Chapter 30 Pomegranate
◎You are trying to steal the cat by trying to steal the dog?◎
As soon as the seconds passed the 17:59:59 mark, Zhong Jiajing pressed the power button on time and rushed downstairs, fearing that she would make her new employer wait even a moment longer.
In winter, if you wear thick clothes and do a little strenuous exercise, you will easily become out of breath.
Zhong Jiajing stood hunched in front of Ji Nan, panting heavily. "Ha~ha~ Let's go to your house and get the car now."
Ji Nan silently handed her a cup of hot water and said, "You should rest for a while. Otherwise, I'm really worried that I'll be arrested by the police for illegal transportation."
"What?" Zhong Jiajing took the water and drank it, and immediately felt her cold body warm up.
He tugged at the brim of her all-black down jacket and said calmly, "Your look and movements remind me of our primitive ancestors."
"?" Zhong Jiajing angrily pulled off her hat and said angrily, "I'm the ancestor, so you have to be my grandson?"
"Grandma?" Ji Nan stared into her round eyes and called out without changing his expression.
“…”
Sometimes it feels really helpless to live in this world.
Seeing her glaring at him angrily, Ji Nan inexplicably wanted to laugh. This feeling seemed like an experience from the last century, and it seemed so long since he had experienced it.
He put her hat back on. "Well, dear grandmother, let's go now."
The hat was a bit big, and Zhong Jiajing's eyes were mostly covered. She couldn't see Ji Nan's face from this angle, but she could definitely guess how he was smiling.
She ignored him, opened the door angrily and was about to walk out.
"The car is in the parking space next to you. Don't walk all the way home in one breath." Ji Nan stepped forward, grabbed her wrist, and looked intently into her covered eyes.
"If I didn't have something to ask you, I would have smashed your head." Zhong Jiajing waved her fist at him.
Ji Nan smiled and said, "Given your sleep schedule, it's perfect for you to come and murder me in my sleep in the middle of the night."
Zhong Jiajing snorted coldly, "What if my Black Duck wants to be a police dog in the future? I won't be easily tricked into having a criminal record."
"You know, it's not just people like you in Shandong who are looking for a job."
Ji Nan laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled slightly. His frown softened the aura around him. Zhong Jiajing looked at him inexplicably dazed.
She shook her head to clear her mind and picked up a random topic, "Speaking of which, isn't it a bit extravagant for you to drive to work when it's only a few steps away?"
Xiaobai, who was watching the show, came over and chuckled, "You don't know this, do you? The boss gets off work at five o'clock. He ran back and drove here just for you."
"Just say women, are you touched? Are you being held hostage?"
How could a woman who already had something to hide not be touched at all? She was silent for a moment, then said boastfully, "I'm so touched! I'm so lucky! How could I have such a good employer!"
It sounded strangely fake. Ji Nan said coldly, "Well, if you want to act, go to the Grand Theater. I happened to see them recruiting two actors to play the role of dementia when I passed by yesterday."
After saying that, he gave Xiaobai a warning look. After she obediently sealed her mouth with a zipper, Ji Nan followed Zhong Jiajing to the car with satisfaction.
Zhong Jiajing looked at the passenger seat, then at the back seat, and then asked cautiously, "Maybe I can sit in the back?"
"What do you think?" Ji Nan said with a forced smile.
"I'm sorry, I'm being ungrateful." She took the initiative to open the passenger door for him. "Boss Ji, please take a seat. I'll drive this car."
Ji Nan didn't refuse her and sat in.
When they arrived at the destination, Ji Nan offered to wait in the car. Zhong Jiajing thought that she needed to pack some underwear and it would not be convenient for a man to be present, so she didn't dwell on this issue.
Less than two minutes after she left, Ji Nan saw her running down carrying a paper bag with beautiful patterns printed on it.
When the car door was opened, gusts of cold wind squeezed out the heat in the car and penetrated the gaps in clothes to take over the body temperature, but Ji Nan did not feel cold.
The girl's eyes sparkled as she took out a pomegranate, which was much bigger than her palm, from her bag and gave it to him.
"I will come down before you finish eating this." She promised with a smile.
The bag also contains wet wipes for wiping hands and a clean cup for storing seeds.
Ji Nan actually doesn't like this kind of fruit because it is difficult to eat and has almost no flavor, but he still carefully peels off the skin and tastes it slowly.
It is a soft-seeded pomegranate. If you don’t mind the taste, you can swallow it directly with the seeds. Of course, Ji Nan did this purely to save trouble.
When Zhong Jiajing pulled the suitcase down, he was already leaning back in his seat playing with his cell phone.
She tapped lightly on the glass on his side and asked with a smile, "How is it? Am I very punctual?"
Ji Nan got out of the car and helped her put her luggage in the trunk. "I think so."
He gave an ambiguous answer.
On the way back, Ji Nan opened the passenger seat and let her get in the car. "In order for us to have dinner earlier, let's take the Old Man's Car another day."
Zhong Jiajing sat down with a hint of resentment, "Do you need to be so roundabout in slandering me?"
"Why don't we look at this from a different angle?" Ji Nan put one hand on the roof of the car and the other on the door, looking down at her. "What if I'm praising you for driving steadily and safely?"
Zhong Jiajing remained noncommittal. "If only you hadn't been so venomous."
After closing the car door, Zhong Jiajing turned her head forward and found a cup full of peeled pomegranate seeds in front of her.
