Seeing Su Qing return, Cheng Beilin quickly put on a nonchalant expression and smiled. "Perfect timing! I was just thinking about those dumplings."
Seeing Cheng Beilin pretend that nothing was wrong, Su Qing played along as if she hadn't noticed a thing. She smiled and said, "The state-run restaurant was selling pork and scallion dumplings today. I bought a lot, so Doctor Du can have some with us."
As she spoke, Su Qing placed five aluminum lunch boxes on the table. She had bought four pounds of dumplings, which fit perfectly into the five containers.
"He's not getting any," Cheng Beilin huffed.
Du Chaoran looked embarrassed and quickly said, "No, it's fine. I'll just go to the cafeteria. You two go ahead."
With that, Du Chaoran turned to leave.
