Jiang Shi was afraid that Yu Tanqi would be unhappy, so he added, "I'm not saying I won't let you eat snacks, but now is the critical period for your wound to heal. You can't eat too much. It's not good for your body."

Yu Tanqi felt ashamed as a child who had been caught eating secretly. She was too embarrassed to look at him. She lowered her eyes and whispered, "I know. I promise you, I won't sneak snacks again before I get out of bed."

Jiang Shi curled his lips slightly, wanting to reach out and touch her pink cheek, but finally held back.

He didn't want her to think he was being reckless.

"What would you like to eat tonight?" he asked gently.

Yu Tanqi's mind was in a mess, so he said casually, "Whatever, anything is fine. As long as it's made by you, I like to eat it."

Jiang Shi was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Yu Tanqi realized belatedly that she hadn't meant what she had just said. She quickly raised her eyes and looked at him seriously, saying, "I'm serious. The food you cook must be delicious."

Jiang Shi narrowed his eyes and smiled like a spring breeze, "You haven't even tasted the food I cook, how can you be so sure it will be delicious?"

She said as a matter of course: "Because you did it. As long as it is done by you, no matter what it is, it is the best."

Jiang Shi felt a warm feeling in his heart and couldn't help but smile.

She really...liked him very much.

He couldn't help but want to tease her: "What if the food I cook is actually inedible?"

She frowned slightly, then shook her head: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."

The girl's fair face was serious: "Zi'an, you have to believe in yourself. The food you cook will definitely be delicious."

He smiled gently and said, "Okay, I believe you."

She corrected: "No, it's about believing in yourself."

He said, “I trust you more.”

She blinked, as if she didn't know what to say, and her fair ears turned a light pink.

Sometimes she was extremely bold in front of him, yet also extremely shy.

He looked at her shy appearance, a little foolish, but quickly hid it, still looking gentle and calm.

"You rest first. I'll go cook. It will take about an hour."

"Okay~"

Yu Tanqi watched him leave expectantly.

In the kitchen of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, the people who were preparing meals today were a cook named Li and a cook named Sun. They looked at the young man in white who suddenly appeared in surprise and felt uneasy.

There is only one official master in the mansion, and few servants, only eleven in total.

Among them was the housekeeper Ying, a nanny Gao, two doormen, two cooks, two coachmen, and three servants in charge of miscellaneous chores.

Danqing and Danhua are guards and are not counted as servants.

Jiang Shi has a light taste and does not create a craving for food, so the work in the kitchen has always been easy.

Even after Yu Tanqi moved in with a bunch of servants and dowry, a new cook came into the kitchen to help with cooking. Not only did it not increase the workload much, it actually reduced it a bit. People on both sides took turns cooking and resting.

The chef Sun who is responsible for preparing dinner tonight is a servant in the Marquis's Mansion, and the cook is a servant of Yu Tanqi.

Chef Sun asked, "Prince, why are you here today? Is there anything you want to eat?"

Jiang Shi said, "I will prepare dinner for Tan Qi and me tonight, and you can just prepare dinner for yourself and the others."

"Yes, what dish does the prince want to cook? Let me help you wash and cut the vegetables." Chef Sun said with a polite smile.

Jiang Shi glanced at the vegetables in the bamboo basket and said thoughtfully, "I don't need your help. Just let me use the kitchen."

"How can this be possible? My Lord, you are a precious treasure. If anything were to go wrong, this servant..."

Jiang Shi interrupted calmly: "Although I am weak, I won't fall down easily. I just made a few dishes. Nothing will happen. You all should go out."

Although he was gentle and calm, all the servants in the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion knew that the prince was not really weak and incompetent. Chef Sun did not dare to say anything more. He bowed to Chef Li, who had been silent, and retreated.

The two didn't dare to go too far. They stood at the door and looked into the kitchen with great concern.

Cook Li asked quietly, "Don't they say 'A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen'? Does your prince know how to cook?"

Chef Sun lowered his voice and replied, "Don't underestimate our prince because he's frail and sickly. He's actually very knowledgeable and filial since he was young. He learned how to make medicinal food before he was ten. When the old lady was still alive, the prince often made medicinal food for her, and she always enjoyed it."

"Medicinal food is medicinal food, so the preparation method should be different from that of vegetables, right?"

"The prince can naturally cook, so don't underestimate our prince."

"Alas, I hope that Prince Jiang can really cook. My daughter has a weak stomach and is now seriously injured. She can't stand the hardship..."

"Look at what you're saying. Our prince personally cooked for your young lady. This is a sign of care and concern for her. How can you call it a hassle?"

The two of them were talking to each other outside the door.

Jiang Shi lowered his eyes and carefully washed the vegetables with clean water, seemingly not noticing the two people outside the door.

While Chef Li was doubting the truthfulness of Chef Sun's words, she looked at the kitchen worriedly, fearing that Jiang Shi would burn the kitchen down.

Chef Sun said that she was worrying too much. Although their prince had not entered the kitchen for several years, it was absolutely impossible for him to burn it down.

Chef Li became even more worried.

Fortunately, the kitchen did not catch fire in the end, and there was even an enticing aroma of food.

More than half an hour later, Jiang Shi personally carried two food boxes out of the kitchen and said with a smile to the two people who had also been standing there for a long time, "There are still some dishes left, you can eat them."

The two were flattered and bowed quickly, "Thank you, Your Highness."

After Jiang Shi left, Chef Li walked into the kitchen and looked at the three dishes and one soup on the table. She couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks, picked up a dish and put it in her mouth, and then her eyes lit up.

“It tastes so good,” she exclaimed.

Chef Sun walked in and said proudly, "See, I told you, our prince's cooking is delicious."

He saw Cook Li pick up the lunch box and start to put the food in, and was a little surprised, "What are you doing?"

"Such a delicious dish, made by the prince himself, I have to pack it up and bring it to my husband to eat together."

"Please leave some for me. The prince said I should have a share too!"

The two of them quickly picked up their chopsticks and competed in grabbing the food.

…

As dusk fell, Jiang Shi came to Yu Tanqi's room carrying two food boxes. "Tanqi, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Yu Tanqi smiled and shook his head, "No, I usually have dinner around this time."

She looked at the food box in his hand curiously: "What delicious dishes have you made?"

Jiang Shi placed two food boxes on the table specially placed beside the bed. He opened one of the food boxes and the aroma of food came out instantly.

It was fragrant but not greasy. She hadn't smelled such a rich aroma of food in a long time.

Yu Tanqi's small nose moved, and her appetite suddenly increased.

I feel like I could eat a bigger bowl of rice.

"Pig's trotter and corn soup, stir-fried pigeon, beef stew, mullet with pickled cabbage, which dish does Tan Qi want to eat first?"