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

Li Ziqiang also put some ingredients in his bowl but his heart was not into eating, unlike Jing Lihua. His eyes kept on her. She was the reason he was here. His lips curled up thinking that not long after they would be able to enjoy this bliss every day. Unlike Li Zhiqiang, Jing Lihua had fully indulged herself in his delicious cooking. A very comfortable silence lingered in the air as the man and the woman ate, late at night, alone together.

”The sauce is very rich. Did you make it?”

Li Zhiqiang nodded.

”Good. Teach me how you made it sometime.” She said casually then paused. Wasn't she supposed to think of the ways to push him away? Her chopsticks were guiding a piece of meat into her mouth and she glanced at him. He had already finished and was staring at her.

”Sure.” He agreed.

It was too late to regret. Jing Lihua gulped down the lump. Fuck it. If he was her stalker then be it. Everything could be sacrificed for Hotpot. She busied herself with the savory food.

Jing Lihua finished and picked up the bowls to take them to the kitchenette. Li Zhiqiang was away to pick up a call. She glanced back. He was still busy with the person on the other end of the phone. Jing Lihua picked up her phone and looked through the latest news.

As she expected, the video had a dramatic effect. Jing Lihua was surprised when she found a long apology from Su Lanfen. She was not interested in reading the content of it. But before her post, the video was already released so the damage that happened to Su Lanfen was irreparable despite her apology.

Jing Lihua scrolled down through the screen and read the headlines of media channels situated in Beijing. They claimed that murders had nothing to do with the Su family. And Su Lanfen's manager had cleared the video to merely erase her misbehavior, not the evidence of murders as the analysts had pressed upon earlier.

In some sense, the video had helped them to clear out their names from the murders at the restaurant. Jing Lihua had no interest in dragging the Su family that was not caused by them. Neither was she a petty person. They should pay for something they did. Not for something they didn't. But that didn't mean she would do anything to clear their name.

The number of media channels following the matter was dwindling. The Su family was doing their best to clear Su Lanfen's name before the incoming top ten model award. Soon this news would die on its own and would become a matter of past. But Su Lanfen's reputation did suffer a considerable blow. Jing Lihua smirked. That was the consequence of underestimating her.

She put away her phone and glanced at Li Zhiqiang who had also done his call.