"What are you talking about? How about you do it?"

Lin Manyun suppressed her hatred and stuffed the spatula into her hand, hoping that Ruan Qiqi would take it so that she could go back to her room to rest and pretend that she didn't see it.

"I can't take over the show. The kitchen is your territory, you do it!"

Ruan Qiqi smiled good-naturedly and refused to take the spatula.

Lin Manyun snorted in annoyance and continued cooking. Her cooking skills were pretty good. After all, she was the lovely wife who could coax Lu Desheng around. Besides her sweet words, she also had to win over a man's stomach. Her cooking skills were much better than Yuan Huilan's.

"It tastes really good, Lu Ye, your stepmother's cooking is better than your biological mother's."

Ruan Qiqi tasted the fried bacon with garlic sprouts and gave a rare compliment.

Lin Manyun was about to vomit, but after hearing these words, she couldn't help feeling proud and her mood improved a lot.

This crazy girl has good vision. She is better than Yuan Huilan in more than just cooking.

Lu Desheng's expression also eased a lot, and he felt that Ruan Qiqi was still very sensible.

"It's really delicious, but they don't often make it for me."

Lu Ye added, and the atmosphere, which had just relaxed, became tense again.

The smile on Lin Manyun's face disappeared, and she looked at Lu Desheng angrily.

Lu Desheng gave her a soothing look and told her not to bother with Lu Ye.

"This is a specialty of my hometown, mugwort cake and millet cake. I brought it specially for you. Thank you, Uncle Lu, for dealing with the ungrateful and despicable He Jianjun impartially."

Ruan Qiqi picked up the gift from the ground, put it on the table, and opened the bag, revealing two kinds of baba.

Lu Desheng's eyes lit up. His favorite thing to eat was all kinds of baba, especially millet baba. He hadn't eaten it since he left his hometown.

"You are so polite, thank you!"

Lu Desheng had a better impression of Ruan Qiqi, and even found a reason for her past rebellious behavior. After all, she had just been broken off from engagement, and it was normal for a girl to be in a bad mood, so it was normal for her to have a little tantrum.

Now the girl has definitely recovered and become more sensible, which is good.

"Manyun, go fry some rice cakes."

Lu Desheng ordered.

Lin Manyun had no choice but to go to the kitchen again and fry some millet cakes. Her hands were burned by the oil and turned red. It hurt so much.

Steamed rice cake

Fried glutinous rice cake

When he came out with a plate of rice cakes, he heard Ruan Qiqi saying, "Lu Ye, why didn't you tell your dad the good news?"

"He wouldn't be happy even if I told him, so I'm too lazy to tell him."

Lu Ye spoke lazily, without even raising his head, and just kept eating.

"How do you know I won't be happy if you don't tell me? Since it's good news, I will definitely be happy!"

Lu Desheng's face darkened and he was about to scold again.

Lu Ye raised his head and looked at him mockingly, "Your cousin will definitely be unhappy to hear this, so it's better not to say anything."

Lu Desheng gritted his teeth, his anger almost unable to be suppressed. This rebellious son always spoke in such a sarcastic tone and never spoke nicely.

"You can't say that. Your stepmother will definitely be happy for you. You can't judge her by your own standards." Ruan Qiqi advised.

Lu Desheng's anger subsided a lot, and his impression of her became extremely good. This girl is really sensible, and it's not bad for her to be a partner with her rebellious son.

Lu Ye snorted and turned his head away to show his displeasure.

Ruan Qiqi smiled and said to Lu Desheng, "Even if he doesn't say anything, I will say that Lu Ye has made great contributions this time. The leaders have decided to reward him and promote him to deputy head of the regiment. The document will be issued next month!"

"Bang"

The plate fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and several pieces of poop were also broken.

Lin Manyun looked at Lu Ye in astonishment. This little bastard was promoted to deputy head of the regiment?

She had tried her best to whisper in Lu Desheng's ear and suppressed this little bastard for several years, so how come he was promoted so quickly?

