"Why did you buy so many things? I just asked you to buy some mushrooms and red dates?!" Emily
walked over to Jacob and seeing him carrying a lot of bags on his hands. She couldn't help
asking,"Were you cheated by the vendors into buying them?"
Jacob's face turned red as if he was just caught by his "wife" red handed. He looked away from her to
avoid her stare and answered plainly,"Uhm, no."
"Really? Clearly you were cheated." When Emily saw his reaction, she knew that he did not admit it,
and she was a bit speechless about the situation. After calming herself down, sighing she said,"I just
want to make a soup, but you have bought so many food. Are we going to have a feast? Because I'm
sure we can't eat all of them."
"We can put them away and keep it in the refrigerator for future use." answered Jacob calmly.
"But the frozen food in the refrigerator is not as good as the fresh food. " She said helplessly.
"Oh Okay, got it." After Jacob realized that he had done something wrong, he reached out his fingers
and touch his nose like convincing himself that he did a good job though he knew that he really was
cheated.
"So you like wasting food huh." Emily felt helpless and stopped arguing with Jacob. Luckily she had
come early, otherwise, he would be cheated into buying more things, things that he would see around
but he didn't actually need... Sure enough, Jacob shouldn't come to the market, ever again. In the eyes
of the vendors, he was just like a lamb that entered their house and ready to be slaughtered. He was
indeed ignorant in terms of vegetable market schemes.
Jacob nodded at her and apologized,"I'm sorry."
"Eh…" Emily couldn't find the words to say. She didn't know if she would laugh or cry for seeing Jacob
being like that. "It's all right. Just take it back first." she finally compromised.
The two of them started moving all the things to the trunk. And after getting on inside the car, Emily
asked,"Are we going to your house or mine?"
However, to be honest, Emily didn't want to go to Jacob's house at all. After all, the last time she lived
there didn't end up so well.
"Yours," Jacob said directly, as if he had seen though her and known what she was thinking.
Emily relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief and said happily,"Okay."
When they arrived at her apartment, she immediately started classifying the food that Jacob had
bought and put them inside the refrigerator, as she was wondering when she would cook and eat all up
these food.
Jacob certainly had been fooled by others, and it seemed so impressive that they had the capability to
fool someone like Jacob…… Emily sighed.
To tell the truth, Emily's cooking was not that particularly good, but she could prepare some home-
cooked dishes, such as chicken soup, which would be basically not too bad as long as you controlled
the temperature and maintain the original taste of the chicken. Besides, she had cooked for herself a
few times in the past.
Emily washed a fresh whole chicken that they had just been bought, and picked up a kitchen knife and
chopped it into pieces with some difficulty.
Jacob stood relaxed and leisurely beside her and watched Emily doing this while leaning his tall and
slender body against the kitchen door. Although he was in the kitchen, he still looked distinguished and
gave an elegant aura.
"Let me help you," he said. As Emily was struggling in cutting the chicken with her thin arms and small
hands, Jacob couldn't help but to offer his help.
Emily really wanted his help. She thought Jacob was going to cut the chicken himself, but as she was
about to put down the knife, Jacob suddenly held her from behind that startled her.
As he rest his chin on Emily's neck, Jacob held her right hand tight to grasp the knife, while pressing
the chicken with his left hand. He then started to cut the chicken.
While doing it, Emily rolled her eyes at him in silence.
Why did he help her in this way? Did he do it on purpose? It would be much better if he didn't come to
help her at all because he just made her feel a lot of discomfort... She sighed inwardly.
After the chicken was cut into pieces, Emily took a long breath and fled as fast as she could from
Jacob's arms.
She put some water in the pot, then added the chicken, salt, some red dates and mushrooms. And
there was no need to put any condiment; they just had to wait for a long time.
An hour later, the room begun to be filled with aroma that came from the chicken soup.
Emily turned off the heat. She filled the bowl with chicken soup and filtered out a thick layer of oil from
the soup, and then gave it to Jacob.
"Taste it. I think it should be delicious." she said and gave the bowl to him.
Jacob slowly unbuttoned the two buttons on his collar, picked up a white porcelain spoon and stirred
the hot soup. He then scooped up a spoonful of soup and tasted it. His movements were so elegant
that Emily thought he was eating an excellent cuisine on a fine dining restaurant.
