Ye Xinning and Shen Lin first bought some vegetables, and then she wanted to buy some fruit, so she asked Shen Lin to come with her.

"What do you want to eat?" Standing in the fruit section, Shen Lin asked Ye Xinning in a low voice. Ye Xinning looked at the fruit in front of her and thought of some scenes from the past.

When she was with Shen Lin, she really disliked eating apples, but Shen Lin said that apples were rich in nutrients and that she had to eat them. Every time they went to the supermarket together, Shen Lin would make her pick out some apples.

Gradually, she developed a habit of liking to eat apples. Now, the two of them are still together, still buying fruit. Shen Lin asked this question again, and Ye Xinning felt as if she were in a different world.

"I don't like apples," she said, repeating the exact same words she had uttered years ago. She then stared intently at Shen Lin, wondering what he would say next, and whether it would be the same as it had been years ago.

"Why? I noticed you often buy fruit to keep at home, didn't I? Aunt Xi said you must like apples."

That's all because of you. You told me that eating apples regularly has many benefits.

Ye Xinnian had the words on the tip of her tongue, but she didn't know how to express them. She knew very well that simply saying it would not be convincing.

Knowing this, after a moment of silence, she simply whispered.

“I didn’t like it before, but someone told me that I shouldn’t be so picky about food, that apples are rich in vitamin C and that I should eat more of them, so I gradually started to change.”

Shen Lin looked down at her, wondering who she was referring to, whether it was a man or a woman.

Is it very important to her?

He waited for Ye Xinning to continue, but Ye Xinning simply took the plastic bag from the employee and began carefully selecting apples.

She had no desire to speak, and Shen Lin said nothing more. The two began to select apples.

But when it came to choosing Ye Xinning, he knew absolutely nothing. After watching her choose for a while, Shen Lin had no choice but to lower his voice and say something.

"It seems that from now on, the task of purchasing apples for our family will either be handed over to the maid or to me. You are not very reliable."

Ye Xinning's face turned bright red upon hearing this, and she muttered softly, "No, I think every one of my choices is great."

"Mrs. Shen, has no one ever told you that appropriate affirmation is confidence, but inappropriate affirmation is blind confidence?"

Ye Xinning, "..."

How can this person be so eloquent? How come she never noticed before?

Unable to win an argument with Shen Lin, she simply stopped talking.

Shen Lin looked at the woman who was secretly angry, and for some reason, he didn't find it strange but rather felt very happy.

Thinking this, Shen Lin subconsciously said, "How come it's still the same after all this time? When you're angry, you just won't say anything."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xinning was stunned, and Shen Lin himself was also stunned.

However, the reasons for their silence were different.

Ye Xinning was surprised because Shen Lin had said the exact same thing to her before.

The reason Shen Lin was stunned was because when he said those words, he felt a strange sense of familiarity. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but it just felt familiar.

It seemed like this wasn't the first time he'd said something like that. Shen Lin tried hard to recall when he'd said it, but the more he tried to think about it, the more his head ached unbearably, as if it were about to explode. He shook his head, afraid to delve any deeper.

"Chen Lin, could you repeat what you just said?"

Ye Xinning looked at Shen Lin expectantly, hoping that he could say something, or that when he said that just now, it was because he remembered something.

About her past with him.

Shen Lin did not give a meaningful answer to Ye Xinning's expectations.

Shen Lin avoided her gaze. "I didn't say anything. That's enough. Let's go."

Ye Xinning didn't get the words he wanted, nor did he see any reaction from Shen Lin. He couldn't help but feel disappointed.

She almost thought Shen Lin had remembered something, because that sentence was really too ambiguous.

This little incident about grocery shopping has passed just like that.

Back home, the chef was already waiting at the door, as Ye Xinning had instructed her to cook beforehand. "I'm fine by myself, you all go and do your work," she said to Chef Chen Lin and the others as she tied on her apron.

The chef was worried about leaving him alone and wanted to stay and help out, fearing he wouldn't be able to handle everything.

However, Shen Lin said, "I'm here, you can all go and do your work."

They've all been through it all, so they naturally know that having Chen Lin here makes them seem completely superfluous.

With all the chefs gone, only Ye Xinning and Shen Lin remained.

Ye Xinning.

Looking at Shen Lin who had stayed behind, she said with a hint of teasing, "What use are you staying here? Mr. Shen never lifts a finger, can you even cook?"

Shen Lin gave her a look but didn't say anything, and started immediately.

Ye Xinning was surprised to see that he was methodical and showed no signs of unfamiliarity.

"You can cook too!" Shen Lin gave her a look, letting her figure it out for herself.

Ye Xinning still found it unbelievable; this... this... it doesn't fit the setting at all.

A man like Shen Lin, whose every word can shake up the business world of Nancheng, is a domineering and influential figure. How could he possibly be a cook?

"When are you going to start learning to cook?" she asked Shen Lin.

"In the past."

When was "before"?

Three or four years ago.

So when they met five years ago, Shen Lin didn't know how to cook.

"So why do you want to learn to cook?"

"There's no reason why, I just wanted to learn it."

"You're so busy every day, how can you still find time to learn to cook?" Ye Xinning clearly didn't believe it.

For someone as busy as Shen Lin, learning to cook is something completely out of the ordinary. But by the same token, if he actually did it, it would mean that he cares a lot about whether he can cook or not.

"Is Mrs. Shen a walking encyclopedia of questions? If you ask all of them, we won't need to eat anymore. Let's just go upstairs."

Ye Xinning, "..."

Well, since he can't say, it seems she won't get any answers from Zhihu if she keeps asking.

Ye Xinning stopped asking questions and focused on cooking.

When she wasn't looking, Shen Lin's gaze fell on him. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk, but rather that he didn't know how to talk.

He only vaguely remembered that he seemed to have promised someone something.

You have to try anything for that person, including cooking.