Both contain vinegar.
There was a sour smell in the air.
I tapped my fingers lightly on the table and looked at the man in the kitchen. He was looking at me too. The moment our eyes met, he looked away again and calmly scooped out white rice.
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but his expression was very gloomy just now.
"What are you standing there for? Go wash your hands and eat." He approached with a bowl of rice and said casually.
The man's face was expressionless, revealing neither joy nor anger.
Why are all the dishes served with vinegar today?
I asked a question and went to wash my hands.
Fu Yanshen set out his chopsticks. "Hmm, these are all your favorites."
I:"……"
That doesn't mean every dish has the same flavor; that's a really lame excuse.
After I sat down, I picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork rib. As soon as I took a bite, the sour taste was so strong that I frowned.
The sweet vinegar ratio is wrong; it has no sweetness at all, only sourness.
Taking another bite of West Lake Vinegar Fish feels more like a culinary disaster; this dish is inherently difficult to make well.
I put down my chopsticks.
The man opposite remained silent, constantly picking up peanuts with vinegar and popping them into his mouth one after another, his face gloomy.
"Brother Fu, are you jealous?" I asked bluntly.
He glanced at me and continued eating peanuts.
"Why would I be jealous? Who would I be jealous of? That Mu Ye? Ha, he just confessed to you. Our Miss Qiao Qiao has always been the most beautiful red rose in the capital, a heartthrob. It's perfectly normal."
He was a man of few words, rarely speaking such a long sentence in one breath, and his tone was sarcastic and unsettling.
No, he knew that Makino had confessed to me, so he was jealous?
"Makino did confess to me, do you really think I would say yes? You're just sitting here being jealous." I muttered to myself.
Fu Yanshen put down his chopsticks, looked at me, and scoffed, "I told you, I'm not jealous."
"Of course you wouldn't agree to him. At most, you'd be touched, hug him, and comfort him a bit when you see he's depressed from missing you. What's the big deal? You used to—"
Fu Yanshen's sarcastic remarks were interrupted halfway through.
He stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Even though it's all in the past, the thought of her favoritism towards Muye, how she used to protect her, and the two years he was away when they spent every day together, relying on each other, still makes him feel restless and heartbroken.
He even wondered if she had ever really fallen for that guy.
At that time, Mu Ye stabbed him, but she was indifferent to his injury; he truly wanted that kid to go to jail. For Mu Ye's sake, she swallowed her pride and cried as she begged him, which hurt him even more.
Later, when Makino deliberately provoked him, she indiscriminately sided with that boy...
Today, instead of telling him about Mu Ye's confession, she asked him to prepare a whole feast of vinegar for her.
I walked up behind him and hugged him. "You said you weren't jealous, but I'm so jealous!"
So arrogant!
He suddenly turned around, hugged me, and pressed me against the huge floor-to-ceiling window. He buried his face in the crook of my neck, his breath heavy, as if he were inhaling my scent.
"Did he hug you, or did you hug him?" the man asked in a low, husky voice, gently biting my earlobe.
I understand now, he smelled the lingering perfume from Makino on me.
He finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"He hugged me, and I hugged him back," I told the truth.
I could only feel his body tense up and stiffen, as he leaned on my shoulder, his burning hot body pressed against me, his fists making a crisp sound of bones grinding together.
It's as if they are suppressing and restraining themselves.
His possessiveness towards me is still so strong, and I'm afraid he'll never change it.
However, he is no longer as impulsive and hurtful as he used to be.
I gently patted his back. "Fu Yanshen, do you know why I protect Mu Ye so much?"
"I don't want to know." Fu Yanshen snorted coldly and tried to let go of me.
I hugged him tighter and continued to explain, "Fu Yanshen, Mu Ye was a star who was killed by the Qin family in his previous life. After I was reborn, I snatched him from Qin Lulu in a moment of impulse because I wanted to save his life."
"I used to protect him so much because I thought saving him was the only right thing I did after I was reborn, and I was also afraid that he would be implicated by me."
“My favoritism towards him isn’t what you think. I only treat him like a younger brother, just like… you used to treat Shi Xia!”
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