Chapter 32 Chapter 32 It’s just cooking, it shouldn’t be difficult…
"What are you doing?"
It was just an ordinary sentence, but Ji Chu and Xu Ying were shocked and felt a sense of threat as if a cold blade was pressing against their backs.
The two of them realized that they now looked like "a pair of strangers", hugging each other and touching each other as if no one was around, which was indeed too strange.
Especially when he was caught red-handed by "Yang Sisi's" brother.
It’s better to separate quickly.
Xu Ying and Ji Chu quickly withdrew their hands.
Ji Chu took a step back, and just as he raised his head, he suddenly felt a dull pain in his scalp.
——Her hair accidentally got tangled in Xu Ying’s collar during the hug.
Xu Ying: “…”
What a drama!
Xu Ying: “…”
What bad luck!
She reached out and tugged hastily, but failed.
Xu Ying also joined in to help, but after all their efforts, Ji Chu's hair became more and more tangled.
Meng Yuci just stood there the whole time, watching the two of them struggling.
Finally, Ji Chu gave up. With her hair tangled and her head tilted, she pretended to be calm as she introduced:
"Brother, this is my long-lost sister. Pure sisterly love."
"Yeah?"
Yang Nianzhi's tone was cold.
"That's right, that's right."
Since Ji Chu's hair was still hanging on her, Xu Ying could only tilt her head to look at Meng Yuci, and said proudly:
"Ji...Brother Yang, don't look at me as a man. In fact, I am not a man at all!"
Full of energy and profound meaning.
Although he knew what Xu Ying meant, Ji Chu couldn't help but move his gaze downwards.
Meng Yuci could no longer bear it:
"Yang Sisi!"
Ji Chu's body trembled, and he moved his eyes back from where he shouldn't be looking.
Seeing this, Xu Ying quietly signaled Ji Chu with her eyes:
Your brother must have misunderstood. After all, I am now a "gigolo" who is loved by even the richest man in the city. It is normal for him to feel a sense of crisis.
Ji Chu understood her look and looked solemn.
She couldn't continue to hang on to Xu Ying, and the situation in the yard was really hard to be discovered.
So she grabbed Xu Ying's clothes, and the two of them moved to the door clumsily like conjoined twins.
Then Ji Chu pointed at his hair and looked at Meng Yuci with a pitiful face:
"Brother, please help me..."
Meng Yuci's gaze shifted from her tangled hair to the marks on her face.
There are obvious fingerprints on both cheeks, and it is obvious that they are men's fingerprints.
His gaze fell on Xu Ying again.
Xu Ying subconsciously wiped her hands on her clothes.
She didn't know why she was so nervous, she felt like an ugly son-in-law who came to her house for the first time.
Logically speaking, "Yang Nianzhi" is an ordinary mortal who looks weak and frail, so she shouldn't be so scared.
After thinking about it, Xu Ying could only conclude that perhaps this was the authority of being the "head of the family," so she smiled ingratiatingly at "Yang Nianzhi."
Meng Yuci withdrew his gaze and fell on Ji Chu's hair.
Ji Chu was used to giving him difficult questions, and after just a short while, his hair became a mess like a bird's nest.
Pulling it hard won't work, and cutting it directly won't be appropriate.
After observing carefully, he reached out and smoothed Ji Chu's hair, successfully finding the tangled mass.
Ji Chu looked at him with his eyes open, and nudged Xu Ying to block out the chaotic scene in the yard.
Xu Ying then moved quietly, and Ji Chu also followed her with his head tilted.
Meng Yuci's thoughts were interrupted several times by her actions, so he could only reach out a hand to hold Ji Chu's shoulder:
"Don't move."
Ji Chu and Xu Ying immediately quieted down.
It took Meng Yuci quite a while to untie her hair. He had to avoid hurting her while also preventing her from moving and getting the tangles tighter. It took a lot of effort to finally separate the two of them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he was untied, Ji Chu rushed up, grabbed his arm and pushed him out of the yard.
She had been waiting anxiously for a long time.
There was a tied-up Niuniu in the yard, and the corpse of a fox demon was thrown at the kitchen door. If Yang Nianzhi saw it, it would be a big trouble!
But she didn't know that Meng Yuci had already seen what was happening in the yard.
In order not to disturb her, he even waited until it was quiet here before coming over.
