Chapter 8: What on earth does he want?

Gu Chen stood in the kitchen doorway, his mind a jumbled mess of many things.

By now Ji Pianran had already dressed.

He opened the door and saw Gu Chen standing there, looking a little awkward.

More than awkward, it was actually embarrassing.

'You, what are you still standing here for...'

Gu Chen didn't know why he was standing there either.

He blinked nervously.

'Well, I'll help you empty the water.'

He clenched his fists and, head bowed, hurriedly went into the kitchen.

He left a shocked and stunned Ji Pianran, who pursed her lips.

It was as if she didn't know what to do.

Today's Gu Chen was really acting very strangely.

First, he went fishing in the reservoir in the middle of winter, caught eels, and helped look for Tongtong.

Now, he even...he even helped himself to the bath water.

At the moment, Gu Chen just felt a fluttering in his heart, an indescribable feeling.

The wooden tub was not very big, about a meter high. Fortunately, Ji Bianran had just been sitting down, otherwise she would really have been seen naked.

He lifted the tub up with all his strength.

Then he walked out of the kitchen and poured the water directly outside the door.

Then he walked back again carrying the bucket.

Ji Pianran stood behind him silently watching everything.

After a while, she squeezed out a sentence from her mouth.

'Thank you.'

The faint moonlight shrouded her damp hair, making her originally white and tender skin even more delicate.

It exuded an indescribable beauty.

'Thank you for being good to Tangtang today, and also...' What she wanted to say was also helping her fill the bathtub with water.

But just as the words came to her lips, she felt that it was too ambiguous.

Gu Chen understood what she meant.

It was just this sincere thank you.

It was like a silent accusation of the wrongs he had committed.

Instead, it made him feel a little sad.

His eyes welled up.

'You don't need to say thank you to me. In the future, I will be better to Tangtang and you. Just give me some time, I won't let you suffer anymore.'

Upon hearing this, Ji Pianran's dark eyes trembled.

He said that he would be better to himself and to Tangtang.

He said that he would not let himself and Tangtang suffer anymore.

Was this a promise to himself?

The next morning, when Gu Chen woke up, Tangtang was sound asleep next to him.

The little girl was tilting her head, not knowing what she had dreamed. Her rosy lips were still dripping with saliva.

She was so cute.

Gu Chen was afraid of waking the child, so he quietly got up.

He tiptoed out of the room and closed the door behind him.

He went into the kitchen.

He had planned to cook something, but as he looked at the empty kitchen, he was once again at a loss.

What should he eat?

He frowned for a moment, and then a thought occurred to him: the broccoli in the space.

He wondered what it looked like now.

As he thought, he mentally called out to the space.

To his surprise, the broccoli, which had been the size of a fist yesterday, had fully opened today.

And it was twice the size of the ones on the market.

It looked green and fresh again.

Gu Chen immediately dug up a cauliflower and came out of the space.

The pot still had the rice porridge that Ji Pianran had cooked yesterday.

He heated up the rice porridge and then started arranging the cauliflower into small pieces.

He was just placing it in a basin to prepare it for washing and a simple stir fry.

Then he saw his daughter, Tang Tang, running out of the house opposite with tiny feet.

The little girl had opened her eyes and realised that her father was not there, so she hurried out to look for him.

She heard some noise in the kitchen and rushed in.

Seeing that it was indeed her father, she opened her small mouth and smiled innocently and brightly.

'Daddy, Tang Tang missed you so much!'

The little girl's voice was extremely childish.

Then she held out her chubby little hand to hug her father's leg.

Looking at his daughter,

Gu Chen's heart melted.

He bent down and gave her a gentle nudge on the tip of her nose.

His eyes were full of love for her, and they were about to overflow.

'Good girl, are you hungry? Daddy will cook you something to eat,'

hearing that there was food, Tang Tang licked her rosy lips.

She looked at Gu Chen with longing in her eyes and nodded vigorously.

'Hungry, hungry, I want to eat Daddy's food!'

Since eating the food that Gu Chen had cooked, the little girl had discovered a shocking secret.

That is, Daddy's food is the best in the world!

She loves eating Daddy's food!

Seeing the little girl's greedy cat-like appearance, Gu Chen could hardly laugh or cry.

He shook his head, helpless and amused.

Then he turned around and prepared to fish out the broccoli that he liked.

As he moved, Tang Tang naturally saw the broken broccoli in the bowl.

She realised that the contents of the bowl were exactly the same as the little flowers she had picked up by the roadside the night before.

They were even better than yesterday's, and the little girl's dark eyes widened in surprise and delight.

The key point was that the tender green stems looked full of water and delicious.

She pointed at the bowl.

'Daddy, flowers!'

The little girl licked her lips and the next second she grabbed one out.

Without hesitation, she stuffed it into her mouth.

This scared Gu Chen.

He quickly reached out to take it.

Unfortunately, by the time he got it out, the little girl had already taken a bite.

She chewed it carefully, and the next second, her dark eyes shone.

'Daddy, it's sweet! It's delicious!'

Gu Chen heard his daughter say it was sweet.

He took the small piece he had rescued from her mouth and took a bite.

Sure enough, the cauliflower grown in the field had an explosive texture.

The stem was tender, and when he took a bite, juice actually came out.

The taste was sweet and delicious.

It was completely different from the broccoli he had eaten before.

It was the middle of the year, and these cauliflowers would fetch a good price if sold!

Thinking about this, a smile crept out of the corner of Gu Chen's mouth.

He took out all the cleaned broccoli.

He put it in a pot, drained the water, and after boiling it for a while to make sure it was cooked, he immediately took it out.

Then he added some soy sauce, a little vinegar, sprinkled on a pinch of salt, and added a little sesame oil.

The ordinary broccoli immediately overflowed with fragrance.

Gu Chen couldn't help but be greedy, and immediately used her little finger to point at her mouth, which she had grown up with.

'Daddy, eat, eat!'

Gu Chen tenderly fed her a piece, and after a moment, the little girl's eyes lit up.

Daddy really does have a talent for cooking!

It's super, super delicious!!!

At this moment, Ji Bianran also got up, and originally planned to go into the kitchen to get something for Tang Tang to eat.

Seeing Ji Bianran enter the kitchen, Gu Chen hurriedly took the hot porridge off the stove.

She placed it on the small table, and then placed the cold-mixed broccoli on the table.

'Come, let's eat.'

When Tangtang saw Ji Pianran, she hurriedly threw herself into her arms.

'Mommy, Mommy, Daddy's food smells so good.'

Ji Pianran smiled, picked up the spoon in the porridge, and began to feed Tangtang porridge.

Gu Chen hurriedly stopped her, saying, 'I'll do it, you hurry up and eat.'

After saying this, she took the bowl from Ji Pianran's hands.

After the family of three had finished eating, Ji Pianran prepared to go out and do her work as usual.

The work she did was actually some odd jobs, doing anything, embroidery, shoe-making, or if someone's family was too busy to do it, they would ask for help, and she could do it all.

Seeing that she was going out, Gu Chen swallowed.

'Why don't I take the child today, just to take her for a walk in the city.'

Ji Pianran usually took Tangtang with her when she went out to do errands. Although Tangtang was young, she had been sensible since childhood.

In addition, the little girl was pretty and everyone in the village knew each other.

Everyone liked the child very much.

So no one minded Ji Pianran taking the child with her.

After hearing Gu Chen's words,

a flash of vigilance instantly crossed Ji Pianran's eyes.

'You want to take her to the city?'

In earlier years, many people who had difficulty making ends meet sold their children into the city when they had children.

What is Gu Chen going to do?