Chapter 15

Lu Yao and Jiang Bai had barely left the classroom and had yet to reach the Flowers and Plants Club's greenhouse when a post appeared on the school's anonymous forum!

[Shocking! The campus heartthrob's Flowers and Plants Club is recruiting! And the new member is actually him...]

OP: I'm in the same class as the campus heartthrob. We got a transfer student today named Lu Yao. Just now, our class monitor asked which club he wanted to join, and he said the Flowers and Plants Club. Then the campus heartthrob actually agreed! He agreed!

[Image: Transfer student introduction.jpg]

In the picture, Lu Yao stood at the podium with a cold expression and exquisite features. His phoenix eyes curved inward at the corners and lifted at the ends as he calmly and indifferently gazed at the students below, giving off an icy, unapproachable air.

[!!! Is what OP said true?]

[That transfer student's looks... I'm seriously in love!]

[Hmph! I applied before and got rejected!]

[How did Lu Yao get Jiang Bai to agree? Doesn't Jiang Bai reject everyone?]

[Ugly sobbing, I want to join the Flowers and Plants Club too! If I apply again, do I still have a chance?]

[Looking at the sky, maybe Lu Yao is Jiang Bai's type?]

[?? What does that mean?]

[Jiang Bai said that. If you want to know what it means, you'll have to ask Jiang Bai.]

[Jiang Bai even stood up for Lu Yao in class today and snapped at Chu Jiaojiao. It was seriously weird, not like his usual style at all.]

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[I heard from someone sitting near the transfer student that he personally said he didn't know Jiang Bai. I really can't figure out why Jiang Bai is treating him so specially.]

[Didn't they say the transfer student's family background was ordinary, and that he might be an illegitimate child?]

[Not sure. The transfer student didn't introduce his family background. Maybe he was afraid of losing face.]

[Another day of falling in love because of a pretty face. Who cares whether he has money or not? The joy of being a face fanatic is that simple.]

[Type "I'm available" in the chat.]

[You have three seconds to tell me whether he has a girlfriend or boyfriend. If not, I'm making my move!]

[Can you girls stop being so shallow!]

[Sorry, I'm a guy...]

[Sigh, these days, the competition is pretty fierce if you want to date a handsome guy.]

Lu Yao had no idea about the uproar on the school forum.

Inside the glass greenhouse, the afternoon sun shone over the tender green vines, casting dappled light and shadow throughout the room.

Jiang Bai carefully lifted a pot of flourishing white Marguerites from the windowsill. Turning to Lu Yao, he smiled and said, "This little one has been blooming especially well these past few days. Maybe it knew you were transferring here."

Lu Yao: ...How could flowers possibly understand people? That didn't exactly align with materialist values.

Jiang Bai's eyes curved with a smile as he handed over the flowerpot. "Here, this is your welcome gift for joining the club."

Lu Yao accepted the pot, and the fresh fragrance of the flowers wafted toward him. "Thank you."

The delicate blossoms seemed to soften the cool, distant aura around Lu Yao.

After school ended at four in the afternoon, while the other students all had to attend club activities, Lu Yao finally set off for home as he had wished.

Jiang Bai, his club president, also left the classroom with a backpack on his shoulders.

After saying goodbye to Jiang Bai, Lu Yao rode his bicycle away from the school. The pot of Marguerites Jiang Bai had given him sat securely in the bike basket.

Once Lu Yao disappeared from sight, Jiang Bai also got into the back seat of his family's car.

Thinking about what had happened today, he lowered his head and chuckled. It had been a lucky day.

Uncle Wang, the driver, glanced at Jiang Bai in surprise through the rearview mirror. Young Master seemed to be in quite a good mood today.

Lu Qi's basketball club was having a dinner gathering that evening, and Madam Li had to work late, so only Lu Yao and Father Lu remained at the dinner table.

Father Lu cleared his throat and coughed lightly before asking in an apparently casual tone, "Did you get used to things on your first day?"

Lu Yao replied flatly, "It was alright."

Father Lu said, "That's good."

Two people who were both sparing with words had ended up together, and the only sound at the table was the clinking of bowls and chopsticks.

Father Lu secretly raised his eyes to look at Lu Yao, who sat with his back straight. Should he buy some psychology books about teenagers to understand what children this age were thinking?

After dinner, Lu Yao and Father Lu left the table and went about their own business.

A little after nine that evening, Lu Yao went downstairs to the living room to get something. As he headed back upstairs to his room, he happened to hear Father Lu talking with the housekeeper in the kitchen.

The housekeeper said awkwardly, "Sir, Madam told me not to let you drink Coffee at night. She said you can't sleep whenever you drink it."

