23. personal chef~

Well, in the end, that day passed by just like that.

YuTang told her that he was feeling well, that he can still work and so, ChunHua let him cook for them.

She wanted to be a bit selfish, after all, she had been wanting to eat his cooking for a long time now.

It was time for lunch and they hadn't had their breakfasts too, and since today was Christmas, he decided on Chicken... well, he didn't know how to cook a turkey and liked chicken better too.

He made some fried rice with shrimps, egg drop soup, vegetable stir fry and chicken with orange, as for the dessert, ChunHua said that she had ordered some stuff.

ChunHua ate with gusto, her movements were indeed beautiful and still elegant, but she kept stuffing her mouth like a hamster who had been starved for days, as far as it went, she even had tears in her eyes because of it, after she had cleaned around a portion for two people, she actually got a soft bulge on her stomach, she laid back on the sofa very lazily and patted her stomach, "TangTang, I'll hire you as my personal chef as well... How can you cook so well?", she exaggeratedly wiped her tears, " I can't believe I was paying to eat that ridiculous food for years when I could get this much from home-cooking. I feel cheated!!"

YuTang saw her like this and couldn't help but laugh, well, he had also cooked a few times for that woman as well, but the result was she probably was not satisfied, as time went by, they just ate outside or, brought takeaways... but still, when ChunHua spoke like this, he could see that, she really enjoyed it... he wondered what was the difference... well, he knew that the food she had been eating must come from some star chefs and she was probably exaggerating, but he couldn't help but feel happy.

Well, it had been years since someone said such things to him...

ChunHua gave him a glance and saw his shy look, as if, knowing what he was thinking, she said, "TangTang, I'm dead serious. If I didn't know that you are really good at your work, I'll pay millions to hire you as my chef. If my assistants knew that I ate this much, they will shed tears of joy, you know! My usual appetite is similar to a... um... baby bird?", her expression was dead serious... well, it was indeed true, there was a reason, she looked frail, she ate only to continue towards the next day, it had been years since, she ate like this... well, the reason was clear though, she was finally with her Little Bun.

YuTang heard her and gave her a smile, "... you are exaggerating again, jiejie... I'm not trained nor a professional, how can my food taste better than--"

ChunHua got up from her seat and walked towards his seat on the opposite side, which made YuTang a bit nervous... well, they may have spent just a few hours together, but he felt like he got to know about a lot of things about her, but this was definitely the first time, he saw her act like this...

ChunHua came closer and put her hand across the sofa enclosing him in between, it was the sofa version of KABEDON*, let's call it Sofa-don... anyway, she was acting like a rogue as she said, "Do you not believe me, eh? If you want to, you can try. Just give me an amount and I'll hire you as my chef, right now."

YuTang who was a little uncomfortable or, more like nervous about the sudden intimacy, somehow got serious, "...Really?"

ChunHua was back to normal, she flicked the man's head and said, "I always wanted to try a Kabedon with a taller man, but ah well, the sofa will do too...", she had a cheeky grin on her lips.

YuTang, who was used, "....."

DING DONG

The chime rang throughout the hall like a wedding bell, as ChunHua took a step away from the man and said, "...but I was really serious. As long as you are this talented and you work for me, I promise you... you can even survive without grinding yourself in the showbiz... I can hire you as my chef~"

YuTang saw her eyes and was about to say something, for some weird reason, he felt like, her words meant something else than the literal meaning, though he didn't know what...

"jiejie, I--"

ChunHua cut him off, "hahahaha... don't be so, serious! I still need you to earn money for me~ Plus, it's not like you can't cook for me for free, right?", she had a very sweet smile, but it was scary at the same time, "YOU WILL COOK FOR ME, RIGHT?"

YuTang couldn't help but smile again, how many times has it been already, he was laughing and enjoying the time, way more than the whole time in the last few years, "Yes, I can cook for free..."

ChunHua jumped as she clapped her hands together, "Yey~ I get to eat free food! Heheheh... this is the first time in my life... I finally get to understand what my assistants feel when they mooch food from me~~", she had a bright smile, she was definitely enjoying this...

Then she turned around to go get the order.... just that, the moment she turned around, her bright eyes dimmed a bit... she had indeed wanted to lock him up rather than present him to the world, but she can't be selfish, YuTang liked to do acting and so, she will give her everything to help him... plus, it was true that, as a very sensible child, that boy will cook for her from now on.

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Notes:

KABEDON- literally 'wall slam', if you are an otaku, you must have seen ML in shoujo manga trapping the FL like this~ So, Sofa-don is 'Sofa slam',.... well, it got many versions!!!