Qiao Yan deliberately set the alarm clock 15 minutes earlier. When he went downstairs in the morning, Ye Mi was still cooking, but the newspaper was already on the table. Qiao Yan smiled, quietly walked behind her, put his hands around her waist, and whispered softly in her ear, "Good morning! What are you doing?" He tilted his head and saw Ye Mi holding a shovel in a daze, her ears were already red.
"You, why are you here so early?" She stammered, then flipped the fried rice in the pan, trying her best to act calm, but still shoveled the rice everywhere.
Qiao Yan laughed, "Didn't you hire me as your tutor? I'm here to give you lessons." He pointed at the rice grains on the table, "Look, what a waste. Food is very expensive now."
Ye Mi closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and turned around bravely, "Don't go looking for trouble so early in the morning. Go read your newspaper. What class are you attending? Go sit down, and the meal will be served soon." After saying that, she turned around and turned off the fire. She quickly served two plates of rice and placed one in front of Qiao Yan. When she was about to take the other plate away, he snatched it away.
Ye Mi's eyes widened. Before she could say anything, she saw Qiao Yan patting her legs and said, "Come here, let's eat together."
Ye Mi was stunned for a while, then slowly smiled. Her face was slightly red, and she came over shyly. Qiao Yan pulled her to sit on his lap, and then handed the spoon to him, "Eat quickly, so you can go to work after eating, otherwise you won't have time to wash the dishes."
When Ye Mi heard this, his face fell, "I thought you were afraid that I would be hungry, but it turns out you were afraid that I wouldn't wash the dishes."
Qiao Yan did not refute. He tightened his arms around her waist and scooped a spoonful of rice to her hungry mouth. "Ah, it's time to eat. Don't be hungry."
Ye Mi burst out laughing, opened her mouth wide and bit the spoon, holding it tightly, just to make him angry. But Qiao Yan was not annoyed at all, he let go and picked up the spoon from her plate and started eating.
Ye Mi was frustrated and found that she was no match for this old fox. She glanced at the big house, rolled her eyes, scooped a spoonful of rice and handed it to his mouth, "Ah, husband, have a bite." Her voice was so coquettish that it gave Qiao Yan goosebumps all over his body.
He ate his meal obediently and looked at her, "If you are too attentive to me, you are either a traitor or a thief. Tell me, do you want to ask me for something?"
Ye Mi held his neck with one hand and scooped another spoonful for him, "Hubby, our house is so big and beautiful."
"Yeah!" Qiao Yan agreed and ate the food she fed him with peace of mind. His mood was very different from the weather today. It was raining heavily outside, but his heart was sunny.
"It's such a big house, it's so hard for me to clean it. I have an exam soon and I'm so pressed for time." She blinked her big eyes. The house is more than 400 square meters upstairs and downstairs. It's really too hard to clean. She gets so tired every time that her waist and back ache. Instead of this, she would rather live in a small house. "Let's hire a part-time worker."
Qiao Yan remained calm, fed her a spoonful of rice, and then ate it himself. Ye Mi looked at him for a while, got angry, and jumped off his lap, "How stingy." After saying that, she glared at him fiercely, took the plate and sat down opposite.
Qiao Yan looked at her, his heart full of emotion and guilt. From following him everywhere and getting scolded, to doing these trivial chores, how many things she did that she didn't like to do. Now, of course, he didn't think that she was just repaying his kindness, not to mention that he was not kind at all at that time, and was even a little immoral.
"Ye Mi, let me ask you a class question. When did you want me to tutor you?" He lowered his head to eat, trying not to look at her.
Ye Mi was not stupid, of course she would understand the meaning of his words. If you ask her when she fell in love with him, it was probably love at first sight. She could not forget that she was squatting alone under the window of the hospital cashier, hugging her knees and crying in despair. It was him who reached out to her and said he could help her. At that time, he was also well-dressed and looked like a person of status.
Ye Mi was a little scared. A strange man wanted to give you money for no reason to help you through a difficult time. It was hard not to remind her of the romance novels she had read. At that time, she held her hands tightly in front of her chest and looked up at him in surprise.
