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Chapter 74: I Was Definitely Willing.

“Let’s go, my little assistant.”

Jiang Yubing held a gentle smile at the corner of her mouth and looked at Shen Qingxuan with doting eyes.

“Coming!”

Shen Qingxuan answered at once and followed closely behind Jiang Yubing.

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They stood in the kitchen.

Shen Qingxuan listened to the cooking tutorial playing from Jiang Yubing’s phone, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

He wondered whether food cooked strictly by such a tutorial would really be edible.

He feared he might keel over on the spot.

The more Shen Qingxuan thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

He forced down his worry.

He put the freshly peeled potatoes into the bamboo basket, then lifted it and set it beside the cutting board.

“Bingbing the skins are all peeled.”

Jiang Yubing followed the tutorial and prepared one bowl of rice with three cups of water.

She only hummed faintly when she heard Shen Qingxuan’s voice.

“How about I teach you?”

Shen Qingxuan finally could not hold back and made the suggestion.

At her current cooking pace, he felt he would either be poisoned or starve.

“Huh?”

Jiang Yubing froze for half a second when she heard that.

Then she seemed to realize something and lightly slapped her own forehead.

“Right!”

She wondered how she could be so silly when an expert cook stood right next to her.

Why did she need to foolishly watch a tutorial?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yubing’s eyes lit up.

She nodded rapidly like a pecking chick.

“Then, Master Shen, where do we start?”

Jiang Yubing tilted her head and gave Shen Qingxuan a sweet smile.

So there was another form of address now?

Shen Qingxuan thought to himself.

He felt that this new title sounded rather nice.

He always enjoyed stories about rebellious disciples challenging their masters.

“Let’s start by slicing the potatoes.”

Shen Qingxuan suppressed his tiny surge of joy as he spoke.

After he finished speaking, he stepped forward, stood before the cutting board, picked up the kitchen knife with practiced ease, and began to demonstrate.

His movements flowed like water, and the potatoes quickly turned into thin strips under his knife.

After he finished slicing one potato, Shen Qingxuan stopped and turned to Jiang Yubing.

“Did you get it?”

Jiang Yubing nodded confidently and stepped forward to try.

But once she started, her speed contrasted sharply with Shen Qingxuan’s; she moved as slowly as a snail.

In truth, it was mainly her nerves acting up.

She kept worrying that she would cut her hand.

So every slice came with great caution, and she did not dare speed up.

“My head understands, but my hands don’t.”

Feeling embarrassed, Jiang Yubing stuck out her tongue, and a blush rose on her cheeks.

She secretly wondered if the idiot husband would dislike her for being clumsy.

“Eh?”

Wouldn’t that make two idiot old men together?

Two fools combined made an unrivaled pair.

Thinking of this, she could not help but laugh secretly.

Shen Qingxuan had no idea why Jiang Yubing suddenly started giggling.

He stepped behind her, gently took her hands, and began to teach her hand in hand.

“Have you learned it?”

Shen Qingxuan’s voice sounded softly beside Jiang Yubing’s ear.

His warm breath brushed her neck and made her heart beat faster.

“Not yet.”

Jiang Yubing whispered; her mind was not on the potatoes at all.

“What about now?”

Shen Qingxuan patiently guided her again and asked once more.

“Still no.”

Jiang Yubing still shook her head.

Shen Qingxuan grew even more puzzled.

By rights, slicing potatoes was so simple that his clever wife should have mastered it.

Which part went wrong?

Shen Qingxuan certainly could not figure it out.

Because Jiang Yubing never learned anything at all.

At that moment, her mind was filled with images of the idiot husband teaching her hand in hand.

The idiot husband’s hands felt big and gave her a sense of security.

The idiot husband treated her gently.

Why did the idiot husband stop? She wanted another billion repetitions.

She still felt she was far from “learning enough.”

“Wife, relax, don’t be too nervous. Just like I did a moment ago, move your wrist gently.”

Shen Qingxuan whispered patiently beside Jiang Yubing’s ear again.

His hands slowed as well, guiding her slice by slice through the potatoes.

Feeling Shen Qingxuan’s breath behind her, Jiang Yubing’s cheeks grew hotter.

She nodded absent-mindedly, but her thoughts still drifted far away.

She secretly glanced at Shen Qingxuan’s hands out of the corner of her eye; the long, well-defined fingers looked beautiful to her.

Even his instructions sounded like sweet murmurs to her.

Just then, Shen Qingxuan moved a bit too quickly by accident.

Jiang Yubing’s hand shook, and the sharp blade nearly cut her finger.

“Ah!”

Startled, Jiang Yubing let out a soft cry and instinctively pulled back.

“Are you okay? Did you get hurt?”

Worry flooded Shen Qingxuan’s face, and his voice rose several pitches unconsciously.

Seeing Shen Qingxuan’s flustered appearance, Jiang Yubing suddenly wanted to tease him.

She pretended to be in pain, shut her eyes, and let her fingers tremble slightly.

Shen Qingxuan’s face turned pale as he said, “Bingbing, where are you hurt? Let me see!”

Just as Shen Qingxuan lowered his head to check, Jiang Yubing finally could not hold back and burst into laughter.

“Fooled you, you big idiot husband.”

Shen Qingxuan blinked, then let out a helpless laugh.

He gently tapped the tip of her nose and said, “You really like to tease me.”

Jiang Yubing hooked her arm through Shen Qingxuan’s and said coquettishly, “But I think we’d better stop learning to slice potatoes. Let’s switch to something simpler, okay?”

Shen Qingxuan nodded indulgently and said, “Okay, I’ll teach you the simplest fried egg.”

While speaking, Shen Qingxuan took two eggs from the fridge and set them on the counter.

He picked up one egg and gently tapped it against the rim of the bowl.

With a soft crack, the shell split open.

He parted the shell with both hands, and the golden egg flowed smoothly into the bowl.

“Here, wife, give it a try.”

Shen Qingxuan handed the other egg to Jiang Yubing and looked at her encouragingly.

Jiang Yubing took a deep breath, imitated Shen Qingxuan, and carefully cracked the egg against the bowl.

But she used too much force, and the shell shattered with a bang.

Egg splattered everywhere, and a few drops even landed on her face.

“Ah!”

Jiang Yubing looked at her own sorry state, both annoyed and amused.

Seeing this, Shen Qingxuan could not help laughing.

He picked up a tissue, gently wiped the egg from her face, and laughed, saying, “It’s okay, it’s your first time; it happens. This time use less force.”

With Shen Qingxuan’s encouragement, Jiang Yubing tried several more times and finally got the egg into the bowl.

She looked at Shen Qingxuan excitedly, her eyes sparkling, and said, “I did it!”

“Wife, you’re awesome!”

“No reward?”

Shen Qingxuan leaned over and pressed a light kiss on her cheek.

Jiang Yubing pouted slightly and complained, “Hey! That isn’t rewarding me at all; it’s clearly rewarding yourself.”

Then she straightened her back and ordered proudly, “Lower your head.”

Shen Qingxuan obeyed and lowered his head cooperatively.

Jiang Yubing stood on tiptoe and placed her hands lightly on Shen Qingxuan’s shoulders.

She leaned close to his cheek and planted a gentle kiss on his warm face.

“My reward is that I kiss you, not that you take advantage of me.”

Jiang Yubing said solemnly.

“Do you understand?”

She added another sentence.

“Wife, do it once more. I am absolutely willing.”

After saying that, Shen Qingxuan looked at her eagerly.

“Dream on.”

Although Jiang Yubing said so, the smile in her eyes could not be hidden.

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