Chapter 364: The Couple Visits the Film Crew

  Gu Xi's expression was very awkward after being pointed out by Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng was well aware that she currently had no job and had even seen her distributing flyers on the street several times. Compared to her personality, having done so many hard jobs, he really hadn't thought of it. Chen Cheng's words suddenly awakened Ling Haoyu, who then remembered that Gu Xi indeed had no job, and it was time to think of a way to get her hired.

  "Say, if I had known being a police officer was so leisurely, I would have studied hard to get into the police academy!" Gu Xi returned to his true nature, and the awkwardness gradually disappeared. Looking at Chen Cheng's dark skin, he really had a masculine charm. It's rare to see a police officer not busy during the day, and still having time to come over and chat while drinking tea.

  Just as I was about to pick up a cup of iced tea to moisten my throat, I was suddenly stopped. Instead, I saw that there was an additional cup of water in front of me, which was somewhat black and still emitting steam, which should be brown sugar water. Maybe it was too urgent, so it didn't melt.

  "This tea is too cold, let's drink the hot one." Ling Haoyu was still holding a large plate of fruit in his hand, with various watermelons, apples and grapes piled up on it.

  Gu Xi didn't respond, and only when she saw the still-unmelted sugar cube did she remember that she was on her period today, so she couldn't drink cold tea. It's also strange to say, but recently her menstrual cramps haven't been as severe as before. She picked up the steaming hot sugar water and drank half of it, feeling much more comfortable, before putting down the cup.

  "Brother, you're really meticulous." Chen Cheng said while eating a slice of watermelon.

  "Little girl can't drink iced tea, I'll go prepare a few dishes and we can chat later." Ling Hao Yu spoke without looking at Chen Cheng, but instead gazed at Gu Xi to see her facial expression, which didn't change much, making him realize that he couldn't read her mind more and more.

  "Do you need my help?" Chen Cheng said with a smile.

  "No need, just keep chatting with Xiaoyu for me." Ling Haoyu smiled and turned around to head into the kitchen, where a few new dish ideas were brewing in his mind.

  Just in time to show off his culinary skills, he's a man who knows how to live. The nanny Zhang Xiaohui was helping with the dishes on the side, "Brother, sister, when are you moving back home?"

  "Why ask like that?" Ling Hao Yu said with a smile while stirring the beans with a spatula in his hand.

  "Maybe she's too much like my sister, I really like her, think of a way to coax her back! Consider it a favor from Xiao Hui!"

  "Is that so? Why do I feel like I have more and more love rivals lately? Looks like I need to work harder. Don't worry, they'll all come back eventually!"

  The conversation between the two people covered up the sound of stir-frying, and it was unknown whether they could hear it in the living room. Anyway, after he said it out loud, his heart had an extra expectation.

  Half an hour later, Ling Hao Yu brought out a plate of dishes and saw Gu Xi and Chen Cheng playing chess on the glass table. Originally, it was just placed under the glass table as a decoration, and when they were bored, they took it out to play with it. This time, it was really being fully utilized by them.

  They were completely absorbed, it seemed they had reached a state of flow. They didn't say a word, Chen Cheng rested his chin on his hand, staring at Gu Xi as he moved the chess pieces, while Gu Xi sat on the couch with a pillow in her arms, scratching the back of her head every time she made a move.

  "Hey, can't you go easy on me?" Chen Cheng indeed had a decline in his chess skills and was surrounded by her. After half an hour of fighting, he finally lost again.

  "Do you often play Chinese chess?" Gu Xi asked, looking at him intently.

  "It's okay, I just got it last month, how about you? You must get it often!" Chen Cheng was good at comforting himself, and upon hearing Gu Xi's question, he began to relax.

  "I was in elementary school, I guess. Okay, you don't have to do this either!" Gu Xi finally laughed out loud, she had a lot of hobbies when she was young and her mind was very agile, learning anything was easy for her.

  "Isn't it?! My goodness, you're killing me! How can I be so unlucky?!" Chen Cheng cooperated with the emotional outburst, covering his face with both hands. Just last month when he was on patrol, he even got into a fight with some old men at a roadside stall and lost several rounds.

  It turned out that the chess champion in college was just a cover. Watching him go crazy for tens of seconds was enough, and when he looked up, the Chinese chess had already been put away in the box.

  On the wide and delicate table, all kinds of dishes were placed. This brother is really capable, stir-frying so many dishes, smelling the fragrant and sweet sour ribs, saliva flowed out. He has been working overtime a lot lately, eating takeout every day. Back home, he and his wife don't know how to cook delicious food either, it seems that they need to visit their relatives frequently to have a good meal.

  "Be careful not to splash water." Ling Haoyu was particularly attentive today, bringing her sugar water and warm water for washing her hands.

  Gu Xi felt it was a matter of course, perhaps she had long been accustomed to being taken care of by him.

  "Chen Cheng is here to open the meal!" He said next.

  "Hey, little girl, don't you feel very happy? Having a boyfriend who is so good at taking care of the household?" Chen Cheng said with a smile, sitting across from Gu Xi and next to Ling Haoyu.