Who would have thought that they would actually see the two of them "pulling and tugging" each other?
Faced with Ji Chu's poor acting skills that showed "trying to cover up only makes it more obvious" written all over her face, Meng Yuci performed at his best level, pretending to be clueless and weak, letting her push him away.
It was not until Xu Ying closed the door that the two of them stopped reluctantly.
Ji Chu breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew his hand and stood still.
Meng Yu said:
"Wipe your face clean."
Ji Chu: “Ah?”
She rubbed her face absentmindedly with the back of her hand, which only ended up spreading stains all over her face.
"never mind."
Meng Yuci's eyes scanned her face, and finally he couldn't help but raise his hand and wipe her face with his sleeve.
He wiped left and right with quick and decisive movements, without any tenderness or lingering feelings, just like he was wiping a window.
Seeing that her face was clean, he put on the attitude of "brother" and asked:
"I just changed my clothes, how come you ran over the wall?"
Ji Chu: “Hmm…”
She looked around, and then suddenly had an idea. She covered her belly and acted coquettishly:
"Brother, the chicken soup next door is so delicious. I've been hungry all day, so I couldn't help but come over to take a look."
Meng Yuci looked at her:
"Are you hungry?"
Ji Chu nodded hurriedly.
This excuse was so useful. It could not only explain his own behavior, but also divert Yang Nianzhi's attention. It was like killing two birds with one stone!
Then she said again:
"I'm so hungry, brother, I want to eat something delicious!"
Meng Yuci did not refuse, but thought:
Yang Sisi doesn't know how to cook, so when Yang Nianzhi fell ill, she could only eat the cold biscuits in the kitchen to fill her stomach. After taking two bites, she felt the biscuits were dry and choking, and didn't want to eat anymore. She was indeed hungry all day.
He glanced at her again and saw that she was looking up with a flattering expression, her eyes were bright, and her eyebrows were beautifully wrinkled, twisted into an exaggerated and deliberate angle. He could almost imagine Ji Chu herself making a pitiful face at this moment.
She posed another difficult question to him.
It had only been half a day since he arrived in this small world, and Ji Chu had already given him several "disguise tests", just like when he was still in the sect, there were new surprises every day.
And in the process of getting along with Ji Chu, he actually developed a strong will to "overcome every difficulty".
It's just cooking, it shouldn't be difficult.
He nodded confidently and turned back to the next room.
Ji Chu looked delighted.
She knew that Yang Nianzhi would definitely not let Yang Sisi starve!
Then she gestured to Xu Ying, who was peeking through the crack in the door, and asked her to stay in Aunt He's yard and continue observing, while she followed Yang Nianzhi back.
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Of course Meng Yuci can't cook.
As a sword cultivator, he was confident that he could cut the ingredients into pieces accurately, but as for how to cook and season them, he had no idea at all.
But Ji Chu had no idea that "Yang Nianzhi" had changed his "heart", and still thought he was the "good cook" who raised his sister alone, and followed him to the kitchen door with eager eyes.
"Brother, what delicious food are you going to make?"
Meng Yuci pretended to be calm, picked up the kitchen knife and weighed it, feeling that it was no different from a sword:
"What do you want to eat?"
Yang Nianzhi himself is tall and thin, with a bit of the elegance and gentleness of a scholar. Because he has been taking care of his younger sister for many years, he always has a gentle and virtuous temperament.
But Meng Yuci has a cold personality and aloof temperament. Even though he is wearing the shell of "Yang Nianzhi" and standing in the cramped kitchen, he still looks like a flower on a high mountain standing proudly on the top of a cliff facing the wind.
Holding a kitchen knife is like holding a sharp blade, ready to cut through the wind at any time.
Seeing his confident and proud attitude, Ji Chu was filled with passion. He felt that he was in for a treat today, and blurted out without thinking:
“Braised spareribs!”
He is quite good at cutting meat and bones.
pity……
Meng Yuci glanced around the kitchen: "There are no spare ribs."
Ji Chu was disappointed. He looked left and right, and saw tofu, the only thing that was not green, among a pile of cold pancakes and vegetables.
Considering that Yang Sisi had a hard time making money selling flowers and also had to buy medicine for Yang Nianzhi, she felt embarrassed to suggest buying some meat herself.
So he compromised and said, "Then let's have braised tofu."
