Huo Qizheng flicked her forehead. "No matter what, you should eat first. Don't play with your phone while eating."
Zhu Shuangyao shot a glance at Pei Ying, who was snickering, and replied meekly with an "okay". She put her phone aside, but her eyes still stole glances at the phone whose screen kept lighting up.
Seeing her like this, Pei Ying couldn't help but knock on the table. "Hurry up and eat. You can check your phone after you're done."
Zhu Shuangyao giggled twice and sped up her eating. Huo Qizheng also quickened the pace of peeling shrimps for her. However, he still worriedly said, "Don't eat so fast. It's bad for your stomach. Eat slowly. You can reply to messages anytime."
Zhu Shuangyao pursed her lips and finally heeded Huo Qizheng's advice, slowing down her eating. Pei Ying felt jealous at once. "Why weren't you so obedient when I tried to discipline you before?"
Zhu Shuangyao rubbed her nose and said seriously, "Brother Ying, have you ever heard a saying?"
Pei Ying asked, "What saying?"
Zhu Shuangyao blinked her eyes. "If you want to capture a woman's heart, you must first capture her stomach. Well, I dare not offend the chef at home. I'm afraid he won't cook for me."
"The original saying is not like that. You just like to twist it," Pei Ying said. "It should be if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach."
Zhu Shuangyao acted coquettishly. "I don't care. Anyway, I've been captured by Mr. Huo. Hehe, Brother Ying, you should capture someone's heart soon too."
Just as Pei Ying was about to argue with her about her sister - in - law, Huo Qizheng, who had been quietly peeling shrimps, said, "Don't talk while eating or sleeping."
Since Huo Qizheng had spoken, no matter how aggrieved Pei Ying felt, he had to shut up. At this moment, he didn't realize that his originally somewhat melancholy mood had long since disappeared under Zhu Shuangyao's joking.
After the meal, Pei Ying was forced by Huo Qizheng to do the dishes. Zhu Shuangyao was finally allowed to pick up her phone. Ling Yu had sent several messages in succession. She originally wanted to make a phone call, but Zhu Shuangyao thought it over and decided that an international call was too expensive and not worth it. Although Ling Yu's family was wealthy, there was no need to waste money like this.
Ling Yu told her the time and flight number of her return to China and proposed that they should get together with Luo Yu when she came back. However, Zhu Shuangyao really didn't know if Luo Yu would come. After all, she was currently deeply in love with her boyfriend. Zhu Shuangyao could only tell Ling Yu that she would ask.
This time, Ling Yu wouldn't leave after returning to China. She said that she had already found a job in China and told Zhu Shuangyao not to worry. The job was quite comfortable, and it was in a city she didn't dislike. The treatment was good, so she decided to stay in China. Zhu Shuangyao was extremely happy and planned to give her a surprise when she returned.
Zhu Shuangyao replied to Ling Yu's message and then lay on the sofa, coquettishly saying to Huo Qizheng, "Mr. Huo, my childhood friend is coming back the day after tomorrow. Let's go pick her up and give her a surprise, okay?"
Huo Qizheng, wearing an apron and wiping the table, replied, "Are you sure it will be a surprise for her and not a shock?"
He explained to her, "You'd better ask her if she wants you to pick her up at the airport. Otherwise, you might end up ruining things."
Zhu Shuangyao thought it made sense. She was so happy that Ling Yu would work in China in the future that she overlooked Ling Yu's feelings. She immediately asked Ling Yu if she wanted her to pick her up at the airport. Ling Yu replied almost instantly. She couldn't wait for Zhu Shuangyao to pick her up.
Zhu Shuangyao got the confirmation and looked at Huo Qizheng proudly. "Xiaoyu really wants me to pick her up. Dear Mr. Huo, do you have time to go with me?"
Just then, Pei Ying came out of the kitchen. Hearing this, he deliberately interrupted, "Why don't you ask your dear brother if he has time to go with you?"
Zhu Shuangyao squinted her eyes, a naughty glint flashing in them. She slowly shook a finger. "Because... I'm flirting with Mr. Huo. Dear brother, as a single dog, how can you understand the joy of being in a couple?"
Pei Ying covered his chest, feeling doubly hurt. He made a face at Zhu Shuangyao. "Just keep showing off. You wait. When I catch up with your sister - in - law, I'll show off too."
After saying that, he threw down the apron and stormed out of the door. But in a moment, he opened the door again. Pretending that Zhu Shuangyao and Huo Qizheng weren't there, he walked straight into his room without looking sideways and took his suit.
Zhu Shuangyao stared at his series of actions in disbelief. After Pei Ying closed the door again and showed no sign of coming back, Zhu Shuangyao lay on the sofa, laughing uncontrollably. "Brother Ying is so cute, haha."
Hearing this, Huo Qizheng got jealous again. "Aren't I cute?"
