Just watched?!
“Ah, be c-careful.” Just as he was about to bring the knife down and potentially chop off his own fingers, Stone Xuan snatched the sharp weapon from his hand at the critical moment.
“Xuan, would you like to sit in the living room? I’ll call you when the food is ready,” An Zhang said helplessly, looking at his wife who kept interrupting him.
He truly couldn’t understand why she looked like she was facing a great enemy just because he was chopping vegetables, as if he were doing something dangerous, to the point of taking the knife from his hand.
“Well, I’ll do it. You go rest in the living room,” Stone Xuan said. She didn’t want to discourage her husband’s confidence, but she definitely didn’t want to risk him potentially harming his fingers.
He gazed at her gently and affectionately.
“Xuan, do you doubt what I just said?” Though she hadn’t explicitly said so, he was smart enough to understand.
“I… no, really, I don’t doubt your words. I believe you can cook.” She looked at her dear husband with utmost sincerity. “But I really want to cook for you today. Come to think of it, in this year of our marriage, I seem to have never cooked for you. Don’t you want to try my cooking?”
“Oh, can Xuan cook? I remember you couldn’t before!”
“These past few years living alone abroad, when I missed home-cooked food and couldn’t easily find it in restaurants, my Chinese colleagues who knew how to cook would make meals, and watching them, I learned too.”
As she spoke casually, Stone Xuan gripped the knife and demonstrated her skillful chopping, quickly cutting all the vegetables before picking up the spatula.
“Did Jin Yuanhao also eat your cooking?” His tone carried a barely perceptible hint of sourness.
“Of course he…” Just about to say “of course,” she caught a glimpse of him picking up the knife again, a look of displeasure on his face. She quickly changed her words, “Of course not. Really.” Afraid he wouldn’t believe her, she emphasized her words.
“Have any other men eaten your cooking?” An Zhang asked with a smile.
