Ji Shuyun took on the task of making lunch.
He was wearing an apron and preparing to prepare the ingredients when he heard footsteps.
Turning around, Gu Huaiye had already walked in, his sleeves rolled up to his forearms, looking as natural as if he were a regular in this kitchen.
"Brother, let me help."
Gu Huaiye said gently, "Ningning hasn't tasted my cooking yet."
Ji Shuyun looked at him for two seconds, said nothing, and simply flipped her wrist.
The freshly wiped chef's knife drew a clean arc in the air, hilt facing outwards, flying straight toward Gu Huaiye.
"Alright," Ji Shuyun said calmly, "Let me see what you're capable of."
Gu Huaiye didn't even blink. He raised his hand and steadily caught the flying knife hilt, his fingertips tightening as he gripped it calmly.
He weighed the heavy knife in his hand, looked up at Ji Shuyun, and a knowing smile appeared on his lips:
"...Brother, you've been thinking about throwing this knife at me for a long time, haven't you?"
Ji Shuyun neither admitted nor denied it; she simply turned around and turned on the tap.
Amidst the rushing water, Gu Huaiye chuckled softly, walked to the other side of the kitchen counter, and deftly began processing the ingredients.
Soon, the kitchen was filled with the rhythmic sounds of chopping and stir-frying.
The silent exchange just now seemed to have turned into the clash of spatulas and the rising steam.
In the living room, Xia Zhining petted her fluffy dog and scrolled through her phone for a while, only to find that her account was being tagged like crazy, all pointing to the same video.
Open the comments section, and the style is surprisingly consistent:
"@Xia Zhining, Headmistress Xia, come quick! Has this blogger's fish tank been poisoned?"
"+1, every tank I buy dies, it's too weird. Either someone is playing tricks on me, or the blogger himself is the Conan of the fish world (wherever he goes, fish die)."
"Summoned! Expert Xia, come quickly to solve the case! This is giving me the creeps during the New Year."
Xia Zhining clicked on the link and found that the video was indeed very popular.
The poster was a well-dressed girl, and the background was her newly renovated living room, with a huge ornamental fish tank taking center stage.
Facing the camera, her voice was a mix of confusion and grievance: "Family members, I'm truly at my wit's end. Right after we moved into our new home, my husband became obsessed with keeping fish, but this fish tank seems to be possessed."
"Put the fish in, and overnight, they'll all be belly up, dead and all neatly arranged."
She switched the camera to show the empty fish tank and several empty fish bags next to it that she hadn't had time to throw away: "This is the fourth tank I've bought, and each one dies faster than the last."
“I even checked the surveillance footage, and nothing strange happened at night, the fish just inexplicably died.”
In the video, she has dark circles under her eyes and looks utterly hopeless: "I didn't sleep all night, I just sat on a small stool by the fish tank and stared at it."
"And guess what? Just before dawn, the newly bought fish started rolling their eyes one after another... I was so tired of watching them!"
She lowered her voice, leaned closer to the camera, and her expression carried the taboo and tension unique to the Chinese New Year:
"Do you think... my wedding room is tainted by something unclean?"
"It's the Lunar New Year, and it's kind of scary."
"Is there any expert who can help me take a look? I'm really at my wit's end."
At the end of the video, the blogger is seen with his hands clasped together in front of an empty fish tank, looking both devout and helpless.
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