Chapter 1029 Fragmentary Memories
Gu Wanqiu was awakened just as she was picked up, but she felt relieved when she saw that it was Gong Qing who was holding her.
I asked dazedly, "Is the movie over yet?"
"It's almost finished."
"Oh." Gu Wanqiu didn't doubt Gong Qing's words. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned, her face full of fatigue. "What's the ending of the movie? Do the two of them get together?"
"We're together and have a child."
Gong Qing didn't watch the whole ending, but when he came out, the movie showing the hero and heroine getting married and pregnant. He thought that if it could be shown to couples on Chinese Valentine's Day, the ending of the movie should be perfect.
But in fact, the ending of that movie is that the male and female protagonists are together and then separate, and in the end one lives and the other dies.
Gu Wanqiu was used to being held in Gong Qing's arms and did not feel any discomfort, but she was afraid that Gong Qing's arms would be tired because he always held her sideways, like a princess, which was a very strong way of holding her.
"Put me down."
"I'm not tired." He said and shook his head twice.
Gu Wanqiu screamed and quickly hugged Gong Qing's neck with both hands. Her cry attracted the attention of many people around. She looked embarrassed and threw herself into Gong Qing's arms: "There are so many people around, it would be bad if they saw us."
"There's nothing wrong with that. It's only natural for me to hug my girlfriend. Today is Chinese Valentine's Day, which is for couples to show affection. I'm jealous."
Gu Wanqiu suddenly felt that more eyes were looking at her. She was too embarrassed to look up, so she simply pretended to be dead and curled up in Gong Qing's arms. After a while, she changed the subject.
"What are we having for dinner?"
"Are you hungry?"
"A little, but not very hungry."
"Let's go home and I'll cook for you myself."
"You can cook?" Gu Wanqiu raised her head in surprise, no longer caring about the looks around her. She really didn't know that Gong Qing could cook. When she was with Gong Qing, there was a special nanny at home who was responsible for cooking. In the hospital, the nanny also prepared nutritious meals and sent them to her. Sometimes Gong Qing would order takeout and have his assistant bring it in.
She had never seen Gong Qing cook.
Gong Qing explained, "I didn't know how to cook before, but after being with you, I slowly learned. Now I've mastered it, and I want you to taste my cooking skills. There's a saying online that if you can't cook, you won't get married. After we get married and live together, I'll cook for you every day."
Gu Wanqiu thought about it and couldn't help laughing at the sight of Gong Qing, a big guy, wearing a pink floral apron while cooking for her.
“Puff—”
As soon as the laughter died down, the image of the man cooking began to appear in her mind again, and her smile froze.
"What are you thinking about? You're laughing so happily."
"Nothing, I'm just looking forward to tonight. I want to know what delicious food you will cook."
"Let me tell you first, if it doesn't taste good, don't tell me to my face."
"That's not necessarily true. How can you improve if I don't tell you?"
"That makes sense." The two of them chatted back and forth, and Gong Qing carried Gu Wanqiu into the car. The atmosphere was very relaxed and harmonious.
The driver drove steadily in front. Half an hour after arriving home, the nanny had already bought the vegetables and put them in the refrigerator.
Gong Qing can cook very few dishes, just a few home-cooked dishes, which he learned from the nanny and took him quite a while to learn.
Gong Qing rarely even goes into the kitchen on weekdays and is not familiar with the seasonings at all, but fortunately he has a good memory.
Remembering the tutorial is one thing, but it is very troublesome when you actually cook it. If you don’t control the heat well, the vegetables will either be cooked or burnt. The first time he cooked it, the pot directly caught fire. He was scared and broke into a cold sweat. He frantically tried to get water to pour it out. Fortunately, the nanny next to him saw it and stopped him in time to avoid it.
Cooking is just cooking for others, but Gong Qing cooks like he is fighting a war. The nanny has advised him not to do it. He is a big CEO, he has servants and chefs to do whatever he wants. Problems that can be solved with money are small problems. Why waste time on things he is not good at? People should accept the things they are not good at, and there is no need to waste time on them.
Gong Qing just wouldn't listen and insisted on making it. It took him a whole morning to learn how to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and the taste was just barely edible.
