"Thud!"
Li Xian's hand trembled, and the knife sliced through the vegetables before coming straight down onto the cutting board.
Lin Shiming automatically took the sharp sound as an answer.
"I see."
Li Xian was momentarily speechless.
"I... you..."
What do you see?!
A blush instantly spread across Li Xian's face. His first instinct was to deny it, but when he glimpsed Ji Xie sitting in the living room, the words on the tip of his tongue somehow took a different turn.
"...How did you figure it out?"
Lin Shiming shook the water droplets off his hands, then used his wrist to adjust his glasses and gave a rather vague answer.
"Instinct, I suppose."
For some reason, Lin Shiming's questions always made Li Xian feel like a student caught dating by a teacher. He silently picked up the pace of his chopping and soon handed over all the sliced eggplant and chopped chicken.
Lin Shiming was gently tilting the frying pan in his hand, spreading the oil he had just poured into it.
The kitchen soon filled with the warmth of cooking. Li Xian looked at the chicken beside him that had yet to go into the pan, then remembered he had a question of his own.
"President Lin, do you still have enough cash?"
At the question, Lin Shiming inexplicably glanced up at the corner of the room before answering.
"More or less."
Li Xian paused at that answer and did not pursue the conversation.
All the ingredients were ready now, and Li Xian had washed the rice and put it in the rice cooker. Only the stir-frying remained.
With nothing to do for the moment, he stood to one side and watched Lin Shiming work.
Once the oil was hot, Lin Shiming tipped half the chicken into the