He coldly snorted at himself, picked up his book, and continued reading like an old monk in meditation.
When Jian Ning came back and saw this, her eyes showed some admiration.
He was so studious, so immersed that he forgot to eat.
Looking at the time, it was already four in the afternoon. She had slept for over an hour.
This meant Qiao Yu had been maintaining the same reading posture for over an hour, not including the time before she fell asleep.
Tsk, no wonder he was a young boss, while she was not even a third-rate actor.
How diligent.
Jian Ning looked at the untouched vegetables at the stairs, then at Qiao Yu, who remained expressionless and maintained his reading posture, and after hesitating, walked to the stairs and brought the bag in front of him.
“Well… I really can’t cook. Should I call a housekeeper?”
Qiao Yu looked up, staring at her, then immediately lowered his head to continue reading.
Extremely aloof.
Jian Ning looked at him, thought for a moment, and said: “I promise not to expose you.”
Qiao Yu’s page-turning paused, and after a while, he said: “No need, I’ve already eaten.
Are you really cooking by yourself?”
I never expected that President Qiao would actually know how to cook! A true domestic good man indeed!
Jian Ning was instantly amazed, and before Qiao Yu could answer, she ran to the kitchen to check.
The stove was clean and tidy, the rice cooker hadn’t been touched, and there were no traces of cooking.
Could Qiao Yu have gone out to eat? Or ordered takeout?
Jian Ning was somewhat disappointed that she hadn’t guessed correctly, but also thought it was understandable. Qiao Yu’s temperament was so ethereal, looking like someone who wouldn’t do such mundane tasks seemed quite normal.
However, when putting the dishes into the refrigerator, Jian Ning discovered that two tomatoes and three eggs were missing.
“???”
Did she forget to put them in the bag?
That shouldn’t be right. She remembered clearly that she hadn’t left anything behind.
Jian Ning glanced at Qiao Yu sitting properly outside, continuously maintaining a reading posture, and suddenly remembered something. She walked back to the stove, this time deliberately getting closer and carefully inspecting it.
Then she discovered the truth.
…Qiao Yu had actually cooked the dishes himself!
But the rice indeed hadn’t been cooked, the pot was completely clean, did he just eat a tomato scrambled egg?
Jian Ning peeked out, looked at Qiao Yu again, without any intention of mocking him for contradicting himself. She just suddenly felt that Qiao Yu was quite cute.
Being able to cook should have been an advantage, but after eating, he had actually cleaned the stove and floor as if destroying evidence while she was asleep, even replacing the trash bag.
And sprayed himself with perfume.
It was quite funny.
Jian Ning was both amused and exasperated, ultimately deciding not to expose him.
He must have been provoked earlier and was afraid of losing face.
The man was still that annoying man, but beyond being annoying, he was somewhat adorable.
…
After the near-discovery incident of secretly cooking lunch, Qiao Yu learned his lesson. Although still reluctant, as soon as dinner time arrived, he took the initiative to go to the kitchen to prepare dishes.
Jian Ning played outside for a while. Seeing him take the initiative, she felt a bit embarrassed to do nothing and went in to get the pot, cooking a batch of rice for two people.
Cooking rice was the only thing she knew how to do. As for assisting, she was helpless.
Most unexpectedly, Qiao Yu’s alternate personality suddenly awakened while cooking!
Jian Ning didn’t know beforehand. She had plugged in the rice cooker and gone out. Qiao Yu had previously said the alternate personality would wake up after dinner, and she thought there would be some kind of sign.
But as she was just observing the iron cage and hadn’t even touched it, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
Turning back, she saw Qiao Yu standing behind her, face full of grief, tears streaming down.
Jian Ning: “………”
What was happening?
Jian Ning blinked, with a vague bad feeling, tentatively asking: “What’s wrong?”
Qiao Yu didn’t speak, just looked at her with tearful eyes, his expression as if looking at an unfaithful husband who had abandoned his wife.
He was clearly not right.
Jian Ning sighed, not even needing to ask. Under normal circumstances, Qiao Yu would never look at her like this.
Qiao Yu had said to tie him up when he woke up.
Jian Ning looked around. The tools were ready, but no matter how strange Qiao Yu was, he was still a man. There was a significant strength disparity, and she had no way to restrain him manually, let alone tie him up as the first personality suggested.
She could only adopt a soft approach.
But before that: “Hey, don’t cry, okay?”
Qiao Yu painfully covered his aching heart, aggrievedly accusing: “I’m about to die of heartbreak, and you won’t even let me cry!”
Jian Ning: “………”
Jian Ning asked: “Do you know who I am?”
Qiao Yu instantly exploded, launching a three-part interrogation: “What do you mean? Are you trying to run away after sleeping with me? Are you trying to abandon me and not want me anymore?”
Jian Ning was completely bewildered and speechless: “How am I abandoning you?”
I’m just asking casually, okay?!
Qiao Yu looked at her painfully, heartbroken: “You did this last time, sneaking around with some wild man, getting caught by me, and then saying you don’t know me!”
Jian Ning was utterly speechless.
She suddenly understood why Qiao Yu wanted to eliminate this second personality.
It wasn’t just about not wanting to be divided, but more because this second personality was just too bizarre.
“Okay, I know you. Now tell me, who am I to you?” Jian Ning asked.
Qiao Yu, with tears in his eyes: “You’re my top, of course! We’ve been together for so many years, with such deep feelings, and you actually say you don’t know me! Could you bear to let go like this?”
“………”
Jian Ning suddenly remembered the plot content Qiao Yu’s main personality had given her.
In it, after Song Hao and Qiao Yu meet again, Song Hao is an eighteenth-tier small celebrity whom Qiao Yu spares no effort to promote, but his true feelings are ruthlessly rejected. Qiao Yu, in pain yet unwilling to let go, can only continue to entangle with him.
So in Qiao Yu’s plot, they have now reached the point of meeting again?
Jian Ning had a bit of a headache, suspecting that this plot was processed directly from the alternate personality’s brain – otherwise, why would he remember it so clearly?
Speaking of a toxic relationship…
In all these years, Jian Ning’s only interests were acting and drinking. She had never been in a relationship, let alone hurting anyone.
She had acted in melodramatic roles before, but could such a bizarre plot really be used against Qiao Yu?
So… how exactly was this passionate toxic love story supposed to work?
Jian Ning looked pensively at Qiao Yu’s alternate personality.
Maybe… use corporal punishment?
Let’s try it!
Jian Ning looked at Qiao Yu’s face, which was completely different from his previous cold demeanor, and coughed: “You love me a lot, right?”
The alternate personality nodded deeply and confidently: “Hao Hao, without you, my world would be entirely gray. Who else would I love if not you?”
Jian Ning: “……What the hell is ‘Hao Hao’?!!!”
Rubbing the goosebumps on her arms, Jian Ning pointed to the kitchen: “Fine, I believe you. But first… go cook the dishes, and then we’ll talk about that wild man.”
Main Text Chapter 10: Domineering Wall Slam
Qiao Yu’s tears momentarily froze, staring at Jian Ning in disbelief: “You’re finally willing to eat the food I cook?”
