Sara did her best to prepare dinner in the kitchen that evening.

Jianjun wasn't at home to do it and no one knew where he was. Her aunt wasn't here either.

She thought about ordering something or making Noddles for everybody since it was the fastest and easiest to do but she shook her head at that thought. Jianjun would kill her if she ever did something like that. 

With Joreen and Bilike's help, she settled with the idea of making fried rice. 

Mr Chu quietly sat on a chair inside the kitchen, watching how everything was going since they all refused to let him do anything.

Bilike volunteered to help chop the ingredients especially the chilli pepper since he knew she was allergic to raw pepper– which was the reason she was currently wearing a face mask.

Joreen helped him with rinsing the ingredients while the boss of them all Sara, was going through her phone with a face mask on. She checked for the best and easiest ways to prepare Chinese fried rice. 

Bilike and Joreen quietly gossiped her in their corner. They began to feel bad for Muchen who chose to fall in love with someone that could never be considered as a 'wife material' 

"I feel bad for CEO Li" As if Mr Chu knew what Bilike and Joreen was thinking, he said out loud with his eyes on Sara. 

It took about three seconds before Sara registered what he had just said so she moved her eyes from her phone to him.

"Wh..y?" She asked him in confusion.

She saw the amused looks on Bilike and Joreen's faces like they were both trying to suppress a laugh. She had no idea what was going on.

"You should really attend the cooking classes your father talked about. If you continue like this, your future in-laws might send you packing and we won't accept you back. Just so you know" He informed her with a tiny smile on his face. 

Sara scoffed at all of them. "What? Jo... Do you think so too?" She asked the only person who was always on her side. 

"Of course not! I'll accept you back if they send you away" Joreen rushed to answer.

"You even believe they'll send me away also?" Sara looked at her in shock and betrayal. 

"You all just watch me. I am going to prepare the tastiest fried rice you've ever eaten in your lives" She eyed them before dumping her phone to work on something. 

"No please... Use your phone" Bilike cried out. The others thought exactly the same way. She had been using her phone yet, she couldn't start something so what happens if she dropped her phone? It was going to be disaster!

Sara's phone received a call notification so she moved her eyes away from all of them to take the most important call in her life. 

"Hello Mr Li..." She said excitedly before leaving the kitchen. Not forgetting to remind them to keep working and talk less. 

"She's one weird kid. How do Jianjun cope?"

It was the last words she heard Mr Chu say before she stepped into the sitting room. 

"Hello Ms Wang." She also heard the excitement in his voice. "You sound really happy today. Something special happened?" He asked. 

"Nothing special actually."

'Except the fact that you're calling me now' she said in her mind.

"The thing is...." She looked back to check if anyone was there before whispering "I am cooking" 

"Cooking?" He paused for a while before she heard him say again "Why do I feel that's not a good news for the rest of the family? Where is Mr Wang?"

Sara rolled her eyes. They were all looking down on her "He isn't around. Someone has to cook around here" She said proudly.

"So how far have you gone?" He asked curiously. 

Sara didn't want to tell him that she was relying on the net or that Bilike was helping her with the ingredients so she went on to say "I'm chopping the ingredients for fried rice right now. Tcha tcha tcha" She made a chopping sound with her mouth.

She heard Muchen chuckle before he asked "Then why are you in your sitting room?" 

"I'm not— Wait, what? How....did you know?" Her eyes shone then she took quick steps to the window and pushed the curtain aside before she heard him say "I saw your silhouette" 

"What! What are you doing here by this time?" She rushed to open the door before hanging up the call. He also got down from his car when he saw her coming out. He really hadn't planned on staying here for long. He didn't even know why he came here directly from the office but he was really excited to see her.

He looked at Sara as she approached. She was wearing a black tank top and a grey short that was above her knees. Her hair was in a ponytail while a face mask was hanging on her left ear.

Sara could tell he was just returning from work because he was still on the formal clothes he wore that morning.

He quickly took off his suit jacket and draped it around her shoulders when she got to where he was standing.

"What are you thinking coming out like this in this cold?" He scolded her with soft eyes.

Sara didn't mind his scolding. She just smiled happily at him and asked "Why did you come?"

"Why are you wearing that?" He helped take off the face mask hanging on her ear. 

She gasped.

She had totally forgotten about it. She quickly snatched it from him and tucked it in her Short's pocket. 

"You must think you're a surgeon since you're using the knife today" He teased her before leading her inside. "It's too cold. You should stay inside."

Sara happily followed him and opened the door to let them both in. 

Inside the house was a lot warmer than outside so she took off the jacket. They only just took the third step when they both heard Bilike speak loudly from the kitchen

"Big Sis, we're done with the veggies, you can come cook now" 

Sara suddenly wished she had magic powers to quickly shut him up. She turned to look at Muchen awkwardly. He cocked a brow at her and said "You little liar.—wait!" He suddenly remembered something more pressing so he asked. "Bilike was in the kitchen with you and you're dressed like that?" He asked as he looked her up and down.

"Like what?" Sara gave him a confused look. 

She was wearing a tank top and short. What was wrong with it? 

"Sara please... Go cover up. You're revealing too much skin"

No matter how much Sara tried to refuse, the stubborn man didn't relent. He was never going to let another man see his girlfriend's body. If possible, he would prefer her to always wear a long sleeved turtleneck shirt and trousers everyday. 

When Sara returned from the room after changing into a Tee-shirt, she was disappointed when she didn't see Muchen in the sitting room. She hurriedly looked out the window and saw his car there but it didn't look like someone was inside.

She took fast steps to the kitchen when she heard a voice that sounded like his and got the scare of her life when she saw Muchen by the fire with folded sleeves.

It was the same shock Jianjun and Cixi got when they witnessed the same scene.