But then she thought about it. Indeed, this wasn't the Zhou Donglin she knew, but it was definitely the Song Yi'an she knew.
As his master, she nodded in great relief.
"My father and yours used to keep asking in front of me when you would grow up. I think they can rest in peace now."
Li Qiyu's words accidentally touched on Song Yi'an's sore spot.
Back then, it was the imperial edict he brought that sent Uncle Li to his grave. This was Song Yi'an's knot in his heart and his lifelong debt to Li Qiyu.
Li Qiyu saw through Song Yi'an's low - spirited state but didn't know why he suddenly became so down. She asked, "What's wrong?"
Song Yi'an shook his head and forced himself to cheer up. "It's okay, it's okay." Afraid that Li Qiyu would worry, he stirred the spare ribs in his bowl.
"Madam, can I make a little request? First of all, I'm not saying that your cooking is not delicious. It's just that we've been having soup every day. Can we change the way of cooking? How about braised spare ribs?"
"Braised?"
Seeing Li Qiyu's confused look, Song Yi'an slapped his forehead. Look at his memory.
In her and Li Qiyu's era, there was no concept of braising. In modern times, Li Qiyu had eaten a lot of braised pork, but she surely didn't know how to cook it.
He suggested, "How about... we... let the hotel do it?"
Li Qiyu immediately turned her face away. "You still say you're not嫌弃ing me?"
Realizing he had said the wrong thing, Song Yi'an could only apologize carefully. When Xiao Wu and the chief secretary just entered the door, they saw Song Yi'an coaxing Li Qiyu humbly.
Seeing the two come in, Song Yi'an quickly cleared his throat and sat up straight.
As Mr. Song, he still needed some face.
Li Qiyu was still angry. She glared at Song Yi'an, and Song Yi'an immediately cowered.
To hell with being Mr. Song. His wife was more important.
In front of outsiders, Song Yi'an also obediently admitted his mistake.
"I was wrong. I was just afraid you'd be tired."
"You wanted a change of taste, right? Fine. I don't know how to braise, but I know how to barbecue. I'll go back and barbecue for you, okay?"
Song Yi'an thought for a while, nodded, but then frowned.
"How are you going to barbecue?"
"Cut down a tree and start a fire. How else?"
Cut down a tree and start a fire in the capital? She'd probably be arrested soon. Song Yi'an quickly reminded Li Qiyu.
"No, no. You can't cut down the trees in the city, and you can't start a fire in the wild either."
"Then how can I barbecue?" Li Qiyu thought for a while and said, "Then barbecue on the stove. There's fire on the stove anyway. I don't know if that fire will work for barbecuing."
At this moment, the scene of Li Qiyu holding several big bones and barbecuing on the gas stove had already emerged in Song Yi'an's mind.
He was so scared that he quickly shook his head.
"No, no. This is too dangerous." He held the soup bowl and said, "I suddenly think it's good to have soup."
He didn't want to lose his wife just because of his request for a change of taste.
Seeing that they had reached an agreement on the taste, Li Qiyu knew that the chief secretary and Xiao Wu had things to talk to Song Yi'an about. She was very sensible and made way for them. Then she went out to buy some more fruits for Song Yi'an.
After Li Qiyu walked out of the door, Xiao Wu dared to sigh, "Sir, I feel you're different from before."
"In what way?"
"You never used to coax girls like this."
"That's why I was single before."
After saying this, Song Yi'an felt a bit strange. Although now his memory had merged with Zhou Donglin's and the two had become one person, occasionally, there would be situations like this. Occasionally, a sentence or two would make it seem like there were two people living in his body, complaining about each other as if they disliked each other.
However, no matter how much these two disliked each other, one thing was certain - their feelings for Li Qiyu were the same.
Xiao Wu didn't dare to respond to Song Yi'an's words. He said, "Mr. Song, I've found the car you asked me to find. Are you going out? I'll go and report it to the doctor."
"No need. What the doctor thinks is a small matter, but what the madam thinks is a big one. Figuring out how not to be discovered by the madam is the most important thing."
This really stumped Xiao Wu.
He didn't know how to coax a woman.
On the other hand, the chief secretary also brought news about the Song Corporation.
Afraid of arousing the resentment of the old employees, Song Yi'an didn't place his own people in the Song Corporation. All the current connections of the Song Corporation were handled by the chief secretary. In fact, this approach did have its advantages. Now, very few people knew that Song Yi'an had woken up, or even that he was still alive. So the Song Corporation was still in a state of panic, and quite a few people had come to the chief secretary.
Of course, those who came to the chief secretary were all people who truly cared about the Song Corporation and wanted to save it.
The chief secretary was also worried. "Mr. Song, although this plan is good, it also consumes a lot. I'm worried that if we continue like this, even if the Song Corporation gets through this crisis, it will be severely weakened. How about... you see..."
"I remember that Old Mr. Song carried out reforms in the Song Corporation more than once, but every time it was in vain." When it came to this topic, Song Yi'an immediately became serious, completely different from the coquettish and coaxing Mr. Song in front of Li Qiyu.
"If we're going to do it, we shouldn't be afraid of the consequences. Only when we're tougher than them can they find no loopholes." Song Yi'an looked at the chief secretary and said, "Don't worry. I know what you're worried about. I'm here for the Song Corporation. I'll get the Song Corporation back on track and won't let down Old Mr. Song's last wish."
At this point, even though the chief secretary was very worried, he could only choose to believe Song Yi'an.
Song Yi'an moved his body and was about to get up. Xiao Wu quickly supported him. Song Yi'an found an excuse to send Li Qiyu back to the hotel first. After everything was ready, he got dressed and got up, then followed Xiao Wu out of the hospital.
The chief secretary stood at the hospital gate, watching Xiao Wu's car disappear into the traffic, full of worries.
Since Song Yunsheng knew that Song Yi'an had woken up, he had come to test him several times recently. Alas, he was afraid that Song Yunsheng would be extremely vicious and harm Mr. Song again.
If he couldn't protect Old Mr. Song's grandson, how could he have the face to meet Old Mr. Song after he passed away?
At this time, Xiao Wu drove Song Yi'an to a coffee shop. He looked at Song Yi'an with concern in his eyes.
"Sir, how about I go with you?"
"She's just a woman. What can she do to me?"
"But... you're..."
"Don't worry. I'll just talk to her for a few words. It'll be over soon."