I really don't want to show off my love

Chapter 122 Thanks Comrade Mu Yaoqing!
An Ran washed her hands first, then went into the kitchen and started to get busy.

He is actually quite good at cooking. Although his skills are not as good as Gu Yao's, under the guidance of Comrade Mu Yaoqing since he was a child, he can still cook some simple home-cooked dishes.

"Junior brother, do you need help?" Gu Yao stood at the kitchen door holding the fat guy and poked her head in.

"No, no, you play with the fat guy for a while, and I'll cook two dishes tonight." An Ran was busy, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, help the fat guy prepare dinner."

"Oh, okay~"

Gu Yao nodded obediently, turned back to the living room, added cat food to the fat man's small bowl, rubbed the little guy's big head, and said, "Fatty, eat your meal obediently. I'm going to help my brother cook first."

"Meow!" The fat little comrade seemed to understand and responded. Then he walked to the food bowl with his short legs and silently became the eater.

Gu Yao looked at the little guy for a while and couldn't help but smile. It is said that cats follow their owners, which is quite true.

Just look at the way the little guy is eating seriously. He really looks a bit like my younger brother.

Gu Yao returned to the kitchen, washed her hands under the faucet, and then started picking some green vegetables beside her.

"Go and have a rest. I can handle it on my own."

"It's okay. We usually cook together. I'll just help out~" Gu Yao tilted her head towards An Ran with a smile, "Today, let's see Chef An's cooking skills!"

"My cooking is definitely not as delicious as yours." An Ran glanced at the woman beside her and couldn't help but smile.

Only after I got a girlfriend did I realize that cooking for one person and cooking for two people are completely different.

In the past, when he lived alone, he always felt that cooking was a very troublesome thing. He rarely cooked a meal himself, and most of the time he ordered takeout.

However, now when I recall the time when the two of us were busy in the kitchen together, I always feel that those pictures have a warm yellow filter, and just thinking about it gives me a very cozy feeling.

An Ran chopped the ribs into small pieces, planning to make sweet and sour ribs tonight. Gu Yao really liked to eat this, and he happened to be quite good at it.

Sweet and sour spare ribs require balance. The sour, sweet and salty flavors must be matched just right to give people a slightly sour taste at the beginning and a sweet feeling after chewing.

The first dish Comrade Mu Yaoqing taught him was sweet and sour pork ribs, but unfortunately, he only learned the basics at that time and refused to continue learning.

Now that I think about it, I should have learned more at that time, after all, this is a dish that Gu Yao likes to eat. Well, I have to ask my mother for advice later.

"Are you making sweet and sour pork ribs tonight?" Gu Yao asked curiously when she saw An Ran taking out rock sugar from the refrigerator.

"Yes, sweet and sour pork ribs is my mother's specialty, but unfortunately I only learned the basics." An Ran nodded, and when she saw that the water in the pot was boiling, she poured the ribs she had just cut into it.

"Really? I love sweet and sour pork ribs the most!"

Gu Yao immediately laughed happily.

An Ran couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Gu Yao's happy expression. This woman looked really beautiful when she smiled.

While An Ran was busy, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Why don't I cook often?"

"Hmm?" Gu Yao raised her eyebrows and looked at An Ran with some confusion.

"Just during the day I saw a post where a girl complained about her married life, how she cooked every day... I was wondering if it was too hard for you."

An Ran paused and began to explain.

"Get married?" Gu Yao's eyes suddenly widened and looked at An Ran in disbelief.

Then she lowered her head again, and said shyly, "No, no, it's too fast to get married..."

safely:???
Is this your focus?
He called it enterprise-level understanding.

"I didn't say we were going to get married, I was just talking about this." An Ran explained with a frown on her face.

"Puchi, hahahaha..." Gu Yao couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw An Ran's anxious expression.

An Ran stared at the woman in a daze for a while.

Her smile is as beautiful as a flower. Where is the shyness from before?
It turns out that he is pretending again!

An Ran was speechless. How could he forget that this woman had a criminal record?

It seems that he has gradually let down his guard under this woman's sugar-coated bullets recently.

Gu Yao naturally didn't know what An Ran was thinking. She covered her mouth and chuckled for a while, then propped up her chin to think, and then answered seriously: "Cooking every day is something that would be a lie to say it's not hard. When I was at home, when my mother asked me to cook, I actually found it very annoying."

"Then I'll cook more often when I have time in the future."

An Ran came back to her senses and nodded silently.

He didn't think it was a burden, otherwise he wouldn't have brought it up.

On the contrary, he felt that cooking for Gu Yao was a very happy thing.

