73 1.2.36: Omurice

In the meantime, Xiao Yunhua had no idea that they were planning something unfortunate. She was getting ready to go to sleep. She and Qiang Yue had talked things out properly, even though she didn't like that he lied to her.

But nonetheless, she had to stay guarded or all her progress with her current target could be lost.

Qiang Yue had tried to convince her to meet his dad that was in the hospital, but she couldn't. The old man knew her as the girlfriend of Zhou Lang and would definitely recognize her. This was a disaster that she wasn't willing to step in yet.

She could only use the excuse of needing to rest for a while to get used to living away from the island to get Qiang Yue to stop asking. The man did say that she was welcome to meet Qiang Luo whenever she was ready. 

Currently, she was sneaking to the kitchen to get herself a light snack. Most of the lights were turned off, so pretty much the entire place was pitch black.

She tiptoed to the kitchen and opened the fridge quietly, only to hear a deep voice ask, "What are you doing?"

She squealed in fear and slipped, expecting herself to facepalm the ground. Luckily, a pair of strong arms caught her and looked at her like she was silly.

She laughed and so did the man who caught her: Wang Yaowan.

They didn't realize that he was still holding her to keep her from falling and she brushed off the nonexistent dust off of her clothes. "Thanks. You've always been there."

Wang Yaowan opened his mouth to say something, but he held himself back. He nodded aloofly and then asked her if she was here for a snack.

She nodded but sighed. "There's nothing..." she pouted, pointing at the ingredients. "And I'm too lazy to cook."

Wang Yaowan sighed as though he was looking at a child. He patted her head and motioned for her to follow him to sit at the dining table. She patiently sat and ten minutes later, a Japanese omurice was in front of her.

The smell made her stomach growl in appreciation and she immediately dug in, eternally grateful.

When she finished, she sighed. "All these years, I think this is the first time I've eaten anything made by you."

"What did you think?"

"Amazing! I demand that you make more in the future!" Xiao Yunhua gave him a thumbs up and stood up to go to sleep.

Want Yaowan "That's fine... I just need to learn other recipes."

Xiao Yunhua chuckled, "This is the only thing that you know how to make?"

Wang Yaowan shook his head, "A few other dishes. I'm no expert like you, but I did have to make my own food a long time ago..."

Xiao Yunhua knew that he was an orphan who rose to be successful despite the odds. She knew that he was most likely referring to that time of his life.

She shot him an empathetic smile and told him that he now had Ni Ming to worry about.

She didn't dare to lie and say that he also had her to depend on. After all, it wasn't like she was going to stay in this world forever or at least grow old.

She was leaving after the third target, or at least she assumed.