Tang Chen took a long time to react before his ears suddenly turned red. Where did he learn these corny love words? Could it be that Black Crow taught him? "Fuck, what are you thinking about? Can you be more reserved?"
After Wang Yanzhou helped Tang Chen wipe his mouth, he stood up and said, "Let's go home. I heard from the neighbors that you have been learning to cook for a long time. Let me taste your cooking skills."
Tang Chen coughed dryly, expressing that these neighbors were really giving him face. They only told half the story and concealed the other half. He didn't know whether he should thank them for their help. "Oh, you probably didn't hear everything. They, including myself, wouldn't dare eat anything that came out of my pot. Besides, I don't cook for people I don't know."
Wang Yanzhou opened the folding fan in his hand and said, "Oh, what do you mean?"
Tang Chen held up his chin and looked up at Wang Yanzhou, saying, "I don't even know who you are, and you want me to go back with you. Isn't that nonsense?"
Wang Yanzhou lowered his head and smiled, and put his hand on Tang Chen's face: "I am whatever you want me to be. As long as you want, I can become whatever you want in your heart."
"...Okay, you win."
Now that things have come to this, she couldn't help but ask, "So, don't you have anything you want to ask me now?"
"No."
Tang Chen thought Wang Yanzhou would ask her something, and she had already thought about how to answer. It seemed that she was overthinking it and worrying about nothing. In that case, then, "Get up early and go buy some groceries."
After Tang Chen took Wang Yanzhou to walk around the vegetable market for a while, Wang Yanzhou's basket of vegetables gradually became full, and Tang Chen also had a bouquet of flowers in his hand. The two of them talked and laughed in the busy city. Isn't this what she has always expected?
After strolling around for a while, Wang Yanzhou asked, "Can we finish all this food?" while switching hands to pick up the basket.
"We can finish it. Call everyone to come together. There must be at least four or five people in total." As he spoke, Tang Chen slowly floated to a small fish stall and squatted down to buy the last ingredients.
"Okay, as long as you're happy."
Seeing that Wang Yanzhou hadn't caught up yet, Tang Chen urged him, "What are you mumbling about? Come on, come and see what kind of fish to buy!"
...By the time Tang Chen had everything ready, it was already past lunchtime. Shen Xin and Liang Shuyi had thoughtfully eaten something before coming.
The six people seated looked at the steaming food on the table, but no one touched their chopsticks, as if they were waiting for something. Black Crow, seeing their fearful expressions, was momentarily puzzled. "What are you all doing with those expressions?"
Tang Chen, Liang Shuyi and the others stared at the food without moving: "..."
Black Crow rubbed his aching stomach and didn't want to wait any longer. He picked up his chopsticks and planned to be the first person to try Tang Chen's cooking. "I got up late this morning and haven't had breakfast yet, so I won't be polite."
Hei Ya was just about to pick up some food when he was startled by Tang Chen's sudden voice: "Wait!"
"What's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
"He's been talking nonsense all day long," Black Crow shook his head slightly, picking up the dish as he spoke. Under everyone's gaze, he stuffed it into his mouth.
As expected by everyone, Black Crow took a bite of the food and before he could spit it out, he rolled his eyes and collapsed on the table. Before he fainted, he was still muttering, "This food is poisonous!"
Tang Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hei Ya fall on the table. He patted his back to signal him to stop acting and said, "I told you, another one has fallen. I'm going to lose another friend."
After Black Crow spit out all the food in his mouth, he gulped down a large pot of tea: "Bah, why didn't you say you couldn't cook? I thought this looked good, but why does it taste like poison?"
Tang Chen smacked his lips and said with a scoundrel look on his face, "Is it my fault?"
Lin Feng, who had been sitting silently at the side, saw Hei Ya's expression. After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally put down his chopsticks and stood up: "When I came here, I saw that there seemed to be some ingredients left in the kitchen. I'll cook it."
The other three, except Tang Chen and Wang Yanzhou, fully supported the proposal: "Great, great!"
Tang Chen said helplessly: "You traitors."
Wang Yanzhou saw Lin Feng go to the kitchen, patted the back of Tang Chen's hand gently, and stood up: "I'll go help."
"Hey, you can do that too?"
"I know a thing or two."
After the remaining few people dealt with the dangerous biological weapons on the table, they sat down in their seats and waited for the food to be fed. The crackling sound of cooking in the kitchen lasted for a long time, a really long time...
For a while afterward, Tang Chen was too lazy to move. Apart from a daily round of inspections at Chunzai Hall and checking the account books, he basically stayed in his own courtyard, planting flowers and feeding the fish. Wang Yanzhou simply moved his office into the courtyard, working there during the day and returning to the Liuxiang Tavern to rest at night.
Over the past few days, although Wang Yanzhou often accompanied her and it was not lonely, Tang Chen just couldn't muster up the energy and felt her body was hollowed out: "Alas, it feels like I've been wandering around Qinghe County with only these few places. There's nothing fun to do."
Wang Yanzhou put down the account book in his hand and asked, "Want to go out for a walk?"
Tang Chen glanced at him and continued fiddling with the pebbles on her phone on the table: "I think about it, but I'm too lazy to do it. I'm afraid it will be useless."
After thinking for a while, Wang Yanzhou suggested, "Don't you like Yihuangfang jewelry very much? How about this, I take you to visit the capital?"
When Tang Chen heard about Yihuangfang, she thought of the beautiful jewelry she had locked in a small box and was reluctant to wear. With the exception of the plum blossom hairpin on her head and some small hairpins, most of her jewelry was given to her by Yue Sheng, and it was said that they were all bought at Yihuangfang. Thinking of those beautiful jewelry, and the ones that would make a soft sound when she walked in her hair, Tang Chen was immediately excited: "Hey, that's a good suggestion!"
"Then you pack up for a while. Once I finish what I have on hand, we'll set off."
"Understood!"
Wang Yanzhou's dream of traveling with Tang Chen, just like before, was shattered on the day of departure. Wang Yanzhou looked at the people in Tang Chen's courtyard, who had packed bags at some unknown time, with a blank expression on his face.
Seeing that he seemed a little unhappy, Tang Chen suddenly remembered that he was too excited and only focused on sharing the good news of the trip with them. He forgot to tell Wang Yanzhou: "Sorry, sorry, I was too excited these days and forgot. Well, they also said they wanted to go, so..."
"My Lord..."
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