CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 16: BIG WHITE STEAMED BUN_2

"Fluffy! Fluffy! Not gooey!" Du Xixi pointed at the mixing bowl, trying to hold back her anger. The flour that was supposed to become fluffy had turned into a big bowl of gooey dough, all thanks to Ke Lian’s shaky hand while stirring.

"It’s round kneading to release the air! Not flattening into a pancake!" Du Xixi watched as Ke Lian pressed the well-formed dough into a pancake, once again trying to hold back her anger.

"Rounded! Rounded! What is this cube supposed to be? And what’s with the triangle?" Du Xixi silently turned around, indicating she was nearly unable to hold her anger.

After a long pause, Ke Lian finally managed to lighten the dough buns a little, and he gave Du Xixi a flattering smile, "Xixi, how about this time?"

Du Xixi was already indifferent about whether to be angry or not, she smiled slightly, perfectly demonstrating the look of "laughing on the outside, not on the inside," "As long as you’re happy."

"..." Ke Lian felt the buns in his hand suddenly become incredibly heavy, "Maybe Nutrition Supplements aren’t so bad?"

Du Xixi (smiling face): "As long as you’re happy!"

And so, Ke Lian’s brilliantly imagined moment of emotional warmth was abruptly brought down below freezing point by his disastrous cooking skills, from a steadily rising relationship.

His debut in the kitchen was forced to a halt.

In fact, Du Xixi wasn’t particularly angry, after all, many were just as hopeless in cooking as Ke Lian, for example, Chen Yin was one of them. But perhaps due to the increasingly unstable emotions from pregnancy, Du Xixi couldn’t hold herself back and took it out on Ke Lian.

Fortunately, Ke Lian had specially taken the time to learn what pregnant women should pay attention to, knowing that they tend to have bad tempers during pregnancy and needed to be mollified. So, he didn’t mind Du Xixi’s little tantrums. After Du Xixi sat on the sofa angrily, Ke Lian thickened his skin and went over to ask for forgiveness.

"Xixi, it’s my fault, I’ll definitely improve next time!"

"There will be a next time?"

"No! I’ll improve right now!"

"Then what went wrong?"

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"... Well..."

"Ha!"

Du Xixi hadn’t originally been very angry, but now, she was truly upset. No matter how much Ke Lian pouted and sought forgiveness, Du Xixi wouldn’t turn her head to give him a glance.

Ke Lian was helpless; he hadn’t coaxed anyone before. Now squatting halfway in front of Du Xixi, he didn’t know what to do or say, and could only show an expression somewhere between wanting to cry and laugh.

It was at this moment that 2569 slid over to be the annoying third party, looking at the Marshal, then at his mistress, finally raising its robotic hand, showing a confused expression on the electronic screen, "Mistress, are you playing some game? Why are you pretending to be very angry? And why is the Marshal pulling such a sickening robot expression?"

Du Xixi: ... I’m not pretending to be very angry, okay!

Ke Lian: ... I’m not trying to pull any sickening robot expressions, okay!

2569: Humans are really strange...

However, with 2569’s presence as a "disrupter," Du Xixi’s bit of anger mysteriously vanished. She glanced at Ke Lian, thought for a moment, and with a pout, admitted, "Sorry, it’s my bad temper."

Ke Lian just lacked a bit of talent in cooking... That’s all. Du Xixi had seen siblings in the family being blamed by elders for lack of cooking talent, feeling frustrated about it, and now facing Ke Lian, she was actually in the same mindset as those elders.

On the Star Network, they said Ke Lian was an all-around genius, excelling in military, appearance, and family background. But Du Xixi knew that no matter how talented, there were things even a genius couldn’t do.

For example, the "bun incident," Ke Lian wanted to make a real effort, but as strong as his spiritual power was, so was his cooking weakness; he couldn’t even make something as simple as fluffy dough.

Also, on the wedding night, even though Du Xixi and Ke Lian proclaimed themselves ready, someone almost abandoned their armor.

It proves that learning never ends. Seeing Ke Lian smile at her in an appeasing manner again, Du Xixi finally reached out to pat his shoulder, "It’s okay, we can learn!"

Ke Lian’s smile gradually froze, a bad premonition arising in his heart.

...

felt that ever since the man of the house returned, the mistress had changed — clearly, she used to call on it for the kitchen, now she only calls the Marshal! Clearly, all those dirty chores used to belong to it, now they’re all for the Marshal! Clearly, after finishing the chores, it could enjoy delicious purple Energy Stones, but now, the one receiving kisses from the mistress as a reward is the Marshal!