Chapter 59: What a Nerve (1/2)
Translator: Dragon Rider
He Zheng and Li Zong did not depart from home at the same hour. In fact, it was not until the sun was high up in the sky that He Zheng woke from sleep only to find that he was the only one in bed.
He Zheng tossed a glance at the wall clock, the style of which was of simplicity, and the hour hand of which was pointing at eleven. The night before, he and Li Zong had a very long talk and drifted off to sleep at the end of it. He remembered that he awoke once at around five in the morning, and Li Zong was still in bed at that time. Shortly after that, Li Zong had coaxed him into sleep.
Judging by the temperature of the area of the bed where Li Zong had been lying, He Zheng believed that Li Zong probably had left right after cajoling him into sleep.
'He slept late but rose early. Is he having dark circles under his eyes like common people do?' A strange thought struck He Zheng.
He gave a languid yawn, got out of bed and his eye fell on a 20-inch black suitcase outside the living room, on which there was also a note.
He Zheng tore the note off and saw Li Zong's words on it, which read 'Packing is done. Breakfast is in the microwave oven. Wait for Zu Zhichong if you don't know how to use it.'
”Pooh,” He Zheng mumbled in a disapproving tone, ”you think I'm a moron who doesn't even know how to use a microwave oven?”
With that, he walked towards the kitchen with the intention to prove that he was more than able to handle a microwave oven.
However, what he did manage to prove was that his confidence was ungrounded, and that Supt. Li was rather visionary –Childe He, who barely had any acquaintance with household chores, fumbled around the kitchen for quite some time but failed to identify which piece of equipment was a microwave oven...
In embarrassment, He Zheng returned to the living room, gave a snort and muttered to himself, ”Never mind. Zu Zhichong will be here soon.”
Planning to wait for Zu Zhichong to come, he sat down on the sofa hungry but found that there were bags of bread on the teapoy. He Zheng's heart fluttered and he suddenly felt annoyed. 'Why didn't we start having sex on the first day I moved in? I have such a nice guy around me yet all I'd been doing was watching. It's such a reckless waste!'
”I seem to have just grown even fonder of him,” He Zheng murmured, opened a bag of bread and started gnawing at it.
Right at this moment, the doorbell rang. Zu Zhichong's voice came from the other side of the door. ”Cutie, open the door.”
”He's pretty quick.” He Zheng pulled the door open and saw Zu Zhichong standing at the doorway. He had a typical Taoist bun on top of his head and was wearing a red short-sleeved T-shirt, looking very festive.
”Have you finished packing? We're good to go.”
He Zheng inclined his head and replied, ”I need you to go find the microwave oven and heat the breakfast in it for me first.”
Zu Zhichong fell speechless with astonishment.