Chu Lui reached out his hand and took the bowl in front of him. Xia Yixuan was surprised. Was this acceptance? Before her smile could form properly, Chu Lui placed the bowl on the table.

“Brother Lui…” Xia Yixuan whined. If Du Jingtang was here, he would have had goosebumps all over his body. He hated women that whined too much his entire life: those that whined and cried for absolutely no reason.

Xia Yixuan was the epitome of that.

“I want to rest. You should go.”

Chu Lui chased his guest out lightly. He lay down and turned his back to face Xia Yixuan. He closed his eyes; he did not want to see anyone, did not want to hear anyone, and did not want to eat anyone’s food.

Xia Yixuan stepped onto another nail, and her temper rose. In the end, she still tolerated it and told herself to endure until she became the wife of the CEO of Chu Enterprise.

It seemed that she had really forgotten that the CEO of Chu Enterprise was no longer Chu Lui, but a man called Min Guocheng.

A few days later, Chu Lui was discharged. As per what Du Jingtang said, he had an insane recovery skill; other people might need a few weeks to recover, but he only took three days.

When he was discharged, he did not go to his father’s place, but to his home with Xia Ruoxin. He wanted to wait for her to come back.

The door opened, and there was an obvious dust smell, alcoholic smell, and the smell of something decaying.

Pa! He turned on the light and took off his outerwear before rolling his sleeves up and going to take water himself. He wiped the table and mopped the floor; there were even some buns that had decayed on the floor. The disgusting smell must have come from these buns.

He cleaned up everything, bit by bit. He did not rush and was not in a hurry. He had nothing but time now. All these years, he had always been protecting the company and did not dare to rest a single bit. Now looking at it—actually, there was nothing bad about being a normal civilian. If he could not even keep a person by his side, what was the use of being a CEO?

Just that, at night, when he was alone on the bed that the two of them used to share; he actually discovered that he could not sleep. When he woke up after falling asleep with much difficulty, he was looking for Xia Ruoxin subconsciously, only to remember that she had already left.

“Ruoxin, I don’t blame you.” He leaned his head against the cold wall. “I don’t blame you for whatever you did so come back. The days outside are not easy to pass. Please come back.”

He hit his head and kept muttering under his breath. No one noticed that the man who always had a cold face was actually crying now.

It was a love so deep that he did not really mind getting hurt.

Was it like that?

When he woke up in the morning, he would go out and slow jog for half an hour before returning to make himself breakfast. He was practicing how to make food. Would she come back after he mastered the skill? Everyone said that if a woman wanted to capture a man’s heart, she must capture his stomach first. Then, was it the same for a man to capture a woman’s heart?

He specially hired an auntie and focused on learning how to cook from her, without even caring about anything in the outside world. After some time, his culinary skills improved day by day and had more feelings for it. Even the auntie had complimented him and said that he was talented.

In the past, Chu Lui was a kitchen killer who would destroy all the plates and bowls if he stepped foot inside. Who would have expected that one day, he would be able to cook a decent set of food? Hence, many things were the same. He believed even more.

If the mind and soul were focused on something, the thing would definitely work out.

When he just placed the fish that he had killed into the pot, the phone that was always in his pocket started ringing. Recently, he had not taken the initiative to keep in contact with anyone. Only his family and Du Jingtang would call his phone.

He had even forgotten that he was once CEO of the Chu Enterprise.

“Cousin, it’s me. Come to Chun Hua Number Five Street.” Once he finished saying, he did not mention any details and hung up.

Chu Lui put his phone down, and the most difficult thing was this fish. If he went out—by the time he came back, he could only make fish soup.

Forget it, he turned off the fire and changed into a new set of clothes before he went out.

He did not wear a suit, but a casual collared sweater with a pair of suit pants and a pair of customized leather shoes. The coldness in his body had melted, and he was much friendlier than before.

“Cousin, Brother, I’m here.”

Du Jingtang kept waving towards Chu Lui.

Chu Lui walked over and stood beside him.

“What’s the matter?” He looked at his wristwatch. “My fish is still in the pot. I think I might not be able to eat it when I return home.”

Actually, Du Jingtang did not even know how to tell him. He pointed to the front. “Take a look yourself.”

“Look at what?” Chu Lui looked in front and saw nothing. Hm, was he supposed to join the commotion? Sorry, he was not interested.

“If there’s nothing big, I’ll go back first.” He turned around to leave. He did not even take his car and was just going to directly walk back home.

Just that when he started to walk, he heard a familiar voice behind him.

“How is it? Do you like the food from this restaurant?”

“It’s okay.”

“If you don’t like it, we can find others next time.”

No one answered after that but Chu Lui turned his head around. His pair of dark eyes looked forward and saw a man and a woman. He knew them, he knew them both.

“Oh, so it’s CEO Chu. I heard you were admitted into the hospital. Are you okay now?” Min Guocheng had one hand in his pocket, and the words he said were all sarcasm as he was laughing at his misery.

At this time, there was a young lady beside him. She reached her hand out and held his arm. Min Guocheng was taken aback and smiled warmly.

“CEO Chu naturally doesn’t need us to worry about him. He has a mother who claims that she is a dedicated mother at home.” The woman giggled, but her voice was cold.

“That’s true.” Min Guocheng extended his hand and placed it on the woman’s thin shoulders. “I also heard that Mrs. Chu was indeed a dedicated mother. If that’s the case, then let’s leave. We shouldn’t bother CEO Chu to find his mother.”

Min Guocheng’s hand then went down and held the woman’s thin waist.

Chu Lui’s gaze was still on the woman’s porcelain-like face.

“Ruoxin, tell me. Why…?” His voice was coarse; it seemed as though something had punctured his throat and was fishy.

Why? Why?