Chapter 616 - 371: Zhao Duoduo’s Day of Tribulation

Inside Jintian City Apartments, Xu Manning watched Wu Wenyue hang up the phone and couldn’t help but expectantly ask, "So, is she coming?"

"Yes, she said she’d come right after dinner."

Wu Wenyue casually rummaged through the plastic bag, pulled out a hamburger, and frowned, "I asked you to bring some food, and you brought this junk food?"

"I specifically told him not to add salad dressing."

Xu Manning rolled her eyes, "And it’s not fried chicken, it’s a grilled chicken burger, bread for carbs, grilled chicken for protein, tomato for vegetables... it’s healthy, okay? If you don’t want it, I’ll eat both."

Wu Wenyue said nothing, opened the burger, and took a bite. She didn’t taste any tomato, only bread and chicken, slightly salty, dry, and bland without the salad dressing, making it several notches less palatable.

Suddenly, Wu Wenyue remembered the gourmet food Zhao Qingge was probably enjoying at the moment — dumplings, sea cucumber, spotted grouper...

Instantly, she felt unhappy!

Looking over at Xu Manning eating the burger, her face was cold with a hint of inexplicable resentment. Who was she resenting?

"Later, during the workout, Yueyue, make sure to push her hard. Don’t let her leave until she throws up."

Wu Wenyue sighed with a complex expression, "I know, but mainly... what about Xiaofeng? Are we just going to keep things as they are?"

Xu Manning put down the burger, took a sip of warm water with her left hand, swallowed, and continued eating, her black and white eyes staring at Wu Wenyue, "How about... you send him a WeChat message asking him to move back in?"

Wu Wenyue sneered, "Move back? Where to? Whether it’s here or Jade District, they’re both your places. How would it make any sense for me to ask?"

Xu Manning was a bit angry, "Who’s stopping you from cooking? We’ve both starved and gotten skinnier these past few days because of you, so you should ask!"

Wu Wenyue retorted, "It’s just that I didn’t cook this time. I’ve been cooking the past few days, but every time you complain it’s bad and eat so little. It’s frustrating and tiring; why should I keep cooking?"

In the course of life’s growth, unless you experience complete despair once, you won’t know what in yourself you should never give up on!

After several days of the silent treatment, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning believed they could resist reaching out to Li Peifeng, but they were starting to miss his cooking a bit too much.

Li’s cooking seemed almost addictive; once tasted, even just once, you’d never forget it. It wasn’t about Wu Wenyue cooking, even dining out at century-old establishments couldn’t replicate that flavor.

Xu Manning blocked Zhao Qingge’s moments for this reason too. If she kept seeing those delicious food photos, she feared she’d eventually give in to temptation and show up to mooch a meal...

That would just be too pathetic!

"I can’t take it any longer."

Xu Manning gritted her teeth, tossed the half-eaten burger on the table, and said in frustration, "There are only two things that matter in life: love and food. I’ve lost love, and now food is gone too. I’ve starved and lost weight this whole week. I want to eat. I want to eat the food that Li Peifeng makes! Bring him back! Bring him back to cook for us! It’s not about the man; it’s about the food!"

Wu Wenyue was speechless, "If you’re capable, go get him yourself. His heart is with his mentor now, and he’s completely off the grid. What can I do?"

As soon as she said this, it was like flipping a switch. Miss Xu felt both sad and angry, began stomping her feet frantically, and glared at Wu Wenyue, then pouted, laid her head in her hands on the table, and began to cry... half-jokingly.

"Hiss~ I don’t care, you have to help me get him back, Yueyue. Call him and bring Li Peifeng back... I can’t take it anymore. Your cooking is terrible; I want to eat!"

There were no tears, just wailing.

Listening to this made Wu Wenyue feel irritated, "Enough already. Go change and get ready for the gym. Take it out on Old Zhao. What good is crying to me? You think me asking will bring him back?"

[It can!]

As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Wenyue’s face changed, and Xu Manning immediately stopped sobbing, raised her head with a furrowed brow, half-believing, "It felt like a darned dog just farted in my heart."

"Because you’re being so pathetic it’s funny!"

Wu Wenyue lamented, "Keep crying. With you like this, he’s sure to take advantage in the future..."

[He won’t.]

"Stop whining!"

Wu Wenyue was embarrassed and angry, cursing out loud, "Six days, not a single word. First contact and it’s in this way? What is this? Let me tell you, between us, we’ll just pretend it’s auditory hallucination, didn’t hear anything. If you really care, you should show up immediately and cheer us up. Otherwise, even if this little brat cries herself to death, I won’t contact you first. You think we can’t survive without you? No way!!"

Xu Manning hesitated, thought for a moment, picked up the burger to continue eating, trying hard to suppress thoughts of [quickly move to Jintian City and make us meals every day and I’ll forgive you], afraid Li Peifeng might sense it. Because she also felt that ending the cold war after six days without holding Li Peifeng accountable and pretending it never happened seemed very spineless!

"Ding-dong~"

The doorbell rang. Opening the door, Huang Tianxuan stood there in workout clothes, holding a bag of bananas, "When are we leaving?"

"Waiting for her to change."

Wu Wenyue still had a sullen face, prompting Xu Manning once more before she slowly got up and walked into the bedroom, "Right away."