NOVEL NEXT Chapter 16 Do you care about my opinion?
In the kitchen, Jiang Mingyue found the wild vegetables she bought this morning and put them in a basin. She was about to go to the well to clean them when Xie Yuan walked in.
Jiang Mingyue tilted her little head and glanced behind him.
"Xiao Hong is doing the questions."
Jiang Mingyue said 'Oh', and as she walked out, the man suddenly took a step back. She didn't know whether he blocked his way intentionally or unintentionally.
Jiang Mingyue raised her head and looked at him with some confusion.
"Are you angry with me? Why?" Xie Yuan looked straight at her and asked.
Jiang Mingyue bit her lower lip lightly, lowered her head and left the man with the back of her head, but he saw through it again. Was she really that obvious?
"Ok?"
At the same time as the man's deep voice sounded, a tall figure suddenly enveloped her. Jiang Mingyue subconsciously raised her head, only to realize that Xie Yuan had walked in front of her at some point, and they were only half a step away.
Such a close distance made Jiang Mingyue feel a little uneasy. She raised her feet and took two steps back and whispered, "You said I am smart and lively."
Her soft voice was filled with accusations, her brows were slightly wrinkled, her lips were slightly pursed, and her big peach eyes looked at him with a little grievance, as if he had bullied her, although he wanted to think about it very much at this moment.
"I'm not a little girl!" Jiang Mingyue added again, her tone full of resentment.
Xie Yuan's eyes were a little uncontrollable, and he glanced at her turbulent breasts, and said in a hoarse voice: "When haircut is reached, she is no longer a little girl."
Realizing that he was thinking more and more, Xie Yuan slowly exhaled a hot breath, calmed down his mind and collected his emotions. When he spoke again, his voice had returned to normal.
"Do you care about my opinion?"
"Ah?" After Jiang Mingyue reacted, she lowered her head again.
Seeing the person unconsciously stirring the handkerchief, Xie Yuan raised the corners of his lips in a great mood and did not continue to ask the question, lest she become angry and hide from him when she saw him in the future.
"I apologize to you for what I said before."
"It doesn't matter!" Jiang Mingyue suddenly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing him change the topic.
"Don't dress like this anymore." Xie Yuan looked at her seriously and said.
"Why?"
Jiang Mingyue looked at him puzzled and asked, "Isn't it good-looking?"
"It's not a question of whether it looks good or not."
"What's the problem?"
"Wanping is not as safe as you think. There are not many decent men like me. Do you understand?"
The man's eyes lingered on her body, and there were indescribable emotions in his eyes, which were faint and made people feel panicked.
Jiang Mingyue lowered her eyes to avoid his gaze and said obediently: "I understand!"
Seeing that she was a little embarrassed, Xie Yuan got out of the way: "Go and wash the wild vegetables!"
"Ok!"
Jiang Mingyue quickly walked past him with a basin in hand.
Xie Yuan did not enter the kitchen immediately. His eyes stopped on the slender figure and did not move away for a long time. Until a breeze blew, he took a deep breath, suppressed all the restlessness, and entered the kitchen to prepare dinner.
By the well, while Jiang Mingyue was fetching water and cleaning wild vegetables, her mind couldn't help but think of the look Xie Yuan had just looked at her. It was direct and wanton, and she felt like she was being burned by his gaze.
In her wild thoughts, a few drops of well water sprinkled on her body. Jiang Mingyue patted her warm cheeks and concentrated on washing vegetables.
In the kitchen, Xie Yuan finished handling the river shrimps and looked at the people who were still washing wild vegetables and asked.
"Has it been washed?"
Jiang Mingyue hurriedly stood up with the basin in hand, avoided his sight, walked into the kitchen and said, "It's done."
If he didn't urge her, she might not know how long she would have to take a shower. It seemed that she had been frightened just now.
"Help me light the fire!"
"profound!"
Compared to before, Jiang Mingyue was very skillful at making fire.
"What do you want to eat with these river shrimps?"
"what?"
Jiang Mingyue raised her head and looked at the man. When buying shrimps, she only thought about embarrassing him, not how to eat them.
"These shrimps are quite big. How about steaming them?" Xie Yuan saw that she had no idea and asked.
"it is good!"
Jiang Mingyue watched the man add a ladle of water to the pot, put the arranged shrimps on the grate, and then put a few slices of ginger and a spoonful of juice?
When Xie Yuan sprinkled it on the shrimp, Jiang Mingyue smelled a faint fruity aroma, which was very similar to the taste of the cup of tea she drank just now.
"What is this?" Jiang Mingyue asked curiously.
"I call it fruit vinegar."
Xie Yuan put the lid on the pot and explained to her in a warm voice: "When I was traveling last year, I went into the mountains with some friends and came across a mountain spring. It was very sweet, so I picked some mountain fruits and brewed some fruit vinegar."
When Jiang Mingyue heard this, she looked surprised and said, "I didn't expect Brother Xie to be jealous. It's really unreasonable."
Hearing that her tone had returned to the familiarity of the past, Xie Yuan looked up at her and said with deep meaning: "Vinegar is easy to make. If you want to learn how to do it, I can teach you in the future."
Jiang Mingyue did not hear the deep meaning in his words, nodded and asked: "Did you also use fruit vinegar in the tea you gave me just now?"
"It's not fruit vinegar, but the mountain fruits in fruit vinegar. Do you like it?"
Jiang Mingyue nodded heavily.
"There are still some left in the kitchen."
Xie Yuan opened the cupboard, looked at the several bamboo cups inside, and chose the outermost one. After washing it, he poured another cup and handed it to Jiang Mingyue.
"Thank you!"
Xie Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at the man drinking tea with his pink lips pressed against the bamboo cup. His Adam's apple twitched, and he looked away and asked, "Fish, braised or steamed?"
"Let's braise it!" Jiang Mingyue said while drinking tea.
Xie Yuan said softly.
Jiang Mingyue drank tea, and her eyes fell on Xie Yuan uncontrollably. Maybe he was going to cook. He was wearing an ordinary gray linen clothes. When he flipped the fish, the outline of his muscles could be vaguely seen from the cuffs, giving him a sense of strength. .
Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect him to look thin and in pretty good shape.
"looking at what?"
The moment the deep voice sounded, Jiang Mingyue's heart skipped a beat. Seeing that Xie Yuan did not raise his head to look at her, Jiang Mingyue slowly exhaled and found an excuse at random: "I'm watching how you cook fish."
"Have you learned it?"
"no!"
After Jiang Mingyue finished speaking, she lowered her head and focused on lighting the fire.
Xie Yuan glanced at her blushing face, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly and then quickly flattened.
After Jiang Minghong finished writing the test paper, he came to the kitchen. He first glanced at Xie Yuan, who was cooking seriously, and then at his sister, who was earnestly lighting the fire. Although neither of them spoke, the atmosphere was unusually harmonious, which actually made Jiang Minghong feel... The quiet feeling of time.
After realizing what he was thinking, he hurriedly shook his head and walked inside while asking, "Is there anything you need my help with?"
"Have you finished answering?" Xie Yuan looked at him and asked.
"Ok!"
"Then wash your hands and you can eat."
"it is good!"
Xie Yuan thoughtfully prepared two tables, separated by a screen. The shrimps were peeled and the fish was the back without small bones. Although there were not many chicken nuggets in the chicken soup, there was one chicken leg and one chicken wing.
Since leaving home, this is the first time Jiang Mingyue has been cared for so carefully. She is touched and a little sad at the same time. She misses her parents.