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"I'm not going," Zhou Mingchen did, indeed, reject the idea quite bluntly.
In the evening, he was sitting on the sofa as usual, seriously reading a paper book he was holding.
"Then I'll just go by myself, ha~" As expected, Xia Lu was not disappointed.
Zhou Mingchen looked up at her, noticing the woman had gotten her hands on a pile of animal pajamas. She'd been diligently changing into a different set each day; tonight, it seemed she was dressed as a giraffe, "So you really want to play the third wheel with your friends?"
"Mhm~" Xia Lu did not explain and simply responded affirmatively.
Indeed, although the two were married, it was after all a marriage of convenience and not based on any real emotions; they didn't even have a honeymoon. Xia Lu was still a young girl after all – how could she not want to have fun? If given the chance, of course she would seize it.
Zhou Mingchen thought for two seconds and then surprisingly agreed.
