Chapter 17 (1/2)

“Not at all.” Her call was never a bother.

“Well then.”

“Okay, wait for me to come home.”

When Pei Xiuyuan was talking on the phone, his subordinates were already making wild guesses. Who was it that could make the CEO talk so gently, saying such cheesy words like ‘I like everything that you cook for me’?

That person must be a woman! Had spring arrived for the CEO?

Pei Xiuyuan hung up the phone and sent her some of his favorite dishes in a text message.

They were too busy gossiping to notice that Pei Xiuyuan had already hung up the phone and was ready to carry on with the meeting.

“What are you all busy with?”

In a few words, he drew everyone’s attention. They quickly put on a serious face and presented their reports. They discussed what should be discussed as if nothing had happened just now.

The meeting that was supposed to be finished in another hour ended in just half an hour.

Although he still looked calm and cool, everyone felt his excitement and anticipation.

Pei Xiuyuan called Lu Man right after he returned to his office.

Noises could be heard from the other end of the phone. “Where are you?”

“I am at the market and about to go back.” Lu Man was carrying quite an amount of things. So she was cradling the phone between her head and shoulder while talking on the phone.

“Which market? You wait for me to send a driver to pick you up.”

“You don’t have to. I will just take the taxi.”

“Alright then, be careful. Give me a call when you are home.”

Talking to him gave Lu Man a feeling that she was a three-year-old girl. “Okay.”

It was already half-past four by the time Lu Man reached home. She texted Pei Xiuyuan and started making dinner.

Her cooking skills were very good. They were polished when she was at the Mu family. The Mu family was very picky.

The Mu family was once a rich family. But after Mu Yunhai’s father’s suicide and when his business was doomed, the family’s status had deteriorated. Madam Mu was a spoiled daughter from a rich family and had never done house chores in her life. As for Lu Man, she had always helped her mother to do house chores from a very young age. And after her mother died, she moved into the Mu family’s house. So naturally, it was for her to take up the job.

When Lu man realized she was thinking of her old life, she smiled bitterly. It would have been great if humans were like computers, being able to delete unnecessary things from their minds.

As soon as Pei Xiuyuan stepped into the house, he smelled a fragrant scent, and subconsciously paced into the kitchen.

The kitchen here was similar to the one where Lu Man had lived in before. It was an open kitchen.

He saw her busy cooking.

Lu Man was wearing a pink cartoon apron. Her hair was casually pinned to the back. When she heard the sound of the footsteps, she turned to him and smiled. “You are back. Go and wash your hands. Dinner is ready.”

Lu Man would never know that her movements, her smile, and her words had penetrated deep into his heart.

After searching for so many years, he had finally found the feeling in his memories. He found what he wanted most.

She kept herself busy after speaking.

Pei Xiuyuan moved forward and hugged her from the back. He rested his chin on her shoulder. “My dear wife, it is so good to have you.”

His child-like flirty behavior made her heart skip a beat. Her heart melted.

“Go and wash your hand already!” The mood made her feel uneasy.

“Let me hug for a while.” Pei Xiuyuan buried his head in her neck and said playfully.

Lu Man was speechless.

Motherhood was a woman’s instinct. A woman would admire a cool man but would love a flirty man.

And it was so irresistible when a man who usually acted cool was being flirty.

After quite a while…

“If you do not let go of me, the food is going to be burnt!”

Pei Xiuyuan let go of her. “I will go and wash my hands.”

He helped Lu Man to serve the dinner after washing hands.

Lu Man looked at him. She almost felt as if she was dreaming, or that everything was just her imagination.

If it was not her imagination, why would such a perfect man marry her and treat her so well?