CHAPTER 531: CHAPTER 526: BRINGING CRABS OVER

Fang Pingying held Yaoyao, attempting to explain to her, "Yaoyao, Daddy and Mommy are not living together anymore, from now on you’ll live with Mommy, but if you want to see Daddy, Mommy will let Daddy come to see you, okay?"

These words were a bit too deep for the barely two-year-old Yaoyao; she didn’t understand at all, only hearing Fang Pingying mention letting Daddy come visit. She began to fuss, "Daddy, want Daddy."

Originally, this little one was just casually mentioning it, but now she began to cry loudly, insisting on seeing Daddy.

Ruirui, who was playing by himself, didn’t react much initially due to his lukewarm relationship with Luo Zhiyong, but as soon as he heard his sister crying, he joined in the commotion, loudly demanding to see Daddy as well.

Suddenly, the house was filled with the crying of the two little ones.

This gave Fang Pingying a headache as she tried to soothe them both, but to no avail.

Seeing this, Luo Honglan glanced at the phone on the couch and coffee table, tentatively suggesting, "Sister-in-law, otherwise I’ll call big brother..."

Fang Pingying knew what Luo Honglan was thinking; she wanted to call Luo Zhiyong over.

Smiling at Luo Honglan, she said, "Hong Lan, although I’ve divorced your big brother, it doesn’t mean we will never see each other again. If you miss your big brother, or if Ruirui and Yaoyao miss him, and I’m not at home, you can call your big brother and ask him to come over and see you."

Upon hearing this, Luo Honglan immediately went to the couch, ready to call Luo Zhiyong, "Then can I call big brother now?"

Actually, Luo Honglan today deliberately mentioned Luo Zhiyong in front of Yaoyao and the others, because she wanted Luo Zhiyong to come back more often and see Fang Pingying more, hoping they could be together again.

But Fang Pingying stopped her, smiling and saying, "There’s no need when I’m home. After all, given the current relationship between your big brother and me, it’s better not to see each other if possible to avoid awkwardness."

Just as they were talking, there was a sudden knock at the door.

Luo Honglan’s eyes lit up, she stood from the couch, smiling, "Could it be that big brother has come?"

Fang Pingying’s heart also skipped a beat, but she said, "Silly girl, your big brother wouldn’t come at this time."

Luo Honglan went to open the door, and upon seeing the visitor, Luo Honglan was somewhat disappointed but smiled, "It’s Fengsheng and Tingting. Come in, quick."

For some reason, while Luo Honglan was opening the door, Fang Pingying’s heart also skipped a beat, unsure whether she hoped it was Luo Zhiyong or not, but she felt a faint expectation.

Hearing that it was Tingting and her father who had come over, Fang Pingying couldn’t say if she was disappointed or happy.

She immediately led the sniffling Yaoyao and Ruirui towards the doorway.

Seeing them, she greeted with a smile, "Fengsheng, Tingting, you’re here."

"Sister Fang, I’ve brought you some good stuff." Tingting bounded in from the doorway, pointing at the basket in Liu Feng’s hand, but before she could finish speaking, she noticed the two little ones crying distressfully. She immediately went over to cheer them up, "Oh, why are you two crying like this? Come on, sister will play with you."

The two little ones often played with Tingting, and seeing her now, they got distracted, forgot about wanting their dad, and immediately followed Tingting to play by the couch.

Fang Pingying breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the two little ones burst into tears together, seemingly determined to lift the roof off the house.

Then, she called Liu Fengsheng into the house to help with the cooking, pointing to the basket in his hand, "What’s the good stuff?"

Liu Fengsheng set the basket down on the ground, smiling, "Yesterday a friend brought over a basket of crabs. I gave some to my mom, kept some for myself, but I don’t really know how to cook them, so I thought I’d bring them over for you to see how to cook them properly."

Since they don’t live by the sea, it’s hard for them to get seafood, let alone crabs, which they hardly ever see, let alone eat.

But Fang Pingying had eaten crabs in her previous life and she was very good at cooking them.

Seeing these crabs, Fang Pingying thought of the delicious spicy crabs and the taste of steamed crabs she had eaten in her previous life, and couldn’t help but have her appetite stirred.

Moreover, being neighbors with Liu Fengsheng and having worked together at the supermarket for a while, they had become very familiar. There was no need for any formalities over such matters.

She smiled while rummaging through the basket of crabs, "Perfect, I’m quite good at cooking these things. Let’s eat together tonight, you and Tingting should stay for dinner too."

Liu Fengsheng didn’t refuse, directly agreeing, "Okay, that was actually my plan, Tingting and I haven’t had dinner yet."

"Great, I’ll get started then, you all wait for a bit," said Fang Pingying, before calling out to Luo Honglan at the side, "Hong Lan, let Tingting watch over the two young ones, come give me a hand."

Luo Honglan went straight to the kitchen but she had never eaten crabs before, nor did she know how to prepare them, somewhat embarrassed, she said, "Sister-in-law, what are we going to do? I’m not really good at this."

"It’s easy, I’ll teach you. Just clean these crabs for now," Fang Pingying instructed, demonstrating how to clean crabs.

Luo Honglan watched then nodded, reaching out to grab a crab, but before she could pick it up, she got nipped by it, yelping as she clutched her finger and stepped back repeatedly, "Ah, it has to be cleaned, I can’t do it, it pinches!"

Looking at Luo Honglan’s awkwardness, Fang Pingying poked her forehead and told her to take care of her pinched hand, saying she would handle it herself later.

Liu Fengsheng, who was sitting in the living room, probably heard the conversation between the two women and got up to come over, smiling, "I’ll do it, I know how to clean them."

With that, he reached out to Fang Pingying asking for the brush.

"You’ll do it?" Fang Pingying said politely, "I feel a bit embarrassed, you’re a guest."

"My Tingting eats at your place at least three or four times a week out of seven days, what kind of guests are we?" Liu Fengsheng said, automatically taking an apron from the kitchen wall and tying it around himself, adding with a smile, "I’ll help you out today, let Hong Lan and Tingting take care of the kids."

Seeing Liu Fengsheng had already tied the apron, Fang Pingying couldn’t bring herself to stop him. Besides, Liu Fengsheng had indeed often mingled with them recently, very familiar, so there was no point in being ceremonious.

Liu Fengsheng seemed like an extremely scholarly man and one who came from a large family, not the type who would do household chores, but his performance in the kitchen surprised Fang Pingying; he was very capable.

Without Fang Pingying needing to say anything, he knew exactly what to do and how to do it.

Especially when Fang Pingying asked him to clean the crabs, he was very adept at it.

Watching his skilled method of cleaning crabs, Fang Pingying laughed, "Fengsheng, you don’t look like someone who doesn’t know how to cook crabs. You must have done it many times before, haven’t you?"