Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Don’t Close the Door

Gao Yuan guessed that the two of them were probably cooking up some scheme to mess with him.

Seeing the smiles on both their faces, and knowing them as he did, he figured they wouldn’t pull any pranks that were too over-the-top.

After changing into some loungewear, Gao Yuan came out to the living room.

"Alright, spill it. What’s with all the secrecy?"

Gao Yuan nonchalantly sat down on one end of the sofa, poured himself a glass of warm water, and looked at the two of them.

Lin Wanyu giggled and sidled up to him, hugging his arm with an eager-to-please look on her face.

Li Mengqing, however, remained seated where she was, expressionless, her head slightly lowered, not saying a word.

"Honey, Qingqing is homeless. I want to take her in."

Hearing Lin Wanyu’s wheedling tone, Gao Yuan glanced up at Li Mengqing. At that exact moment, Li Mengqing’s head shot up, and she looked at Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan instantly guessed what Lin Wanyu was getting at.

He didn’t call her out on it immediately. Instead, he wanted to use this opportunity to test Li Mengqing again. He was still hung up on the silhouette he’d seen that night.

’For the past few days, I’ve had a nagging feeling that what happened that night wasn’t a wet dream!’

"Sure, no problem. You don’t need to discuss something like this with me. Your apartment is huge."

Gao Yuan said, his eyes fixed on Li Mengqing.

The moment the words left his mouth,

he saw the light in Li Mengqing’s eyes dim.

Li Mengqing’s reaction, combined with the mission issued by the system, deepened Gao Yuan’s suspicions.

"No, that’s not it. I want Qingqing to move in here with you, and I’ll move in too."

"We can use my place at Jianglan Bay as our workshop from now on."

Gao Yuan didn’t pay much attention to Lin Wanyu’s last sentence.

The only thing ringing in his head was ’I want Qingqing to move in here... and I’ll move in too.’

Combined with Li Mengqing’s current expression, he immediately understood. This was what the two of them had been secretly discussing.

Gao Yuan was all for Lin Wanyu moving in with him.

There was a pretty big difference between sleeping with a woman in his arms and sleeping with a pillow.

But if Li Mengqing moved in too, wouldn’t that just add a cold, glaring third wheel?

’Of course, if I could confirm that the silhouette from that night was really Li Mengqing, I wouldn’t have any objections at all. In fact, I’d be more than happy.’

’The bliss of having two beautiful women is something every man desires, and Gao Yuan was no exception.’

’But right now, I can’t be sure.’

This sudden proposal of the three of them living together still caught Gao Yuan a little off guard. ’It’s not like the three of us can sleep in one bed.’

Gao Yuan also thought about how much Li Mengqing had silently done for him recently, so much so that the system had even issued a mission about it.

Now that she was in a tough spot, he certainly couldn’t refuse to help.

Fortunately, the apartment he was renting had two bedrooms. The guest room just needed some tidying up to be habitable.

’The only thing is, I won’t be able to dress so casually around the house anymore.’

"Moving in here is fine, too!"

"I just didn’t expect to be enjoying the bliss of two beauties so soon."

Although Gao Yuan had already figured out the arrangements in his head, he couldn’t resist teasing the two of them.

"In your dreams. The two of us will take the master bedroom. You can sleep wherever."

And just like that, it was happily decided that Li Mengqing would move into Gao Yuan’s place, and Lin Wanyu would move in as well.

Neither of them revealed the real reason for the move to Gao Yuan.

The three of them chatted for a while.

Gao Yuan also learned that Li Mengqing had been living in No.1 Courtyard as well, in the building right next door. This suddenly reminded him of the figure he’d seen after his workout that day.

’So the two of them had been hiding it from me all along. They said they were going home, but they were actually living just a stone’s throw away.’

That night, Li Mengqing didn’t bother going back to her own place at all and was dragged straight into the master bedroom by Lin Wanyu. Gao Yuan could only resign himself to sleeping on the sofa again, miserable.

’Anyway, Lin Wanyu is on her period, so we can’t do anything. It doesn’t matter if I let them have the bedroom for a night.’

However, when Gao Yuan was washing up the next morning, he was a bit confused to see two different brands of sanitary pads in the bathroom.

’Could Li Mengqing be on her period too?’

This was a piece of common knowledge Gao Yuan was unaware of: when girls spend a lot of time together, their menstrual cycles tend to sync up.

