Sara looked at Jacob helplessly. "I need salt, not white sugar," she said.
"They look exactly the same." Jacob frowned. This seemed more difficult than running his own
business.
Sara reached across Jacob and grabbed the salt. "They may look the same, but they taste different."
Jacob stood still with an embarrassed look on his face. The hand that was holding the white sugar
stiffened up a bit.
Sara suppressed the urge to laugh, and she looked at Jacob.
Fortunately, he was able to peel some garlic. However, he said that doing so hurt his hand.
Sara rolled her eyes. "You know what? You probably just don't exercise much."
Speechless, Jacob looked up at the ceiling of the kitchen. Fortunately, Sara's father wasn't around.
Otherwise, he would say that Jacob was incapable of doing anything.
And Jacob's life might change drastically in the future.
Sara finished making two bowls of steaming hot noodles and sprinkled some scallions on top.
The noodles looked so delicious, and they smelled fragrant with the scallions and chili on top.
Sara held the bowls in her hands, but Jacob was already getting ready to dig in. He inhaled the aroma
of the noodles, and his mouth began to water.
"It smells really delicious. You are amazing! I'm so glad I have you."
Sara smiled at him. "Come on, take them out. I'll go out soon."
Jacob smiled back at her and took the bowl from Sara's hands. He tried to help her set the bowls down
on the table, but he underestimated how hot they would be.
He rubbed his hands and blew on them, trying to cool them down. Sara laughed, amused at Jacob's
antics.
"Now, you see that the kitchen is a battlefield. Men have no idea how hard women have it." Sara tried
to keep a stoic expression, but she was having a hard time suppressing her laughter.
Jacob nodded vigorously and looked at his burnt hands.
Then, Jacob reached out and took Sara's hands in his. "It's amazing what you can do with your hands.
How did you learn to cook so well?"
Hearing Jacob's praises, Sara immediately withdrew her hands.
It had been said that men's words were nothing but sugarcoated bullets. Sara believed that now.
However, she actually enjoyed hearing Jacob compliment her. Every woman wanted to be adored and
admired, especially by the man she loved.
It was a special kind of honor to be adored by the one you loved.
"Well, let's eat. Stop making fun of me. How come I've never seen you like this before?" Sara asked,
shaking her head. She didn't know what to do about Jacob.
"Okay." Jacob became serious in an instant.
In fact, he was in a bad mood that day. However, he wanted to make sure Sara was happy, so he
pretended to be happy, too.
Sara noticed the change in his expression.
She realized he wasn't really happy, so she lost herself in her thoughts for a little while. Suddenly, she
realized that she still had a very important question to ask him.
"Jacob, when I called you, you said you resigned. What did you mean? What's going to happen now?"
In the past few days, Sara had been thinking Jacob's resignation. What would he do in the future?
Where was he going to go now?
She knew him well enough to know that his skills really lay in the business world.
After all, Jacob had been a part of the business world for many years. He could always find a place
there.
However, even if he wanted to go back, it would not be easy for him.
His resignation meant that he was no longer the CEO of the Shi Group. So many things would change
during his absence. Partners would come and go, and many people's statuses would change.
Sara also thought about Jacob's enemies in the business world. They certainly wouldn't make it easy
for him to come back.
Of course, these were all just Sara's theories. Sara hoped they wouldn't actually be true. If they were,
then it would be way more difficult for Jacob to return than she had imagined.
Of course, Sara was not afraid of suffering. Although Sara hadn't gone through any hardship since she
was a child, she was sensible.
She knew what she should and shouldn't do.
No matter what path Jacob chose, Sara would be right by his side.
"After resigning, I'll take out my shares. However, there is not much money. Besides, I just know that
Jonathan will make trouble for me in the future."
Jacob slurped a mouthful of noodle soup, and he chewed on the noodles thoughtfully.
"I think so too. Will Uncle James still stay in the company?" Sara asked anxiously. She had guessed
that James might no longer be willing to stay in the company without Jacob around.
After all, he only returned because of Jacob. Now that he was gone, why else would James stay on?
Hearing this, Jacob stopped chewing. It took him about three seconds to come back to his senses.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of uncle. He will resign from the company and take out his shares. I know
that he wants to travel around the world." Jacob tried his best to look calm in front of Sara.
He didn't plan on telling her that James was his biological father. It was not that he wanted to hide it
from her. He just didn't want her to worry.
At the same time, Jacob didn't want James to be embarrassed when he saw Sara. Jacob had been
going through so many major life changes. He wanted to hide the sad parts of his life from Sara.
Although what had happened was not exactly sad, Jacob still felt embarrassed.
Sara frowned while sensing something peculiar about Jacob's pause.
"What's wrong? Why would Uncle James want to travel around the world?" Sara recalled the days
when she wanted to travel around the world. She wanted to escape from reality and forget about her
troubles. Was James the same?
Sara was unsure. She looked at Jacob's stoic expression, and she didn't continue with her questioning.
Perhaps it was because they understood one another or because of Jacob's prolonged silence, but
Sara did not push Jacob to answer.
Jacob lowered his head without saying anything.
It was like time froze. Sara could only hear herself eating noodles, while Jacob stopped moving
completely.
"He probably just wants to enjoy his life. Uncle has had a rough life, and now may be his opportunity to
finally do the things that he wanted." Jacob paused and sighed.
"But, I believe that Uncle James knows what he is doing. After all, not everyone is as smart as he is."
Jacob grinned. It was ironic to praise James's intelligence at that time.
But, this was what Jacob wanted to say. Even if he was given another ten years, he would still make
the same choices.
He could have persuaded his uncle to stay.
Jacob finally continued to eat his noodles. Sara, on the other hand, stopped eating. She suddenly felt
bad.
Just because of the news they received, Jacob resigned and James's life fell off track.
Although he said he just wanted to see the world, Sara still thought that he would be living the life of a
wanderer. After all, Sara herself had traveled before. She knew what it was really like.
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