Even After My Death
Chapter 467 - 376 Qi Xingzhou: Love Me, Love My Dog Noodles

Chapter 467: Chapter 376 Qi Xingzhou: Love Me, Love My Dog Noodles

More than ten minutes later, Qi Xingzhou, carrying a big bag of fruit, pushed open the half-closed solid wood door.

Jiang Ning was busy in the kitchen, having intentionally left the door ajar to prevent Qi Xingzhou from having to wait outside after arriving.

"You don’t have to change your shoes when you come to my place, just come in," Jiang Ning, hearing some noise, peeked out and saw Qi Xingzhou standing dumbfounded at the entrance, and said with a smile, "You’ve come at just the right time, the noodles will be ready to take out of the pot in a moment. Bring the fruit in and give it a wash."

Qi Xingzhou, carrying the items, entered the house and casually closed the door behind him.

Seeing the full bag of fruit, Jiang Ning expressed her surprise, "You bought so much?"

Qi Xingzhou, standing behind her, blushed and looked around guiltily.

He had just been to the fruit store, heading straight for the strawberry section of the refrigeration area. The store owner was a friendly woman, who upon seeing such a young and handsome guy coming to buy fruit, especially eagerly heading for the strawberries, immediately smiled

and started a conversation: "Young man, buying fruit for your girlfriend? Our strawberries just arrived today, they’re big and sweet! Absolutely delicious!"

"Besides strawberries, we also have blueberries, cherries, yellow peaches, pitayas... they all arrived today, very fresh!"

"...and those golden passion fruits also arrived today, girls particularly like to use them to infuse water for beauty and health, you can take a look at those too."

Before meeting Jiang Ning, Qi Xingzhou often automatically ignored and screened out noise from the outside world, as if there were a film enveloping him, immersing him in his own world, self-contained.

Until recently, Qi Xingzhou inexplicably felt that the barrier that had always existed between him and the outside world was gradually disappearing. His personal world was steadily opening to the outside, and he was increasingly able to hear and understand more sounds and information.

And all these changes occurred after he met Jiang Ning.

Even in these days, when even interacting with Qi Chen pretending he didn’t understand the other’s words, Qi Xingzhou involuntarily took in the store owner’s words, and before he could react, he had already picked out several different kinds of fruit...

Seeing him so persuadable and generous, the store owner laughed with her eyes nearly turning into slits and said as Qi Xingzhou left: "Young man, keep it up! You’ll definitely be successful!"

The man is so tall! So handsome! And so generous! What a good young man!

The store owner was extremely pleased.

Upon hearing her words, Qi Xingzhou’s cheeks turned a light red, and the heat didn’t fade from his face until he sat in the elevator.

Now, having heard Jiang Ning’s remark, the warmth that had just receded seemed to be making a comeback.

Luckily, Jiang Ning just asked casually, assuming that Qi Xingzhou thought that buying only a box of strawberries was too little, hence he bought more. She promptly soaked the strawberries and cherries they were going to eat in water.

The steaming beef noodles were quickly ready, and Jiang Ning told Qi Xingzhou to carry them out; she then promptly cleaned the cutting board and knife she had used.

The two soon sat at the dining table, with a bowl of beef noodles, a plate of washed fruit, and a plate of braised flavors Jiang Ning had brought out last—saying they were specially sent over by her neighbor—caught Qi Xingzhou’s eye for a few extra moments.

In his memory, his meals were rarely this simple and straightforward. The Qi family of four, whether for breakfast or dinner, always had meals that were exquisite and abundant. Even if Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen were not coming home for dinner due to overtime at the company, the meal brought to Qi Xingzhou’s door by the butler still included both meat and vegetables, balanced in nutrition. Even if it was noodles, there would be several side dishes of different flavors.

The simplicity of Jiang Ning’s cooking was to his liking.

Qi Xingzhou obediently sat in his spot, waiting for Jiang Ning to sit down before he picked up his chopsticks, and reached for the noodles that she had cooked, the food that he had become fond of by extension, and took a bite.

The rule about staying silent while eating probably depends on the situation; a meal with peers doesn’t need to observe such formalities.

Jiang Ning couldn’t help but start chatting with Qi Xingzhou while they ate.

Jiang Ning had been at Huo Company these past few days, staying the whole day. Unknowingly, it had been several days since she and Qi Xingzhou had last seen each other.

Jiang Ning picked up a strawberry and asked, "What have you been up to these past few days? Have you been at home all the time?"

"No, not all the time," Qi Xingzhou shook his head, unable to stop himself from telling Jiang Ning about his current endeavor: "I’ve been seriously practicing driving these past few days. Once I get my driver’s license, we can go out to catch bad guys together, and I can help you drive."