The weather was too cold, and Cheng Su, having spent another day at the company dealing with the jam tampering issue, lacked the appetite to make anything complicated, so she simply made two bowls of noodles, topped them with two sunny-side-up eggs, and sliced up some braised beef for the two of them to eat.
With troubles weighing on their minds, they finished dinner, went through their nightly routines, and went to bed early. After a bout of intense affection, they finally lay in bed, holding each other and talking.
Qi Taiguo was the first to bring up Cheng Su's hand injury. He grabbed her hand to examine it; wounds heal slowly in the winter, and now there was only a scab in her palm.
Having been away from home for so many days and with quite a few things having taken place on his end, Cheng Su slowly began to recount everything starting with that injury.