Five years without pregnancy means you're too weak; I remarried a powerful man and had triplets

When did this happen before Shen Zhiyi was alive?

Even when she first started cooking, she didn't even know how to cut meat. It would take her an hour to cut each piece. But she would patiently cut the meat into strips and follow the tutorial in the video step by step. Although it would take her several hours to cook a meal, she never complained. After each meal, she would try it herself to see if it tasted good. If it didn't taste good, she wouldn't give it to him.

Going back further, in the past, when he would come home late at night after working overtime, no matter how late it was, there would always be a warm yellow light left on in the entryway, and his favorite pork rib soup would always be warming in the casserole in the kitchen. The soup was milky white, the pork ribs were tender and falling off the bone, and even the corn was sweet.

The shredded pork she stir-fries is always perfectly tender, finely and evenly cut, with just the right amount of salt. She can even caramelize the sugar in her sweet and sour pork ribs, making them a beautiful reddish-brown without any bitterness, so that every piece is coated in sauce and you'll want to suck the bones clean.

Even the simplest tomato and egg stir-fry, she can make the eggs tender and the soup thick, the tomatoes soft and juicy, and the sweet and sour taste just right for him.

He used to think these things were trivial, just housework that women should do. Shen Zhiyi did them with ease. He would even complain that her cooking was too bland and tasteless, and that she didn't know how to make fancy Western dishes to please him.

But now, looking at this pile of vegetables that was worse than pig feed, he belatedly realized that nothing was easy and nothing was taken for granted.

It's just a matter of whether someone has their heart set on you or not.

Shen Zhiyi loves him, so she is willing to go to great lengths to take good care of his stomach and doesn't want him to eat a single bite of takeout.

Su Manman and Liu Tehui were merely going through the motions, completing a tedious and uninteresting task.

The more Xu Zhesheng thought about it, the darker his face became. The disgust that emanated from his very bones made the mother and daughter beside him realize that something was wrong.

"Ah Zhe?" Su Manman noticed he hadn't touched his chopsticks and cautiously leaned closer, her voice weak. "What's wrong? Is it not to your liking? Or... should I ask my mom to make it again?"

Liu Tehui frowned, her voice instantly rising: "What? We have to redo it?! What's wrong with this food? It tastes delicious to me, why can't he eat it?"

She got angrier and angrier, putting her hands on her hips and yelling, "Does becoming a big director mean I can't stomach the simple meals of ordinary people? Then go out to eat! Why are you making us old women suffer like this? It's such a waste of energy!"

"Mom..." Su Manman glared at Liu Tehui anxiously, cursing the old woman for being so talkative, while quickly turning to coax Xu Zhesheng.

"Zhe, don't take it to heart with my mom. She's been cooped up at home and's been a bit irritable. I'll take her out for a walk tomorrow, and she'll be fine. If this food isn't cooked yet, wait a minute, I'll reheat it..."

As she spoke, she reached out to pick up the plate of potatoes.

"No need!" Xu Zhesheng suddenly stood up, the chair legs scraping against the ground with a screeching sound.

He pointed to the mess on the table, his face ashen, his voice as cold as ice, "Is this what you call a simple meal?"

He picked up the hard, unyielding potato fry, held it up in front of Su Manman, his fingertips trembling slightly: "Tell me, is this a potato slice? Potato shreds? Or French fries? It's all raw inside! How am I supposed to eat this?!"

He then pointed to the plate of meat with red streaks, "And this meat! Open your eyes and look! It's still bloody! Are you Su family vampires? Eating raw, bloody meat?"

His gaze swept over Liu Tehui, who was filled with resentment, and he sneered mercilessly, "At your age, you can't even cook a simple home-cooked meal! No wonder you're stuck in the county town, never having seen the world!"

These words completely enraged Liu Tehui. She jumped up, slammed her hand on the table, and retorted, "How dare you talk like that! Cooking for you is a favor! What right do you have to be so picky? If you don't like it, cook it yourself! We've worked so hard, and you're always complaining! Anyone who didn't know better would think you were some precious young master!"

She spat as she spoke, her face full of disdain: "Pah! You're just a country bumpkin, you're even worse off than me in terms of background! What are you trying to prove with your fancy airs!"

"Mom!" Su Manman shrieked, glaring at Liu Tehui before hurriedly tugging at Xu Zhesheng's sleeve, her voice trembling with tears, "Zhesheng, don't be angry with my mom. She's just a gossip, she doesn't mean any harm..."

Xu Zhesheng forcefully flung her hand away, as if shaking off something dirty.

He stared coldly at the mother and daughter, feeling so nauseous that he wanted to vomit if he stayed even a second longer.

"I'm going to eat at my mom's." His voice was icy, devoid of any warmth. "You can do whatever you want with me."

Upon hearing this, Su Manman's eyes lit up. To be honest, although Zhang Feng's skills weren't exactly amazing, they were still better than the poison that she and her daughter had made.

She quickly stood up, her face breaking into that ingratiating smile again: "You're going to Mom's? Then I'll go with you! It's been a long time since I've seen Mom..."

"Get out of here."

Xu Zhesheng interrupted her without hesitation, his eyes full of disgust, and warned her word by word: "If you dare to follow me one more step, I'll stay in a hotel tonight and you'll never see me again in your life."

After saying that, he slammed the door and left without looking back, leaving Su Manman frozen on the spot, her face pale. Liu Tehui was still cursing behind her, but she couldn't hear a word he said; she just found it incredibly noisy.

Fortunately, Shen Zhiyi thought that the two families could look after each other if they lived together, so she arranged for Zhang Feng and Xu Zhi to live in the same neighborhood. Xu Zhesheng walked a few steps to Zhang Feng's house.

When he entered the password, Zhang Feng and Xu Zhi had already finished eating, and there were some leftovers on the table.

Hearing the voice, Zhang Feng turned around and saw that it was her son. She immediately came over and said, "Zhe? Where have you been these past few days? That Su Manman has come to the house and made a scene several times, but I ignored her. I can tell you must have been annoyed by her and went out to find some peace and quiet, right?"

"Where did you go? Did you go look for Zhizhi?"

"To be honest, I've been thinking a lot these past few days. There were some misunderstandings between Zhizhi and me before. I thought it was because she couldn't have children that I treated her so badly. Now that the misunderstandings are cleared up, she hasn't looked down on me for not being able to have children all these years and has helped with this and that for the family. She's a really good daughter-in-law. I think you shouldn't divorce her. What do you think?"

Upon hearing Shen Zhiyi's name, Xu Zhesheng's hands tightened. The more he compared them, the more he realized how good Shen Zhiyi was. He didn't want a divorce either, but now, how could he possibly make the decision?

He slumped weakly onto the dining table: "Mom, stop talking now, I'm hungry, make me some food."