"I've always been by myself. If you don't mind, you can have dinner with me in the future. Let's count this into the work content."

Logically speaking, the first reaction after hearing this should be rejection. This has been her long-standing habit of rejection.

But this noodle... is delicious.

My mouth was full and I couldn't make any sound at once, so I didn't refuse immediately.

Nick saw that there was still some pasta sauce on her mouth, and pulled out a paper towel and handed it over. Luo Shiyi took it and wiped her mouth. After swallowing the food in her mouth, she paused for a moment, as if

I was thinking about how to word it, and after a while I said, "Eat by yourself, okay?"

It was obviously a question, but her tone was very calm. Nick looked up at her, and after a while he said, "Humans are social animals. When you are alone, you will be very lonely."

Nick put down his fork and stopped eating. He picked up the juice and took a sip before saying, "That's right. As far as your personality is concerned, I'm afraid you've already adapted to loneliness."

When she saw it, she saw that it was a solitary animal.

Luo Shiyi didn't say anything, but also picked up the juice and took a sip.

Have you adapted to loneliness? Maybe you have already adapted to it. You have been living in that environment since you were a child. Apart from training, there is almost nothing else to do in your life.

Training day after day, training day after day since I was young, no friends, no family ties, nothing. Not even the memory of these.

So lonely?

"If you have never felt anything other than this from the beginning, you won't feel lonely anymore, because it has always been like this, and you will get used to it."

Nick was really surprised that she would say such a long thing. He looked up at her. He didn't know why. Looking at her calm eyes and listening to her calm tone, Nick suddenly felt like

, even if it is just such a calm tone, it is already full of loneliness.

"Let's eat together. Later." Nick said this, but it was no longer a question, but an affirmative tone, more like a strong order.

Luo Shiyi wanted to refuse, but Nick continued, "I haven't adapted to loneliness yet, and I don't plan to adapt. Anyway, you are paid to do things, right? There is nothing to lose, so let's eat together."

Luo Shiyi glanced at the plate that he had eaten cleanly, and thought of an old saying, sure enough... he is a soft-mouthed cannibal. After frowning slightly, he finally nodded.

Nick saw her nodding and smiled, then picked up the fork and continued eating, pointing to the fruit on the fruit plate next to him, "Eat it, fruit after dinner. I saw you liked eating fruit very much last time in the hospital."

Luo Shiyi picked up a dark plum and brought it to his mouth. He ate it in small bites. After chewing a few mouthfuls, he glanced at the plate in front of him and seemed to have thought of something. Then he said, "We can eat together."

Add it in, but my job content does not include cleaning up and washing dishes, so thank you for your hard work."

After saying that, she took the plum and ate it in small bites while standing up, walking towards the sofa again, and then sat down. The posture couldn't be more comfortable, as if... she was at home.

The feeling of sitting comfortably on the sofa after eating.

She... adapted very quickly. Nick smiled slightly, and after finishing the noodles on his plate, he stood up and cleared away the dishes.

He didn't do it in a hurry, and he didn't feel too annoyed. He didn't even notice that he felt a little happy in his heart. In this house where he was alone, it seemed that he was no longer alone.

After finishing the finishing work, Nick washed his hands, took off his apron and walked into the study. After a while, he walked out again, picked up the previous fruit plate and put it on the coffee table in front of her, and then left again.

Go into the study.

Luo Shiyi glanced at the fruit plate on the coffee table. For some reason, his heart softened a little. This man was different from the previous mission targets. This inexplicable warmth could soften people's hearts.

, but it made her a little uncomfortable.

Nick has been working, and from time to time he will stand up, walk around the study room twice, stretch his muscles, and then sit down again to continue working, without closing the study door.

Luo Shiyi was in the living room, with no expression on her face, but with the sensitive senses and vigilance she had developed over the years, she could clearly know what he was doing in the study.

The sound of pages turning, the occasional slight rotation of a swivel chair, and the tapping of a pen on the table indicate that he is at work.

If there are sounds of standing up from the leather chair, steady footsteps, and comfortable sighs as he stretches, then he is resting.

Obviously you don't need to pay attention to these things, but when you are just sitting in the living room with nothing to do, many things become unconscious and natural, and you pay attention to them.

So even without realizing it, time passed by, one hour, two hours, until night gradually fell.

Nick was in the study and never heard any movement outside. She was very quiet, as quiet as if she didn't exist.

So when he walked out of the study, he even subconsciously slowed down his steps, but when he walked out, he saw this woman sitting on the sofa.

She was leaning against the back of the sofa, looking like a normal sitting posture, except that she had her hands folded in front of her chest, her head just hanging down, and her eyes had been gently closed.

She fell asleep.

It seems... this is the first time I have seen her sleeping, right? Even though I lived in the same ward for so long during that time, I have never seen her sleeping. The only thing I have seen is

This time, I just closed my eyes and rested my mind.

This moment seemed so precious that Nick didn't even dare to move, for fear that this alert woman who could sense any slightest movement would wake up.

Seeing her lowering her head, closing her eyes, and breathing steadily, the corners of Nick's lips curled up slightly.

I will also think in my heart, ah, it turns out that this woman is not a machine, she can't live by eating some oil and batteries, she also needs to sleep.

Or maybe I thought, ah, it turns out that she looked like this when she fell asleep.

Quiet, not so indifferent, even the expression on his face became much softer. Nick just looked at her steadily, looking at the hand in front of her chest, the exposed back of the hand, and the top of the finger bones.

Those scars that seemed to have healed for a long time, and the calluses on the finger bones.
Chapter completed!