Before Tian Niu could even open his mouth to ask, Li Junping was already beaming as she carried that large plate of potatoes, pouring half of it into Tian Niu’s bowl, "Auntie likes you just the way you are. As for them not knowing what’s good for them, just let them starve..."
Tian Niu: "..." on the verge of tears!
Seeing the effort Tian Niu was putting into controlling his expression, Jian Ying had a bad feeling and quickly finished the rice in his bowl, putting down his chopsticks.
"Ah, I’m so full!" Jian Ying said loudly, rubbing his stomach.
"Finished eating so quickly? Have some more?" Li Junping asked.
"No, no, my stomach is about to burst! I don’t eat much and this is enough for me, thank you, Auntie."
Li Junping looked at the remaining half plate of potatoes with some distress. She looked down and saw Tian Niu shoveling food into his mouth at lightning speed, which cheered her up. She proceeded to dump the rest of the half plate into Tian Niu’s bowl.
"Eat more, you need to be full to have the energy for training," Li Junping asked with a giggly smile, "So, does it really taste good?"
"Delicious... very delicious..." Tian Niu grinned, revealing a smile uglier than crying.
He sneakily turned to glance at Jian Ying, his face full of silent reproach.
Why did you abandon your bowl and chopsticks so quickly!
Now he had to eat it all by himself, and it was really, truly, horribly bad...
A glint of mischief twinkled in Qin Jian’s eyes: "You don’t know that Jian Gong has a rather loud nickname at the research institute."
"Jian the Fox!" Qin Jian said with a faint smile.
"Pff!" Tian Niu nearly spat blood, having completely forgotten about that.
However, the family members of Qin Gong were also no easy targets. They all watched him fall into the trap without offering a helping hand. Now he understood the meaningful smiles on their faces and what they actually meant.
Seeing Tian Niu’s tormented expression, Qin Feng almost felt pity. She leaned in and gently patted Tian Niu’s arm and whispered, "You can’t be polite with my mom at our house! She’s , just can’t be praised."
Tian Niu: "Lesson learned!"
Li Junping, seeing Qin Feng whispering, reached out with her chopsticks toward her head, "What bad things are you saying about me again?"
"Saying that your cooking isn’t good," Qin Feng said, rubbing her forehead, full of grievance, "Why don’t you tell us why you fell for my mom? Can’t cook, bad temper?"
"Enough!" Li Junping retorted sharply, "If my cooking isn’t good, you cook from now on."
"I can’t cook," Qin Feng said, biting a chopstick and pondering for a while before suddenly suggesting, "Why don’t we have An Hao marry my brother as my sister-in-law? That way, she can cook for us every day, and our whole family will have delicious food, right?"
Qin Jian was drinking porridge and almost choked when he heard that, "Cough, cough..."
After that suggestion, Li Junping began to feel that indeed there was something curiously intriguing about the relationship between those two.
"Yeah, why does our girl never deliver things to others? She always sends stuff to our home. Are you implying she has taken a liking to your brother?"
"That would be great! After all, how old is brother now? It’s not easy for him to find someone. Mom, I’ve decided, let’s have An Hao be my sister-in-law!" Qin Feng always appreciated the kindness of those who fed her.
"The girl is indeed nice," Li Junping considered, then shook her head, "But her family circumstances leave me quite unsatisfied. Her stepmother and stepsister are not the easy type to deal with."
"Them? Leave it to me to handle! Easy peasy!" Qin Feng’s brashness kicked in, and with a slap of the table, she declared, "Mom, I’ve decided it’s An Hao! Go ahead and