Kiss of Venus: Chapter 20

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Yu Wan stayed quiet. Li Shen looked at her and asked, “If it were you what?”

Yu Wan laughed and said, “If it were me, I wouldn’t spend so much money on the entire site.”

Of course, she also couldn’t afford to do it.

Li Shen heard her and followed her laughter, “You are Hu Jiao’s wedding planner. The more money she spends on her wedding, the more achievements you get. Shouldn’t you be happy?”

Yu Wan, “......”

He makes sense.

“So I should have had two bowls of noodles tonight?”

Li Shen chuckled, “Alright, you go up first.”

“En, have fun on your run.” Yu Wan took out her key card and swiped it in. Li Shen retracted his sight from her and ran away.

After Hu Jiao’s wedding venue was settled, a weight had been lifted off her chest. However, there are still a few things she needs to work on such as the wedding host, dessert tables, flower decorations, gifts, etc. Yu Wan doesn’t have time to breathe.

Because the game is an ancient style, the desserts also have to fit the aesthetics. Hu Jiao specifically wanted Pure Elegance Pavilion’s pastry chefs to make it. The pastries were also selected and decided by her. None of them are Pure Elegance Pavilion’s pastries, but ones she saw in the game.

The master has spoken. Yu Wan could only do as told. Pure Elegance Pavilion is popular in A City. Every store is usually busy and there is always a line for their pastries. Yu Wan had to call them a couple of times before she could meet with their pastry chefs. After discussing it with them for a couple of months, they finally made some samples.

The Spring Festival is only a few days away. In an atmosphere where most of the employees in the country have no intention of going to work and just want to celebrate the holiday, Yu Wan had to take the pastry samples from Pure Elegance Pavilion for Hu Jiao to try.

The location is Hu Jiao’s townhouse. Today, the groom Yu Shimin is also present.

This is the first time Yu Wan saw Yu Shimin. He is the cousin of the recently popular actor Yu Kaize who is the main lead of 《The Last Journey》which Li Shen sang the theme song for. Yu Wan even marathoned the entire drama.

Yu Shimin and Yu Kaize have an air that makes them approachable so when Yu Wan first saw him, she felt some familiarity. She opened the box from Pure Elegance Pavilion and said, “These are the samples Pure Elegance Pavilion’s chefs. Try it and see if there is anything you want to change and I will relay it back to them.”

“En.” Hu Jiao slightly stood up and looked at the pastries in the box. There are five types in there. From the appearance alone, it is already very similar to the ones in the game.

“This is the Crystal Immortal Cake right?” She picked up a glutinous rice cake. A shape of a red dragon and phoenix could be seen on top of it. “It really is the work of Pure Elegance Pavilion’s chef. It’s so exquisite.”

She raised the cake to Yu Shimin’s mouth and said, “Shimin, try it.”

Yu Shimin took a bite from her hand and smiled at her, “You know I don’t like to eat these things. This cake is soft and sticky and not too sweet. You should like it.”

Yu Shimin only took a bite of the Crystal Immortal Cake in Hu Jiao’s hand. Hu Jiao didn’t pick up a new one and directly took a bite from it, “En, it tastes really good.”

She put down the Crystal Immortal Cake and picked up a Gyokuro Ball. This time, without waiting for her to say anything, Yu Shimin took the initiative to take a bite when Hu Jiao lifted it toward him.

Hu Jiao asked, “Is it sweet?”

Yu Shimin nodded and smiled brightly, “En, very.”

Yu Wan, “.....”

Who is she? Where is she? What is she doing?

After eating a ton of dog food, Yu Wan left Hu Jiao’s townhouse and went back home. Who said that rich people are not happy in love??

You can’t even imagine the happiness of rich people!

“Woof woof.” The barks sounded very familiar. Before Yu Wan could react, a Shiba Inu rushed to her and barked excitedly.

“Ah, I’m sorry!” The girl walking the dog viciously pulled the Shiba Inu back as if afraid it would break from its hold and bite her. “Lili, don’t make a fuss!”

“Woof woof.” Lili continued to bark at Yu Wan. Yu Wan bent down and patted its head. Only then did it calm down.

“I know this dog.” Yu Wan looked up and glanced at the girl holding the dog leash, “Lili is my neighbor’s dog. However, I don’t think I’ve seen you before.”

“Oh ...I am the cousin of Lili’s owner!” Xiao Dong wittingly gave herself the title of cousin.

