Chapter 420 Extra - Shen Haiping [21]

Upon hearing this, Shen Haiping drank the ginger soup in a few gulps and put the bowl on the tea table.

Yan Xi stood at one side and reached out to touch Shen Haiping's wet hair.

The sound of the hair dryer was buzzing, and her slender fingers smoothed Shen Haiping's hair bit by bit.

From wet to half-dry, and then to completely dry.

Shen Haiping felt that Yan Xi's hand sometimes scratched his scalp, making him feel like he was electrocuted.

His hair was short and it was blown dry in a short while.

Yan Xi used her hands to re-touch his hair, "Okay."

Shen Haiping raised his head and looked at Yan Xi with a smile, "It's really an unusual experience for a lady to blow your hair."

When he said this, Yan Xi suddenly felt embarrassed.

There are so many male patients seen every day, and so many male patients undergoing surgery.

She has really seen everything.

But now the hair dryer in her hand feels hot, as if it is still hot, as if she can't hold it.

She turned her face away and unplugged it, "You have been caught in the rain, and you will easily catch a cold if you don't blow your hair."

Shen Haiping nodded repeatedly, "Doctor Yan is right, I will listen to your advice."

"You...you are so stingy." Yan Xi said and handed the hair dryer back.

Looking at Yan Xi's back, Shen Haiping shouted, "Red date ginger soup is so delicious!"

Yan Xi's mouth curled up, but she didn't turn around or answer, but quickened her pace.

When she came out, she found that Shen Haiping was not in the living room.

Turning around again, Shen Haiping was in the kitchen.

"What are you doing?" Yan Xi asked while lying next to the glass door.

Shen Haiping turned his head, "How about cooking? Let's have a meal at home today?"

Shen Haiping washed his hands and brought a cup of ginger soup over, "I've drunk it, you should drink it too."

Yan Xi took the cup, "Can you cook?"

"Yes, but not as good as my brother's." Shen Haiping said, "It's Chi Yue you just met. His cooking skills are deeply inherited from my mother, and it's amazing."

"But it's hard to eat his dishes."

Yan Xi was surprised, "Do your other brothers and sisters know how to cook?"

Shen Haiping put the ribs into the pot and blanched them, saying, "Our family has a good tradition. From my grandmother to my two sisters, no one can cook. My mother is the only female in our family who can cook."

Yan Xi said, "So, your father and your brother can cook too?"

"Yes." Shen Haiping nodded.

Yan Xi was really surprised that there was such a family.

Shen Haiping continued, "My eldest brother and my eldest sister-in-law have been married until now, and my eldest sister-in-law has never been to the kitchen. The same goes for my future wife. As long as she likes, she can play around, and I will naturally be there to cook."

Yan Xi didn't know how to respond, so she held the cup and started drinking ginger soup.

She usually cooks ginger soup, but today's ginger soup... seems to taste different.

While drinking, she watched Shen Haiping busy there in an orderly manner.

After a long time, Yan Xi finished drinking the ginger soup and went to wash the cup, "I'll help you."

Shen Haiping looked around, "Okay, you just stay here and chat with me, just consider it as helping me."

Shen Haiping moved quickly, and soon all the ingredients were prepared.

Then, the ribs were put into the pot.

"I'll stir-fry it for a bit, and then put it in the pressure cooker. When it's soft, I'll stir-fry it again to collect the soup. This will save time and we can eat earlier."

Yan Xi nodded, "Okay."

After the ribs were stewed, Shen Haiping went to fry the saury. He said as he turned the ribs over, "I didn't go out of my way to buy vegetables, so let's have what we have at home. If you want to eat something, you can always tell me later and I'll prepare it in advance."

Yan Xi was actually not picky about food, and she liked everything Shen Haiping cooked, "Okay."

In an hour, Shen Haiping cooked four dishes.

Braised ribs, pan-fried saury, hot and sour potato shreds, garlic baby cabbage, and a simple seaweed egg drop soup. The staple food was rice.

The two sat down at the dining table facing each other.

"Okay, Doctor Yan, come and try my cooking."

Yan Xi was indeed a little hungry, and she was really relaxed with Shen Haiping, so she didn't hesitate.

She picked up the chopsticks and started to pick up the dishes. She tasted each one first. The taste was different, but equally delicious.

"Your cooking skills are really good."

Shen Haiping picked up the bowl, "Thank you for the compliment, Doctor Yan."

Yan Xi asked casually while eating, "Shen Haiping, do you have any hobbies or things you like?"

Shen Haiping said, "As for me, I like painting. I used to paint often, but now I paint occasionally. Ink painting, comics are not limited."

Yan Xi remembered the pattern on the card she received from Shen Haiping last time. No wonder he could paint so well.

"Then... what about things? Is there anything you like?"

Shen Haiping paused with the chopsticks in his hand, as if thinking.

He really thought about it for a long time, "Frankly speaking, I don't seem to have any particular favorite things."

Yan Xi was puzzled, she actually had a lot of things she liked.

In fact, her parents never treated her badly in terms of material things, but she felt that she should be more mature, so she deliberately pretended to be an adult. She

liked a lot of things, but felt that they were childish, and over time they became obsessions, but she would not touch them.

"Don't you have something that you have always wanted but never have?"

Shen Haiping smiled, and in Yan Xi's view, there seemed to be stars in his eyes.

"This matter, to be honest, is attributed to my mother." Shen Haiping said, "She is a very considerate person, especially for us children. She knows what we like even if we don't say or mention it, and she will buy it for us."

"There were many children in the family. Even when she was in the 1980s, she would celebrate each of our birthdays and prepare birthday gifts. She was very attentive to each of the children."

"Generally speaking, we had everything we needed, whether it was food, daily necessities or toys, so we didn't seem to be obsessed with these things. She would prepare whatever we wanted to eat and buy us whatever we wanted to own. She would sometimes make clothes for us and sometimes buy them for us."

Yan Xi sighed, "She is really a good mother, and she can do everything?"

Shen Haiping nodded, "Yes, she is amazing. She really can do everything and has a good personality. So I said, it was not a problem for you two to meet that day."

Yan Xi sighed at Shen Haiping's good family relationships on the one hand, and was entangled on the other.

She wanted to give Shen Haiping a gift, but now she doesn't know what Shen Haiping likes, so what should she give him?