Chapter 43 At Least We Are Friends
"Besides, he's very busy at work and often doesn't have time to cook at home. Over time, I've also started to like cooking for myself!"
"You have a pair of skillful hands..." Li Jinxing smiled faintly and praised her generously: "If you hadn't gone into archaeology, you might have become an excellent chef!"
"You don't have to praise me like that. It's not like I haven't eaten dishes made by chefs before..." Nie Yao took a sip of the juice and shook her head, saying, "But it's just home cooking!"
"It's not easy to make home-cooked food taste like home..." Li Jinxing sighed softly and suggested with a smile: "Nie Yao, for the time being, you will live with me and take care of my three meals a day!"
Nie Yao glared at him and said with a dark face: "Li Jinxing, are you dreaming? I'm not your personal chef..."
"I'll pay you to hire me—" Li Jinxing quickly added with a smile.
Nie Yao put down her chopsticks, gestured to stop, and said righteously: "First of all, this is not my job. You can also hire a professional to take care of your three meals a day! Secondly, I can help look after you occasionally, because you have helped me before, but I can't live with you!"
"Are you scared?" Li Jinxing looked at her serious expression, suddenly laughed, and asked in a faint voice.
Nie Yao was slightly startled and asked in confusion, "What am I afraid of?"
"Afraid I'd attack you..." Li Jinxing put down his chopsticks, picked up a tissue and wiped his hands, then chuckled and said, "Or to put it another way, are you afraid a single man and a single woman would be in the same room and get into a fight?"
Nie Yao, who was drinking juice, almost choked when she heard what he said. She coughed several times in a row, then patted her chest and rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.
"Do you think I'm afraid of you?" She pointed at his injured abdomen and said nonchalantly, "Unless you don't want your injury to heal!"
"Since you are not afraid, why do you refuse?" Li Jinxing asked with a smile.
Nie Yao looked at his calm expression, shook her head and sighed, and said, "Li Jinxing, I saved you, and you helped me later. We owe each other nothing. I don't seem to have any obligations or responsibilities. Should I live with you and take care of you?"
"I thought... after that night's party, we were at least friends..."
Li Jinxing sighed softly, and his smile seemed to have a hint of bitterness and loss.
Nie Yao was stunned again. Facing his disappointed expression, she couldn't even say the words of refusal. It was as if she had really become the kind of heartless person who would use someone and then throw him away!
She was hesitating about how to answer when her cell phone suddenly rang.
"Let me take a call first--" Nie Yao stood up and walked to the balcony, and dialed the number that showed it was her father's call.
"Hello, A Yao, it's me. Where are you now? Are you busy?" The voice on the other end of the phone was Nie's father.
"I'm out and not very busy. You called me suddenly. Is there something wrong?" Nie Yao's attitude towards this father was polite but also a little distant.
Father Nie understood what he was saying, but he could only rely on time to slowly close the distance between them. He smiled and said, "Just now, the young master of the Ji family came to visit me and said that the Ji family has a very important banquet tonight. He and his father sincerely invite you to attend, so I called to ask your opinion..."
"Ji family?" Nie Yao repeated the word in confusion.
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