novelraw Chapter 9: He will make a good cook.
Chapter 9: He will make a good cook.
Chapter 9: He will make a good cook."The Art of Cooking Green Tea!" Mo Jingzhe exclaimed, horrified before he could even take a look at the content of the book.
The cover of the green book was as ridiculous as the book itself. A woman was cooking green tea supposedly in a clay pot over a fire that was burning with wood. The smile on the woman's face was rather mischievous.
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Jun Muyang still had a few words for Mo Jingzhe. "Son, I don't know what you have talked about with my wife but I am going to give you a warning. Mei-Mei is my daughter, when she was young, I would cry if I saw so much as a bruise on her body. Today I cried because her once soft smooth hands have become rough with calluses.
Her feet are dry and flaky, they have cracks on the heels. Her hair strands are thinner than half of a sewing thread. All this is proof of how much she has suffered at the hands of the Mo family. I have wanted to bring her back home for six years but every time I tried, she just closed off even more. Eventually I stopped trying to convince her to come home and decided to watch from a far.
My wife thinks Mei-Mei will be unhappier if I just drag her away and keep her in our house. She wants our daughter to walk away from Mo Liang with dignity and have a happily ever after waiting at the end of the rainbow."
He approached Mo Jingzhe and put a hand on his shoulders. Looking into his eyes while squeezing Jingzhe's shoulder slightly he added, "She is under the impression that you are that happily ever after because you have loved Mei-Mei for years. I am going to warn you right now that I will hunt you down if you do to her what Mo Liang has done. If you are not sure that you can be Mei-Mei's pillar of strength, walk away now."
Mo Jingzhe clenched his fists, the questions that Chi Lian had asked him rattled around in his mind. One stuck with him the most, 'aren't you tired of hiding in the shadows?'
The answer to that was yes, he was tired of hiding. Mo Liang did not deserve Mei-Mei, the opportunity had come for him to do what he had always wanted to do, steal her from him.
Her parents were in support of this, all he had to do was win her heart and get Mingzhu to accept him as her real father as well. They would be a happy family of three, maybe add one or two kids in future.
Jingzhe took a deep breath and firmly said while looking at Chi Lian and Jun Muyang, "Mother-in-law, father-in-law, your son-in-law Mo Jingzhe will undertake the mission. I will be the best green tea man in the world and I will steal Mei-Mei's attention from Mo Liang. I will help her regain all that she has lost and I promise to make Mei-Mei and Mingzhu happy."
Jun Muyang stepped back and hissed, "Oh, what a shameless young young man you are. Who is your father-in-law? My Mei-Mei has not accepted you yet."
Mo Jingzhe pointed to the back of the book. "Father-in-law, it says here that a green tea should have no shame."
Jun Muyang hissed and Mo Jingzhe again. "I am not your father-in-law."
Jingzhe's lips curved downwards and he put on a fake sad face. "Mother-in-law, am I wrong?" he asked in a weak voice as if he had been intimidated. "I just want to be close with my father-in-law. Does he not like me?"
Mo Jingzhe actually looked like he had been bullied and Jun Muyang's mouth fell open in disbelief. He looked at his wife and spread his hands out, feeling the need to explain himself.
His wife Chi Lian just laughed at him, he deserved it for doubting her plan. She approved of Jingzhe one hundred percent. He was already starting to cook green tea and he would make a good cook.