Cousin? Yu Wan sized her up. She never heard of Li Shen having a cousin before. She thought about it and felt that she is probably Li Shen’s assistant or something.

Yu Wan didn’t want to pry and followed along, “So it’s like that.”

“Yes. My cousin went back home for the New Year so I am helping him take care of Lili for a few days.”

Yu Wan was slightly taken aback. Li Shen went back to his hometown? She looked at Xiao Dong and asked, “You’re not going home for the new year?”

“Haha, I am from A City.”

Fine. Yu Wan didn’t ask any more questions. She teased Lili for a while and then said goodbye. Back at home, she sat on her sofa with her mobile phone. After thinking for a while, she still sent Li Shen a message, “I just saw a girl downstairs with Lili. Is she your assistant?”

Li Shen didn’t reply back right away. She put down her phone, changed her outfit, and got a glass of water. When she came back, she saw a new message on the screen.

Li Shen: Yes, she’s Xiao Dong. I went back to my hometown for a few days. There are a few children here who are afraid of dogs so I couldn’t bring Lili back.

Yu Wan: Oh, I see. When did you go back?

Li Shen: This morning.

Li Shen: I’ll be back on the third day.

The corner of her mouth slightly dipped. She didn’t ask when he’ll come back.

Li Shen: What about you? You’re not going home for the new year?

Yu Wan: The company just recently moved to A City and I have to deal with Miss Hu’s wedding. There’s a lot I need to do orz

Li Shen: No vacation?

Yu Wan: There are a few weddings during the Spring Festival but I don’t have to follow it. I can rest [Victory]

Li Shen: Then have a nice break for a few days.

Yu Wan: Why do you have more vacation time than me?

Li Shen looked at her message and couldn’t help but say, “Maybe it’s because popularity died down.”

Yu Wan, “......”

How is that possible? Your new song still hasn’t fallen from the top spot.

Li Shen: I have to start recording when I come back. I will be very busy then.

Yu Wan: Wow, you’re going to release a new album (⊙o⊙)

Li Shen: En, it’s expected to be out in August.

Li Shen: The kids here are pestering me. We’ll talk when I get back.

Yu Wan: Okay.

Yu Wan put down her phone and didn’t bother him anymore.

Zhou Xiaoning also didn’t go back home to celebrate New years either. She spent New Year’s Eve with Yu Wan. This time, Zhou Xiaoning brought a large bottle of wine. It is the fruit wine she specifically bought online.

“Let me tell you, it was hard for me to obtain this wine!” Zhou Xiaoning held the bottle and stood at the door of Yu Wan’s house. While she was changing shoes, she saw a pair of blue slippers in the shoe cabinet.

Size 44.

This looks to be man’s slippers!

Holding the slippers, she looked sharply at Yu Wan, “Tell me honestly, do you have a man??”

“....” Yu Wan’s face reddened. She took the slippers from her hand and put them back in the cabinet. “Don’t talk nonsense. I sprained my foot last time and my neighbor lent me a pair of slippers to wear back.”

“Neighbor?” Zhou Xiaoning was a bit skeptical, “Which neighbor?”

A thought flashed in her head as she said this. Her voice raised a few octaves, “Was it Li Shen?!”

“.....No.”

“It is!”

Yu Wan, “.....”

Zhou Xiaoning determined that the slippers belonged to Li Shen. She even went online to check if Li Shen is size 44. Yu Wan was helpless. No matter how much Zhou Xiaoning pressed, she will not reveal anything to her.

Zhou Xiaoning took her silence as a silent acknowledgment. When they toasted at the dinner table, her word of congratulations was, “I wish you and Li Shen will get back together as soon as possible!”

Yu Wan, “.....”

With Zhou Xiaoning around during New Year’s Eve, it was quite lively. Yu Wan took leave from work on the first two days and slept in.

When she woke up on the second day, her Moments were filled with pictures of snow. Yu Wan walked out to the balcony with her fluffy pajamas and slippers on.

The world outside is really covered in white. The entire residential community is covered in heavy snow that it looked a bit like a tourist attraction. Lize Park which was a bit further away was also covered in a layer of white. Her building isn’t high enough so she can’t see farther out.

Yu Wan thought back to the year she first came to A City. It also had heavy snowfall. Maybe it’s because of the beauty of watching the snow in Lize with Li Shen that winter that from the years onward, as soon as it snows, she wants to go back to Lize Park.

