The villa at Zhongshan International.
After finishing his day's work, Lu Zhou returned home and had barely pushed open the door when a drone sporting an enormous "QAQ" came hurtling toward him.
Xiao Ai: [Master! QAQ]
With the drone's airflow blowing his hair to one side, Lu Zhou stared at Xiao Ai in bewilderment.
"What happened?"
Xiao Ai: [There's a strange woman here. As soon as she came in, she started doing all sorts of strange things. QAQ]
What the hell did "strange things" mean?
After changing out of his shoes, Lu Zhou was about to head to the kitchen to investigate when light footsteps sounded around the corner of the hallway.
"You're back?"
Carrying a plate of braised fish from the kitchen, Chen Yushan looked at him with a heart-fluttering smile and teased, "I took the liberty of using your kitchen. You don't mind, do you?"
"I doubt there's a man in the world who would mind..." Holding down the protesting Xiao Ai with one hand, Lu Zhou asked curiously, "You got off work so early today?"
"I wanted to surprise you, so I left early for once."
"...Surprise?"
"Don't tell me you even forgot your own birthday?"
Birthday?
Realization instantly dawned on Lu Zhou's face.
Chen Yushan curved her lips into a smile and teased him.
"One look at your face tells me you definitely forgot. Good thing I remembered."
"...Yu Shan."
"Ooh... don't get all mushy on me." Hearing his tender tone, Chen Yushan shivered as though it had given her goosebumps and rolled her eyes at him. "Hurry up and wash your hands. Dinner's almost ready!"
Lu Zhou nodded emphatically and said with a smile.
"Okay! I'll go right now!"
Xiao Ai: [(╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴]
Candles stood atop the cake, and amid the birthday song, their flames of