Chapter 93

From the first moment he saw her, he knew she was beautiful, the kind of presence that was absolutely eye-catching in a crowd; busy in the kitchen, she added a touch of gentleness, a softness that made one want to shed all their exhaustion.

Seeing Qiao Muting standing at the kitchen door, Shu Xia's eyes curved, "I simply made two dishes, do you want to eat together?"

"Okay."

Perhaps it was returning home, but Qiao Muting felt his headache symptoms ease quite a bit, perhaps because his whole person had relaxed a little.

At the dinner party this evening, he had drunk a few glasses of wine and hadn't eaten more than two bites of food, though he wasn't hungry; yet, looking at Shu Xia's smiling, delicate face, he suddenly felt a bit hungry.

After going upstairs to change his clothes and coming back down, two dishes and two bowls of rice were already placed on the dining table.

One plate of stir-fried green vegetables, one plate of sweet and sour pork ribs.

Although they were all home-cooked dishes, they were made with perfect color, aroma, and taste by her.

"Mr. Qiao, thank you for today's matter." The first sentence Shu Xia said after sitting down was to express her thanks.

"A mere trifle, no need to be so polite." Hearing the address of Mr. Qiao, and seeing Shu Xia's distant gratitude, Qiao Muting felt a bit uncomfortable inside, but he didn't pay much attention to it, "I'm the one who should be saying thank you for often eating the meals you cook."

Shu Xia smiled, "Let's eat quickly, if we keep being polite and saying thank you, the food will get cold."

"Okay."

Qiao Muting rarely ate green vegetables, but today he broke his rule and ate half a plate; the seemingly bland vegetables became very delicious under Shu Xia's culinary skills.

"I will take you to work tomorrow morning, and when you get off work tomorrow, the driver will pick up Grandma first and then pick you up." Qiao Muting spoke after he was full.

"Sorry to trouble you." Shu Xia nodded.

Suddenly thinking of something, she got up to look for her bag and took out a large bag of things from it; looking closely, one would see that the large bag was filled with small bags of tea.

"I found a traditional Chinese medicine shop to help me make these tea bags; they are the same as the tea bags you have been drinking these past two days, but I adjusted a few of the ingredients inside, it should be of some use for your sleep."

Qiao Muting looked at the tea bags Shu Xia handed over, a flash of suspicion shining in his black eyes.

She...

Is she trying to curry favor with him?

"Since I'll be seeing Grandma tomorrow, I also prepared some medicinal bags for foot soaking, which Grandma can take back to Laozhai." Shu Xia said while preparing to clear the dishes and chopsticks.

Qiao Muting stood up, "I'll wash the dishes."

"No need today, I'll do it; I saw your complexion wasn't very good just now, is your headache acting up again?" Shu Xia took the dishes and chopsticks directly to the kitchen.

With two people eating, there weren't many dishes or chopsticks, and she could finish washing them quickly.

Qiao Muting was a bit surprised, perhaps not expecting Shu Xia to be so observant and notice his state today, "It's probably because I drank alcohol tonight."

Drinking alcohol indeed easily causes headaches, and Shu Xia didn't say anything more.

Seeing Shu Xia busy washing dishes in the kitchen, Qiao Muting went to lean on the sofa.

After spending some time together, the two had become much more familiar with each other.

However, Qiao Muting stared at the tea bags placed to the side, somewhat lost in thought.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard someone speaking beside him, but he didn't hear it clearly, so he turned his head to look at Shu Xia.

Shu Xia said it again, "Do you need me to help you massage your head?"

Qiao Muting didn't know what he realized, but his expression instantly turned cold, "I helped you today because of Grandma, don't overthink it."

"Is Mr. Qiao overthinking? I just saw your complexion was bad and thought you might have a bad headache, so I asked; since you don't need help, then I'll just go back to rest." After Shu Xia said this angrily, she also felt a bit annoyed.

Treating kindness like a donkey's lungs!

Just let him ache to death.