Chapter 17

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xuan Turtle said, “Recently, a new building has been listed in the capital of China. It is only open to the richest and most powerful people. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter at all. I hacked into their website for fun and found that this building is very similar to the utopia that we casually talked about back then!” 

Qiao Nian’s heart skipped a beat. “Don’t tell me you’re talking about the Thirty-Two Prefectures?” She realized later that she didn’t know where the mountain was. It was only now that she remembered where the familiar feeling of seeing the Thirty-Two Prefectures came from. There were exactly thirty-two people in this group! 

Seven years ago, a group of geniuses gathered online and formed a group. Everyone in the group used the names of exotic beasts that had appeared in the Chinese story, “The Classic of Mountains and Seas” as their code names. They didn’t talk about their identities or what they did in real life. They just chatted randomly all over the place. 

The topics of conversation in the group were very wide. There was one time when someone mentioned the story called “The Moon and Sixpence.” Everyone discussed that when the time was right in the future, everyone in the group would find a place near the mountains and rivers to build a utopia. The place would have thirty-two buildings, and everyone could keep a friendly distance and could meet up quickly if something happened. 

This topic was quickly covered by other topics. However, Qiao Nian was young at the time and was particularly interested in this kind of whimsical idea, so she drew a sketch of the aquarium’s porch. 

After she finished the sketch, she sent it to Yingzhao God, whom she had the most to chat with in the group. Yingzhao God praised her design, but not long after, Yingzhao God lost contact with her. 

Qiao Nian found an excuse to log off, thinking that she would take down the aquarium of the Thirty-Two Prefectures no matter what! 

Qiao Nian thought about it and walked out of the room to look at it a few times, but Qin Yang still did not come back. 

What should she do? The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. As soon as she became anxious, her stomach started rumbling. 

In the evening, she had told a white lie, but in fact, she didn’t eat dinner. 

Qiao Nian walked to the kitchen. The servants had already left work, and the kitchen was in good order. There were a few tomatoes, eggs, and a small handful of noodles on the bowl left on the counter. She didn’t want to mess around with other people’s things, so she made a simple bowl of noodles with tomato and eggs with the ingredients on the surface. 

This was the food that Qiao Nian was best at making! When she was in high school, her parents had died in a car accident. It was a disaster, and Qiao Nian’s world was about to collapse! At that time, the people around her had scattered, so she had to learn to cook by herself. The most common dish she made was tomato and egg noodles. 

When Qin Yang returned to the Purple Jade Villa, he saw that Qiao Nian was standing lazily next to the cupboard, holding a bowl of steaming hot noodles in her hand, and eating it in small bites. 

For some reason, she was extremely familiar to him! But he had only seen this woman for the first time yesterday! 

“Oh my God!” Qiao Nian was so shocked that her jaw almost fell off when she saw Qin Yang appear in the kitchen! The overbearing head of the household actually entered the kitchen? Why would he do that? 

She had never thought that she would actually see Qin Yang in the kitchen! She really did not know that Qin Yang had maintained the habit of cooking a bowl of tomato and egg noodles for supper every day for so many years. Even when he was on a business trip and staying in a hotel, he would insist on making a bowl of tomato and egg noodles to eat.

In fact, even Qin Yang himself did not know why he had such a habit. In his mind, there had always been a vague image of a girl holding such a steaming bowl of tomato and egg noodles. It was clearly the most ordinary bowl of noodles, but the girl had eaten it like it was the most delicious delicacy in the world. 

He often thought of this image, and now, this image that often appeared in his mind for no reason strangely overlapped with the scene in front of him! 

The image in his mind gradually emerged. The girl who had been hidden in the dense fog began to smiled. Her face was no longer blurry and dreamy, but gradually formed a clear image. A pair of beautiful eyes and a warm smile, it was Qiao Nian’s face! 

“Mr. Qin, are you here for supper?” Qiao Nian asked. The face that Qin Yang had imagined was now looking up enthusiastically like a puppy. She had made up her mind to persuade Qin Yang to sell the aquarium to her. Naturally, she had to have a sweet attitude, Qiao Nian was flexible. At this moment, her tone was very flattering. “If you don’t mind, there are still noodles in the pot that I cooked.” 

After saying that, Qiao Nian gave him a smile. 

“Miss Qiao, if you have something to say, just say it.” Qin Yang looked at Qiao Nian, who was so obsequious, and surprisingly he did not feel disgusted, instead, he felt that Qiao Nian was very cute! It was probably his brain playing tricks on him. 

“Then I won’t beat around the bush!” Qiao Nian said..