Chapter 16

editor: simpforlife

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X year, 28 January

Weather: Hazy

Today was Xiao Nian. That guy wanted to create a festive spirit and announced that he would cook some dumplings while waiting for me to come home. He even asked if I was surprised by him doing all this.

Truthfully, I wasn’t surprised at all, rather, I felt like laughing.

That rascal has always loved to talk about the ‘sense of ceremony’, as though he had a spotlight shining on him at every moment. He even needs to light an aromatherapy candle every day before going to sleep.

Sometimes I truly suspect that this childhood friend of mine was born the wrong gender.

He should have been a girl ba.

But when I thought about his cooking skills, I immediately discarded this thought.

That guy can ruin the kitchen just by steaming an egg, he is definitely as straight as steel!

Although nowadays a lot of girls often claim that they can’t cook, this kind of thing must be part of a woman’s innate talent. No matter how moderate they are at cooking, at least they wouldn’t make dishes that tasted beastly and were vomit-inducing.

However, this guy is totally different. The food he makes is either raw or burnt black.

Whenever I refused to eat it, that guy would pull a face full of bitterness and complain that I value girls over friendship, whining that I could eat the small biscuits that a girl gives me, but wouldn’t even try the food he painstakingly made for me.

(╬▔皿▔) Isn’t that absolute bullsit?! The small biscuits given by girls looked appetising, but the things in his hands triggered my strong desire to live!

It was not like I didn’t have anything else to eat, then why would I torture myself like this?!

Thinking about those dark dishes that guy used to create, I couldn’t help but get goosebumps. I asked him if the dumplings would be hand-made or the frozen ones.

If his answer is the former, I would rather sleep in the office tonight than return home to eat those wretched dumplings!

But if it is the latter… If that guy can’t even cook frozen dumplings properly, then his ability to look after himself must be too trashy ba?

After stalling for almost half a day, he finally said that it would be frozen dumplings. Wrapping dumplings proved too much of a challenge for him and he wanted me to teach him in the future when I am at home.

Hearing this, I heaved a sigh of relief in my heart.

It’s a good thing that he wasn’t wrapping the dumplings himself or else I really can’t bear to fathom how much of a mess the house would become after that.

“What kind of dumplings are you buying? I don’t eat all types of dumplings.” I sent him a voice message.

To be honest, I could have simply written him the message, but I don’t know why, I just wanted him to hear my voice.

However, I always used to mention that I don’t like sending voice messages. Now that I suddenly sent this kind of message to him, that guy would definitely find it a bit strange ba.

I suddenly felt shy. In a flurry, I tried to delete my message.

But at this moment, he also sent me a voice message.

I put my earphones on and heard that guy say, “Don’t worry, I know what you like. But… Why did you suddenly send me a voice message? Is it inconvenient for you to type now?”

Very good, that guy found a reasonable excuse for me.

I typed ‘En’.

Right as I was about to send it, I suddenly hesitated.

Would it be too cold if I plainly replied with a single word?

I deleted that ‘En’ and sent him another voice message.

“Wait for me to come home.”

After a moment, he replied, “Waiting for you.”

Although it was only a few words, he also sent a voice message.

All of a sudden, I felt elated in my heart, as if we had some kind of connection that no one else knew about. The corner of my lips unconsciously tugged into a smile.

When my assistant came into my office, he teasingly asked if I had already found a girlfriend.

Ai… If only he was a girl.

If he was, I could proudly tell others that I have a virtuous childhood sweetheart who was helping me prepare dinner, and receive a ton of envious eyes.