Around 4 o'clock, Tong Xiaohuai finished looking at the account books and was a little bored, but seeing that Yan Bo was still seriously flipping through the documents, she felt embarrassed to disturb him. So, she said to Yan Bo, "I want to go over to Aunt Xin's place to learn some skills!"
Yan Bo didn't say anything, he just took a bunch of keys and handed them to her.
"Those two yellow ones are my house keys. You can just open the door and go in. The study isn't locked, so you can go in and read if you want."
Based on Yan Bo's understanding of Tong Xiaohuai, this girl doesn't even know how to make instant noodles, yet she claims she wants to learn by stealing a recipe. Who is she trying to fool?
Tong Xiaohuai glanced at the key but didn't take it.
"No need for a key, I'll ring the doorbell."
She always felt that using his key to open his door would remind her of some embarrassing things.
Okay, she admits, she's been feeling a bit smitten lately.
In particular, since that night when they took a stroll around Tongjia Village, the two of them haven't seen each other for a week, but there seems to be something more between them.
They talk on the phone or text every day, and she thinks of him every night when she lies in bed.
These phenomena were extremely rare for Tong Xiaohuai, but he understood the reasons behind them.
"Aunt Xin has the range hood on in the kitchen, so she probably won't hear the doorbell. Here, take it. I have a spare key."
Since Yan Bo had put it that way, Tong Xiaohuai had no choice but to accept the keys.
Ms. Guo, who was working outside Yan Bo's office, heard the door open, turned around, and saw Tong Xiaohuai. She immediately stood up with a smile.
"Miss Tong, are you leaving?"
"Yes, goodbye!" Tong Xiaohuai smiled at Miss Guo.
Miss Guo was almost mesmerized by her sweet smile. She watched her leave, and then knocked on the boss's door.
"Boss, is Tong Xiaohuai your girlfriend?"
Miss Guo, taking advantage of her age, asked much more direct questions than Di Xu.
Yan Bo looked up at her thoughtfully, "Does it look like it to you?"
Miss Guo had been working with this young boss for two or three months, and she knew his character no less well than Di Xu did.
"They look alike! They're a perfect match! My daughter loses to her, I'm completely convinced!"
After Ms. Guo and Yan Bo became more familiar with each other, Ms. Guo often teased Yan Bo, telling him to wait for her daughter to grow up.
It now seems that there's absolutely no chance for my daughter.
"What you say goes!"
Yanbo didn't deny it; in fact, he secretly thought to himself that he and she were such a perfect match in other people's eyes.
He didn't even consider that he was the boss, and that Ms. Guo, being a shrewd person, would naturally say the things he wanted to hear.
"Such a beautiful proprietress, boss, you'd better keep a close eye on her. She doesn't look very old."
Miss Guo was completely disheartened, but her gossip-loving spirit was still burning brightly.
"She's quite young, just turned eighteen."
"Is that a college student? Or a high school student?"
Since the boss was willing to answer, Ms. Guo naturally wouldn't overlook any detail.
"Freshman year!"
Yan Bo didn't mind others talking to him about Tong Xiaohuai, except for that guy Di Xu, of course.
Miss Guo wanted to ask more questions, but the phone on Yan Bo's desk rang, so she had no choice but to leave.
The call was from Aunt Xin. "Mr. Yan, Miss Tong has arrived. Is she having dinner here?"
Aunt Xin, the nanny, was quite surprised to see Tong Xiaohuai enter with a key. Yan Bo had never told her that anyone had a key and could come up at any time, so to be on the safe side, she secretly called Yan Bo.
However, she asked the question quite tactfully, and most people would have thought she was asking about dinner.
"Yes, she'll stay for dinner. See what she likes to eat and cook it to her liking. If you don't have enough ingredients, just go to the supermarket to get some more."
Aunt Xin responded, and Yan Bo added, "From now on, whenever she comes, you should invite her to stay for dinner. You don't need to ask me anymore."
This statement directly reveals Tong Xiaohuai's extraordinary identity.
"Okay, I understand!"
Yan Bo considered whether he should just hand over the two keys he had just received to Tong Xiaohuai instead.
However, at this stage, she probably won't accept it.
Yan Bo smiled and shook his head, realizing that he had probably been blinded by the progress of the past few days, and how could he expect her to accept the key?
They hadn't even established a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship yet.
At this point, he regretted being too blunt, saying he would give her enough time and guarantee that he wouldn't force her to make any decisions.
As expected, the one who falls in love first is destined to be in a passive position.
On the other side of the residence, after Aunt Xin hung up the phone, she made herself a cup of hot tea and went out, where she happened to run into Tong Xiaohuai coming out of the bathroom.
"Aunt Xin, may I secretly learn the technique?"
"Sure, have some tea and take a break."
Tong Xiaohuai took the tea and followed Aunt Xin into the kitchen.
"Miss Tong, what would you like to eat? I'll make it for you."
Although Yanbo had told Tong Xiaohuai last time that she could just ask Aunt Xin to make whatever she wanted to eat, Tong Xiaohuai wasn't that shameless.
"Aunt Xin, I'm not a picky eater, just cook according to Yanbo's taste."
She's a guest; how can she act like she's the host?
Her modesty increased Aunt Xin's goodwill towards her.
“Mr. Yan isn’t picky about food. Besides, he just called back specifically to tell me to cook it to your taste.”
Aunt Xin was very clever. She said that Yan Bo called back instead of her calling Yan Bo. Although Yan Bo had indeed specifically instructed her to do so, this change made it seem like Yan Bo's feelings for Tong Xiaohuai had multiplied several times over.
Sure enough, Tong Xiaohuai coughed awkwardly twice, and after a moment, nodded and said.
"Alright then... I'll gladly accept your offer."
"What would you like to eat?"
Tong Xiaohuai pointed to the refrigerator, "Just use whatever's in the refrigerator, I really don't care."
It just so happens that Aunt Xin bought a lot of fresh ingredients today, so we simply opened the refrigerator and let Tong Xiaohuai choose for herself.
Tong Xiaohuai only knows how to eat. He doesn't even have a general idea of what ingredients are used in what dishes. He glances at the refrigerator full of ingredients and scratches his head embarrassedly.
"Aunt Xin, I want to eat the stir-fried shrimp you made last time, as well as the braised matsutake mushrooms. And those spare ribs that I don't know how you made are also very delicious. As for the rest, it doesn't matter."
Aunt Xin had indeed prepared these ingredients. "Okay, I'll make these. Anything else?"
"I don't know, I can't think of anything. Just make the rest according to Yanbo's taste."
Aunt Xin didn't insist any further and bent down to take out the ingredients one by one.
Tong Xiaohuai said he was learning by observing, but after seeing Aunt Xin take out a bunch of ingredients, he felt a headache just looking at them.
Aunt Xin couldn't help but smile when she saw her frowning and looking very troubled.
"Miss Tong, please come out and sit for a while. I'll take care of dinner!"
Tong Xiaohuai felt like she had been granted a pardon and quickly slipped out, having completely forgotten about her plan to steal the master's skills.
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