Chapter 144: You’re By My Side (1/2)

After Gong Hengjin finished speaking, she followed Cheng Xi’s gaze and only then did she finally see Lu Chenzhou.

Gong Hengjin immediately let go of Cheng Xi, trembling as if she were a little white flower in the freezing wind. “I’m sorry…… I…… I also don’t know what kind of nonsense I’m spouting.” And then she looked toward Lu Chenzhou, calling out in a soft and gentle manner, “Director Lu…… I’m just speaking nonsense, please don’t take it to heart.”

Not only were Cheng Xi’s teeth aching, but her stomach was also twisting now.

Lu Chenzhou didn’t even look at her. He just scrunched up his forehead and expressionlessly replied, “Cheng Xi, I’m going to tell you this again. Don’t bring your patients home.”

Gong Hengjin was a bit stupefied by his reaction. Lu Chenzhou was simply too cold of a person for her to even think about pouncing on him. Thus, she could only turn around and look at Cheng Xi pitifully. “I’m sorry, Dr. Cheng. Did I cause more trouble for you?”

She had perfectly ignored Lu Chenzhou’s evaluation of her as a “patient.”

Cheng Xi carefully examined Gong Hengjin and realized that her condition really was quite poor. Although her appearance hadn’t degraded too much, there were noticeable signs of weariness; her eyes were bloodshot, her mien weary and listless, and when she talked, her mouth would twitch at random.

Cheng Xi opened her mouth, about to say something to her, but her neck was suddenly grabbed by someone. Lu Chenzhou was holding her from behind as if she were a small chick, and then he pulled her inside the apartment.

Cheng Xi was speechless at how easily Lu Chenzhou had picked her up. She really needed to fatten up and put on some more meat!

She turned around to hug him while crying out, “If you lift me up like that, you’re going to make me lose all of my face!”

Lu Chenzhou looked at her coolly before letting go and pushing her away.

All right, Cheng Xi decided to dispense with her tricks, and obediently change into slippers and make dinner. With Lu Chenzhou here, Cheng Xi could barely do anything substantial, so she fell naturally into a supportive role in terms of household tasks. It was only after they started living together that Cheng Xi found out that Lu Chenzhou’s cooking skills extended beyond Western cuisine and into Eastern cuisine as well; it was just that he was far too slow. If Cheng Xi started washing the vegetables while he was descaling the fish, then by the time she’d finished washing the vegetables, he was still descaling.

Would he ever finish?

“Let me do it!” Cheng Xi rolled her sleeves further up, walked over, pushed him aside, took the knife, and, in a few quick swipes up, down, and horizontal, made all the scales fall down on the chopping board like snowflakes. She rinsed it and then the board briefly in the sink before setting both of them on the counter. “All done!” The stripped fish was laid out on the chopping board, flapping its tail weakly and without any strength.

Lu Chenzhou turned a blind eye to her churlish behavior as he leaned back against the countertop with a single hand solidly supporting his body. His posture remained graceful and charming no matter his stance. He raised his lower jaw a little. “Kill it.”

Cheng Xi frozen in place: “……”

Her proud attitude instantly crumbled to pieces. “Killing fish is my sole weakness.” With her fishy hands, she reached out to hug him. “Lu Chenzhou, you’re so handsome! Give me a kiss~”

He was going to reject her, but when lips as soft as feathers lightly landed on his, and a tongue lightly swept past his, it was as if he had tasted a morsel of the most delicious thing in the world. He couldn’t reject it even if he wanted to.

His eyes drooped as he stood still and enjoyed her kisses. His gaze remained cool, but his lips were engorged and glistening, and his reserved and endlessly patient appearance made Cheng Xi want to tease him even more.

But afterwards, he still mercilessly chased her out of the kitchen.

He explained, “Your being here distracts me from preparing the food.” But just a short while later, he called her back in to ask some random question. “Where’s the sugar?” Or, “These vegetables haven’t been washed cleanly,” or, “Where are the peppers?”

Cheng Xi ran around in circles due to his constant requests, and was unable to sit down and do anything. Finally, she saw through his charade; he wanted her next to him even though he had chased her out earlier. So, she just stood in the kitchen and accompanied him without trying to help out.