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Zhou Jin was sitting on the ground with his hands on top of me and his head on top of me, probably thinking of me as a huge pillow.

I pursed my lips to push him away and thought better of it.

It was sunny outside the window, and the clock on the wall said it was three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Zhou Jin?" I called his name.

He looked up at me, his eyes red and bloodshot, his face pale, the dark circles on his face as heavy as mine.

Recently, he has also been very busy.

He smiled when he saw I was awake. "I wanted to see you wake up," he said.

"Have you been busy with the company recently?" I looked at him and asked, "You. Still painting? "

There was a flash of gloom in his eyes, and he took my hand and said, "Painting can't get power right away."

"So?" I asked. I knew the answer, but I didn't know if it was as I had guessed.

Zhou Jin smiled gently. He shook his head and said, "I don't want to promise anything."

"I'm hungry." I stopped pressing him. "You can make some."

Zhou Jin smiled and nodded. "What do you want to eat?"

"All good." "I'm happy to have someone to do it for me."

Zhou Jin ruffled my hair.

Zhou Jin got up and went to the kitchen. He consciously put on his apron, which was embroidered with a rabbit embroidered in blue and white. It was quite suitable for him.

I looked after him, my hands clenched, and I knew what he meant.

He was as warm to me as he had been three years ago, but I knew he had changed and become much more mature.

I don't know how much struggle it took for him to give up the profession he had been studying for so many years, but in order to gain more power, only absolute power could have absolute freedom in his family.

So? The reason why he was engaged to Yan Siqi was not because the Yan Clan had sought him out, but because he had sought out Yan Siqi? I immediately threw this thought out of my mind. He wouldn't sell himself out for power, and furthermore, the situation with Yan Siqi's family wasn't worth it.

Sitting on the sofa with my legs crossed, I watched Zhou Jin busy, I found that three years later Zhou Jin, I was a little unable to see through.

I am not pure. This is what Zhou Jin once told me.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Jin put his arm around my shoulders and walked over to me.

I turned and smiled at him. He shook his head.

"Do you need help?" Zhou Jin asked me.

I shook my head.

"Don't work too hard." Zhou Jin put a hand on my forehead and said, "You're too skinny."

"Yes." I looked into his bloodshot eyes and thought, I can't just let you work hard.

Zhou Jin and I sat opposite each other at the table. After dinner, he silently took out a handwritten document and two tickets from his bag and pushed them towards me.

I looked at him and smiled, then looked down at what he was pushing. He invited me to the Jewelry Fair, a private fair, probably for his ticket.

"Do you want me to go with you?" I asked him, smiling.

Zhou Jin nodded.

"Alright." Zhou Jin's face broke into a smile.

After the two of us finished eating, Zhou Jin left.

I have to get back to work. I've finished with the competition, and now it's time for the art jewellery customization studio.

The shop has been renovated, except for the signboard that hasn't been hung up yet. I've been preparing to use it as a trademark for a long time now.

I carefully drew a cat on a piece of white paper with a pencil. It was lying on the ground lazily.

This is my secret with Zhou Jin.

I sent the designed sign to the factory, which said it would see the finished product in a week.

"Are you done?" Zhou Jin called me from downstairs to urge me on.

"Alright." I took one last look at myself in the mirror. In the mirror I was wearing a black dress with no ornaments on it, only an elaborate design.

Zhou Jin opened the door for me. I leaned against the seat and tilted my head to look at his profile. His profile was very gentle.

I turned away from him, but he reached out and took my hand.