bookrebus Chapter 368 Too Much Room to Sleep, So We Squeeze In
Chapter 368 Too Much Room to Sleep, So We Squeeze In
Upon arriving at the company, Lu Ran went straight into Zhou Mingzhe's office.
Zhou Mingzhe was looking at something on the computer when he saw him come in and paused for a moment: "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to stay home and rest?"
"I have something to tell you."
Lu Ran sat down opposite him, took out her phone, and showed him the route she had planned on a map app: "I'm going on a month-long trip with Yuege. Keep an eye on things at the company during this month."
Zhou Mingzhe leaned closer to look at the route on the map, his eyes widening: "How far are you going to go? Almost half of China?"
"We can't do the whole route, we have to take parts of it. We'll take part of G228, then switch to G331, making a loop around the northwest and coming back. It's about six or seven thousand kilometers, and it takes about a month."
Zhou Mingzhe leaned back in his chair, staring at Lu Ran for several seconds: "You and Shen Yuege are spending a month together in a campervan. Are you sure your relationship can progress to that point?"
Lu Ran was momentarily speechless at his words: "What do you mean by 'sublimation'? I just took her out to relax. She's been too tired lately and needs rest."
"Okay, okay, relax. You two will be sharing a car with two beds, one double and one single. Which one do you think she'll sleep in?"
"single bed."
"And what about you?"
"Double bed".
"Then you two are a bit too far apart." Zhou Mingzhe's expression was particularly subtle. "Why don't you dismantle the single bed and just keep the double bed? Anyway, you two are husband and wife, what's wrong with sleeping in the same bed?"
Lu Ran glared at him: "Stop giving me bad advice. She's her and I'm me. We're used to sleeping in separate rooms, so she won't be able to sleep in the same bed all of a sudden."
"You two sleep in separate rooms at home, but when you're out and about in a car, the space is limited, why are you putting in two beds?"
"The car was modified by someone else; it had two beds. I didn't let them modify it."
Zhou Mingzhe shook his head: "You're the kind of person who's not generous when you should be, and overly generous when you shouldn't. You bought a two-million-yuan RV for your honeymoon, but then you put two beds inside. Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you?"
"Who's laughing at me? Who am I supposed to tell that I bought a motorhome? If I told you, only you would know. If you don't tell anyone, who would laugh at you?"
Zhou Mingzhe was speechless, and waved his hand, "Alright, alright, sleep however you want. Don't worry about the company, nothing serious will happen. But you have to promise me one thing."
"What is it?"
"Post one photo in the group every day. Not many, just one. Let me know you're still alive, and that you haven't gotten into some random accident in the middle of nowhere where nobody knows."
Lu Ran couldn't help but laugh: "Okay. One a day."
"Also, save the emergency contact information for Lao Wang, Xiao Yang, and Lao Zhao. If anything happens, I'll handle it if I can, and if I can't, I'll have them contact you. Don't turn off your phone every time you go out; otherwise, you won't be able to find them even if the sky falls."
"I don't turn my phone off. It's on 24/7."
Zhou Mingzhe nodded, took a folder from the drawer and handed it to him: "This is the work plan I've compiled this week. Take a look, and tell me anything you need to tell me now, so that I won't be left wondering who to ask when I'm unsure of what to do after you leave."
Lu Ran took the folder and flipped through it.
Zhou Mingzhe meticulously planned out the work for the next month: digesting the code for Minecraft, monitoring the data for the League of Legends brawl, preparing for the public beta of Three Kingdoms Kill, and the training progress at the Chengdu branch. Each task had a clearly defined person in charge and a specific timeframe.
"No problem." Lu Ran closed the folder. "Just do it this way. You can handle any changes as you see fit; you don't need to ask me."
Zhou Mingzhe looked at him: "Are you planning to dump all the company's affairs on me this time you're going out?"
"It's not that I'm passing the buck to you, it's that I trust you. You're the company's general manager, these things are your responsibility. I used to handle them a lot because I had the time, but now I don't, so of course you should take over."
Why are you talking like you're giving your last instructions?
"If you say that again, I won't go."
Zhou Mingzhe laughed, stood up, and patted him on the shoulder: "Alright, go ahead. Have fun. You two haven't really spent much time together properly since you met. This time, even if you share a car and sleep in separate beds, it's still better than being separated by a wall at home."
Lu Ran stood up, walked to the door, stopped, turned around and said, "Brother Zhou, thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for helping me manage the company. I can't leave without you."
