When Xiao Linye came out of the study, he saw Ye Yuning stuffing the last piece of cake into her mouth.
At that moment, his eyes deepened noticeably!
Ye Yuning, meeting his intense gaze, faltered. "Have you finished your call?"
"Yes, I need to go out for a bit."
"Okay." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝔫𝔢𝔱
No sooner had Ye Yuning responded than Xiao Linye turned and entered the master bedroom. When he came out again, he was immaculately dressed.
The more Ye Yuning looked at him, the more she felt his entire bearing didn’t resemble that of a typical scion from a Hanmen background.
As Xiao Linye was leaving, Ye Yuning asked subconsciously, "Should I cook noodles for you later?"
Xiao Linye, hand on the doorknob, paused at her words.
He turned his head, a smile lifting the corners of his mouth. "Go ahead."
Xiao Linye turned and left.
Left alone, Ye Yuning picked up another piece of cake and bit into it.
The crust he baked was so perfectly crispy, not at all like the sticky texture of store-bought ones.
Ye Yuning ate several pieces and didn’t find them cloying.
Without Xiao Linye around, she didn’t hold back at all.
But no matter how delicious a dessert is, if you eat too much, it eventually becomes overwhelming!
After eating five pieces, the excitement had vanished from Ye Yuning’s small face!
It’s so cloying; I really can’t eat anymore.
Looking at the few small cakes remaining on the plate, she finally gathered them up and carried them to the kitchen.
After eating so much sweet stuff, I’m really craving something savory to fill my stomach.
She decided to quickly make herself some noodles, but encountered a problem during the process.
Xiao Linye’s car drove through the neon-lit streets.
He had just stopped in front of a hotel when his phone buzzed. It was Ye Yuning calling.
He answered, asking softly, "What’s up?"
Ye Yuning, hearing his suddenly gentle voice, paused for a moment.
Then she quickly said, "Uh, how long should I cook the noodles for? Never mind, I’ll look it up online."
"The noodles at home should be taken out after three minutes."
Kang Xuan, who was driving, was so shocked upon hearing Xiao Linye’s words that his jaw almost dropped.
Did I hear that right?
Seventh Master, patiently teaching someone how to cook noodles! Was it Madam?
Remembering Xiao Linye’s consistently unapproachable demeanor, Kang Xuan couldn’t help but marvel at the charm of that petite woman!
The woman overseas waited for him for so many years and still didn’t secure the position of Mrs. Xiao. Yet, he returned to the country and got married almost instantly.
Xiao Linye hung up the phone and shot Kang Xuan a look. "What are you looking at?"
Kang Xuan snapped back to reality, realizing he had turned around and been staring at his master with a bewildered expression.
He quickly forced a laugh. "I was just wondering how you and your wife met."
Lai Shuo said he got his marriage certificate just a week after returning to the country! And in the Xiao Family, we’d never heard of him having any childhood sweetheart!
Xiao Linye took a drag from his cigarette, his voice cold. "Do you know why Lai Shuo was transferred to the east?"
At the sudden mention of Lai Shuo, Kang Xuan felt a chill down his spine.
Xiao Linye said, "Because he’s too curious, too nosy!"
Lai Shuo has been by his side for so many years, and now he’s being called nosy. Is that really okay?
Kang Xuan had initially wanted to ask about the results from overseas, but seeing Xiao Linye , he didn’t dare.
「At the Shanyu Pavilion.」
Ye Yuning put the noodles into the pot and began timing! But after three minutes, how come the water still hasn’t boiled?
She’d heard that you’re supposed to boil water before cooking things, but looking at the pot, the water was only warm.
And the noodles don’t look cooked at all. Can these really be eaten?
Feeling conflicted, she pulled out her phone. She initially intended to call Xiao Linye, but after a moment’s thought, she stopped.
She resorted to searching online!
The information online was all over the place: some said one minute, others said two minutes after the water boils!
"Cook for two minutes after the water boils?"
Ye Yuning glanced subconsciously at her pot.
Wait a minute, she suddenly realized a terrifying problem: Xiao Linye’s pampering during this time seemed to have given her amnesia.
She definitely knew how to cook noodles before! "Ugh, my brain!" she chided herself, lightly tapping her head. It’s killing me; how could I have actually forgotten?
No wonder something felt off just now; she had put the noodles in as soon as she added the water.
Right then, Ye Yuning was utterly speechless with herself!
I still need to have some ability to be self-reliant; I can’t let Xiao Linye do everything, she thought. If this goes on, apart from work, I’ll really become a complete good-for-nothing.
By the time she finished searching online, the water in the pot had boiled, and at the same time, the noodles had cooked into a sticky lump!
She wanted to cook them again but couldn’t bear to waste these perfectly good noodles, so she reluctantly ate them.
While eating, she also sent a message to Xiao Linye.
"You probably won’t like the noodles I made. Maybe you should bring something back with you when you return!"
These noodles are truly awful.
They’re the same noodles, so how can there be such a huge difference between the ones she made and the ones Xiao Linye makes?