An hour later, the Bugatti Veyron drove from the city to a suburban villa area.
Yu He was not unfamiliar with this villa area; she also owned a property there. Just as she was wondering, she saw Li Sichen park the car in the courtyard of one of the villas, coincidentally right next to Yu He's.
"Aren't you going to eat?" she asked.
"I am, but no restaurant can compare to the meaning of you cooking for me yourself," Li Sichen got out of the car and walked around to the rear to open the back door.
Yu He: ...
She had been careless. She shouldn't have let him choose in the first place.
But she didn't refuse. After getting out of the car with the little pig, she deliberately scanned her surroundings. She didn't see any suspicious people or vehicles for the moment.
For a moment, she wondered if she was being overly suspicious about the man in black she had seen in the park.
Li Sichen noticed her oddity but said nothing. He opened the large gate and led her straight to the kitchen.
Yu He was already hungry. She put down the little pig. "What do you want to eat?"
Li Sichen was not polite at all. He listed a string of dishes: "Braised pork trotters, Kung Pao chicken, Buddha jumps over the wall, lion's head meatballs, braised pork belly..."
Yu He opened the refrigerator door. It was empty, with a few bottles of beer, two eggs, and half a packet of noodles that had been opened for who knows how long. She picked them up and saw they were expired.
Yu He: ...
Li Sichen: ...
Li Sichen's eyes darted to the little pig, which was curiously sniffing around.
The next second, he quickly moved over, grabbed the little pig with one hand, and placed it on the chopping board. "The food you brought is just right. We'll slaughter it fresh."
The little pig immediately let out a pig-like squeal, struggled desperately, then kicked Li Sichen's hand away with its hind legs, quickly jumped off the chopping board, and ran to Yu He's feet, snorting protests.
Yu He squatted down, petted its back, and comforted it, "Be good, don't be afraid."
The little pig seized the opportunity, its front paws clinging to Yu He's leg, and nestled into her arms, then tilted its little pig head to glare suspiciously at Li Sichen.
"You scared my son, and now he won't let me cook for you," Yu He said, standing up with the little pig in her arms.
"Since you've already scared him, why not scare him to death and put him in the pot?" Li Sichen teased.
Yu He: "Scram!"
Li Sichen dramatically clutched his chest, looking hurt. "So in your heart, I'm not even as good as a pig. It hurts so much. All my hard work teaching you to code back then, and in the end, you won't even cook a meal for your teacher..."
Yu He silently chanted "respect the teacher" three times before suppressing the urge to turn and leave.
She held the little pig with one hand and took out her phone. "What do you want to eat?"
Li Sichen glanced at her phone and immediately said, "I don't eat takeout. I'm sick of it. I want you to cook for me yourself. Anything is fine. Hurry up, I'm starving."
Yu He lowered her gaze and tapped on her phone a few times.
Half an hour later, a delivery driver brought the items Yu He had ordered.
A packet of instant noodles, a sausage, and a braised egg.
Yu He used a pot to boil water, threw in the instant noodles, sausage, and braised egg, then served them in a bowl and presented it to Li Sichen.
"Eat."
Li Sichen was sitting at the dining table, typing a message. He looked up and saw a bowl of instant noodles. "You're treating me to this?" he asked disdainfully.
"I made it myself, it's the fastest," Yu He replied.
Li Sichen: ...
Yu He sat down opposite him, opened the lobster rice she had ordered for herself, gave some rice to the little pig, and slowly began to eat.
Despite his disdain, it was already two in the afternoon, and Li Sichen was starving. He picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
After finishing, he asked with lingering desire, "Is there any more?"
Yu He: ... "No."
"This meal doesn't count. You'll cook me a proper meal tonight," Li Sichen said, then took out his phone to order groceries online.
Yu He ignored him. After eating, she tidied up the takeout containers and threw them in the trash to prevent the little pig from gnawing on them.
After placing his order, Li Sichen put down his phone and suddenly asked, "What's going on with Vulcan?"
"You don't know who Vulcan is?" Yu He countered, somewhat surprised.
On the hacker forum, everyone said Vulcan and S were mortal enemies. They had battled online countless times, almost to a draw, but they didn't know each other offline?
Li Sichen narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Yu He, and remained silent. Within Xing Que, many people knew Vulcan was the Hall Master.
But the Hall Master's true identity was a mystery.
Ever since Yu He had produced a U disk with Vulcan's symbol at the XS Group anniversary party, Li Sichen, like many others, had mistakenly assumed Yu He was Vulcan, and even the Hall Master of Xing Que.
But he quickly dismissed the idea. Yu He was his disciple. Although they hadn't met before, he knew her technical skill level very well, and it wasn't the same style.
However, Vulcan's U disk was in Yu He's possession. The only person he could think of was the man beside her, Qin Beiting.
"Vulcan is Qin Beiting," Li Sichen stated his thought, his tone firm.
He had always been compared to Qin Beiting by those around him. The competitive spirit in his heart made him always want to be better than Qin Beiting. Even joining Xing Que was because he knew Qin Beiting was part of the organization. To prove he could be more capable than Qin Beiting, he joined based on his own merit, only to find out that Qin Beiting was the Hall Master!
Yu He looked at him, neither confirming nor denying.
She didn't understand Xing Que's rules, but the identity of Xing Que's Hall Master had always been a mystery. She decided to pretend she didn't know.
"Why didn't you want me to investigate the Qin family before?" Yu He changed the subject.
Li Sichen got up and took the dishes and bowls back to the kitchen. When he came out, he said slowly, "The Qin family is too chaotic. Why would an outsider like you get involved?"
Yu He raised an eyebrow. "Just that?"
"Don't be so curious, little one," Li Sichen warned.
Yu He sneered. She thought he knew more than he did. It turned out she had been overthinking.
She stood up, preparing to leave.
"Someone is tracking you, even trying to kill you. You don't know that, do you?" Li Sichen suddenly blurted out.
Yu He's steps halted. She thought of the man in black in the park.
"Bang—"
Li Sichen suddenly pushed Yu He onto the dining table. The man's heavy body made Yu He grunt.
"What are you doing!" Yu He tried to push him away, but the difference in strength between a man and a woman was too great. She couldn't move him.
Li Sichen grasped her chin, turned her face to the side, and whispered, "Look at the wall."
Yu He blinked in surprise and then saw a red dot on the wall at the height where she had been sitting. It was the aiming dot of a sniper rifle!
The red dot disappeared after a moment. Yu He immediately looked back, only to suddenly see a familiar figure standing in the living room, who hadn't been there before.
The man's face was grim, and the temperature around them plummeted.
Yu He:!
Why was he here!
Qin Beiting strode forward, yanked Li Sichen off Yu He, and threw a punch straight at his face.