Zhou Yi asked angrily: "You have done so many things, what's the use of not letting her know? Is having a mouth just for decoration?"
Zhou Li: "..."
Zhou Yi: "If you don't tell yourself, who can guess what you are thinking? Jiang Mingzhu is not a tapeworm in your belly."
Zhou Li: "She just doesn't want to guess."
With Jiang Mingzhu's brain, if she wanted to guess, there would be nothing she couldn't guess. She was very capable, and he had already experienced it.
Zhou Yi could hear the deep sadness in Zhou Li's words: "Think about it for yourself, which one is more important, your worthless dignity or Jiang Mingzhu? Let me remind you, the investigation will end one day. Don't you?" Take the time to chase people, and don’t cry to me again.”
Zhou Li was silent for a long time after hearing these words, and finally choked out three words: "I know."
When Zhou Li returned to Yuanyin Manor with large and small bags, Jiang Mingzhu happened to come down from upstairs.
Zhou Li: "Are you awake?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Oh."
Her voice was cold, and she didn't sound interested in talking to him.
Zhou Li: "I just went out to buy something."
Jiang Mingzhu glanced at the shopping bags and vaguely saw that they contained a lot of fresh food.
Zhou Li took off his coat and picked up the bag: "What do you want for dinner?"
Hearing this, Jiang Mingzhu raised her head to look at Zhou Li again.
Zhou Li's voice became even more unnatural under Jiang Mingzhu's gaze: "You haven't eaten at noon. Are you hungry?"
When he asked this question, Jiang Mingzhu's stomach actually growled twice.
The surroundings were so quiet that Zhou Li could hear clearly.
Jiang Mingzhu subconsciously touched her belly, her expression was a little embarrassed, she pursed her lips and said nothing.
Zhou Li: "Let's go to the kitchen to eat something to fill our stomach."
Jiang Mingzhu followed Zhou Li to the restaurant. She walked very slowly. When she came in, Zhou Li was already putting things in the refrigerator.
Jiang Mingzhu made eye contact with Zhou Li and avoided him. She lowered her head and saw slices of toast and cheesecake on the dining table.
Zhou Li: "Eat toast first and then cake. Eating sweets on an empty stomach will cause acid reflux."
Jiang Mingzhu was a little uncomfortable with Zhou Li's behavior. She couldn't answer the question for a while, so she sat down and opened the toast bag.
When Jiang Mingzhu was tearing into slices of toast to eat, a glass of warm water suddenly appeared in her hand.
Jiang Mingzhu's clear-jointed fingers covered the water glass, and Jiang Mingzhu's eyes were fixed there.
Zhou Li: "Don't eat too much. Let's have dinner later."
Jiang Mingzhu: "...Oh."
Jiang Mingzhu watched Zhou Li go to the kitchen and was busy, staring at his back, mechanically putting toast into his mouth, and his chewing movements slowed down a lot.
Jiang Mingzhu didn't quite understand why Zhou Li suddenly treated her like this. He was still threatening her in the morning.
Jiang Mingzhu had only eaten the fried rice made by Zhou Li, but she didn't expect that he was also good at cooking other dishes.
Smelling the aroma coming from the kitchen, Jiang Mingzhu secreted saliva in her mouth unconsciously, and she put her head over to take a look.
Zhou Li's body was blocked in front of the stove, so tightly that she couldn't see anything.
When Jiang Mingzhu poked her head around, Zhou Li suddenly turned around.
Their eyes intertwined again.
Zhou Li: "It will be fine soon."
Jiang Mingzhu: "What did you do?"
Zhou Li: "Three cups of chicken, is that okay?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "...No wonder the taste is so familiar."
Three-cup chicken is one of Jiang Mingzhu's favorite dishes, but Zhou Li didn't expect that he would get it right just by making it.
Zhou Li: "Do you like it?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Yeah."
Zhou Li: "It'll be ready soon."
Zhou Li obviously noticed that Jiang Mingzhu's attitude towards him had improved, and his tense nerves relaxed a lot.
——
Dinner consists of four dishes and one soup, all made by Zhou Li.
As soon as she sat down, Jiang Mingzhu couldn't wait to take a bite of the three-cup chicken.
Zhou Li watched her swallow it and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Jiang Mingzhu nodded.
Zhou Li: "Eat slowly."
Jiang Mingzhu buried her head in the rice, always feeling that the current atmosphere between her and Zhou Li was strange.
The dinner ended in such a silent atmosphere.
When Jiang Mingzhu was about to leave the restaurant, Zhou Li suddenly said: "Let's talk more."
Jiang Mingzhu: "What are you talking about?"
Zhou Li didn't answer, walked around the dining table to her side, held her hand, and pulled Jiang Mingzhu to the living room.
Finally, the two sat down together on the sofa, Zhou Li's hand still didn't let go.
"Someone will take care of you tomorrow." Zhou Li stared at her, "I will return the phone to you."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Oh, do you want me to say thank you?"
Her attitude was stiff and somewhat sarcastic, and she did not hide it.
Zhou Li: "Zhan Yubai still wants to kill you, you are safer here."
When these words were finally spoken, Zhou Li felt relieved: "I will let you go after this period of time."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Oh, okay."
Still very cold.
Zhou Li's heart suddenly suffocated: "Go and rest."
——
Zhou Li returned to Wanhua after four days of "business trip", which happened to be Friday.
After the morning meeting, Zhan Yubai came to Zhou Li's office to care about him: "Are you done in Nancheng?"
Zhou Li: "Yeah."
Zhan Yubai carefully observed Zhou Li's expression. His calm and cold expression was no different from usual, and his attitude towards her was also the same.
After being taken away by the police last time, Zhan Yubai had not taken any action recently.
Jin Rou was not here, and no one from the Zhou family could tell her the truth.
Zhou Li: "What are you looking at?"
Zhan Yubai came back to his senses and smiled gently, "You look a little tired. Did you go on a business trip and didn't sleep well?"
Zhou Li: "Well, I'm a little busy."
Zhan Yubai: "Then... let's go to a hot spring together on the weekend? It's been a long time since we went out alone."
Zhou Li: "Yeah."
He agreed happily, raised his finger to rub the center of his brow and asked her, "Did the third phase of the experiment go well?"
Zhan Yubai: "It went very well. Dr. Su will be back this weekend. I will get the lab report back next week."
Zhou Li: "Thank you for your hard work."
Zhan Yubai wanted to say something to Zhou Li, but his cell phone suddenly rang.
Zhou Li directly gave Zhan Yubai an eviction order and turned to the lounge to answer the phone.
Zhan Yubai walked out of Zhou Li's office with a complicated expression, unable to guess what he was thinking right now.
During this time...she had to keep some.
After returning to the office, Zhan Yubai took out the mobile phone in his bag, unlocked it and opened his mailbox.
There is a new email in the mailbox.
After Zhan Yubai clearly read the content of the email, his eyes darkened and he immediately took out another mobile phone.
——
Zhou Li finished answering his aunt's call in the lounge.
He left early today, and Jiang Mingzhu hadn't woken up when he left.
Auntie called just now to say that Jiang Mingzhu had woken up and had breakfast and seemed to be in a good mood.
After talking to his aunt on the phone, Zhou Li opened the WeChat conversation window with Jiang Mingzhu.
After deleting, deleting and revising for a long time, I finally sent out a complete message: [Take care of yourself. 】
I sent the message and there was no reply for more than ten minutes.
Zhou Li sat at his desk and stared at the screen in a daze, unmotivated from work and restless.
A few minutes later, he couldn't help but send another message: [Just pay attention to me. 】
