President, please comfort me.

Wen Qi was video chatting with her best friend Lan Ling when her clear voice came from the other end of the phone: "Qi Bao~ I'm coming to the capital to visit you guys next month, and we can celebrate Valentine's Day together, hehehe."

"Great! Let's go to the snow park then!"

The two were discussing where to go when Wen Qi heard a knock on the door and called out, "Come in." She then greeted Lan Ling and ended the video call.

When Xiao He came in, Wen Qi had just put down her phone and was trying to sit up. Xiao He quickly went over to help her: "Are you feeling better?"

"You're feeling better. You're off work so early today. I thought it was Aunt Zhang."

"You've finished your work, so come back early. Are you hungry? Come downstairs for dinner."

As Wen Qi was slowly moving into her wheelchair, Xiao He immediately lent a helping hand. The two arrived at the dining room, where Aunt Zhang was just bringing out the last dish. Upon seeing them, she quickly greeted, "Sir, Madam, dinner is ready."

After spending a day together, Wenqi and Aunt Zhang had become quite familiar with each other. She nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Aunt Zhang."

-

After a week, Xiao and Du returned to Chunfengli around five o'clock. Under Aunt Zhang's careful care, Wen Qi had almost recovered and planned to go back to work on Monday.

During this time, she also visited her mentor, Li Zhibin, at the hospital. Li Zhibin recovered quite well and was discharged on the third day, returning to the company a few days earlier than Wen Qi.

On Friday noon, Wen Qi thought about arranging the dinner she owed Xiao He that evening, so she called A Chen.

"Brother Chen, I wanted to ask what time Xiao He gets off work tonight. I promised to treat him to dinner, and if he's free, I'll cook for him at home tonight."

Because Xiao He had left work early during the days Wen Qi was off, A Chen was not very clear about their current situation. Although he was somewhat surprised, it seemed to be expected: "There are no social engagements today, so it should be about the same as usual, around eight o'clock."

"Oh, okay, thanks. You can go ahead and get back to work."

"Okay, you're welcome."

Wenqi was fully engaged in her work throughout the afternoon, finishing her tasks before leaving get off work at 5:30 pm.

After leaving the company, Wenqi hopped on her electric scooter and sped off to the supermarket. She spent half an hour buying the groceries and returned to Chunfengli at exactly 6:30.

Time was a bit tight, but luckily we managed to prepare five dishes and a soup before Xiao He returned: braised beef brisket with tomatoes and potatoes, salt and pepper ribs, braised pork belly, blanched lettuce, dry-fried cabbage, and corn and rib soup.

Wenqi doesn't eat seafood and can't prepare it, so she simply didn't buy any seafood.

She took out her phone, intending to call Ah Chen to ask if they were back yet, when she heard the sound of a car coming from the yard.

-

After finishing the call, Achen told Xiaohe that Wenqi had invited him home for dinner that night. Xiaohe felt perfectly at ease and told Achen to find his own food for the night. Then, after getting off work, he drove back to Chunfengli alone.

As soon as I entered, I smelled a delicious aroma. I saw Wenqi wearing a cartoon apron and light green loungewear, her hair casually held in place with a matching shark clip, cooking in the kitchen.

When Wen Qi saw Xiao He, she was carefully carrying the dishes out, casually saying, "You're back! Dinner's ready!"

Even long afterward, when Xiao He thought of this scene, he still felt very warm inside. When he came home tired from work, his sweet wife had already prepared a delicious meal.

He paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll go change my clothes."

When Xiao He came down, Wen Qi was just coming out with two bowls of rice. She handed him one bowl and said, "Time to eat. I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I made a few simple dishes. Don't mind them."

Xiao He looked at the dishes on the table carefully, raised an eyebrow, and said, "They look pretty good. Thank you for your hard work."

"Come and try some. I don't know how to cook seafood, so I didn't buy any."

Xiao He picked up a salt and pepper pork rib, chewed it a few times, and said, "Hmm, it tastes great. I didn't know you had this skill."

Hearing his praise, Wenqi's tail practically wagged, and she couldn't help but smugly say, "Hey, don't underestimate me, I know a lot more than that."

"is it?"

"Of course!"

Xiao He then asked, "Then why don't you know how to cook seafood?"

Wen Qi thought for a second, then said while eating, "Because I don't eat seafood, I didn't put any effort into researching it."

"Why aren't you eating?" Xiao He asked, voicing his question.

"I get a stomachache after eating seafood, and I honestly think seafood doesn't taste good at all." Wen Qi said with a look of disgust when talking about seafood.

Xiao He silently made a mental note of it, but said aloud, "In the future, just say if you don't like something. If you keep quiet and don't say anything, how will anyone know?"

Wen Qi looked bewildered, glanced up at Xiao He, paused for a moment and guessed that he was probably referring to the dinner at the Governor's Mansion last time. She said to him half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Hehe, I'm a little embarrassed since we just met."

Then, in a fangirl-like manner, she said, "Luckily, Tang Chao was there last time. He's such a gentleman, and he's also very handsome."

Upon hearing this, Xiao He immediately lost his appetite and, not wanting to continue the conversation, changed the subject: "Did you leave early? These groceries must have taken a while to prepare. Did you carry them back from the supermarket yourself?"

When asked by her boss about leaving early, Wen Qi answered without any pressure: "No, but I left right on time. It's more convenient to ride an electric scooter."

Xiao He already knew she had bought an electric scooter. He wanted to ask if riding it was tiring, but he opened his mouth and then said nothing.

At nine o'clock, the dinner for the two of them ended in a relatively pleasant and relaxed manner. Wen Qi was about to clean up when Xiao He said, "Just leave it there. Someone will come to clean it up tomorrow."

Wen Qi has some obsessive-compulsive tendencies and couldn't wait until tomorrow: "It's okay, I'll wash it now, it's uncomfortable to leave it there."

Xiao He couldn't help, and he didn't know whether to sit or stand. Wen Qi kindly told him to go out first, so he sat in the living room for a while.

After washing the dishes, the atmosphere was a little awkward. Wen Qi was about to go back to her room when she saw Xiao He still there in the living room, so she greeted him, "I'll go upstairs first."

Xiao He appeared to be watching TV, but he had been keeping an eye on the kitchen the whole time. He knew as soon as Wen Qi came out, and when he heard her, he turned to look at her and said, "Mom told us to go back to the Governor's Mansion for dinner tomorrow night."

Wen Qi nodded: "Okay."

Back in her room, Wen Qi lay on the bed and began to think about how she and Xiao He had gotten along over the past few days. Overall, it had been quite harmonious, at least not as awkward and tense as it had been in the first few days.

He helped a lot during my back injury, so it seems he's not as cold-blooded and ruthless as people say.

After Wen Qi returned to her room, Xiao He also returned to his bedroom, and casually glanced towards Wen Qi's door from the top of the stairs on the second floor.

-

The next morning, Wen Qi still didn't get up until after ten o'clock. After a quick tidy-up, she went downstairs for breakfast, but Xiao He was already gone.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Qi rode her electric bike out to buy some gifts to give to Xiao Yan and Tang Hui when she went out for dinner that evening.

The light ahead was red, and the car stopped on the zebra crossing. Wen Qi was thinking about what to buy later when she suddenly heard a "thud" and felt a sharp pain in her shoulder.

The electric scooter was knocked down by a tricycle that flew out from the side, and Wen Qi was thrown onto the scorching hot road. Before she lost consciousness, Wen Qi thought to herself that she had really had a lot of bad luck lately.