The downpour grew heavier outside.
It was late into the night.
Shen Xi woke up feeling thirsty from having the hotpot for dinner. She got up and went to the kitchen for a drink.
She entered the kitchen in a daze when something came flying towards her head. Intuitively, she dodged and heard a thud, which was an object smashing into smithereens right before her eyes. It was none other than a porcelain bowl.
Shen Xi was fully awake now. The bowl would have cracked her skull wide open had she reacted any slower. She yelled, “FU QINGXUAN!”
Fu Qingxuan was looking for something in the cabinet with the lights off. It never crossed his mind that Shen Xi would appear suddenly. His heart melted to see the girl looking aggrieved and adorably angry through her half-asleep yet glaring almond eyes. Without thinking twice, he said, “I’m sorry.”
Shen Xi was taken aback.
Fu Qingxuan came close to Shen Xi and nervously clamped her shoulders. His eyes reflected genuine concern. “I didn’t know you would come in. Are you hurt anywhere? Let me see.”
“I’m fine.” Shen Xi frowned and slapped away his hands before peering at him in contempt. “Hands off. Why are you sneaking around this late in the night?”
Fu Qingxuan replied, “I got hungry after reading my book.”
Shen Xi looked out the window and wondered what time it was. It must be late since she had woken up from her sleep.
It was two in the morning.
Fu Qingxuan got up to look for something to fill his tummy when he recalled that Shen Xi knocked on his door while he was reading to tell him that the self-heating hotpot was in the kitchen. Hence, he was poking around in the dark.
“Allow me.” Shen Xi gazed at him and asked, “Do you know how to?”
A young master like him was more suited to a pampered life.
Fu Qingxuan retorted and showed off, “I’m a good cook.”
Shen Xi retorted, “Cooking and preparing this are two different things.”
Fu Qingxuan was not lying. Those who cooked, even if it was a self-heating hotpot, were on another level than him.
Shen Xi watched as he took out the seasoning, vegetable, and meat packets from the self-heating container and placed them in the pot. “You sure live a delicate life.”
“I’m a doctor.” Fu Qingxuan had a deep-seated belief that anything with plastic, even though labeled healthy, would put a certain amount of toxin into the body after heating up. Tilting his head, he looked at her. “You’re a girl. Why do you live such a crass life?”
Fu Qingxuan glanced at the kitchen cabinet filled with various fast food she brought along. Was she going to eat all this unhealthy junk during her week here?
“Well, you’re the only one living to the fullest.” Sitting across from him at the dining table, Shen Xi snapped back while her eyes trailed after him.
The young master sure looked the part when he was cooking. No wonder people said that men were most attractive when at work. Fu Qingxuan was charming when he was reading and cooking.
With the hotpot boiling, Fu Qingxuan added many fresh ingredients such as mushrooms and fresh meat.
Although there was no one at home, the fridge was filled with fresh ingredients daily in the event of sudden visitations.
The ingredients he used were the freshest.
Tickled with curiosity, Shen Xi asked him, “Does Qingye know how to cook?”
Fu Qingxuan shook his head. “No. He can’t cook for his life. Even the dog won’t eat whatever he makes.”
Shen Xi wondered how rapturous it would be to watch the man himself cook. However, she shivered as his words brought her back to her fear of the kitchen. It was best she forgot about it. It was terrifying for a kitchen klutz to cook.