Zhu Shuangyao propped her face up and looked at him. Huo Qizheng had a very handsome face. At this moment, he was wearing a pink apron. The color of the apron was very girly, but it didn't look strange on him. Instead, it added a touch of the mundane to him. Because he was cooking, his cuffs were slightly rolled up, revealing his strong forearms. His side profile was smooth, with excellent bone structure, almost making people infatuated.
She said, "— How could you be just cute? Mr. Huo, in my eyes, you've never been just cute. You're as handsome as the sun god in Greek mythology."
Huo Qizheng paused slightly in his action. He didn't do anything extra, just gave her a fleeting look. But this look was like a highly aggressive beast marking its territory, as if he wanted to leave a mark on her.
To her surprise, that night, there were more than one mark on her body, densely and overlappingly.
After getting what he wanted, Huo Qizheng not only cleared his schedule for that day but also specially asked someone to transport the freshest ingredients from the origin. He decided to give a good reception to Zhu Shuangyao's childhood friend. You know, Shen Jun and the others didn't even have such treatment.
Huo Qizheng checked the ingredients in the kitchen and found that a bottle of light soy sauce was missing. So he put on his clothes and said to Zhu Shuangyao, "I'll go out to buy a bottle of soy sauce. I'll be back soon."
Zhu Shuangyao replied with an okay. However, just a moment after Huo Qizheng went out, the door - knocking sound rang again. Zhu Shuangyao opened the door without any defense. "You forgot your key... How could you be... "
The name was finally held between her lips and teeth, not a single bit of it was uttered.
When Huo Qizheng came back, he specially bought the pancake fruit that Zhu Shuangyao liked. But he didn't expect that when he came back happily, what greeted him was the wide - open door and the scattered jewelry that had been deliberately taken off Zhu Shuangyao. The alarm system he had installed on Yaoyao, the system disguised as a necklace, his energy crystal, and the positioning system were all thrown at the door. His face darkened instantly.
He made a phone call, asking someone to pick up Ling Yu, while he checked the home surveillance. He found that the images of the man's face were all blurred. The man didn't touch the surveillance, and he didn't use drugs to knock Zhu Shuangyao out. Instead, he made a strange gesture. This gesture was a unique spell in the wireless space. However, its function was rather useless. It had the same effect as a sleeping drug, allowing people to have a good sleep and wake up refreshed.
A surge of anger welled up in his heart. He was angry at his own incompetence and also angry that he had dragged her into this. He was extremely familiar with the man's disguise technique and sleeping spell in the surveillance. It was the person he had had a feud with in the infinite space. He had never taken that person seriously, but that person had dealt him a fatal blow at this moment.
Huo Qizheng closed the door, picked up his things, and went downstairs to knock on Luo Jiu's door. "Yaoyao has been kidnapped again. What on earth are you guys doing?"
Luo Jiu was carrying a suitcase. Obviously, he was about to go on a long - distance trip but was blocked at the door by Huo Qizheng. When he heard what Huo Qizheng said, he was completely shocked. "How could this happen?"
Then he seemed to think of something, and his face instantly turned ugly.
Since there had been a mistake last time, he had strengthened the defense. But later, Uncle Pei had an accident, and the Gong family was brought down. After various considerations and trade - offs, the higher - ups thought that the protection level of Zhu Shuangyao could be appropriately lowered. So Luo Jiu was actually preparing to leave. These days, he had been arranging the hand - over of defense matters. He was the last one to leave, but unexpectedly, such a thing had happened.
He made a phone call, and the situation was quickly reported to him.
He said with a grim face, "The other party didn't use ordinary abilities. Our people didn't notice anything wrong at all. Who would target Yaoyao? What on earth does he want?"
Zhu Shuangyao also wanted to know what Gong Wushang wanted. Yes, that's right. The person who kidnapped her was Gong Wushang. It was Gong Wushang again. Was this going to be endless?
However, Gong Wushang didn't seem to know that Zhu Shuangyao knew it was him who had kidnapped her. He just sat in front of her openly, as if he had some kind of support. He deliberately said, "My master asked me to kidnap you and hand you over to him. Although I don't know what value you have. Oh no, you do have value. After all, you brought down the Gong family. You've made the young master of the Gong family suffer so much. But Miss Zhu, your good days end today."
Gong Wushang did have some support. The man on the phone had given him special powers and taught him special spells. The spell used to confuse Zhu Shuangyao was just a small test. He also used the disguise technique to cover his whole body. Absolutely no one could recognize his true identity.
He originally wanted to hire someone to kidnap Zhu Shuangyao, but after thinking about it, he decided that since he already had this power, he might as well do it himself. This would be more reliable.
It was a good thing that Gong Wushang didn't know she knew his identity. But she couldn't just wait for someone to rescue her. If she really waited for someone to come to her rescue, given Gong Wushang's hatred for her, it would probably be too late.
Since he thought she didn't know his identity, she might as well make good use of this advantage.
Zhu Shuangyao pretended not to understand what Gong Wushang said and shrank back in fear. "You... Please let me go. My boyfriend is the president of the Huo Group. He has a lot of money. No matter how much you want, he can give it to you..."