She got off the bed and surveyed the house. It was the second time she had been in his room, and her breath was full of his scent. It almost intoxicated her, but the thought of a real mistress living here in the near future only made the tip of her nose sink.
Astringently, he made the bed smoothly before closing the door of the room and turning out.
When I walked downstairs, I searched around but he was nowhere to be seen. On the contrary, the whole house was filled with a pungent smell of Chinese medicine.
She walked to the kitchen, only to find a cup of blackened Chinese medicine hot in the kitchen. Is this his medicine? She opened it and looked at it, and the medicine was just warm there.
Where did he go? Why did he bring himself here? She thought he didn’t want to see her right now.
Without further thought, Zoey dialed his number.
Jerry Xiao is in a meeting, sitting at the podium, listening attentively to the directors’ reports on the company’s latest projects and accounts.
Feng went out to answer the phone and was surprised to see that it was Zoey’s number.
He thought that this resignation fiasco should be an indication of a complete falling out between her and the president.
“Secretary Baker.” Feng picked up the phone.
Hearing that it wasn’t Jerry Xiao’s voice, Zoey had a moment of loss. “Is Mr. Xiao not available for the call?”
“The president is in a meeting right now. Wait a minute, I’ll go in and talk to the president.”
“Oh, no.” Zoey didn’t want to disturb him, originally she just wanted to say goodbye to him and say thank you by the way. Of course, it would be better if she could hear his voice, “Since we’re in a meeting, I won’t bother.”
“It’s okay, the meeting has been going on for a short time, it’s just time to take a break in the middle.” Feng said then quietly pushed open the office door to enter …
Jerry Xiao saw him at a glance, he took the phone and bent his head next to Jerry Xiao’s ear and whispered, “President, it’s Baker’s secretary on the phone, want to listen?”
Zoey over there Bing breathed.
He, as always, puts his work first. A personal call, perhaps he would refuse to answer it!
But …
Instead, I heard his calm voice coming from over there. “Give me the phone, let’s suspend the meeting for five minutes first, and let’s take a break halfway through.” He paused for a moment and then ordered, “Have Secretary Shen come in to make up the tea.”
“Yes, President.”
For a while, there was no sound in the receiver. I only felt the person holding the phone seemed to be walking. And Zoey , more clearly heard his breathing, right over there.
…
Walking to the quiet smoking area, Jerry Xiao only spoke up, “Awake?”
“Well, just woke up.” She spoke, her voice soft, “Thank you for today ….”
“Hmm.” He only responded faintly, his eyes cast in the distance, looking away before asking, as if he didn’t really care, “Better yet?”
“It’s much better.” Actually, bouts of pain, or that.
Just, the heart, not as hard as before, as cold …
“By the way, is the Chinese medicine in the kitchen what you want to drink? Is it that your condition has worsened and the doctor has started to recommend you to do Chinese physical therapy?” Zoey thought of this and a heart could not help but tighten.
“You seem to know a lot about WIID disorder.” He, casually, asked.
Zoey froze for a moment before saying, “I told you before, a friend had this disease earlier.”
Jerry Xiao didn’t pay attention to the truth of her words, but only answered her earlier question, “That medicine is already boiled by the Chinese doctor, you drink it.”
“I drink?” She felt strange.
“Hmm.” He didn’t say much.
“What’s this for?”
“Tone it down.” Jerry Xiao still didn’t say much, only instructing, “Drink it right away.”
Zoey, while listening to the phone, looked back at the Chinese medicine, just smelling the smell was too bitter for her to bear. But, thinking that this is what he had prepared for himself, her heart jumped quickly and she asked, “Where did you get this medicine?”
“You can drink it without worry, it won’t be poisonous. It’s good for your abdominal pain.”
“That’s not what I meant.” Zoey couldn’t do anything about him. He knew full well she couldn’t possibly think that.
Jerry Xiao then pursed his lips and subconsciously lied: “My mother used to leave a recipe, I heard it was not bad.” Speaking of this, he paused, “The reason you are so serious is my responsibility, so …”
So, he gave her the medicine and then found someone to boil it for her, but it was all a compensation?
Zoey’s heart sank, and a little loss came to her heart. She didn’t wait for him to finish his sentence, just gently interrupted him, “Have you had lunch yet?”
“Still in a meeting, ordering a take-out later.”
“Oh.” Zoey opened the fridge and looked at it, there were actually some fresh fruits and vegetables and cabbage in. She thought for a moment before saying, “At noon, I’ll make you a lunch and send it downstairs to the office, you can just ask Feng to pick it up then.”
Her sudden suggestion made Jerry Xiao raise his eyebrows, “You’re so weak, can you do it?”
Although, he was looking forward to it and missed the taste of her handmade dishes.
That, is a taste of home …
“It’s okay.” She whispered, looking at the hot and steaming Chinese medicine, her heart was mixed for a moment before she continued, “When you sent me to the hospital today and gave me a thank you gift for preparing the Chinese medicine.”
Jerry Xiao frowned unexpectedly.
Thank you gift?
