He sends Mo Ran off with a kiss and walks back inside to throw the chocolate away. He needs a plan to put in motion and to find the right time to put it in motion.

For the next few days, he pays attention to the sound of footsteps outside his door, realizing they all happen around the same time. Once he's got the time window down, he waits. As soon he hears the door down the hall open, he gets in place, waiting for the right moment.

When he hears the sound of something hitting his welcome mat, Chu Wanning opens the door and watches as his neighbor jumps. "Mo Ran-ge— Oh." She says as soon as her eyes land on his face, mouth still open in surprise. She looks to the door next to his and looks like she's

seriously wondering if she's been getting the wrong door this whole time. "Mo Ran isn't home right now. May I help you?" He asks, trying to sound as nonchalant as he can. He eyes the somewhat large package on the floor for a second, then addresses her again. "Is that for him?"

"Oh, yeah... I'm sorry, I didn't ask for your name. I'm Xie Ling, your neighbor down the hall..." The girl says, looking like she wants nothing more than to run back into her home. Chu Wanning casually plays with the wedding band in his finger, then introduces himself.

"Chu Wanning. Mo Ran's husband." He specifies in a way he hasn't had to in years, ears burning as he says it, since Mo Ran always took the initiative of introducing him as that instead He doesn't worry about whether it was too defensive or on the nose to introduce himself as such

Cause it has the effected he wanted in the end. He watches as his neighbor's eyes widen as she takes in what she just heard, and sees how she discreetly tries to push the box she just placed away from him and behind herself. "Oh shit. Holy shit, I'm sorry —"

"I swear I had no idea, Chu-xiansheng," she explains "I thought he was joking about being married that young, I swear." Chu Wanning doesn't react to that, simply staring as she picked her package and started walking backwards. "It won't happen again, I'm sorry."

With that, she disappears back into her apartment, and Chu Wanning just hums. "It better not," he says as he closes the door again. When Mo Ran mentions the secret packages and asks Chu Wanning what happened, him husband simply tells him that "It's been dealt with"

~~🌸~~ Silly little thing cause I was bored, excuse the lack of overall quality hsfkshfk