In the following days, Ye Shuning often went fishing and prepared delicious meals for Li Shaozhong. Li Shaozhong's complexion became better and better.

Soon Li Shaozhong was able to get off the bed and walk around, and his body was no longer so weak.

Li Shaozhong didn't want Ye Shuning to always take care of him, so he started helping out with things he could do. For example, when Ye Shuning was cooking, he would light the fire. After all, it wasn't much effort to sit in front of the stove and add some firewood.

With Li Shaozhong's help, Ye Shuning found cooking much easier.

Ye Shuning sometimes gets up early to go fishing by the river, and then Li Shaozhong will clean the fish and wait for Ye Shuning to come back at noon to do it, which saves a lot of time.

Yan Jingwen arrived that day with a large number of books, as Li Shaozhong had requested. He also brought a large amount of food: white flour, rice, meat, brown sugar, and other things.

He was worried that Li Shaozhong would not be able to recover in the harsh conditions in the countryside. But when he walked into Ye Shuning's house and saw Li Shaozhong, he realized that his worries were in vain. Li Shaozhong was plump and healthy.

Yan Jingwen looked at Li Shaozhong carefully while holding something in his hand and said, "You look so healthy. It seems you are in good health."

Li Shaozhong put down the book in his hand and said, "Why are you here? Aren't you busy with work?"

Yan Jingwen put down what he was holding and said, "It's the weekend today, I came to see you and bring you something. How are you feeling these days?"

Li Shaozhong said, "I'm much better now, don't worry. You saw how well Ye Shuning took care of us. Even Jingyu can talk and smile now."

Yan Jingwen said, "I see you've gained a lot of weight. At least you're not that thin anymore."

Li Shaozhong smiled and said, "Ye Shuning is a good cook. She makes delicious food every day. It's hard for me not to gain weight. Look at Jingyu, he has changed the most. His face is chubby now."

Yan Jingwen felt a little sad when he heard Li Shaozhong's words. "I was worried that the conditions here were difficult and you would suffer. It seems that my worries were in vain."

Li Shaozhong rolled his eyes at Yan Jingwen when he heard this. "Your jealousy is useless. I'm currently on suspension and I don't know when I can resume work. How about we switch?"

Yan Jingwen thought to himself that he did want to change, but Ye Shuning had to want him. He estimated that Ye Shuning would definitely not care about him by then, and he would not have the same treatment as Li Shaozhong.

Yan Jingwen was truly jealous of Li Shaozhong. He even felt a little regretful. If he hadn't separated from Ye Shuning, he would have been the one enjoying these treatments right now.

He didn't want to show any signs of regret in front of Li Shaozhong, and didn't want to slap himself in the face. He still wanted to save face.

Li Shaozhong didn't dwell on this question. He carefully got off the kang and said, "Go and get the bucket of fish in the main room out to the yard. I need to get the fish out in advance."

When Yan Jingwen heard this, he went out of the west room and saw a bucket filled with a lot of crucian carp in the main room.

He turned around and asked Li Shaozhong, who had already left the house, "Where did all these fish come from?"

Li Shaozhong replied, "Xiao Ning went to the river to catch some fish. She's a great fisherman and often goes fishing to supplement my nutrition. We've been eating fish a lot lately."

Yan Jingwen felt that Li Shaozhong was showing off when he heard his words. He also felt that Li Shaozhong's attitude towards Ye Shuning had become much closer.

Yes, they all live under the same roof and spend every day together, so how could they not be familiar with each other?

The front and back doors of the main room were open, and the backyard was also very clean. There were almost no weeds except for the plants grown there. He saw that the front yard was the same. Ye Shuning took good care of everything in the house.

Following Li Shaozhong's instructions, Yan Jingwen carried the bucket into the yard, then brought a basin and two benches. Li Shaozhong, holding a pair of scissors, sat under the eaves to clean the fish.

Seeing Yan Jingwen sitting next to him, he instructed him to scrape the scales of the fish, and he gutted the fish, removed the gills, intestines, etc. Soon, he cleaned the fish thoroughly.

Yan Jingwen looked at Li Shaozhong's skillful movements and teased, "Not bad! You've never been involved in kitchen work before, but now you're so good at it."

Li Shaozhong smiled as he sorted the fish and said, "Xiao Ning has to go to school to teach students every day, and when she gets home she has to cook, tend the vegetable garden, do the laundry, and clean. I can't just let her wait on me as a matter of course, so of course I have to do what I can.

Cleaning the fish is a simple matter of hands-on work, and it's not a big deal sitting here. I cleaned it up in advance so that Xiao Ning doesn't have to clean it up again when she gets home. This way we can have lunch earlier too."

Yan Jingwen looked at the fish and said, "Is it okay for me to have lunch here at noon? Ye Shuning won't be unwelcome, right?"

Li Shaozhong looked up, rolled his eyes at Yan Jingwen, and said, "You can stay for lunch. Xiao Ning is not a stingy person."

Yan Jingwen felt that Li Shaozhong was very close to Ye Shuning. He looked up at Li Shaozhong and wanted to ask him if he liked Ye Shuning, but the words did not come out of his mouth. He subconsciously did not want to make it clear.

Maybe Li Shaozhong only saved his second brother because Ye Shuning saved him.

When Ye Shuning came back at noon, she saw Yan Jingwen there. He had brought a lot of things for Li Shaozhong. Besides, it was already time for dinner, so out of politeness, Ye Shuning took the initiative to ask Yan Jingwen to stay for dinner.

Yan Jingwen naturally stayed for dinner with great joy.

Ye Shuning still made braised crucian carp and fresh fish soup.

She also picked vegetables from the garden and made a dish of Mushu pork, a dish of tomatoes mixed with sugar, and a dish of stir-fried rapeseed.

During lunch, Yan Jingwen was completely impressed by Ye Shuning's cooking skills. The delicious taste of the fish soup was something he could never forget.

I had just finished clearing away the dishes after lunch when I heard the gate outside the yard being knocked on and a man's voice called out, "Is anyone home?"

Ye Shuning heard the voice and said, "I'll go out and take a look."

Ye Shuning came to the gate of the courtyard, opened the fence and saw a man and a woman standing at the gate. Ye Shuning did not recognize the man, but she did recognize the woman. She was Wang Qianru, whom she had met at the Li family when she went to Kyoto before.

Ye Shuning was surprised by Wang Qianru's arrival. "Comrade Wang, why are you here?"

Wang Qianru was even more upset when she saw that Ye Shuning, whom she had met before, had become much more beautiful. Now that Li Shaozhong was with her every day, there was no guarantee that he would not be attracted to Ye Shuning. She had to take precautions.

Wang Qianru asked, "Excuse me, is Brother Shaozhong here?"

Ye Shuning knew Wang Qianru was looking for Li Shaozhong the moment she heard him, so she asked, "Third Brother Li is recuperating here. Are you here to see him?"

Wang Qianru nodded and said, "We heard that Brother Shaozhong was injured, so we came to see him."

Ye Shuning thought that coming all the way from Kyoto to visit Li Shaozhong must be something special.

The person came to visit Li Shaozhong, and she couldn't refuse him entry, so she had to invite him in and took him into the house.