"So you want to cook for me too?" Ruan Danchen smiled, and her eyes curved into crescent moons. She looked at the man in front of her, who looked a little cold and embarrassed, but she took the initiative to approach him and hugged his arm.
Qi Chenglin didn't answer her directly. He just glanced at her lightly, and his body seemed to be straighter. He said with an air of nobility, "In case you always envy others."
"I'm not envious. You just don't know how to cook. It's the envy of others that I can have a man like you. If I were to envy others, it would be too extravagant. " Ruan Danchen looked up and smiled gently at the man who had never entered the kitchen for her, but now he was about to roll up his sleeves and learn how to cook.
This was even more touching than the fact that he knew how to cook for her.
"So you don't want to eat the food I cook for you?" Qi Chenglin raised his eyebrows and asked.
"I didn't say that." Ruan Danchen glared at him and smiled. "I'm still quite curious. I really want to try it."
Qi Chenglin's lips curled up.
Ruan Danchen stood on her tiptoes, and her lips could only reach his chin. She quickly pecked his chin, which had some light stubble. "Do you want me to help you?"
Ruan Danchen glanced at the menu worriedly. It was his first time cooking, and he had chosen such a difficult Christmas meal. Wasn't it a little unreliable?
It would be better to start from a normal day!
"You're sick. You don't need to help. Go out and rest. You can watch TV or surf the Internet. Just wait for the food." Qi Chenglin said as he held her shoulders and pushed her out. He pressed Ruan Danchen to sit on the sofa before walking back.
Ruan Danchen wanted to say that she was afraid that he would be too busy. He would always be flustered when cooking for the first time. As a newbie, he didn't know when he could let them eat.
Seeing that Qi Chenglin had already entered the kitchen and started to work, Ruan Danchen wondered if she should ask Qi Youxuan if he had hidden anything delicious in his room. The two of them could still fill their stomachs first.
However, in the end, Ruan Danchen chose to enter the kitchen and sat in front of the bar to watch Qi Chenglin fluster.
In fact, Qi Chenglin was still very self-aware, so the vegetables he bought in the supermarket had already been processed. The semi-finished products were wrapped in plastic wrap. When he came back, he just needed to wash them. He didn't even need to cut them.
But the worst thing was the big turkey. The turkey bought in the supermarket had its feathers plucked clean and still. However, Qi Chenglin was still frowning. His fingers propped up the turkey's butt and stuffed the stuffing into it. His hands were covered in sticky and greasy stuffing.
Originally, he was wearing gloves, but the stuffing would stain the gloves, and it was very uncomfortable.
Suddenly hearing some noise, Qi Chenglin turned around and saw Ruan Danchen sitting down with her elbows on the table and her palms supporting her cheeks. She was looking at his back as he walked away.
Qi Chenglin's face was a little red. He held the hand that was covered in stuffing and stopped moving. His back stiffened without a trace. "Why did you come in?"
"I came in to watch you cook! People say that men who cook are the most charming, so I came in to admire them. " Ruan Danchen held her cheeks with one hand and smiled at his somewhat awkward face. It was obvious that this man didn't want her to see his embarrassment.
Qi Chenglin curled his lips. "Men who work hard are the most charming. Men who wash the dishes are the most charming. Men who cook are the most charming. There are quite a lot of reasons why men are charming, and they are all related to working for women."
"…" Ruan Danchen was embarrassed. "Working hard is like a woman's facial features!"
Qi Chenglin continued to stuff stuffing into the turkey. If she wanted to see, he would let her see. He glanced at her with a smile that was not a smile, and the corner of his mouth hooked up. "Men work to support their wives."
His words sounded like he was talking about her.
But she wasn't his wife yet!
Ruan Danchen blushed inexplicably. She couldn't stay any longer. Sitting on the chair, she felt that her butt was hot.
"I'll go out and see You Xuan first." Ruan Danchen's face was red to the neck. She stood up and walked out.
Qi Chenglin smiled and continued to struggle with his turkey. But a few seconds later, Ruan Danchen suddenly poked her head in from outside. "You really don't need my help?"
"…" At this moment, Qi Chenglin felt that she was prepared to see him make a fool of himself. This little heartless person. However, seeing that she was much more energetic, completely different from the listlessness in the morning, he was relieved. He raised his eyebrows. "There's really no need."
Only then did Ruan Danchen leave.
In the end, Qi Chenglin's Christmas dinner was really hard to come by. From four to seven o 'clock, there was no fragrance wafting out. Ruan Danchen was almost starving. She wanted to go in and take a look, but she was afraid that he would feel pressured.
At this time, Qi Youxuan also didn't dare to go in and provoke Qi Chenglin. What if his father flew into a rage out of humiliation?
Ruan Danchen was hungry when she suddenly felt a light pat on her shoulder from behind.
She turned around, but didn't see anyone. She heard a small voice stuck in her throat. "Here, Auntie Ruan, here."
Ruan Danchen knelt on the sofa and turned around. Qi Youxuan was hiding behind the sofa with his waist bent. She asked curiously, "Youxuan, what are you doing?"
"Auntie Ruan, are you hungry?" The little boy stared at her with a pair of big black eyes and asked cautiously.
"…" Ruan Danchen really didn't want to extinguish Qi Chenglin's breeze, but she was indeed hungry. She touched her stomach and nodded, admitting it honestly.
Qi Youxuan looked left and right with great determination. He asked cautiously, "Then do you want to eat something? I don't know how long it will take for Dad to cook. "
"Yes." Ruan Danchen really wanted to.
"I hid a few bags of potato chips, snow cakes, and grilled seaweed slices in my room. You …" Before Qi Youxuan could finish, Ruan Danchen jumped off the sofa, walked around, and took his hand.
