The next day.

Yan Lin started working in the kitchen early in the morning.

He rolled out dough, cut dumpling wrappers, chopped meat filling, then washed and folded vegetables. He also saved a piece of pork belly to cook, and scooped out the crucian carp from the bucket, intending to make braised crucian carp.

Every single dish is one that Zhizhi likes to eat...

Whenever he thought of Zhizhi, he felt a strange unease.

Ye Qiqi looks different from Zhizhi.

But the moment I saw her and smelled her scent, for a moment, it was as if I had seen Zhizhi.

In his daze, he remembered Ling Junye's words: "Brother, your sister-in-law is gone. She certainly doesn't want you to be alone for the rest of your life. If this Qiqi is suitable, you can consider it."

What should we consider?

He said he would endure loneliness, endure the years, and wait for Zhizhi for a lifetime.

The aroma of food wafted through the air above the garden, filling the air and bringing life back to the once quiet courtyard.

Around noon, the entire Ye family arrived.

Of course, I didn't go empty-handed.

People were carrying fruit, vegetables, dried fruit, and so on... filling the large table in Lin Yuan's living room to bursting.

Ye Ting chuckled and said, "Yan Lin, I'm really grateful for your hospitality. My Qi Qi is a bit picky. If there's even the slightest bit of a taste she doesn't like, she'd rather go hungry. You saw it, she's skin and bones from hunger and has been on IV drips the whole time."

Liu Zhaodi was quite devastated last night.

The dumplings she painstakingly made were not appreciated by Qiqi. Everyone else ate a big bowl, their mouths greasy, saying they had never eaten dumplings as delicious as the ones her mother made.

Unfortunately, Qiqi didn't like it.

Yan Lin, wearing an apron around his waist, wiped the water from his hands and shook hands with Ye Ting: "No need to be polite, all guests are welcome, you won't go broke from eating."

"Haha, good, good, you're a very kind young man, no wonder Xiao Qi likes you."

The women of the Ye family all went to the kitchen to help.

But Yan Lin kicked him out.

He said, "I have my own rules for cooking, and your help will only disrupt them. Let's wait until the dishes are on the table before bringing them out."

After these words, the woman from the Ye family left dejectedly.

They went into the courtyard to chat.

"Dad, the second son is here. He'll be arriving in Haicheng soon. I told him to come directly to Linyuan," Night Battle Man said to Night Ting.

"All right."

Ye Ting was helpless.

Since we're going to trouble Yan Lin anyway, let's just go all the way this way.

At that moment, he turned to look at Xiao Qi.

Ye Qiqi was very calm, with a hint of joy in her eyes. She touched the pear and peach trees in the yard, touched the table, and ran into someone's house to change the water for Yan Lin's lucky bamboo.

She treated the garden as her own home.

Ye Ting was both amused and exasperated.

etc--

Ye Ting suddenly thought of something.

Five years ago, Linyuan was destroyed by fire and reduced to ruins.

This courtyard was rebuilt.

They picked up Xiaoqi from Linyuan...

Ye Ting's eyelids twitched.

He felt as if he had unknowingly grasped the truth.

Suddenly, a bitter feeling welled up in my heart for no apparent reason.

no.

He needed to secretly inquire further and observe Yan Lin's character...

If Yan Lin is Manzhi's husband and the biological father of their five children, then why has he remained hidden and never searched for his wife and children?

What kind of person is he exactly?

Ye Ting became increasingly alarmed as he thought about it.

He was getting restless.

"Time to eat!"

Yan Lin gripped the spatula and shouted into the yard.

"Wow, I want to eat dumplings!"

"It smells so good, it smells so good, it's braised pork!"

The two children were overjoyed.

They took off for the kitchen, but Ye Ting stopped them.

"Let the adults carry it. You all wait inside. If you rush around like that, you might get burned."

He turned around and saw that Ye Qiqi was already sitting in a chair waiting for dinner.

She knew the place like the back of her hand, as if she had been there a thousand times before.

Ye Ting felt a sense of unease.

He sighed silently, feeling a sense of loss, as if the precious little darling of the Ye family was about to be taken away.

Before long, all the dishes were served.

Each bowl contained about ten dumplings, piled high, steaming hot, and smelling delicious.

"It smells so good!"

Ye Lili couldn't help but praise her.

But Ye Qiqi had already picked up her chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth. Her eyes lit up as she ate, and she seemed to be immersed in boundless enjoyment.

After finishing the meat, have a piece of braised fish and a bite of green vegetables.

They ate everything with great relish, making the Ye family hungry just watching.

Ye Ting couldn't help but pick up the bowl and quickly said, "Comrade Yan Lin, then I won't stand on ceremony and will try your cooking."

The others couldn't wait any longer.

As soon as he brought out the bowls, everyone rushed forward to start eating.

"Waaah, it's so delicious! I want to eat dumplings and braised pork every day..." Ye Yuan'er couldn't help but express her true feelings.

The people in the room looked at each other in bewilderment.

That's not good, is it?

But considering she was just a child and spoke without thinking, I didn't take it to heart.

Yan Lin said politely, "If you like it, you can come and visit often. I'll cook it when I have time, but it's not good to eat it every day."

I don't have time.

Ye Qiqi ate it with relish.

Then, she did something.

While everyone else was busy eating, she picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into Yan Lin's bowl.

*Snap*

Eyeballs fell to the ground.

Ye Lili picked up the bowl and quickly stepped forward: "Mom, you can't be biased."

puff.

Ye Qiqi couldn't help but laugh, and also picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his bowl, followed by Ye Yuan'er who was watching expectantly...

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