94: Chapter 94 The couple's duo name: Rock Sugar Pear

Soon, Shen Qingxue followed Lu Li into the guest room.

The room wasn't very large, even a bit smaller than the one they stayed in during the show, but from the layout and decoration, it wasn't bad.

Shen Qingxue stood at the doorway, glanced around, and nodded slightly.

"Not bad."

"Of course it's not bad. This house is origi... I spent a lot of money renovating it."

Lu Li almost let slip something he shouldn't have and quickly coughed twice to cover it up.

Shen Qingxue didn't notice his abnormality, having already walked in, and reached out to press the mattress to test its firmness.

Mmm, it's pretty good.

Lu Li leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, watching her inspect the room, and couldn't help the slight upward curve of his lips.

"Are you satisfied, Your Majesty?"

Shen Qingxue tilted her head to look at him with a poker face.

"If you call me that again, I'll go stay at a hotel, and you can pay for all the expenses of releasing songs yourself."

Lu Li immediately made a motion of zipping his mouth shut, and his expression was as sincere as could be.

Shen Qingxue withdrew her gaze and ignored him further.

Knowing better than to disturb her further, Lu Li turned around and went to another guest room used as a storage room to fish out a clean set of bedsheets and quilt cover, carrying them over to put on the bed.

"The bedsheets and quilt cover are here. Will you change them yourself or should I help?"

"I'll do it myself."

Shen Qingxue took the bedsheets, paused, and added another sentence.

"Thank you."

Lu Li waved his hand and turned to leave the room.

Walking to the living room, he remembered that he still had things in his suitcase that he hadn't taken out, so he turned back and opened the suitcase.

A few changes of clothes, flip-flops, toiletries, and...

That white gift box.

Lu Li squatted in front of the suitcase, stared at the gift box for two seconds, then reached out to take it out and placed it casually on the living room coffee table.

After thinking about it, he took the seven photo frames out of the gift box and arranged them one by one on the display rack in the living room.

After finishing, Lu Li stepped back two paces, placed his hands on his hips, and tilted his head to look them over.

The seven photo frames were neatly arranged, and the photos inside were all scenes recorded when they completed challenges on the island.

Things like princess carries, finger hearts...

Lu Li's gaze fell on the photo right in the middle.

In the photo, Shen Qingxue was kneeling on one knee, holding flowers in both hands with a bright and radiant smile.

While he covered his face with both hands, feet off the ground, his eyes peering through his fingers carrying a trace of "shyness".

To be honest, this photo was really well taken.

Lu Li stared at it for several seconds, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curling up slightly.

"What are you looking at?"

Shen Qingxue's voice suddenly came from behind.

Lu Li was startled and subconsciously turned around.

Shen Qingxue had come out of the room at some point and was standing at the entrance of the hallway, her gaze passing over him to land on the photo frames on the display rack.

Her gaze swept across the seven photo frames, finally stopping on the photo right in the middle.

Lu Li noticed that the tips of her ears turned slightly red, but quickly returned to normal.

"Ahem, nothing, just setting them out casually."

Lu Li turned sideways to block the display rack and walked toward the kitchen pretending to be nonchalant.

"Are you hungry? I'll go make dinner."

Shen Qingxue moved her gaze away from him and gave a bland "Mmm."

Lu Li slipped into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to rummage around.

There wasn't much in the fridge—just a few eggs, a box of yogurt, and half a withered Chinese cabbage.

He scratched his head, stuck out half his body, and shouted toward the living room.

"Is egg noodles okay? There aren't many vegetables left in my fridge."

"Fine."

Shen Qingxue's voice came from the living room.

Lu Li retreated back into the kitchen, put a pot of water on to boil, chopped some scallions, and dug out a bundle of dried noodles from the cabinet.

The water boiled, the noodles went in, the eggs were cracked, and the cabbage was added—all in one smooth motion.

By the time the two bowls of noodles were served at the table, Shen Qingxue was already seated nicely, holding a cup of water and waiting quietly.

Lu Li pushed the bowl of noodles in front of her, sat down himself, and picked up his chopsticks.