She blinked her eyes and turned her head to look at the man who had just come in beside her, "You don't like to eat?"
"No, it's quite sweet." He replied.
After thinking for a long time, she asked again, "Is that what's left for your babies at home?"
"Half right." As the red light passed and the car ahead remained frozen in place, he raised his hand and honked his horn. "This is for you."
As for which one was the correct answer, home or baby, Zhong Jiajing didn't feel comfortable asking. She just blushed and stuffed her mouth full like a little squirrel.
Ji Nan didn't tease her, but just took the time to put the unlocked phone in front of her.
"See what we're having for dinner tonight and just place your order."
Zhong Jiajing picked all the way but couldn't come up with anything. "Why don't we just cook it ourselves? I brought some food from home anyway."
Ji Nan nodded, "Okay."
The two of them arrived home quickly. The three little ones saw the man's tail wagging like a windmill, squeaking as it turned.
Ji Nan pulled the suitcase in front of a door on the left and said, "You can stay in this room. I've already hired someone to clean it this afternoon."
He pointed to the bathroom on the other side and said, "My bedroom has a separate bathroom, so this one is rarely used. But I asked Auntie to clean it this afternoon. You can use this one for the next few days."
This treatment was already good enough, so Zhong Jiajing naturally smiled.
The room was furnished with simple furniture, but the overall space was ample, perfect for her to fill with the miscellaneous things she brought with her.
She put her luggage in the room and walked into the kitchen consciously.
At this moment, Ji Nan was wearing an apron and standing in front of the sink, staring intently at a bright red tomato.
Seeing the person coming, he said, "I think your brain can only hold one thing, so you should pack your bags. I'll be here."
"......" Zhong Jiajing rolled her eyes at him, "But didn't you say you only know how to make dog food?"
"A dog might die if it eats human food, but I've never heard of a person dying from fighting with a dog over food," he said seriously. "So don't worry, your life is definitely guaranteed. After all, I don't want to add a haunted house to the mix for no reason."
What's the difference between this and saying comforting words to a dying person, wishing them a long life?
Zhong Jiajing still wanted to save her own life, so she was obviously very worried and would rush out to monitor every five minutes.
When he ran out for the third time, Ji Nan had already taken the tomato and egg noodles out of the pot and put them on a plate.
"Dear Inspector, you probably spent more time on the road than you did on packing your luggage, didn't you?" Ji Nan complained mercilessly. He glared at her with his beautiful eyebrows raised. "Do you want me to test the poison before you eat?"
Where do all these strange names come from? Zhong Jiajing, who is always soft-spoken, doesn't dare to say anything.
"Don't bother you, I'll do it." She took the bowl from his hand and brought it to the table in a servile manner.
The finished product looked surprisingly good. According to what Zhong Jiajing had just observed, Ji Nan had made the product exactly according to the recipe. Apart from the crazy amount of seasoning that made people a little suspicious, he even strictly controlled the seconds it took to cook the noodles.
Under his expectant or teasing gaze, Zhong Jiajing picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. It was nothing special, just the taste of ordinary tomato and egg noodles.
"It's delicious." She praised him.
Ji Nan listened without blinking, "Oh, I thought you would praise me for being able to set up a stall outside."
Tsk, if Zhong Jiajing remembered correctly, this description should have appeared in the bowl of Mom’s Pig’s Trotter Soup that Ren Jiang sent home last time.
She hesitated for a moment, then said honestly, "I think it's okay to give children some courage, but it's a bit impolite to give it too blindly."
The black duck squatted at Ji Nan's feet and quacked softly. Ji Nan pushed it away with his calf, "Go away, your mother said this is not delicious, why are you rushing up here to try it?"
“???” This is a complete misunderstanding!
Zhong Jiajing quickly added, "I'm afraid you're so confident that you'll go out and set up a stall. You'll definitely lose money. I'm thinking about your pocket!"
"Maybe my pocket will thank you, but I'm sorry, it can't talk." Ji Nan looked unhappy. "But it doesn't matter, my mouth can speak. It says like repels like. We both have mouths, so you'd better keep yours closed."
After clearing the dishes, Ji Nan petted the furry kids for a while and then prepared to go back to his room.
He said to Zhong Jiajing who was about to take a shower, "Lock the door when you go to bed at night, otherwise Duoduo will open the door by herself."
Obviously, his words were unnecessary, because Zhong Jiajing was the culprit who provoked the puppy.
At one o'clock in the morning, Zhong Jiajing finally put down her phone.
She tossed and turned twice but still couldn't fall asleep. After thinking about it, she felt that she was missing a bed warmer, so she tiptoed to the living room.
The furry kid was particularly well-behaved today and didn't even try to go into the room as Ji Nan said.
Zhong Jiajing squatted on the ground and looked at the three half-asleep little cuties. After accurately weighing her own strength, she finally chose the kitten Dongdong who was curled up next to Duoduo's tail.
She raised her hand, held the cat in her arms and slowly moved into the room.
"Crack~"
A very faint sound of switching came from Ji Nan's room.
Zhong Jiajing had nowhere to escape and could only stand there and accept the trial with a fear of death.
"You're trying to steal the dog but end up pecking the cat?"
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Work makes me irritable! Crazy! Mad!
But it doesn’t matter, I’ll probably kiss you in the next chapter or the one after that! Hehehehehe!!!
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