Chapter 8 (1/2)
Boring and harmonious pair
Everyone has weakness, no matter how perfect they may appear to be.
During the weekend morning, Xiao He He usually sleep until noon. Today she scramble upstairs while carrying a heap of breakfast items.
It is raining outside. Holding her umbrella while carefully protecting the few packets of breakfast items requested in her hand, she is not able to attend to her wet shoulder and legs.
Whenever she is with Zheng Xie, she always wear a wrist watch to remind her of the time. When she looked at her watch earlier, there is only 5 more minute to 0830 am.
It is really strange. It is obvious that Zheng Xie will never get angry at her. He hardly show her any anger nor ignore her, but she is still a little afraid of him.
Cannot considered that she feared him as she is spoiled by him and dare to bicker him. At times, she also dared to call him a villain fool to his face. On April Fool’s Day, she will spend the whole day maneuvering him, and even dare to cause trouble just like yesterday during his official appointment. However she dare not disobey him. From her young, Zheng Xie has always let her do what she want, rarely say “no” to her and also rarely reject her.
Thinking about how Zheng Xie has never been angry at her, her mind gently skip a scene but quickly pressed herself to not think about it. Well, probably such a thing had happened not long ago, but in this 25 years of her life, over 9 thousand days, more than 200 thousand hours, more than 10 million minutes, and this little incident can be overlooked.
She has always been very generous and rarely upset at people, just remember well, do not hold any grudge, and only remember the good things and not bad things.
He He quickly ran upstairs and is out of breath. Even though there is not enough time, at least she must let Zheng Xie see that she is trying to make up for the mistake. It is worthwhile even if she is late for work.
Distraught. Zheng Xie is so disciplined and gives priority to efficiency. Why not stay in best places, instead of mixing with private profiteers. Such a waste.
He He lives on the sixth floor with no elevator. This is because she love the little pitched roof loft. But not she can understand the benefits of low-level or high-rise buildings.
The house is registered under her name. Not even a year after she graduated, she bought the place, making her feel like she had run into the middle cla.s.s.
But in fact she did not spend much money. Using the demolition compensation from the house where she used to stay with her mother, most of the purchase has been paid off. With the help of her mother to pay half of the remaining housing funds, her mother suggested that she do the rest of the loan amount. This allows her to experience the survival pressure and also able to alter her bad habit of spending money.
When she went to complete the formalities of the purchase, the developers actually smile at her and informed her that they have several internal promotions in places. Because their boss and Zheng Xie are friends, she has been given a discount of 30% off the purchase price.
He He is shocked. This developers have always been arrogant with less discount and promotions. Their marketing staff att.i.tude indicate the att.i.tude of: “Buy it or leave it”. For the sake of buying this house, she got up at 5 o’clock and only managed to get her wanted floor at noon. And now they are actually warm at her, waving their hands? Down with the privileged cla.s.s!
All of the sudden, she does not even have to loan, there are also spare money. Later, she tried to beat around the bush and dig some insider information from Zheng Xie but failed, so no choice, she just sit back and enjoy the privilege that has just fallen from the sky.
The consequences of this is Zheng Xie also buying the house opposite of her and left it unused for a long time. So she naturally act as his housekeeper, helping him to pay water charges, electricity fees, internet fees, management fees as well as hire regular part-time cleaner. He only stay there at most 2 or 3 days per month so she often helped him change the bedsheets, dry the quilts and stocked the items in the pantry although all expenses are paid by Zheng Xie.
He He emotionally always think, Zheng Xie obviously have many smart and capable secretary. And he despite her housekeeping skills, why like to bully her. Sometimes, to irritate Zheng Xie, she deliberately change his bedsheet to a pink sheet with hearts, h.e.l.lo Kitty tablecloths and lace fanciful pillows. Yet he is not angry, just scowled at her and give her 10 minutes to clean up.
He He ran up the stairs, finally arrived at the door. After a short pause, before she could even catch her breath, she heard the door behind her opened. Zheng Xie, all dressed up comes out on time. Looking at his watch and the note that he left last night. Half past eight, the standard Beijing time, not even a second late.
If this is in the company, Zheng Xie will be considered as a very demanding boss. Although Wei Zhi Xian never complained, but He He thinks that Secretary Wei must have a miserable daily life. He He thinks that Secretary Wei is awesome, to be able to endure Zheng Xie all these years.
Xiao He He secretly yawned while looking admiringly at Zheng Xie while looking at Zheng Xie eat.
She eat very fast, because she loves to sleep in, hence not willing to get up early and developed a 3 minutes breakfast habit. Today, in order not to let Zheng Xie find out, she tried to slow down. But unfortunately, Great Wall or Pyramid is not built in a day.
In fact, Zheng Xie does not eat very slowly. But he ate calmly, wearing a T-Short and short pants at home eating porridge just like how he did in at top French Restaurant in general, which also seems quiet logical in nature.
Xiao He He yawned again while thinking about her bad habit. Although natural conditions is very important, if you start training from young, should be effective. When she have her own children, she wish to follow how Zheng Xie was being brought up. She rambled on how to come up with several children upbringing style and then suddenly realized that this is really nonsense. Looking at how Zheng Xie parents brought him up, she timidly look at Zheng Xie. At the same time, he looked up and said: “Early in the morning you have been yawning. What time did you sleep last night?”
“Twelve midnight” Looking at the unconvinced look on his face, she changed: “One? Two?” And then changed: “Maybe three.”
Zheng Xie moved his lips, finally chooses to remain quiet. He oblique to her, then continued to eat his breakfast. He glimpse at He He with a guilty and conscious look, which directly more effective than his teaching. Zheng Xie when dealing with her, increasingly has a way to save energy.
Although He He is not a lady, but thanks to Zheng Xie’s tuning, there are many rules that she will be very conscious and will abide. For example, even though she is very sleepy and impatient at the moment, she will still sit while resting her chin opposite of Zheng Xie waiting for him to finish his meal.
But of course her mind does not follow the rules. He He think if she should go shopping together with Ren Ran in the afternoon or stay at home to get some sleep. There is a daily drama that she is watching is having its finale tonight. And the story that she has been following seems to have a bad ending. Should she abandoned these? Right, the handsome male lead is similar to Zheng Xie. Every time when she is watching the drama, he reminds her of Zheng Xie. But the male lead is very violent and sick, is she being dishonest here?
Floating mind Xiao He He came back to reality. She is shocked to discover that the table in front of her is very clean. Zheng Xie is even in the kitchen was.h.i.+ng dishes and organizing her kitchen cabinets. Goodness, she pinced her arm once. Pain! So this is not a dream. He He looked out of the window, it is still raining and it is not red (red symbolise danger or destruction). He He quickly bounced to Zheng Xie’s side, with a hypocritical smile: “Let me do this. It is embarra.s.sing.”
Fake polite is better than not being polite at all. Most educated people will have this hypocritical att.i.tude.
“Just demonstrating and showing you how a kitchen should look like in a girl’s house. You are so untidy. Xiao He He, how to get you married off?”
“Er”. He He have been trained again. Xiao He He touched her nose, dingily hid farthest away from Zheng Xie. Before she even arrived at the destination, she heard Zheng Xie’s changed of tone voice: “Xiao He He! What the h.e.l.l is this?”
Things that changed Zheng Xie is very limited. Panicking in her hear, she quickly turn back. She saw the kitten that she brought home from Ren Ran’s place biting while swinging on Zheng Xie’s pants. Zheng Xie is looking very pale.
How could she forgot about it. If she had told Zheng Xie that she has a cat at home, today he would probably not troubled her and she could sleep in. Haiz… haiz…..