"Don't say anything. I'll go with you," Ruan Danchen said quickly. She didn't forget to lower her voice and quickly went upstairs with Qi Youxuan.
In Qi Youxuan's bedroom, Ruan Danchen's eyes twitched as she watched Qi Youxuan take out a stack of clothes from the closet. He took out a box that was slightly bigger than a shoe box from the innermost corner.
She opened it and saw that it was full of snacks.
Ruan Danchen: "…"
No wonder he didn't lose weight after losing weight for so long.
Qi Youxuan took out a bag of potato chips and was about to pass it to Ruan Danchen when he changed his mind. He retracted his hand and held the bag in his arms. "Auntie Ruan, you can't tell Dad. I can't bear to see you starve. You can't burn the bridge after crossing the river."
She learned the phrase "burn the bridge after crossing the river" from Qi Chenglin in the temple. Qi Youxuan, the little boy, learned it and put it to use.
"I promise I won't say anything," Ruan Danchen promised. Qi Youxuan then handed the bag of potato chips to her.
Then he also took out a bag of potato chips. Just as he was about to open it, he was stopped by Ruan Danchen. "Let's eat a bag. Otherwise, if we're full, we won't have an appetite when your father is finally done cooking. That would be letting him down."
Qi Youxuan looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to eat his fill so that he wouldn't have to eat his dad's dark cuisine. But since Auntie Ruan said so, Qi Youxuan sighed and could only reluctantly put the bag of potato chips back. He thought to himself that he was too loyal and couldn't bear to see Auntie Ruan starve. In the end, he had to starve too.
So the two of them sat on the carpet and leaned against Qi Youxuan's small bed. They ate and chatted as they finished the bag of potato chips.
Ruan Danchen clapped her hands and crushed the bag of potato chips into a small ball. She threw it into the trash can and went out with Qi Youxuan.
When they went down to the living room, Ruan Danchen even wiped her mouth. She was worried that Qi Chenglin would see that she and Qi Youxuan ate secretly.
But not long after they arrived at the living room, the doorbell rang.
Ruan Danchen mumbled, "Who is it?"
As she walked to the door, she saw that it was actually people wearing Dynasty uniforms. There were a total of four of them standing at the door, carrying incubators.
As Ruan Danchen opened the door, she raised her voice and asked Qi Chenglin, "You ordered takeout?"
Not hearing Qi Chenglin's reply, Ruan Danchen opened the door first. The people from Dynasty walked in politely and greeted Ruan Danchen. Then, they went to the dining room, opened the incubators, and laid out the dishes.
At this moment, Qi Chenglin came out with a dark expression.
When the people from Dynasty had left, Ruan Danchen looked at Qi Chenglin with a puzzled expression. Qi Chenglin coughed awkwardly and said, "Tonight … let's eat these."
Ruan Danchen: "…"
Qi Youxuan: "…"
Qi Youxuan felt very indignant. Dad had let them starve for so long, but in the end, he still gave them takeout to send them away!
Not to mention Dynasty's takeout, even Dynasty's takeout was takeout!
Ruan Danchen felt that after going through so much trouble for so long, his sincerity was really sufficient. Even if it wasn't good, she still wanted to eat it. She didn't want to waste his sincerity.
Now that he had failed in cooking, it was obvious that he would throw all the food away.
She walked around the dining table and hugged Qi Chenglin's arm. "Where's the food you made?"
He had been busy for a few hours.
"…" Qi Chenglin was unwilling to admit that Qi Youxuan had really hit the nail on the head. His face was a little red. "It can't be eaten."
Ruan Danchen had never seen Qi Chenglin like this before, and her heart ached for him. Even though she wasn't as strong as him, she still couldn't bear to see him suffer.
"Why can't it be eaten? Let me see. " Ruan Danchen hugged his arm and dragged him to the kitchen. "I was really looking forward to it when I heard that you were going to cook personally. No matter if it's good or bad, I want to eat it because you made it yourself. "
Qi Youxuan stayed in the living room and covered his face. Was he really going to eat Dad's dark cuisine?
While they were in the kitchen, Qi Youxuan quickly took the opportunity to eat a few more mouthfuls of Dynasty's takeout.
Ruan Danchen entered the kitchen to take a look. The originally clean and tidy kitchen had become a disaster zone. The kitchen, which was originally especially spacious, looked especially crowded because of the mess now.
The semi-finished dishes that Qi Chenglin had bought were all charred, and she couldn't tell what they were at all.
Actually, Qi Chenglin had put in a lot of effort when he was stir-frying them, but who knew that they would burn after stir-frying. He told himself that he would just treat this plate as practice. Didn't he buy quite a lot?
Who knew that after stir-frying one plate, another plate would burn, and the result would be like this.
Because the smell of burning in the kitchen was really too strong, Ruan Danchen couldn't tell what the smell was.
She looked around and saw that the light in the oven was still on. She went over to open the oven and found a pile of charred turkey inside. Qi Chenglin had probably hidden it inside, intending to find a chance to destroy it.
Ruan Danchen put on a pair of heat-resistant gloves and took out the turkey.
Actually, it looked okay. There were still some places that weren't burnt.
She used a knife to cut open the turkey along the belly. The stuffing inside was cooked, and it wasn't burnt. It was quite fragrant. Only the outer skin of the turkey was burnt. The meat inside was a little dry, but Ruan Danchen felt that it wouldn't affect eating.
The other dishes that couldn't get any more burnt couldn't be eaten. She took the turkey out and placed it in the middle of the table. She saw Qi Chenglin walking out with a slightly red face.
Ruan Danchen hurriedly pressed him down on the chair. "Isn't the turkey good? Cooking is a matter of practice makes perfect. You should continue to work hard in the future! "
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