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“I’m at home, so when are you coming?” After saying that, Master Zhou turned to look at her mother.

"I'll be at the company in about forty minutes. Do I need to buy anything else?" Xing Baohua asked.

"Do you need me to call you when you arrive?"

After hanging up the phone, Xing Baohua felt it wouldn't be right to visit empty-handed for the first time.

According to a tradition in his hometown, when a friend moves and you are invited to their new house, it is called "warming the pot," and you should bring gifts or food.

A group of friends put together the dishes they brought and cooked a meal in the stove of their new home.

To put it simply, I brought my friends over to familiarize themselves with the place.

Xing Baohua was unaware of the customs in Hong Kong, so on the way there, she bought some fruit and vegetables.

Master Zhou put down the phone, turned to look at her mother, and said softly, "Mommy, my boss is coming over for dinner?"

"I heard you! I'm going back to Kowloon City to play mahjong with your fourth uncle. You need to take care of your own affairs." With that, Zhou Ma got up, packed her things, and left.

Only Master Zhou was left at home. He first tidied up a bit, then went to the refrigerator to get ingredients to prepare dinner.

After entering, Xing Baohua first looked at the interior decoration and felt it was just average, so he didn't ask any more questions.

He can't control what style someone else likes.

"Why are you all alone?" Xing Baohua put down her things and asked.

"Hmm, Mommy went to play cards. What would you like to eat?" Master Zhou asked in his usual soft voice.

"Anything is fine, eat whatever you have." Looking at the pretty girl, Xing Baohua really wanted to eat!

If someone were to say "I want to eat you" out loud, I wonder who wouldn't get kicked out?

Let's just calm down. With that little vixen around, my back is going to be a mess tonight.

Master Zhou first invited Xing Baohua to sit down, and she went to the kitchen to continue her work.

Xing Baohua even politely asked if he could smoke.

Without waiting for a reply, he lit a cigarette. He casually took out his notebook and scribbled something down to share at the board meeting tomorrow.

Master Zhou glanced at the fellow from the kitchen, then went back to his work.

Just as Xing Baohua was finishing writing, a strong smell of rotten salted fish wafted over.

Good grief, I was just saying it casually, and this guy is bringing out an old salted fish to entertain me?

Go to the window and open it to let in some fresh air.

The smell was so strong it almost made me throw up my leftover rice. On second thought, perhaps Master Zhou's taste is a bit too strong.

Go check the kitchen; if it's really an old, salted fish, just tell him to throw it in the trash.

Walking into the kitchen, I saw a pot of mushrooms with greens, and also some salted fish.

"What were you doing just now? I smelled a rotten salted fish odor. What did you do?" Xing Baohua asked.

Yes! We have salted fish!

"What's that?" Xing Baohua asked, looking around. He sniffed around, and as he got closer to the pot, the smell grew stronger. There wasn't anything in the pot; the smell was coming from inside.

"What's in there? It smells like rotten fish!"

"Something's wrong! It's just fish sauce; dishes don't taste good without it."