not in love

"Anything on your mind?"

Yu Zhijuan pretended to be worried and served Chen Hao a bowl of steaming porridge with preserved egg and lean meat.

"You don't seem to have much appetite, are you okay?"

"Nothing, I'm just so happy."

Chen Hao forced a smile, the better Yu Zhiyi treated him, the more he felt like sitting on pins and needles - after all, he was about to go out to date another woman.

Under the tired and expectant gaze, Chen Hao pretended to easily pick up the spoon, and tasted the porridge his wife specially cooked for him.

The rice grains are sticky and soft, and the smell of meat is overflowing, reminding him of when he and Yu Zhiyi first got married, in order to make up for the huge amount of taxes he missed, the two lived a slightly tight life. At that time, Yu Zhiyi He often cooks for him at home, but later on, when life gets easier, he seldom eats meals cooked by Yu Zhiyi himself.

"Zhiyi, I want to be able to drink your porridge every day from now on."

"Okay."

Yu Zhijuan smiled lightly.

Fortunately, Chi Ling also tasted Yu Zhiyi's cooking skills. In the previous month, he cooked at least four times a day, feeding Chi Ling to fat for a while, and finally realized Yu Zhiyi's knack for cooking.

"There are grilled sausages in the pot. I remember that brother Hao likes to eat black pepper, so he specially put some more."

Yu Zhijuan got up and went to the kitchen, at the same time, he changed the subject and asked unintentionally,

"You don't have any other plans today, do you? How about eating lunch at home? See if my craftsmanship has deteriorated."

"This……"

Chen Hao's face showed embarrassment. He still had an appointment with the daughter of Mr. Wang's family at noon. The little girl was so fascinated by his image on the screen, she said that she didn't care that he had an ex-wife. He is ready to remarry. Anyway, marriage is just a means of profit for him, but who would have thought that Yu Zhiyi would wake up suddenly... He even helped him negotiate a cooperation with Chenfeng Jewelry. Mr. Li and this Mr. Wang are rivals in business.

If it was in the past, Chen Hao would not mind telling Yu Zhiyi his arrangement bluntly, but now Yu Zhiyi is sensible and well-behaved, and with a backstage like Chenfeng Jewelry, he really can't bear it and dare not.

"What's the matter? Is there an arrangement at work?"

Yu Zhijuan raised his eyes and stared at Chen Hao intently, making Chen Hao break out in a cold sweat.

It so happened that Jiang Lei appeared at the door of the restaurant at this time, Chen Hao stopped him immediately, and motioned him to find a way to make up an excuse to prevaricate Yu Zhiyi.

Jiang Lei signaled Chen Hao to rest assured with his eyes, the two of them used to do this kind of thing often.

Chen Hao coughed, drank porridge to avoid answering Yu Zhijuan's question, and put the burden on Jiang Lei with peace of mind. Jiang Lei was a smart person, so he naturally knew how to answer.

"Ma'am, Mr. Chen is going to have lunch with Mr. Wang's daughter at noon. What they want to talk about is a billion-dollar project. You can't be delayed because of your pettyness, Ma'am. I advise you, don't be petty. Empty is annoying!"

Jiang Lei pretended not to understand Chen Hao's gaze, and bit the bullet to finish speaking.His answer like this is actually not abrupt, it's better to say that when the relationship between Chen Hao and Yu Zhiyi was at its worst, Chen Hao often acquiesced in his choking on Yu Zhiyi like this.

Yu Zhijuan immediately blushed in cooperation, and timidly argued,

"I didn't mean to be petty..."

"Jiang Lei, get the hell out of here!"

Seeing Yu Zhijuan's cautious look, Chen Hao's heart softened immediately. He threw Jiang Lei out of the restaurant, and then hugged Yu Zhijuan's shoulders, comforting him softly,

"Zhiyi, don't listen to his nonsense, I..."

"Brother Hao,"

Yu Zhijuan pretended to be sad, picked up the napkin and wiped away his tears,

"Shouldn't I come back...?"

