Chapter 15: Inexplicable

Chen Congyu made three dishes and a soup. Jiang Xilin had already left the kitchen. When she brought the food to the table, she saw Jiang Xilin was on the phone.

In fact, she hadn't had dinner yet, but if she was asked to sit here and eat with Jiang Xilin, she would rather go hungry.

While I was in a daze, Jiang Xilin came over after finishing the call. Although there were simple home-cooked dishes on the table, they looked quite good and were definitely not for beginners.

Jiang Xilin darkened his eyes and looked at Shen Congyu.

Chen Congyu didn't understand what he meant and handed him the chopsticks.

Jiang Xilin sat down in front of her and started eating without saying a word.

He tasted each dish twice. Chen Congyu stared at his reaction and found that his brows were getting tighter and tighter.

What does this mean? Is it unpalatable?

Chen Congyu thought that it shouldn't be the case. She didn't want Jiang Xilin to find fault with her, so she asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xilin: "It tastes terrible."

Shen Congyu reached out to take the chopsticks to taste it, but Jiang Xilin held her hand. He glanced at her sideways and said, "Is this all you can do? You'd better not embarrass yourself in the kitchen."

Chen Congyu gritted his teeth and let go.

She thought Jiang Xilin was finding fault and doing it on purpose.

"It's also possible that Mr. Jiang's taste has changed. After all, you're used to eating delicacies from land and sea, and this kind of home-cooked food is no longer to your liking."

Jiang Xilin: "Do you know what my taste is?"

Chen Congyu lowered her eyes and didn't look at him, and said deliberately: "I don't know, so the food I made is unpalatable."

She seemed heartless to say this.

The two of them had known each other since high school, fell in love, got married early, and had countless meals together. If she didn't know Jiang Xilin's preferences, it only meant that she had never cared about him.

Jiang Xilin had a cold face and casually poured one dish into another.

"If you didn't know, why did you take it upon yourself to cook for me? Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

His actions made Shen Congyu very angry. There should be a limit to making things difficult for her. Was it wrong for her to cook this meal for him?

Chen Congyu really wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, he decided not to confront her in this way.

She took a deep breath and held back, "I didn't fool around, I just didn't understand. If you don't like it, I won't do it again."

Jiang Xilin changed his sitting posture, resting one arm on the back of the chair next to him, and the look he gave her was very oppressive of a superior.

He asked her slowly, "You won't do it until you figure it out?"

?

Shen Congyu tried to guess his thoughts.

She forced a smile and said, "I'll definitely understand your preferences before doing it next time. Is that okay?"

Perhaps it was because her attitude was good enough that Jiang Xilin finally calmed down.

But he didn't eat the food she cooked and asked her to take it away and throw it away.

Five minutes later, Shen Congyu walked out of Jiang Xilin's house carrying the packed food. As soon as she closed the door, the smile on her face fell.

Jiang Xilin was completely incomprehensible. He was like a time bomb, and she didn't know when he would explode when she touched him.

Chen Congyu rubbed his stomach, feeling a little uncomfortable because dinner was delayed too late.

The food in his hand was still hot, so Shen Congyu sat down beside the flower bed and started eating.

Thanks to Chen Yao, she had been starving for the past few years. She learned how to cook because things had been strained between them for the first two years. Chen Yao would often lock her up, and sometimes he wouldn't come back for long periods of time. She was so hungry she had to cook for herself.

At first, she was just trying to avoid starving to death. Even though the food she cooked was either mushy or salty, she forced herself to eat it. After a few times, she roughly figured out the cooking steps.

When Jiang Xilin said that she loved Chen Yao so much that she was willing to go into the kitchen, she actually felt like vomiting.

However, because of Chen Yao, her psychological endurance has indeed become much stronger.

Shen Congyu thought as he filled his stomach.

I really don’t know how picky Jiang Xilin is now. She thinks it tastes good.

Not far away at No. 118, a figure was standing in front of the French window on the second floor.

Jiang Xilin looked in the direction of Shen Congyu. It was such a cold day, and there was no one else in the huge garden except her. Although there was some distance, he could still tell that she was eating.

She looked thin and lonely sitting under the street light.

Jiang Xilin's face was solemn and he couldn't help frowning. After a while, he left the French window again.

…

The house was bought by Jiang Xilin, and Shen Congyu signed the agreement with him, and the matter finally came to an end.

Probably because she was on her period, Jiang Xilin didn't show up either.

However, before Shen Congyu could relax for two days, Qi Ming blocked her downstairs of her house.

"I heard that the house in the East Mansion has been bought by someone else. Are you not going to keep it?"

He didn't know the situation, so Shen Congyu cooperated and said, "Yeah."

"That's right, it's just a house after all." Qi Ming didn't take it seriously. He then pretended to be a good person and said, "If you need any help in the future, just come to me."

"No, it's not good to bother you."

Qi Ming: "No trouble, I need your help too."

Shen Congyu looked at him cautiously.

Qi Ming said, "Just accompany me to a party. I've given you a lot of support, so you wouldn't be willing to do that, would you?"

People like him always want something in return for every little effort they put in.

Chen Congyu didn't want him to owe others a favor in the name of buying wine in the future, so he agreed.

It was not until that day that Shen Congyu realized that it was Duan Zhen's birthday.