She was startled by her own thought.
Xie Jingrun was well-behaved?
"Cough cough cough!" She choked on her own saliva.
Surprisingly, Xie Jingrun wasn't angry at all. When he saw her suddenly cough, he reached out and patted her on the back, frowning as he asked, "Why did you suddenly start coughing?"
Hearing the man's seemingly concerned tone, Rong Qingqing felt a little uncomfortable. After calming down, she quickly pushed his hand away. "I'm fine." Seeing his displeased look, she couldn't help but explain, "Your hands are covered in flour. If you pat my back directly, the flour will get on my clothes."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingrun withdrew his hand, said nothing more, and continued wrapping dumpling wrappers, urging, "Roll them out faster, we're almost done wrapping the dumplings."
Rong Qingqing then noticed that he had already made a lot of dumplings, and each one was small and delicate. She suddenly had a feeling that he had been pretending that he couldn't make them well.
The idea flashed through her mind and she dismissed it immediately; it probably wasn't true.
He has no reason to pretend.
It just goes to show that smart people can learn anything very easily.
Before long, the dumplings were wrapped.
Rong Qingqing placed the dumplings one by one into the boiling water.
A few moments later, the dumplings were cooked. She took a clean bowl and said to Xie Jingrun, "Should we bring a bowl to the Emperor so he can taste it too?"
Xie Jingrun paused, then shook his head. "No need."
"Oh, then let's eat by ourselves." Rong Qingqing shrugged and didn't insist.
Looking at the girl's calm face, Xie Jingrun suddenly explained, "It's because I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble."
Rong Qingqing turned to look at him and nodded, "I know."
"Um."
After the dumplings were cooked, the two moved into the living room.
Just as they were about to sit down and start eating, Xie Jingxuan and Xie Jingyi walked in from outside, one after the other.
"What smells so good?"
Xie Jingxuan sniffed and exclaimed.
Rong Qingqing glanced at them; they had returned just in time.
Seeing that Xie Jingrun didn't seem to want them to leave, he said, "We've cooked dumplings. If you haven't eaten yet, you can eat with us."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingxuan sat down at the table without ceremony. "Thank you, Madam."
Xie Jingyi originally wanted to leave, but the aroma made her reluctant to move. However, she reluctantly sat down next to Xie Jingxuan.
"Xiao Tao, take some over to Qin Xiang and the other girl." Rong Qingqing considered the two girls' fear of Xie Jingrun, so she didn't plan to invite them to eat together, lest they eat in fear.
"Yes, Miss." Xiao Tao carried two bowls to Qin Xiang's room as instructed.
Seeing this, Xie Jingyi said unhappily, "I haven't eaten yet, why should I give it to them first?"
Rong Qingqing's expression calmed down. "I can give the dumplings I cooked to whomever they want."
Xie Jingyi choked, her face turning ugly. "Who do you think I want to eat this?" With that, she slammed her hand on the table, got up, and left.
Xie Jingxuan looked somewhat embarrassed. Although he didn't like Xie Jingyi's personality either, she was, after all, his own sister. He coughed lightly to ease the atmosphere in the room, "Madam, there's no need to take it to heart."
Rong Qingqing shrugged. "Don't worry, I won't bother her unless she provokes me." In other words, if Xie Jingyi offends her, she won't be polite.
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