Chapter 327: So Fast!
“Not bad, these days it’s rare for girls to know how to cook. Su Peng, you’re lucky.”
“The taste isn’t bad either. Good cooking! Better than some Michelin meals I’ve had!”
“She must have put a lot of care into it.”
“You’ll have a good life from now on, how did you find such a capable sister-in-law? Pretty and handy.”
Su Yichang sat at the table with a smile, occasionally teasing the two in front of him. He ate heartily and didn’t complain about the food.
Su Peng glanced at An Han, whose smile made her eyes like crescent moons, and then at Su Yichang, who was used to fine food but was praising An Han’s cooking nonstop. The over-the-top praise made Su Peng feel awkward. An Han’s cooking was clearly only average, yet it was being sung as if it were state-level cuisine.
What Su Yichang said wasn’t entirely false, Michelin places can also have bad dishes. No wonder his cousin kept changing girlfriends.
After a short pause, Su Peng copied his cousin’s tone and made a surprised face, “To be honest, it’s really tasty!”
An Han froze for a moment, looked up at Su Peng’s fake expression, and pursed her lips. She didn’t say much. When flattery sounds forced, coming from Su Peng it felt weird, from Su Yichang it sounded nice.
“Oh, the cake.” An Han stood up quickly and took the cake from the fridge.
She had bought the cake at a nearby bakery. It wasn’t big, cost a little over a hundred yuan, but for her, who only had a little over a thousand in her pocket, it felt expensive. She worried the cake might have gone bad or that Su Peng wouldn’t like a cheap cake. But when she brought it out, both Su Peng and Su Yichang looked very hungry and quickly cut the cake into pieces.
“Wait! You haven’t lit the candle to make a wish!”
Seeing them already sharing the cake, she remembered the birthday ritual. It was a little awkward for her to light the candle and make a wish as the birthday person, but now she wanted to tease Su Peng.
“It’s fine, no big deal.”
They’d already started eating, so it didn’t matter.
An Han sat on the sofa, resting her chin on her hands, happily watching the two men eat the cake and her food. She felt a strong sense of achievement and smiled with pleased eyes. Even knowing they were both acting, especially Su Peng whose acting needed work, it still felt good to be noticed.
“Aren’t you eating cake?”
“I just had some the other day.” An Han refused the piece Su Peng offered. “I’m full.”
The birthday celebration was rushed. The three ate and chatted, and in half an hour the food An Han had spent two hours making was completely gone. That made her even happier.
After Su Yichang left, Su Peng started cleaning the table and dishes. “You go rest, I’ll wash the dishes.”
“No, these plates are expensive.”
An Han couldn’t relax, she was afraid the dishes would be broken.
“I’m an adult. Not being good at something doesn’t mean I can’t do it.”
Su Peng stacked the plates and put them in the kitchen, awkward but determined.
An Han followed him to the kitchen and watched him wash the dishes with clumsy, unfamiliar moves. Only then did she feel relieved.
“So from now on, I cook and you wash the dishes?”
“No problem!”
“I’ll wipe the table.”
“I’ll do it!”
Su Peng grabbed a cloth and darted past her to the living room, quickly wiping the glass. An Han watched his eager behavior and muttered, “You definitely have bad intentions.”
“How could I?” Su Peng answered, acting innocent.
“I’m going to take a shower.”
It was already nine at night.
From a little after six, when class ended, until eight o’clock, An Han had been busy in the kitchen. Now she was tired, and only wanted to wash off the cooking smell and lie on the bed to relax and play with her phone.
The weather was getting warmer recently, so she changed out of her thick fluffy pajamas and wore thin long-sleeved pajama shirts and pants instead… Because of her parents, she had so many sets of pajamas that she couldn’t even wear all of them.
After showering, she checked the dishes Su Peng had washed and the cleaned kitchen table. After making sure everything was fine, she finally went back to her bedroom.
“He actually did it pretty well.”
Just a bit slow. If An Han had watched him from the side, with her temper, she would definitely have been jumping with impatience.
“But he must be thinking about something strange again!”
She muttered to herself as she locked the door.
She hadn’t been lying in bed for long when she heard someone twisting the doorknob.
An Han stuck her head out from the blanket and stared at the door. After a moment, she heard Su Peng’s slightly flattering voice from outside.
“An Han, I cut some apples for you.”
“I don’t like apples. You eat them.”
“No, I also cut pears, bananas, and strawberries.”
“I have class tomorrow. I’m sleepy.”
An Han refused everything, already imagining Su Peng’s anxious expression outside.
Holding back a smile, she continued, “Go sleep. I’m going to sleep too.”
“Should I warm your feet for you?”
“Pervert…” she whispered quietly. She could basically guess his intention.
Give him a little sunshine and he shines too much!
“No need, I’m wearing socks to sleep,” she said loudly.
Outside the door, Su Peng’s face darkened. His plan was completely seen through.
But he was thick-skinned, so he shamelessly started pestering her at the door, trying both soft and hard methods.
“I just want to bring you some fruit. You can open the door a little bit. You can take it yourself. Really, when have I ever lied to you?”
An Han had soft ears, but her face still turned red as she argued, “When have you NOT lied to me?!”
“When did I? Tell me.”
She tried hard to think, but couldn’t remember a single specific example.
He really did lie very rarely.
But at times like this, a man’s words couldn’t be trusted at all.
Still… what if Su Peng really didn’t have that kind of intention today, and she was the one overthinking it?
Hesitating, An Han slowly got out of bed, taking tiny steps to the door. She carefully opened a tiny crack, only showing her big eyes, watching the smiling Su Peng with great caution.
She checked the bowl in his hand. It really was full of cut fruit.
“Tch~”
She scoffed and opened the door, then turned away and sat back on the bed.
“Put it on the table and leave.”
“Okay!”
Su Peng put the fruit on the table, then immediately jumped straight into her blanket with lightning-fast speed.
An Han froze. She looked at the already-lying-down Su Peng with wide eyes.
“You DID lie to me!”
She angrily grabbed a pillow and hit him with it.
“It’s my birthday today!”
“You’re pushing your luck!”
Seeing that he refused to get up, she huffed angrily, turned off the lights, and got into the blanket herself. Then, to take revenge, she pressed her cold feet against Su Peng’s stomach.
“An Han…”
In the darkness, Su Peng stared right at her.
Once again, her whole body turned red. She pursed her lips. Su Peng braced himself seriously.
Wait! Why was An Han suddenly so… skilled?!
“……”
“Hiss—so fast again!”
“You really have a problem, don’t you?”
Although An Han sounded shocked, in her heart she was mentally complaining at the system.
The “Advanced Technique Skill” she got as a reward last night…
So it WAS that kind of improper “technique”!