With one more person at home, Du Yuanzhe couldn't go shirtless anymore, so he put on his short-sleeved shirt again.

When Xia Ningmi came out, Du Yuanzhe asked her, "Has President Xia had dinner?"

Xia Ning said: "No."

Du Yuanzhe: "I'm going to cook, so I'll make one for Mr. Xia."

Xia Ningmi didn't say whether to eat or not, but instead mentioned his injury: "You also have an injury on your back."

Du Yuanzhe knew that he would feel pain in his back whenever he moved, and said helplessly, "I can't reach it, so let it be, it will be fine in a few days anyway."

"I'll help you!"

Du Yuanzhe suspected that he was hallucinating: "What did President Xia say?"

"I'll help you apply the medicine."

Xia Ningmi looked at him with a calm expression.

A guess flashed through Du Yuanzhe's mind.

[She wouldn't want to use helping me apply medicine in exchange for me cooking for her, right?]

The more Du Yuanzhe thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Xia Ningmi had only eaten a meal cooked by him once before, and it was because he wanted to thank Xia Ningmi for helping him escape a disaster.

[It's just a meal, why is it necessary to divide it so clearly?]

Xia Ningmi retracted her gaze and said calmly, "Forget it if you don't need it."

"Use it, use it," Du Yuanzhe quickly handed the ointment to her, "Thank you, President Xia."

The ointment can relieve pain, and Du Yuanzhe certainly hopes to suffer less pain for a few days.

He consciously lifted his clothes to expose his back, and then lay down on the sofa.

There was a bag of newly opened cotton swabs on the coffee table next to the sofa. Xia Ning took out a cotton swab, squeezed the ointment on it, then walked to Du Yuanzhe and applied the ointment on the bruises on his back.

Xia Ningmi had just finished taking a shower, and her long hair was originally draped behind her, but because she bent down to apply medicine to Du Yuanzhe, her long black hair fell down, and a strand of hair slipped across Du Yuanzhe's face, and he instantly smelled the remaining scent of shampoo.

Du Yuanzhe became inexplicably nervous and swallowed unconsciously. As he felt a cool sensation on his back, the muscles in his upper body suddenly tensed up.

There was no sound in the living room, and Du Yuanzhe didn't even dare to breathe deeply.

"alright!"

These two simple words sounded like heavenly music to Du Yuanzhe's ears. He immediately jumped up and said, "I'll go cook."

Xia Ningmi watched him walk into the kitchen, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

I don't quite understand why he reacted so strongly.

Because Xia Ningmi was waiting in the living room, Du Yuanzhe cooked two dishes this time - sweet and sour fish and cola chicken wings.

"Mr. Xia, it's time to eat."

Du Yuanzhe put the dishes on the table. Seeing that Xia Ningmi was still immersed in her work, he could only remind her.

Xia Ningmi closed her notebook, walked over and saw the two dishes on the table, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Du Yuanzhe said, "Last time we had dinner together, I discovered that President Xia likes sweet dishes, so I made these two dishes today."

Xia Ningmi's eyes flickered, she picked up a small piece of fish and said, "Not bad."

Du Yuanzhe smiled proudly. It was not easy to get Xia Ningmi to praise him so openly.

He had heard others at Qianying Entertainment say more than once that Xia Ningmi had a strong aura and outstanding abilities, and that the employees under her only hoped not to be criticized by her and did not expect to receive her praise at all.

There were two dishes in total, and both of us ate them cleanly.

Du Yuanzhe confirmed one more thing: Xia Ningmi liked to eat fish. She ate half of the sweet and sour fish, but she only ate one cola chicken wing. Maybe she didn't like chicken wings.

After dinner, Xia Ningmi turned on the TV to watch financial news as she did last time. Du Yuanzhe sat on the sofa eating an apple and suddenly remembered that Liu Xu had asked him to work out.

"Mr. Xia, is there a gym at home?"

Xia Ning said: "Yes."

"Can I use it? I have to work out for the next month."

"casual."

Xia Ningmi added: "Except for my room, everything else is up to you."

Because this is not his home, Du Yuanzhe has not fully toured this place. Now that Xia Ningmi has given permission, Du Yuanzhe does not have to worry too much.

Du Yuanzhe quickly found the gym, which had a complete range of equipment that fully met his fitness needs.

He didn't stay in the gym for long. He now has injuries on his body. Working out now will only cause trouble for himself. He should wait a few days.

He opened the room next to the gym and found that it was a home theater with a huge screen that almost took up the entire wall.

Du Yuanzhe's eyes lit up. It would be absolutely fun to play games here.

How could he forget this!

He had to build a home theater in Huahu Apartment as well.

Du Yuanzhe turned back to the living room and asked, "Boss Xia, who is in charge of the renovation of Huahu Apartment?"

Xia Ning turned her head to look at him: "My secretary Cheng Yu."

"Mr. Xia, can you give me her contact information? I want to talk to her about the decoration."