"Have a taste. Although it can't compare to your cooking, it should still be edible."

Shen Qingxue lowered her head to look at the noodles in the bowl; their appearance was indeed average.

But the soup was clear and bright, a poached egg rested atop the noodles, sprinkled with a few bits of scallions, making it look quite appetizing after all.

She picked up her chopsticks, picked up a mouthful of noodles into her mouth, chewed, and nodded slightly.

"Not bad."

Lu Li grinned and buried his head to eat as well.

During this time, Shen Qingxue hesitated somewhat.

She wanted to tell Lu Li to take down all those photo frames, otherwise having them displayed like that made her feel rather awkward.

But in the end, not knowing what she thought of, she finally let out a silent sigh.

Forget it, having them displayed seems fine too. Let him be.

After finishing the meal, Lu Li took the initiative to clean up the bowls and chopsticks. Shen Qingxue originally wanted to help, but ended up being pushed right back onto the sofa by a hand on her head.

She was instantly dumbfounded.

Lu Li also realized something was wrong and hurriedly scurried into the kitchen to wash the dishes, terrified that Shen Qingxue would do the same to him.

Before long, Lu Li finished washing the dishes and cautiously walked out of the kitchen.

Shen Qingxue was sitting on the sofa, her expression still carrying a trace of complexity, especially when looking at Lu Li.

He was the first person who dared to directly press her head.

Lu Li walked across from her and sat down cautiously.

There was silence between the two for a few seconds.

Just when Lu Li felt that something was a hundred out of ten wrong, he quickly spoke up to distract her.

"Right, do you think we should come up with a duo name or something? We can't release songs without a name, right?"

Sure enough, after giving him a fierce glare, Shen Qingxue instinctively repeated it.

"A duo name?"

"Yeah, just the two of us."

Lu Li's eyes lit up. Damn! It worked! Then he quickly struck while the iron was hot, getting more and more enthusiastic as he spoke.

"Think about it, whenever the two of us release songs in the future, we need to have a unified signature, right? We can't just release them separately; what difference would that make from working solo?"

Shen Qingxue didn't respond, waiting for him to continue.

Seeing that she didn't object, Lu Li became even bolder, leaning back against the sofa and crossing his legs leisurely.

"I have a great name. How about we call ourselves..."

"Tianba Dongba... Tuo!"

Lu Li blurted this out on a sudden impulse, as if influenced by some strange, inexplicable force.

The living room fell silent for a fraction of a second.

The next moment, Shen Qingxue's expression froze visibly as she stared at Lu Li for a full three seconds.

She truly couldn't understand how Lu Li managed to combine such unrelated words together, and still say it with such righteous confidence.

Is this a word a human being could come up with?

Shen Qingxue took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, seemingly trying hard to keep herself calm.

"Change another one."

"Huh? I think it's pretty good..."

"Change another one."

Shen Qingxue's tone left no room for negotiation.

Lu Li curled his lips, leaned back on the sofa, and began to ponder seriously.

The living room fell quiet again for a moment.

Shen Qingxue didn't rush him either, just waiting quietly.

After about two minutes, Lu Li suddenly straightened his body, his eyes lighting up.

"I've got it, Rock Sugar Pear! How is it?"

Shen Qingxue's hand holding the water cup paused for a moment.

"How so?"

"Look, Shen Qingxue plus Lu Li, put together, is Rock Sugar Pear."

The more Lu Li talked, the more enthusiastic he became, his speech speeding up.

Shen Qingxue put down the water cup, lowered her head, and seemed to be seriously considering the name.

"Rock... Sugar... Pear..."

She muttered it once under her breath, then raised her head.

"Why not Pear Rock Sugar?"

Lu Li was stunned by her question and instinctively scratched his head.

"Uh... probably because there isn't a brand of beverage called Pear Rock Sugar?"

Shen Qingxue stared at him for two seconds, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly, not knowing whether to smile or be speechless.

"Alright, let's go with this one."

"Really? You agree?"

Lu Li was somewhat surprised, because he had just blurted the name out casually, but didn't expect it to actually win Shen Qingxue's approval.

How rare.