Killer Nights

Chapter 57: A-Tao's Date

Jiang Zhengkai wore a large loose-fitting bathrobe as he hurried about nervously in the kitchen.  Meanwhile, A-Jiao gently leaned on the kitchen’s door frame as she watched the man she loved busily trying to put together tonight’s dinner.  She liked this feeling, the feeling of warmth and comfort of being in a family, one she hasn’t felt for a long time.

“So, what do you think?  Not bad, right?” asked Jiang Zhengkai as he gave A-Jiao a freshly-cooked dish, before he hurried back to the kitchen to prepare the next one.

“Eh,” said A-Jiao as she took the dish and walked over to the dining table.  “It’s so-so, barely edible.”

“What!  You call this barely edible?” exclaimed Jiang Zhengkai.  He popped his head out of the kitchen and glanced at A-Jiao sitting by the dining table.  “Hey, no eating on the sly!”  A-Jiao had just used her long skinny fingers to pick up a vegetable stalk and was about to put it in her mouth when Jiang...