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Chapter 77 The Plum Blossom in My Eyes, Suddenly Standing Tall

kitchen.

Rich people's kitchenware is so convenient.

While the two mothers were still shopping, Lu Yu, following Feng Jiahe's advice, prepared some ingredients that could be made in advance.

He handled the beginner-level cooking skill level with ease.

The fish Zhou Qingyang caught will be processed and delivered by the kind vendor in the afternoon. I guess they'll make fish balls. The rest will be used to make braised fish fillets, fish head with chopped peppers, or something similar. Right now, I just need to cut up the meat and fry some lotus root slices and lotus root balls.

"You'll have to use plenty of oil."

Why not take advantage of it?

Slice the lotus root, cut it in half, stuff it with minced meat, coat it with batter and fry it. Also fry the prepared lotus root balls.

After blanching the pork ribs, put them in an electric pressure cooker along with the ginger to stew. Once it boils, add the soaked kelp.

Chicken should be roasted. Damn, it's good to be rich. An all-in-one kitchen with an oven is so awesome.

There were still some leftover dishes, which Lu Yu handled methodically, even feeling a bit satisfied.

While preparing the food, I also finished my daily workout.

Cooking is really hard work.

Zhou Qianyun probably went back to sleep and didn't bother Lu Yu.

My phone vibrated as I finished frying a round of lotus root balls.

[White Dew]: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Have a happy day today too!

Although he had already completed today's daily chat check-in when he took her home last night, Lu Yu didn't mind chatting with the beautiful girl a little longer.

[Lu Yu]: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! I'm making dinner now. [Hakimi is happy]

The message continued typing for a while, then stopped, then lit up again, and finally the message was sent.

[Bai Lu]: Are you at Zhou Qianyun's house? [Hakimi peeks in]

[Lu Yu]: Yes, all the adults went out to play, leaving me pitifully cooking all by myself. [Hakimi cries]

[Bai Lu]: Won't she help you? [Hakimi's question]

The top student in the grade is already quite proficient at using Hakimi emojis.

[Lu Yu]: Her not showing up in the kitchen is the biggest help she can give. [Hakimi sighs]

Thinking this, Lu Yu took a picture of lotus root balls and sent it over.

[Bai Lu]: Wow, did you make this?

[Lu Yu]: My mom made the filling, and I fried it. It's incredibly delicious. My mom's lotus root balls are the best in the world.

[White Dew]: I'm getting a little hungry. [Hakimi looking forward to it]

[Lu Yu]: My mom will make it later, and I'll bring it to you in the morning.

[Bai Lu]: Okay, okay, then I can bring you some fish balls that my mom makes to try.

Agreements are formed in words, which naturally inspire anticipation for tomorrow.

[Lu Yu]: Do you cook at home too?

[Bai Lu]: Hmm, I was helping out in the kitchen, and I just had a break.

[Lu Yu]: Let me see it.

Upon seeing the message, Cheng Bailu glanced towards her own small kitchen.

Compared to Zhou Qianyun's family, it's definitely much inferior.

The kitchen that Lu Yu just photographed looks much bigger than Cheng Bailu's living room.

Then just take pictures of the food.

She picked up her phone and took a rather unprofessional picture of the fish cakes and fish balls she and Qin Sangyu had just made together.

My phone vibrated shortly after I sent it.

[Lu Yu]: Did you make this? It looks delicious. My mom can't make fish balls well, so I have to buy them from the market.

【White Dew】: My mom and I made it together.

After sending the message, Cheng Bailu scrolled up through their chat history, then mustered her courage and typed in the next message.

[Bai Lu]: I'll make it for you sometime. [Hakimi's eyes sparkling]

[Lu Yu]: Forget about later, let's wait until National Day, I'll buy some groceries and come to your house to try your cooking.

Cheng Bailu's heart skipped a beat as she looked at the line of text.

past.

Even though her parents loved her very much and she liked them very much, Cheng Bailu was always a little uneasy about such requests to visit and had never agreed to them.

Even with a strong enough mind, she was aware of her "difference" from others.

But I don't know why.

Lu Yu didn't care about these "unusual" things. To him, the suffering that Cheng Bailu's family had encountered was not a reason to stay away from her. On the contrary, he helped her father and her time and time again.

For Cheng Bailu, it was like a ray of light piercing through the long night.

She wanted to reach out and touch the light, but she was afraid. It wasn't her moon; it just happened to be shining on her.

Trembling with fear, as if walking on thin ice.

The girl cautiously clung to this ambiguous and hazy relationship that she shouldn't have liked, afraid that her demanding hand would push the other person away.

[Bai Lu]: Okay, tell me the time in advance and I'll tell my parents.

After chatting for a few more minutes and making plans for National Day, Lu Yu put away his phone and started frying the second batch of lotus root balls.

Just as they were about to be pulled out, I heard the clattering sound of slippers behind me.

