"This is something that the Ning Family invented?" Ouyang Jue tried his best to use an extremely relaxed tone. He couldn't help but use his spoon to speak a bit of the soup, this soup was a little sour and spicy, and was filled with an exotic flavor. It was just that it was a little strange.
"I learned it online. How's it delicious?"
Only when Ning Caier heard his voice did she realize that he had returned. She hurriedly used water to wash her eyes to prevent him from finding out that she had cried, but she already did not remember what she had put in the soup, so she randomly took out something from her bag and threw it into the pot after she finished processing it. Even the seasoning was extremely casual, she did not remember what she had added at all.
"It's quite nice to drink, and there's a variety." After Ouyang Jue stirred the soup with his spoon, he discovered fish bones and other things that were exposed. There were also a lot of mushrooms and squid, as a chef, he obviously knew that these things could not be cooked together.
"Is that so?"
Ning Caier took the bowl in Ouyang Jue's hands and took a sip skeptically. The sour and spicy taste almost made her puke, the soup should have had a salty taste, but there was no sign of it being preset.
"Stop drinking, it's too hard to drink." Ning Caier could not help but stick out her tongue, and rinse her mouth with the cold water from the water pipe before speaking again. She had put in at least two spoonfuls of chili powder into the spicy soup, and after just two gulps, her throat was burning.
"No way, it's quite nice to drink." However, Ouyang Jue poured the remaining half bowl of soup into his mouth, and continued to say that it tasted good, causing Ning Caier to feel like his sense of taste had been burnt by the bowl of Citizen's Tea from the morning. No matter how troubled she was, she could taste that it wasn't so good.
"Why are there so many messy slots? It's better if you don't drink them. You'll get sick from drinking this kind of soup."
When Ning Caier saw the contents of the pot, she realized that she did not know what she had done. She used her two hands to support her head, and her mind was completely muddled. She could not think of a way to naturally leave Ouyang Jue, because her heart did not even want to leave him.
"Why can't I do anything well? Why can't I do anything well?" Ning Caier wandered around in the kitchen, she looked at the messy kitchen, she did not know what to do, but her mind suddenly went blank, she did not know where to start cleaning up.
"It's fine, I'll handle it. I'm a professional." Ouyang Jue carried her in his arms, telling her to calm down. He could understand her current situation, she had only suppressed her emotions for far too long, so he didn't know what she was doing. "Cai'er, just cry, just cry out."
Ouyang Jue could feel the grievances that she had suffered. Right now, his relationship with Xu Mengyun had already changed from an engagement state to one where he was about to get married, and this news was undoubtedly pushing their relationship a step closer. This also meant that Ning Caier was one step further away from being able to appear in front of everyone together with him.
So he gently patted Ning Caier's back to make her cry out all the grievances he had suffered.
"You said it before. You and Miss Xu won't get married. You said it." Ning Caier slapped Ouyang Jue's back and cried loudly. She really could not endure it any longer, she only wanted to cry and tried her best to vent all of her emotions. How could he lie to her? How could he bear lying to her?
I promise you that I will definitely resolve this matter before Xu Mengyun and I get married. Mengyun also has her own lover, even if I am willing to marry her, she won't be willing to do so. "
At most, in a month's time, they could openly hold hands and enter any place in front of everyone. No one would call her Little Madam and she would be his official wife.
Ning Caier did not say anything. She did not know if there was anyone else in the world as tragic as her, and whether the person whom she liked was also forced to accept this kind of fate, like her, but she knew that she had to leave Ouyang Jue. No matter if he would be with Xu Mengyun in the end, she had to leave him, because she wanted her parents to be safe.
During the night, Ouyang Jue would stay at Ning Caier's house, but he would just hug her and do nothing. Ning Caier was the same, she would stay in his embrace all night long, like a kitten, and sobs would come from time to time. She could feel the warmth from his body, but she knew that such opportunities were becoming fewer and fewer.
She kept her hand on his chest, touching the buttons of his shirt. She didn't fall asleep until it was just before dawn, but she still didn't let go of his hand, as if he would disappear from her side if she let him go.
Ouyang Jue had not closed his eyes the entire time. From the night until dawn, he had a feeling that Ning Caier's reaction was not only because she heard that he and Xu Mengyun were going to be married, but that something had definitely happened to her. However, she had been staying in the TiaoAo Group the entire day, so how could he not have noticed at all if something had happened?
