Qiao Nian returned to the villa.
Gu San had already ordered a takeaway hotpot and had just lit it up.
The moment she entered, she smelled the fragrant smell of the hotpot. She changed her shoes and went in.
Gu San was making condiments when he saw Qiao Nian. He greeted her, "Miss Qiao, you're back."
Qiao Nian looked around, but she did not see a certain someone. She took off her coat and hung it by the chair. Then, she pulled out a chair and asked him, "Where's Ye w.a.n.gchuan?"
Gu San took a bowl for her. "Master w.a.n.g is reading in the study upstairs. He's probably coming down soon."
"Mm."
Qiao Nian responded and placed condiments in her bowl.
She ate hotpot in a typical Southern flavor. She liked to add onion, garlic, and millet spice in the seasoning bowl with a little red oil.
Ye w.a.n.gchuan, Qin Si, and the others all liked Beijing's taste and preferred sesame sauce.
Qiao Nian prepared the condiments alone.
By the time she was done, Gu San had already gone upstairs and called Ye w.a.n.gchuan down.
Qin Si had just finished showering and came out in a bathrobe. "The hotpot is ready. It smells so good."
Qiao Nian placed some ingredients in with her chopsticks and leaned lazily against the back of the chair. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye. "Ah, it's almost done."
"d.a.m.n, Sister Qiao?" Only now did Qin Si realize that Gu San was not in the living room. Qiao Nian was the one adding the vegetables. He covered the bathrobe at his collar and hurriedly ran back to his room. "I'll go change my clothes. I'll be out soon."
Qiao Nian did not see what he was wearing. She saw him slip away quickly, leaving only a white afterimage.
She did not care and placed a condiment bowl for the three of them, especially adding some coriander to a certain someone's bowl.
Ye w.a.n.gchuan liked to eat coriander, but Qiao Nian could not get used to it. She felt that it tasted a little odd.
After preparing the seasonings for the three of them, Ye w.a.n.gchuan and Gu San walked down from the second floor. Qin Si had also changed into a new set of home clothes.
He looked much more natural after changing into his own clothes. He casually pulled out a seat to sit down, raised his handsome face, and looked at the girl who had already started eating. "Sister Qiao, you're back so soon? We thought you were going to eat at the research inst.i.tute."
"No." Qiao Nian picked up a piece of tripe for herself, raised her eyebrows, and replied lazily, "They still have something to do, so I left first."
Ye w.a.n.gchuan pulled out the chair beside her and sat down. Seeing the three bowls on the table, he took the bowl with the most coriander. His fingertips were smooth and slender. He tilted his head and looked at the girl with his dark eyes. "Is this mine?"
Qiao Nian took a look and admitted frankly, "Mm."
"Thank you." Ye w.a.n.gchuan's voice was deep. His tone was filled with a vibrating smile. He handed her a can of orange juice and even thoughtfully pulled the tab for her.
Qin Si also picked up a piece of pork rib. Just as he was about to eat it, he saw their interaction. The pork rib suddenly did not taste so good anymore.
He threw his chopsticks on the table and eloquently said, "I want a drink too."
"Go get it yourself." Ye w.a.n.gchuan's eyes did not move from his bowl. He was as heartless as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. He elegantly took the chopsticks and prepared to eat.
Qin Si cursed under his breath. Pulling out a chair and standing up, he patted Gu San's shoulder as if they were brothers. "Gu San, what do you want to drink? I'll get it for you."
Gu San was confused.
Qin Si looked at the two indifferent people and felt even more depressed. "Don't look at me. This is called mutual help." Single guys helping each other!
"Oh." Gu San slowly understood. "I don't drink at night."
Qin Si could only gloomily get his c.o.ke.