My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 514 - 174 Confession

Chen Yin’s words had a hint of action, and Du Xixi looked at him for a long time. When she saw his determined expression and how he didn’t back down when meeting her gaze, she simply smiled and said, "Since you’ve already made up your mind, I’ll be waiting for your triumphant return."

"You have so much confidence in me?" Chen Yin, having spoken so much with Du Xixi, felt much more relaxed. After putting down the cushion, he stood up straight, lazily stretched, and then playfully draped his arm over Du Xixi’s shoulder. "If I fail, you must cook something delicious for me to comfort my wounded soul."

Going to confess his feelings to Miao Miao, Chen Yin was definitely going to do it, but he had already anticipated the outcome of such a confession. Thinking of this, Chen Yin couldn’t help but sigh again.

"You should have a little more confidence in yourself too!" Du Xixi raised her hand, helping Chen Yin relax his somewhat tense shoulders. "You’re so handsome and capable; if you fail, just try a few more times. Don’t let one fall shake your confidence. You can just fall a few more times at most."

What kind of comfort is that?

Chen Yin smiled helplessly and walked out of the study with Du Xixi. They hadn’t even gone downstairs before hearing peals of laughter. It turned out Ke Lian had returned and was playing games with the two sons, making them laugh non-stop.

"Finished chatting?" Ke Lian placed the two sons on the sofa, turned his head to see Du Xixi and Chen Yin walking down together, and felt a slight discomfort. He quickly went up to support Du Xixi, "Are you tired from today’s class? Is your waist sore?"

Not only did Ke Lian support Du Xixi, but as she stepped down the last step, he smoothly wrapped the now steady Du Xixi into his arms and looked at Chen Yin assertively. "Your Majesty rarely visits our home, yet you didn’t announce your arrival in advance. My apologies for this lack of a proper welcome."

"What need is there for Marshal Ke Lian to welcome me? I just came to see my sister." The idea of subtly declaring his rights to Sun Mulin was something Chen Yin had never succeeded in doing, so he naturally didn’t have the face to say it and instead used an old excuse, coldly retorting to Ke Lian.

Whenever Ke Lian and Chen Yin met, they disliked each other. Du Xixi, leaning against Ke Lian’s chest, could only close her eyes briefly, then take a deep breath and say, "My feet are a bit tired from standing. Why don’t we go sit down?"

Based on the past when Ke Lian and Chen Yin would be at odds, if Du Xixi didn’t speak up, she had no doubt these two men would verbally spar for ages. To prevent these two whose aura never aligned from "fighting," Du Xixi felt it necessary to speak first.

"Alright!"

"Let’s go sit down then."

Ke Lian and Chen Yin spoke up simultaneously, yet still glanced coldly at each other. Du Xixi was caught awkwardly between them, especially as Ke Lian guided her towards the sofa, and Chen Yin also moved to affectionately hold her arm, as if Du Xixi were so heavily pregnant she could barely walk.

Sun Mulin sat alone on a single sofa, slouching as he often did at the Ke Family’s place. However, when Chen Yin walked over, he adjusted his collar uneasily, clearly still a bit unsettled by the bizarre conversation he’d had with Chen Yin earlier.

"Um..." Yiyi, agile and adept, climbed down from the sofa. Already able to move about freely, he walked over to Sun Mulin, looked at him curiously for a while, and Sun Mulin took the opportunity to pick him up, sitting him on his lap. "What are we eating tonight?"

It was almost dinner time, so Sun Mulin’s topic wasn’t out of place. Du Xixi glanced at the closed kitchen door and gently said, "You’ll have to ask 2569 about that. I haven’t managed the kitchen much since getting pregnant." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Everyone was always worried about cooking fumes affecting Du Xixi, so they strictly controlled her "schedule" during 2569’s cooking times, hardly ever letting her enter the kitchen unless she herself assured them she wouldn’t make anything with too much smoke.

For example, the shrimp dumplings she made earlier, they didn’t create much smoke.

Additionally, Ke Lian and Ke Xing had repeatedly advised Du Xixi to avoid smoke-heavy foods during classes, at least during her pregnancy.

Du Xixi knew they meant well, so she listened to them. Before class today, she adjusted the curriculum plan, temporarily moving up the lessons focusing on knife skills.

Even the "small reward" she made for the students before the end of the class was a simple, smoke-free double-skin milk.