Channing did not answer and only turned around to look at her. He said after several seconds, “Okay.”

Winnie asked, “Did you look for Chassell?

Channing confirmed, “I did.”

“You went to look for him…”

Channing said, “You already asked the second question.”

Winnie was puzzled.

Channing stood up and said, “Let me use the kitchen.”

Winnie paused for a while before realizing that she had been fooled. Channing was indeed smart and could think very quickly.

Winnie looked at his back and rubbed her eyebrows. She was holding back a lot of questions but did not know where to begin.

After a while, the food was delivered.

Winnie collected them and walked to the dining room. She then asked Channing, “What are you doing?”

Channing emerged from the kitchen and said, “I wanted to cook two dishes but your fridge is empty. You had some expired frozen food which I already threw them away.

Winnie was speechless and felt embarrassed again.

She then said, “Let’s eat.”

Channing looked at the food and said, “That’s too much. Pick a few that you wish to eat and keep the rest in the fridge.”

Winnie looked at the dishes and picked some. The rest were brought to the kitchen to cool off before keeping them in the fridge.

Winnie had to control her weight and did not eat much. She said, “Do you want to eat some more?”

“No need, it’s enough,” Channing replied. They finished the food and none was wasted.

Channing packed up the garbage and then said, “Have an early rest. I’ll leave now.”

Winnie hesitated for a moment before asking, “Are you going straight home?”

Channing paused before acknowledging.

Winnie asked, “Will you be taking a cab?”

“I’ll take the subway,” Channing replied.

“Okay.” Winnie looked at the time and said, “The subway station is five minutes on foot. If your ride home is half an hour and thereafter you take another ten minutes’ walk back, you will need at most forty-five minutes to get home. If you go to the convenience store to buy some snacks, I’ll give you another five minutes. So send me your location after fifty minutes.”

Channing was speechless.

He paused for a minute before saying, “My place is further away from here.”

“How far? Is it the neighboring city?” Winnie continued, “Send me your location in fifty minutes or I will look for your sister.”

Channing was silent for several seconds and then said, “Are you checking on me?”

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