Chen Yu'an in the back row didn't say anything else. He turned his head and looked out of the window. The emotions in his eyes were no longer as cold as before. There was a faint, almost imperceptible smile.
Will you come to the company as often as before?
Maybe.
...
Inside Yu Haiwan.
After getting home, Jiang Zhirou didn't stop for a moment. She was washing vegetables, looking for pots, and checking recipes.
She looked like she was determined to cook a big meal.
The originally tidy and clean kitchen was now in a complete mess.
When Chi Yu walked into the house, he saw Jiang Zhirou holding a pot lid in one hand and a spatula in the other, carefully turning the food in the pot.
Chi Yu was stunned for a moment, and then quietly walked behind the woman.
Jiang Zhirou's attention was all on the things in front of her.
She didn't believe that she, who could climb over walls and use guns, couldn't handle a pot.
"Are you cooking?"
"Ah!"
"Clang."
Chi Yu's voice suddenly rang out behind Jiang Zhirou.
She was startled, let out a scream, and the spatula in her hand fell to the ground.
She turned her head and frowned at the man behind her. "Are you a ghost? You walk so quietly."
Jiang Zhirou looked a bit unhappy. She glanced at the messy kitchen, and a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
She had originally wanted to give Chi Yu a surprise, but now there was no surprise, only shock.
"Why did you come back so early?"
She asked the man.
Hearing this, Chi Yu chuckled. "Is it early, baby?" He stretched out his left hand in front of Jiang Zhirou. "It's almost seven o'clock."
His voice was full of smiles.
Jiang Zhirou's face darkened even more.
It turned out that in three hours, she had only cooked one dish.
Jiang Zhirou wished she could take out a gun and shoot herself, rather than being so embarrassed.
She had never been so embarrassed in her life.
Jiang Zhirou put down the pot lid in her hand and pushed Chi Yu out with her arm.
"Let's go out to eat."
The smile on Chi Yu's face deepened a bit. He stood still and tilted his chin towards the black, unknown food not far away. "It's already cooked. Why do we still have to go out to eat? It's such a waste. Let's eat at home."
"It's not cooked. Where is it cooked?" Jiang Zhirou panicked and tried to cover Chi Yu's eyes.
Before she could make any further moves, her hand was already firmly held in the man's palm.
"Let's eat at home. Let me see how good my baby's cooking skills are now."
Jiang Zhirou: "..."
She glanced at the only dish with a bit of guilt and pursed her lips without saying a word.
Chi Yu picked up the chopsticks beside him without any concern, picked up a piece of something unknown, and put it into his mouth.
Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Chi Yu's face still involuntarily froze for a moment.
He didn't dare to let that thing stay in his mouth for another second and immediately swallowed it.
The atmosphere at the scene was strangely quiet for two seconds.
"Is it delicious..."
Jiang Zhirou's voice was very soft.
Chi Yu forced a smile at the corner of his mouth. "Baby."
"How about we go out to eat? There's a new Western restaurant nearby. I heard the food there is very good. Let's go and try it?"
Chi Yu's voice was obviously hoarser than before.
It should be because of the saltiness.
It was both bitter and salty.
Even worse than that big bowl of noodles before.
Her cooking skills not only hadn't improved but had regressed.
Eating that stuff might be fatal.
Jiang Zhirou looked at him askance: "..."
"Didn't you say it would be a waste?"
"How could it be a waste?" Chi Yu replied immediately. "But I want to take you to that new restaurant to try. We can just have this dish as a midnight snack. I'll eat less now and come back to eat this later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Zhirou stared at Chi Yu for a long time. Then she walked past the man, picked up the plate, and quickly poured the whole plate of food into the trash can.
Chi Yu was too late to stop her.
He stared blankly at the woman. Before he could say anything, Jiang Zhirou's voice rang out first.
"Cooking requires talent. Obviously, I don't have it. I originally wanted to cook a meal for you myself to apologize, but now it seems that I don't look like I'm apologizing. I look more like I'm trying to murder you."
Hearing Jiang Zhirou's words, a look of surprise flashed in Chi Yu's eyes. "Why... do you need to apologize?"
"Then why did you ignore me?"
Jiang Zhirou didn't answer his question but instead asked him.
Chi Yu seemed to have not expected her to be so direct. The smile on his face faded a bit, and his expression became serious.
"Don't do such dangerous things again in the future, okay?"
Chi Yu's voice trembled slightly, as if he was afraid.
Afraid that she would suddenly disappear one day.
Jiang Zhirou had guessed that Chi Yu would know, but she hadn't guessed that he would know so soon.
Since he knew, it meant that he had indeed entered her room last night.
She didn't want to ask why, and she also thought it was unnecessary to ask.
Looking at the worry and grievance in Chi Yu's eyes, she nodded slightly. "I won't."
Chi Yu didn't ask her what she had done or why she had avoided him.
He gave her enough private space, and that was enough.
Chi Yu took a step forward, reached out his hand, and gently wiped off the dust on the tip of Jiang Zhirou's nose. He didn't know when she had gotten it.
Jiang Zhirou shrank back a bit, trying to see what was on Chi Yu's hand.
"When did I get this..."
Before she could finish her sentence, a warm and soft feeling suddenly came from the tip of her nose.
Chi Yu gently kissed the tip of her nose.
This kiss was very light and shallow, as if he was touching a rare treasure.
"Baby, don't make me so scared anymore..."
He murmured.
Jiang Zhirou was stunned for two seconds. Her mind went blank, and her body seemed to have its own consciousness.
The moment Chi Yu was about to get up, she stood on tiptoe, regardless of the dust on her hands. She wrapped her arms around the man's neck, her eyes fixed on his lips, and kissed him hard.
A look of surprise flashed in Chi Yu's eyes.
The next second, he reached down and suddenly picked up the woman.
Jiang Zhirou wrapped her legs around his waist, and the man quickly walked towards the bedroom.
The night in summer always comes late.
It was almost nine o'clock before the powder-blue color in the sky slowly faded away, replaced by a light gray. The bedroom was also plunged into darkness.
Only two figures on the wall could be seen constantly intertwined.
Faint gasps could be heard from time to time in the room.
This time was longer and more crazy than ever before.
The two of them seemed to want to blend the other into their bodies.
In the end, Jiang Zhirou was so tired that her head was dizzy. She didn't know when she lost consciousness and fell asleep in the man's arms.
The moonlight was very bright tonight.
Chi Yu propped himself up on the bed with one hand and looked down at the woman in his arms, whose breathing was steady. He gently pushed aside the stray hair on her forehead with his fingers.
Then, his gaze moved down. He gently held her face in his palm and leaned over slightly to give her a light kiss on her pink and soft lips.