Mu Yuchen was already inside Liuojia Village, passing by the fields in the central part of the village and making his way towards their current home.
Thinking of going back to his lady, Mu Yuchen had a smile on his face. He could already imagine the shock on Liu Xiaolan's face once he tells her that he managed to sell all the buckets of chestnuts prepared for today.
Isn't his lady in love with money? Once he shows her the 15 silver coins he managed to earn, wouldn't she praise him and rush into his arms?
Thinking of this, Mu Yuchen increased his speed and rushed towards their home.
However, his good mood didn't stay there for a long time. The closer he came towards their house, the more his face looked black.
Liu Xiaolan was unaware of the fact that her little fool was back, so she was still happily humming a song while keeping an eye on her soup and making some small dance moves.
Meanwhile, behind her, Mu Yuchen looked at his lady standing in front of a pot and moving from left to right and the other way around constantly and almost rushed towards her.
Just what is she doing right now?
When he was going out this morning, didn't they agree that she should obediently stay home and try to recover some sleep? Even ignoring the fact that his lady was hurt, but after a few days of being tired, even he himself could notice that she needed more sleep.
So, can someone explain to him, why is Liu Xiaolan outside their home cooking something, instead of staying in bed and sleeping? And even if she slept enough and wasn't tired anymore, she still shouldn't move around too much with a wound on her hand…
Mu Yuchen smelled the aroma and was sure that whatever she has in that pot wasn't in their home when he was leaving. After all, for most of the time they used to eat rice and some vegetables available in their village.
He wasn't sure what that smell was, but for sure it wasn't something they had before!
"Lady, what are you doing?" Mu Yuchen asked, word by word, with a cold tone.
Liu Xiaolan heard her a voice reminding her of her little fool's voice and suddenly stopped.
No way, right?
She wouldn't curse herself, would she?
Just what is Mu Yuchen doing behind her, did he come back already?
It wouldn't be that he really couldn't sell any chestnuts so he gave up and decided to come back earlier?
Liu Xiaolan slowly turned herself around and looked at the person in front of her with disbelieve. She forced a little smile on her face and said, "Little fool, you're back already?"
"Well, can't the lady see if I'm back already or not?" Mu Yuchen said with a dark face.
Liu Xiaolan saw his behaviour and knew it was not good. Just why is her luck so bad, the little fool actually came at this moment.
Suddenly, Liu Xiaolan thought of something, her face was blushing a little and she asked with a soft voice, "You… did you see what I was doing?"
Mu Yuchen couldn't understand just what was going through his lady's mind. "Of course I saw the lady, standing outside instead of resting in bed like we agreed before…"
Liu Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief and was a little happier. Good, at least the little fool didn't hear her singing before, otherwise she wouldn't know where to put her head in…
However, Liu Xiaolan's good mood didn't stay there for a long time.
After some time, Liu Xiaolan was lying down in bed, covered tightly with blankets from each side, not allowed to get out of it and do anything.
She looked towards the person that forced her to be in this situation with an angry face and said, "Mu Yuchen, aren't you doing too much? I'm not dying, it's just a little cut…"
Mu Yuchen turned his attention towards Liu Xiaolan and sighed. "I'm doing it for my lady. Not only was the lady injured just yesterday, but with the weak body of my lady, wouldn't sleeping more do good for my lady?"
Liu Xiaolan listened to him and scoffed. So what, she's for sure happy to sleep longer, but that's only if he can provide her with a good dinner. With the way he cooks, she'd rather exchange all of her sleep with the possibility of cooking herself.
But even though the little fool was getting on her nerves sometimes, Liu Xiaolan still didn't want to make him sad. Thinking of going around the topic she said, "But eating food is also important, right? Little fool, you've been taking care of me for some time now, I want to cook you a good meal as a thank you…"
In the end, after repeated pleadings from Liu Xiaolan, Mu Yuchen still didn't want to listen to her. It was only when she used the tears strategy again that her little fool was helpless and agreed with her, allowing her to get out of the bed and prepare for their dinner.
However, he still kept standing next to her for the whole time and would control what she does for the most part. It would seem that she has made the correct decision in preparing most of the meat before.
Otherwise, if he saw her with a sharp knife trying to debone the meat from the hares, wouldn't he directly take them away and forbid her from cooking at all till she recovers?
But hey, at least the food today will be edible. And looking at her little fool, Liu Xiaolan felt that he was a little cute, holding the pan for her in one place so she can keep stirring the meat and vegetables inside, while the look on his face was as serious as if he was doing something of great importance.
Liu Xiaolan looked at him and couldn't contain her smile anymore. Well, he's a little fool, but at least he's her little fool.
Barely in time today, but I've made it. All 3 chapters uploaded before the day ends.
Apologies for the late time of today's upload, but I was a little busy and just managed to write everything a few minutes before uploading it.
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