078 Special Treatment
Pei Yan went to the cafeteria to get food for Lu Zhi and set it on the table.
The two moved over and sat down.
Huo Yanxi picked up his chopsticks and began to eat his portion of food.
Xie Yaoyao packed three lunch boxes, which looked delicious and appetizing. Lu Zhi took advantage of Huo Yanxi's inattention and stuffed some food into his mouth with his chopsticks.
He chewed a couple of times, and his expression turned extremely painful.
Just as he was about to find a trash can to spit it out, he heard Huo Yanxi say in a deep voice, "Swallow it."
With a bitter expression, Lu Zhi swallowed the water in one gulp, then quickly picked up the water glass next to him and drank it all in one go.
"No, are you missing your sense of taste? How can you swallow such salty food without batting an eye?"
He thought it was some divine delicacy, but it turned out to be just some ordinary home-cooked dishes.
Take this green bean and eggplant dish, for example. It looks okay, but it's unbearably salty.
Huo Yanxi glanced at him indifferently, "Teacher Xie didn't perform well today, he put in a little too much salt, but it's still edible."
Lu Zhi: "...You must have a hundred layers of filters for her, right? You still dare to say you don't have any other feelings for her?"
Huo Yanxi tightened his grip on his chopsticks. "If you don't want to eat, leave now."
Lu Zhi: "..."
Forget it, he knows Huo Yanxi's temper perfectly well, why argue with him?
If pushed to the limit, what if he locks himself in a dark room and electrocutes himself half to death?
The two finished their lunch in silence.
Lu Zhi was utterly astonished to see him eat every last bite of food without batting an eye.
He once suspected that his sense of taste was truly ruined.
No. 22, Taipingshan.
Xie Ziyu swallowed the food in his mouth with a bitter face, and looked at Xie Yaoyao, "Mommy, are you too tired?"
Otherwise, why would some dishes be without salt, while others be overly salty?
Xie Yaoyao snapped out of her daze and looked at Xie Ziyu. "Yubao, I'm not tired, what's wrong?"
Xie Ziyu wanted to sigh.
Seeing her reach for the particularly salty dish with her chopsticks, he quickly took the plate away.
"Wait a minute, Brother Zidu, could you help me take all the dishes on the table into the kitchen?"
Huo Zidu was also suffering from the unbearable saltiness.
If I had known he was upstairs, I wouldn't have provoked Xie Yaoyao. Look at the dishes she cooked today, they're practically trying to kill them.
The two carried the dishes back to the kitchen. Xie Ziyu moved a low stool over, stood on it, poured all the dishes back into the pot, stir-fried them a few times, and then took a soup bowl to serve the dishes.
By mixing them together, the unsalted dishes become salty, and the salty dishes have a moderate flavor.
Seeing that the boy was small and worried that the freshly cooked food would burn him, Huo Zidu took the initiative to carry the soup bowl out.
The two sat back down on the stools, and Xie Ziyu said, "Alright, now we can start eating."
Huo Zidu had been pampered since childhood and had never eaten a mixed stew before, so he was a little hesitant to pick up his chopsticks at first.
Seeing that Xie Ziyu was eating with relish, he quickly scooped up almost all the meat from the bowl.
He quickly grabbed it into his own bowl.
The two chased each other, and before long, the vegetables in the bowl were gone.
Xie Yaoyao barely touched her chopsticks.
After dinner, Aunt Wang came to clear the table and saw Xie Yaoyao sitting there listlessly, lost in thought.
She then asked, "Teacher Xie, is something on your mind?"
Xie Yaoyao forced a smile. "Am I that obvious?"
"Hmm, Teacher Xie is usually like a fully charged battery, but today she seems like she hasn't been charged at all. What's wrong?" Aunt Wang chatted with her while wiping the table.
Xie Yaoyao knew that Uncle Jian was very tight-lipped. Last time she asked him about Huo Yanxi, he didn't reveal any information.
However, Aunt Wang seemed much easier to talk to.
She said worriedly, "This morning I saw a bruise on Mr. Huo's wrist. He didn't have it yesterday. When I asked him, he told me not to meddle."
Aunt Wang opened her mouth wide, her smile awkward, "Fifth Master's matter is strictly confidential."
Her husband constantly warned her not to gossip about the family.
Having worked at No. 22 Victoria Peak for so long, she also knew that Huo Yanxi had many secrets.
Especially the secrets about the small dark room upstairs, and the secrets about the electric shock injury on his wrist.
If she reveals any of these things to anyone else, she'll be fired.
Xie Yaoyao was no longer surprised to hear the same excuse. She gave a bitter smile and said, "I know that even if I ask, you won't reveal a single word without his permission."
Aunt Wang lowered her head. "Teacher Xie, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that if I say this, I probably won't be able to keep my job."
Xie Yaoyao didn't insist. "I'm sorry, Aunt Wang, I've put you in a difficult position."
“It’s not that we’re making things difficult,” Aunt Wang sighed. “Fifth Master is a bit crazy. There are many things he does that we can’t understand, but we respect him.”
"So I can't tell you. If you have any questions, go ask Fifth Master himself. If he's willing to tell you, it means he's opened his heart to you."
Since things have already been said to this extent, it would only make things difficult for Aunt Wang if Xie Yaoyao pressed for more details.
She sighed, "I understand."
Seeing her dejected appearance, Aunt Wang looked around.
"Teacher Xie, I know you care about Fifth Master, but Fifth Master already has someone in his heart."
Xie Yaoyao touched her face. Was she really that obvious?
Huo Zidu and Aunt Wang both came to remind her that Huo Yanxi had someone in his heart.
Whether he has someone in his heart or not has nothing to do with her; she just can't bear to see him get hurt.
"Um?"
Aunt Wang said, "Fifth Master has a white moonlight in his heart. Teacher Xie, I've been through this before, so let me give you some advice. Don't be foolish enough to fall for him. Fifth Master can't give you what you want."
Xie Yaoyao said helplessly, "Aunt Wang, I don't like him, and I have a husband."
At that moment, she was truly grateful that she still had a fake husband.
Speak of the devil and he appears.
Xie Yaoyao's phone, which was on the dining table, vibrated. The caller ID showed Liang Zhen.
She picked up her phone. "Fifth Aunt, I'm going to answer this call."
After saying that, she got up and walked out of the villa. The midday sun was scorching hot, making her feel hot all over.
She stood in the shade of a tree and answered the phone, "Hello?"
Liang Zhen's voice came through, "Yaoyao, are you busy this afternoon? I have something I'd like to ask you to help me with."
Xie Yaoyao said, "I don't have classes this afternoon, what's up?"
"I'm planning to rent a new place. I've looked at a few that are quite comfortable, but I'm a Libra, so I have trouble making decisions. I'm picking and choosing among these places, but I can't decide which one to pick. If you have time, I can pick you up and we can go look at the places together. Can you help me compare them and choose one?"
Xie Yaoyao knew that Liang Zhen was going to stay in Hong Kong to work, and that he wouldn't live in an old tenement building forever, as it didn't suit his highly educated status.
So she didn't hesitate much and agreed, "Okay, but you don't need to pick me up. Just tell me a place and we can meet there."
"Okay." Liang Zhen gave a location and then hung up the phone.
Xie Yaoyao looked at her black phone screen, then turned and went into the villa, intending to tidy up and leave.
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