  "Boyfriend? What boyfriend? The pork ribs are delicious, have some more!" Gu Xi didn't look at Ling Hao Yu's reaction, halfway through her sentence, she felt something was off and made a 360-degree turn. She had always loved eating pork ribs more than chicken, duck or fish since she was young, so she picked up a piece with her chopsticks and stuffed it into Chen Cheng's mouth to shut him up.

  Gu Xi looked at the three people eating such a sumptuous meal and felt that it was a bit too much, wondering how much leftover food there would be. So she looked around and not seeing Zhang Xiao Hui, called out, "Xiao Hui come out and eat together!"

  It's probably one of the reasons why Zhang Xiaohui likes her, in the past when going to Ling's parents' house for dinner. If his mother invited some blind dates and arranged them at home, there was no way he could push them away. Those women were very powerful, always pretending to be diligent behind the scenes, but actually making Zhang Xiaohui do this and that like a little servant.

  "Sister, you eat slowly, I'll just make do with something in the kitchen!" Welcome to Jiupin Literature, search for "Jiupin Literature" on any search engine to quickly enter this site. This site permanently provides free and pop-up window-free services for downloading high-quality and txt format files! Zhang Xiaohui still had food in her mouth, so she wasn't speaking very clearly. Since the first day she entered the Ling family, she had already gotten used to the etiquette of not having servants at the table. Every time she was called up to the table, she thought that it was just the master's polite way of saying things, but this time she really felt that Gu Xi was shielding her.

  "Are you hiding inside and can't see the light? I'll give you a few seconds to get out, or else!" Gu Xi shouted loudly.

  "Xiao Hui, stop being busy and come out to eat together." Ling Hao Yu occasionally served dishes for Gu Xi and called out at the same time.

  At this time, Zhang Xiaohui finally came out with a sullen face and sat down beside Gu Xi, facing Ling Haoyu. Looking at the bowl of food in front of her that was already piled high, she started eating with her head down.

  "Have some more, is it appetizing?" Ling Hao Yu only then noticed his brother, earlier he was busy helping Gu Xi serve dishes.

  "Delicious, 100 points! It seems I'll have to make excuses to visit often, so I won't always be eating instant noodles and takeout."

  Chen Cheng's mouth was greasy from eating, it had been too long since he'd had such a sumptuous meal. Unless it was a group dinner, but the police station was busy every day and everyone didn't have much money, so group dinners were even less frequent. When he got home, his wife would only cook some plain vegetables, saying she was a vegetarian, but actually she wasn't very good at cooking. However, every time he secretly saw her frowning over a cookbook studying recipes, sometimes burning the food, he would always nod and praise it as delicious.

  "Doesn't your wife cook?" Ling Hao Yu said casually.

  "Occasionally I'll cook, but it takes some time to get used to, and my culinary skills need upgrading!" Chen Cheng said, his face turning red.

  "There's no need to know how to cook, cooking is a pleasure, she can't do it, so you go ahead!" Ling Haoyu's concept was not affected by his father, but rather inherited his mother's idea.

  "I'm full, you guys eat slowly." Gu Xi put down his bowl and chopsticks and said as he walked towards the sofa.

  Listening to their conversation, Gu Xi felt a bit embarrassed in her heart. Can't cook? She indeed couldn't, she didn't even know the simplest way of survival, and yet she had been drifting for over ten years, thinking back on how she managed to get by?

  "Little girl, are you on a diet?" Chen Cheng joked.

  "Right, slow down when losing weight!" Gu Xi picked up the remote control and turned on the TV. Now she feels like Ling Hao Yu's age is so nagging, at least she found that they have a lot in common, took over Chen Cheng's words and perfunctorily responded.

  Not long after, a call came in, and the screen still showed "Big Butt" Lin Xiaorong. How did she remember to contact her?

  "Hey, what's up?" Gu Xi said in a low voice.

  "Xiao Xi I... it hurts so much!" came the voice over the phone, Lin Xiaorong's voice was trembling, and one could imagine that she must have been struggling with all her might.

  "Where is it?" Gu Xi felt something was off and hastily asked, fearing the other party couldn't take it anymore and would hang up the phone.

  What's going on? Isn't today Friday? Lin Xiaorong has been calm for a long time since the last case, and is currently unemployed. She doesn't rely on her brother to recommend her, but instead uses the excuse that she needs more rest. In reality, she is secretly looking for work, but it's unknown how successful she's been in finding one.

  Maybe after that incident, she should have grown up. She spent the whole night alone in her rental place, got her period and couldn't do anything. Instead of bothering friends, she couldn't bear it and thought of calling Gu Xi.

  "Home......" One word was difficult to squeeze out, and the phone was accidentally dropped, which pushed it away by one meter. Half of the body was hanging on the bed and half in mid-air.

  There are always a few days in a month that need to be tossed around, but her situation is getting worse and worse. It's time to see a doctor, it's not a solution to suffocate here. The pain was so intense that she bit the bed sheet with all her might. She felt like she was going to die, and she almost fainted.

  Home? Gu Xi Rong couldn't help but guess, last time she heard her say it was near the Fan Yu Hotel where they first met. She had been there several times and still had some impression of it.

  "Hey, give me the car key!" Gu Xi picked up his phone and put it in his pocket before walking over to the dinner table and interrupting their conversation.

  Both of them were guessing where she was going.