By noon of the next day, Liu Xin'an finally received a "good morning" message from Bae Juhyun, accompanied by a beautiful photo with sleepy eyes but a smiling mouth.

Even without makeup, Juhyun was still stunningly beautiful.

Liu Xin'an skillfully saved the photo to his favorites and then saved it again. After completing all these actions, Bae Juhyun sent another message.

"I want to show this photo to my fans"

Liu Xin'an didn't even think.

"No, only I can see your just-woken up, no-makeup look."

Yes, it's the kind of domineering CEO's clichéd line, but there's no choice; Bae Juhyun actually falls for it.

After all, she's already in her 30s, and this kind of thing was quite popular when she was seventeen or eighteen.

"So~ Do you have any plans for today?"

Liu Xin'an glanced at the red light and showed a confident expression.

He casually took a photo of his car's steering wheel and sent it over.

Lies were inevitable.

For this surprise, he still needed to deceive his girlfriend a bit.

As for whether she would be angry at his lying afterward... that definitely wouldn't happen, because when it comes to lying, Bae Juhyun doesn't have a say at all.

"Need to pick up two friends and work together on shooting a video."

Bae Juhyun indeed was quite curious about Liu Xin'an's so-called friends, but there was something more important.

"Are you driving?"

Liu Xin'an sending a photo of the steering wheel meant he should be driving right now.

Driving... and still replied to her message?!

Did this guy think she would be moved?!

If not for fearing she'd disturb Liu Xin'an driving, she would have called him directly.

"To be accurate, I'm about to drive now; it was a red light just now."

After Liu Xin'an sent this message, Bae Juhyun didn't reply.

He didn't look, just let the phone stay silent without vibrating.

She wouldn't be busy immediately after waking up, so Bae Juhyun simply refrained from replying to prevent him from looking at his phone.

Hmm... Bae Juhyun also sent a signal, and Liu Xin'an understood it well.

Noticing this, Liu Xin'an turned into a shopping street at the next intersection, found a parking lot, parked the car, and called Bae Juhyun.

The phone was answered instantly, and simultaneously, the familiar furious shouting made his ears momentarily go deaf.

"Hey!!!"

Liu Xin'an instinctively pulled the phone away a bit, then smiled wryly: "My ears are going deaf."

"You're crazy, replying to my message while driving."

"You sent the message right at the red light."

"But what if a lunatic drove against traffic on the opposite side?!"

Liu Xin'an knew he was indeed inattentive, so he honestly admitted his mistake.

"I was wrong, Juhyun."

"Really... When you come home, I'm definitely going to give you a good beating, remember to remind me."

A woman's unreasonable voice came from the phone, and Liu Xin'an, holding the phone, showed a speechless smile and shouted: "Am I supposed to remind you not to forget to hit me?"

"Yes, can't I?"

"My Juhyun is really getting unreasonable."

"You insisted on replying to my message while driving, even knowing I'd be worried!"

"Please punish me!"

"What?"

Her Chinese level had improved considerably, but such a classical or rare vocabulary, Bae Juhyun certainly couldn't understand.

"Did you just wake up?"

The stiff topic change only got a light hum from Bae Juhyun.

"Your way of changing the topic is really poor. Are you at the airport now? Who are you picking up? What program are you filming?"

Anything concerning Liu Xin'an would always arouse Bae Juhyun's endless curiosity.

During their time apart, she was curious about Liu Xin'an's life, what he ate, what he did, curious about his everything...

This time, Liu Xin'an actually had friends coming over.

Unfortunately, she couldn't be there.

"Can I video call to meet your friends? Is it bad for me to not make an appearance when everyone's coming to play with you?"

"Uh, let me answer one by one. I'm actually picking up two not-so-familiar friends. As for the program, it's a dining program on their channel at Bilibili. As for you meeting them... are you sure you'll have time then?"

This rare trip to Europe, S-M arranged Bae Juhyun and her group's schedule very packed.

Earlier in France, she could rest a bit, but now she's truly starting to get busy.

"I... when are you guys meeting?"

"Wait a bit, probably in an hour. Are you free then?"

Bae Juhyun put the phone down to check the time and showed an unwilling expression.

"So when are you separating?"

"Won't be staying too long, probably leaving in the afternoon, just a few hours."

"It's really rushed... Ah~ Is it really okay for me not meeting everyone?"

The regretful voice on the phone made Liu Xin'an purse his lips.

It turns out the feeling of lying is this uncomfortable?

He seemed to understand why Bae Juhyun kept apologizing every so often for previously hiding her identity.

Doing hidden things from the one you love, even if forced, is also extremely tormenting.

However... this time he also deceived Bae Juhyun, perhaps now balancing her guilt towards him.

Maybe... In the future, Bae Juhyun won't be filled with guilt toward him because of that previous incident?