Yawning, Zhou Qianyun walked out in sandals, peeling an orange in her hand.

"Have you had a good night's sleep?"

Lu Yu scooped out the steaming hot lotus root balls.

"Want some oranges?"

Zhou Qianyun came up behind him.

"I won't eat it if it's not sweet."

As soon as Lu Yu finished speaking, he stuffed the orange into his mouth.

It's quite sweet.

"Lotus root balls, are they ready to eat?"

Zhou Qianyun ate a segment of orange, smelled the aroma of lotus root balls, and reached out to take one.

"Get your dirty hands off me."

Lu Yu slapped her hand away, then picked up the chopsticks he had used to fry the food, poked one up, and handed it to Zhou Qianyun.

The girl took a bite and ate half of it.

"Hot hot hot..."

""

He quickly opened his mouth wide and exhaled.

"The consequences of gluttony."

Lu Yu blew on the remaining half of the lotus root ball, then ate it himself.

Indeed, Ms. Feng Jiahe's craftsmanship is unparalleled.

"It's delicious!"

Zhou Qianyun sighed, then took the chopsticks from Lu Yu's hand, picked up a fried lotus root cake, blew on it twice, and handed it to Lu Yu.

"This is the filling my mom made, you should try it first."

That's how they sell it.

Lu Yu took a bite.

It tasted familiar, almost identical to the dumpling filling Zhou Qianyun brought her last time.

The filling is a family heirloom from the Zhou family.

Unfortunately, this skill is about to be lost with Zhou Qianyun.

There was no other way, so Lu Yu had to reluctantly learn it.

"It's delicious, isn't it? Hehe."

Zhou Qianyun ate the remaining half of the fried lotus root cake that Lu Yu had bitten, then contentedly took a chilled bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator, took a sip herself, and handed it to Lu Yu.

Would you like some water?

"I won't drink it."

"oh."

Zhou Qianyun screwed the bottle cap on, placed it on the table, and stood beside it.

What are you doing here?

"The supervisor is worried the cook will steal some food."

The cook didn't steal any food, but Zhou Qianyun, the pet cat at home, is quite the glutton.

After working for a few minutes, Lu Yu picked up the bottle of mineral water and took a couple of sips.

Zhou Qianyun glanced at it, grunted in her throat, took back the water bottle, and sipped her water.

The two chatted casually while preparing ingredients in the kitchen.

The ingredients were in charge of chatting, while Lu Yu was in charge of dealing with Zhou Qianyun.

bah bah bah!

Zhou Qianyun was in charge of chatting, while Lu Yu was in charge of preparing the ingredients.

After fiddling around for a while, the door opened, and the clattering of slippers greeted them; it seemed that Feng Jiahe and Liu Ping had returned from shopping.

"Wow, Ah Yu's cooking skills have improved!"

Liu Ping walked into the kitchen and saw that Lu Yu had done everything in an orderly manner. She couldn't help but sigh. Smelling the fragrant lotus root balls, she couldn't resist trying one.

"We're in for a treat from now on. I think Ayu's cooking is even better than yours."

He turned and teased Feng Jiahe.

"If only I were willing to do it every day, but never mind, studying is more important."

Feng Jiahe rolled up his sleeves and came in to help.

After a while, the kind stall owner brought over the prepared fish. The fish meat could be mashed into fish balls, the fish bones could be used to make soup, the fish fillets could be braised, and there was also a big fish head.

Once the food was almost ready, Feng Jiahe asked Lu Yu to call Lao Lu and tell them to stop fishing and come home for dinner.

The banquet didn't officially begin until after 7 p.m.

"Let me tell you, that fish almost took the bait, it was just a hair's breadth away."

At the dinner table, Lao Lu was still talking about the big fish weighing over ten kilograms that he hadn't managed to catch.

Lu Yu strongly suspected that the fish did not exist at all.

The Air Force section.

After dinner, the adults watched TV and chatted, while Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun sat to the side, looking at their phones and chatting.

As he listened, Lu Yu sensed something was wrong.

"...What? Uncle Zhou, you're going on a trip?"

"Yeah, it's Mid-Autumn Festival and we don't have much to do, so tomorrow you and your parents can go to the reservoir in the next city and go fishing."

No, you guys are really addicted to fishing?

"The one in the afternoon was definitely a problem with the pond. The reservoir is spacious, which makes it easier to catch fish."

Old Lu wouldn't let it go.

"While I'm fishing, I'll discuss the factory matter with your dad."

Zhou Qingyang revealed his true purpose.

However, Lu Yu felt that it was just Old Lu's fishing addiction acting up.

"And what about me?"

After asking the question, Lu Yu glanced at Zhou Qianyun.

"You and Ashen stay here for another day. You can ask more questions and improve your grades."

Feng Jiahe seems to have made up his mind to forget his son.

"Where is Grandpa?"