"Don't worry, I'm not finished yet."

Gu Yao smiled sweetly and tilted her head: "Although it is indeed troublesome, I won't complain... For example, when I made the corn and pork ribs soup before, it took me a whole morning just to stew the soup, but when I thought that you liked it, I felt very happy."

An Ran subconsciously said: "...I am also very happy to cook for you."

"Hey? Junior brother, you have really made great progress."

Gu Yao smiled, put down the food in her hand, and couldn't help but gently hugged An Ran's waist.

Looking down at the kitten rubbing against her chest, An Ran took the initiative to hug Gu Yao's waist and paused before saying, "Let's do this from now on. Whoever is free will come to cook."

"Okay~" Gu Yao was very happy and kissed An Ran on the cheek.

Although she didn't hate cooking, she felt very happy that An Ran took the initiative to help her share the pressure.

"Let go for now, I still have to cook."

"Uh-huh!"

Gu Yao nodded, let go of An Ran, and stood aside obediently, watching An Ran busy herself.

As she watched, a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her face. She bit her lips lightly and smiled secretly, her heart filled with sweetness.

She has a pretty good eye.
Sure enough, it is best to train it yourself.

After blanching the ribs, Anran drained the water and let them cool, then began to adjust the ratio of sweet and sour in a bowl.

He remembered all these things in his mind. Although he hadn't cooked for a while, he became proficient at it as time went by, and he worked slowly and leisurely.

An Ran mixed the seasoning and suddenly glanced at Gu Yao who was staring at her. She asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

"No...nothing."

Gu Yao came back to her senses, her pretty face flushed as she lowered her head. She seemed to be feeling guilty and didn't dare to look An Ran in the eye.

Comrade Mu Yaoqing once said that men who can cook will get a lot of extra points.

At first, An Ran naturally didn't take it seriously and thought he was being fooled. He thought it was because the domineering president couldn't cook and wanted to train him to be a tool.

But now thinking back to Gu Yao's expression... An Ran continued to work, but in her head she was quietly pondering what her mother had said.

Gu Yao stood with her head down for a while. Seeing An Ran busy again, she couldn't help but secretly glance at An Ran again.

Come to think of it, she actually didn't know what happened just now.

She just felt that An Ran had this unique charm when she was cooking seriously, which made her feel warm in her heart, all the way to the bottom of her heart.

While An Ran was stir-frying the spareribs, she secretly glanced at the woman next to her.

Seeing that the other party was indeed staring at him again, he couldn't help but let a faint smile appear on the corner of his mouth.

It seems... Mom is right?

An Ran confirmed her thoughts and felt in a good mood. She even hummed a song while cooking.

Thanks Comrade Mu Yaoqing!
……

In the evening, the two sat at the table and had dinner.

"Hmm! This sweet and sour pork ribs is so delicious, it tastes like the ones made in hotels outside!" Gu Yao took a bite of the still slightly hot ribs, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's not the case." An Ran raised her eyebrows with some pride.

He got the true teachings of Comrade Mu Yaoqing for this sweet and sour pork ribs. Even if he only knows the basics, it is definitely close to the original. Well, thank Comrade Mu Yaoqing for his efforts again!

"Little brother, you eat too~" Gu Yao handed a piece of pork ribs to An Ran, "You made this yourself!"

An Ran opened her mouth very naturally and accepted the food from Gu Yao.

While chewing, his mind couldn't help but recall the post he saw during the day... To be honest, he now found it difficult to understand the girl's complaint.

He felt that even if he was the one cooking, he would smile from the bottom of his heart when he saw Gu Yao's face full of enjoyment.

Just like what Gu Yao said, although it feels troublesome, as long as you think that you are cooking for the other person, you will feel that it is worth it.

Perhaps, it is the difference between suitable and unsuitable?

An Ran couldn't help but shook her head.

……

Pengcheng is thousands of miles away.

Comrade Mu Yaoqing was lying on the sofa with cucumber slices on her face, watching a Qiong Yao drama on TV with a very comfortable look on her face.

Well, I have to say, it’s really comfortable for that kid to go out to school.

Mu Yaoqing thought back to An Ran's high school days. She had to pick him up from school and prepare breakfast and dinner for him, so she basically never slept in.

Sometimes, she would be called to school by the class teacher to recount her good son’s recent impressive achievements.

As Mu Yaoqing thought about it, she couldn't help but hum a song softly.

As she hummed, she thought of the girl on the video call...

Mu Yaoqing thought for a moment and wiped off the 'cucumber mask' on her face.

