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Chapter 61 Did I hurt you?
Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Did I hurt you?On hearing this, Si Chen looked at Tong Yao calmly and nodded, "If you enjoy doing it, then continue. Don’t overexert yourself, and stop if your health suffers."
Seeing his faith in her words, Tong Yao sighed with relief, "I’m not exactly overworked, as long as you don’t mind me neglecting the house."
Although they were nominally husband and wife, since their marriage, Si Chen had contributed more to the family. Over time, even the best of temperaments could start to grumble.
After all, being a doctor is a gruelling profession. Performing major surgeries could take several hours, she wondered when he managed to develop his abdominal muscles.
Si Chen pressed his lips together, "No, I won’t."
Tong Yao was born into a well-off family, was beautiful, and cultured. Under these circumstances, she could have closed her eyes in Kyoto and found a better match than his own family status. Her marriage to him was a downgrade, and she had been wronged.
After moving to the family quarters, she never complained about his poverty, so why would he nitpick about household chores?
Both were working, and Tong Yao was a woman. He should be the one doing more of the caretaking.
"If you say so, I’m hungry. Let’s cook together!" Tong Yao was so hungry that her stomach wouldn’t stop rumbling. The two had grown more comfortable around each other, so she wasn’t as reserved in Si Chen’s presence. Like a child, she playfully pushed Si Chen towards the kitchen.
Tong Yao was in charge of washing the vegetables while Si Chen took care of the cutting and frying. They worked together seamlessly, and soon the aroma of cooking food filled the kitchen, intensifying Tong Yao’s hunger. She stood behind Si Chen, eyes focused on the Stir-fried Egg with Chili in the pan.
"I heard that the canteen at Yi Zhong School makes delicious Chili Scrambled Eggs," Si Chen suddenly mentioned out of the blue.
"Delicious, my foot!" Without a second thought, Tong Yao blurted out, "The canteen uncle likes to fry the eggs directly on the chili, if it’s not too salty then it’s too bland. The salt often doesn’t dissolve properly. Apparently, he’s a relative of a school leader, otherwise, he would have been fired long ago."
In this era, coarse salt was used and its grains were as big as rice grains. In large pot dishes, unevenly stirred salt can sometimes result in a mouthful of salt when eaten.
Tong Yao did not notice that as she spoke, the confusion in Si Chen’s eyes dissipated, and he chuckled, "After all these years, it seems the school still hasn’t changed the canteen lady."
Tong Yao feigned surprise, "Oh, so you were a student at Yi Zhong too?"
"Yes," Si Chen responded with a nod. Smoke was billowing from the pan, making his eyes squint a bit. This unintentional movement made Tong Yao’s heart skip a beat.
What a charmer, he managed to look appealing even while cooking, his aura was like coming off a walking hormone.
Once she was ensured that she had moral integrity and extraordinary self-restraint, otherwise, she would have thrown herself at Si Chen a long time ago.
Such a handsome face, bound to be successful in the future. Decades from now, there would probably be an army of keyboard warriors online calling her a fool for not taking advantage of such an opportunity.
In reality, there was no correlation between Tong Yao, possessing the purity of six senses, and the iconic beauty who remains untempted amid male company.
At night, she was as sleepy as a pig and fell asleep as soon as she hit the bed. Si Chen was also quite formal and never made any inappropriate moves on her. So the two of them tacitly pretended ignorance and became good roommates.
Oh, the guilt!
Noticing Tong Yao’s gaze, Si Chen turned his head and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Tong Yao snapped back to reality, and quickly responded with a forced laugh, "Nothing, I was just thinking that you’re a good student, no wonder you got accepted to Kyoto University."
No sooner had she spoken than Si Chen turned off the stove. The food was ready to be served, so she quickly grabbed her bowl and chopsticks and left the kitchen, the corners of her mouth curling into an almost imperceptible smile.
Well, well, Si Chen had been waiting for her here.
It’s a good thing she ate at Yi Zhong’s canteen every day, otherwise, she would have slipped up this time.
She had spent quite some time re
Si Chen shook his head.
An awkward silence suddenly shrouded the room.