Chapter 1690: Chapter 1134: Who Knows the Food on the Table, Every Grain Comes from Hard Work Jiang Chen interjected. “You and Fang Qing don’t understand me.” Cui Wen responded without thinking, causing Mr. Cao to completely lose control, lower his head and raise his hand to cover his mouth. Jiang Chen shook his head and sighed, “I forgot to mention earlier, Miss Cao is already married, and her child is just at the age of learning to buy soy sauce.” Cui Wen was stunned, incredulous, and earnestly said: “You’re joking with me.” “If you think I’m joking then I must be joking.” Cui Wen’s face fell instantly, then he stood up. “I’m going to roll out the dough.” Cao Jinse held back a laugh, “Boss Cui, does that lifetime free offer still stand?” Cui Wen forced a smile, “It counts, it counts, but it’s only for Miss Cao, friends aren’t free, like those surnamed Wang, Li, Jiang… ” Then he walked away, his lonely silhouette entered the back kitchen. “See, I wasn’t lying to you. Eating noodles here is quite something, isn’t it?” Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze. Cao Jinse smiled and nodded, “He really is an interesting person. Not keeping talents like him is a loss for the nation.” As she spoke, Mr. Cao suddenly sharpened his expression, seriously saying: “Just now you said my child is buying soy sauce, what do you mean by that?” “Wasn’t it a joke? He played a joke, can’t I?” “What kind of joke did he make, and you? Do I look like a woman to you?” “You can’t take it that way, I’m conveying that you’re mature enough…” “Thank you very much!” Cao Jinse glared at him and picked up her chopsticks again. While eating, the phone rang. Jiang Chen was leisurely slurping his noodles, and upon hearing this call, his eyelid twitched, prompting him to look up. Cao Jinse was on the phone, glancing at him. “I’m having dinner, yes, with Jiang Chen. He just returned from Fukushima; Yingdong Electric Power is already addressing the nuclear plant issue.” Jiang Chen was not intentionally eavesdropping, it was just that Cao Jinse had no qualms, and he couldn’t block out the sound from that close distance. “I’ll be back in a few days.” “Jiang Chen went to the restroom.” Aren’t I sitting right here? Going to the restroom? Jiang Chen wisely said nothing. Cao Jinse hung up the phone, “My brother asked me to return to the country soon.” “You should go back; the rest of the matters, Yan Guangyi and the others can handle, you don’t need to deal with them personally,” “How about you? Will you go back with me?” Spoken without intent, listened with deliberation. Cao Jinse probably just spoke casually, but Jiang Chen couldn’t help but freeze. Seeing him staring at her, Cao Jinse suddenly realized her words seemed ambiguous. “I mean returning to the country together.” She supplemented, emphasizing. “Let’s see the situation. Have to check Fang Qing and the others’ progress. If it’s not in time, you go first, catch you back in the country.” Cao Jinse nodded, straightened her silky hair, and grabbed her chopsticks. “Did Teacher Cao look for me just now?” Jiang Chen asked tentatively. “Why did he look for me?” Purely asked a nonsensical question. Didn’t see him use the restroom excuse to dodge it? But there seems to be a question. Actually, Cao Jinse herself didn’t know, it was just an instinctive reaction, with no thought involved, and no time to deliberate. “If it’s important, he’ll call you.” She said while eating noodles. “Should I call back?” Jiang Chen sought her opinion. Cao Jinse looked up, “You seem pretty afraid of my brother?” Ah, such innocent and adorable words. The chairman of the Kyoto Club. The influence and significance of this identity are clearly evident from this recent currency war. Can such a figure not be intimidating? Jiang Chen is no longer on the lowest peg now. His personal wealth has skyrocketed exponentially; he arguably wouldn’t be intimidated by anyone in the world. For that taciturn, limping man teaching quietly at East University, it’s more about respect. “It’s basic courtesy.” Jiang Chen showed his courtesy. “You’re courteous to my brother, why are you so discourteous to me?” “I’m not courteous to you?” “You let me drink water you’ve already drunk, is that courteous?” Saying this, the memory of that incident caused Cao Jinse to instinctively straighten her neck, staring intently at Jiang Chen, who was momentarily at a loss for words. “I explained it before, really picked it by mistake.” Actually, this