"Li Fugui, wherever we’re eating, I’ll bring the food over. Let’s just eat this; no need to make more."
Wang Xiangxiang drank a few more mouthfuls of the hot drink and said to Li Fugui.
"Then let’s eat in my room."
Li Fugui saved portions for the three of them and gave the rest to the female workers. "Wait a moment, I’ll deliver the food to the ladies first."
After Li Fugui left, Wang Xiangxiang and Chu Lian were left alone in the kitchen.
But Wang Xiangxiang didn’t wait for Li Fugui; she picked up the remaining food and was about to leave, only to be stopped by Chu Lian, "What are you doing?"
"I’m taking the food over, to eat."
"..." Li Fugui wasn’t even back yet, and here she was, a woman, ready to go straight to a man’s room—how utterly shameless.
His mood soured, and his face looked extremely displeased, "Wait for Li Fugui."
"He’ll come back to the room on his own later, wait if you want to wait." Wang Xiangxiang was genuinely hungry; it was well into noon, and she wanted to eat right away. Since Li Fugui and the others would be going there to eat anyway, she wasn’t going to wait.
"Hey, you... really are..." Chu Lian’s face grew even darker. This unruly girl was simply beyond reasoning and just left like that.
He sighed but couldn’t help following her anyway.
There he saw, the unruly girl indeed knew which room belonged to Li Fugui, walked right in, set the table, laid out the food, and started eating by herself, not seeing herself as an outsider at all.
Chu Lian, standing to the side, was so furious smoke could be coming out of his ears. There wasn’t a trace of manners to be seen, nothing like a young lady from a well-off family.
Speaking of well-off families? She was Xiaoxiao’s friend, and judging from her clothes, she was probably born into a prominent family. Which family’s young lady was she?
Chu Lian was also at a loss for words. After spending two days together, after all they went through, he still didn’t even know who she was.
He calmed himself down, found a stool and sat too, picked up a spoon wanting to taste for himself how good the unruly girl claimed the soup was, but before he could scoop any soup, his hand was hit by the unruly girl’s chopsticks.
"This is for Li Fugui; please get your own."
Chu Lian turned to the unruly girl upon hearing this, but she didn’t even spare him a glance and continued eating with her head down.
He was beyond frustrated, the unruly girl had really only taken portions for herself and Li Fugui, none for him.
He was so angry he ground his teeth, but still got up to serve himself. In the kitchen, he saw Li Fugui returning. Suspecting the two of them had a close relationship, he asked, "How do you two know each other?"
Li Fugui did not expect Chu Lian to ask this. After thinking for a bit, he and Wang Xiangxiang knew each other because of a matchmaker, and that led to their public spat that one time. So, he said, "We met through a matchmaker, by a twist of fate."
Chu Lian was shocked to hear this. So, they were betrothed? No wonder they got along so well. No wonder the unruly girl didn’t return to Yang Ming’s house but came straight here.
Seeing the happy way the unruly girl interacted with Li Fugui, and the gentle way he spoke to her.
Somehow, Chu Lian felt irritated, and with a tone lacking any good cheer, said, "She’s already taken your portion inside for you."
Without waiting for Li Fugui’s reaction, he left the kitchen with his bowl and chopsticks in hand.