The next day, Tang Wei woke up, moving her stiff arms. She frowned and opened her eyes.
"It hurts…" Tang Wei whispered.
Not only did Lu Beichen climb into her bed, he was even pressing her arm with his body.
"Hiss~"
Her arm was so numb that she could not move it.
The man opened his slanted eyes and said in a low voice, "Why are you hissing so early in the morning?"
"You're pressing on my arm!" Tang Wei said angrily.
Lu Beichen pursed his lips and looked down at her reddened arms. He quickly moved to the side.
"I'm sorry."
Tang Wei heaved a sigh of relief once she finally pulled her arm free, but the numbness was really uncomfortable.
"Give me a massage," she said.
"..."Lu Beichen frowned and grabbed her arm to massage it.
For a moment, the two people in the room felt like they were bonding with each other until that feeling was drowned out by the man's constant complaining.
Tang Wei's ears were about to get calluses. She withdrew her hand abruptly. "Sorry for troubling you so much."
She turned around and prepared to get out of bed.
Behind him, Lu Beichen looked at the woman's slender back view and her slightly curved waist. His Adam's apple bobbed as he pulled up the thin blanket.
"You've changed quite a lot these past two days," Lu Beichen said.
Tang Wei put on her slippers, turned around, and said with a smile, "You said the same thing yesterday afternoon."
She didn't bother giving him any more answers. She raised her eyebrows and went to the bathroom to wash up.
After closing the bathroom door, she leaned against the sink and checked herself in the mirror to see if there was any eye discharge.
"Phew~ Fortunately, I don't have any eye discharge. How could I ruin my image in front of a handsome man?"
After Tang Wei washed her face, she came out of the bathroom and saw the man who was still resting with his eyes closed. He only opened his eyes when he heard her coming out.
"Aren't you going to work today?" Tang Wei asked.
"I'm on leave today. I was on a business trip for a month, so I'm tired." Lu Beichen said.
He noticed that she hadn't used the new cosmetics. He paused and frowned. "Why haven't you touched the new cosmetics?"
Tang Wei looked through the mirror and saw the man leaning against the big bed. His expressionless face was tense as if he was enduring something.
She pursed her lips and explained, "I'm used to using this brand that I bought. My skin won't be accustomed to using a different one, that's why I haven't touched the new ones."
"Anyways, thanks for your consideration. I'll return the money to you soon."
She said a series of words, and the man's expression changed unpredictably according to her words. In the end, his face turned completely cold.
Tang Wei poured some essence into her hand and said with her eyes lowered, "Give me your account number, or we can just add each other on WeChat."
Lu Beichen lifted the blanket and got off the bed with a sour face.
She heard the sound of him forcefully lifting the blanket. She looked up at the grumpy man, pursing her lips. She could not provoke a grumpy person, let alone Lu Beichen.
He stood behind the woman and looked up at her. He said coldly, "I don't add people I'm not familiar with on WeChat. Anyway, my card number is 64…"
Tang Wei quickly wrote down his card number. In case she forgot, she took out her phone and wrote it down on WeChat as well.
Did she hear wrongly? Lu Beichen didn't add people he wasn't familiar with on WeChat?
She swallowed down the urge to ask the price of these clothes and cosmetics.
Lu Beichen came out of the bathroom and saw the woman standing in front of the wardrobe, patting her clothes.
He knew that Tang Wei wanted to post those clothes on her WeChat Moments to show off. However, a woman who didn't even have a job would be suspicious if she posted a picture of such luxurious clothes. He really didn't know what she was thinking.
Lu Beichen pursed his lips. Since they were husband and wife, it was necessary for him to remind her of this.
"What are you doing?" Lu Beichen asked with a frown.
Tang Wei seemed relieved to see him.
She said, "I haven't asked you how much these are, so I could only search their prices online using pictures, which is so troublesome. Since you're here now, I won't have to take pictures anymore."
He glanced at her indifferently. His gaze was very cold.
"Well, I forgot. You should continue taking pictures by yourself."
Tang Wei listened to his light tone, then helplessly continued to snap pictures of the clothes.
"Humph." He grumbled before walking out.
"?" She looked at his back in confusion.
At this point, she had reason to suspect that he knew the price of those clothes, but he simply didn't want to tell her.
Tang Wei stopped after a while because some of the clothes were really too expensive, and her card didn't have enough balance.
"Hmm… Then I'll leave some for myself and pay for the rest to Lu Beichen."
Tang Wei pursed her lips as she agreed with her own idea.
After a while, the servant outside told her she was invited to Bamboo Garden for breakfast.
Tang Wei complied and walked out.
In Bamboo Garden.
Tang Wei stood outside the door and asked the maid, "Who's inside?"
"It's Second Master and Second Mistress," the maid replied respectfully.
Tang Wei frowned and recalled for a while before she remembered the Lu family's Second Master. This Second Master was the exact opposite of the First Master, who lived a cowardly life in front of his wife, while the Second Master had a housewife. She did not have a job and only took care of the children at home.
Therefore, every time Second Master was in the front hall, First Master wouldn't show his face at all due to embarrassment.
Tang Wei walked into the room.
It seemed that someone had been paying attention to her movement at the entrance. As soon as she entered the door and rubbed her cold hands, she heard a man's exaggerated voice.
"This must be Third Brother's wife. Third Brother, you've actually been hiding such a beauty from us."
Lu Gui sized up his sister-in-law with lascivious eyes. The woman's face was prettier than any model or celebrity he had slept with. Her fair skin was extremely clean, and she had makeup on her face. He knew that this kind of makeup she was wearing was called a 'natural look'.
She had charming eyes with a hint of aggression at their corners.
He was very satisfied with this sister-in-law. He found that this kind of woman was more interesting than any other woman he had ever used.
Tang Wei had a faint smile on her lips as she looked at the man. He was the second son, Lu Gui. He did not look like Lu Beichen, nor did he look like Old Master Lu. He had sunken eyes, and he wore a thin short-sleeved shirt in the middle of winter. Those who did not know better would think that it was currently very hot indoors.
After all, it was winter. How hot could the weather get?
However, the way he looked at her was very uncomfortable. Tang Wei's lips were even and there was no smile.
When Lu Beichen heard his second brother's voice, he looked at the door and hummed lightly.
"Honey, come here," he said lazily.
Tang Wei walked over. She was still two steps away when the man grabbed her wrist and made her sit on the sofa's armrest, his other hand wrapping around her slender waist.
She smiled slightly. A second ago, the man was acting so cold toward her. Now, he finally remembered that she, his tool, was needed for him to put on a convincing act.
Lu Beichen looked up. His deep eyes were filled with a bright smile as he said, "Honey, this is Second Brother, and next to him is Second Sister-in-law."
"Hello, Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law."
Just as Lu Gui was about to continue smiling mischievously, Lu Beichen glanced at him with obvious coldness in his eyes.
Lu Gui held it in and smiled awkwardly.
His wife Su Wan said gently, "Hello."
Su Wan had the appearance of a Jiangnan woman, but her eyes were filled with dullness as she fell into a daze from time to time.
"Hello, Second Sister-in-law." Tang Wei replied.
Lu Gui didn't speak much until breakfast.
Lu Beichen pushed his chair away and got up. "I'm going to work. Enjoy your meals."
After saying that, he looked at Tang Wei.