When Leng Mochen arrived at Sing to pick her up, he imdiately noticed that Li Si seed a bit down. After fastening her seatbelt, he gently caressed her cheek. "What’s wrong, sweetheart?"
Li Si cupped his handso face and leaned in intimately. "Nothing! Mochen, will we stay this happy forever?"
"Of course! Or are you planning to back out? You’re already mine, little lady!" Leng Mochen kissed her petite lips and purposely glared at her as he questioned her. He speculated that her mood had probably been influenced by soone else; after all, she was a woman overflowing with compassion.
"This item is non-returnable once sold!" She pouted playfully, her adorable antics driving soone wild with desire, almost to the extent of wanting to engage in a certain *cough* activity right there in the car.
But with a glance at Sing seated nearby, he released the breathless little woman in his arms after their kiss. "I’ll deal with you later! Let’s go eat first! Tonight, I’ll feast on *you*!"
Li Si bashfully hit him a few tis. "You big jerk!" Her mind was flooded with inappropriate thoughts—perhaps all n were like this: once they had a taste, they wanted it over and over, again and again...
"Little troublemaker, what do you feel like eating?" Leng Mochen turned the steering wheel. "Western food, seafood, Chinese food?"
"Hot pot!" Li Si blinked her eyes and said, "How about that place we went to last ti, Ding’s Kitchen?"
"As you wish! Heading there now!"
The mont they stepped into Ding’s Kitchen, a wave of heat mixed with the scent of delicious food enveloped them. The aroma of rich sesa sauce and fragrant chili peppers wafted straight to Li Si’s nose.
She nodded excitedly. Mmm! This was the sll! It was enough to awaken her stomach and make her crave a bite imdiately.
The hall was packed with diners. A server guided the two of them through the crowd to a table with a glass partition about chest-high. After ordering, Li Si sipped on so sour plum juice, feeling the sweet and sour tang awaken all her taste buds.
Leng Mochen carefully rinsed the utensils with hot water. Although it was a simple gesture, the way he did it felt so elegant and warm in her eyes.
Noticing her gaze, Leng Mochen teased with a deliberate smile, "Staring dazedly at ? Can’t help it, huh? Handso people have that effect!"
Li Si almost splashed her sour plum juice directly onto his smugly handso face to snap him out of it.
Fortunately, at that mont, the server arrived with the hot pot base, sparing him from a potential face-drenching incident.
Li Si watched as plates of beef, lamb, tripe, bone marrow, mixed greens, tri-color tofu, fresh shrimp, fish cakes, shrimp balls, fish balls, and more were brought to the table, along with the fragrant sesa sauce.
And then ca the restaurant’s signature flatbreads coated with a thick layer of sesa seeds. Unable to resist, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva. At this point, who had ti to think about anything else?
Taking a bite of the freshly cooked lamb, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Oh wow, this is delicious!" While she’d eaten plenty of good food during their travels these past few days, sothing had always felt missing. Now she knew why—it was this! The kind of food she was accustod to, the bold flavors that satisfied her palate and comforted her soul.
Leng Mochen chuckled at how she instantly transford into a foodie, patiently adding more ingredients to the pot. "Eat as much as you like! Slow down, don’t burn yourself!"
Li Si squinted her eyes in contentnt, her face radiating satisfaction. Watching her enjoy the food so much even made the dishes in front of Leng Mochen taste better sohow.
The two of them ate heartily, chatting while they devoured their al. Half the food on the table was already gone when Li Si felt she was almost full. Taking a sip of sour plum juice to cleanse her palate, she suddenly looked up and noticed Tian Yaruo walking toward her, imdiately extinguishing her appetite.
There just had to be so tangled, inescapable connection between her and Tian Yaruo. Otherwise, how could picking a random hot pot restaurant lead to yet another encounter?
If soone told her that Tian Yaruo had planted a tracking device on her, she might actually believe it.
Leng Mochen noticed the change in her expression and instinctively turned to glance behind him. When his gaze landed on Tian Yaruo, whose face was filled with a fawning smile, his own expression darkened.
This person?
Tian Yaruo hadn’t been sure it was Li Si at first. She knew the two of them had gone abroad on vacation, but when she passed by this area on her way back from the restroom, she imdiately recognized the chatting and laughing couple.
Seeing Li Si’s cold deanor, Tian Yaruo felt a bitter sting in her heart and couldn’t help but speak. "What a coincidence! You’re here for dinner too? Just got back from overseas?"
"Mm. Did you need sothing?" Li Si didn’t want to look at her standing there with an aggrieved expression. Who was she putting on a show for?
"It’s nothing major. I just wanted to let you know: the matter with the Li Family has been resolved. They took the two hundred thousand and compensation money and left. They won’t trouble you anymore..."
Tian Yaruo spoke as if it was no big deal, but in reality, the incident had caused chaos in the Tian Family, the Ye Family, and even her own, leaving them all in constant upheaval.
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