"How could that be? It's delicious. It's the best sea bass soup I've ever had."
"Really?" Yi Yi breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. I was worried for so long. By the way, Mu Mu, what else do you want to eat? What dishes do you like? I'll go ask Aunt Li to teach you. If Aunt Li doesn't know how either, I'll sign up for a cooking class and learn all the dishes you like. From now on, whatever you want to eat, I'll cook it for you myself!"
Objectively speaking, Yi Yi is truly a wonderful wife, without any flaws. She is gentle, kind, and hardworking, personally taking care of the children and cooking for them, all to make her husband happy.
Mu Nanxun put down the bowl in his hand, took Yi Yi's hand, and looked at her affectionately.
“Yi Yi, your cooking is delicious. But I don’t want you to work so hard, and I especially don’t want you to do so many trivial things to please me. You are my wife, not a maid. I still hope that you can be as carefree as before, around me without any constraints. Even if you never go into the kitchen, even if you only cause trouble, even if you can’t handle many things, even if the children aren’t so obedient… I don’t care about any of that. All I care about is whether you are comfortable and happy.”
He said a lot, hoping he had made his point clear.
Upon hearing this, Yi paused for a moment, thought for a while, and then asked hesitantly, "Mumu, is there something I did wrong?"
Mu Nanxun: "...No, no, you did it perfectly, flawlessly." For the first time, he felt that he and Yi Yi didn't see eye to eye.
Yi Yi is such a smart girl; if he only said three parts, she would understand the remaining seven. But now, even though he said ten parts, she still couldn't understand what he meant.
"No, something must have gone wrong." Yi Yi shook her head anxiously and blamed herself. "I must have done something wrong. If I really did it perfectly and flawlessly, then why didn't you let me do it? I must have done something wrong and made you angry. Mu Mu, tell me what I did wrong, and I'll change it."
Her expectant gaze made it impossible for him to refuse.
"Okay, Yi Yi, it's really nothing. I just... don't want you to work too hard."
"Impossible, there must be something wrong. By the way, was the sea bass soup not fresh or tender enough today? I could tell when I was making it; I didn't control the heat properly. I should make a new one."
As she said this, Yi Yi also took a sip of the sea bass soup in her bowl. This sip indeed made her frown.
"This is awful! It doesn't taste like the deliciousness of sea bass soup at all. It's a complete failure! Throw it away, throw it away! How can you drink this?"
Yi made a move to collect the two bowls, preparing to take them to the kitchen to throw them away.
Mu Nanxun held her down, preventing her from taking it away.
"Yi Yi, I don't have such high expectations. This is already very good."
It's really good. At least, he didn't notice anything wrong with the taste.
"Sigh—" Upon hearing this, Yi Yi sighed deeply, her tone carrying a hint of self-reproach. "I really feel bad for making you eat such unpalatable food today. But don't worry, I will definitely be more careful in the future and won't make the same mistake again."
Mu Nanxun really didn't know what to say. Yi Yi's cautiousness and ingratiating efforts made him feel both unfamiliar and awkward. He simply kept quiet and drank the bowl of perch soup in silence.
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