By the time the ingredients are delivered, Lily has already baked some French bread and biscuits in the shape of animals.
She brings them to the living room for Chloe. Then she goes to the door to check the ingredients.
There are three large bags. Just as she is about to carry them to the kitchen, a hand appears and accidentally touches the back of her hand.
"I'll do it."
While Lily is still in a daze, Louis has already picked up the bags and turns around to the kitchen.
She looks at her hand, as if there is still the residual temperature from his fingers. She thinks in mind: Just now after he helped her, he quickly stepped away. Now he touches her and directly leaves.
She smiles coldly.
Louis takes out all the ingredients in the bags and sorts them out. He catches a glimpse of Lily coming in and says, "What are you going to do? I'll wash and cut them for you."
"Chloe wants to eat fish porridge. Take out the fish and kill it. Wash some lean meat and celery, and a handful of spinach." Lily instructs and looks back at him, "If you don't dare to kill a fish, just tell me."
Louis detects a note of sarcasm in her voice and he gets sure that she dislikes him.
He frowns and turns to Lily and supports the counter with one hand. He could only vaguely smell the faint fragrance of Campanula above Lily's head.
"Ms. Lily, what have I ever done to deserve that? Louis says in a low voice, "Just now as you were about to fall, I even helped you. Why are you talking to me in such attitude?"
Lily gets angry when she hears this, "Am I? Mr. Smith, you never did domestic chores before, so I'm afraid you can't make it."
"Can you talk to me in normal tone?"
"Sure!" Lily looks back at him frankly, "Am I not speaking like that? Also, please say sorry if you accidentally touch someone."
Louis gets a little annoyed. "I just helped you, and you didn't say 'Thank you' to me."
Lily soon argues. "I nearly fell because you were in the way. You're responsible for your actions so you should help me! I didn't ask you to carry the bags for me and you didn't apologize for touching me. Am I right to say you did wrong?"
"..."
Louis hasn't seen her for months and he doesn't imagine that she is getting more and more eloquent. It's a pity that she doesn't join a debate team!
Louis wears a faint smile.
He takes a step back and gives in, "Alright, whatever you say is right. Don't call me Mr. Smith, okay? It's too formal."
"Mr. Smith, I call you this because I respect you and want to keep our communication impersonal." Lily keeps working and answers him, "Besides, I will remember the difference between us in this way."
Louis frowns again. He finally understands why men shouldn't try to quarrel with women.
Because men will never win.
In the debate, women can always say more than men and men will choke on their words.
"Please step aside." Lily pushes him impolitely, "If you don't help, go out. Don't stand in the way! It will take less time if I cook alone..."
As Lily is still speaking, Louis suddenly grabs her chin and kisses her deeply. All the noise dies in the kiss.
Louis thinks it's much quieter when she doesn't speak.
When Chloe comes to get herself a cup of water, she is dumbfounded by what she has seen. She almost couldn't hold the cup. "Sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't see anything. You can continue!"
She notices that her cup is still empty, so she comes back again to fill the cup with soda. At the same time, she sneaks a look at them.
Lily is very embarrassed. She pinches Louis on the waist and pushes him away angrily.
Lily takes a few steps back, looks up at the man and a faint blush comes to her cheeks, "How could you be so shameless? I'm going to sue you!"
"Then I want to see which lawyer dares to defend for you." Louis slowly rolls up his sleeves, revealing his sturdy arms. "I think no one will help you unless he doesn't want to be a lawyer anymore."
Lily turns around angrily and says, "You're so unreasonable!"
Louis notices that she is going to handle the meat, so he hands her a knife. "From now on, call me Louis. Once you call me Mr. Smith, I'll kiss you right away."
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