After leisurely finishing the desserts and fruit, Lin Meng wrapped things up and gave Garden Restaurant a round of praise. The recording was officially done.
Jiang Qiuyi also put away the camera that had been running on the table, planning to see if she could edit a few videos when she had time.
The idea of using an alt account to document her life had merely come to her on a whim, so there was no urgency.
Besides, the footage they had recorded was messy and overly long.
Given Jiang Qiuyi's personality, it would probably be quite a while before any related videos were finished.
After the meal, the manager asked them for feedback, and the three offered a few suggestions about the dining experience from a customer's perspective. Then, amid the manager's thanks, they left the restaurant.
"How about we go sing karaoke?" Jiang Qiuyi suggested.
"No." Lin Meng shook her head, clearly still traumatized by karaoke. "I need to head back early. My cousin's family goes to bed really early, and it wouldn't look good if I got back too late."
"I see..." Jiang Qiuyi sounded a little regretful, but then her eyes lit up. "Then why don't you come to my place~? You're not leaving until tomorrow afternoon anyway, so you can just stay over at mine tonight~"
"Would that really be okay...?" Lin Meng hesitated. "Don't you two sleep together?"
"That's why the bed in my room is empty~" Jiang Qiuyi reminded her with a smile. "But if you come over, I'll sleep with you tonight~"
"Tch, like I care."
"Come on, just answer me. Are you coming or not?"
"Since you've put it that way, sure." Lin Meng said indifferently. "I'll let my cousin know."
A few minutes later, the three got on the subway and headed all the way back to Chen Wen and Jiang Qiuyi's rental.
It was past seven in the evening when Lin Meng followed them into Huajing Garden, took the elevator, and arrived at the ninth floor.
The three first went into Jiang Qiuyi's place and set the things they had splurged on today in the living room, then headed over to Chen Wen's apartment.
Lin Meng looked around curiously the whole way, asking question after question. She even recognized at a glance the kitchen where Jiang Qiuyi had cooked before.
"Want some ice cream?" Jiang Qiuyi asked, taking ice cream out of the fridge.
"Mm." Lin Meng accepted it and wandered around while eating.
Whenever she spotted things like matching couple's toothbrush cups in the bathroom, Lin Meng would click her tongue. It was impossible to tell whether she was disdainful or envious.
"What's this room for?" Lin Meng asked curiously as she stopped at a door.
"Chen Wen's craft room." Jiang Qiuyi pushed the door open, turned on the lights, and showed her inside. "Did you watch that video of his? The Expositor was made right here."
"I did, I did... You kept recommending it to me like crazy. How could I not watch it?" Lin Meng rolled her eyes, then began inspecting the craft room.
"These are all things he made before." Jiang Qiuyi switched on the lights in the display cabinet and introduced them.
"That's impressive." Lin Meng looked over everything from top to bottom, clicking her tongue in amazement. At last, her gaze landed on the worktable in the center of the room. "So what's he making now? Another sword?"
"This is Lambent Light~" Since she did not know whether there were any taboos, Jiang Qiuyi did not pick up the wooden sword on the table. She said happily, "It's the sword used by Asuna, the heroine of Sword Art Online. I specially asked him to make it for me~"
At that moment, Chen Wen returned from the bathroom. After putting on a mask, he prepared to continue polishing the blade.
The two women did not disturb him. After watching for a while, they left the craft room.
By the time Chen Wen had grown tired of polishing, cleaned up the wood shavings on the floor, and emerged from the craft room, Jiang Qiuyi and Lin Meng had already showered, changed into pajamas, and were sitting on the living room sofa playing Honor of Kings.
The pajamas they wore were the cartoon onesies they had just bought today.
Jiang Qiuyi was a little deer, while Lin Meng was a cow.
During a lull after her character died, Jiang Qiuyi looked up and spotted Chen Wen. She immediately urged, "Go take a shower first. Later, try on the clothes I bought you and see if they fit."
"Okay." Chen Wen nodded, went into the bedroom to get a change of clothes, and entered the bathroom to shower.
After that, he kept hearing shouts from the living room.
"Mengmeng, save me, save me, save me!"
"Mengmeng, they're targeting me!"
"Ahhh! This monkey is so annoying!"
"..."
When Chen Wen came out after his shower, Jiang Qiuyi had just lost another match.
The moment she saw him, Jiang Qiuyi tossed her phone onto the sofa. "I'm not playing anymore! Come on, come on, let's go try on your clothes~"
She grabbed Chen Wen's hand and led him toward her place, turning back to say to Lin Meng on the sofa, "You play here for a bit. There's more ice cream in the fridge, help yourself."
"Got it~" Finally able to play ranked matches after Jiang Qiuyi left, Lin Meng answered without even looking up.
Ignoring the game-obsessed Lin Meng, Jiang Qiuyi led Chen Wen into the living room of her apartment.
Jiang Qiuyi looked adorable in her cartoon deer onesie. As she walked, her tail swayed back and forth, making people want to grab it.
When they reached the sofa, she took out shirts, pants, and shoes one by one from the bags and had Chen Wen try them on.
Chen Wen took a set of clothes and was just about to head for the bathroom when Jiang Qiuyi grabbed him. "Where are you going?"
Chen Wen said, "To change."
"Just change here. It's not like you have to strip completely." Jiang Qiuyi licked her lips, her eyes blinking innocently.
Chen Wen froze at those words.
"Come on, it's not like I haven't seen you before. Didn't we go swimming together during summer vacation?" Jiang Qiuyi urged impatiently. "Hurry up. You're a grown man, don't be so fussy."
With her saying that, Chen Wen stopped hesitating. He took off his clothes and began changing.
And so, beneath Jiang Qiuyi's covertly burning gaze, Chen Wen's tall, healthy body was exposed to the air of the living room.
His physique was well-proportioned overall. Because he often did handiwork, his arm muscles were relatively well-developed.
His abs, on the other hand, were not particularly defined. Without flexing, only faint lines could be seen, and from afar it still looked like one flat expanse.
But even that was enough to make Jiang Qiuyi's heart race and her face flush.
"Your face is red." Chen Wen changed into the clothes and, seeing her complexion, spoke bluntly. "Should we turn on the air conditioner?"
"..." Jiang Qiuyi circled behind Chen Wen to inspect the clothes, though in truth she just did not want him to see her expression. "Forget the air conditioner. Let me see how the clothes look."
Only after running her hands all over him did Jiang Qiuyi finally spare the eye candy before her and urge, "Try on the next one."
They tried on three or four sets like that and finally finished most of them. Only the clothes in the last bag remained unopened.
By then, Chen Wen had gradually gotten used to it. Before Jiang Qiuyi could even take out the final outfit, he efficiently stripped off his shirt and pants, leaving only the last vestige of a man's dignity.
Then he watched Jiang Qiuyi open the package and take out a... dinosaur head?
"Put it on~" Jiang Qiuyi stuffed the dinosaur head and the dinosaur suit beneath it into Chen Wen's hands. "It matches my pajamas~"
Chen Wen glanced at the dinosaur pajamas in his hands, then at the cute deer pajamas Jiang Qiuyi was wearing, and fell into thought. "Do I have to wear this?"
It feels a little childish... Chen Wen thought.
"Of course you do!" Jiang Qiuyi hugged Chen Wen's arm and rubbed against it. "It's Children's Day today~ Just play along with me, okay~?"
Unable to withstand Jiang Qiuyi's coquettish assault, Chen Wen soon surrendered.
"...Fine, let go of my hand first."
[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: The character card for the new character Lin Meng is out now~ If you think this single dog is kind of pitiful, remember to give her some hearts~
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