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Chapter 441 Two Women Compete, Each with Their Own Methods

On the dining table, the light-colored tablecloth was filled with various dishes.

Looking around, there's steamed yellow croaker, braised beef brisket with radish, sweet and sour pork ribs...

The menu also includes roasted lamb chops and stuffed pork belly.

These two dishes are typical hometown dishes of Reba and Naza.

Chen Xiu sat in the chair, carefully counting the delicious food on the table, and looked up at Reba with a puzzled expression.

In the blink of an eye, I realized that she was already smiling with her eyes narrowed, her fingers slowly rubbing the chopsticks together, as if she was expecting something to happen.

Chen Xiu's heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look at Nazha, and sure enough, she caught a trace of panic on her face.

However, she quickly pretended to be nonchalant and started fiddling with the bowls and chopsticks again.

Chen Xiu noticed something and looked back, only to see Reba awkwardly turning her head away in time... Were these two, Grumpy and Brainless, working together to hide it from me?

"Small bar."

"Ok?"

Reba turned back with a smile, her expression now back to normal.

Chen Xiu stared intently at her, then gestured towards the dining table with her chin: "Why are you making 10 dishes today? We don't usually have such a lavish spread."

"Uh……"

This obvious flaw made it difficult for Reba to hide what she was trying so hard to conceal from the very beginning.

Fortunately, the little actress is quite clever; this minor flaw is no problem for her.

Dilraba's eyes flickered slightly as her mind raced, and she quickly fixed her gaze on the silent Nezha to the side.

"Brother Xiu, we have guests today! This is Nezha's first time visiting our home, so of course I have to prepare a lavish dinner to make sure she's satisfied."

"You're the guest! Your whole family are guests!"

Nezha's indignant rebuttal made Reba's expression turn bitter, and she secretly realized that she had chosen the wrong partner.

Chen Xiu then calmly and sarcastically remarked:

"Didn't you just say that Nezha came to your door on her own? How come it's now a visit? Are you going to say that you specifically invited her over to help with the cooking later?"

"Yes! She contacted me on WeChat and asked me to come and help."

Nezha hurriedly clarified, and didn't forget to reach out and grab Chen Xiu's clothes, asking him to continue taking charge.

This is exactly the effect Chen Xiu wanted.

Reba was furious and thought: No, I can't let her keep talking. When a fool gets carried away, she can't keep her mouth shut. I have to keep the plan going!

"Brother Xiu, actually, this is what happened."

Reba got up, pulled her chair closer to Chen Xiu, and then scooped a braised lion's head meatball into her bowl.

She picked up her bowl and said reproachfully, "I was worried that I couldn't cook all these dishes by myself, so I called Nezha over to help. If you don't understand, fine, but why did you have to point it out to my face?"

"Uh?"

Looking at Reba, who seemed on the verge of tears, Chen Xiu thought: Why did this happen so suddenly? This little drama queen wasn't usually this dramatic! Could it be because…

Looking to the side, I saw Nezha angrily say, "Then why did you say just now that I was the one who came to you?"

"I said that to curry favor with Brother Xiu. If you were in my shoes, you would have done the same, right?"

Faced with this trap-like question, the simple-minded Naza paused for a moment, then nodded hastily.

"Correct!"

"Eh~, that's right."

Reba casually chimed in, sounding like she was comforting an emotionally unstable child.

Then, she scooped up a piece of lion's head meatball with a spoon and put it into Chen Xiu's mouth: "Brother Xiu, try it and see if my lion's head meatball is authentic."

"Ok??"

Chen Xiu looked at Reba with surprise, puzzled as to why she was making a feeding gesture.

Could it be because of competition among females?
No, no, Nazar is not a threat at all... Besides that, what else could it be?
Before Chen Xiu could figure it out, Reba had already scooped up a lion's head meatball and put it to her mouth.

He hesitated for a moment, then immediately put the spoon back.

Seeing this, Nezha stared at him for a long time. He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly held his breath and gasped for an even bigger breath.

After taking the spoon back, Reba didn't put it back in the bowl. Instead, she brought it to her lips, blew on it twice, and then brought it to Chen Xiu's lips.

Oops... no, no, how can she be so teasy??

Naza shouted in her heart, her beautiful eyes widening as she watched Chen Xiu eat the stewed lion's head meatballs from her spoon.

"Brother Xiu, how is it? Is it delicious?"

"Hmm, you put a lot of thought into it, didn't you?"

"It's alright! I just found a tutorial online and then did some research on online cooking courses. I'm glad you like it..."

Reba raised the corners of her eyes, sat in the chair, and swayed from side to side like a dandelion, her head almost resting on Chen Xiu's shoulder to feed him.

Damn! Are you the only woman here?!

Nezha thought indignantly, and followed her to imitate Reba's movements, putting a few pieces of beef brisket into her own bowl.

Then, she moved her chair over and bumped it against Chen Xiu's chair, her body softening as she leaned against it.

"Chen Xiu, come and try my braised beef brisket with radish."

"what??"

Looking at the hot bar and Nezha surrounding her, Chen Xiu was stunned for a moment. Unable to think of a way to escape, she could only open her mouth to eat the beef brisket that Nezha had brought her.

Chen Xiugang had just swallowed the beef brisket when Nezha impatiently asked, "How was it? Was my beef brisket delicious?"

"Mmm, it's delicious."

"Then try this sweet and sour pork ribs. When I was cooking, I asked Reba to remove a few rock sugar pieces, and she said I made a mistake. Try it and see if it's too sweet."

