Chapter 658: The Story Within the Story
The whole building was so quiet that it seemed as if there were only the two of them.
When they got to the kitchen, considering that there were a certain number of fruits, vegetables and meats, Lin Yiyi didn't dare to mess with the high-quality ingredients. She just turned around and asked, "How about noodles?"
Ding Li hummed, leaned against the refrigerator and watched her search for ingredients inside. The fatigue from being outside for many days seemed insignificant the moment he saw her.
Lin Yiyi felt uneasy when she saw his fixed gaze. Thinking that he loved tomatoes, she took two more eggs.
Boil water in a pot, rinse the tomatoes, cut them in a cross shape, and boil them in the pot for two boils. Take them out and soak them in a bowl of cold water, peel off the skin and cut them into small pieces.
Use another small pot to scoop a spoonful of lard, beat in the eggs after it melts, stir-fry quickly until it breaks up, then pour in the tomatoes.
Add a little salt to make the juice.
Lin Yiyi picked up a small piece of egg with chopsticks, turned her head and handed it to his lips, "Try it."
Ding Li lowered his head slightly, moved closer to her, and almost wanted to kiss her, but he just opened his mouth and took a chopstick of egg.
He thought it was God's punishment for his lust as he burned his tongue unexpectedly.
"Hiss~"
"Hey, why don't you blow it?" Lin Yiyi was busy looking at the pot and didn't pay attention to this side. Seeing him pouting, she pushed him to the sink to rinse his mouth.
"It's okay, it's not that hot." The tip of his tongue felt a little numb from the burn, but Ding Li just smiled indifferently.
Seeing that he suddenly looked a little silly, Lin Yiyi didn't say anything else. She just poured a proper amount of hot water into the pot and put the noodles in after it boiled.
When the egg noodles were served on the small square table in the kitchen, the aroma made Ding Li's stomach, which had been empty for a long time, roar.
The face in front of me is like this, and so is she in front of me...
Lin Yiyi stuffed a pair of chopsticks into his hands, and sat beside him with her chin propped up to eat noodles with him.
I don’t know why, I couldn’t fall asleep in the room just now, and now my eyelids are starting to droop again.
After Ding Li finished his noodles, Lin Yiyi was perked up by his sudden words before she could even reach out to collect the bowl.
"Yiyi, will you marry me?"
"Are you confused from eating noodles?"
She had not agreed to date him, but now he wanted to get married directly. Lin Yiyi felt that he sometimes said things without thinking, and did not take them seriously.
"Don't make decisions easily at night. It's easy to be swayed by emotions. Go upstairs and get some rest. I'll clean up here."
"I'm serious, not joking. You always reject my kindness. I want to have a suitable identity to take care of you."
Ding Li suppressed the desire in his heart and didn't dare to reveal it, for fear of scaring her away. He only used his humble and gentle side to get along with her.
"This way you don't have to restrain yourself because of the title of servant master. It is the husband's duty to take care of his wife."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a small brocade box from his trouser pocket. Lin Yiyi was frightened because she thought it was a ring.
When I saw that there was a moon-shaped diamond hairpin inside, my heart finally fell back to its place.
"This is a Mid-Autumn Festival gift for you. I hope you like it."
Lin Yiyi felt that it was too valuable, and before she could even say the rejection, he saw through it.
Ding Li put the hairpin in her palm, then took his hand back in compliance with the rules.
"Don't say the words 'precious' or 'inappropriate'. In my heart you are the moon in the sky. You always let me look at you but never let me get close to you."
“……”Sweet words are indeed fatal, directly hitting the heart.
Lin Yiyi has never been in love, and only had a brief and ignorant crush in high school. No matter who praises her as the moon in the sky, she would be elated.
She felt that sooner or later she would be lost in Ding Li's love words.
"Don't say weird things, go back and rest."
"And thank you for the gift, I love it."
Lin Yiyi was afraid that she would be tempted by money and could not control her worldly heart, so she put the hairpin and her desires into the brocade box and started to clean up the dishes on the table.
She used her back to avoid his gaze and his questions. Ding Li wanted many times to straighten her shoulders, hug her tightly, and force her to get a quick answer.
But every time this happened, he did nothing.
Ding Li is proud in his heart, and in the relationship, he also wants her equal response, so he waits again and again, giving her time and time to himself.
He was afraid that she would only treat him as a young master, and he was also afraid that she was just succumbing to the pressure of work.
Or maybe he is under someone's control and has to flatter him.
....
After watching her wash the pots and dishes quietly, Ding Li sent her back to the servants' building in the backyard.
When he reached the door of the warehouse under the stairs, he repeated the words he had said countless times, "Yiyi, you can tell me if you have any troubles or difficulties."
"Um."
Lin Yiyi agreed with a smile, opened the door and walked in as if escaping. Only by returning to the warehouse could she sober up and not get lost.
"Eli, good night, go to bed early."
"good evening."
The low threshold of the door was like a clear dividing line, making her and him people from two different worlds.
In the darkness of the night, the man who had just had a gentle look on his face looked back coldly at the bright moon behind him.
Then he said to himself, "The moon should be high in the sky, definitely not here."
...
Beibianze County
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, troubles came.
It was originally a double dormitory with one person in the back, but now there is one more person.
Zhao Sheng saw all of He Qi's abnormal behavior and guessed that something might have happened in the gold mine.
He didn't dare to ask, for fear of being accused of gloating, and besides, he had his own troubles.
The temperature turned cooler and two more days passed.
He Qi couldn't hold it in any longer, so he told Zhao Sheng what happened at the abandoned mine, hoping that he could help him come up with some ideas.
"Yang Wanchun, your partner, ran away with the money. Did you hear anything about it before it happened?"
"No, he bought some wine and food and treated everyone to a drunken feast. He had been planning this for a long time. How could the news leak out?"
He Qi's face turned pale. Thinking about the loss of life, he felt a wave of fear in his heart. "If Yang Wanchun cannot be found and the matter is exposed, the blame will be put on me."
"Brother Zhao, what do you think I should do?"
"......" What else can I do? Go to jail.
Zhao Sheng did not scare him. He did not dare to get involved for fear of getting himself involved. After thinking for a while, he said, "Keep calm and don't panic. Go to work. It's good that Yang Wanchun ran away.
Even if something happens, you can just say that you have a loan relationship with him and you know nothing else."
What he said sounded reasonable, but it did not stand up to scrutiny. Zhao Sheng had already advised him that something bad was bound to happen sooner or later.
It's too late for He Qi to regret now.
For fear of getting into trouble, I started doing long-distance freight work the next day. Fortunately, I had been running frequently in the previous few months, so it couldn’t be said to be sudden.
As for any major chaos that might occur in the north, Zhao Sheng said he didn't want to get involved in any trouble.
Tian Meihui alone is enough to annoy him.
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