My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 454: Truly Like Flowers and Jade

"Is it Friday today?" Zhou Shuyan murmured against her lips, suddenly speaking out of the blue.

"Mhm, why..." The word "why" was still swallowed up by Zhou Shuyan.

Lu Youxi was wondering why Zhou Shuyan would think to ask what day it was at this time.

Could it be that he was also thinking about work?

Then she heard Zhou Shuyan say, "It’s good that it’s Friday, we can rest tomorrow, tonight we can be unrestrained."

Zhou Shuyan’s words sent a shiver down Lu Youxi’s spine, suddenly filling her with immense pressure.

Just how unrestrained was this man planning to be?

"The kind of unrestrained that keeps you in bed all day tomorrow," Zhou Shuyan said, then scooped Lu Youxi up sideways and headed straight for the bedroom.

Lu Youxi: "!!!"

"With such a handsome and delicate man by your side, you still focus solely on work," Zhou Shuyan said with a tone of grievance.

Lu Youxi: "..."

Afterward, Zhou Shuyan indeed kept her from thinking even a bit about work.

However, Lu Youxi couldn’t help but replay Zhou Shuyan’s words over and over in her mind—he said he was such a handsome and delicate man...

Handsome and delicate...

Unable to resist, Lu Youxi opened her eyes slightly, and Zhou Shuyan’s face was very close, perhaps even too close.

It was so close that she couldn’t see his whole face, only parts of it.

Her slightly parted eyelids allowed her eyelashes to brush against Zhou Shuyan’s cheek twice.

Zhou Shuyan felt a bit ticklish, so he pulled his face back slightly.

This gave Lu Youxi the perfect view of his face.

She stared intently for a long while, her gaze even becoming a bit dazed.

Zhou Shuyan couldn’t help but ask, "What are you looking at?"

"Indeed, as handsome and delicate as one," Lu Youxi muttered.

Zhou Shuyan’s face felt smooth and soft to the touch, like jade.

The only time Lu Youxi could feel Zhou Shuyan’s stubble was when he pressed his lips hard against hers, his prickly stubble barely scratching her.

Zhou Shuyan: "..."

Is this how one describes a man?

But, after all, it was he himself who had said those words; if anyone was to blame, it was him.

Zhou Shuyan hummed softly, "You too, are as beautiful as blossoms and as delicate as fine jade."

With the drop of that "as," the ship’s bow docked steadily at the port.

*

The next day, Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan were sleeping soundly.

Lu Youxi, still asleep, had no idea what time it was.

She was entirely wrapped in Zhou Shuyan’s arms, like a human-shaped pillow for him.

It was then that a cell phone rang.

Deep in sleep, Lu Youxi could only hear the ringing as if it were coming from far away.

It then became closer and closer.

The ringtone seemed familiar.

But in her drowsy state, Lu Youxi couldn’t recognize right away that it was her own phone ringing.

Zhou Shuyan, with one arm around Lu Youxi’s shoulders, reached out with the other hand toward the bedside table by Lu Youxi’s side. After fumbling for a moment, he found her phone.

Half-opening his eyes to see who it was, he woke Lu Youxi up, "Youxi, the village chief is looking for you."

Hearing the words "village chief," Lu Youxi immediately awoke and took the phone from Zhou Shuyan’s hand, "Uncle Village Chief?"

"Youxi, were you still sleeping?" The village chief, worried he had disturbed Lu Youxi’s sleep upon taking a while to answer the call, had waited until almost 11 o’clock to ring her up, figuring that even on a Saturday, Lu Youxi would have to be awake by now.

"No, not at all." Lu Youxi quickly sat up and rubbed her face to help herself awaken.

However, she then felt Zhou Shuyan open his eyes; his gaze felt a bit off, and his presence was so pronounced she couldn’t ignore it.

Lu Youxi realized where his eyes were looking and quickly pulled up the blanket, "I got up early, what’s up, village chief?"

The village chief wasn’t quite buying it, but Lu Youxi said so, and he listened.

"Our Hexing Rice has become famous again!" declared the excited village chief.

"What happened?" Work matters fully woke Lu Youxi up.

"A netizen posted a video on Little Pink Book," continued the village chief, still unable to contain his excitement, "An elderly gentleman was dining with friends at Dongshenglai and he spoke highly of our Hexing Rice."

"Of course, he gave only praise. It turns out the gentleman is a celebrity known for his taste in food, so when the customers recognized him, they took a video."

"With the gentleman’s endorsement of our Hexing Rice, many people want to try it. Those who can would simply go to Dongshenglai to eat it. And those looking for a bargain, once they learned that Sincere Supermarket carries our Hexing Rice, went to buy it there."

"They just contacted me from Sincere Supermarket to say that the number of customers inquiring about Hexing Rice at their stores nationwide has surged, and the sales of Hexing Rice have significantly increased too!"

"Sincere Supermarket wants us to hurry and also provide them with the B-grade rice," said the village chief.

"Then you should ask Yin Yiming and Xiao Song to schedule a time, we’ll get them to try the B-grade rice as soon as possible. If it’s suitable, we’ll get it onto supermarket shelves quickly."

"Xiao Song was the one who called me, he said if possible, he hopes to try the B-grade rice today," the village chief said with a laugh.

"Today? Isn’t today Saturday? Are they planning to work overtime?"

"Yes," replied the village chief, "After I hung up, I was just thinking, it’s no wonder Sincere Supermarket can run so many chain stores nationwide; they’ve really got their ways."

"They’re hoping that today we can finalize the details of getting the B-grade rice on shelves, and if possible, they’d like to have it on sale by tomorrow. They calculated that if we start transporting the B-grade rice today, it could be on shelves by tomorrow," the village chief explained.

Lu Youxi nodded her head; this would indeed increase the transportation cost a bit, but not by much.

Compared to the huge benefits that swiftly putting Hexing Rice on shelves could bring, this slight increase in cost was truly insignificant.

"Since Sincere Supermarket is so proactive, it would be remiss of us not to be," Lu Youxi stated, "Did Xiao Song mention what time they want to meet today?"

"Since it’s such an urgent issue today, they’d start testing the B-grade rice right now if they could," said the village chief. "But considering that’s not feasible, they’re asking if noon works? Meeting at Dongshenglai at 12 PM to have Dongshenglai cook the B-grade rice – that way we can discuss over lunch and have our meal at the same time."

"That works," Lu Youxi agreed, looking at the current time; she needed to quickly get ready to leave.

After ending the call, Lu Youxi hurried to explain the situation to Zhou Shuyan.

"I have to head out now," said Lu Youxi.

"I’ll drive you," Zhou Shuyan said as he also got up.

Lu Youxi didn’t object.