Staring at the man who was seated opposite her, Emily understood the meaning of true "beauty",
although she thought that it was inappropriate to use that word to describe him as for he was a man.
"How's the chicken soup? How does it taste?" she suddenly asked.
Jacob raised his head to look at her and nodded pleasingly,"It's very fresh and delicious."
"Of course, it is fresh. It was the best chicken that was just slaughtered. I had gone all over the
vegetable market just to look for it. Besides, I didn't put any condiments on the soup. In fact, the
original taste of food is the best taste after all..." she added. Emily smiled happily because she got a
recognition. "I want to have a taste..." said Emily, as she was about to get a bowl of soup for herself.
"Oh yes you should."
Even before Emily could stand up, Jacob suddenly got up first. Putting one hand on the table, he raised
her chin with the other. He bent to get close to her……
and suddenly, Jacob reached for her lips and kissed her. It was a kiss that lasted for a long time. Jacob
didn't let her go until she could not breathe anymore.
"How about this?" he grinned and asked,"Fresh enough?"
At that moment Emily stared at Jacob's handsome face with her heart beating fast and wild.
"Yes." She whispered with a bright red face. As she couldn't control her heart from beating fast
because of his sudden action.
Jacob smiled softly and asked her,"Emily, your heart beats fast. Are you nervous?" while looking at her
with a mischievous smile.
"No, I am not nervous…" answered Emily, bowing her head to hide her face from him and trying to
calm herself. Emily finally came to her sense. The man whose standing in front of her gave a strange
sense of pressure to her. She stood up and ran to the kitchen in panic. "I, I, I want another bowl of
soup......"
Jacob chuckled,"You are stuttering with nervousness." His eyes glittered with pleasure as he gently
whispered,"My little cute stutter."
'You are so lovely that I want to kiss you again and again……' Jacob thought.
Hiding in the kitchen, Emily took out a bottle of iced mineral water from the refrigerator instead of
pouring another bowl of chicken soup from the pot for herself. She drank the whole bottle of water in
one gulp like a thirsty child, before she finally felt composed again.
She put her hand on her chest, feeling her heart that was still beating heavily. She had never felt her
heart beating like this wild before……
Emily was not silly. She thought maybe...maybe she.... she already fell in love with that man. But that
was not good. 'He's the noble Jacob and I'm just ordinary Emily. There's no way we could be together.
Wake up, Emily! You shouldn't have had any feelings for him!' Emily tried to pull herself together.
'What should I do?' she asked herself, completely confused.
……
In Jingshi City.
"Mark, my dear brother, I want to work in Gu Consortium. Maybe you can find a way to let me in?" Tina
asked her brother eagerly. As soon as Mark came home, Tina quickly run towards him and held his arm
without letting him go. She said in a soft and expectant tone,"Please!" she pleaded, looking at her
brother with a puppy eyes like.
Since child up to now that she was at the right age, Tina always liked to act a spoiled child when she
wanted something. She was a beautiful and lovely girl as long as she would't lose her temper. No one
could refuse her when she spoke softly and like this.
For example, Mark, couldn't refuse her and would give in to what she wanted.
Looking at his beloved sister, he asked,"You want to work in the Gu Consortium, but why?" Mark
pretended that he didn't know and understand why she wanted to work at the Gu Consortium. In fact,
he clearly knew of Tina's purpose on working there.
Tina turned her eyes away and found an excuse,"I don't want to stay at home and do nothing at all. I
want to exercise my ability and learn social communication."
It sounded like a lame and unbelievable reason.
"If you want to improve yourself and exercise your ability, you can work for our own company and help
your family." Mark answered plainly. He still didn't shook off Tina's hands from his arm, as he began to
loosen his tie.
Tina was alarmed when she heard his reply. She pulled Mark's tie and refused to let him go. "I don't
care what you say or how will you do it. I just want to work with Jacob's company. See, Emily can work
there, so why can't I?" she asked abruptly.
'Sure enough. It's the same reason just like before.' thought Mark.
Emily and Jacob, these were the two names that Mark had heard from Tina for a countless of times. He
answered her mildly, while his face was changing slowly,"Tina, the Gu Consortium is not ours. I have
no right to just let you join the company. So don't be too childish and capricious, okay?"
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