If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 774: Chapter 774: Don’t Touch Me for a Year
 

Xu Chaomu sat earnestly on the living room sofa, modifying design drawings. Occasionally, when she ran into a problem, she would prop her chin in her hand and think seriously.

When Shen Chi arrived home, as soon as he entered the living room, he saw Xu Chaomu with a serious expression on her face.

Unexpectedly, when this girl got serious, she was very meticulous.

Shen Chi walked up to her, and she didn’t even notice.

He bent down and looked at her computer screen.

Xu Chaomu smelled the familiar woodland fragrance on him, then turned her head and smiled, “You’re back?”

“Mhm.” Shen Chi looked at her computer screen.

He pointed at the detail drawing, “This needs to be changed, the use of this pattern element is too common, it brings down the overall aesthetic appeal.”

“Okay, I got it.” Xu Chaomu nodded her head.

Speaking of which, Xu Chaomu started to make the changes.

As she worked on the drawing, he stood by and watched, occasionally offering some advice.

“Fourth Brother, I didn’t expect you to know so much about this.” Xu Chaomu complimented him as she continued making changes.

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“Nonsense.”

If he didn’t know anything, how could he have ended up in the position he was in today?!

Xu Chaomu pouted, “Why are you yelling at me again? No, scolding me.”

Shen Chi’s mouth twitched, “Do you have a glass heart?”

Xu Chaomu laughed, “Me? If I had a glass heart, I would have left the Shen Family long ago, and even if I hadn’t left the Shen Family, I would have stopped talking to you a long time ago. Just think about it, when I was little, you used to scold me a lot.”

“If I hadn’t disciplined you, who knows what you’d have turned into by now!”

“But I didn’t turn out to be anything special, did I?” Xu Chaomu retorted.

“…” Shen Chi looked at her with contempt, but found himself at a loss for words.

Xu Chaomu was amused, and she continued making modifications with a spring in her step.

“Right, when is the trade show starting?” Xu Chaomu asked casually.

“In about a month.”

“Oh, then my baby will be nearly six months by then, right? In that case, I won’t go. It’s not convenient to move around with a big belly,” Xu Chaomu said.

“We’ll see,” Shen Chi furrowed his brows as if something was weighing on his mind.

“If I win any awards, just help me bring them back. And if I don’t win, it saves me the embarrassment of going.” Xu Chaomu laughed merrily.

“You wish!” Shen Chi gave her an unimpressed look.

“…” Xu Chaomu clamped her mouth shut.

After a moment of silence, Xu Chaomu looked up and asked, “Fourth Brother, you entrusted me with such an important project. Isn’t there any criticism within the group?”

“Who would dare to criticize?”

“Oh… you’re quite authoritarian in the group.” Xu Chaomu snorted coldly.

“How can you stand your ground without being authoritative when dealing with that crowd?” Shen Chi whispered in her ear.

Xu Chaomu turned her head and said with a brimming smile, “What about me then?”

“You belong to me, and you must listen to me too,” Shen Chi said dominantly.

“Why should I? I won’t if I don’t want to. Shouldn’t it be you listening to me? Everyone says that men should listen to women!” Xu Chaomu was not convinced, not one bit.

“Some areas, I can listen to you.”

“Hmm?” Xu Chaomu looked at him curiously.

“Like in bed,” Shen Chi raised an eyebrow, lowering his voice, “you can choose whether you want to be on top or I…”

“Scram, scram, scram!” Xu Chaomu cut him off, extremely, particularly, extremely angry!

She knew this man couldn’t say anything nice.

She took a deep breath and pushed him away.

Shen Chi curved the corners of his mouth, a meaningful smile at the edge of his lips.

He sat down next to her and silently watched her work on the drawing.

Xu Chaomu shot him a contemptuous look, but nonetheless, she was enjoying their time together.

She worked on the drawing, and he watched, occasionally giving her pointers.

For the first time, Xu Chaomu thought, designing was an extremely happy thing to do.

“Fourth Brother, are you really not going to Washington? The meeting is important, why don’t you fly back there?” Xu Chaomu asked.

She still felt a twinge of guilt; such an important meeting was delayed because of her.

“No need, I’m staying with you.” Shen Chi put an arm around her shoulder, “What could be more important than you? Hmm?”

Xu Chaomu smiled. Shen Chi was getting better and better at sweet-talking her.

“Then I’ll go to the group’s office tomorrow. Will you go too?” Xu Chaomu said.

“Yes.”

“Good, let’s go together,” Xu Chaomu suggested with a smile.

The incident where Shen Chi teased her had been momentarily forgotten; she clearly should have… teased him back.

Shen Chi accompanied Xu Chaomu on modifying the drawings for a while, and when it was time for lunch, they ate together.

Shen Chi knew he had a lot of work to do, but whenever he was with Xu Chaomu, he would put aside all his work.

The five years he’d missed couldn’t be made up in a moment, so he spent every little moment with her.

“By the way, Chaomu, I have something to show you.” After finishing the meal, Shen Chi said.

“What?” Xu Chaomu’s eyes glittered, could it be that he had become enlightened?

After all, she had told him that morning her hands were spotlessly clean of any possessions.

Could it be that he went out and actually bought her a diamond ring? She wondered if it was beautiful or not.

But why did Shen Chi go upstairs?

Shouldn’t the diamond ring come out of his pocket, and then he gets down on one knee to put it on her in a heartfelt gesture? What did he mean by going upstairs?

“Fourth Brother, what did you go upstairs to get?” Xu Chaomu called out.

Shen Chi didn’t answer her and continued to walk toward the bedroom.

Curious, Xu Chaomu didn’t follow him, but stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting for him.

He had a tall and upright silhouette, and she tilted her head to look at him, one hand stroking her belly.

Before long, Shen Chi came back down, holding something that looked like a booklet in his hand.

Standing at the top of the stairs, he hooked the corner of his mouth, gazing down at the little woman below.

She was also looking up at him, appearing rather silly.

“Catch!” Shen Chi tossed the item in his hand down, a faint smile on his face.

Expecting a throw, Xu Chaomu jumped slightly, only to realize… damn it, this man was teasing her!

“Shen Chi! You’re so annoying. I’m going to feed you to Dabai!” Xu Chaomu put her hands on her hips and glared up at him, fuming.

Shen Chi laughed. He stood at the top of the stairs, looking down at her loftily and said lightly, “Do you know what this is?”

“What?” Xu Chaomu couldn’t guess, her eyes wide with curiosity as she looked up at him.

She saw that what he was holding looked like a marriage certificate, square and red.

“How about you guess? If you guess right, your husband will kiss you. If you guess wrong, you kiss your husband. How’s that?” Shen Chi narrowed his eyes, his gaze mischievously fixed on her.

Xu Chaomu wasn’t always this dull, especially since she had been through this kind of situation several times!

It was obvious, whether she guessed right or wrong, she would be at a loss!

“No, let’s do this instead.” Xu Chaomu craftily smiled, “If I guess right, you sleep in your room and don’t touch me for a year. If I guess wrong, you don’t touch me for a month. How about that?”