kind of thing isn’t really that harmful, but it doesn’t mean it’s not serious. Miss Cao is still pretty good-tempered. If it were Fujiwara Reiki encountering such a thing—of course, excluding Jiang Chen—most creatures daring to do so would regret coming into this world. Even ordinary people would feel a bit out of sorts about it. It’s completely understandable that Miss Cao feels uptight and can’t ease her feelings. Let alone having a baby. Whether her first kiss is still there is unknown. If it is, then Jiang Chen is simply guilty beyond redemption. It’s like indirectly taking away someone’s first kiss. If it were a forced kiss, it might have been better since at least there would be some feeling or experience. Losing a first kiss just is really too rash! Miss Cao should be getting more and more frustrated and more unwilling at the thought of it. Then she put down her chopsticks and did something unimaginable. She pushed her noodles over. Jiang Chen was puzzled and confused. He looked at the remaining half-bowl of noodles, then looked at her. Cao Jinse was straightforward. “Eat it, and we’ll call it even.” She drank his saliva, so now she wants the other party to drink hers? Is that what it meant? Even though it’s a bit ridiculous, you have to admit, this way of handling it… “Are you kidding me?” Jiang Chen couldn’t accept it. It’s really too absurd. Is there such an insulting way to apologize? You’d think Boss Jiang would firmly reject it without any room for argument. But who knew he would say the next line. “It’s too much, I can’t finish it.” Cao Jinse paused, “You don’t have to finish it.” If he still disagrees, then he really lacks sincerity in apologizing. Looking at that bowl of very presentable noodles, Jiang Chen gritted his teeth, as though making a monumental decision. As a man, he must be responsible and accountable for his mistakes. So he dragged the remaining half-bowl of noodles over, picked up the chopsticks, and with a determined expression as if facing sacrifice, even the daredevil team heading for the Fukushima nuclear power plant couldn’t be more heroic. Seeing him , one can imagine Cao Jinse’s feelings; she didn’t even throw a tantrum after drinking his saliva. No matter how unconventional Miss Cao is, at the end of the day, she’s also a woman. And women have some inherent little emotions. Cao Jinse started to regret her kindness, planning to make him eat all her noodles. But before she could speak, the scene before her rendered her words stuck in her throat. When Comrade Jiang Chen picked up the chopsticks, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds, but when he started eating, he devoured fiercely, the noodles in the bowl disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just over ten seconds, while Cao Jinse was too preoccupied to blink, half the bowl of noodles was emptied. Someone still picked up the bowl and drank the soup. He set down the bowl, “Choked a bit.” Cao Jinse’s lips moved as if wanting to say something but hesitated, she looked at the bowl with almost just a bit of soup at the bottom, waves forming in her previously unmoved eyes, with her cheeks flushing. “I didn’t ask you to finish it.” “Leaving some would be a waste, are you going to eat it? I still have some in my bowl…” Cao Jinse stood up straight away. “I’m going to pay the bill.” “Didn’t he say it was free?” “He didn’t say it was free for you.” Cao Jinse walked toward the checkout counter. Jiang Chen chuckled, couldn’t help but burp contently, looking at his bowl, still with a little left. Every grain of rice is hard-earned. He picked up the chopsticks. “Miss Cao, welcome next time, okay.” As they were leaving, Cui Wen saw them off. “There won’t be a next time, I’m about to go back to China.” “And you?” This update is available on novęlfire.net Cui Wen’s gaze showed a trace of reluctance, but it soon vanished, remaining as cheerful and optimistic as ever, “Maybe I’ll close shop suddenly and go back too, so until we meet again.” Jiang Chen nodded, “When you open a shop back home, I’ll definitely come support it.” Cui Wen made an ‘ok’ gesture, “Then it’s a deal.” Jiang Chen hesitated a moment but still made a suggestion, “If you want to make money, don’t be so honest, your noodle portions are too generous.” Cui Wen was dumbfounded. Only Cao Jinse couldn’t hold back her laughter. Jiang Chen waved his hand and left with Cao Jinse. “Jiang Chen, I’ll consider your suggestion!” A voice shouted from behind.