Xia Ning took out her phone, unlocked it and handed it to him: "Find it yourself."

Du Yuanzhe was somewhat flattered and surprised: "Boss Xia, aren't you afraid that I will see some confidential documents?"

Xia Ning glanced at him calmly: "Only if you can find it."

Xia Ningmi's phone naturally has software to prevent these things, so not just anyone can see her privacy.

Du Yuanzhe knew he was overthinking and awkwardly lowered his head to check his address book.

Cheng Yu's number was at the top of the call log, and Cheng Yu occupied almost half of the entire page of call logs.

It is obvious that Cheng Yu is Xia Ningmi's absolute confidant.

Jingle Bells——

Du Yuanzhe had just written down Cheng Yu's number when Xia Ningmi's phone rang.

Caller ID - Mom!

Du Yuanzhe's pupils shrank, and he handed the phone back to Xia Ningmi as if it were a hot potato.

Xia Ning paused for a moment before answering the phone. She was still sitting on the sofa, with no intention of avoiding the question at all.

Du Yuanzhe couldn't hear the voice on the other end of the phone, he only felt Xia Ningmi's originally calm mood suddenly turned cold.

The call lasted less than a minute, and Xia Ningmi only said two sentences throughout the entire call.

"I know!"

"what ever!"

Then the phone hung up.

The living room fell silent again.

Du Yuanzhe was a little restless. He glanced at Xia Ningmi, who had a blank expression on her face, and asked, "How about playing a game?"

Du Yuanzhe regretted the moment he said this. No matter how he looked at her, Xia Ningmi didn't seem like someone who liked playing games.

He was just about to smooth things over when Xia Ningmi asked, "What are you playing?"

Du Yuanzhe sensed Xia Ningmi's obviously depressed mood, thought for a moment and said, "A very classic fighting game - The King of Fighters."

"good!"

The two of them walked into the home theater together. Du Yuanzhe connected the controllers according to the instructions, handed one to Xia Ningmi, and then found "The King of Fighters" from the many games inside.

"There are many characters here. Mr. Xia can pick one at random, and then..."

Du Yuanzhe introduced the rules of the game to Xia Ningmi in detail, and told her the function of each button on the controller, and which key combinations could unleash ultimate moves.

Xia Ningmi listened carefully.

When the game was about to start, Du Yuanzhe said: "In the game, the character I control is your opponent. You have only one goal, which is to kill me, and kill me mercilessly."

Xia Ningmi looked at the two people fighting each other on the screen and pressed the start button hard.

As the game music changes, the battle between the two officially begins.

It was obvious that Xia Ningmi had never played the game before, and her operation was unfamiliar. Du Yuanzhe felt that she wanted to use her ultimate move right at the beginning, but she just couldn't use it.

Du Yuanzhe manipulated the character's hands and feet, gradually becoming familiar with the buttons on the handle, and soon killed Xia Ningmi.

Xia Ningmi looked at her character falling to the ground and turned to look at Du Yuanzhe.

Du Yuanzhe said: "This is a best-of-three game system. You still have a chance."

Xia Ningmi's eyes returned to the screen: "Continue!"

In fact, Xia Ningmi didn't stand a chance and was still slaughtered in the next round.

"continue!"

Next, Xia Ningmi fully demonstrated her spirit of becoming more courageous despite setbacks. Even though she couldn't win a single game, she still insisted on continuing to play.

The two of them played this fist-and-flesh fighting game for three or four hours.

Seeing that Xia Ningmi showed no signs of being sleepy, Du Yuanzhe could no longer hold on. He felt that if they continued like this, they would probably have to play all night.

Du Yuanzhe thought that Xia Ningmai might be unwilling to let the game end like this because she didn't win a game. Then he began to consciously let Xia Ningmai win a few games. He said, "It's getting late. President Xia has to go to work tomorrow. Why don't we go here first?"

Xia Ningmi didn't say anything, just put down the handle.

Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief.

"You think I can't afford to lose?"

Du Yuanzhe's spirit tensed up instantly, and he shook his head quickly: "Absolutely not."

"Then why did you let the water go?"

[Is my performance so obvious? ]

"I was just a little tired after playing for so long, I didn't let it go."

Xia Ningmi looked at him deeply.

Terrible acting!

It was so obvious that she could tell even if she couldn't hear what he was thinking.

Du Yuanzhe pretended to be calm and asked, "Boss Xia, is there anything else?"

[Don't look at me all the time, I feel guilty]

"Clean up the room."

After saying this, Xia Ningmi stood up and left.

Du Yuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief.

Master bedroom

Xia Ningmi stood in front of the mirror, looking at her obviously relaxed expression, and stopped brushing her teeth.

Every time she received a call from that woman, she would be in a bad mood for several days. This was the first time that her mood was not affected by that person.

The scene of playing games just now appeared in my mind. It seems that playing games is not all bad. I can play them appropriately in the future.

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