Chapter 61 Peeling Shrimps Hand by Hand

But Jane still had no courage. Not enough to accept their relationship publicly. "You go first. I have something to do." She requested some more time to accept. There was silence on the other end of the phone. After a long time, he whispered, "Okay." Jane felt relief. She spoke casually with Edwin Carter and hung up the phone. It was 11:30 and colleagues in the office were ready to go out for the meal. Jane put down the cell phone and began to pack things. While collecting her things, she didn’t notice Edwin Carter, Who had just put down his mobile phone and was standing outside the business department. Innovative technology offices were mostly glass compartments, from the outside one can clearly see the internal situation. Edwin Carter was quietly looking at Jane. Jane was sitting in the office, bowing her head and was thinking something. Her face had many changing expressions from sunny to cloudy. He couldn’t help thinking: What was she thinking? Is it related to him? So he took his cell phone and dialed her number. Looking at his incoming calls her face became somewhat flustered then she blushed and then she laughed like a fully bloomed flower. He has seen many beautiful women in his life, but Jane was the most beautiful, bright and adorable. For a moment, he could not help to lose his mind for her smile. He wanted to take this smile for himself and tell everyone that she was his. Out of courtesy, he asked her. From the outside, he saw the hesitation on her face. Then he felt somewhat disappointed. He didn’t know why. She refused to make their relationship public. But he wanted to take her hand and in spite of all the odd promises, he wanted to announce loudly that she is his wife. But he didn’t want her to be embarrassed. So he said, "OK." He saw some relief on her face. After Sienna Henry finished her official duties, she came to Edwin Carter and asked in a low voice, "Chairman Carter, would you like me to call your wife to go with you?" Jane was still packing things. Edwin Carter looked at her, silently. Then turned to Sienna Henry and said, "No. Let’s go." By the time Jane reached Lily Restaurant, Edwin Carter had already been waiting for long. As she opened the door, she saw Edwin Carter sitting gracefully in front of the window. He seemed to be looking at something. The sunshine outside the window fell on his forehead and on his face, making the bright and firm lines of his face more attractive. The whole scene looked like a beautiful painting, but, inexplicably, she can see loneliness in it. She wanted to go closer and hug him tightly from the back. However, after a moment Edwin Carter noticed her. He turned his face and said with a smile, "Here you are." The sunshine fell into his eyes like a starry sea. Jane felt a sudden increase in temperature on her face and hurriedly avoided the dazzling sight. With a gentle hum, she sat beside Edwin Carter. Today they will have seafood. Velvet steamed scallop, crab curry, bean curd with three fresh ingredients, balsam pear brewed fresh shrimp, pepper salt wrasse urine shrimp... The five dishes had both a clear and heavy taste, which was in line with the appetite of two people. Jane likes seafood very much but unfortunately, her hometown is in the inland and there is not much seafood. When she came to Jiangbei which is situated along the coast, she always favored seafood. She looked at a table of dishes and looked at Edwin Carter in some surprise. She didn’t know whether it’s coincidence or something else. Edwin Carter always knew what she likes, just like an acquaintance who has known her for a long time. "What’s wrong?" Edwin Carter felt something and could not help asking. "Nothing," she said with a satisfied smile. Jane took a spoonful of tofu and put it in her mouth. It was delicious and fragrant. "I find it strange. How do you know so well that what I like?" "Because..." I investigated you. The second half of the sentence was stuck in his throat that he could not say it out. He had spent a lot of effort investigating about what Jane had experienced and what she likes... But why he tried so hard to give her happiness? "Well?" Seeing that Edwin Carter wanted to speak and stopped, she blinked. "Nothing, happy to know that you like it." Edwin Carter couldn’t understand himself and could not give the answer. So he changed the topic. This answer was very formal. Jane for a moment does not know how to answer, so she just said thank you, and then bow to eat silently. Both of them ate silently and after some time, Edwin Carter suddenly asked with a slight doubt, "Don’t you like the shrimp?" Jane was startled; she tasted all the dishes but didn’t touch the dish of shrimps. Did he notice this? Even while eating he was observing her? "Yes, I like it." She smiled and answered. She likes it very much. She can finish one dish alone easily. It’s just that although it’s delicious but it’s very troublesome to handle and the person doesn’t look very good eating while peeling them. So she didn’t want to eat in front of Edwin Carter. But Edwin Carter didn’t think so. He knew that the wrasse shrimp tasted good and not easy to peel. Every time Angela ate this dish in the past, she asked for her mother’s help to peel it because she could not peel it properly and would cut herself. Mother loves her very much. So each time she peeled a whole plate of wrasse shrimps for her. Jane likes it but didn’t eat it. Maybe this was the reason? Edwin Carter took disposable gloves and picked a wrasse shrimp and tried to peel it by recalling the way his mother peeled shrimp. He didn’t like to eat wrasse shrimp, and he didn’t know the proper way to peel it. So he peeled it clumsily and could not find the proper way. Jane looked at him that his efforts are going in vain she also took a shrimp and said, "That’s how we peel it." She twisted off the head of the wrasse shrimp and then inserted in a chopstick from the tail of the wrasse shrimp. The delicious meat of the wrasse shrimp instantly come out. Edwin Carter looked at the magic and wanted to try it, so he learned to take a chopstick as Jane’s used. But on the contrary, there was no meat came out as Jane. Jane was observing him. She couldn’t help laughing, but Edwin Carter gave him a constant stare. "Come help me." Edwin Carter complained. Jane once again picked up the wrasse urine shrimp just to demonstrate, but listened to Edwin Carter saying, "Hand by hand." He spoke lightly and naturally. Jane looked at him and blushed again. It was just peeling shrimps. Why was she blushing? She shook her head and threw away the strange ideas from her mind. Then she got up and went close to Edwin Carter. Edwin Carter was sitting down, and she was standing beside him. She bend down and then seized Edwin Carter’s hand to teach him.