After being abandoned by my parents, I became a top boss

Seeing the smile on his face, Lu Nanfeng raised his eyebrows slightly, "What are you laughing at? You haven't explained your question clearly yet."

Shen Yunzhou was stunned. "...What's the problem?"

"Where have you been? I called your teacher and you didn't have any new classes this afternoon. Did you go to work part-time?"

Although it was a question, her tone was certain and her eyes were scrutinizing. Shen Yunzhou knew that this matter could not be hidden from her for too long.

Although they had known each other for a short time, it was clear from their daily interactions that Lu Nanfeng was not someone who could be easily fooled.

She is very smart and can guess most of the details of many things just by taking a look.

Meeting her gaze, he was about to open his mouth to explain when she spoke first: "No, you're not going to work part-time, you wouldn't..."

Their eyes met, and she said with certainty, "Are you going to learn cooking? Did you make this?"

Shen Yunzhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew that she was so smart that she could guess many things without him saying anything.

He shook his head. “There’s only one dish here that I made. Guess what.”

Lu Nanfeng pointed to the plate of green stir-fried broccoli without hesitation, "This is it."

"how do you know?"

"These two dishes are of different difficulty levels, but the duck soup has tender meat, delicious broth, and the heat is just right, while the broccoli lacks flavor, probably because it was stir-fried over low heat, which prevented its sweetness from coming out."

She looked at Shen Yunzhou and said calmly, "I think even an ordinary chef would never make such a low-level mistake in a simple dish like stir-fried broccoli. So, this can only be done by you, right?"

Shen Yunzhou nodded. "I have tried several times, but I can only make it like this. I thought there would not be much difference, but I didn't expect you to be able to taste it."

Lu Nanfeng suddenly felt a little embarrassed to expose her like this. After all, it was her first time and she was able to do it like this, which was already pretty good.

Thinking about it, she said comfortingly: "Well... don't be discouraged, you have done very well, but my taste buds are more sensitive. If it were someone else, they would definitely give you a thumbs up."

"I don't need others to give me a thumbs up." Shen Yunzhou looked at her, and suddenly there was a different emotion in his eyes.

He never needs recognition or affirmation from others to do these things.

He had only one goal, he wanted Lu Nanfeng to eat better and be healthier, he wanted to take care of her stomach, but he forgot that Lu Nanfeng was just his bodyguard, and they would no longer have any relationship once the contract was up.

And he couldn't tell whether he did this out of a man's feelings for a woman, or because she had saved him many times, and he was repaying her kindness?

Feeling a little uncomfortable being looked at by Shen Yunzhou, Lu Nanfeng lowered his head and poured a bowl of soup into his bowl. "Why do you want to learn cooking?"

Her words interrupted Shen Yunzhou's thoughts. He came back to his senses, but was unable to answer her.

He learned cooking because of her, but he didn't know why he learned cooking because of her.

He had thought about the answer to this question more than once in his mind, but in the end, everything was still so vague.

But since Lu Nanfeng asked, he couldn't help but answer, but he couldn't say it was because of her, otherwise Lu Nanfeng would ask: Why was it because of her?

How should he answer then?

After thinking for a while, he made up an excuse, "I can't always eat noodles. I have to learn to cook other dishes."

Very good, the reason is perfect and there is no flaw to be found.

Lu Nanfeng stopped asking and lowered his head to continue eating. Shen Yunzhou breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she believed it.

After dinner, because Shen Yunzhou was still recovering from his injuries and didn't have to perform in the bar for the time being, the two of them huddled together in the small rental house, one holding a computer and the other holding a book, without disturbing each other.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Nanfeng closed his computer and went to bed. Shen Yunzhou also closed his book and lay down on the sofa. He was covered with a thin blanket, with one hand under his head and his eyes looking at the ceiling.

"Are you asleep?" he asked suddenly.

Lu Nanfeng was suspicious, "No, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly felt it was too quiet and wanted to talk to someone."

"Weren't you also this quiet when you were alone before?"

“It was different then.”

"Why is it different?" Lu Nanfeng became interested and sat up to wait for Shen Yunzhou to continue. He only heard him say, "Back then, I went to school and back home, and I often got home very late. I lived alone then, but now it's different. With someone in the house, I feel that it's too quiet and not good."

"Oh." Lu Nanfeng lay back down. "I didn't expect you to say this. It's true that being too quiet is not good. Shen Yunzhou, you should talk more."

Hearing this, Shen Yunzhou looked towards the bed curtains, his eyes were as calm as a lake, yet with a hint of depth.

After a long time, he said very seriously, "Okay, I promise you."

"OK, good night."

Shen Yunzhou looked at the bed curtains and said, "Good night."

At three o'clock in the morning, it started to rain heavily outside the window and raindrops were falling inside the house. Lu Nanfeng woke up from his sleep, listening to the deafening sound of rain and thunder outside the window, and watching the brief white light in the house when lightning struck.

The familiar scene brought her back to that painful memory. The feeling of suffocation came again. She wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, but still felt cold.

The water is so cold, so cold...

She was shivering with cold, and the feeling of powerlessness of not being able to grasp anything came back again. She wanted to breathe, but why couldn't she?

Her consciousness was already blurred. She couldn't tell where she was or what she was doing. She only knew that she couldn't breathe and she was so cold...

She kept wrapping the quilt tightly, and the sound of the bed shaking could be heard. Shen Yunzhou opened his eyes, sat up, looked at the bed curtain and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

He asked the same question that night.

He had a bad feeling in his heart, and without caring about anything else, he lifted the blanket, casually put on his slippers, and went to Lu Nanfeng.

When his hand touched the curtain, he still hesitated and reminded: "I'm about to come in, cover yourself with the quilt."

The difference from last time was that this time, he did not wait for Lu Nanfeng's response.

Shen Yunzhou frowned more and more, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger. He secretly tightened his hand holding the curtain, "Nanfeng, I'm coming in."

After saying this, he opened the curtain and saw the girl wrapped in a quilt and shivering on the bed. His heart instantly rose, "What's wrong with you?"

He squatted on the edge of the bed, looking at the girl with lifeless eyes, whose thoughts were drifting to somewhere unknown, his eyes full of heartache. He raised his hand and touched her forehead, which was a little cold.

"Cold?"

Lu Nanfeng didn't say anything and still wrapped himself tightly in the quilt.

Seeing this, Shen Yunzhou brought over the blanket he had just covered himself with, and took out a pile of thick clothes from the closet. He first wrapped the blanket around her, and then put another pile of thick clothes on her.

But she was still shaking, and Shen Yunzhou suddenly realized that she might not be really cold, but just scared.