Ruan Qiqi frowned, looked at her with dissatisfaction, and asked sarcastically: "What do you mean? Are you really unhappy to hear that Lu Ye was promoted? No way, although you are a stepmother, you are also Lu Ye's elder. Why are you unhappy about his promotion? Are you psychologically unbalanced because Lu Ye was promoted and your two sons were not?"

Lu Desheng hadn't thought much about it at first, but after hearing these words, he immediately looked at his wife suspiciously.

Lin Manyun forced a smile and explained, "I was just too happy, so I didn't hold the plate firmly. Xiao Ye is really promising. He became the deputy head of the group at such a young age."

Lu Desheng's doubts were dispelled. He knew that Lin Manyun was not that kind of person and would definitely be happy for Xiaoye.

"I'll wash these baba and fry them again."

Lin Manyun picked up the poop on the ground, swept up the broken porcelain pieces, and asked casually, "Old Lu, how come you don't know about Xiaoye's promotion? I haven't even heard you mention it."

The smile on Lu Desheng's face froze. Yes, he was so happy that he didn't think about this. He was the commander of the military region, and he should be the first to know about Lu Ye's promotion. Why didn't he receive the notice?

Lu Ye had a mocking smile on his face and looked at his father as if he was a fool.

This stupid old man is being played around by his concubine. He will definitely be dragged down by Lin Manyun in the future.

"Lu Ye, what does your stepmother mean? Does she suspect that we are telling fake news? No way, how could she think that? You are a family, and she actually suspects you. Doesn't she know that your promotion notice was issued by the General Military Region? No way, how can she be so dark in her mind!"

Ruan Qiqi spoke in a sarcastic tone, making Lin Manyun's face turn red and blue. She had to defend herself: "That's not what I meant. I just asked because I felt it was strange. Old Lu, believe me, I am really happy for Xiaoye."

"Okay, go and fry the poop!"

Lu Desheng didn't completely believe it this time. He was a little suspicious. Lin Manyun was behaving very abnormally and he didn't seem very happy on her face. What Ruan Qiqi said made some sense.

Is his wife really unhappy to see Ono succeed?

"Don't be surprised. After all, she's my stepmother. It would be abnormal for her to be happy for me!"

Lu Ye also said something sarcastically, took another big mouthful of rice, and after swallowing it, he said, "Who made my stepmother give birth to two mediocre sons? They are not as good as me in every way. It's strange that she can be balanced in her heart!"

"No wonder. Her own child is not as good as the one born to the cousin. She must be so sick inside. She has to pretend to be a loving mother who treats everyone equally. It's too hard for her."

Ruan Qiqi looked as if something suddenly dawned on her.

There was a banging sound coming from the kitchen. It was Lin Manyun smashing the pot in anger and almost breaking it.

Lu Desheng also felt uncomfortable. In terms of ability, the two sons of Lin Manyun were indeed not as good as Lu Ye, but they were brothers, so how could they be compared like that?

Ruan Qiqi really couldn't help but praise him, and now he started talking nonsense again.

Ruan Qiqi took a bite of bacon and said solemnly, "From the perspective of you three brothers, this illustrates a very important truth."

"What truth?"

Lu Ye asked flatteringly, and Lu Desheng also pricked up his ears.

"A loving mother often spoils her children. Your two stepbrothers have never suffered from hardship since they were young. They were brought up in pampered conditions. Unlike you, you have been left to fend for yourself since you were young. You went up the mountain to find game, went down the river to catch fish, and even went out to beg for food. Although you had a narrow escape from death, you have a promising future. This shows from the root that your two brothers were tortured by your stepmother. You must arrange for them to be tempered in the most difficult frontiers, away from your stepmother. Maybe they can have some future!"

Ruan Qiqi deliberately spoke very loudly just to provoke Lin Manyun in the kitchen and make her angry to death.

Sure enough, there was a loud bang in the kitchen, and this time the bottom of the pot was really pierced.