Li Shuhe obediently looked over, and the next second she immediately grabbed her hand, "Oh, there are calluses!"
“That’s right, what child in the countryside doesn’t work?” Xu Ruantang wasn’t trying to gain sympathy, she was just stating a fact. The original owner of this body had indeed done a lot of chores at home. “Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. What do you want to eat for lunch? I’ll make it.”
Having just eaten pancakes, Li Shuhe wasn't very hungry.
But she was still a little excited when she heard that Xu Ruantang was going to cook. Her pastries were so delicious, she figured her cooking wouldn't be bad either.
"Anything is fine! I'll make your best dish. I'm really lucky today. Ruan Ruan, what good fortune Chen Ji has accumulated to marry you! If I were a man, I'd definitely snatch you back."
As soon as Li Shuhe finished speaking, steady footsteps echoed in the courtyard.
Immediately following was Chen Ji's cold voice: "It's a crime to steal a soldier's wife."
"Why are you here?" Li Shuhe was dumbfounded. Was this person eavesdropping outside?
Chen Ji placed the lunchboxes he was holding on the table. "This is my home, and that's my wife."
Li Shuhe pursed her lips and craned her neck to look at the lunchbox. "Did you get this from the cafeteria?"
Chen Ji nodded.
"Who eats in the cafeteria! You eat by yourself. Ruan Ruan said she'd cook my specialty dishes!" Li Shuhe said proudly, full of boasting.
Chen Ji subtly curled the corners of his mouth, saying nothing more.
"Why did you come back at noon?" Xu Ruantang was surprised that he would return.
Chen Ji took the baby out of the stroller, saying, "Godmother hurt her back and was worried you'd go hungry."
Xu Ruantang: "......"
They even said her cooking wasn't bad, making their dislike for it so obvious.
Chen Ji sat down beside her, looked at the pancakes on the table, and asked, "What's this?"
"I didn't know you were coming back, so I didn't make you any egg pancakes," Xu Ruantang replied.
Li Shuhe chimed in, "He doesn't need to do anything anymore. Your man is so pretentious; he's been difficult to please since he was little!"
Li Shuhe was spoiled by her family since she was a child, and she would carry a bag of White Rabbit candies wherever she went. Whenever she met a child and they praised her, she would always share a few with them.
Even Brother Chen Zheng would always accept it with a smile.
Chen Ji was quiet back then. She felt sorry for him because he was all alone, so she offered him some candy, but he refused!
I refused!
She also said, "I'm not a child, I don't eat candy."
Li Shuhe had never suffered such a blow before, and she immediately held a grudge against Chen Ji. Not only did he refuse to eat her candy, but he also called her a child.
Even now, thinking about it, she still finds Chen Ji annoying.
She's really good at pretending to be a man.
Xu Ruantang wanted to argue that when she fed Chen Ji candy or made him sweets, Chen Ji would always eat some.
Before she could even speak, she saw Chen Ji pick up a spoon and put a piece of pancake directly into his mouth.
His movements were slow and deliberate, his well-defined knuckles holding the spoon. After finishing, he commented, "Mmm, very soft and sweet, delicious."
Li Shuhe's worldview was shattered; she suspected that Chen Ji had lost his mind.
Xu Ruantang then realized what was happening, pointed at the spoon he was still holding, and said with her mouth half open, "You... that spoon of yours is the one I used."
Chen Ji didn't seem to find anything wrong at all and replied calmly, "I know."
As he spoke, he took another bite.
Li Shuhe brought a lot of things over, which are still piled on the table.
Chen Ji glanced around casually, his gaze lingering on one thing.
He pointed and asked, "What's that?"
The other two looked over, and Li Shuhe explained while biting her spoon, "That's a sketchbook my brother asked me to bring to Ruan Ruan, saying she should be able to use it."
Li Shuyang was kind to everyone, so Li Shuhe didn't think much of it. After all, she and her brother had seen Xu Ruantang being targeted at her house that day, so it was no big deal to help her out.
Xu Ruantang was a little curious, so she picked up the sketchbook and flipped through it. It contained watercolor sketches that could be copied.
It's quite practical, actually.
In this day and age without cell phones, the best thing for beginners is to copy from a book.
Xu Ruantang put the album away. "Shuhe, please thank your brother for me."
Li Shuhe waved her hand, "No need, he's just a kind-hearted person who loves to help others. He doesn't even let the cats and dogs on the street go. He's a typical simpleton."
Xu Ruantang was amused by her, "Is he your biological brother? Why are you talking about him like that?"
“Yes, he’s a fellow countryman.” Li Shuhe answered seriously, “It’s a pity that God only gave him a good appearance, while I got all the brains.”
Li Shuhe proudly raised her chin.
Neither of them noticed that Chen Ji's thin lips were tightly pressed together, and his gaze was coldly fixed on the picture book.
Chen Ji sat with Xiao Bao in his arms for a short while, then left again.
I didn't even eat lunch at home.
"Stop looking, they're busy." Li Shuhe couldn't stand the two of them staring at each other so affectionately, and complained, "Ruan Ruan, how come you and Chen Ji are even more affectionate than my parents? It's so annoying."
Xu Ruantang blinked. What had they done to give Li Shuhe such a misconception?
"How can you tell we're loving?"
Li Shuhe pointed to the pancake she had just taken a bite of, "Here, the spoon."
"Huh? What's wrong with the spoon?"
Li Shuhe sighed, "Chen Ji used the spoon you used! And you just used it again without a care! Neither of you cares about the other, wouldn't you say that's mutual support?"
Li Shuhe muttered to herself, "My goodness, seeing this makes me want to find a boyfriend! Ruan Ruan, honestly, is marriage happy? I'd like to..."
Li Shuhe was still rambling on, while Xu Ruantang was already stunned.
like?
like?
She and Chen Ji?
What happened to her just now?
How come she, who never touches food that others have eaten or cups that others have touched, subconsciously doesn't dislike Chen Ji?
Xu Ruantang remembered that when she was in high school in the future, everyone would put a water cup on their desk.
Back then, there was a boy who appeared in front of her all the time. He was the typical roguish and handsome boy who always liked to tease Xu Ruantang.
Once, in front of Xu Ruantang, he picked up her cup and asked to drink some water.
She immediately turned hostile and told the boy to put it down. The boy thought she was joking, so he took a sip.
As a result, that newly purchased cup ended up in the trash.
Later, when she went to college, no matter how good her relationship with her roommates was, they would never touch her things without permission, knowing that she had a strange obsession with cleanliness.
Is it really because her circumstances were so bad after she transmigrated into the book that she gradually became less pretentious?
Xu Ruantang glanced at the spoon that Li Shuhe had placed on the table.
No, she still minds.
Xu Ruantang's expression was extremely complicated.
Until just now, she hadn't considered that she might develop any other feelings for Chen Ji.
Because of the agreement, she always only considered Chen Ji as her boss. What kind of employee would be so absurd as to consider whether they like their boss or not!
Working hard every day and finally falling in love with your boss—how amazing is that?! It would be amazing even in later generations.
So, she really did fall in love with Chen Ji without even realizing it?!
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