Once, this was a scene she had imagined countless times: her cooking while her husband helped beside her.
Now it’s realized, but it’s not the happiness she pictured.
She has a husband, but the woman he loves isn’t her.
But it doesn’t matter, after all, she doesn’t like him either, right?
Their fate was already sealed at the beginning.
"Xingyun, you really came back." Hua Fugui ran into the kitchen excitedly.
He heard from Rose Hua that Xingyun had come back, and he happily ran to her house to see.
But no one was there; he thought Rose Hua was playing tricks on him.
This time, he stubbornly came to check again and really found Xingyun!
But why is that annoying Huo Shaohua here?
"Fugui, didn’t you go to work?" Tian Xingyun smiled stiffly, her cheeks a bit red.
Seeing Fugui, she thought of what had happened upstairs before.
There was always this feeling of a secret affair, afraid of being discovered by others.
"No, I heard you came back, so I came to see." Hua Fugui glared angrily at Huo Shaohua.
It’s all because of this guy that Xingyun suffered.
"I came back this morning."
"Let me help you with cooking." Hua Fugui walked to Tian Xingyun’s side, staring at her with a silly grin.
"Sure, you can stay and have lunch here later." Tian Xingyun swiftly agreed.
"Okay, it’s been a long time since I ate your cooking." Hua Fugui nodded happily.
Huo Shaohua quietly washed the vegetables, keeping track of every move the two made.
With Hua Fugui’s help, Tian Xingyun felt more relaxed and wasn’t so flustered.
By twelve noon, the dishes were finally all prepared.
Tian Xingyun sat on a stool in the courtyard, resting, just waiting for her parents to come home for lunch.
Huo Shaohua stood coolly by her side, handing a cup of water to her: "Drink some water, don’t let my child get thirsty."
"Got it." Tian Xingyun glanced at him, took the cup, and drank it heartily.
She hadn’t had a sip of water after working for so long, and now she drank the entire cup in one go.
"Go call Dad and Mom, see why they haven’t come back for lunch yet."
"Are you hungry?" Tian Xingyun instinctively asked.
"It’s already past twelve. If your parents don’t come back for lunch, don’t you worry?"
"It’s normal, sometimes they eat at one or two o’clock." Tian Xingyun laughed, happy to see him show concern for her parents.
"..." Huo Shaohua’s face soured, and he walked to the bench under the tree to cool off.
"Xingyun, I’ll head home first and come back later." Hua Fugui emerged from the kitchen.
"Okay, remember to come for lunch."
"Definitely." Hua Fugui nodded with a smile, giving Huo Shaohua one last fierce glare before heading to the gate.
He would certainly come back later to protect Xingyun from being bullied.
Just after Hua Fugui left, Tian Xingyun’s phone rang.
Mom Tian called to say they hadn’t finished their work in the field.
They wouldn’t come home for lunch, and asked Xingyun to send some food to them in the fields.
The city’s flower shops were waiting for the roses, there could be no delays.
Tian Xingyun hung up and immediately went to the kitchen to pack the food.
Huo Shaohua followed her in, worried there might be water on the floor causing her to slip.
Seeing her packing the food, he asked puzzledly: "What’s this for?"
"My parents and the others won’t be coming back for lunch, so I’m taking the food to the fields."
"Are they that busy? Just picking flowers, they don’t need to skip meals."
"The city’s flower shops are waiting for the flowers, they need to be delivered on time, or it will cause problems." Tian Xingyun explained.
"Oh, reliability is very important."
"You stay at home, I’ll be back after delivering the food." Tian Xingyun put the packed food into the bag.