My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 497: Aren’t they deliberately leaving us hanging?

Chapter 497: Chapter 497: Aren’t they deliberately leaving us hanging?

Zhou Shuyan became increasingly lively as he spoke, while Lu Youxi couldn’t keep up anymore, repeatedly yawning, "I can’t do this; I need to sleep. Calm yourself down and try to sleep earlier. Don’t we have a meeting tomorrow morning? We’ll definitely need to brainstorm. If you’re not well-rested, how will you manage in the meeting?"

"You make sense." Zhou Shuyan nodded his head and obediently lay down, only to find he couldn’t fall asleep.

He was just too excited.

Lu Youxi sighed, turned over, and lightly and slowly patted Zhou Shuyan’s back, speaking at the same time, "How about I tell you a bedtime story?"

Zhou Shuyan: "... do you think I’m a child to be coddled?"

"What else can I do if you can’t sleep? It’s not like I can sing you a lullaby." Lu Youxi said helplessly.

Who knew Zhou Shuyan would reply, "A lullaby sounds good."

Lu Youxi: "..."

You really are going backwards in age.

She could manage a story, but singing a lullaby was a bit out of her comfort zone.

Yet Zhou Shuyan was insistently clinging to Lu Youxi, demanding she sing.

Without much thought, Lu Youxi sang the first song that popped into her head, "Sleep tight, sleep tight, my little darling..."

Zhou Shuyan: "..."

"Cough." Lu Youxi also realized, "Lullabies are meant for kids, so it’s inevitable. This is the only one I know how to sing; I can’t help it."

"..." Zhou Shuyan suddenly sat up and leaned over Lu Youxi, "If you treat me like a child, I don’t mind."

Lu Youxi: "..."

"So you really want to hear a lullaby that badly?" You’d even consider yourself a child?

"The child wants some milk now." Zhou Shuyan said with a fervent gaze.

Lu Youxi nervously swallowed, wondering if this man was serious or making a suggestive joke.

Lu Youxi dryly said, "There’s milk in the fridge; it might help you sleep."

Zhou Shuyan, however, shook his head, "There’s no need to drink it for real; it’s more about the atmosphere."

Lu Youxi blinked as Zhou Shuyan continued, "It’s like giving a child a pacifier."

Lu Youxi: "..."

*

The next morning, as Lu Youxi got out of bed and just as she sat up, the duvet rubbed against her front, causing her to hiss in pain.

Zhou Shuyan’s hair was a mess as he woke up hearing Lu Youxi’s voice, groggily asking, "What happened? Did you hit something?"

Lu Youxi lightly slapped him, "I’m in bed, what could I hit?"

Zhou Shuyan rubbed his eyes, coming to his senses and tried to see where Lu Youxi was holding, "Let me see."

"What for?" Lu Youxi pulled the duvet up, preventing Zhou Shuyen from looking.

"Stop covering it with the duvet, it’ll just hurt more," Zhou Shuyan said.

Lu Youxi: "..."

"It’s all because of you." Lu Youxi was unsure how the lullaby heightened Zhou Shuyan’s drive, causing him to stubbornly cling all night.

Now observing closely, even Zhou Shuyan’s lips seemed slightly swollen.

"Then I’ll be gentler next time," Zhou Shuyan could only say.

Lu Youxi: "..."

With her clothes not within reach, Lu Youxi really couldn’t cover herself, and she couldn’t just carry the duvet away.

At this point, there wasn’t much left for them to hide or feel embarrassed about from each other.

However, being so casual in front of Zhou Shuyan still made Lu Youxi a bit awkward.

But she had no choice but to get out of bed like this.

Now Zhou Shuyan could see clearly why Lu Youxi felt pain from a slight touch of the duvet.

He had truly been too careless last night.

Not until he had driven Lu Youxi to the school gate, Zhou Shuyan, having just parked the car, asked her, "Do you feel a bit better now?"

Lu Youxi: "..."

"With it so soon, I’ll need to rest for a few days. Until it’s better, you are not allowed to touch," Lu Youxi thought that letting this man continue being careless necessitated teaching him a lesson to remember.

Otherwise, if it happened again and he continued being careless, things could get worse.

Realizing his mistake, Zhou Shuyan didn’t dare haggle with Lu Youxi and simply shrank back and accepted it.

Lu Youxi got out of the car and watched her enter the school before Zhou Shuyan headed to the company.

At 9:30, he promptly entered the conference room to discuss the development of a new mobile phone with the research and development team.

"This is quite advanced, so it won’t likely be included in the next update. The headquarters and technology research and development teams should select some people to form a small team specifically tasked with the development of the new mobile phone."

"While we’re not launching it in the next update, there shouldn’t be an indefinite delay; the sooner, the better," Zhou Shuyan continued, "Report your progress to me every month."

"Yes."

Once the meeting was over, Zhou Shuyan left the conference room, and it was already one o’clock in the afternoon.

But because Zhou Shuyan’s idea was so advanced and exciting, everyone was immersed in planning the development and figuring out where to start, so much that they overlooked lunch.

No one even felt hungry.

Had Zhou Shuyan not concluded the meeting, no one would have wanted to leave.

Zhou Shuyan, along with Yu Zeqin, exited the conference room and just as they turned the corner in the hallway with a view of Zhou Shuyan’s office, they saw Lin Zhenghao and Lin Jingshen sitting on the sofa outside his office.

It was the secretarial team that had received the Lin family father and son since Yu Zeqin was attending the meeting with Zhou Shuyan.

No matter how displeased Zhou Shuyan was with Lin Zhenghao, Chengzhou’s hospitality was impeccable.

A teapot with two small dishes of nuts was set up on the coffee table in front of them.

However, they only sipped some tea without touching the nuts, glancing anxiously at their watches and looking in the direction of the conference room from time to time.

Just as Zhou Shuyan approached, Lin Zhenghao checked his watch again, hearing Lin Jingshen quietly complain, "Why is the meeting so long? They’re not leaving us cooling our heels on purpose, are they?"

"Keep your voice down!" Lin Zhenghao cautiously admonished in a low voice.

Lin Jingshen pursed his lips but still obeyed, lowering his already quiet voice further, "Since they let us make an appointment, it means Zhou Shuyan had time this morning. Now we’re here, and they say he’s in a meeting, clearly doing it on purpose. It’s like they’re trying to teach us a lesson."

"You know as well as I do," Lin Zhenghao said impatiently, "We’re in Chengzhou, don’t let others hear and mess things up! We originally came here to apologize today, let’s not botch this and end up offending them even more."

"Now we’ve offended someone and have to bow our heads. But at least we’ve managed to get into Chengzhou. Before, we couldn’t even enter," Lin Zhenghao said, "As long as we can meet Zhou Shuyan successfully, even if we have to wait all day, it’s worth it."