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Chapter 189 The Sense of Ritual for Couples

"Baby, I'm awake... Wow, what's this?"

Looking at the table, which had changed from its usual rustic style to a very artistic arrangement, she couldn't help but ask in surprise, still half asleep.

Li Mu, wearing an apron with a white towel hanging from it, smiled and shrugged.

"On a whim, I wanted to take you out for a nice meal."

"Oh, this..."

Looking at the exquisitely arranged plating on the table... she subconsciously pointed:

"What kind of meat is this?"

"Duck meat. Smoked duck with fruitwood and orange sauce."

"Well……"

Although she didn't understand, she instinctively nodded, thinking it was very impressive. She looked at the geometric art shape of four or five pieces of duck meat piled up on the plate of the youngest man, as well as the orange-yellow sauce and the bright green... grass around it.

She blurted out instinctively:

"The amount is... a bit small."

"This is a sample, just for you to taste. Today we're having an authentic French meal. There are eight dishes in total."

"...Taking away the young master?"

Fan Bingbing was stunned and instinctively looked at the clock.

It's already past 6 p.m.

She slept for almost 4 hours.

"Eight dishes. This is for you to celebrate the New Year~ We'll eat like this today, and tomorrow I'll make you 'steamed bowls' (a type of stewed dish), a secret recipe I learned from my mom, twelve steamed bowls..."

"……what?"

She was completely speechless.

"Is it Chinese New Year?"

"Yes, isn't it Chinese New Year?"

"Well……"

Looking at her boyfriend's serious gaze, she realized... it was only the thirteenth day of the Lunar New Year.

Isn't it all during the year?

then……

Hehehe, I love you!

She didn't try to guess how long her boyfriend had been busy, but looking at the mess in the kitchen, she knew... her boyfriend must have been preparing for this meal for a long time.

Then suddenly his eyes lit up:

"How much longer until dinner?"

"Try that duck first, I'm afraid you won't like the smoky flavor."

"Hmm, let me try it..."

There were only a few slices of duck meat, not even enough for one bite. She picked up the whole plate with her chopsticks, smeared it with the sauce, and stuffed it into her mouth.

Then... his eyes widened instantly.

"Waaaaah!"

Seeing her chewing and giving a thumbs-up, Li Mu felt reassured.

"Ha, that's good. We'll have lunch in half an hour at most."

half an hour?

enough.

"Then I'll go take a shower."

"Didn't we just go for a run?"

"I just woke up, I don't feel well."

Hearing this, Li Mu didn't think much of it, while she discreetly pushed her suitcase into the master bedroom.

As Li Mu took the fluffy, hollow cream puffs out of the oven and began filling them with duck liver pâté, he heard his girlfriend call out:

"Baby, call me when the food is ready."

"Okay, almost there."

"Huh? So fast... Oh, oh."

The door to the master bedroom slammed shut again.

Li Mu, meanwhile, focused on completing his preparations. Using a newly purchased rectangular wooden plate, he arranged smoked salmon with sour cream, duck liver puffs, and Parma ham wrapped in melon with caviar.

This is a pre-meal snack.

The accompanying wine was the most expensive Veuve Clicquot champagne sold at the Friendship Store.

This bottle costs nearly a thousand yuan.

But according to Fatty's memory, the full aroma of Veuve Clicquot champagne is a perfect match for these three.

After the tray was placed on the table, he held up a bottle of champagne and called out:

"Dinner is served."

"Here you are."

In an instant, the door to the master bedroom opened.

Li Mu then heard a "da da da" sound.

He instinctively turned his head, and was instantly stunned.

My girlfriend's long hair was gathered in one direction and hung down like big waves.

Meanwhile, she was wearing an exquisite black evening gown and black high heels... Her long, fair legs, which were several shades lighter than others, were faintly visible through the hem of the gown...

On her smiling face, the outlined red lips looked particularly charming.

Not to mention her pair of tender, honey-like eyes.

She stood there so elegantly and sexily in front of the door frame, gazing at her lover with tender affection, as if waiting for his praise.

Li Mu was truly stunned:

"What are you doing...?"

To be honest, this was only the second time he had seen his girlfriend who was "wearing makeup".

While I have to admit that my girlfriend's natural face is really stunning, ... but once she puts on makeup...

That really was...

"Is it worthy of all the effort you've put in this afternoon?"

She opened her arms slightly, bent them, and turned around in front of her boyfriend.

"..."

truth……

"You...you're just like the Black Impermanence."

"what?"

Fan Bingbing was taken aback, wondering what kind of metaphor this was.

It doesn't look good?

No way! This outfit is specially designed for a banquet in Hong Kong... How could it not look good?

Just as I was wondering, I heard the next sentence:

"It's completely captivated me."

"Uh...hehe~"

The girl… no, the woman, instantly beamed with joy.

With a mature and elegant demeanor, she walked up to him, her high heels clicking softly.

"relative……"

"Wait, wait a minute."

