"Excuse me, are you Miss Gu Zhiqi?" The person standing outside the door asked immediately upon seeing Gu Zhiqi open the door.
Gu Zhiqi nodded at the visitor.
"I am the new security guard from Minister Yue’s office. This is from a gentleman wearing a mask." The man said as he handed over a wooden lunchbox to Gu Zhiqi.
Upon hearing about the masked gentleman, Gu Zhiqi immediately knew who it was.
When she saw the lunchbox, her eyes flickered slightly, and she quickly reached out to take it. "Thank you for going out of your way."
"You’re welcome." After saying this, the man turned and left.
As soon as the man left, Gu Zhiqi closed the door and quickly walked back to her room.
She placed the lunchbox on the table and immediately opened it.
Opening the lid of the lunchbox, inside were chopsticks, a spoon, a plate of steamed fish with chopped chili, and a small bowl of rice.
The lunchbox had three layers. Gu Zhiqi took out the steamed fish and rice and placed them on the table, then opened the second layer.
The second layer contained two small bowls, one filled with shredded pork in garlic sauce and the other with green vegetables.
The last layer held a large plate of sweet and sour pork ribs and a bowl of pork rib and lotus root soup.
Gu Zhiqi hadn’t felt hungry before, but upon seeing these dishes and smelling the aroma, she suddenly felt ravenous.
Just as she picked up the chopsticks, her phone rang.
She took a glance at the screen and, although she didn’t really want to take a call that interrupted her meal, she saw the caller ID and decided to answer it.
It’s hard to refuse someone’s call after accepting their meal.
Gu Zhiqi pressed the answer button and put the phone aside. "Brother?"
She greeted, then grabbed a piece of sweet and sour pork rib and popped it into her mouth.
"Did you receive the dinner?" Su Yunling’s deep and pleasant voice came through the phone.
"Hmm." Gu Zhiqi mumbled a response with her mouth full.
Su Yunling could tell that Gu Zhiqi was eating and chuckled softly, "Already eating? I’ll let you eat first, we can talk after you finish."
"Okay." Gu Zhiqi mumbled again.
Su Yunling then went silent. Gu Zhiqi thought he had hung up and continued her meal without paying further attention.
Until she heard knocking sounds through the phone. She paused her eating and glanced at her room door, then looked at her phone.
Noticing the call was still connected, she faintly heard a conversation between Su Yunling and Yun Sen about the investigation regarding Mo Qingsnow’s apprentices.
Gu Zhiqi didn’t listen carefully to the rest and continued eating her meal.
Until the conversation on the other end finished, followed by the sound of the door closing, and then the closer sound of typing on a keyboard.
Gu Zhiqi spoke to the phone, "Why didn’t you hang up the call?"
"I was hoping to accompany you while you ate, but got held up with something. Staying on the line with you also counts as companionship, right?" Su Yunling said with a smile in his voice.
Actually, just the meal itself would suffice.
Whether or not he accompanies doesn’t really matter.
Of course, she couldn’t say that out loud, so she obediently said, "Thank you, brother."
Su Yunling didn’t know her thoughts and, hearing her voice, could only imagine her smiling lazily and cutely.
He couldn’t help but smile, knowing she didn’t like to talk while eating, and said, "Go ahead and eat, don’t mind me."
Gu Zhiqi listened and, indeed, said nothing more, lowering her head to eat while occasionally hearing the sound of Su Yunling typing on his keyboard through the phone.
Just like that, Gu Zhiqi finished her meal accompanied remotely by Su Yunling.