Next, I learned how to make stir-fried pork with green peppers and a plate of spicy and sour shredded potatoes, both of which are common and simple home-cooked dishes.
The dishes were cooked properly, and not overcooked or burnt, but the taste was a little lacking. He didn't understand the difference between a small amount and an appropriate amount.
I simply bought a food scale to record the grams, and asked the nanny to record how much seasoning she put in every time she cooked, so that he would not add too much seasoning.
After a week of continuous testing, he was finally able to cook well. It was as if he had opened up his Ren and Du meridians. After knowing how much seasoning to use, he was able to cook more dishes.
Maybe he really didn't have that talent. When he cooked, he used the same seasonings as the nanny, and she was watching him. But the result and the taste were not as good as what the nanny made herself.
It’s edible, not bad.
This Chinese Valentine's Day, Gong Qing decided to show off his cooking skills and made one meat dish, one vegetable dish and a soup.
The meat dish is stir-fried meat, and the vegetarian dish is stir-fried shredded potatoes, with a tomato and egg soup, which takes forty minutes.
Gu Wanqiu was surprised again when she saw how well Gong Qing did it.
Staring at Gong Qing's busy figure, some images flashed through Gu Wanqiu's mind.
The dishes were served, and Gong Qing placed the bowl and chopsticks in front of Gu Wanqiu, "Try it quickly."
"Hmm." Gu Wanqiu picked up the chopsticks and picked up the shredded potatoes in front of her. There was no expression on her face. She was eating seriously, but she frowned while eating. Then she picked up the meat and found it a bit salty, so she drank some soup.
"How is it?" Gong Qing asked her expectantly.
"Why do I feel like you've cooked for me before, and it was even better than this." Gu Wanqiu subconsciously said what was in her heart.
The expression on Gong Qing's face froze instantly, and his originally expectant mood became like a roller coaster, sliding down from the highest point to the bottom.
He didn't know how to cook before, and he learned to cook these dishes recently. The person who used to cook for her that Gu Wanqiu mentioned was not him, but Li Jinxing who lived with her.
This is not the first time this has happened. Why is it that when Gu Wanqiu is with him, the memories in her brain always associate her with Li Jinxing?
"What did you remember?" He said in a bad tone.
Gu Wanqiu stopped talking and shook her head with a pale face: "No...did I remember it wrongly?"
"Maybe my memory is messed up, but I did cook for you before, but I haven't done it for a long time since you left."
"Then why didn't you cook for me before? Everything I ate was made by the nanny." Gu Wanqiu muttered softly.
"You were gone for so long, I forgot about it."
"Really?" Gu Wanqiu looked at him suspiciously, a little unconvinced. Could someone forget how to cook? Gu Wanqiu didn't think about it and continued eating. The food tasted just average, but when she thought about it being made by Gong Qing, it tasted especially good.
"It's also possible that your memory is disturbed, and the smell of the servants' cooking is brought to me."
This was the only explanation that made sense. Gu Wanqiu ate, "I want to eat the noodles you made. I remember that the noodles you made were delicious. I don't know if I'm mistaken..."
"Do you want to eat now?"
"Tomorrow morning, there are so many dishes that we can't finish them tonight. Don't stand anymore, sit down and eat with us."
"Okay." He didn't want to lie to Gu Wanqiu, but he was unwilling in his heart. In Gu Wanqiu's heart, Li Jinxing had forced her so much in the past, but she still missed him, and she was still thinking about his good side.
Could it be that the worse something is done to her, the more she will remember it?
Isn’t this cheap?
Gong Qing felt a urge to replace Li Jinxing's position in Gu Wanqiu's heart.
After Gu Wanqiu finished her meal, Gong Qing took the initiative to put the dishes away. Feeling a little worried about him, she slowly stood up and walked over to watch Gong Qing washing the dishes.
Gong Qing's technique was obviously clumsy, and it was obvious that he was not someone who cooked often.
Gu Wanqiu leaned against the wall and said, "Recently, I keep thinking of some things from the past. They're very short, fragmentary memories. Do you think it won't take long for me to remember them all? I really want to know what happened in our past."
Gong Qing stopped washing the dishes. Compared to Gu Wanqiu who wanted to recall the past, Gong Qing didn't want her to recall it at all.
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