Without saying a word, Li Mu put down the champagne bottle and quickly went to the computer desk to find his camera.

then……

No need to say anything.

They're professionals at posing.

After a few quick clicks, he immediately handed the camera screen to his girlfriend.

"How is it?... Hmm, why does it look so bad?"

"Well……"

She didn't care whether it looked good or not.

But... I have to admit, my boyfriend's photography skills are pretty average.

Judging by her professional skills, her photography level is the kind that "wouldn't even give a chance to collaborate."

"Baby...you haven't studied photography, have you?"

"I've learned it; it's definitely taught in school. But it's all the most basic stuff... sigh."

After looking at a few photos, Li Mu shook his head speechlessly.

"It's okay, I'll find a chance to take some further training later. Today... I won't take any photos, they won't capture your beauty..."

Before he could finish speaking, his mouth was covered.

A woman's gentleness is like water:

"It's okay, as long as you can see it."

Two minutes later, Li Mu wiped the red mark from the corner of his mouth and popped the champagne bottle open with a "whoosh".

"Try it, it's an appetizer."

"Mmm, delicious, I like this... What is this?"

"Duck liver puff pastry".

"Is there any more? We don't have enough!"

"...Hey lady, can you at least follow French dining etiquette? This is to whet your appetite. Hey, hey, hey... There's more, you can have it all later, so sit back down! Tonight I'm the chef, and you're the gourmet, can't we leave each other some room for imagination?"

Seeing her rush straight into the kitchen, Li Mu was both amused and exasperated, and pulled her back.

"No way! This is hardly enough for anyone! Let me try this... Is this caviar?"

"Yes, it's extremely expensive. A small box costs me almost a thousand."

"Wow...wow!! It's delicious, I want more!"

"..."

Li Mu was truly speechless.

He forcibly pushed her to the table:

"Drink the champagne, have a taste of this wine."

"But I'm hungry..."

The elegant and beautiful woman who was just moments ago is now staring at him expectantly:

"These things of yours... are nice to look at, but..."

"Ugh."

Li Mu sighed speechlessly, ignoring her, and took out a candlestick with a label still hanging on it from the drawer.

"Why not red candles... I've always felt that white candles are a bit creepy, even when I eat at Western restaurants, I don't feel comfortable with the white candles they use."

"Red candles are even more creepy."

Li Mu rolled his eyes, lit the candles, and turned off the lights.

And you know what... the atmosphere was instantly created.

"Wait."

After handing the snacks from his wooden tray back to his girlfriend, he went straight into the master bedroom.

As soon as he closed the door, the woman sitting at the dining table was already beaming with happiness.

She knew... her boyfriend was giving her a sense of occasion.

Is it because... I said this afternoon that I didn't go out to eat with him?

what! ! !

He's so romantic!

I can't take it anymore!!!

I love it so much!!!

Despite her elegant attire and mature, sophisticated aura, she was ultimately just a 21-year-old young woman who couldn't help but stomp her foot.

This kind of romance...who can resist it?

Just as I was pondering this, the door to the master bedroom opened again.

"You... huh?"

She was taken aback when she saw her boyfriend suddenly wearing the black shirt she had bought and a pair of dress pants.

Li Mu shrugged, put on his apron, and went back into the kitchen.

There was no open flame, but a few minutes later, a man dressed in a black silk shirt, whose skin seemed as smooth as satin in the candlelight, walked gracefully to her.

"Ms, Tonight's prelude..."

She listened to her boyfriend mumble a string of words in very formal English, but she really didn't understand a word he said.

In fact... it's quite awkward from an outsider's perspective.

But between men and women, the romance created by this sense of ritual is absolutely perfect at the most opportune time!

Fan Bingbing's English is not good, so he couldn't understand.

But her boyfriend's tone made her bones melt.

It wasn't until she uttered the final "bon appetit" that she had a moment to shift her murderous gaze from her boyfriend to her plate.

"This is……"

Seafood platter.

Fan Bingbing looked at the prepared oysters, shrimp, and other seafood on the plate, and immediately picked up her chopsticks...

Yes, you read that right, it's chopsticks.

Once the sense of ritual is established, these details become unnecessary.

Do whatever makes you comfortable.

"Hmm, a little spicy?"

"It's loneliness, I added loneliness."

"...It should be wasabi, right?"

"Do you want some or not?"

"Hehehe..."

Amid laughter, she picked up the glass of Sauvignon Blanc that her boyfriend had poured.

Watching the figures begin to busy themselves in the kitchen...

No.

My body is about to catch fire.

So she got up and went to the kitchen:

When are you going to eat with me?

"What's the rush? Let me serve you all eight dishes first. Right now, you're the customer and I'm the chef. After you finish eating, I'll eat with you... and then we'll put them all out."

Following the direction Li Mu pointed, she saw the remaining seafood soaking in a glass bowl, a tray of cream puffs, and two opened boxes of caviar...

Hehehe~

She decided that she would save all the oysters for her boyfriend tonight.

No.

The fire in my heart burned brighter and brighter.

It's unbearably hot.