He wiped his hands, took out his cell phone, and made a WeChat call.

"Buzz!"

An Ran was eating when she suddenly saw her cell phone vibrate twice. She picked it up and took a look.

Mom?

An Ran blinked, a look of surprise on her face.

His mother actually remembered to video call him today?
It’s the New Year! It’s the New Year!

"My mom is calling. Please don't make any noise."

"Uh-huh!"

Gu Yao nodded obediently.

As soon as the call was connected, Mu Yaoqing's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Ranran?"

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but for the first time, An Ran felt that the voice on the other end of the phone was so kind, and the face on the screen was so amiable.

"Mom, why did you think of video calling me?"

Anran had a smiling face.

Mu Yaoqing stared at her silly son for a long time and couldn't help feeling a little suspicious.

Why is this silly boy laughing so happily today?

Is he stupid?
"Are you home alone now?" Mu Yaoqing asked tentatively.

An Ran subconsciously glanced at Gu Yao who was looking at her with a smile, and nodded silently: "Yes, I'm eating."

"Oh, okay."

When Mu Yaoqing heard this, she nodded casually.

An Ran looked at her mother's expression and inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

Why do you feel disappointed?
Shouldn't you be very happy to see your baby son?

Perhaps because of the invisible help from her mother just now, An Ran was in a good mood now. She asked with a smile on her face: "Mom, is there anything you want to talk to me about calling me so late at night?"

"Oh, I almost forgot something." Mu Yaoqing came back to her senses and waved her hand, "Well, I want to ask you when you can bring Yaoyao home to see me."

safely:???
When An Ran heard this, she couldn't help but let the smile on her face freeze.

It seems like you rarely call your precious son, but it's about this?

I don’t want to lose face!
An Ran felt a little aggrieved. He had wondered what Comrade Mu Yaoqing would say... Oh, Ranran, it must be hard for you to be alone in the Magic City. Are you short of money or something?

As a result, your operation somewhat confused me!
Even An Ran couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed at this moment.

"Please don't meddle in our young people's affairs." An Ran smiled bitterly and glanced cautiously at Gu Yao beside her.

Gu Yao had apparently been listening quietly nearby, her pretty face flushed as she lowered her head and bit her chopsticks absentmindedly.

She, she didn't want to go to meet An Ran's parents so early!
Gu Yao felt extremely shy inside.

Although she sometimes behaves carefree, it's only because girls mature early and have read a lot of romance novels... But in the final analysis, she is just a rookie with no experience in relationships.

It's okay to show off some tricks, but if you really want to use real swords and guns, you will definitely be defeated in seconds.

For example, meeting the parents!
Just thinking about this kind of thing is enough to make a girl's heart beat so fast that she almost died.

"What do you mean by meddling?" Mu Yaoqing on the other end of the phone was a little unhappy when she heard this: "I'm telling you, An Ran, you don't have to come back during the winter vacation, but I have to see my daughter-in-law."

Good guy!
He just kept shouting "good guy!"
When An Ran heard what her mother said, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

You really are worthy of it, you used the prerequisite very well!
He is now certain that he is definitely his biological son, otherwise he would not have been able to say this.

"Pfft~"

At this moment, a light laugh suddenly came from the side.

Suddenly, the whole scene fell silent.

An Ran subconsciously looked at the source of the voice, only to see Gu Yao covering her mouth with her two little hands, blinking her big eyes innocently.

The two of them communicated quietly using brain waves.

Gu Yao: I, I didn’t mean it!

An Ran: What should we do now?

Gu Yao: I don’t know.

safely:……

"Ok?"

At this time, Mu Yaoqing on the other end also raised her eyebrows.

Because it was very quiet over there, she was able to detect the laughter very clearly.

Mu Yaoqing asked curiously, "Ranran, is there anyone over there?"

"Uh..." An Ran suddenly showed a look of pain on her face, and looked at the woman next to her helplessly.

Sure enough, my mother heard it!
Gu Yao also gave him an innocent look and pouted her lips.

She really didn't mean it...

I just thought the relationship between An Ran and his mother was very interesting, and her sense of humour was naturally low, so I laughed out loud without even noticing.
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Talk about the current update situation.

If there are additional chapters on the same day, I will generally arrange a chapter of 3000+3000 words (daily articles are difficult to write, and 6000 words is basically the upper limit. If I can write more, it will be 4000+3000 words, 4000+4000, etc.)
If there is no more update, it will be a 4000-word chapter. The main reason is that the title is too troublesome (bushi)

Then, in the future, we will not specifically mark two-in-one pages, as this will affect the reading experience.

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