Zhou Mingzhe waved his hand: "Stop being so sour. Hurry up and leave, don't annoy me here."
Lu Ran smiled, pushed open the door, and walked out.
When Shen Yuege returned home that evening, Lu Ran had already prepared a table full of dishes.
Shen Yuege entered the room and was taken aback by the table full of dishes. "What day is it today?"
"It's nothing special. I just wanted to tell you something."
Shen Yuege changed her shoes, washed her hands, and sat down at the dining table, looking at him suspiciously: "What's wrong? Don't tell me you sold the company."
"How could I possibly sell the company?" Lu Ran sat down opposite her and served her a bowl of soup. "I bought a motorhome."
Shen Yuege paused, her hand still holding the soup bowl. "What?"
"A motorhome. You know, one of those vehicles where you can live in it. I bought a top-of-the-line one."
Shen Yuege placed the soup bowl on the table and stared at him for several seconds: "Why did you buy that thing?"
"Honeymoon."
Shen Yuege's expression shifted from confusion to even greater confusion: "Honeymoon? With me?"
"Otherwise what? Who should I side with? Brother Zhou?"
Shen Yuege couldn't help but laugh: "Don't joke around with Brother Zhou. What are you up to?"
Lu Ran took out his phone, opened the map app, and handed her the planned route: "Look. G228, G331, G219, three border lines. Let's drive around along these roads and see the beautiful landscapes of our motherland. You've finished your auditions, and you'll have some free time for the next month. My company has also made arrangements, and Brother Zhou is keeping an eye on things. With the right timing, location, and people, it would be a shame not to go."
Shen Yuege stared at the route on her phone screen and remained silent for a long time.
Lu Ran thought she was unwilling and was about to say something when she suddenly spoke up: "When did you buy your RV?"
"I ordered it today. I'll pick it up tomorrow."
"How much?"
"Not much money. Less than two million."
Shen Yuege was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Lu Ran, your leg has just healed. Are you sure you can drive that far?"
"I'm not the only one driving the RV. You have a driver's license, right? Let's take turns driving it."
"Have I ever driven a big truck? I've never driven a motorhome."
"That thing is similar to driving a bread truck; the steering wheel, accelerator, and brakes are all the same. You'll get the hang of it after a few tries."
Shen Yuege looked at him, her eyes filled with an indescribable emotion.
She picked up the soup bowl, took a sip, put it down, and said, "Okay. When do we leave?"
Lu Ran was secretly delighted, but didn't show it on his face: "The day after tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll pick up the car, complete the paperwork, and pack our things. We'll leave early the day after tomorrow."
"Has the route been decided?"
"It's settled. We'll start from Shanghai, take G228 south to the East China Sea coast, then turn west and onto G331. We'll go wherever the road takes us, no rush. We'll be back in a month, just in time for the Chinese New Year."
Shen Yuege thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay. But you have to promise me one thing."
"What is it?"
"I'm not washing the dishes. You'll wash the dishes for the entire month."
Lu Ran laughed: "Okay. I'll wash the dishes, drive the car, and cook. You just need to enjoy the scenery."
Shen Yuege glanced at him, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled up: "Your mouth is usually not very pleasant to talk to, but you're quite good at it today."
"I'm usually quite talkative, you just don't like listening to me."
"All you ever talk about are games, code, data, and opponents. It gives me a headache."
Lu Ran opened her mouth, but found that she really didn't have anything to refute.
When I chat with Shen Yuege at home, eight out of ten sentences are about company matters.
The remaining two sentences are "What are we eating today?" and "Does your leg still hurt?"
"Then this time when we go out, I won't mention anything about the company," Lu Ran said. "Anyone who does is a dog."
Shen Yuege couldn't help but laugh, then picked up her bowl and continued drinking the soup.
The next morning, Lu Ran went to the RV showroom alone.
Zhou Mingzhe's friend, surnamed Huang, has been doing RV modification for over ten years and has a great reputation in the industry.
Mr. Huang was in his early forties, with tanned skin, clearly someone who spent most of his time traveling.
He led Lu Ran on a tour of the showroom, explaining every feature of the top-of-the-line RV.
The water tank has a capacity of 200 liters, enough for two people to use for three to four days.
The battery has a capacity of 10 kWh, which can last for two days without air conditioning.
The vehicle is equipped with solar panels, which can charge the battery on sunny days.
It's a diesel engine, and it can travel over 600 kilometers on a full tank.
