But for Lu Xue, it was like a bombshell.
Lu Xue was pinching the small pastry in her hand. It took her quite a while to look down and find that she had crushed it.
Slowly, she put the pastry crumbs back on the plate and took another one. But she didn't eat it. Instead, she just held it near her lips.
A few minutes later, she found that this pastry in her hand had also been crushed by her. So she had to reach into the plate to take another one.
This repeated several times. Finally, there were hardly any edible cookies left on the plate.
When Lu Xue reached out for the last time, she really couldn't pick a whole one to hold in her hand. So she gave up this obsessive - compulsive behavior and looked up at Mu Yuze seriously.
"Sorry, this is a bit of a surprise to me."
Mu Yuze nodded. "It's okay. You can take plenty of time to think about it. After all, it's a very serious choice."
Lu Xue originally wanted to refuse directly. But when she met Mu Yuze's calm and composed look, she thought that if she gave a refusal reply instinctively, it would seem insincere and might make people think that it was a decision made without careful consideration.
She silently swallowed back the words she was about to say, thinking that it would be the same if she refused a few days later.
By then, it would seem that she had thought about it for a few more days and wouldn't seem too inconsiderate.
She thought for a while. "I'll think about it seriously. Can I give you a reply after I've made up my mind?"
A faint smile appeared on Mu Yuze's lips. "Thank you for being willing to consider my request seriously."
After saying that, he stood up, gently pushed his chair back under the table, and then turned to leave.
When closing the door, he seemed a bit reluctant, but finally he closed the door and left.
This night was extremely special for both of them, and they both suffered from insomnia.
Mu Yuze tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. At dawn, he went downstairs to get a bottle of ice - cold beer from the fridge.
The last time he drank ice - cold beer here, he was caught by Lu Xue. But this time, he was all alone, leaning against the fridge door, drinking one bottle after another.
In the room, Lu Xue tossed and turned until midnight. Then she got up and walked to the balcony. Looking at the night view with the lights twinkling in the distance, a very complicated feeling welled up in her heart.
She had never had such a new experience in her past life, so she didn't know how to deal with it.
She waited until dawn before going back to her bed and forcing herself to close her eyes and sleep for a while.
The next day, Lu Xue didn't get up and go downstairs as actively as usual. Instead, she paced back and forth in her room for a long time.
She pressed her ear against the door to listen to the movement outside. Only after she was sure that Mu Yuze had walked out of his room and passed by hers and gone downstairs did Lu Xue breathe a sigh of relief.
She gently opened the door a crack. Seeing Mu Yuze go downstairs, she dawdled in her room for about half an hour before carefully going downstairs herself.
According to Lu Xue's plan, Mu Yuze should have already left for the company when she went downstairs. He was always in a hurry and wouldn't stay at home for long. He would go to the company to work early.
But today, for some reason, when Lu Xue went downstairs, she found that Mu Yuze was still sitting downstairs.
He was sitting silently at the dining table, as if waiting for someone.
It wasn't until he saw Lu Xue coming down the stairs that he showed a faint smile and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.
When Aunt Chen came out of the kitchen with a tray, she thought the scene in front of her was quite rare.
Mu Yuze rarely went to the company so late, and Lu Xue rarely ran into him at the dining table. The picture of the two of them having breakfast at the same table was really pleasing to the eye.
Aunt Chen was in a good mood and went back into the kitchen to make some more pastries and bring them out.
When Mu Ziyue came downstairs, she also thought this scene was extremely eye - catching.
She rushed downstairs and sat beside Lu Xue. "Did you two make an appointment to have breakfast together today? You never meet like this usually!"
Mu Ziyue still remembered that not long ago, her brother deliberately avoided Lu Xue. Whenever Lu Xue was around, he wouldn't stay for a single extra minute, let alone have breakfast with her at the same table.
Mu Ziyue looked at Lu Xue, who was keeping her head down and silent, and then at her brother, who was always silent while eating with his head down. She always felt that there was something strange about the atmosphere between them. Did something happen last night? Did she miss some important parts?
After breakfast, Mu Yuze put down his tableware, looked up at Lu Xue, and a soft smile curved his lips. He asked, "Do you have any plans for today?"
Lu Xue was too embarrassed to meet his eyes. She just stared at her bowl and replied in a low voice, "I don't have any plans. I originally made an appointment with Mu Ziyue to go to the zoo..."