“Father Xie Bei, could you help me get a small bowl?”
Standing on a stool and unable to move around easily, Lu Yinghan asked Xie Bei for help, interrupting the stare between the two of them.
“Oh, sure! Coming, I'll help you.”
Xie Bei snapped back to reality and immediately came to Lu Yinghan's side. He handed her a small bowl and stayed standing there, ready for instructions at any moment.
Chen Jialin stood at the kitchen doorway, unsure whether to step in or not...
“Um, is there anything I can help with?”
Lu Yinghan shook her head.
“It's okay, Teacher Chen. You can take Qianqian outside and wait for us.”
Chen Jialin nodded and took Qianqian outside to apply the Baby Jinshui.
Lu Yinghan took the bowl from Xie Bei, grabbed an egg, and cracked it inside.
She added salt and cooking wine to eliminate any fishy odor, then whisked the egg rapidly.
Next, she retrieved some green onions and chopped them rhythmically into fine pieces.
Xie Bei's eyes were fixed on Lu Yinghan's hands. Standing beside her, his eyes followed every movement of the kitchen knife.
“Yingying, can I cut something?”
Xie Bei couldn't hold back anymore. He was eager to try.
Lu Yinghan stopped chopping green onions and looked up at Xie Bei with a hint of hesitation.
【Hahahahahahaha! Now it's Lu Yinghan doubting Xie Bei.】
【I'm dying of laughter. That look in Lu Yinghan's eyes—she looks so conflicted.】
【But she still handed a green bell pepper to Xie Bei and told him to wash and cut it.】
【Green bell peppers are still pretty easy to slice.】
【Yeah, the little girl really has high emotional intelligence.】
【Aww, I want a kid like her too!】
Xie Bei naturally understood what Lu Yinghan meant, but he happily took it anyway.
He picked up the kitchen knife that came with the house and started slicing.
While Xie Bei was busy chopping, Lu Yinghan sped up her prep work and began cooking.
Seeing that she wasn't afraid of hot oil splatters at all, the netizens completely shut their mouths this time.
【Wild guess: braised chicken! Look at those large chicken drumstick chunks and all these side ingredients.】
【My mouth is already watering. Why does watching her make tomato scrambled eggs smell so delicious even through the screen?】
【Waaah, she really knows how to cook! And she cooks even better than me!】
【...A max-level elementary schooler.】
The staff members also swallowed their saliva, standing outside and smelling the food growing more and more fragrant.
Xie Bei sliced the green bell pepper into crooked pieces and presented them to Lu Yinghan like a precious treasure.
Lu Yinghan dumped them straight into the wok without hesitation, tossing and stir-frying the braised chicken ingredients.
Seeing his hard work being put to use, Xie Bei's confidence skyrocketed!
He moved even closer to Lu Yinghan, doing whatever she asked him to fetch. He was having the time of his life.
The simmering would take about ten minutes or so.
Lu Yinghan breathed a sigh of relief. Only now did she have time to talk to Xie Bei.
“Thank you, Father Xie Bei, for helping me so much.”
“Why are you thanking me? It's only right. Neither of us knows how to cook, only you do. If I didn't help out a bit, we'd feel too embarrassed to eat.”
Xie Bei no longer spoke to Lu Yinghan in a childish tone either.
“Mm! I get it! Thank you, Father Xie Bei!”
The two looked at each other and smiled, then served the dishes to eat in the living room.
Chen Jialin had been coaxing Qianqian in the living room the whole time. Qianqian, now tired from crying, had an empty stomach.
Smelling the delicious aroma of braised chicken wafting from the kitchen, she kept looking in that direction.
She was hungry, but she didn't say it, patiently waiting for dinner to begin.
“Here it comes, here it comes! We're ready to eat dinner!”
Xie Bei carefully carried the dishes out.
Everyone's eyes focused on the food in his hands.
Holy cow!
With this color and presentation, even takeaway food looked like this!
【Sob, sob, sob, it smells so good!】
【Oh my goodness... She's way too amazing. Do members of the Lu family also have to learn how to cook?】
【She doesn't act like a spoiled rich young lady at all. She's no different from us.】
【Hey, don't change the topic! We're talking about her cooking skills right now.】
【This cooking... I declare her the absolute best!】
The netizens looked at the dishes cooked by Lu Yinghan with envious, watery eyes, feeling deeply moved in their hearts.
They were all apologizing for what they had said about Lu Yinghan earlier.
【I want to eat the food she made...】
【Me too...】
【Chef Lu, she truly deserves the title Chef Lu.】
When Xie Bei and Chen Jialin took their first bite, their eyes widened instantly.
“Delicious! You're amazing, Yingying!”
Chen Jialin offered his praise without holding back in the slightest.
Xie Bei was the same, becoming much more chatty. Every time he took a bite, he couldn't help but praise her.
Even Qianqian, who was starving, kept eating non-stop—munching on the tomato scrambled eggs and the vegetables in the braised chicken.
Lu Yinghan's face gradually turned red.
It was flushed from being praised so much.
In both her lifetimes combined, she had never been praised so sincerely by anyone.
She could only get through it by blushing and murmuring her thanks.
At the Lu residence.
In the dining room.
Lu Xiong and Lu Yue ate dinner with dark expressions.
Listening to the live stream playing on the living room TV, hearing Lu Yinghan's cooking skills, and watching them happily enjoying dinner together created a stark contrast in their minds.
In the stream, Xie Bei and Chen Jialin praised Lu Yinghan naturally.
The occasional laughter transmitted from the TV made them lose their appetite completely.
Lu Xiong looked at Butler Liu with a sour expression.
“Butler Liu, when did she learn how to cook?”
“In reply to Master, we never taught Miss how to cook. She might have figured it out on her own.”
Butler Liu spoke with a trace of awkwardness. He had only learned that Miss could cook from watching the live stream as well.
His shock was no less than Lu Xiong's.
He Shu was feeding Lu Xuanyao dinner.
However, her eyes glanced toward the living room from time to time.
While Lu Xuanyao was still chewing the previous mouthful of food, He Shu was already holding up the next spoon, her eyes fixed on the live stream in the living room.
“Mmm, Mommy! I haven't swallowed it yet!”
Lu Xuanyao wrinkled her brow and reminded He Shu with her mouth full of food.
“Oh, oh, sorry, baby. Mommy will go slower.”
He Shu quickly snapped out of it and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe Lu Xuanyao's mouth.
She felt an ache in her heart. Lu Yinghan had never cooked a meal for her at home...
And she had never gotten along with them so harmoniously like this.
As He Shu thought about this, the rims of her eyes turned slightly red again.
She felt a little aggrieved.
Still, she endured it and focused on feeding Lu Xuanyao.
An eerie silence fell over the dining room.
“Enough, eat your dinner. Turn off the TV. Why are you watching TV while eating?”
Lu Xiong spoke up gruffly, stabbing his fork and knife hard into the steak on his plate.
It made a harsh, screeching noise.
Lu Yue set down his utensils.
“I'm full. I'll head back to my room.”
After saying that, he wiped his mouth and went straight to his room.
He had no appetite for food right now.
He wasn't the only one with no appetite; Lu Jiansen, who was still at the company, didn't have any appetite either.
He had finished his work for the day long ago. Now, sitting in his office chair, he had been watching the live stream all day...
His thumb rubbed against his phone screen, over Lu Yinghan's flushed face and bright, sparkling eyes.
He pressed his lips tightly together.
In the dimly lit office, he fell into deep thought...
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