There were even statistics showing that female college students in the same dorm room would generally get their periods around the same time, supposedly because of their similar "magnetic fields."

Gao Yuan didn’t think much of it, simply hopping on JD.com and ordering another moxibustion pot.

He went downstairs to the gym and started his warm-up run as usual.

"President Gao, starting next week, we’ll be making some adjustments to your fitness plan. We’re going to add in some weight training."

"But don’t worry, your running distance will stay the same. We’ll just be increasing the speed a little."

Gao Yuan nodded as he ran.

The weight training wasn’t that important to him. As long as it didn’t affect his running distance, he was fine with following Wang Lin’s plan for everything else.

Today was his 9th consecutive day of working out. The app had recorded over 100 kilometers of running and more than ten kilometers of walking.

After today’s workout, he should be able to complete 1% of the fitness mission.

’Just 1%!’

’At this rate, it’ll really take more than two years to finish the fitness mission. Those 100 experience points aren’t easy to earn.’

Fortunately, after this period of adjustment, his body didn’t feel as exhausted after his workouts anymore.

’Once Lin Wanyu’s period is over, I’ll have to test if all this exercise has paid off.’

...

「Back at home.」

Gao Yuan saw that Li Mengqing had already washed up and was in the kitchen making breakfast.

But he was surprised to see that Lin Wanyu was also awake. When she saw him come in, she ran over with a pitiful look on her face. "Honey, it hurts so much!"

What else could Gao Yuan do? He quickly washed up and went into the kitchen to make her some brown sugar stewed eggs.

As he entered the kitchen, Li Mengqing came out with two plates of sandwiches. She placed one in front of Lin Wanyu and sneered, "So dramatic. I didn’t see you being this fragile before Gao Yuan came back."

"Hmph! Not everyone can be like you and act like nothing’s wrong when they’re on their period."

Not to be outdone, Lin Wanyu shot back a retort. But when she saw Gao Yuan turn his head in the kitchen, her face instantly contorted back into an expression of agony.

Gao Yuan didn’t pay attention to their bickering. Instead, he focused on what Lin Wanyu had said. Connecting it to the sanitary pads he’d seen that morning, he discreetly added two more eggs to the pot.

He brought two servings of the brown sugar stewed eggs to the table, placing a bowl in front of both Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing.

"Having you is the best!"

Lin Wanyu praised Gao Yuan happily and began to eat without a care in the world.

Li Mengqing, on the other hand, just glanced at Gao Yuan before lowering her head and eating in silence.

After breakfast, while Gao Yuan was cleaning the kitchen, Li Mengqing left.

She had an appointment with an internet celebrity today and couldn’t rest until she finished their styling.

Gao Yuan and Lin Wanyu weren’t idle either. They had to help Li Mengqing move today, which meant they needed to get the guest room ready first.

But then,

while Gao Yuan was cleaning and making the bed, Lin Wanyu went straight to the master bedroom’s closet, took out all of his clothes, and moved them into the guest room’s closet.

"Are you really taking over my nest?"

Gao Yuan was a little reluctant. ’In another two days, Lin Wanyu’s period will be over...’

"What else?

If Qingqing stays in here alone, who knows if you won’t sneak over in the middle of the night."

Lin Wanyu’s eyes went wide as she clenched her fist and punched Gao Yuan in the chest.

"Oh, woe is me! Why is my life so bitter!"

Forced by the threat of this tigress, Lin Wanyu, Gao Yuan could only complain verbally. He still had to obediently clean the room since, after all, he would be the one living in it.

After tidying up the guest room, Gao Yuan deliberately placed his stuffed cow on the headboard. "Looks like I’ll be sleeping with you from now on. You’re still the best, always here for me."

Pfft—

Hearing Gao Yuan speak so seriously to the stuffed cow, Lin Wanyu couldn’t help but laugh.

She pushed him right onto the bed, climbed on top of him, and pinched his nose. "Who are you being so passive-aggressive with?"

"I wouldn’t dare. It’s just that I get to hug my cow again at night, so I’m giving it a heads-up."

"You’re impossible!"

Lin Wanyu said, leaning close to Gao Yuan’s ear, "From now on, don’t close your door when you sleep, okay?~"

"Why shouldn’t I close the door?" Gao Yuan asked, playing dumb.

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