Chapter 726 - Don’t Worry, It’s Not Poisoned (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“You left without eating tonight. Eat something.”

Li Qianxue stood there without moving. She watched as Su Chenghui placed the bowl on the dining table. She could smell the faint aroma of food in the air.

Her lips were pursed into a straight line. Su Chenghui knew how to cook?

One of her hands was still hanging above her bag. The bag was already wet and there were still water droplets on it. She withdrew her fingertips and looked at Su Chenghui.

He had just showered. His hair was probably just dry blown, and there was still some moisture left.

He put the bowl in his hand on the dining table, turned around, and went back to the kitchen. Li Qianxue stood there and watched him bring out another bowl.

It was also at this time that she saw clearly that there was noodles in the bowl.

“Come and eat.” Su Chenghui called her. Li Qianxue stood there motionlessly. She took out her phone again and planned to call Xiao Zhao.

“You want Xiao Zhao to buy you clothes? Even if he comes, he won’t come so fast, right?”

“Or are you afraid that I will poison the noodles?”

Su Chenghui’s self-mockery did not receive Li Qianxue’s praise. She stood there with a cold expression on her face and stubbornly called Xiao Zhao.

No one picked up.

She did not give up and called again, but still no one picked up.

Li Qianxue wanted to curse. At every critical time, Xiao Zhao would drop the ball.

“Let’s eat. Aren’t you hungry?” Su Chenghui called her again. “If you don’t come over to eat, the noodles will get cold.”

Li Qianxue stood there without moving. Her lips were tightly pursed, and formed a cold straight line.

Holding her phone, she called Xiao Zhao again. Without waiting for the call to go through, Su Chenghui had already walked in front of her. He took the phone away and put it aside.

“It’s just a bowl of noodles. You don’t have to be so nervous, right?”

Before Li Qianxue could react, he had already brought her to the dining table, pulled out a chair, and asked her to sit down.

In front of her was a bowl of steaming noodles. When she sat down, she could smell the aroma of the food. The noodles were beef noodles.

There was thinly sliced stewed beef, followed by vegetables, and a layer of chopped green onions was sprinkled on them. It looked very delicious.

Li Qianxue sat there without moving until Su Chenghui stuffed a pair of chopsticks into her hands.

“Don’t worry, it’s really not poisoned.”

Li Qianxue held the chopsticks in her hands, and her body was a little stiff. Su Chenghui had already turned around and sat down on the other side.

Seeing that she was still in a daze, he looked up. “Are you really not hungry?”

Li Qianxue wanted to say that she was not hungry, but at this moment, her stomach let out a rumble. Her expression turned a little ugly.

She had a meeting at noon, but she did not feel like eating after lunch. In the evening, she went to the banquet hall. Before she had time to eat, she left early because she met Su Chenghui

“Eat, it won’t taste that bad.”

Li Qianxue was very picky with her food. Although the Li family usually focused on bland food, the bland food showed the skills of a chef.

Preserving the original flavor of the food was much more difficult than making heavy-flavored food. She didn’t want to eat it at first, but in this situation, whether she ate it or not didn’t seem to make any difference.

She went to Su Chenghui’s house, took a shower at his house, then ate.

Li Qianxue didn’t hesitate too much. She picked up some noodles and took a bite.

Just one bite made her stunned. The taste was indeed good.

It seemed easy to cook the noodles, but in fact, a little more or a little less heat would affect the texture of the noodles. She couldn’t help but look up at Su Chenghui.

He was focused on eating the noodles. Occasionally, when he looked up and met her gaze, he suddenly smiled.

“It tastes bad?”

Li Qianxue did not speak. With such noodles, she really could not say that it tasted bad. After all, it was not bad.

The bowl was a big bowl. She didn’t have a big appetite, so she put down her chopsticks after she finished half of it. In fact, she didn’t eat much in the evening.

Su Chenghui had a good appetite and finished all the noodles. He found that she still had half a bowl left. He didn’t force her to eat. Instead, he took her bowl and started eating.

“You –” Li Qianxue’s expression didn’t look good. “That’s what I’ve eaten before.”

“I know.”

“You know, but you’re still eating it?” Li Qianxue watched as Su Chenghui picked up the chopsticks that she had used before.

“It’s not good to waste food.” Su Chenghui’s words left Li Qianxue at a loss for words.

It’s not good to waste food? The Li family was considered a blue blood family. Although Old Master Li had always advocated frugality, it was impossible for the kitchen to cook exactly the right amount of food.

Why didn’t Su Chenghui do this in the past?

Before she could say anything, Su Chenghui had already finished her remaining noodles. Li Qianxue was very embarrassed.

He used her used chopsticks to eat her leftover noodles, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

She even had a feeling that he did it on purpose to make her uncomfortable.

Su Chenghui got up and put the bowl in the kitchen before coming out. There would naturally be a part-time worker to clean it up tomorrow. Now, he wanted to spend his time with Li Qianxue.

Li Qianxue went to the living room. She wanted to call Xiao Zhao again. Su Chenghui came over and sat down beside her.

“Aren’t you curious about how I know how to cook?”

Li Qianxue paused from making the call. “Why should I be curious?”

“But I want to tell you.”

“But I don’t want to know.”

Li Qianxue lowered her head and was about to make another call. Su Chenghui took her phone away again and put it aside.

“Do you know? Ever since I divorced you, I’ve learned a lot of things.”

“Really?” Li Qianxue was not in a hurry to snatch the phone back. “So, you should thank me for divorcing you?”

“I’m grateful to you, not because you divorced me.” Su Chenghui looked at her focused gaze, and his reflection could be seen in it. “But it’s because of your tolerance and patience toward me over the years.”

Putting aside the fact that he had replaced Su Qingsang and Su Peizhen, Su Chenghui also knew that he had not taken on the responsibility of being a husband to Li Qianxue all these years.

Li Qianxue seemed to be smart and capable, but she was very persistent in her relationship. She knew that he did not love her, but she still jumped in and endured him for so many years.

He had been working hard and getting close to her for more than a year, but it didn’t make Li Qianxue change her opinion of him.

But it had already made him feel uncomfortable, painful, and conflicted.

But what about Li Qianxue?

There were some things that couldn’t be thought about. Just thinking about it made her feel heart-wrenching pain.

Su Chenghui held Li Qianxue’s hand and looked at her with never-before-seen gentleness. “There were many things that I didn’t do well in the past, whether it was being a husband or a father, but I will work hard in the future. I will be a qualified husband and a qualified father.”

“Qianxue. I don’t expect you to give me a chance anymore. Whether you give me a chance or not, that is your freedom. I just hope that I can always follow you, accompany you, and help you when you need it. Whether you believe it or not, this is what I hope for now.”

His hand, with a burning warmth, held hers slightly tightly. Li Qianxue had once hoped that he had her in his eyes, but she could not see her in his eyes.