Later that Evening, Lu yao yin went about with her own things, she had just finished setting the table for dinner and was about eating when she heard a knock on her door.
She opened the door and surprisingly Zi yichen was standing right there
"Zi yichen?!" she asked surprised, she didn't expect to see someone like him at her door
"what are you doing here? how did you get in?"
Her house was in an estate called Eagleswood, there were only about three houses in the estate so it had a very high security and before anybody can come in they could either be a resident of the estate or if they were visiting the resident would have to be alerted before the person is allowed to enter.
"shouldn't I come in first?" He said
Lu yao yin shifted from the door and allowed him enter
"wow you really know how to live like an empress" Zi yichen awed at all her exquisite furniture, He could bet that his house didn't have as much expensive furniture as she had layered hers with.
"it doesn't kill to spend a little"
A little?... the price of all the furniture was enough to sustain a small town for 10 years.
He raised a brow but didn't refute her statement. since she was about having dinner, Lu yao yin invited him to the dinning table and reset the table for two.
"So what brings you to my house by this time of the night?" she asked as they began eating
"don't we have something to discuss about?"
"yeah but you said you would call not come, so why did you suddenly come?"
"are you that oblivious of your surrounding?"
She was confused "what do you mean?"
"I mean you didn't notice all this while that we have been neighbors, we've lived approximately 50 metres apart from each other and you didn't know"
Lu yao yin was momentarily surprised, she truly didn't notice anything at all, if this was true then it means on the night of DxD celebration party that she thought he was following her, he really was just driving out of the same house.
"I truly didn't notice"
'well its a good thing, cause now I could branch your house anytime I feel like and you could have sleepovers at my house" He winked jokingly
"why would I want to sleepover at your house?"
"who knows?" He shrugged "you might change your mind and become my girlfriend later on" he teased
Lu yao yin rolled her eyes "yeah dream on" they finish eating then she cleared the dishes and poured two cup of coffee for each of them
"so what did you come to tell me?" she knew it definitely wasn't possible that he only came to tell her that they were neighbours.
Zi yichen opened his mouth but then he hesitated for a while "I spoke with mammoth studios"
She could clearly see that was not what he wanted to say but she didn't point it out, she picked the cup and took a sip "so did he agree?"
"yeah and I told him to call when he was done with the preparations"
"that's good, so we are officially allies from now right?"
"we could be more than allies if you want?" He asked cheekily,
Lu yao yin swept him an amused look, she wondered how he would always find a way to be cheeky even in the midst of a serious discussion. He was famous for being strict and serious so how come whenever he was with her it always seemed like he was entirely a different person or wasn't he the same Zi yichen that everyone knew?
They talked for a while and then it was time for him to go home, she offered to see him off to his house and after much bantering and bickering he finally agreed and let her see him off. As they left her house, they took their time walking allowing the cold breeze sweep past their faces as they discuss other trivial business issues, surprisingly they had many business thoughts that went in sync, within a few meter stroll they had managed to offer solutions to some lingering issues to each other.
"mission accomplished" she said when they arrived at the door of his house
"I saw you to your house so I should get going"
"you don't want to stay a little?"
"if I stay you would have to see me back then my seeing you home would be in vain and besides its quite late for me to be seen at your house"
as she said this a car rushed towards them and stopped right in front of the building. the door opened and first Jin Shenyang came out then accompanied by Lui shenhui
"Jin Shenyang? why are you here?" Zi yichen asked puzzlingly, he had waited for Jin Shenyang during the day and when he didn't arrive he assumed he wasn't going to visit anymore, never did he expect that he would visit and in the late hours of the night too.
"yichen sorry I didn't come earlier on, I had a few urgent things too attend too, I tried your number to tell you but it just wasn't going through and I didn't want to postpone my visit till another day so I just came anyway, I'm not intruding right?"
When he said the last part, his while attention was on Lu yao yin, seeing her standing in front of Zi yichen house with nothing but an oversized sweatshirt, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious. who wouldn't be, besides it was almost midnight and she was dressed so casually it looked like she was staying there.
"no you're not" Zi yichen replied plainly
Jin Shenyang seemed to have remembered something _oh you remember my cousin Lui shenhui right?" he pointed at Lui shenhui and introduced her, he hasn't heard the news if not he wouldn't have bothered to introduce them to themselves as they were well acquainted.
"yeah I do, we've met a couple of times"
"dad didn't trust me to go out on my own by this time and Lui shenhui just happened to be around so he asked her to accompany me I hope you don't mind?"
Zi yichen turned and looked at Lu yao yin, it was clear he was asking for her permit on what to say, this small gesture shocked the two people standing before them and even angered Lui shenhui. she clenched her fist and bit on her lips.
Lu yao yin : "...?" wait what?! why is he looking at me like I own the house? it's his f*cking house for god sake!
she glared at him till he was forced to look away.
"Lu yao yin i didn't expect to meet you here, do you live here? you're dressed so casual it doesn't look like your visiting?" Lui shenhui couldn't stop herself from asking, she was so infuriated that her teeth almost made crushing sound as she spoke, she had talked her uncle into making Jin Shenyang take her along with him thinking that she would get the chance to get closer to Zi yichen, but now it seems that was all her wishful thinking as Lu yao yin was present and his attention was already on her
"I don't live here I only came to visit, why? I'm not allowed too?" the last thing Lu yao yin wants to do is tell Lui shenhui where she lived, it wasn't that she was afraid of her but she could see another Lu shenqi in her and people like them a whole lot of disturbance.
"no I'm just curious"
Jin Shenyang could feel the tension between the two ladies without being told and he could roughly guess what could have been the Genesis
"the weather outside is a little bit cold, why don't we step inside?"
they agree and walked into the house, a young man dressed as a Butler came out and offered them coffee to warm themselves up along with some snacks as they discussed, Zi yichen and Jin Shenyang discussed as they competed on the ps in the sitting room, Lui shenhui stuck close to the two of them trying her very best to be noticed by Zi yichen. Lu yao yin was totally not interested in whatever they were doing, she thought she would just see Zi yichen off and then rush back to her warm cozy bed but wo knew she would meet Lui shenhui right in front of his house. it seems enemies truely meet at crossroads
She picked up a magazine on the table and aimlessly flipped through it as she nibbled on the grapes given to her, as she looked through the books, she noticed a small head peek out from the corridor on the second floor, she pretended to pay extra attention to the books in her hands while her whole attention were on the little figure hiding behind the statue on the stairs.
it must have noticed her staring cause it scurried away to the direction it came from.