55: Sweet cohabitation life

The two of them chose an elegant Western restaurant with soft lighting and soothing music.

Counting it as their first date, Cao Lang ordered a bottle of red wine and also bought a bouquet of flowers for Li Na.

Li Na felt sweet inside. Looking at the young younger brother before her, a strong sense of dependence welled up in her heart. Her eyes were filled with honeyed affection that couldn't be dissolved.

"You haven't entered your ovulation period, have you? Why do you keep looking at me?" Cao Lang teased her on purpose.

A woman has four phases each month: the follicular phase, ovulation phase, luteal phase, and menstrual phase.

Correspondingly, it's: crazy for a week, flirtatious for a week, irritable for a week, and in pain for a week.

"That's right, I'm in my ovulation phase right now, which is why I want to keep you here with me for a few days."

Li Na put down her knife and fork, propped her chin on her hands, and didn't conceal her intentions at all. "Little brother, right now, I think you're more pleasing to look at than those male celebrities on TV."

"Who's handsomer, me or Eddie Peng?" Cao Lang asked shamelessly.

"Of course, you are!" Li Na answered crisply, without any hesitation. "Who is Eddie Peng? Can he make me happy?"

Cao Lang chewed a large piece of beef, feeling a bit smug. This sentence held extremely high value in a guy's ears—who could be handsomer than Eddie Peng?

Cao Lang was 180 cm tall, weighed 150 jin, and had a decent body proportion, but his looks were ordinary, the kind that immediately blends into the crowd.

"Indeed, I, your older sister, have good taste." Li Na's eyes couldn't hide her admiration. They say the fastest shortcut into a woman's heart is through exercise. It seems there's some truth to that saying.

In Li Na's eyes, Cao Lang had now become a great treasure.

Cao Lang smugly leaned in closer and lowered his voice, "Just being pleasant to look at isn't enough; you also have to be durable."

Li Na's pretty face flushed red. She gave him a reproachful glare, her eyes shimmering with endless charm. "You're so improper. I'll deal with you when we get home."

Cao Lang felt a tightness below his waist. He swallowed his saliva and didn't say anything more, lowering his head to continue eating.

Last time, he had taken a miraculous pill given by the System, which was very useful. Now it seemed he needed to take another one.

After the meal, the two didn't go anywhere else. Instead, holding hands, they went to a supermarket, bought a lot of food like an affectionate couple, and then leisurely strolled back to Li Na's small apartment.

The night grew deeper, neon lights flickered, stretching their shadows very long.

Returning to that little nest filled with the aura of Li Na's life, Cao Lang put various fruits and cooked food into the refrigerator, while Li Na shed her clothes and, swaying her sexy figure, ran to the bathroom to take a shower.

The atmosphere became lazy and ambiguous, exuding a faint aura of sensuality.

Both of them decided to spend a few good days in this little apartment, enjoying their own world for two.

As the saying goes, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse. Li Na's small room gave Cao Lang a very strong sense of belonging.

A clean and tidy dwelling, a gentle and considerate older sister—everything matched the idealized fantasy of love, like a small plot from a Japanese love film, giving off an illusion of happy married life.

After washing up, Li Na, wearing a silk light pink nightgown, leaned against the headboard. Cao Lang naturally lay down, resting his head on her soft and elastic thighs.

The air was filled with the fresh fragrance after bathing and a faint, delicate scent—a smell unique to Li Na.

The night lamp on the bedside table emitted a soft glow. Li Na picked up a copy of "The Red and the Black" and started flipping through it.

She flipped through it for a long time but didn't take in a single word.

Both of them knew it well.

Over the next few days, Cao Lang indeed kept his promise and didn't leave.

The two were like a married couple, almost inseparable.

Li Na's perception of Cao Lang had undergone the most fundamental change.

Initially, seeing Cao Lang change women at a rate of one a day, she thought he was a pure and simple big lecher. But after these days of living together day and night, Li Na discovered how mistaken she had been.

First of all, Cao Lang's literary cultivation was extremely high. There was a hugeContrast (contrast) of someone who never seemed to read books but could speak eloquently and poetically.

Li Na had forced herself to read so many obscure and difficult-to-understand classics but had made little progress. However, under Cao Lang's guidance with just a few words, she gradually grasped the true essence of the classics, feeling a sense of sudden enlightenment, and even developed a desire to create!

Looking back to evaluate Cao Lang again.

Cao Lang was indeed lecherous! But how is lecherousness defined?

Xu Zhimo abandoned Zhang Youyi and pursued Lin Huiyin—wasn't that lecherous?

Anna abandoned her husband and pursued a new lover—wasn't that lecherous?

There are still people who worship and whitewash those who abandon their wives and children. A man like Cao Lang, who gives great benefits to every woman and doesn't abandon them, should be enshrined in a temple.

What is romantic love? And what is love?

The most indescribable and inexplicable thing in this world is love.

How many people talk about love but act in ways that hurt their loved ones? How many people have sharp tongues but silently sacrifice behind the scenes?

So love is made, not spoken... Li Na realized that for the past 35 years, she had been bound by the shackles of traditional concepts, becoming a pitiful woman who deliberately practiced abstinence.

What beautiful woman goes 35 years without finding a Boyfriend? Moreover, a hidden mythical beast resided in her bones.

She also completely stopped caring! Just be happy for a few days, count them as they come!

I am a lecherous woman, I admit it!

And Cao Lang, these past few days, was like an ordinary person, enjoying daily life with Li Na without any airs of a "rich person."

When the air conditioner broke, he didn't complain. He even took a fan and manually fanned Li Na to cool her down, then swiftly ordered a new one that was replaced within an hour.

All these behaviors had deeply captured Li Na's heart. The small room became their love nest—the balcony, kitchen, bathroom, even the recliner in the reading corner... During the day, Li Na would study the preliminary concept for the film and television company that Cao Lang had suggested to her, while Cao Lang was mostly by her side, either scrolling through TikTok or playing games, occasionally offering Li Na a few pointers that always hit the mark.

In his spare time, he even created a film script for Li Na, using her as the prototype—a story about the struggles and journey of a modern urban woman as the protagonist!

The script had a tight plot and was captivating. Li Na seemed to see her own life in it and immediately fell in love with this script. Her admiration for Cao Lang grew even stronger.

She was originally sapiosexual; otherwise, she wouldn't have had a crush on Robin before.

And Cao Lang's talent deeply impressed Li Na. Sometimes she had an illusion that Cao Lang was a heavy gift from heaven for her 35th birthday!

After years of hard work and self-discipline, she had finally received her karmic reward!

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