Jing Ping had recently been pulling out all the stops to compete with Nameless for the title of best butler. Less than ten minutes after Lin Hanzhi ordered food, he wheeled a cart laden with dishes to the door and knocked softly. Only after receiving Lin Hanzhi's permission did Jing Ping unlock the door and enter.
Despite it being winter, the windows stood wide open, and the fresh, bitterly cold wind sent the curtains rustling. Qi Gu sat on the bed wrapped in a down duvet, while Lin Hanzhi had put on a long down coat. He nodded slightly to Jing Ping. "Just leave it there. There's nothing else."
Jing Ping was a professional butler. Taking in Qi Gu's flushed cheeks as he sat wrapped in the duvet, Lin Hanzhi's seemingly composed demeanor despite his burning ears, and the wide-open windows, he quickly deduced what had happened in this room.
No wonder. No wonder they had ordered two servings of eggs in brown sugar syrup this morning.
Jing Ping adjusted the glasses on his nose and smiled. "Of course, sir. Please call me whenever you need anything."
Then he bowed gracefully and withdrew from the room.
Once Jing Ping had left, Qi Gu let out a long sigh of relief. "He probably didn't smell anything, did he?"
The moment they returned last night, the two of them had gone at it like a fire catching dry tinder. Afterward, they had fallen straight asleep, never once remembering to switch on the fresh-air ventilation system to clear the room of the smell that would immediately tell anyone something was amiss. Only after Lin Hanzhi finished ordering breakfast did Qi Gu belatedly remember. It was already too late to turn on the ventilation, so in their haste, they could only throw the windows