Chapter 2819: I Want to Eat at Home

Xiao Lang glanced at her with dark eyes.

Up ahead, Li Qian also saw them. His expression remained calm, as if he hadn’t seen them at all, and he turned his gaze away.

Li Qian greeted a few friends and entered the restaurant.

Xiao Lang pushed open the car door, "Come on, get out."

"Let’s go back." Li Mingxi sat still, "Eat at home, I don’t want to eat here."

Xiao Lang’s hand tightened on the steering wheel.

"Are you afraid of him seeing you?"

She wasn’t afraid of being seen by Li Qian, but by his friends.

In the future, she was going to marry Li Qian. If his friends knew she was with another man, what would they think?

Even if it’s just an act, it has to be serious. Can’t leave any evidence for someone to use as a joke, right?

"I want to eat at home." Li Mingxi repeated.

Xiao Lang was upset. In his view, she was just afraid of being seen by Li Qian.

"You’re not even married to him yet, and you’re already afraid of him finding out?!" he asked angrily.

Li Mingxi helplessly replied, "You have to give me some face, right? I don’t want to be scolded for being fickle."

Xiao Lang also didn’t want her to be insulted, "Marry me, and who dares to scold you?"

Li Mingxi looked at him warily, "You said you’d let me choose freely after half a month, but it seems like you never actually intended to."

He kept talking about having her marry him.

She was really worried that Xiao Lang would do something again.

Seeing her so afraid of marrying him, Xiao Lang couldn’t help but feel a bit hurt.

He faintly smiled, "I’m just trying to fight for a chance, you don’t need to be so defensive."

Li Mingxi felt a bit guilty over what he said.

She seemed indeed too guarded against him, even though his actions were all correct.

"Let’s go back and eat something simple." Li Mingxi said softly.

This time, Xiao Lang didn’t say anything and started the car to leave.

However, as they passed the supermarket entrance, he pulled her inside to buy a lot of ingredients.

This was her second time accompanying him to the supermarket.

Each time, it gave her a feeling that they were an old married couple.

Xiao Lang bought a lot of food, all things Li Mingxi loved to eat.

At checkout, he didn’t ask for change and instead got two bars of chocolate.

Once in the car, he extended his palm to hand her the chocolate, "Here."

Li Mingxi stubbornly said, "I’m not a kid, I don’t particularly love chocolate."

"If you’re not gonna eat it, just throw it away." He stuffed the chocolate into her hand, speaking coldly.

Li Mingxi held the chocolate, not wanting to eat it but unwilling to throw it away.

...

Back at the neighborhood, Xiao Lang carried two big bags of ingredients ahead, with Li Mingxi trailing behind him.

Xiao Lang opened the door, and Li Mingxi suddenly said, "I need to get some things from my place."

Xiao Lang nodded and went inside without closing the door.

Almost no one came to this floor, so leaving the door open wasn’t an issue.

Li Mingxi returned to her own apartment and went to the kitchen, opening the fridge door.

Inside was a piece of chocolate she hadn’t eaten.

It wasn’t that she didn’t like eating it; she treasured it too much to eat it...

Li Mingxi found a transparent box, dropped the three pieces of chocolate inside, and placed them in the fridge for storage.

Then she picked up her personal drinking cup and walked out to Xiao Lang’s place.

Xiao Lang was busy in the kitchen.

Li Mingxi put down the cup and rushed to the kitchen, "Let me do it, you’re still injured."

Xiao Lang expertly sliced the meat, "You go out, I’ll handle it."

"But your injury..."