She touched her phone, secretly looked around to make sure there were no reflective objects like mirrors that would allow Lu Zheng to see her phone screen, and then mustered up her courage to continue chatting with Yan Simiao.
If Lu Zheng suddenly came over, she would immediately switch to emails related to the company's equipment factory.
It was almost four o'clock when Qiao Zhen suggested that if they stayed any later, the farmhouse would be crowded and the waiting time would be long, so they should order food earlier and go back to the sanatorium.
Lu Zheng agreed.
He slowly put away his phone, his gloomy and slightly cold gaze sweeping across Qiao Zhen's face.
Qiao Zhen felt a pang of guilt.
No, she didn't do anything to wrong Lu Zheng, so why is she feeling guilty?
Lu Zheng's gaze was mostly fixed on that deadpan look; stay calm, stay calm.
She walked calmly into the courtyard and smelled the enticing aroma of roasted lamb skewers. Following the scent, she saw twenty or thirty lamb skewers neatly arranged on the grill, sizzling and dripping with oil. The owner sprinkled on his secret seasoning, and as the flames rose, the aroma became even more tempting.
Lu Zheng stood behind her and said, "Auntie can't eat it, but you can."
The implication was that she didn't have to suffer with Qiao's mother.
Qiao Zhen shook her head firmly. Lamb skewers cost six yuan each, and were sold in sets of ten. She wanted to save sixty yuan to pay the caregiver's wages.
"Then I'll eat it." Lu Zheng walked towards the oven on his own.
Before long, he had twenty skewers of mutton in his hand, piled up on the plate like a small mountain. He didn't care at all about his image as the dignified head of the Lu family. Holding the plate in one hand and a skewer of mutton in the other, he stood far away under the grapevines and ate with relish.
The boss looked puzzled: Damn, what kind of man is this? He won't even feed his girlfriend!
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