Chapter 55 - Hotpot with the Crazy Doctor. (1/2)

In the silence that followed, Zhao Liying froze.

Jing Lihua froze.

Inside the bedroom, Li Zhiqiang froze.

”Is there anyone...” Zhao Liying glanced at the bedroom's closed door, suspicious.

”Zhao Liying you need to sleep. See how late it is? Tomorrow is a big day for you!. I'll walk you to your bedroom.” Jing Lihua rushed to take Zhao Liying out of her room. But Zhao Liying evaded her.

”Who is inside your bedroom at this hour?”

”My bedroom?” Jing Lihua frowned and glanced back at the closed door. ”Mei Xiu accidentally left my office phone here. And it gets a lot of sham calls. Especially after the incident with Su Lanfen.” She made her expressions like Zhao Liying said something absurd and ushered her back out of her room.

After leaving her at her door, Jing Lihua returned with somewhat eased expressions. If Zhao Liying had known that she was hiding a man in her bedroom - a very handsome man - then hell would break trying to explain to her.

When Jing Lihua stepped back into her room, pleasant fragrance molested her nose and yielded her stomach into a grumble. Jing Lihua followed the trail of the fragrance and found a hot pot resting in the middle of the table. Li Zhiqiang was expertly putting vegetables and meat into it. Once he noticed that Jing Lihua was back, he gestured her to sit.

”What are you...”

Jing Lihua wanted to decline. She wanted to push him out and tell him she didn't want to eat with him. But when she looked at the steaming hot pot and the spicy odor, her determination shook. Hotpot was her favorite. She gritted her teeth and sat beside him.

Just this time, she would yield. She would push him out if there was another time.

Jing Lihua grabbed her bowl. Before she could say something, Li Zhiqiang himself filled it with all her favorite ingredients. Jing Lihua was embarrassed as well as surprised. How would he know what she liked so perfectly? But her concerns were thrown out of the window when an appetizing waft drifted to her nose. Splitting her chopsticks, she attacked the food.