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Jiang Mian was startled, but she didn't show any panic or fear.

More than anything, I was shocked.

It was just a dark figure sitting on a single sofa in the corner, in the dim light.

Jiang Mian immediately realized that it was Lu Bozhou.

At the same time, the first thought that popped into my mind was—it wasn't a dream, it wasn't an illusion.

Was he really taking care of her?

Jiang Mian looked at him and asked, "How long have I been asleep?"

"One afternoon." Lu Bozhou stood up, his voice calm. "To avoid Lu Chaochi making a fuss, I had Song Xun take him to his grandparents' house."

Jiang Mian nodded, even though she hadn't had a very pleasant time with Yan Ke and the others last time.

But they treated Lu Chaochi quite well.

"Thank you for taking care of me. I'm sure I've caused you trouble."

"It's not that bad." Lu Bozhou walked to the bedside, picked up the thermometer gun, and put it in her ear.

"Around noon, Lu Chaochi made a huge fuss when he saw you weren't there." Lu Bozhou glanced at the thermometer. "You don't have a fever anymore."

"There's food outside, Song Xun bought it, come out and eat something." Lu Bozhou turned around and prepared to walk out of the bedroom.

Jiang Mian also got out of bed to go out, but her legs were as weak as noodles!

I almost knelt down on the ground!

But soon I was enveloped in the scent of ebony and sandalwood.

"..." Jiang Mian felt her heart pounding.

Lu Bozhou helped her up. "Can you walk?"

"I can walk now, my legs were just a little weak just now." Jiang Mian quickly steadied herself.

Lu Bozhou turned and walked ahead towards the bedroom door.

Jiang Mian wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt for some reason that the man's pace seemed to have slowed down.

Sitting down at the table, Jiang Mian opened the lunchbox and smelled the aroma of chicken porridge inside, and suddenly felt a little hungry.

He had only taken one bite when Lu Bozhou's voice rang out calmly, "Lu Bolin came looking for you."

Jiang Mian paused, then nodded. "Yes, he came to my school gate looking for me."

She glanced at Lu Bozhou, only to meet his deep, dark eyes.

There was no fierceness or anger in his deep eyes.

His gaze was indifferent as he looked at her.

Just as Jiang Mian was about to speak, she heard Lu Bozhou chuckle.

The laughter sounded more like mockery than sarcasm.

"Is that all the confidence you have? You think you can get sick from just meeting Lu Bolin?"

"I..." Jiang Mian never imagined that she would fall ill from fright after meeting Lu Bolin.

She found it unlikely, "Where did you get this diagnosis from?"

"Song Xu gave you a diagnosis, gave you a fever-reducing injection, and took your blood sample back for testing. The results were all normal."

Jiang Mian was stunned when she heard Lu Bozhou's words.

Lu Bozhou said, "It's the same old story again, stress. How interesting, is there some environmental factor in my family? Are all three of us under stress?"

Jiang Mian was speechless.

Maybe... they're all born in the Year of the Cat? That's why they're so easily stressed?

However, Jiang Mian also heard from his words that he was referring to a family of three.

A family of three.

And he also...

Jiang Mian glanced at him. "President Lu himself reacted to the situation, so how come I'm the one who's spineless?"

"There aren't many situations that can trigger my stress; even a hundred Lu Bolins wouldn't make a difference," Lu Bozhou said calmly.

Upon hearing his words, Jiang Mian couldn't help but wonder what might have caused him to lose his composure.

Lu Bozhou didn't continue the topic, but only asked, "What did Lu Bolin say?"

Jiang Mian pondered for a moment and then succinctly summarized Lu Bolin's requirements.

She gently bit her lip. "What should I do?"

The next second she saw Lu Bozhou stand up and walk into the room.

Jiang Mian was stunned for a moment, feeling slightly uneasy.

But soon, Lu Bozhou came out again, holding a small USB flash drive in his hand, and handed it to her.

"What is this?" Jiang Mian had a vague idea of ​​what was going on, but she still found it somewhat unbelievable.

Lu Bozhou placed the USB drive next to her, saying, "Lu Bolin asked you to steal the information."

really.

Jiang Mian had the same guess.

only……

"You just gave it to me like that?" Jiang Mian's eyes widened.

"Otherwise, why would I need to perform any ceremony?" Lu Bozhou raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Mian knew Lu Bozhou's personality and quickly realized what was going on.

She pursed her lips and tentatively asked, "Did you... guess that he would do something like this?"

Lu Bozhou glanced at her. "Of course I guessed. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste that I've been working so hard despite my injury to put on this show for him?"

Jiang Mian blinked. "Acting...acting for him?"

“Hmm.” Lu Bozhou pointed to the USB drive next to her. “I’ll put on an act for him, that’s why he’s so eager for this project.”

“The more I want something, the more he wants it,” Lu Bozhou said calmly. “I’ll dig a pit, put on a show, and he’ll believe it and jump in without a doubt.”

The man seemed completely indifferent to these things.

Jiang Mian was still eating when he turned around and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

Jiang Mian ate absentmindedly, clutching the small USB drive in her hand—a tiny thing that barely weighed anything.

But for some reason, it felt as if it weighed an immense weight!

Jiang Mian stared at the USB drive in her hand, but what she was really thinking about wasn't the trap Lu Bozhou had set for Lu Bolin.

Or rather, he wasn't just thinking about the trap he had set for Lu Bolin.

But how could this man...? He actually told her about this elaborate plan?

Wasn't he afraid she would betray him and tell Lu Bolin the news?

Isn't this man the most obsessive and suspicious?

You trust her that much?

Before going to bed, Jiang Mian couldn't help but ask Lu Bozhou a question.

The man didn't speak, and she thought she wouldn't get an answer.

After a few seconds of silence, the man said calmly, "Lu Bolin won't believe you."

Even if you tell him that I told you this project was a trap, he will still think that my act of telling you it was a trap is the trap itself.

That sounds convoluted.

But Jiang Mian understood what Lu Bozhou meant.

Indeed, a stubborn and self-willed person like Lu Bolin would do exactly as Lu Bozhou described.

No wonder Lu Bozhou told her without any warning.

Jiang Mian's doubts were answered, and she prepared to go to sleep.

Just then, the man's deep, magnetic voice rang out again.

"And you, with your hand almost crippled, if you can still betray us and side with Lu Bolin, then you're truly brilliant."

Jiang Mian detected a hint of mockery in his words.

She frowned, turned her back to him, and soon fell asleep.

Jiang Mian's fever was indeed caused by stress, and she recovered completely the next day.

There were no other symptoms, and I rested at home for two days over the weekend.

She was fully recovered by Monday, just in time for Lu Chaochi's first day of kindergarten.

When Jiang Mian took him to kindergarten, she watched Lu Chaochi's small figure follow the teacher into the kindergarten.

She suddenly felt a pang of sadness, realizing that she hadn't been there for him for very long as he was growing up.

Jiang Mian bit her lip hard and quickly raised her hand to wipe her eyes.

Just then, Song Wan's voice suddenly came from the side.

"Xiao Chi is going to kindergarten, why are you crying?" [Qiqi is asking for your favorites and votes! Today's song is "I'm a Mom or a Daughter": Sending you to school for the first time, I wanted you to be brave, but I cried instead.]