Chapter 402 We’ll Celebrate Your Birthday (1/2)

Chapter 402: We’ll Celebrate Your Birthday

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After dinner, Mrs. Martin and Sophie cleared the table. The plump Mr. Martin said with a smile, ”Li, did you enjoy the meal?”

Li Du wiped his mouth. ”Very good, especially the desserts. I couldn’t stop eating them. Mrs. Martin has great baking skills.”

Mr. and Mrs. Martin laughed. Sophie said, ”You’re laughing? Seriously, we would have made a fool of ourselves tonight if we hadn’t bought the tuna.”

The rest of the dishes were simple in comparison to the seared ahi tuna.

Mr. Martin begged to differ. ”Make a fool of ourselves? Didn’t we do well?”

Sophie pouted, and said in a dissatisfied tone, ”Your cooking’s bad. Li, next time tell me earlier when you’re coming. I’ll come over and prepare the meal personally.”

Mr. Martin replied in an exaggerated manner, ”My God, you dislike your parents’ cooking? You’ve been eating it since you were young. Look at how healthy and well you are.”

Sophie made an adorable grimace. ”Ever since I could reach the pots and pans when I turned twelve, I’ve cooked my own meals.”

Li could tell that Sophie’s cooking was better than her parents. That was why he had praised Mrs. Martin’s baking skills, and not complimented the couple’s cooking.

Of course, Mrs. Martin was very skillful in baking. There was a wide variety of desserts: apple pie, French waffles, fruit tower, cream tea, cream pudding, an assortment of small biscuits, and they were all appetizing.

The Martins were bickering with each other in a heartwarming way. Li Du smiled and watched. After staying for a while, he went back home.

Sophie stayed there for the night as she had the next day off, so she wanted to spend some time with her parents.

Li Du also took some pork back for Rose. When he brought it back to the apartment, she gave him a bored stare and said, ”You still know how to get back here?”

Ah Meow and Crispy Noodles immediately laid low and behaved. They could sense that the tone and mood of the policewoman were not right.

Rose and Sophie were entirely different. Rose was tough and very temperamental. If she spoke loudly, that meant she was in her normal mood. Even if she were yelling, the furry pets would not be scared of her.

But if Rose spoke in a suppressed, low voice, or talked nicely to someone, that meant she was about to flare up.

However, not only did Rose speak in a calm tone, she smiled a little—a smile that was somewhat creepy.

Li Du had not gone back to the apartment for days as he had been really busy with his work. Since the trip to Holbrook, he hadn’t been staying there.

He wondered why and said, ”Whether I come back here or not has nothing to do with you.”

Rose gently stroked her slender legs and replied seductively, ”Of course it has everything to do with me. I’m your landlord, and I’m responsible for your safety.”

Ah Meow and Crispy Noodles glanced at each other and quickly hid under the sofa at the same time. She’s gonna pull the gun, she’s gonna pull the gun! Take cover! they thought.

Both pets had followed Li Du when he’d gone hunting—they knew how scary guns could be.

Li Du reacted faster; he immediately raised the pork and said, ”Thanks for your concern. Look, I brought you some really nice food.”

Rose’s hand stopped at her thigh; she was obviously delighted at the mention of food. ”What nice food?”

”Black pork,” Li Du replied.

Rose gave a disdainful snort. ”Pork? I don’t like pork!”

Li Du said, ”It’s the black pork—”

”Hmph! Be it white pork or black pork, it’s all pork,” replied Rose. ”I don’t like to eat pork.”