Mu Qiao stood at the kitchen door for a while and was about to turn around when she saw that the casserole on the kitchen stove was steaming as if the contents were about to burst out. However, Qiao Lubai turned around to cut vegetables on the chopping board and seemed not to have noticed. Mu Qiao was anxious and rushed in without thinking too much and turned off the gas as quickly as possible.
Qiao Lubai looked at Mu Qiao who rushed in to turn off the fire, put down the kitchen knife in his hand, and said gratefully, "Luckily you came, otherwise, I would have blown up this kitchen."
"It's not that serious." Mu Qiao smiled, "I was here for a while actually."
The meaning of the words is, "Qiao Lubai, your insight ability has declined."
Qiao Lubai did not refute and followed her words, "Really? Tell me, is this the sequelae of my two-year sleep?"
Mu Qiao thought about it and said solemnly, "It's possible."
Seeing that she had completely fallen into his trap, Qiao Lubai immediately pretended to be sick and said, "Mu Qiao, I have actually been feeling unwell for the past three months. I can't eat or sleep well."
When he said this, his expression was listless and he looked listless, even a little sick.
Mu Qiao was anxious. He reached out and pulled him to the military hospital. "Let's go find Dean Cao. He knows what's going on."
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Qiao Lubai took Mu Qiao's hand and said, "I asked Dean Cao, and he told me to take a good rest."
"Is there nothing else to do besides rest?" Mu Qiao was still worried.
Seeing Mu Qiao's concerned expression, Qiao Lubai felt happy, but he said, "He said he needs to take some medicine to recuperate! But the medicine is too bitter."
As he spoke, his brows were furrowed, and he looked like he was afraid of taking medicine, just like a child who was looking for an adult to act cute.
Mu Qiao pondered for a while and thought of an idea. "How about this? I'll buy you some candied fruits. After you take the medicine, you can eat one. This way, it won't be bitter."
"You buy it for me!" Qiao Lubai deliberately repeated this sentence, with the corners of his mouth curved up, giving a sense of success.
Mu Qiao was completely unaware, "Yes, I'll buy it for you."
She agreed readily, without feeling like she was being tricked.
Qiao Lubai was overjoyed but didn't show it at all, and even looked grateful, playing the role of the yandere man to perfection.
"Then I won't be afraid of the bitter taste when taking medicine in the future." He grinned happily, revealing two rows of big white front teeth. He looked so handsome.
Mu Qiao just glanced at him and felt sick all over. His heart was pounding and his cheeks were hot. He felt like he was going to melt.
No, she had to escape from the kitchen and not let him charm her to the point of losing her mind.
"I want to go to the bathroom." Before he lost his composure, Mu Qiao made up an excuse and ran out of the kitchen.
Qiao Lubai looked at her fleeing back, and the curve of his mouth deepened a little.
Mu Qiao ran to the bathroom on the first floor and washed his face with cold water, and the heat on his face was relieved.
Looking at his flushed face in the mirror, Mu Qiao cursed inwardly, "Look at how useless you are!"
And her heart!
Mu Qiao wiped the water off his hands, touched his left chest which was beating wildly with one hand, and made a contemptuous face at himself in the mirror.
"Knock, knock, knock..." After a long time, there was a knock on the door outside the bathroom.
Before Mu Qiao could react, the person at the door asked, "Mu Qiao, the food is ready. I'll wait for you in the restaurant."
As he finished speaking, the footsteps at the door gradually faded away.
Mu Qiao raised her eyes and looked at the closed bathroom door. She felt nervous and felt that today's dinner was not simple.
In particular, the two children who were supposed to be in Tianluju were missing.
And what about the nanny at Tianluju? Why didn't I see her?
They all disappeared, and Qiao Lubai was left to receive her?
There must be something going on.
Could it be that Qiao Lubai wanted to say something to her?
Mu Qiao was suspicious, but in her heart she inexplicably hoped that Qiao Lubai would confess his feelings to her.
Once people have expectations, it is difficult to remain calm and composed.
However, before Qiao Lubai confessed his feelings, she couldn't show that she cared too much.
She has to be reserved because she is no longer the tomboy Mu Qiao of the past. She is now Qiao Lubai's ex-wife, the mother of two children, and a real woman!
As a woman, you should have a woman's modesty!
In order to portray this reserve realistically and appropriately, Mu Qiao suppressed his facial expressions and tried his best to remain calm and composed.
After managing his facial expression, Mu Qiao came out of the bathroom.
In the restaurant, Qiao Lubai was carefully arranging the meals he had prepared.
He had a problem. He liked to align things front to back, left to right, and right to left. He would not like it if they were slightly offset. Therefore, he spent some time placing the plates for the dishes.
In the end, he arranged the eight main dishes on the table in an orderly manner, just like a camouflage formation on a training ground. It was pleasing to the eye, but it gave off a bit of an obsessive-compulsive illusion.
Mu Qiao walked into the restaurant and saw the large dining table filled with neatly arranged dishes of various colors, aromas and flavors. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Qiao Lubai, you have a serious occupational disease!"
When Qiao Lubai saw Mu Qiao come in, he immediately pulled out a chair for her like a gentleman and invited her to sit down with a smile.
Mu Qiao sat down without any hesitation.
Qiao Lubai walked to the opposite side of her, sat down facing her, poured two glasses of sobering red wine, and handed one glass to Mu Qiao.
Mu Qiao took it, smelled the wine in the glass, and immediately smiled, "Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux Estate is a different grape variety, brewed in a unique way, suitable for mild climates, and especially likes to grow on calcareous soil. It is mainly used to make fruity, early-maturing, simple and easy to drink, and is the most unique white wine."
Qiao Lubai was stunned. He didn't expect that he hadn't seen Mu Qiao know so much about red wine in the past five years.
But soon, he came to his senses and asked with a smile, "You haven't been drinking often in the past five years?"
Mu Qiao did not hide anything and said frankly, "Every time I can't hold on, I drink a little red wine."
Qiao Lubai felt a pang of pain in his heart. She must have suffered a lot in the past five years, as she could tell the raw materials of the wine just by smelling it.
"Mu Qiao, I'm sorry." Qiao Lubai apologized to her guiltily, his expression was sincere, and slowly his heart ached.
Mu Qiaoyun smiled calmly, "You don't have to apologize to me. This is none of your business. I just wanted to drink red wine, so I made an excuse."
Mu Qiao didn't want Qiao Lubai to feel guilty towards her, "But you were the one who got me addicted to red wine. You have to take responsibility for this."
"Tell me, how do you want me to be responsible? How about I give you a winery?" Mu Qiao felt a little unhappy when he saw his wealth.
"What do you think I am? A drunkard?" Mu Qiao rolled his eyes at him, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, praising, "Expensive red wine is good, sweet and refreshing, with a long aftertaste."
Qiao Lubai knew that she was not referring to the red wine, but her dissatisfaction.
He just said the wrong thing. He shouldn't have said he would give her a winery.
But he couldn't take back what he said, so he could only make up an excuse, "Mu Qiao, tell me, how do you want me to be responsible?"
Mu Qiao looked at him and met his puzzled eyes for a long time. She pulled the corners of her mouth and chuckled, "What do you want me to say?"
She would never make a request easily before he expressed his opinion.
"As long as you say it, I will agree." Qiao Lubai once again gave the decision-making power to Mu Qiao.
Mu Qiao smiled bitterly in his heart, "Qiao Lubai, Qiao Lubai, you are deliberately making things difficult for me, do you know that?"
Five years ago, I was the one who confessed to you first. Have you forgotten?
This time, shouldn't you take the initiative?
But I am a woman, don’t I have any dignity?
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