The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 594 - 558: Wife... it sounds pretty nice.
Jingyu Garden
When Lin Huai Shu and Qiao Lech arrived, Qiao Yuxian was still busy in the kitchen.
Gu Yanjing was assisting inside.
Originally, it was Aunt Qin and Aunt Mei helping out.
But he insisted on going in and squeezed them out, and then he couldn’t really help with much, slowing down Qiao Yuxian’s progress.
Yet Qiao Yuxian willingly slowed down for Gu Yanjing.
They were chatting and laughing with Mr. Gu.
Lin Huai Shu and Qiao Lech came over, didn’t see them in the living room, so they went to the kitchen too.
"Sister, brother-in-law." Qiao Lech called out. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing looked at her together and responded in unison.
Lin Huai Shu said, "Little sister-in-law."
Qiao Yuxian smiled at him.
Gu Yanjing and Lin Huai Shu tacitly ignored each other.
"Hasn’t Sister Xia arrived yet?" Qiao Lech asked.
"She came." Qiao Yuxian smiled kindly and said, "She’s in the stew pot."
Qiao Lech burst out laughing.
She had gone through the chat logs on her way.
Qin Xia had ordered over a hundred dishes.
And she said she wanted to try a bite of each one.
Qiao Yuxian suggested stewing her in a pot so everyone could have a taste.
Lin Huai Shu watched her delicate hand grip the knife, skillfully chopping down and cutting a raw chicken leg in one stroke, making him shiver a bit and say, "Little sister-in-law, that’s quite intimidating."
Qiao Yuxian looked at him and after a moment, said, "Did you do something guilty?"
She said it casually, and Lin Huai Shu shivered all over: "No, how could I."
Gu Yanjing glanced at him.
Qiao Lech pressed her lips and nodded with a smile.
Qiao Yuxian glanced at him again, then at Qiao Lech, smiled without saying anything, lowered her gaze, and continued her work: "You guys go sit for a while. Qin Xia and the others will be here soon."
"Sister, let me help you." Qiao Lech said.
"No need, go check on Zhaocai. I think it misses you quite a bit." Qiao Yuxian said.
"Alright." Qiao Lech walked out.
Lin Huai Shu followed her out, and as he turned, he caught something out of the corner of his eye which startled him. He looked closely, eyes widening as he stared at the pot: "Little sister-in-law, what’s this?!"
Qiao Yuxian followed his gaze and said, "Stewed fish soup."
"No, I mean this thing on the lid..." Lin Huai Shu pointed at the little golden figure on the pot lid.
It wasn’t just any little golden figure.
It was the one from a Rolls-Royce car.
It was not on the car but on the steaming pot lid.
"Oh." Qiao Yuxian said casually, "The handle on the lid broke, and I thought this one looked nice, so I took it off the car and stuck it on. It fits perfectly. Works quite well."
Qiao Lech watched silently.
But car enthusiast Lin Huai Shu opened his mouth several times without making a sound, then gave Qiao Yuxian a thumbs up and left the kitchen.
As he left, he was thinking, that little golden figure could buy hundreds of pots.
Why be so cruel!
"What was that expression?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
Gu Yanjing said coolly, "Unfulfilled desire."
Qiao Yu turned to look at him and paused, "Talking about you or him?"
Gu Yanjing: "......"
Seeing him silent, Qiao Yuxian smiled and said, "Mr. Gu, what’s this expression?"
"Unfulfilled desire." Mr. Gu said through gritted teeth.
Qiao Yuxian held back her laughter, looking clueless, "How could that be?"
"What do you think?" Gu Yanjing asked.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him and said, "Can you blame me for that?"
Gu Yanjing remained silent.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Who’s telling you to be so harsh."
Gu Yanjing, knowing he was at fault, didn’t speak. Silently broke the small vegetable in his hand.
"I said two weeks, and it’s two weeks." Qiao Yuxian stated, "Not a day less."
Mr. Gu wanted to negotiate, but Mr. Gu didn’t dare.
Seeing him quiet, Qiao Yuxian looked at him again, and after a while, said, "One day less."
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Honey, aren’t I nice? This way, you only have to wait a week and six days."
