Yan Shao checked the time: 5:10.
"How is it?" Zhu Qianying asked again.
If he wasn't hungry yet, or if he was busy, she would put the food away.
Yan Shao hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to let habit succumb to bodily instincts.
"Um."
After receiving his reply, Zhu Qianying turned around and took out all the food from the bag.
After washing his hands, Yan Shao pushed open the door to the living room, and the aroma of food wafted out.
I guess I ate a really careless lunch, because now my stomach is growling even louder.
"I haven't eaten either, is it okay if we eat together?"
Zhu Qianying rushed home from the airport early in the morning, took a shower, called Qin Xiu, and then fell fast asleep on the bed.
When Zhu Qianying was woken up by Yan Shao's phone call, she was still furious with the tactless Yan Shao because of her previous experience. She even answered the phone and thought she would ask about the visit tomorrow night.
But for some reason, the other party suddenly became arrogant and said they were busy.
Alright, since Young Master Yan is busy, she'll rest for a few more days. Perfect, let her depleted health bar be fully replenished.
She quickly hung up the phone and resumed her sweet rendezvous with Morpheus, soon falling into a deep sleep again.
He didn't know how long he had slept when the phone rang again. It was Qin Xiu asking for benefits for his master.
If she remembered correctly, she should have asked Qin Xiu to tell her that she was very tired and wanted to rest for a day.
Knowing full well that she was tired and needed rest, he still made Qin Xiu call and wake her up. Not only that, he also put on a smug face, acting like he was the boss and demanding this and that from her.
If it weren't for the thought that his generous dowry could finally free her, her mother, and her sister from their misery, she wouldn't have bothered with this arrogant and perverted young master.
After hanging up Qin Xiu's call, she deliberately misinterpreted his words, went back to sleep, and didn't get up until three o'clock to prepare the four dishes and soup.
As for the three Chinese pastries, she stole them from her mother, as did the fruit.
"You haven't eaten yet?" Young Master Yan was quite surprised.
Zhu Qianying looked up and glared at him. "Young Master, I got home from the airport at eight this morning. I was so tired that I could have slept like a log even in a pigsty. But I hadn't been asleep long when you called, and then Mr. Qin called. After answering both of your calls, I finally went back to sleep. I slept until two o'clock, and then I got up to prepare dinner and snacks for you. Do you think I had time to eat?"
Zhu Qianying's words were not without disdain.
But Yan Shao surprisingly didn't get angry, after all, it seemed like he was in the wrong again.
"Then let's eat together!"
After sitting down on the sofa, Yan Shao finally saw the dishes on the coffee table.
One box of sweet and sour pork ribs, one box of shrimp, celery and cashew stir-fry, one box of egg drop tofu, and one box of blanched kale.
"I didn't know your taste, so I made it according to my own. Here, have some soup first."
The plastic bowl placed in front of him contained a thick soup, steaming and emitting a rich aroma.
What kind of soup?
Yan Shao took the bowl, asking a question as he brought it to his lips and took a small sip.
"American ginseng stewed with black-boned chicken soup is a good way to clear heat and nourish the body."
Yan Shao took a sip and knew what the soup was. He saw her sit down, pick up the bowl, and blow on the hot soup in it.
A hazy mist rose, making her delicate and pretty face appear exceptionally beautiful and charming.
Those slightly pouting, moist pink lips made Yan Shao want to pounce on them and take a bite.
Those long, drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, unintentionally stirring Yan Shao's heartstrings, and a clear, ethereal melody drifted from the void.
His intense and focused gaze finally caught Zhu Qianying's attention.
She raised an eyebrow at him slightly. "Drink up! What, afraid I'll frame you?"
Yan Shao remained silent, but Zhu Qianying continued, "Don't worry, American ginseng has the effects of nourishing yin and qi, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, relieving irritability, clearing deficiency fire, supporting vital energy, and fighting fatigue. Silkie chicken nourishes blood and kidneys. This soup is most suitable for busy social elites like you who drink too much alcohol and smoke too much."
Yan Shao's heart was completely won over by her explanation.
"Where did you, a little girl, learn so much about food?"
Yan Shao has never cared about other people's affairs and rarely gets curious about unrelated people, but at this moment, he felt that Zhu Qianying, who was only twenty years old, was full of mystery.
"My mom is a great chef, didn't you know?"
As for her mother, Zhu Qianying didn't feel the need to hide anything from Yan Shao. After all, her father's philandering had already been widely known.
"My mother is useless in other aspects, but she does have an extraordinary talent for cooking. Under the tutelage of her father, who is a chef, she obtained a national-level certificate at the age of eighteen and passed the assessment of Mingxuan Hotel. She started working at Mingxuan, and less than a year later, my father took a liking to her and brought her back to the Zhu family to work as a cook. She gave birth to me at the age of nineteen."
It's better for her to tell this family scandal herself, rather than having outsiders embellish it into various sensational versions and pass it on to Young Master Yan.
Anyway, she always hated eating in a dull atmosphere, so she took the opportunity to mention her family to him, as a way of getting to know each other beforehand.
Yan Shao himself doesn't really like talking while eating.
But he was used to listening to others chatter while eating, because his mother was a chatterbox at the dinner table.
He nodded to show that he was listening. He had already finished the soup in his bowl, and then, in a very lordly manner, handed the empty bowl to Zhu Qianying.
Zhu Qianying paused for a moment, but in the end, she took the bowl and filled it with rice for him.
“I have a younger sister who is two years younger than me. She is currently a sophomore majoring in directing at R University.”
At this point, Zhu Qianying stopped talking, because she felt that she had basically told everyone about her family and the things that happened to her.
Yan Shao ate a few mouthfuls of rice, and seeing that she didn't intend to continue, he raised his eyelids to look at her, "What about you?"
"Huh?" Zhu Qianying didn't understand the meaning of his concise words.
"Your matter..." Young Master Yan ate with relish, whether it was because he had eaten a very perfunctory lunch or because her cooking was truly excellent.
Zhu Qianying paused for a moment, then pointed to herself, "Me?"
Young Master Yan nodded, "Yes!"
Zhu Qianying bent down to serve herself rice. "My affairs are nothing to talk about. Besides, doesn't everyone who participates in the selection have to submit a detailed report?"
"I didn't see it!" Yan Shao's ability to lie through his teeth was already a masterful skill.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qianying didn't bother to investigate whether his words were true or false. She sat back down on the sofa and said, "I am Zhu Qianying, female, twenty years old this year, and I graduated from the Hotel Management Department of L University."
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