Chapter 61

  Because of the snow, a journey that normally takes half an hour took twice as long to complete. The hot spring resort is very large, and after entering the gate and turning right, there is a huge parking lot, which was now completely covered in snow, making it impossible to distinguish where the lawn ended and the parking area began. Li Yiheng said not to bother, since they were on their own property, they could just drive straight up to the entrance. Li Jin drove smoothly all the way to the front porch before finally turning off the engine.

  The snowflakes were as big as goose down, making the view a blurry mess. Li Jin carefully tucked the folder into her clothes and exchanged a glance with Li Yi Heng before they simultaneously opened the car doors and ran inside with their heads bowed. The outside was unbearably cold, but the house was warm and cozy. Li Jin knew that there was an indoor hot spring behind the house, which made the whole room warm and toasty. It was amazing how the designer had planned it so well that the room didn't feel humid at all.

  The room was dimly lit, and Li Yiheng reached out to turn on the lamp in the entrance hall. Suddenly, the warm and soft light spilled down. Li Jin shook off the snow from her body, took out a file folder from her collar, and handed it to Li Yiheng, saying: "This is Art Song's recent plan. Take a look, if there's no problem, sign it, and I'll take it back."

  Li Yiheng's hand paused in mid-air as he was about to hang up his clothes and turned to ask him, "Are you going back?"

  Li Jindi naturally nodded in agreement.

  "It's such a big snow outside, what are you going back for?" Li Yi Heng furrowed his brow, "Aren't you dying fast enough?"

  The mountain road was already difficult to navigate, and after the snowfall, it became even more treacherous. On the way here, the car skidded twice, and if Li Jin hadn't steadied it in time, the two of them might have crashed into the mountainside together. So when Li Yi heard that he actually wanted to go back, he found it simply unbelievable.

  "Don't go back, stay here tonight and leave early tomorrow after the snow stops." Li Yi Heng's face sank, adding a footnote to his own order before Lei Jin could object, "I'm your big boss, what I say goes."

  Li Jin looked out of the window at the thick snow covering everything and had no choice but to obey the boss's orders.

  The hot spring resort was a three-story building above ground and two stories below, which had already seemed spacious when there were twelve people coming and going; now that all the staff had been laid off, the large house was left with only Li Yiheng and Lijin, feeling even emptier as if footsteps echoed.

  I really don't know how Mr. Li lived here alone a few days ago.

  Li Yi Heng, who was washing his hands in the kitchen after taking off his suit and rolling up his sleeves, replied truthfully: "There's nothing wrong with staying here. In fact, it's better to be alone, quieter."

  "Isn't it going to be too cold?" Li Jin looked at him as he took down the cloak from the hook and tied it around his waist.

  "No need," Li Yiheng said, "I'm not incapable of taking care of myself, I don't need others to wait on me."

  "So what are you doing now?" Li Jin was surprised and pointed at the kitchen knife in Li Yi Heng's hand, "Cooking?"

  "It's already past five, aren't you hungry?" Li Yiheng said somewhat innocently.

  Hungry, very hungry, but no matter how hungry I am, I still find this scene in front of me quite eerie.

  Li Yiheng's mother was from Sichuan, and although he studied abroad since childhood, his culinary skills were inherited from his mother. He makes excellent Sichuan dishes. Although he doesn't like spicy food himself, the home-cooked meals he prepares are fragrant and flavorful, and if he were to open a restaurant, it would surely attract many customers. Li Jinqian was fortunate enough to have tasted his cooking several times before, and still remembers it fondly to this day.

  Before his eyes, Mr. Li rolled up the cuffs of his white shirt, his left hand pressing down on the ingredients, his right hand holding a knife that flew back and forth, although the knife work was meticulous and the movements were smooth, he was so focused that it made people's hearts skip a beat. But in the ten years since they had met, Li Jin had never seen him wear an apron and cook in the kitchen before, and as she watched, her heart felt like it had been set off by ten or eight firecrackers, the shock no less than seeing Barbie herself.

  Li Jinfu swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva before suppressing the astonishment in his heart. He walked to Li Yiheng's side with a humble attitude, seeing that Li Yiheng had cut long strips of cucumber, and hastily handed over a bowl from beside him, asking: "Is... is there anything I can help with?"

  "No." Nobody likes someone jumping around beside them when they're cooking, and Mr. Li is no exception. This answer was firm and left no room for negotiation. Afraid that Lijin would continue to pester him, he also arranged the next activity for him: "If you have nothing better to do, there's a study upstairs, or you can go soak in the hot springs for a while, and then we'll eat."

  Li Jin said "oh" and then said: "Then I'll borrow your computer for a moment, there's an urgent plan book."

  As he spoke, he walked out of the door.

  "Li Jin." Li Yi Heng suddenly stopped what he was doing, stood up straight and looked at him seriously. "Yi Ge told me that you don't go home for three or four days a week, work overtime at night, and when you're tired, you sleep on the sofa in the office."

  Li Jin was taken aback, he didn't expect Li Yiheng to ask Qin Yige about him, and for the moment, he didn't know how to respond, so he could only stand there with his hands tied, waiting for Li Yiheng's next words.

  "When you were my assistant, your salary was more than double what it is now, and I didn't make you work overtime like this." Li Yiheng's tone was strange, as if he was complaining, but also as if it was just a casual remark without any other meaning.

  Li Jing was even more confused, but the current boss still had to maintain it, so he quickly said: "Director Qin didn't ask me to work overtime, I'm willing to do it myself. Besides, a startup company is...".

  "Don't work too hard tonight, just take a night off." Li Yi Heng raised his lips and drew out a gentle smile. "Go soak in the hot springs and warm up properly."