Father Lu said, "Just don't tell her. Only the two of us know about this. I'll go back to the study first. Bring it over once you've made it."

After saying that, Father Lu returned to the study.

After Lu Yao went back to his room and put down what he was carrying, he thought of the conversation between Father Lu and the housekeeper. His brows furrowed, and he went downstairs again.

When Lu Yao appeared in the kitchen, the housekeeper was using a hand-crank grinder to grind coffee beans into powder. A faint Coffee aroma drifted through the air.

Seeing Lu Yao, the housekeeper asked, "Young Master, what brings you to the kitchen?"

Lu Yao said, "Auntie, I want to make a cup of Milk. Do we have powdered milk at home?"

"Yes. Wait a moment, Auntie will get it for you." The housekeeper turned around and took out a can of powdered milk from the storage cabinet. "We just bought this recently."

Lu Yao took the powdered milk from her. Seeing that she was about to continue grinding the coffee beans, he stopped her. "Auntie, there's no need to grind the coffee beans. My dad isn't drinking Coffee anymore."

"? Sir isn't drinking it?"

As Lu Yao mixed the powdered milk, he nodded. "After I've made the Milk, sorry for the trouble, but just take it to the study for him."

"Knock, knock, knock."

A knock sounded from the study.

Father Lu flipped through some documents without even raising his head. "Come in."

The housekeeper pushed open the door with a glass of Milk in hand.

Smelling the Milk, Father Lu looked up and frowned. "Why did you make Milk?"

He had been waiting to rely on Coffee to refresh himself.

The housekeeper looked confused. "Sir, wasn't it you who wanted Milk? Young Master said you weren't drinking Coffee anymore. He even made this Milk for you himself."

Young Master? Lu Yao?!

Upon hearing that Lu Yao had personally made the Milk, the stern look on Father Lu's face instantly softened into a slight curve. "Put the Milk on the desk. I'll drink it later."

After the housekeeper left, Father Lu picked up the glass. With a smile in his eyes, he examined the milk for quite a while. Then he recalled how Madam Li had deliberately sent him photos to show off when she had gone shopping with Lu Yao last time, so Father Lu took out his phone as well.

He held up his phone and tried several shooting angles. Only after finally finding a suitable angle did he carefully press the shutter button.

Father Lu sent the photo to Madam Li and Lu Qi. Afraid they would fail to notice the significance of the picture, he even added, "Lu Yao specially made this milk for me."

Ms. Li, who was working overtime, and Lu Qi, who was in the car on his way home, both snorted at the same time after receiving the photo.

What was so special about that? Would she/he be jealous? It was just a cup of Milk! As if she/he had never drunk Milk before!

Father Lu carefully examined the photo on his phone, feeling more and more that his photography skills were exceptional.

Not long afterward, the subordinates and business tycoons who had Father Lu on WeChat discovered that Father Lu had miraculously updated his Moments.

Father Lu: The child at home thought Coffee would affect my sleep, so he specially made me a cup of Milk.

[Image: Milk.jpg]

As an outstanding representative of the working class, Secretary Chen's ability to rise all the way to the position of chief secretary in Father Lu's secretary office proved that he was exceptionally capable.

When he saw Father Lu post on Moments after such a long time, he immediately and swiftly snatched the first like. Then, using the professional knowledge he had gained from minoring in psychology at university, he offered Father Lu some perfectly measured, restrained flattery.

[Secretary Chen: Director Lu's child is so considerate and sensible. You can tell this Milk was made with care. With this cup of Milk, Director Lu should be able to sleep well tonight.]

After seeing Secretary Chen's comment, Father Lu nodded in agreement. Thinking that Secretary Chen was still single, he immediately replied, "Xiao Chen, you're not getting any younger. It's time you started considering marriage."

Secretary Chen: ...

He had never expected that after escaping his mother's nagging, Director Lu would start urging him to get married instead?!

Urgent, waiting online: What should you do when your usually stern boss suddenly starts urging you to get married?

As Secretary Chen agonized over how to reply, Father Lu saw the other comments below.

[Director Wang: I'm so jealous of you, Old Lu. My son has never even brought me a glass of plain water.]

[Director Che: Don't be jealous, Old Wang. At least your kid doesn't always go against you. As for my little brat, I suspect he was a bricklayer at a construction site in his previous life. He specializes in arguing with me. He's going to drive me to death.]

[Director Ye: What you two have is nothing. It's like comparing a small witch to a great wizard. After my daughter argued with me, she said she didn't want to breathe the same air as me and ran away from home all the way to Africa.]

Father Lu looked at the "miserable world" beneath his Moments post. Feeling the warmth of the glass in his hand, he took a small sip of Milk and instantly felt completely refreshed.