บท 45: Lunch
"Sister-in-law! I'll pick you up. I'm on my way."
Upon hearing what Liu Zilong said, Han Meixiu subconsciously looked at the wall clock hanging proudly on the wall. "Isn't it too early? I thought I'll drop by…"
"No problem. I can wait if you're not yet ready." He couldn't say he badly wanted to get out.
"Okay." She was actually already finished preparing. She just wanted to have time to talk with Aunt Jing about the major happenings in K Country. Maybe she would get some important information from her. She seemed to be well informed. The latter also finished her chores and was about to call her when she came out of the room.
"Aunt Jing, Brother Zilong will be here in few minutes to pick me up. We'll have lunch outside. You can have your free time. You can do what you want. I don't think will be back soon." She said when she saw her arranging something in the kitchen area.
"Then I'll prepare dinner before I leave later so you can just reheat it."
"Thanks!"
It wasn't even just five minutes when Han Meixiu sat down the sofa to read something when the doorbell rang.
It was indeed Liu Zilong.
Liu Zilong stopped when he saw Han Meixiu. She was wearing a khaki knee-length harem cotton pants and white short-sleeved round neck t-shirt with little prints near the hem. With a pair of white sneakers too, she looked so young!
He looked at himself. His wearing his usual business formal attire. If they would go out like this, the police might arrest him. He was like a middle aged man abducting a young girl! He needed to change.
"Uhmm… sister in law.. Can I perhaps borrow Little Zi's clothes? Even only a shirt?" He smiled sheepishly. He planned to buy some casual wear when they go out later but right at this moment he wanted to change even his shirt only. It would look him less formal.
Although she was confused at first, she nodded and went back inside the room. She understood his dilemma.
This was the first time she would rummage Liu Zijian's closet. She was actually hesitant. 'What if he doesn't like someone's touching his things?' She murmured as she stared at the closet with her hand suspended in mid-air.
After a few moments of indecision, she turned around and left the room.
"Brother Long, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to touch Zijian's things. How about you asked someone to buy you a casual wear? After you changed we can have lunch?" She suggested.
"You're right." He normally wanted to say 'He won't mind even if you turn his things upside down!' But it was better to keep it to himself. He made a call and when it ended he started to talk again.
"What do you want to eat?"
"Anything is fine." She shortly answered.
After about 30 minutes a man came in holding a shopping bag. Liu Zilong excused himself and changed. Even though the unit wasn't that big, it has two bathroom thus he didn't need to come inside the couple's room to change.
The newly wed would just live here temporarily. Once they decided to settle in K Country, they would definitely move into a much bigger house. By that time, Aunt Jing would become a stay in housekeeper.
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"Sister in law, do you want to ask me anything about Little Zi? You see, I'm not always available so now is your chance." Liu Zilong initiated the conversation while welcomingly smiling at her.
They were now sitting in one of the best Italian restaurant in the city. Though it was lunch time, they were able to secure a good place so they could talk freely.
She wanted to ask a lot of things but she didn't know where to start. Since they're eating why not start with food?
"The food that he likes?"
"He's not really picky. He doesn't have allergies, too."
"What about pizza?" She remembered his face when the pizza was presented to him that night on the dinner table.
"He eats pizza."
"But…"
Liu Zilong waited for her to finish. "But?"
"Last night I bought pizza for dinner and he didn't seem to like it."
"Oh,.. It's not that he didn't like it. Probably because it was for dinner. He normally doesn't like eating complex food for dinner as it's harder to digest and could give him sluggish feeling the next day."
'So he's pretty health conscious.' She concluded.
"What about breakfast then? Does he like buns?" She also remembered that he was looking at them so she bought some. Though she didn't know what kind of filling he wanted with it, she still planned to prepare a breakfast using them.
"Buns?" Liu Zilong was a bit surprise. Their breakfast normally was toast bread and not buns.
Seeing Zilong's expression, she continued.
"We went to the supermarket last night after dinner. When we passed through the bread section, he was looking at them. So I bought some. I just want to know what kind of filling he prefers."
"Looked at them?"
"Uh-huh. More like stare?..."
Liu Zilong gaped and seemingly lost for words.
"It's not for breakfast? Does he like it as midnight snack?" Maybe she understood him wrong?
He avoided her innocent eyes as he looked at the window, ceiling and edges of the table. 'How should I answer?' He deeply prayed for their food to arrive so he could divert the topic. But his prayer was futile since it would take longer time to prepare their order and the waiter just left to carry it out.
"Brother Long?"
He cleared his throat before he answered. Fine!
"It's his favorite. You can prepare it for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even snacks in between those meals." He answered with a straight face. He's already shameless, might as well continue to torment his brother.
"I see." Han Meixiu nodded and seriously took note of it. She should have bought more if it was the case.
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