Meng Yuci nodded, raised his hand and slashed with the knife. After a swirling flash of light and shadow, the tofu was cut into neat small pieces.
The blade is smooth and the cut mark is almost invisible.
If Tofu had consciousness, he would have been chopped into pieces before he could even react...
This thought inexplicably emerged in Ji Chu's mind.
Seeing Yang Nianzhi's knife skills, it was so neat and sure-footed, not inferior to the sect's chef in any way.
She is even more looking forward to the final delicacy!
While "Yang Nianzhi" was concentrating on cooking, Ji Chu turned back and left the kitchen, climbed over the courtyard wall, and flipped over to the next door.
Xu Ying was holding two pieces of wood and examining them.
Seeing Ji Chu, she put a piece of wood in front of her eyes and pretended to be profound:
"Sisi, your brother broke the door bolt."
"How is that possible?"
Ji Chu didn't believe it at all:
"My brother is a sickly handsome man! It must be that Aunt He's door bolt is of poor quality. It broke with just a casual push."
After saying that, she walked around Xu Ying and went into Aunt He's kitchen.
Xu Ying had only seen it out of boredom, but now, seeing that Ji Chu didn't seem to care at all, she hurriedly put down the bolt that had broken into two pieces and followed her to the kitchen.
"I just checked, there are no other traces here. The chicken soup must have attracted the fox demon, and it was quickly strangled to death by the child."
After Xu Ying finished speaking, she pushed the unconscious Niuniu:
"She's been unresponsive since a while ago... She's still alive, but her breath doesn't sound human."
"What about the others?"
Ji Chu asked.
Xu Ying's face looked a little bad:
"There was no response from my knocks... Speaking of which, I climbed over the wall all the way here and didn't see a single living person."
"You don't know yet?"
She sighed: "Actually, I'm running for my life."
Ji Chu was surprised, and Xu Ying continued:
"During the day, the Jade Book Plate didn't react at all. I walked around but found nothing. Then, in the evening, two people came knocking on the door."
"As soon as I opened the door, it was dark. The two men in front of me suddenly changed their aura, looking ferocious and murderous, ready to kill me. They didn't look human, but they weren't demons either... just like that child!"
Xu Ying recalls the scene of the "magic comeback" and still feels her hair stand on end:
"I couldn't figure out the situation, and I couldn't rashly kill anyone, so I had to run away."
"I'm almost there!"
Ji Chu opened his eyes wide when he heard this:
"Everything was normal during the day, but at night I heard some noises. I climbed over the wall and saw a little kid named Niuniu strangling a fox demon to death..."
She took out the jade book card:
"My mission is to eliminate demons and score points. What's yours?"
Xu Ying also took out her own jade book card. Except for the name, everything else was the same.
They both became distressed:
"I finally saw a demon, but it's already been killed. Instead, there are these weird people. I don't know what's going on."
Just when I was frowning, a cold voice came from next door:
"Yang Sisi."
Ji Chu's eyes lit up, he grabbed Xu Ying's sleeve and shook it up and down, and said excitedly:
"I'm going to have something delicious!"
After saying that, without waiting for Xu Ying's answer, he quickly turned back along the same path.
Meng Yuci had an indifferent expression. Seeing her coming back from next door, he didn't say anything. He just put the freshly cooked "braised tofu" in the middle of the table and motioned her to come over and sit down.
The tofu on the plate is arranged horizontally and vertically like a wall. Although the color seems to be lighter than the usual braised tofu, it is well-balanced in size and has a lustrous color. After stir-frying, there is no looseness or damage at all, which shows that the knife skills are exquisite and meticulous.
A fresh bean fragrance comes, mixed with a hint of spiciness.
Ji Chu couldn't help swallowing, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
Meng Yuci tilted his head slightly to observe her expression.
The next second, Ji Chu opened his eyes wide, his eyes were filled with mist, and expressions of "shock", "surprise", "shock", "stiffness" and "dullness" appeared on his face at the same time.
Meng Yuci recalled Ji Chu's expression when he was eating the panpan fruit, which seemed slightly different.
Before he could analyze the success or failure of his first cooking attempt from Ji Chu's rich expression, he saw the person sitting at the table suddenly jump up, rush into the kitchen, look around for water but couldn't find it, so he turned around and stuffed the cold pancakes that were enough to choke a person into his mouth frantically, as if he had never eaten in his life.
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