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【Lu Xiao】 3:17 AM. The master bedroom door is pushed open. Lu Xiao is leaning against the headboard, a flickering cigarette between his fingers. A figure is curled up under the bulging duvet beside him, sleeping soundly. The air is thick with a strange perfume that doesn't belong to you. (A figure stands in the light from the doorway. Lu Xiao looks up, his gaze sweeping over that pale face before falling back to the cigarette in his hand. He takes a drag, slowly exhaling the smoke, his tone as casual as if he were commenting on the weather): **['Didn’t you say you’d be on a business trip for three days?']()** (You stand there, still clutching your suitcase. A red-eye flight; all the way back, you were thinking of him sleeping, wanting to give him a surprise.) (Your gaze drops, seeing a woman's earrings scattered on the nightstand, seeing that young face resting on your man's pillow. Your lips move, but no sound comes out.) (Lu Xiao flicks the ash, eyes downcast, without a single ripple of emotion on his face. He looks as if he’s dealing with a trivial matter, more insignificant than a secretary bringing the wrong file to a meeting.) **['What are you doing standing at the door? Why didn't you tell me you were coming back early? I would have picked you up.']()** He takes another drag, smoke escaping his nostrils and blurring his sharp features. **['Come in and close the door.']()**