Pei Li left, and after seeing the guests off, Xu Zhengxi brought forward her planned vacation.
Butler Zhou responded swiftly to the young master's impromptu decision, arranging personnel and supplies in an orderly manner. One group went to the manor to prepare, while another group followed the young master.
Xu Zhe's anklets were removed, and she went out with Xu Zhengxi. Seeing the gold chain lying on the carpet instead of being packed up and taken away, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Upon arriving at the hilltop manor, Xu Zhe was astonished by the scale of the buildings before him.
She thought it would be another large house with hundreds of acres of gardens, but it turned out to be just a low, single-story house.
The garden is just a small area surrounding the building, and it is rather simple compared to the residence that Hsu Cheng-hsi usually frequents.
"Don't you like it?" Xu Zhengxi saw that she was standing in the front courtyard without moving, so he hugged her from behind.
"It doesn't matter." Xu Zhe walked into the house, freeing himself from the arms wrapped around his shoulders.
Xu Zhengxi was not annoyed but laughed. It seemed that changing the place to spend time together was the right thing to do. Xu Zhe started to answer his questions.
The house is small; besides the living room and kitchen, there are only three bedrooms.
One large master bedroom is for Xu Zhengxi and Xu Zhe, while the other two rooms can only accommodate Butler Zhou and two maids.
After the other servants settled their belongings, they returned to the Xu residence. Butler Zhou asked Aunt Lin and another cleaning lady to stay behind.
As soon as the arrangements were made, Xu Zhengxi asked Butler Zhou to return home with all the servants, leaving only the security team on the mountain.
"Young Master, you're staying here until New Year's Day. Wouldn't it be inappropriate not to keep someone here?" Butler Zhou advised.
With just these two people, Xu Zhe is too weak to lift a finger, and the young master has never even lifted a finger. How are they supposed to survive in this desolate wilderness?
I can't even order takeout!
Faced with Butler Zhou's questioning, Xu Zhengxi remained patient: "Go back and have a good vacation with everyone."
Steward Zhou stopped insisting and led the others down the mountain.
"Send everyone away, is Xu XX going to cook and do housework?" Xu Zhe stood behind him with his arms crossed.
Xu Zhengxi turned around, his face devoid of its usual coldness and sharpness, his eyes gentle as a ball: "Okay."
Xu Zhe: "......."
What nonsense is this person spouting?! The only housework this almost thirty-year-old has ever done is... Xu Zhe blushed, thinking that helping her take a bath was one of those chores.
Xu Zhengxi walked up to her and gently tapped her head with his knuckles: "What are you thinking about? Why is your face so red?!"
"Uh..." Xu Zhe pretended to fan himself with his hand, "It's a bit hot up on the mountain."
Xu Zhengxi walked to the wall and lowered the indoor temperature.
The temperature dropped quickly after the heating was turned off, and Xu Zhe couldn't help but sneeze, his face still flushed.
Xu Zhengxi smiled and turned up the temperature again before walking into the kitchen.
Soon, a clanging sound came from the kitchen, and Xu Zhe followed curiously.
Leaning against the door, I saw Xu Zhengxi wearing a light green apron, chopping and mincing on the cutting board.
Wearing a white sweater, casual pants, and an apron, he exuded a mature, married air. Xu Zhe was stunned for a moment; this was a side of Xu Zhengxi she had never seen before.
She had only seen him in two different ways: in the public and in the bedroom. Surprisingly, the kitchen was quite pleasing to the eye!
"You're already drooling before the food even hits the pot?" Xu Zhengxi lowered his head to chop vegetables, glancing at the head peeking through the door, and smiled knowingly.
Xu Zhe subconsciously reached up to wipe his mouth. Hmm? Nothing there?
She then realized that she had been mocked by this person.
"Ahem, what are you cooking?" She wanted to chat for a bit to cover up her foolishness.
"Mala Tang (spicy hot pot)." Xu Zhengxi parted his thin lips slightly, his beautiful jawline swaying as he uttered three words that seemed completely out of place with his image.
Xu Zhe walked up to him, his forehead full of question marks.
Wow! The counter is full of various vegetables, meatballs, and marinated beef. They really are great ingredients for making mala tang!
"How could you do that?" Her eyes lit up. The spicy hot pot in the school cafeteria tasted good, but the portions were too stingy.
Seeing the dishes on the kitchen counter, she was filled with anticipation for Hsu Cheng-hsi's first time cooking!
"Don't you like to eat this when you're out?" Xu Zhengxi knew that the Xu family didn't make these things, but Xu Zhe always went to the hot pot stall at school.
I had a conflict with my roommate before because I like this food, and my roommate complained that the smell in the dorm was too strong.
He knew everything about her, but he had been too busy with work and had neglected her a lot in his personal life.
Although he was supporting her, it was actually the servants who took care of her. Xu Zhengxi wanted to make up for it as much as possible, just like tutoring her, filling in any gaps in her knowledge.
It gets dark early on the mountaintop, and the darkness outside the window makes it even more tranquil.
Xu Zhengxi and Xu Zhe sat facing each other, each with a bowl and a bowl of spicy hot pot in the middle.
Xu Zhe took a bite without hesitation, then nodded and gave Xu Zhengxi a thumbs-up while humming and hawing.
Hsu Cheng-hsi rarely laughed heartily, and when praised, he worked even harder to debone and pick out vegetables for her.
A meal seems to have a magical power, erasing the unpleasantness of previous interactions from the timeline.
The two have a great understanding: one doesn't talk about the past, and the other doesn't talk about the future; they simply enjoy the present and their cozy little life together.
After dinner, Xu Zhe was about to clear the table when Xu Zhengxi stopped her and carried her to the sofa in the living room.
Xu Zhe: "......" Is this what they mean by "having enough to eat and wear but thinking about other things"? They've barely wiped their mouths before they're already exercising?
She was placed on the sofa, her arms still wrapped around Xu Zhengxi's neck. Looking up at this handsome man, she decided to half-heartedly comply...
He can stay on the sofa if he wants; it's just the two of them here anyway.
Xu Zhengxi took her hand in his large hand, removed his arm from her body, kissed her forehead, and then got up to clean the dining table and kitchen.
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