He looked very bad, his brows slightly furrowed, "Is your grandma waiting for medicine?"
This was Ye Mi's Achilles' heel. She couldn't bear to see her grandmother, who had depended on her for more than 20 years, leave just because she had no money to treat her illness. She slowly stood up, with her hands hanging at her sides, and looked at him timidly, "I'm not good-looking, and I don't have any material on me!"
Thinking of this, Ye Mi couldn't help laughing. Qiao Yan was a little surprised and looked up at her, "What are you laughing at?"
"Do you still remember what was the first sentence I said to you?" Ye Mi looked at him seriously, with some anticipation in his heart. In fact, it was normal that he couldn't remember.
Qiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled, "You are not good-looking, and you don't have anything special. How dare you like me for so long? Aren't you afraid of being disappointed?"
Ye Mi's face flushed red. She stared at the man in front of her, complaining in her heart, this man is really bad, doesn't he know how to save face for a woman? She picked up the plate, scooped the remaining rice into her mouth, and put the plate on the table with a bang, "Don't be so conceited, only a fool would like you." After saying that, she went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Qiao Yan laughed out loud. He looked at her back and raised his voice, "Ye Mi, you are just a little fool."
Ye Mi smiled lightly with her back to him. She was not a little fool, she was simply a big fool that only appears once in a century. She supported herself on the sink with both hands, feeling relieved. Her true feelings were in front of him. She had less and less things to protect herself. In this ambiguous relationship, the last straw she could hold on to was probably her own body.
Ye Mi was very grateful for Qiao Yan's restraint last night. She knew that she was a little childish. At that moment, she really wanted to do everything to keep a man.
Although Ye Mi insisted not to let Qiao Yan send her off, she was still forced into the car by her husband because of the heavy rain outside. When the car stopped at the airport basement, Qiao Yan took out an umbrella and said, "Do you want to go up first, or do we go together?"
Ye Mi looked at him, "You only have an umbrella?"
Qiao Yan nodded, "I've been alone all this time, what do I need so many umbrellas for?"
Frankly speaking, these words completely dispelled any worries in Ye Mi's heart. It seemed that he had really abided by the husband's code of conduct in the past two years. However, she was a little hesitant in the face of the problem at hand. She wanted everyone to know that she was Mrs. Qiao, which was the pride of her life, but not now. She did not ask for any status, but just wanted to have his heart.
Qiao Yan understood her thoughts, and actually felt a little disappointed. He said nothing, and had hurt her too much. Now all he could do was to respect her. He leaned over and kissed her lightly on the lips, "You go up first, I'll call Tongzhe to come down and pick me up."
Ye Mi nodded, "You must ask him to come down to pick you up. It's too cold outside. You'll catch a cold if you get caught in the rain." Feeling a little guilty, she got out of the car, walked a few steps, and then came back. She opened the car door and said, "Qiao Yan, let me get ready. You know you have too many admirers. I have to go home and catch up on my progress and practice my skills like the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Cloth Shirt." She reached out and scratched her hair, "Alas, many people know about this now. I guess we can't keep it secret for much longer."
Qiao Yan smiled and waved at him, "Hurry up, or you will be late." Then he pointed at his watch.
Ye Mi nodded, "Teacher Qiao, I'll leave first." After that, he trotted away and disappeared from Qiao Yan's sight.
He knew very well that no one would tell anyone about his relationship with Ye Mi. Among those who knew about it, he had told Sun Jian that he was an honest child and would not talk about it everywhere. He Qingwen and Guan Enping probably hoped that no one in the world knew about it, or that it would be best if it didn't happen at all, so they would not tell anyone about it.
Ye Mi just entered the complex building swinging the umbrella in his hand and saw Zhou Tongzhe coming out of the elevator. "Why are you in such a hurry?" Ye Mi pretended to be stupid and asked.
"Teacher Qiao doesn't have an umbrella in his car, so he asked me to bring him one. It's raining really hard today." After saying that, he ran into the rain with an umbrella. Ye Mi turned around and looked in the direction of the airport. It must be a mess there again today. She didn't know how many passengers would be stranded. She suddenly had some bad intentions. This would make Guan Wu Po very busy.