered her eyes, but a smile curved her lips.

That little vixen!

Adam knew perfectly well that Lisa was being mischievous.

But he wasn't angry.

Lisa isn't that old to begin with, and since she's the one taking care of Paige, it's better if she has a bit of childlike energy and vitality.

Adam didn't push the door open, but stood outside, listening Jingjing, the image of Paige playing the ukulele flashing through his mind.

Sudden.

Amidst the guitar music, a clear and melodious female voice rang out.

But it was Paige who started singing.

"Two months ago, I was still a teenager; a week ago, I officially completed my transformation from girl to woman; and a few days ago, I wrote this song."

Paige's singing was beautiful, but the lyrics made Adam's lips twitch, and he had a bad feeling.

What's this?

Personal experience incorporated into the song?

Really?

Really?

No way...

"Looking back on my growing up, there were difficult and confusing times when I felt lost and even wanted to give up, but luckily I had a friend and a half, a fool and a bit of an idiot..."

Lisa couldn't help but cover her mouth, turning her body away, not daring to look at her boss's face.

Adam's face darkened.

What you fear most is what happens.

Paige is truly an experience singer.

But if you experience it for yourself, then you can just sing it. If Sheldon is an idiot, then he is an idiot. Why sing that he's half a fool?

That's too much.

Adam was furious.

Seeing that Lisa was still smirking, Adam simply chased her away.

After listening to the entire song performed by the singer outside the door, he pushed open the door and went inside.

Inside the room.

Paige, holding her small ukulele, sat on the sofa and looked up at Adam when she heard the noise.

"You're here!"

That smile, that tone— Adam's anger instantly dissipated by more than half.

Never mind.

What's there for a grown man like him to argue about with a little girl?

For a single-minded, mad scientist like Paige, teasing you means she cares about you; otherwise, she would have simply ignored you.

Later, when his IQ increases and his research in mathematics deepens, we'll give Paige a big surprise.

Then we'll see if she still calls him a fool, or even half a fool.

"I heard you like this little guitar?"

Adam sat down next to Paige and smiled.

"This is a song I wrote and composed myself. Do you like it?"

Paige didn't answer but asked a question instead.

"..."

Adam smirked. "The music is good."

"You've come at the perfect time."

Paige put down her guitar, went over and hugged Adam's neck, giggling, "My thoughts aren't as clear as they were last Sunday, I'm running out of inspiration."

"I'm not your inspiration!"

Adam screamed inwardly, but his body seemed to be under a spell, completely out of his control.

The wind howls, and the Yi River is cold.

The brave warrior departs, never to return.

Adam, with a tragic expression, picked up Paige and strode towards the bedroom.

Noon.

Lisa is conflicted in room 3B across the street.

Normally she would go over to deliver food at this time.

But today the boss is...

Why don't you make a phone call?

After agonizing for an hour, and with lunchtime already past, Lisa couldn't resist calling Adam.

"The user you dialed is currently unavailable."

Lisa was stunned when she heard the phone notification tone.

When did the boss turn off the phone?

After thinking for a moment, Lisa took the key, secretly went over and opened the door to room 3A. Then she heard Paige's singing coming from the bedroom, with her boss's backing vocals faintly mixed in. Her face turned bright red instantly.

She turned and left, but when she reached the door, she paused, blushed, and listened intently for a while before finally closing the door and running away.

Night falls.

"Boss?"

Lisa, who had fallen asleep without realizing it, received a call from Adam.

"I'll do it right away."

Lisa jumped up and quickly prepared a big meal. In the meantime, she also called her former boss, Ada, and asked Ada to find someone to help buy a new guitar and send it over.

After being busy for a while, when the new guitar arrived, she took the guitar, picked up her lunchbox, and went over to knock on the bedroom door.

"Boss?"

"Just put it on the dining table."

Adam's voice came through, along with the faint sound of Paige's laughter.

"OK."

Lisa agreed, put down her lunchbox and guitar, and quickly left.

If she keeps listening, she won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow.

After Lisa left, the bedroom door opened.

Adam, dressed very lightly, glanced at the living room, quickly walked out, carrying a lunchbox and his guitar, and went back to his bedroom.

"Shall we eat something first?"

Adam opened the lunchbox, placed it by the bedside, and smiled at Paige, who was curled up under the covers.

I'm not hungry.

Paige peeked out, saw the new guitar, and her beautiful eyes lit up. "Let's play a song together. I remember you used to be in the Fruit Hard Candy Band. Play one of my songs this time, and I'll teach you."

"Alright."

Adam was refreshed and showed no intention of refusing Paige.

He put down his lunchbox, handed Paige her her little guitar, picked up his newly bought guitar, sat facing each other, smiled at each other, and strummed the strings together...