Jiang Li changed her shoes, carried the groceries Song Yu had bought into the kitchen. Hearing his words, she poked her head out. "What? Does Lawyer Song think I should be very slovenly?"
Song Yu just smiled without saying a word.
After bustling about in the kitchen for a while, Jiang Li came out and asked Song Yu if he had any food taboos.
"I'm not picky. I eat anything," Song Yu said, looking at her fair fingers with a faint smile. "As a guest, I'll follow the host's arrangements. Anything you cook will do."
While Jiang Li was cooking, Song Yu took a look around her house. The overall layout was simple, but there were traces of a woman's life everywhere.
There was a vase on the table with two fresh roses in it.
It was obvious that Jiang Li was a very romantic person who loved life.
It was not until he saw an opened condom box in the corner of the coffee table in the living room.
Two condoms had already been used.
Just then, Jiang Li walked out with a plate in her hand. "Lawyer Song, go wash your hands quickly. Dinner's ready."
Song Yu was slightly stunned and quickly shifted his gaze to Jiang Li's face, smiling as usual. "You're so fast?"
Jiang Li said, "I used to cook a lot. Practice makes perfect."
When she was in high school, she had to cook lunch for her younger brother and father every day. If she cooked too slowly, her father would criticize and scold her.
As time went by, her cooking speed had increased.
Jiang Li invited Song Yu to sit down and have dinner, saying enthusiastically, "Try it quickly. Didn't you come specifically to taste my cooking?"
There was a plate of sweet - and - sour spare ribs, a plate of braised pork, and a plate of stir - fried green bean shreds on the table. It looked quite sumptuous.
Song Yu picked up his chopsticks and tasted each dish. Looking up, he saw Jiang Li looking at him expectantly.
"How does it taste?"
Song Yu pursed his lips and said with satisfaction, "It's good. You have the talent to be a great chef."
Jiang Li immediately smiled so widely that her eyes turned into slits. "When I open a restaurant, Lawyer Song must come to support me."
"Sure."
...
As they were having dinner, Jiang Li suddenly remembered something and casually asked, "Lawyer Song, I didn't have the chance to ask before. Where's your fiancée? Why haven't I seen her?"
Jiang Li's casual question made Song Yu's hand pause for a moment, but his expression remained normal. "She's working abroad. She rarely comes back."
Jiang Li didn't think much and just nodded. "Long - distance relationships are really tough. You have to persevere."
Song Yu mused, "Is unrequited love tough?"
Unrequited love?
Jiang Li didn't react at first. She chewed the food in her mouth a couple of times before looking up at him. "Did you have an unrequited love for your fiancée first?"
She always thought that a man as outstanding as Song Yu must be the one being chased by women.
Hearing her opinion, Song Yu couldn't help laughing. "How could there be girls chasing me actively?"
He took a sip of water and said indifferently, "My profession is a high - risk one. I might easily offend people I shouldn't and make enemies."
Lawyers are the embodiment of justice, so they must bear some of the darkness that ordinary people can't bear.
It's really common to make enemies sometimes.
Jiang Li clicked her tongue and thought it made sense. "What does your fiancée do? Will you go abroad after you get married?"
Her eyes were very bright. She was obviously very interested in his fiancée.
Song Yu averted his gaze. He didn't want to delve deeper into this topic. "I'm not sure. It's not certain yet."
"Get married without being certain?" Jiang Li was very surprised and couldn't help asking, "Getting married is not a trivial matter. Shouldn't you determine these things in advance before deciding whether to get married?"
She was impulsive and asked a lot of questions in one go. It was not until later that she realized it might be a bit offensive. "Sorry, Lawyer Song. You don't have to answer."
Their relationship was just that of friends. She thought she shouldn't have asked these private questions.
However, Song Yu didn't mind. He wiped the corner of his mouth with a tissue. "Getting married is indeed not a trivial matter. So I have to talk about these things in detail with her after she comes back."
"The marriage was arranged by the two families. There are still many details that haven't been considered. You've reminded me."
Jiang Li smiled sheepishly. "I didn't mean anything else. I just think we should be more cautious about marriage."
Song Yu squinted his eyes and the corners of his lips curled up. "Then how do you view marriage?"
He thought his question was not accurate enough and added, "Or rather, how do you view the relationship between men and women?"
Jiang Li lowered her head and poked the rice with her chopsticks.
The rice was cooked perfectly today. It was neither too soft nor too hard and didn't stick together.
"This question is very complicated," Jiang Li said, pinching her chopsticks. Her voice became lower. "The most important thing for two people to be together is happiness."
After she finished speaking, she thought for a few more seconds. "If it were me, I hope to spend my whole life with a stable person."
In terms of marriage, Jiang Li didn't have any grand ambitions. She just hoped for stability and peace of mind.
"This is what I think. I don't know if it's right."
After she finished speaking, she raised her eyes again and smiled brightly. "If Lawyer Song gets married, he should consider a lot of things in advance, right?"
Song Yu said, "What do you think I should consider in advance? The ownership of pre - marital property? The distribution of property after divorce? Or the custody of children?"
Jiang Li: "..."
She didn't think Song Yu was so cold - hearted as to calculate everything clearly before getting married.
Seeing her embarrassed look, Song Yu couldn't help laughing. "Sorry. I've got a professional habit."
Jiang Li shook her head. "It's good this way. Estimating all the risks between two people in advance can avoid losses to the maximum extent later."
Just like her and Xiao Yanzhi.
At the very beginning, they just used each other.
All other redundant emotions shouldn't exist, let alone be expected.
Hearing her say this, Song Yu looked at her.
"But Jiang Li, how can you estimate the risks in matters of the heart?"
He looked at her leisurely and asked calmly, "If you fall in love with someone you shouldn't, should you tell that person?"
Jiang Li was speechless.
After thinking for a long time, she slowly replied, "If you fall in love with someone you shouldn't, the best choice is to keep silent."
She smiled. "This kind of feeling is an unnecessary burden for the person who doesn't like you. It may push that person further away."
Hearing this, Song Yu stroked his chin.
"Your answer is very enlightening to me."
He averted his gaze and tapped the table with his chopsticks, saying gently, "Hurry up and eat. The food will get cold."
After dinner, Song Yu offered to help wash the dishes. Since Jiang Li couldn't decline, she sat alone in the living room in a daze, still thinking about the question just now.
When Song Yu came out, he handed her a bag.
Inside was the scarf she had left before.
"One day, you left it at the law firm."
Jiang Li lowered her head. When she saw the scarf, she suddenly froze and her nose felt a bit sour.
She adjusted her emotions, but her smile looked a bit forced. "Thank you. I thought I'd lost it."