"Hehe, our Xiao Bin is quite the cook, isn't he?"
"Try the Yu Xiang Rou Si again. Did I get the flavor right?"
"Mm, it smells great. Delicious, delicious."
Dong Xuebin had already put the suggestive scene in the bedroom out of his mind. His whole heart was focused on winning Aunt Xuan's favor as quickly as possible. Aunt Xuan was so lonely—he couldn't let some other man take advantage of that. He had to hurry up and win her over. So after dinner, Dong Xuebin absolutely refused to let Qu Yunxuan wash the dishes. He cleared the table himself, hurried into the kitchen, and put away the dishes, chopsticks, and leftovers, hoping his performance would earn him some points in Aunt Xuan's eyes. Of course, Dong Xuebin knew that this was far from enough. He needed to do something more impactful.
A little after eight.
In the living room, Dong Xuebin and Qu Yunxuan sat side by side on the sofa, sending music to each other through their iPhone 4s.
Making conversation, Dong Xuebin asked, "Have you been working overtime every night lately? What about tomorrow? Will you be home late?"
"I'm off tomorrow and the day after." Qu Yunxuan swiped across her phone screen and smiled helplessly. "Actually, I didn't work that late today. I only left a little over half an hour later than usual. But one of the leaders at our newspaper office insisted on introducing his younger brother to me. He's single too, apparently, and he wanted us to chat and see whether we might hit it off. Well, I couldn't exactly refuse my leader's request, so I sat with him for a while at the Coffee Shop by the entrance."
Her leader's younger brother? A blind date? Fuck!
Dong Xuebin suddenly felt a sense