After getting a glare from Qin Mobai, Lou Xi quickly ran to the kitchen to cook him egg and tomato noodles.
She found tomatoes, eggs, and noodles among a pile of high-end ingredients, setting the others aside. Since he said he wanted egg and tomato noodles, she might as well just cook it!
Washing tomatoes, slicing them, cracking eggs... Lou Xi was very adept at all these actions. She often helped her adoptive parents with chores at home before, and now that she lived alone, she was even more proficient.
While slicing the tomatoes, a stray lock of hair fell down beside her ear. She was about to tuck it behind her ear when someone beat her to it.
The silent kitchen became a bit startling with someone else there, causing Lou Xi to flinch and the knife in her hand to twitch involuntarily.
That twitch caused her to cut her finger...
"Ah..." Lou Xi’s finger trembled as she found blood quickly gushing out.
Qin Mobai grabbed her finger, not to pull her over to the faucet to rinse the wound first!
Lou Xi widened her eyes, blinking as she looked at Qin Mobai.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but he held her wrist tightly, not letting her move.
"Young Master Qin... I... you..."
Qin Mobai looked at her briefly before releasing her finger. It wasn’t bleeding anymore, but it still stung a bit...
"Tap water is dirty, and the wound could get infected. You probably don’t have any disinfectant at home, do you?"
"No..." Lou Xi shook her head honestly, so Qin Mobai did this for her own good, after all?
"Do you have any band-aids?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"In the backpack."
With that, Qin Mobai left the kitchen to get the band-aid.
Lou Xi stood there, stunned and unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
Just now, what Qin Mobai did really... went completely beyond what their current relationship could endure!
Young Master Qin’s actions weren’t an act of kindness to a girlfriend, nor was it care for a schoolmate.
This situation made Lou Xi feel quite uncomfortable.
Just as she was thinking this, Qin Mobai returned with the band-aid and quickly applied it to Lou Xi’s finger.
"Alright, don’t bother with the noodles anymore, just order takeout."
"But..." Lou Xi looked at the ingredients already prepared, "It would be a waste, they’ll spoil by tomorrow."
Qin Mobai knew Lou Xi had terminated her contract.
But...
"Your finger’s injured, you can’t touch water. I can’t cook..."
This was what Qin Mobai wanted to express!
"Young Master Qin, have you never cooked for yourself all these years?"
"These hands were not made for cooking."
Lou Xi: "..."
She stared at Qin Mobai, feeling somewhat speechless.
Being looked at like that a few times, he noticed an unfriendly glint in her eyes, "What are you thinking?"
"How about..." Lou Xi looked at the sliced tomatoes and beaten eggs, "I direct, and you cook the noodles? This way, nothing goes to waste, and with my guidance, it won’t taste all that bad."
Qin Mobai let out a light snort, clearly not approving of the suggestion.
"Young Master Qin..." Lou Xi blinked, looking especially innocent, making it hard for people to refuse.
"...Just this once."
"Deal!"