"Cut your wage? Doesn't that mean I'm cutting *my* wage?" He opened the bathroom door again, an inviting gesture that made the girl carry on her beauty bath. He began unbuttoning inside the bathroom his shirt with dexterity, "Save the Earth, save the trees, save the water, it all starts with us, with you and me. So I suggest we take the shower together."
Such reasoning—was surprisingly strong that Lu could not refute.
(The next morning)
Lu remained sound asleep when Huo Yunting knocked that noisy alarm clock before getting up. He crept to her and whispered right into her ears like Dementor sapping her morning joy, "You aren't going for real?"
She whimpered, frowned, and waved him away, "Mhmm…Not going." She turned away and retreated into her blanket.
"What's up with your personal business?"
He knew Lu was a concise person who would not make things personal, so this particular phrase she uttered last night caught his very attention.
