Walking on the bustling streets of Lion City doesn’t feel much different from walking on the streets of Yongcheng.

Among the crowd coming toward us on the street, at least four out of five faces are Chinese, and they’re all speaking in Mandarin.

"Everyone here speaks Mandarin," Lin Wanwan remarked.

"Yes, although their official language is English, more than 70% of the population is Chinese, so many people speak Mandarin, as well as Cantonese and Hokkien," Lu Shouyue explained, taking on the role of guide for Lin Wanwan.

"I see. Oh, there’s an ice cream stall! I saw this online, it’s one of Lion City’s specialties, and I want to try it."

Without any hesitation, Lin Wanwan stopped at a street-side mobile ice cream stall to buy some ice cream.

"Alright."

Without a word, Lu Shouyue pulled out the local currency from his pocket to pay.

This time, Lin Wanwan was going to rely entirely on Lu Shouyue’s money, as she hadn’t thought to exchange any local currency.

She had believed that opening a Visa card, linking it to her phone, would allow her to travel the world with just her phone.

As it turned out, most of the small street vendors didn’t have card swipe machines or other mobile payment options, only larger stores could process card payments.

Lin Wanwan was quite surprised by this, given that while Lion City is small, it’s a developed country, yet their mobile payment options lag behind Huaxia.

Naturally, Lu Shouyue hadn’t reminded her about this.

To Lu Shouyue, as long as he had money, his girlfriend just needed to bring him along if she wanted to buy something, no need to carry cash!

Used to Huaxia’s mobile payments, Lin Wanwan found cash transactions rather inconvenient.

After buying the biscuit-wrapped ice cream, Lin Wanwan handed over the cylinder holding a precious painting to Lu Shouyue to hold.

She leisurely walked along while eating, without any concern for image or manners.

There’s comfort in being carefree!

"Wanwan, what’s the treasure you’re carrying that you won’t part with it?" Lu Shouyue was curious about the contents of the cylinder, but Lin Wanwan kept him in suspense, refusing to say.

"Don’t worry, you’ll know sooner or later," Lin Wanwan said casually, quickly changing the subject, "Don’t you really want to try the ice cream? This durian flavor is quite nice."

Lu Shouyue laughed, "You eat it, I’m not very interested."

"Alright then."

They didn’t wander around for too long, glancing at the Merlion with the crowd before heading back to the hotel.

"By the way, Wanwan, for this birthday, I’ve also invited your cousin and his girlfriend," Lu Shouyue mentioned Su Yanwei casually as they finished their meal.

"Had I known, we could have flown here together," Lin Wanwan said, somewhat surprised; her cousin hadn’t mentioned it to her.

Lu Shouyue smiled silently. He had intentionally held back mentioning this to Lin Wanwan earlier because he didn’t want anyone turning their long journey into a third wheel.

It’s a five-and-a-half-hour flight; isn’t it nice to cuddle while watching a movie with his girlfriend?

If there were others present, proper decorum would be necessary.

Lin Wanwan’s relationship with Lu Shouyue was already made public when she sent out the engagement invitations to her cousin’s family.

Su Yanwei was mentally prepared for it.

For a quality man like Lu Shouyue, as long as one is bold enough to pursue, there’s no reason he wouldn’t be able to win over his single cousin without many female friends.

This time, coming for Lu Shouyue’s birthday party, the round-trip tickets and all accommodations were arranged by his soon-to-be brother-in-law, who also specifically allowed him to bring his girlfriend.

For Su Yanwei, this trip was not only to attend his soon-to-be brother-in-law’s birthday party but also marked the first long-distance trip with his girlfriend, so he was quite looking forward to it.

Lu Shouyue’s birthday party was set on his birthday, and the venue was the newly opened Time Hotel in Lion City this year.

Aside from him and Lin Wanwan arriving early to celebrate the new year, all other guests had flights booked for the day before the birthday party.

Which meant the two of them would enjoy an uninterrupted three-day, three-night vacation life before the birthday party, with his intentions clearly revealed.

After dining at the hotel’s Chinese restaurant, Lu Shouyue impatiently held Lin Wanwan’s hand, ready to head back to their suite.

"Wait, wait!" Lin Wanwan stopped him, asking, "Did you book a separate room for me?"

Hearing this, Lu Shouyue immediately feigned a hurt expression, "Wanwan, which engaged couple books two suites when traveling?"

Lin Wanwan righteously said, "We’re not engaged yet, so no, I’ll have to book another room."

She had thought of traveling through time to Lion City a thousand four years ago to scout ahead, then have her fleet come and claim the territory for her.

Sharing a bed with Lu Shouyue would just be too inconvenient, definitely unacceptable.

Looking at Lin Wanwan’s expression, Lu Shouyue knew her well, and with a sigh, he said, "Don’t worry, Wanwan, our suite has two bedrooms with a main and secondary room."

Hearing that, Lin Wanwan was relieved, "Oh, that’s good then."

The two took a private elevator straight to their suite door and swiped their card to enter.

The top floor had only two luxury suites in total, equipped with a dedicated suite butler providing 24-hour service. Lu Shouyue’s two bodyguards stayed one floor below the suite.

Because the top-floor suite had a direct elevator, with a butler and security guarding the entrance, ordinary people couldn’t come up, and even if they did, they couldn’t get past the elevator.

So, unless hotel staff is exploiting their position, generally speaking, the security issue can be rested assured.

Seeing Lu Shouyue’s two bodyguards taking out equipment resembling a computer case to detect and check every corner of the suite until they confirmed everything was fine, Lin Wanwan felt at ease.

Lin Wanwan had also purchased such useful gadgets; she carried big secrets, and checking these things while staying at hotels was necessary for her.

Although Huaxia’s public security was indeed good, hidden cameras in hotels were truly pervasive.

After all, in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. Incidents of guests modifying rooms with hidden cameras frequently appear in news, so Lin Wanwan couldn’t be too cautious.

Luckily, luxury suites come with security and service awareness that matches their price.

After a thorough check revealing no issues, Lin Wanwan promptly put the painting into the suite’s safe and even changed the safe’s combination on the go.

Then she comfortably dragged her suitcase into the secondary bedroom she had chosen.

Both bedrooms had their own en-suite bathrooms, not interfering with each other.

Lu Shouyue was faster than Lin Wanwan; he finished his shower, dried his hair, and watched a bit of TV before Lin Wanwan came out, her head still wrapped in a dry towel.

"Wanwan, let me blow your hair for you," Lu Shouyue said as he approached her, hugging her tightly.

"No, I can blow it myself."

"Come on, let hubby serve you!" Lu Shouyue brazenly said.

"Whatever, I don’t want that."

Though Lin Wanwan was verbally refusing, her resistance wasn’t strong, and eventually, she was half-pulled, half-carried to the vanity table in the master bedroom.

As he continued to blow-dry her hair, someone slowly became restless, touching her here and there.

Without realizing, Lin Wanwan moved from the vanity table to the big bed, where someone pressed her down and kissed her deeply, leaving her mind in a whirl.