The next morning.
"Knock, knock, knock."
The knocking sound rose.
"Who is it?"
Mu Jinyu turned over in bed, holding a thin blanket, and asked impatiently.
"It's me, Wen Rou. Time for breakfast."
A gentle female voice sounded from outside the door.
At her words, Mu Jinyu, still groggy from sleep, sat up in bed, leaning against the headboard, his gaze somewhat blank. After staring into space for a while, he remembered that he was no longer at Yinlong Mountain and that it was his second day living with Wen Rou.
"Phew!"
He sighed softly, his gaze gradually clearing, and called out, "Oh, wait for me, I'm getting up now."
He didn't usually sleep in, accustomed to waking up around five or six in the morning. But because he had healed and saved people too many times the day before, his True Qi had been excessively depleted, causing his body to naturally protest and let him sleep a bit longer.
Finding his phone, Mu Jinyu checked the time—it was already seven in the morning, which explained why Wen Rou was calling him to get up.
Although he had slept an extra hour more than usual, it had barely allowed his depleted body to recover.
He yawned, stretched lazily, jumped out of bed, put on his slippers, opened the door, and walked to the living room. He glanced at Wen Rou, who had called him and then returned to the kitchen to stay busy. Then he headed to the bathroom.
After washing his face and brushing his teeth, Mu Jinyu walked to the dining room with slippers on and pulled out a chair to sit down.
Breakfast was simple porridge, accompanied by some dough sticks and buns that Wen Rou had bought outside.
Mu Jinyu picked up a dough stick and started nibbling as Wen Rou finished her tasks, wiped her hands, and walked toward the dining table. "Is breakfast okay? If it's not to your liking, I can try a different place tomorrow."
Mu Jinyu was momentarily stunned by her words and then realized that Wen Rou was now his caretaker and naturally needed to ask if he was satisfied with the breakfast she had bought.
He nodded, nibbling on the dough stick, and muttered, "I'm not picky. You don't have to go out of your way to buy breakfast from anywhere you think is tasty. Any nearby place, even if it's mediocre, is just fine with me."
"Oh." Wen Rou, having heard Mu Jinyu's words, hesitated for a moment but then nodded her head.
Now she understood even better that Mu Jinyu had hired her as a caretaker simply to take care of him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered to remind her not to go too far; just buying breakfast nearby would suffice.
He didn't want her to have to wake up especially early and run around just for the taste of breakfast, wasting a lot of time in the process.
Touched, Wen Rou's gaze became even gentler as she looked at Mu Jinyu.
After quickly finishing breakfast, Wen Rou prepared to head to her small restaurant for work. She went back to her room to change clothes and came out saying, "What would you like for lunch? I'll order the ingredients."
Because Wen Rou ran a restaurant, and lunchtime was when it was busiest, she, though she was a part-time caretaker for Mu Jinyu, couldn't just drop her business to go back and cook for him.
So, they had agreed yesterday that Wen Rou would primarily prepare breakfast, but she might not be able to return to cook lunch or dinner. However, Mu Jinyu could go to her restaurant for those meals. And if he wanted a late-night snack, she would also make it.
This was why Wen Rou initially said one thousand yuan a month would suffice.
Although she was a part-time caretaker, the workload was indeed minimal. She basically just made breakfast for Mu Jinyu and occasionally washed his clothes. After that, there wasn't much else to do.
But Mu Jinyu had hired her as a caretaker especially to take care of her, so naturally, he wouldn't agree.
Mu Jinyu, who was unemployed, did not need to hurry like Wen Rou. He was still leisurely eating his breakfast.
After sipping some gruel, he thought for a moment, then answered, "Whatever, I might not purposely go over to eat. If I'm having fun outside, I might just grab something nearby."
"Alright then." Wen Rou also felt somewhat helpless. After changing her shoes at the entrance, she opened the door and instructed, "I'm leaving now. You don't need to clean up the dishes after eating. I'll take care of it when I get back tonight."
It was already close to eight o'clock, and she needed to hurry to buy groceries, organize, clean, and deal with a lot of tasks. She couldn't wait for Mu Jinyu to slowly finish his breakfast and then wash the dishes. She would only be able to clean up when she returned tonight.
"Mmm." Mu Jinyu sipped the last of his gruel and responded casually.
"Bang!"
The security door closed, and Wen Rou had left.
Mu Jinyu pulled out a tissue, wiped his mouth, and began to clean up the dining table, then washed the dishes and put them away properly.
How could he possibly wait for Wen Rou to come back tonight to wash the dishes? Leaving them out all day would attract flies, better to do it himself.
After eating and washing the dishes, it seemed like there was nothing to do?
Mu Jinyu went back to his room, changed his clothes, and then went out for a stroll.
Walking on the main road, Mu Jinyu recalled any pending tasks he needed to handle recently.
It seemed like there wasn't really much to handle, just to accompany Gu Xiyan to meet that crazy Trotsky. Also, the old man from the Xu Family was probably still looking for him. He would check out his sincerity later, and then decide whether to help him cure completely.
"Ding-a-ling-ling!"
While he was thinking, his phone rang.
Mu Jinyu took it out and saw the caller ID, coincidentally, speaking of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao appears. It was Gu Xiyan calling.
He pressed the answer button, "Hello?!"
"Hello, Lin Feng, oh no... Mu Jinyu? Are you up yet? Have you calmed down? Can you accompany me to meet Master Trotsky?"
The voice of Gu Xiyan on the phone was not as tough as yesterday, it was soft, with a hint of pleading.
Mu Jinyu initially didn't want to meet that crazy Trotsky so early, but he was a soft-hearted person. Since Gu Xiyan was speaking so softly and pleadingly, he couldn't bring himself to refuse bluntly.
Mu Jinyu replied helplessly, "Alright, alright, I'll send you the address now, come pick me up."
"Okay," Gu Xiyan replied eagerly.
After hanging up the phone, Mu Jinyu logged onto WeChat, accepted Gu Xiyan's friend request, and then sent her the location.
Gu Xiyan sent back an ok emoji, saying she would arrive in twenty minutes.
Mu Jinyu closed the conversation, looked at his empty friends list, and thought that he should add more wealthy people in the future. That way, if they got sick or encountered issues, they could contact him earlier.
In doing so, he would not have nothing to do and could also earn more money.
Soon, about fifteen minutes had passed.
A white BMW stopped in front of Mu Jinyu. The window rolled down, revealing Gu Xiyan's pretty face, who called out, "Mu Jinyu, come over."
Seeing Gu Xiyan had arrived, with serious matters to attend to, Mu Jinyu immediately quit his game, put away his phone, and then went over and got into the car.
The car started, turned around, and headed for an unknown destination. Mu Jinyu didn't concern himself with these details. Seeing Yu Linglong sitting in the passenger seat, he passed his phone to her, warmly saying, "Hey, beauty, let's add each other on WeChat, shall we?"