193 Cryptic Behaviour (2/2)

Jia Li poured coffee in a mug which she had brought from home. Placing it carefully in the compartment near the gear control, she unwrapped a sandwich and handed it over to him. Hui was supremely conscious of the domesticity of the present scene. It wasn't a bad feeling…he realised.

Jia Li, on the other hand, was worried that the finicky boss may throw the sandwich out of the window, keeping in mind her level of culinary skills. Without a kitchen and necessary equipments, she had boiled the chicken on the induction stove. Shredding and grilling had occurred on the plug point of her laptop table. The result had looked edible, but at that time, she hadn't thought of being judged by her stickler boss.

”You have added mustard to the sandwich?” he asked after the first bite.

Jia Li tried to keep an unfazed expression on her face and replied, ”yes, doesn't it taste better than the normal tepid version?”

He grunted what seemed like an affirmation to her query. They finished the rest of the journey in near silence again. But a smile hovered on both their lips, hers, enchanted with the view outside, his, with an unknown warmth spreading in his limbs.

Shanghai, Tang's cabin

Work pressure was at an all-time high for Tang ever since Wei and his father left for London. In the midst of all that, the last person whom he wished to see, was his father.

”Is it anything urgent or can it wait? I am really busy here,” he said, the minute Mr. Xie entered the room.

”Let's meet for drinks tonight. Choose a place. You and I need to talk,” he replied.

”I have absolutely nothing to say to you nor am I interested in anything that you wish to tell me,” Tang snapped.

”I know how you can speed up the process of your divorce. NOW, if you are interested, come to the Imperial Hotel, sharp at 7:30 this evening. Make sure you are not late, even by a minute,” his father said cryptically and left the cabin.

Tang frowned at his father's out of turn behaviour. It was suspicious enough that he was trying to help him find a way to accelerate the divorce proceedings. Considering that he had been dead against Tang getting a divorce from his beloved Mei Zhen, why would he suddenly wish to help him? On top of that, he wanted to do so over drinks, instead of simply telling him the same, right here at office. What was up with him???