The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Cheng Yu was surprised when she heard Han Xiaoli's words. What did she mean?

Before she could ask, the woman on the screen directed her cold glare towards her brother. "Stay away from that treacherous woman, do you understand?" 

Cheng Yu couldn't hold it in anymore. "Excuse me, but do I know you?" Since they had never encountered each other, why was the other party accusing her of being treacherous and even asking her brother to stay away from her? 

It wasn't that Cheng Yu wanted to be close to Cedric, but there wasn't anyone who liked being called names so she waited to hear what the other party had against her. Alas, she merely harrumphed and hung up the call. 

Cheng Yu was not the only one who was confused, Cedric was too. He tried to give her a call to find out but the other had switched off her phone. 

He thought of going over to her place to find out what was going on with her but as a man who had two sisters, he remembered that women could be quite sensitive sometimes, even over matters that one might think made no sense. 

If he left right now, it might appear as though he was taking sides and had chosen his sister's side despite not knowing the whole story. Hence, he continued standing by Cheng Yu's side. If he were to pick a side, he would readily choose to believe that Cheng Yu would never be the kind of person mentioned by Han Xiaoli. 

She gently pushed him aside and grabbed a broom and dustpan to clean up the mess on the floor. 

"Let me do that." He quickly offered, he had created this mess after all. 

"Leave it." Her tone was so stern that he recoiled to the side, in fear of upsetting her even more. He awkwardly wondered what to do and in the end decided to make his presence scarce by not letting out a peep. 

When Cheng Yu finished cleaning up and saw him standing at the side like a child who had done something wrong, she was amused. "Aren't you going to do as your elder sister said?" 

He shook his head like a rattle as though he had been waiting for that question. "I don't want to leave. Can I please stay?" 

She was speechless at this man's antics. Knowing that she would not be able to get rid of him even if she tried, she ignored him and started preparing a fresh set of ingredients. 

"Yu, I'm sorry." He decided to come clean, seeing as she had assumed the mess from earlier as an accident. "I don't know how to cook." 

As expected, she turned to glare at him. Although he had dreaded this, he also knew that the outcome would be much worse if he still pretended to know and she found out the truth later. he honestly explained, "I was scared you would kick me out if you knew that I didn't know…" 

She massaged her temples. "Did you really think that I didn't know? If you knew, you would look forward to showing off your skills when I sent you to the kitchen. You would not be frightened as though I was sending you to the guillotine." 

"Yu, can you forgive me? I will not lie to you anymore." 

Her heart softened from how sincere he sounded. "Okay." 

She then went ahead to prepare to cook sour and sweet pork while he stood aside obediently. 

All was silent until he slotted himself next to her. "Can you teach me how to cook? Once I'm good at it, I will make you delicious meals every day."

Seeing him promoting himself so earnestly, she had the urge to laugh. Since he was merely standing there and probably feeling awkward, she decided to teach him a thing or two. "I'm teaching you not so you can cook for me, but so you don't have to starve if there is no one to cook for you."

"Yay!" He cheered and started watching what she was doing as he listened to her words. For the most part, he was engrossed in the beauty of her side profile and heard nothing. But when he jolted and remembered that he wanted to cook for her in future, he paid more attention to it. 

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The meals were ready in longer than she thought they would be. She set the table with the help of her new disciple but didn't have much appetite. 

When she tasted a piece of the meat for the sake of not going hungry, she immediately grabbed for a glass of water. How salty! 

Paired with the saltiness, none of the food tasted good. Was she so shocked that she couldn't even correctly do what she was good at?

Although this was the worst meal she had ever cooked, a certain person was scarfing it down like it was a rare delicacy. 

She looked at him speechlessly. She obviously didn't feel a thing for him. She didn't even like him. Why was it that when she heard his sister spew nonsense about her and urge him to stay away from her, her heart felt such a great deal of discomfort? She couldn't have started having feelings for him, right? 

No matter what, she couldn't be with him. She knew this and didn't need a reminder about it. Not every family was like the Jiang family, who treasured their soon-to-be daughter-in-law regardless of her past. 

Putting aside her past, there was her background which would never be changed. Even though she had a well-paying job now and would soon be able to take care of herself and her brother and would afford a more luxurious life than the one she was already living, it was still not enough to match up to the Han family. The last thing she wanted was to be the subject of drama between rich in-laws and the girl they think is too lowly for their son. Besides, his sister was already against her and who knows who else was.

Hence, she thought it would be best if nothing started between them. "Cedric." 

He looked up from his plate with his mouth full of whatever he was wolfing down. She almost chuckled but remained serious. "We may have been classmates before, in Star Art International, but you should understand that it is in the past." 

"Yu, what are you saying?" He swallowed his food to ask. 

She crossed her arms against her chest with a strict look on her visage. "We are no longer in Star Art International. We work at Moonlight Studios now, and I am your boss. Putting this aside, Luna and I don't want to promote workplace relationsh.i.p.s as this could create unnecessary drama at work." 

"What drama?" Was the only thing he was curious about after her rambling. 

She looked at him like he was a fool. "If everyone was dating their colleague, it might be romantic, right? But what would happen if everyone broke up and started fighting at work? What kind of chaos would that create?" 

He thought through her reason and didn't find anything wrong with it. It seemed to answer him. So this was why she would always avoid him. He was relieved, having previously thought that she hated him. 

"So, if I resigned from Moonlight Studios and was no longer your subordinate, would you say yes to me?" He asked in all seriousness. 

Cheng Yu was speechless.