"No, I promise you that I won't divorce you, okay? I don't have any interest in that Miss Wang. Today's lunch is purely a favor. "

"Really?"

Yu Zhijuan calmly avoided Chen Hao's hand trying to wipe his tears.

"Really. Did you forget what I told you last night? Let's live a good life in the future."

Chen Hao nodded Yu Zhijuan's nose,

"I'll go and come back soon, and have dinner with you at home tonight, okay?"

"...Then what does brother Hao want to eat? I'll prepare it earlier."

Yu Zhijuan accepts it when he sees it, a man like Chen Hao will soften his heart when he sees tears, but he will get tired of excessive crying.

"I like to eat everything you cook...By the way, my eldest brother and sister-in-law will go home today. I know you don't like to get along with them. If you suffer any grievances, you can bear it first and wait for me to come back, okay?"

"Well, I listen to Brother Hao."

"good."

Chen Hao got up and kissed Yu Zhijuan's forehead, Yu Zhijuan's whole body froze, almost unable to restrain the urge to beat him.

"what happened?"

"Nothing, I'm just so happy."

Yu Zhijuan returned Chen Hao's previous words to him intact.In fact, Chen Hao knew that Yu Zhiyi hadn't cooked for him for a long time, so why didn't he treat Yu Zhiyi tenderly for a long time?

After Chen Hao left in a hurry, Yu Zhijuan picked up a tissue on the table and wiped his forehead vigorously. After all, he is an Alpha pretending to be an Omega, and he will instinctively reject Chen Hao's closeness and pheromones.

When Chen Hao walked out of the gate of the villa, Jiang Lei had already driven the car to the door of the house tactfully. Chen Hao's scolding came as scheduled.

"Jiang Lei, I find that you are losing your winks. Should you say this in front of Zhiyi today?"

Chen Hao crossed his legs and sat in the back row angrily, still annoyed that Jiang Lei's few words almost made him unable to step down in front of Yu Zhiyi.

"We, weren't we all like this before... I'm also afraid that he will be proud of his illness when he comes back this time, and I want to suppress his arrogance for you."

"madness!"

Chen Hao scoffed,

"You've been with Zhou Huihui for a long time, and you've become as narrow-minded as him. This is different from the past, and you will be more restrained towards Yu Zhiyi in the future."

Yu Zhiyi had already given him what he wanted from Mr. Wang without asking for anything in return.To Chen Hao, the current Yu Zhiyi is like a cash cow that he can only pick. Why would he let the money tree go and not laugh at the little girl of Mr. Wang's family.

"Then, those medicines...will you give it back to Yu Zhiyi?"

"Stop first,"

Chen Hao thought for a moment,

"But don't rush to deal with it. Hide it and don't let him find it."

"it is good."

Jiang Lei nodded, thinking that Chen Hao is really not a thing, Yu Zhiyi has been so devoted to him, it is still difficult for him to completely let go of his guard.

"There's also the garden on the top floor, which hasn't been taken care of for a long time. He likes that place, and you should find someone to clean it up as soon as possible."

"no problem."

Jiang Lei responded one by one.

If you say that Chen Hao is called the "national husband" after all, he was really good to Zhiyi in the first year or two after marriage.For example, Yu Zhiyi likes to look at the scenery from high places, and also likes to lean against the window in a daze, so he built a sky garden at home specially for Yu Zhiyi.

Of course, this point was also exploited by Zhou Huihui in the end, creating the tragedy of Yu Zhiyi's fall from the building.

And Yu Zhijuan was already standing in this garden at this moment.

Before the accident happened, Yu Zhiyi would talk to him from time to time. The two brothers lived in the two countries because their parents divorced when they were young. Neither of the parents was very responsible, so the relationship between the two brothers was particularly deep. .

At that time, Yu Zhijuan had heard of this garden, and this place was the embodiment of Chen Hao's love for Zhiyi.

The garden is very large, almost half of the top floor is used to plant flowers and plants, interspersed with stone pillars, tables and chairs, and even a fountain.

