Chapter 342 - The Coffee Wasnt Bitter Anymore (2/2)

”I'm fine. I just need some sleep.” Li Manni smiled at him quickly. She did not want others to know the condition of her body now. Not even a fool would believe that her battered body was caused by her knocking into something. One look was all it took to know what had happened to her.

Chu Lui raised his hand and placed it on her forehead. When he realized that her temperature was normal, he wrapped the blanket around both of them. ”Sleep.” He patted her shoulders lightly, giving her an absolute warm space. Yet, despite how close their bodies were, this time, their hearts were the furthest.

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Li Manni carried the coffee in her hands, feeling out of sorts. She had long stopped using the medicine so it should be fine. The man must have been lying to her. Chu Lui was never poisoned. Yes, that's right. This was modern civilization, and poison could be easily detected. He went for health checkups every year so she must have been deceived by that man.

She reassured herself constantly.

She walked into Chu Lui's office and placed the coffee on his desk. She followed him every day now because she was afraid that man would come looking for her again, but a few days had passed, and what she was worried about had never happened. It was as if it was all just a bad dream.

Chu Lui flipped through the documents in his hand and picked up the cup with one hand and drank. His eyebrows furrowed slightly after drinking.

”What's wrong? Is it too hot?” Li Manni noticed his furrowed eyebrows. He drank coffee like it was water and seldom showed that expression.

”It's fine.” Chu Lui placed the coffee back on the table and continued to read through the document. ”Manni, did you add sugar to the coffee today?”

Li Manni shook her head. ”No, I didn't.” She brewed pure coffee as she knew that Chu Lui never takes his coffee with sugar.

”Then why isn't it as bitter as before?” Chu Lui said and picked up the cup again to drink from it. It definitely was not as bitter as it was before. Perhaps he was too used to the bitterness, making him unaccustomed to the sudden change.

Li Manni was taken aback and blanched. She looked down immediately, not wanting Chu Lui to realize her uneasiness. ”Maybe because I changed the coffee beans. I'll make you another cup.”

She picked up the cup from the table and walked out with turmoiled footsteps.

”Man…” Chu Lui wanted to tell her that he did not want it anymore, but Li Manni had already reached the door. He could only shut his mouth. She wanted to brew another cup, and so he let her be.

Li Manni stood in the pantry and brewed a new cup of coffee carefully, but she knew that no matter how she brewed it again, it would not be the same taste as what Chu Lui wanted. She had already thrown away that medicine.

She walked out again, her eyes slightly dimmed and walked past someone.

”Hey, Cousin-in-law…” A voice called from the back, but she did not respond and continued walking forwards. Du Jingtang just put a hand up to his head and grabbed his thick black hair softly. What was wrong with these people recently?

Cousin changed, and so did Li Manni. The two of them were acting strangely.