There is a double bed at the back of the vehicle, and the dinette can be folded down to become a single bed.
The kitchen has an induction cooker, microwave oven, sink, and an 80-liter refrigerator.
The bathroom has a shower, toilet, sink, and a washer-dryer combo.
After listening to the introduction, Lu Ran asked, "Could we convert that single bed into storage space?"
Mr. Huang was taken aback: "Didn't you say it was for two people? If the single bed is removed, where will the guests sleep?"
"There are no guests. It's just the two of us."
Mr. Huang's expression became very subtle: "So you two will sleep in one bed? The double bed at the back of the car is big enough, 1.5 meters wide, two people can sleep comfortably."
Lu Ran thought for a moment and said, "Let's not change it for now. We can keep the single bed to store our things."
Mr. Huang glanced at him, asked no further questions, and turned to complete the formalities.
After picking up the car, Lu Ran drove the RV home.
A two-million-dollar RV on the road gets quite a lot of attention.
A truck driver in the next lane rolled down his window and yelled at him, "Hey bro, that's a nice truck!"
Lu Ran honked the horn in response.
He knows his stuff.
Upon arriving at the residential area, Lu Ran parked the RV in front of the villa. When he got out of the vehicle, he found Shen Yuege already standing at the door, arms crossed, looking at the behemoth with a complicated expression.
"This is too big," she said.
"How can anyone live in such a small place?"
"You want me to drive this? I can barely even reverse into a parking space."
"You don't need to drive. I'll drive myself. You can sit in the passenger seat."
Shen Yuege walked around the RV, opened the door, and went inside to take a look.
It has a bathroom, kitchen, bed, booth seating, washing machine, and everything else you'd expect.
She walked to the double bed at the back of the car, stood there for a moment, then turned to look at Lu Ran: "You're sleeping in this one?"
"right."
"Then where will I sleep?"
"The booth seating folds down to reveal a single bed. You can sleep in that one."
Shen Yuege glanced at the booth. It was a row of L-shaped sofas with a height-adjustable table in the middle. Lowering the table and piling up the sofa cushions would create a single bed. It was about 70 centimeters wide, barely enough for one person to turn over.
"Seventy centimeters," Shen Yuege said. "You want me to sleep on a bed that's seventy centimeters wide?"
"You sleep in a 1.2-meter-wide bed at home. Seventy centimeters is a bit narrow, but it's not impossible to sleep in it."
Shen Yuege glanced at him speechlessly. Although she knew Lu Ran was joking, at this moment, she really regretted agreeing to go out with him.
Standing to the side, Lu Ran suddenly felt that it was indeed a little strange that he had bought a two-million-dollar RV with two beds.
But he didn't think much of it.
He knew what kind of person Shen Yuege was; there was no way she would sleep in the same bed with him.
It's impossible, at least for now.
The two of them spent the whole day packing.
The car was crammed full of clothes, toiletries, snacks, water, chargers, cameras, first aid kits, toolboxes, and all sorts of other things.
Shen Yuege also brought a book, saying she would read it when she was bored on the road.
Lu Ran said the journey wouldn't be boring; with such beautiful scenery, who would want to read?
Lu Ran even thought to himself: I'll bring a glow-in-the-dark watch and let you watch it in bed at night, it'll stun you.
The night before she left, Shen Yuege finished processing the last batch of work emails in the study. When she returned to the bedroom, she found that Lu Ran was still awake, lying in bed looking at his phone.
"What time do we leave tomorrow?" she asked.
"Let's leave early. Around eight o'clock."
"So early?"
"Leave early and arrive early, no rush on the road. If you're really sleepy, you can sleep in the car and experience what it's like to live in a motorhome beforehand."
Shen Yuege was amused by his words, turned off the room light for Lu Ran, and then left to close the door.
Just as the door was about to close, Shen Yuege suddenly spoke.
"Lu Ran".
"Um?"
"Thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for taking me out."
Lu Ran curled the corners of his lips in the darkness: "You're welcome. By the way, thank you for something."
"What is it?"
"Thank you for not minding the RV I bought."
Shen Yuege was about to close the door, but after thinking for a moment, she asked, "Is your single bed really only 70 centimeters wide?"
"I'll measure it with a tape measure tomorrow. If it's not 70 centimeters long, I'll return it to the manufacturer."
Shen Yuege was silent for a few seconds, then said something that kept Lu Ran awake all night: "Don't back down. Seventy centimeters is fine. If I really can't sleep, I'll squeeze in over there."
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