"Help me send the group's surveillance videos to my mailbox. They are all the videos that designer Ning recorded before she left my office and returned to the Design Department. Especially those that she saw, she must capture all the videos from all angles."
Although their positions were very low, they could still call upon all the surveillance videos on the floors. He wanted to find out who exactly Ning Caier had seen, and even what he had heard, which must have been the reason why she was so agitated.
It was just that they needed a period of time to call for the recording. They asked Ouyang Jue to wait for a few minutes, after the recording was completed, they would send it to Ouyang Jue's mailbox in a chronological order.
"Remember, don't leave anything out."
Ouyang Jue warned his repeatedly as he simultaneously looked at the condition of the bedroom. Ning Caier was still asleep, and looked like he would only wake up after a while, so he decided to tidy up the room first, so that the things on the floor wouldn't hurt his feet when Ning Caier gets up.
He cleaned up the kitchen and put the clothes that the two of them wore yesterday into the washing machine, preparing to clean them up together later. However, when he picked up the dress that Ning Caier had worn yesterday, he realized that there was something in the pocket of the dress.
This pouch was not big, it could only be used for decoration normally, but Ning Caier had actually placed the things inside instead of inside it.
He quickly took out the piece of paper and checked it. As expected, this matter was related to Ning Caier's emotions, this was actually a cheque worth one million yuan. The signature on the cheque was as flamboyant as flying dragons and dancing phoenix, but Ouyang Jue could not be more familiar with it since it was an signature that Ouyang Gu was extremely proud of.
So it really was that old fox! After all these years, she was still using a cheque to chase people away. It's not like Ning Caier was just a bunch of birds, how could she be tempted by this cheque, and the amount was too low. What did he take Ning Caier to be?
He never thought that it would be so hard for him to find Ouyang Gu, yet this old fox sneaked into her company to find Ning Caier. He felt that she was too careless, to think that she did not take the basic precautions.
He and Xu Mengyun searched the entire world for him but he actually managed to return to his own company. As expected, the most dangerous place was the safest place.
The security guard quickly sent the recording to Ouyang Jue's mailbox. The video had let him prove her judgement, and Ouyang Gu actually used such a violent method to drag Ning Caier into the elevator.
Ouyang Jue clenched his fists tightly, the anger in his heart burning like a ball of flame. If that old fox dared to be disrespectful to his woman, even father and son wouldn't be able to negotiate with him.
But that recording ended at such an important time. Behind it was the scene of Ning Caier returning to the Design Department, with a thirty minute gap between them. Ouyang Jue couldn't help but scold the security personnel. What were they doing that they couldn't even do such a small thing?
"Didn't I tell you to transmit all the videos? Why did you miss out on such an important segment?" Ouyang Jue suppressed his roars as much as he could, afraid that he would wake up.
Of course, they knew Ouyang Jue's instructions, but the chairman's floor had to have a related authorization for the monitoring system, and Ouyang Jue had to personally come to the company to do the job, so they had no choice.
"Can you see what's going on inside the elevator?" Ouyang Jue forgave the guards for now, but that did not guarantee that he would give up trying to find the root of the problem. That elevator was not specially made for elevators, so it should have recordings.
"The video of the elevator was originally there, but the camera was damaged, so it needs to be repaired before it can be accessed."
Just when Ouyang Jue wanted to ask them why they did not change the broken camera in time, he suddenly realised that he was the culprit. Due to the fact that he came to find Ning Caier urgently, he got so angry that he even the camera inside the elevator was spared.
"I got it. When I get back to the company, I'll call up the video myself. Don't mention this to anyone." Ouyang Jue hung up the phone and then put the cheque back into Ning Caier's skirt. He didn't want her to know that he already knew about this, so he went closer to her and sniffed her forehead lightly, "I will definitely protect you."
When Ning Caier woke up, the sun was already shining brightly. She saw that the interior of the house had been tidied up very neatly, even the kitchen tableware had been cleaned up.
She stood in the middle of the room and let out a deep breath, stretching out her heels and chest. She leaned her head back and spread her arms wide, allowing the air to flow into her lungs to the greatest extent.
"If you want to do some exercise, come to the balcony. The air here is the best."
Ouyang Jue's voice suddenly came from not too far away, she turned to look at the direction of the balcony where a person was training, Ouyang Jue had actually moved the dumbbells in his room here, making the balcony into his own gym.
Ning Caier could not help but feel that she had slept soundly, to the point that she did not even hear such a loud noise. There was even a secret passage in the room that could transport all the items upstairs.