Now she is back and just happened to meet with heavy snowfall. With no hesitation, Yu Wan wrapped herself in her most expensive down jacket and went to Lize Park to watch the snow.

Today, the wind is bitter cold. Yu Wan pulled her jacket tightly and put on a scarf and hat.

But the cold doesn’t seem to bother her much after she saw the snow in Lize Park. Perhaps A City has changed a lot in the past few years, but Lize Park is still the same as before. It’s so beautiful she wants to cry.

But it happened during the spring festival and it snowed so much, there are a lot of people in Lize Park. When Yu Wan walked over, she only saw a few girls who were as excited about the snow as she was. As for the others, they are simply the cleaning staff.

She walked to the lake and looked at the sight. The lake in Lize Park is very large and peach blossoms are planted all around it. When the peach blossoms bloom in the spring, the pink on the branches seems to be the lake in spring.

Although the flowers aren’t in blossom, the white snow on the branches is still projected onto the lake as if putting a layer of ice and snow on the lake.

Yu Wan took her phone out of her pocket, wanting to take a few pictures. The temperature outside is low, her hands are cold her phone took a while to respond. After a while, she finally took some pictures. Yu Wan turned around and saw a man walking over.

The man is wearing a mask and a hat as well as a down jacket. Yu Wan studied him a few times and her eyes widened, “Li Shen?”

She knows Li Shen very well, just like her to him.

Li Shen walked over to her, “Are you looking at the snow scene?”

“Yes.” Yu Wan nodded, “Didn’t you say you were coming back on the third day?”

Li Shen replied, “Xiao Dong told me had been very temperamental every say so I can only come back earlier.”

“Haha, who told you not to bring Lili with you.” Yu Wan noticed that Li Shen’s phone is on the recording function, “What are you recording?”

He glanced at his phone screen and explained, “I’m recording the sound of the park.”

“Sound of the park?”

“En.” Li Shen turned around and faced the lake as he held out his phone. “My new album’s title song is about Lize Park. I want to collect some sound samples that maybe I can use for its creation.”

“Oh!” Yu Wan suddenly felt enlightened, “That is a very good idea. But now it’s winter so there is no sound in the park.”

Li Shen smiled, “Silence is also one of the sounds of the park.”

Yu Wan felt that after not seeing him for many years, Li Shen has spoken more philosophically.

“Human voices, the wind howling, snow falling, birds chirping, bicycle bells, and people singing…..” All these sounds alone can outline the entire Lize Park in Li Shen’s head, “The new album is called 《Park》.”

Yu Wan froze and asked, “Am I the first person in the world to know what your new album is called?”

Li Shen tilted his head and looked at her. Although half his face is covered by a mask, his eyes were bent, “No, the first person is me.”

“.....” Yu Wan internally rolled her eyes, “Childish.”

Just as Li Shen was about to speak again, the two girls walking by paused and whispered to each other. Li Shen pressed his hat down and lowered his head, “I seemed to have been recognized.”

“Ah?” Yu Wan noticed the two girls not far from them looking over curiously, “What now?”

Li Shen pretended to calmly put away his phone and suddenly grabbed Yu Wan’s hand, “Run!”

Before she could respond, Yu Wan was already being dragged by Li Shen through the park. The two girls screaming “Li Shen” got farther and farther away.

After running for a while, Yu Wan became exhausted. While she is panting, she thought, why does she have to run with him??

“Wait, wait a minute. They don’t seem to be chasing after us.” She was pulled all the way to the west entrance of the park, “Let’s take a break.”

Li Shen finally stopped when he heard her. He stood there calmly, his breath even. It is a stark contrast to Yu Wan’s current state.

“How are you?”

Yu Wan straightened up and glanced at him, “I’m fine. How are you able to run this fast?”

Li Shen slightly raised his brows, “You call this running? I feel like this is just a warm-up.”

Yu Wan, “......”

Oh right, she remembered Li Shen would go on a late run every night. Also, with his two years of experience as a soldier, his physical strength must definitely be good.

“How long do you run every night?” She asked him.

Li Shen said, “I would run ten kilometers every day before going to sleep.”

“.....Ten kilometers???”

“En, I got used to it in the army.” He glanced down at Yu Wan, “But you on the other hand, it seems you are weaker than before.”

“.....” Yu Wan swears she wasn’t having any crooked thoughts.

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