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Xiao Mobai got out of bed and stood in front of the wardrobe mirror.
The pale face and blood-red lips in the mirror, along with the wrinkled collar of the t-shirt that had crooked to the collarbone, made him look like a homeless person who had been abandoned after a hangover.
He's so ugly... it's understandable that his wife dislikes him.
No wonder his wife left him...
Just as he was engulfed in negative emotions about being abandoned by his wife, his phone suddenly rang with a message notification.
"bite!"
For a moment, he was afraid. What if it was news from his wife? Would he want to die?
What if it's not a message from his wife? He'd probably want to die even more!
After hesitating for a while, he picked up his phone and saw that his wife's WeChat profile picture had appeared on the lock screen in their photo together. The message read:
Still sleeping?
Xiao Mobai stared at those three simple words for a long time.
There were no emojis, no other filler words, but his wife replied!
Does this mean his wife didn't abandon him or despise him, and he's not a homeless man abandoned by his wife?
After a long pause, his fingers trembling, he typed:
"Just woke up..." No, delete it, it's too casual!
"I'm sorry about last night..." That won't do either, delete it! Why bring up something you shouldn't be talking about?
"I drank too much..." Still no good, delete it, it makes him look like a scumbag trying to shirk responsibility!
After hesitating for a long time, all I could send in the end was a dry, two-word message: "Mmm."
But as soon as he posted it, he wanted to slap himself. What the heck was that "hmm hmm"?! Was he trying to be cute??
Where did that drunken, rambling idiot go?
Could he really have a split personality?! ? ? ?
He sat on the bed, still reeking of alcohol, holding his phone in both hands, his eyes glued to the chat window with his wife.
The other party is typing.
Xiao Mobai's breath caught in his throat when he saw those words.
My wife: "I listened to the entire voice message."
Startled, Xiao Mobai's hand loosened, and the phone fell to the ground with a "thud." But he reacted quickly, grabbing the phone and, with a death-defying resolve, opening the reply box:
"...I'm going to buy a plane ticket and fly away from Earth right now..."
However, before he could send the message, Nan Qing sent another message.
My wife: "Can you make scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"
Xiao Mobai stared at this line of text five times!
Each punctuation mark felt like a tickle to his heart; he pressed the voice button, and even his voice trembled with excitement.
"Yes! I'm really good at it!!"
As soon as the voice message was successfully sent, he rushed out of the room in his slippers. He almost tripped over his own slippers on the stairs, then jumped down the last few steps in three quick steps and rushed into the kitchen.
The refrigerator door in the kitchen made a screeching sound when he suddenly pulled it open, but Xiao Mobai didn't care at all. Instead, he almost reached into the refrigerator. At this moment, he was like a treasure hunter, turning the refrigerator compartment upside down.
Then, he piled a basket of tomatoes, a tray of eggs, and a scallion on the cooking counter.
He frantically pulled out his phone and first saw the message Nan Qing had just sent:
My wife: "Then I'll be waiting to eat your scrambled eggs with tomatoes!"
Xiao Mobai first sent a cute emoji, then immediately switched the page to a video app and searched for "how to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes". A bunch of tutorial videos popped up on the page.
"Choose the one with the highest number of views..."
He clicked on the most viewed video to himself. In the video, an old man wearing a chef's hat was slowly cutting tomatoes while giving a lecture.
"Too slow!!"
Xiao Mobai impatiently dragged the video progress bar, grabbed a kitchen knife, placed a plump tomato on the cutting board, and with a flash of the blade, began a series of rapid operations!
"Clang, clang, clang—"
A moment later, a pile of tomatoes chopped into irregular polygons appeared on the cutting board.
Furthermore, tomato juice splattered onto his clothes, while the chef in the video continued to slowly slice the tomatoes, emphasizing, "The rolling cuts should be elegant~"
Xiao Mobai glanced up at the video, then at the carcasses strewn across his chopping board, and consoled himself:
"Whatever, it'll all be overcooked anyway..."
Then he dragged the progress bar to the "beating eggs" step, which is very simple!
He picked up an egg, the shell cracking against the rim of the bowl with a crisp sound. The yolk fell into the bowl with a plop, but the egg white slid down his wrist...
"Holy crap!!"
Xiao Mobai hurriedly reached for a tissue to wipe it, but his elbow accidentally bumped into the salt shaker next to him, knocking it over. The tiny white particles piled up on the table like snowdrifts.
He stared at the small pile of snow for two seconds, then suddenly grabbed a small pinch and threw it into the egg mixture.
The video says this is a crucial step!
Xiao Mobai's rummaging around in the cabinets also startled his teammates in the training room and attracted them over. Lin Yan and the other three leaned against the door frame, looking at Xiao Mobai inside who was fighting like a zombie, and then glanced at the tomato that was not recognized as a tomato unless you looked closely, and the eggshell next to the tomato.
Zhou Hui lowered his voice and said, "The husky is causing chaos in the kitchen?"
A-Yue shook his head: "I bet a bag of spicy strips that Brother Mo's account has been hacked!"
Zhou Hui: "Did you see that? Is Brother Mo giving away those candies for free? Won't they be too sweet?"
Lin Xing suddenly widened his eyes: "Wait, he's holding my Chef God Champion limited edition collaboration apron!!"
As Lin Xing was about to rush in, he was stopped by Captain Lin Yan, who glanced at him and said quietly:
"Are you sure you want to interrupt your brother Mo's courtship ceremony?"
"Courtship??"
The three spoke in unison, their eyes filled with shock and suspicion as they looked at Captain Lin.
Lin Xing was the first to remember something. He lowered his voice and asked:
"Female Wild King?"
Lin Yan glanced at him and gave him a look that said, "It's better left unsaid."
Apart from Lin Yan, the other three remained silent for a few seconds.
Then, with perfect coordination, they both pulled out their phones, recorded a video, and archived it!
Meanwhile, Xiao Mobai stared at the unidentified orange-red substance in the pot, then glanced at the perfectly finished product in the video on his phone, its golden color shimmering with vibrant hues. His brows furrowed deeply, and he muttered to himself:
"The steps are the same...and nothing was omitted, right...?"
He poked at the scrambled eggs with a spatula; the tiny egg pieces stubbornly floated on the surface of the broth.
"Could it be a problem with the heat?"
After muttering to himself, he leaned closer to smell it again. Actually... it smelled alright.
At least, you can smell that it's tomatoes...
Meanwhile, the experienced chef on his phone was still gently explaining, "Finally, sprinkle some chopped green onions on top to garnish, and it's done!"
Xiao Mobai turned his head and looked at the scallions on the cutting board with a sense of despair. They were either chopped into minced scallions or were still long and ugly!
"puff--"
Lin Xing outside finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. This "pfft" sound seemed to open some mysterious mechanism, and the people gathered at the kitchen door burst into laughter. Even Lin Yan looked at Xiao Mobai, who had made a mess of the kitchen, with a smile on his face.
Xiao Mobai was stunned for a moment, then his ears burned instantly, but he reacted quickly: better to die than to die!
He ladled the scrambled eggs with tomatoes from the pan, slammed the plate down on the counter, then gave the four people at the door a very kind smile and said:
"Now that training is over, come on, let's try some of my cooking!"
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