Pillow talk had some effect, no matter who was doing the talking.
Less than two days later, an influential member of the Chu Family was taken away by a disciplinary commission for investigation over accepting bribes and suspected violations of laws and regulations.
Meanwhile, a mistake at work had landed Chu Jiye in serious trouble, and his rivals happened to get hold of something they could use against him. Overwhelmed, he no longer had time to go looking for anyone in Sucheng.
Without those minions coming out to make trouble, Cheng Yue was enjoying life immensely.
His family trauma no longer hurt, he stopped worrying about international affairs, he had no anxiety over his looks or figure, and he even stopped criticizing companies that only gave employees one day off a week.
He plunged headfirst into the ocean of knowledge, studying with such ferocity and absorption that the rest of the world ceased to exist.
The first snow happened to fall on the Winter Solstice.
Getting up early that morning, Cheng Yue stretched and wondered whether he should reward himself with a sweet little slice of cake that afternoon. Then he turned his head and discovered someone still lying beside him.
"Whoa! You didn't go to work?"
Ji Huaijin seemed to have only just woken up too, a trace of weariness lingering around his eyes. "Mm. I'm not going. I'm spending today with you."
Cheng Yue gave him a sidelong once-over, then rolled over and held a loosely curled hand to his mouth like a microphone. "Professor Ji, may I ask what awakened your slumbering heart?"
It was no exaggeration: only after they started living together had he truly understood how much Ji Huaijin loved his work.
No wonder Lin Shuyang was always coming up with slogans for him, calling