Zhou Qianyun sat up straight.

"I'm going on a hike with my chess friends tomorrow, so you don't need to worry about this old man."

Grandpa Zhou said he is still very young and has a lot to do.

"what?"

Lu Yu pondered for a moment.

Does that mean that tomorrow morning, only Zhou Qianyun and I will be at home, and we'll have to stay another night before going back on Sunday?

The four adults were already enthusiastically planning their itinerary for the next two days, completely unconcerned about what might happen to Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun at home.

Why do I have this feeling that I've been set up?

Around 10 o'clock, Zhou Qingyang drove Lu Heng and Feng Jiahe home. Liu Ping went to pack her clothes, and Grandpa Zhou got up to wash and rest, leaving the two young people in the living room, looking completely bewildered in front of the TV.

Lu Yu looked at Zhou Qianyun.

"What are you looking at? I have absolutely no idea!"

Zhou Qianyun saw through his thoughts and muttered to herself.

Her parents really didn't treat Lu Yu like an outsider. After all, their daughter was so beautiful, weren't they afraid that Lu Yu would do something?

They can't expect Lu Yu to do something, can they?

"I don't care, I'm going home tomorrow."

Lu Yu didn't plan to stay a second night. Firstly, it was someone else's house, and secondly, he felt uncomfortable being alone with Zhou Qianyun.

"Hmph, fine, go back then. It's not like nobody cares if you're here."

Zhou Qianyun didn't care much.

Liu Ping tidied up the guest room, and Lu Yu took his schoolbag and went inside.

As expected of a large, single-level apartment, the guest room area even has a bathroom for guests.

After a quick wash, he put on long pants and long-sleeved pajamas, went to the living room, sat down, and played on his phone with the TV playing in the background.

Pat pat.

The sound of slippers came from behind her, and Zhou Qianyun sat down on the sofa next to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu glanced over.

She had just finished washing up, her unwashed hair simply tied up, and she had changed into a pink and blue pajama set with cloud prints. A few strands of hair were wet and stuck to her slightly chubby, perfectly shaped profile.

Her pajama bottoms revealed her ankles and her feet, which were slightly pinkish-white from the warm water. Her toes were curled slightly, as if she were a little nervous.

Because I hadn't stayed at Zhou Qianyun's house for a long time, I hadn't seen the girl's appearance after her bath for a long time either. The last time was probably the summer after I graduated from junior high or elementary school.

The green plums in my eyes have suddenly grown tall and graceful.

Lu Yu was somewhat dazed.

Zhou Qianyun seemed to be looking down at her phone and didn't notice the boy's gaze beside her.

The video on Lu Yu's phone finished playing and automatically started playing the next one. As the sound rang out, Zhou Qianyun glanced over.

He immediately looked down and pretended to be busy watching the video.

Zhou Qianyun only saw Lu Yu wearing pajamas, his hair just dried, slightly covering his eyebrows, outlining a perfect profile. His neck was fair, and his collarbone was faintly visible at the neckline.

With her sleeves rolled up, revealing her slender arms and bony fingers holding a phone, she casually propped her head up with her other hand, exuding a free and easy temperament.

Because it had been a long time since I had spent so much time with Lu Yu this late, I hadn't seen the boy so relaxed and at home like this in a long time.

My childhood sweetheart has suddenly become a graceful figure.

Zhou Qianyun was momentarily lost in thought.

Fortunately, Lu Yu was engrossed in the private sound effects of Hakimi Music and chuckling to himself, occasionally hearing the sound of steamed clams with radishes and tissues coming from his phone.

The handsome guy's charm ruined the whole thing.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Zhou Qingyang returned home. After chatting casually for a few minutes, the couple turned off the living room lights and went back to the master bedroom because they had to get up early the next day.

Lying on the bed in the guest room, Lu Yu wasn't sleepy at all.

The last time I slept in this room was in junior high school, and my memory of it is already hazy. Now, the blanket, the pillow, and the ceiling all feel unfamiliar.

He glanced at Cheng Bailu's chat window and guessed that the baby was probably asleep, so he didn't send any messages to bother her.

"Uncle Zhou and the others are leaving tomorrow morning. Do I really have to spend the day with Zhou Qianyun?"

Lu Yu didn't care.

When his parents go out, he stays home playing video games, reading books, and doing his homework. He can't play computer games at Zhou Qianyun's place, so he plays games like Rock Kingdom.

There's still a kill threshold adventure quest that hasn't been triggered this week. How about I ask Zhou Qianyun to go out for a stroll tomorrow?

It is not impossible.

As if it had spied on his thoughts, his phone vibrated.

[Qian]: Are you asleep?

[Lu Yu]: I'm asleep and currently in a virtual environment. Lu Yu AI is chatting with you right now.

After a few seconds of silence, a message arrived.

[Shallow]: I have trouble sleeping.

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