Chapter 1059: Supervision
Zhao Dingli had long made up his mind, but he still pretended to think for a while before saying, "If you’re really worried, you can just come to my office at noon to supervise me."
Zhao Dingli smiled and said, "With you right by my side supervising, making sure I eat on time, even if I wanted to forget, I couldn’t."
"How is that possible?" Li Xiaoyun said, "If you’re just busy by yourself, it’s still alright; I can make you put down what you’re working on."
Zhao Dingli was delighted that Li Xiaoyun had such confidence now.
She really wasn’t wrong.
As long as she came.
No matter how important something was, he could put it aside for later.
"But what if you’re in a meeting? What if you’re socializing with someone? How am I supposed to find you?" Li Xiaoyun said.
Zhao Dingli smiled and said, "Even during meetings it’s fine. If you come to remind me to eat, I can just turn it into a lunch meeting, eating while having the meeting."
"As long as you come to Changlin, just call me, no matter the situation, no matter what I’m doing, I will answer the phone," Zhao Dingli said. "Even if I’m in a meeting, I’ll answer."
"How can that be," Li Xiaoyun laughed, "I should have some sense of boundaries and not call you while you’re in a meeting."
Zhao Dingli thought about it and said, "If you really decide to come to my office, if I have a meeting, I’ll let you know. I’ll also have Rui Changhuai arrange it so that if you come, I’ll know. This way, you don’t have to worry about disturbing me."
Li Xiaoyun suddenly felt a bit flustered.
It seemed like she hadn’t actually decided to go directly to Changlin to supervise him.
"Also, if I’m socializing, then you really don’t have to worry. If I’m socializing, I’m definitely having lunch, so there’s nothing to worry about since I’m eating," Zhao Dingli said with a smile.
Li Xiaoyun: "..."
When he put it like that, it made quite a lot of sense.
"If I’m socializing, the only thing you might need to worry about is me drinking. But don’t worry, I have that bit of self-control and definitely won’t drink too much," Zhao Dingli added.
However, whether or not he has self-control is one thing.
Li Xiaoyun’s concern for him would not lessen.
Zhao Dingli felt that his goal had been achieved.
"By the way, are we going to eat now?" Zhao Dingli asked again.
"Ah! You talked so much just now, I forgot all about it," Li Xiaoyun said.
"You wait, I’ll serve the porridge," Li Xiaoyun said.
Zhao Dingli felt that Li Xiaoyun sounded exactly like Mrs. Zhao at this moment.
"You sit down, I’ll do it," Zhao Dingli said, "You’ve worked hard all morning, let me handle this little thing."
Li Xiaoyun was directly pushed out of the kitchen by Zhao Dingli, pressed down on a high stool at the bar counter.
Li Xiaoyun asked, "Are we eating sitting here?"
"Yes," Zhao Dingli said, "How about sitting here? It’s just the two of us, the dining table is too big, it’s more convenient here at the bar."
Zhao Dingli’s kitchen was open style.
The dining room and kitchen were separated by a bar.
Though it wasn’t many steps away, the bar was indeed closer.
"Sure," Li Xiaoyun had no objections to this.
Zhao Dingli had a great idea.
The bar is narrower, not as wide as a dining table.
Even if they sat across from each other, they could still sit very close.
Even if they wanted to sit cheek to cheek, it would only take a slight lean forward.
This was very convenient for them to converse and increase their closeness.
Li Xiaoyun was still a bit dizzy and hadn’t realized this issue yet.
Zhao Dingli served the porridge.
Li Xiaoyun stretched her neck and said, "There are eggs in the steamer, they should be done."
"Alright," Zhao Dingli first brought over the porridge.
He directly brought over the small pot to make it easier to refill after drinking.
While he went to get the eggs, Li Xiaoyun said, "Be careful, it’s hot; use tongs to pick them up."
"Okay," Zhao Dingli retrieved the eggs under Li Xiaoyun’s supervision.
"I can handle this little thing, don’t worry," Zhao Dingli said.
"By the way, there are some cold dishes in the fridge, I’ll go get them," Li Xiaoyun realized she couldn’t sit still.
"I’ll handle it, you sit," Zhao Dingli said.
"There are also dumplings in the microwave, you go and get them," Li Xiaoyun said.
Only then did Zhao Dingli not stop her.
The dumplings were store-bought frozen items from the supermarket last night.
They just need to be heated in the microwave.
Maybe they weren’t as good as freshly made in a breakfast shop, but they tasted pretty nice.
Definitely better than if Li Xiaoyun tried to make them herself.
She wasn’t able to do that at all.
Even if she could mix the filling in the right proportions, she couldn’t wrap a dumpling.
Once breakfast was set, Zhao Dingli found that the breakfast was quite sumptuous.
These days, small appliances are very convenient.
As long as you plug them in and press the switch, they start working on their own.
Li Xiaoyun didn’t need to learn steaming and boiling skills.
They could still enjoy a warm breakfast, which was particularly comfortable.
If you didn’t count the time it took to cook porridge, just boiling the eggs and microwaving the dumplings, Li Xiaoyun could plug everything in, hit the switch, wash her face, brush her teeth, and by then, everything would be done.
The eggs were still very hot just out of the steamer.
Li Xiaoyun touched one and quickly burned her fingertip, quickly grabbing her earlobe to dissipate the heat.
Zhao Dingli said, "I’ll peel it for you."
He peeled the egg as if he weren’t bothered by the heat, placing it on Li Xiaoyun’s plate: "Don’t touch it yet, it’s hot."
Li Xiaoyun simply used a spoon to scoop and eat.
"If we didn’t have work, living like this would be so pleasant," Zhao Dingli said, "Promise me, on workdays, don’t be so busy in the morning. On weekends, do it only if you feel like it, and if not, don’t bother."
"Alright," Li Xiaoyun said, "Then I’ll do it over the weekends."
Right after she said it, she realized something was off.
Does that mean she has to stay over the weekends too?
She hadn’t planned on staying until the weekend.
Zhao Dingli couldn’t help but imagine, "Just think, on weekends we wouldn’t have to rush to the office, and we could be so relaxed at home, taking our time with everything."
"You can sleep in, then get up to cook porridge, and we can leisurely have breakfast. Combining breakfast and lunch would be fine too. How nice that would be," Zhao Dingli said.
Li Xiaoyun’s thoughts drifted to the weekend with Zhao Dingli’s words.
She was touched by the picture Zhao Dingli painted and found it quite appealing.
"But what will we do on weekdays? No porridge?" Li Xiaoyun asked.
"Just drink some hot milk," Zhao Dingli said, "Even if we do have porridge, you don’t need to go through the trouble of making an elaborate nourishing porridge. We can just have something simple."