When stepping into the garden, Yu Zhijuan can feel that this place is completely built according to his brother's aesthetics.

Since he wanted to return to China as Yu Zhiyi to develop, he naturally inherited many of Yu Zhiyi's personal belongings, and kept trying to figure out what kind of person his younger brother was.

Just because of lack of care, the marble carvings that should have been shining in the sun have been covered with a thin layer of dust, and the garden that should have been vibrant has become withered and unkempt, with broken trees and leaves everywhere, even the central one. A sweet-scented osmanthus also turned into a blackened dead tree.

The fallen leaves withered to the edge covered the tea break table near the window. Yu Zhijuan blew a small piece on the edge of the table. Originally, he thought that Yu Zhiyi would often sit here in a daze, and might leave some traces , Who knows that he saw a few messy hairs.

The few strands of hair fell on the corner of the table, reflecting the harsh light in the sun, Yu Zhijuan picked up the hair through a tissue, and from the color and length, he could tell at a glance that he did not belong to this family.

Light maroon... He thought about it carefully, isn't Zhou Huihui the same color as his hair?

It seems that not only the room, but even Yu Zhiyi's only remaining garden where he can take a breather has been touched by Zhou Huihui and Chen Hao.

The longer he stays in this home, the more Yu Zhijuan can empathize with Yu Zhiyi's despair, especially after being drugged and causing emotional instability.

Before returning to China, Yu Zhijuan had been studying psychology. His tutor ran a psychological counseling studio. Yu Zhijuan would occasionally help out, and he had heard many descriptions from patients with depression: during the day they would often be bored Doing morbid associations, at night, I start to feel unreasonable anxiety. Even if my whole body is relaxed and bathed in the sun, all I can feel is heat, not warmth.

Just like Yu Zhiyi sitting in this garden, smelling the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus and hearing the chirping of birds, what he can perceive may be only the exuberance of other lives, but he cannot connect this vitality with his own destiny, in other words In other words, everything he sees is black and white without color, and there is only one person who can affect his emotions—Chen Hao.

But Chen Hao never gave him any more tenderness and compassion.

Yu Zhijuan wrapped the strands of hair he had picked up in a paper towel and threw them into the trash can. Suddenly, he had more thoughts of torturing Chen Hao.

"Di-di-di-"

The doorbell rang downstairs, and Yu Zhijuan guessed that the elder brother and sister-in-law should have gone home at this time, but the trouble was that Jiang Lei hadn't come back yet, so I don't know if those two could handle it well.

But the only one standing outside the door was a tall boy in a hoodie with a lollipop in his mouth.

"You actually came back alive,"

The moment the boy saw Yu Zhijuan, he raised his lips,

"Not bad, you, your life is tough."

Only then did Yu Zhijuan confirm that the boy with his nostrils upturned when walking was probably the child of his elder brother and sister-in-law, Chen Kaiyu.

"Why are you the only one?"

"My parents went shopping and asked me to call a car to bring my luggage back. It's all in the trunk. Remember to move it in."

Chen Kaiyu looked around Yu Zhijuan, whistled provocatively,

"I don't think your legs are broken. Why does it take so long to open the door? Don't you know it's cold outside in winter?"

Yu Zhijuan said in his heart, I knew it was you who would freeze to death, you little bastard.

"There is brewed coffee and hot milk at home, you go in and warm up first."

"You're smart. The suitcase contains luxury goods bought by my mother. Be careful not to damage them when you move them."

Chen Kaiyu entered the house by himself with his pockets in his pockets, and threw the shoes he took off on the carpet at the door. His room was on the second floor, and he didn't forget to make a loud noise when he went up the stairs.

In fact, there is not much luggage, there are only two boxes in total, and it would be a bit difficult for Omega to move. After hearing the sound of Chen Kaiyu knocking on the door of the room, Yu Zhijuan picked up the two 26-inch suitcases expressionlessly. suitcase.

I really treat him like a servant from the bottom of my heart.

Yu Zhijuan sneered, and just as he threw the box into the room of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he heard the landline downstairs ringing again.