42 Chapter 41 – Salt and Pepper Mushrooms 4 (2/2)
She squinted her eyes in satisfaction and turned around. However, when she started to head out of the kitchen, Toupai, who was behind her, pulled her back. In a very low voice, he told her, ”You're allowed to steal a couple bites first. It tastes best when it's freshly fried.”
That wouldn't be kind, would it? …
Poor Jue Mei…
She had not finished sighing over this when Toupai stretched out his hand and, not even bothering to use chopsticks, picked up a piece of mushroom between his middle and ring finger. And like that, openly and unabashedly, he brought it up to her lips… Gu Sheng felt guiltily embarrassed and straightaway opened her mouth and ate it.
”Taste good?” he asked softly.
”Very good.” Her eyes narrowed together. She wanted more…
Sure enough, Toupai fed her another piece.
So, so delicious…
Licking her lips, she was about to comment that she had never thought that mushrooms could taste so good when she saw Mo Qingcheng casually bring his fingers to his lips and lick away the salt and pepper seasoning on them. ”Not bad.”
She had this same habit of licking her fingers after eating any food that had spices or seasonings on it…
He glanced at the mushrooms but seemed to think that picking up another piece after he had licked his fingers would not be very appropriate.
Gu Sheng felt her heart melt when she saw his gaze and so, she also stealthily picked up a piece and brought it toward him.
Her fingers were up next to his lips.
When the mushroom was eaten, she pulled her fingers back and looked down at the salt and pepper on her hands.
Before she had finished hesitating, he had already caught her hand in his and pulled it up to his lips. Gently, his tongue brushed across the tips of her fingers. ”It tastes pretty good. Shouldn't waste it.” His voice was low and soft. Soooo soul-melting.
...
Her fingertips felt like they had just had an electric shock. Numb and tingly…
Her heart was also numb and tingly…
”Did you miss me?” Mo Qingcheng continued to ask her in a soft tone.
”Mm…”
His brows furrowed, meaning that was an incorrect answer.
”Mm-hmm. Missed…”
”How much did you miss me?” He continued to guide her words.
...
Oh no. All the adjectives she knew seemed to have left her brain completely.
”Really, really missed…”
He smiled. ”Who did you miss?”
”You…”
”Now put it all together and say it.” He lowered his voice some more and even the last sound of his sentence seemed to rise up slightly in pitch…
”... Really, really missed you.”
T.T...
That's just so bad of him…
Who forces someone to say lovey-dovey words? …
Mo Qingcheng appeared to be very satisfied with the results of his instructing and finally started to make the next dish while telling her to bring the salt and pepper mushrooms out of the kitchen. Even when they were well into dinner, she was still deep in pondering over one particular matter:
You say, how come Toupai was a completely different person in front of other people than when there was no one else around? T.T…..
[1]山不转水转 ”shan bu zhuan shui zhuan.” Things are never all static. Even if a mountain does not move, the streams on it do. Nothing is fixed in stone and unchanging.
[2]开荤 ”kai hun.” Compared to the days they cannot see each other or have dinner together (the veggie diet), being able to share a meal is special (like getting to eat meat again).