"..."

This kind of thing is never going to be too sweet. If there's a problem, it's definitely with the meat, not the chef. Chen Xiu thought to herself as she accepted the ribs that Na Zha had delivered.

However, before he could finish spitting out the bones and praising the heat, the encirclement on her side suddenly disappeared.

Chen Xiu was about to turn around to check when Nezha leaned over and asked, "How is it? Is it too sweet?"

Looking into her innocent, clear, and bright eyes, Chen Xiu spat the bone onto the bone plate she handed him and nodded, saying, "Reba knows my taste, it won't be too sweet."

"Oh fine."

Nezha looked somewhat disappointed.

The next moment, her eyes, which had not yet dimmed, suddenly became sparkling again, and the corners of her lips, which had been pursed, turned up.

"Next time I make it for you, I'll know how much sugar to put in."

"you……"

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!"

Chen Xiugang was about to complain about someone being too love-struck when, unexpectedly, Reba, who had only disappeared for a moment, returned with her melodies and songs.

Then, she was holding a cake with a single candle on it.

Chen Xiu paused for a moment, her thoughts racing, and she quickly understood the cause and effect.

His birthday is January 5th, and today is the 3rd, but Dilraba has to rush to the set of "The Climbers" tomorrow, so she celebrated early.

As the cake drew closer, meeting Dilraba's shimmering eyes, Chen Xiu's lips twitched as she asked, "Is this the surprise you prepared?"

"Yes!"

Reba placed the cake on the table, picked up a large red cherry from the top, made a heart shape with her thumb and forefinger, and brought it to Chen Xiu's lips.

"How about that? Didn't expect that, did you?"

"Hmm, a little bit of a surprise."

Chen Xiu sucked on a cherry, glancing at Nezha's reaction out of the corner of her eye, and found that she was also watching everything with a smile, clearly having known all along.

You two, are you deliberately playing me?
Chen Xiu's eyes flickered slightly. After finishing the cherry, she said, "Xiao Ba, go over to the sofa and get my bag."

"oh oh."

Dilraba had gotten used to Chen Xiu's constant work and didn't suspect anything about his action of taking the bag.

Just as she returned and handed the bag over, Chen Xiu bent forward, using the cover of spitting out cherry pits to reach into the bag and touch something furry.

Chen Xiu leaned back in her chair, took her hand out of her bag, and before Reba could even see clearly, she shoved the thing onto her head.

"Huh? What happened?"

Reba blinked, raised her hand to touch it, and felt a fuzzy texture. She quickly took out her phone and opened the front camera to check.

What comes into view is a white cashmere hat with a small white ball hanging from the end, swaying back and forth.

"Aren't you going to the set of 'The Climbers' tomorrow? It'll probably be very cold filming on location in the snowy mountains. I bought this on my way back today. Do you like it?"

"like!"

Reba's mouth moved faster than her brain. Once her brain caught up, her gaze towards Chen Xiu turned mocking again.

"What do you mean, 'bought on a whim'? Humph, what a coincidence! Brother Xiu, you must have gone there specifically to buy it, right?"

"No, I really just bought it on a whim."

Chen Xiu tilted her head slightly, teasingly, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of Nezha's pale face.

Dilraba pouted, not believing it at all.

"Hmph! What a coincidence! You must have prepared this surprise especially for me!"

"Then whatever you say goes."

"Oh dear, why are you like this? I've already prepared a birthday celebration for you!!"

"My birthday is the day after tomorrow."

Chen Xiu's Tai Chi skills rendered Dilraba's dramatic personality useless.

After being teased two or three times, she finally came to her senses. Chen Xiu always planned things out; he would never do things arbitrarily!

The two spent the rest of the dinner laughing and joking. Nezha sat next to him, forcing a smile, his eyes always fixed on Reba's hat. He wanted to speak several times, but didn't know where to begin.

……

That night, Na Zha sat on the bed in the guest room, his mind heavy with worries. The scene from dinner earlier was still haunting him.

Just as she lay down, feeling both angry and aggrieved, pulled the blanket over her head, intending to leave it at that moment...

The lingering resentment, fueled by years of unresolved jealousy, kept Nezha tossing and turning, unable to sleep...

"Dong dong!"

The sudden knocking startled Nezha, who then abruptly threw off the covers, sprang from the bed, her pajamas draped askew, and rushed toward the door, her bare shoulders exposed.

She opened the door, and standing outside was the very person who had kept her awake at night.

Nezha's expression lit up, and she deliberately raised the half of her shoulder that was originally exposed.

Seeing Naza running barefoot towards her, Chen Xiu turned her hand around from behind her back, loosened the last three fingers, and used her thumb and forefinger to hold one end of the scarf, loosely wrapping it three times around Naza's neck and shoulders.

Chen Xiu tucked the scarf around her neck and smiled, "I bought this especially for you. Do you like it?"

"Yeah, I like it."

As her eyelashes fluttered, her eyes sparkled, and she gripped her scarf tightly with both hands.

Chen Xiu could joke with Reba, that little drama queen, and deliberately say the opposite of what she meant, but Nezha's brain couldn't process anything too complicated, so he had to be more direct with her.

"Go to sleep early! Go back to work. If you encounter any problems, you can contact me."

"Hmm~"

Na Zha responded first, then stepped forward and hugged Chen Xiu, whispering, "Why don't you stay tonight?"

"No, I have an appointment..."

(End of this chapter)