This woman, must be happy with him to make the relationship clear?
“Whatever!” Jerry Xiao responded stiffly. Zoey did not shake her head at his sudden change of mood, but felt puzzled. Before he could say more, he hung up the phone with a ‘bang’ on the grounds that he had a meeting soon.
“What’s wrong?” Zoey looked at the phone strangely. Even though it had been disconnected, she could hear his very heavy resentment in the aftertone of the voice she had just heard.
Where did you offend him again?
He has always been so unpredictable, so Zoey didn’t think much of it, just put the phone in her pocket and started washing and cooking.
Because this lunch is for him, and because this should be the last time she cooks for him. After all, if he gets married to Nabi in the future, she will no longer be qualified to cook for him. The more this happens, the more attentive she becomes, hating to pour all her feelings into this at once …
As I was thinking about it, the doorbell outside the door suddenly rang.
Zoey froze, half-stunned in the kitchen. It was his guest?
In his house, meet his guests, when the other side asked, more or less explain not clear.
The doorbell rang a few more times and Zoey had to wipe her hands, untie her apron and go out. Zoey was relieved to see a not-so-familiar figure on the video phone.
Turns out, it was his good buddy Zac White.
Zac White opened the door in a hurry, and when he saw it was her, a hint of surprise crossed his eyes, “Eh, how come it’s you?”
Zoey smiled somewhat awkwardly and turned sideways to let him in first, “Mr. Xiao is in the company at this moment.”
“It’s okay, I just came to deliver something.” Zac White came in and all of a sudden he looked like he couldn’t stand it and covered his nose, waving his hand straight, “Well, such a heavy herbal smell!”
“Sorry, there are herbs brewing in the kitchen.” Zoey explained as she quickly went over and closed the kitchen door behind her.
The smell of herbs finally faded a bit, Zac White just let his nose loose and let himself breathe. He also took a list out of his hand and handed it to Zoey, “This is the prescription he ran to fill this morning and accidentally left it in my car, I’ll bring it to him.”
“A prescription?” Zoey took it suspiciously.
Zac White didn’t think much of it, “It says it’s for girls to regulate their menstruation and it works well.”
The first thing that came to his mind was a sudden thought, and he couldn’t help but look at Zoey twice, with an amused smile under his eyes, “Eh, I say, Zoey, this Chinese medicine is not boiled for you to drink, right?”
Zoey didn’t understand the hint of interest in his eyes, only felt confused, nodded and admitted, “Yes, I was told to drink it, saying it was a prescription left by his mother.”
“He said it was left by his aunt?” Zac White just about burst out laughing, “That’s what the kid thought.”
“Hmm?” Zoey grew more and more puzzled.
Zac White laughed more cheerfully, “early this morning even will not open, but also let me push a large number of work, non-seized me to introduce him to a famous female Chinese medicine. I was so anxious that I didn’t get scared to death, I thought it was something big, but it turned out to be a small disease, which made me laugh and cry. I was thinking that this is which woman has such a great charm, so that he is so anxious to offer a great deal of attention. The first thing you need to do is to buy medicine and boil it, but I didn’t expect it to be you.”
His words left Zoey in a daze for a few moments.
“But … didn’t he say that the remedy was left behind by his mother?” Zoey still found it unbelievable.
“Chit.” Zac White snorted incomparably disgusted, “He is a bore, care about a woman, never know how to express. You can see for yourself, this is still a new prescription written by the doctor, the ink is new, he wants to deny it can not be denied! Hey, I think, so you can just pretend you don’t know about this, and bore him to death later.” I don’t know.
When you are a brother, you get these bad ideas.
Zac White felt that he had broken his own brother’s lie, and was so happy that he left happily. In a moment, the entire large villa, only Zoey a person left alone in a daze there. He looked down at the prescription and thought about what Zac White had just said, and felt his heart beating unusually fast.
Could it be possible that, as Zac White said … he, in fact, really cared for himself a little bit, so that he would go to such lengths to buy her medicine back?
Could it be possible that he did this for himself, not just because of that heartfelt guilt?
But if that’s true, why would he lie to himself?
Zoey’s heart was up and down for a while, with mixed feelings. There is no way to figure out what he is thinking, and I am afraid that I will be wrong for a while, and fall into the inexorable …
The kitchen is a very busy place, and I continue to cook for him, but in my heart, I feel a lot of emotion. No matter what his purpose is, at least, he took the trouble for himself, so that she already felt enough.
After making lunch, Zoey poured out the herbs. She was careful not to spill a drop …
Close your eyes and drink the medicine.
The taste of Chinese medicine, bitter and astringent, pungent and hard, she was never afraid of bitterness, but now she tilted her head and drank it cleanly.
The heart, because of the warmth of that liquid, trembled slightly.
…
The bento is beautifully made. The red and green dishes, together with the fresh white rice and the fragrant aroma, are enough to whet your appetite.
She couldn’t help but imagine what his face would look like after seeing this box of bento. She also couldn’t help but imagine the look on his face as he feasted on it.