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian took a few steps closer to him, leaned into his arms, looked up at him, and said, "Give me a kiss."
Gu Yanjing lowered his head and kissed her.
Qiao Yuxian smiled with bent eyes at him, "One day less, and still not happy."
Gu Yanjing gently inhaled, smiled shallowly, and kissed her again, "Happy."
"With such a beautiful wife, of course you’d be happy." Qiao Yuxian said cheerfully.
Gu Yanjing, with a smile on his lips, paused and then softly said two words, "Wife."
The smile in Qiao Yuxian’s eyes froze for a moment, and she stared at Gu Yanjing in surprise.
"Wife," Gu Yanjing called softly again.
The sound was soft, a bit cold, without any particular emotion, yet inexplicably made one’s heart race.
Qiao Yuxian’s face quickly turned red, and her ears flushed completely.
Gu Yanjing once again kissed her red ear.
Qiao Yuxian shivered, stammering, "You, you, you... I... I... my pot, the pot is burning."
Saying so, she quickly turned to check the pot.
Behind her, there was no pot, only freshly cut chicken.
The only pot on the stove was simmering soup, far from burning.
Qiao Yuxian lowered her head, looked at the knife placed aside for a while.
Then her mouth slowly curled upwards.
Wife...
It actually sounds quite nice.
...
Qin Xia and Chu Zhengran arrived just in time for dinner.
As soon as Qiao Yuxian finished cooking, they showed up.
They really came just to eat.
Qiao Yuxian had cooked a table full of dishes, warning Qin Xia that she couldn’t leave until they were all finished.
While Qin Xia didn’t intend to leave at all.
She planned to stay at Jingyu Garden.
"This is the taste I’ve been dreaming of day and night." Qin Xia ate with great relish.
Chu Zhengran was beside her serving dishes.
Qiao Yuxian looked at them and said, "Mr. Chu has been in the crew with you the whole time, right?"
"Yeah." Qin Xia nodded, "He’s been here the whole past month, so annoying."
Qiao Yuxian looked at Chu Zhengran.
Chu Zhengran smiled at her.
Qiao Yuxian also smiled and said, "No wonder."
"What?" Qin Xia asked.
"From joining the crew until completing the shoot, you haven’t lost weight." Qiao Yuxian said, "Every time you finish a drama, you lose ten or so pounds, but this time... your face has gotten rounder."
"Qiao! Yu! Xian!" Qin Xia looked at her and called out word by word, "I’ll allow you to reorganize your words."
"Hmm." Qiao Yuxian reorganized her words, succinctly, "Gained weight."
Qin Xia: "......"
Qiao Lech laughed out loud.
"Sister, you’re not allowed to laugh." Qin Xia said.
"Stop trying to get close." Qiao Yuxian said, "Who’s your sister."
"What do you mean by trying to get close." Qin Xia said, "With our relationship, what’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is yours. Are we really going to draw the line?"
Qiao Yuxian watched her enthusiastic speech.
"Your sister is my sister, your brother is my brother, your parents are my parents...."
"Is your husband her husband, and her husband your husband?" Qin Xia hadn’t finished when Lin Huai Shu blurted out without thinking.
As soon as he said that, Qiao Yuxian, who had just drunk some water, choked on it.
The vegetable that Qin Xia was holding with her chopsticks flew off.
Qiao Lech widened her eyes looking at Lin Huai Shu.
Gu Yanjing was patting Qiao Yuxian’s back.
Qiao Yuxian was coughing so much she couldn’t speak.
And Qin Xia, after a moment of shock, said, "There’s no need... to play... so thrillingly."
Chu Zhengran pressed her head, indicating for her not to speak.
Gu Yanjing raised his eyes to meet Chu Zhengran.
Chu Zhengran also looked at him at that moment.
The two stared at each other, and whatever they were thinking, the look in their eyes grew intense, as if about to kill the other.
But this intensity soon shifted.
The greater grievance had a specific target.
Both looked at Lin Huai Shu.
Lin Huai Shu’s heart skipped a beat, and a few seconds later, he silently hid behind Qiao Lech.
Qiao Lech, facing the gaze of the two bosses, was obedient and timid.
But she ended up saving Lin Huai Shu’s neck.
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