144 The Fluff 6 - Rapid Update 1 (2/2)

However, this presented a problem for Lin Kang. In truth, the women had always been ready to throw themselves at him in his life so he had never experienced or learned how to appropriately romance someone.

It would be far too embarrassing for him to ask his friends or family members for pointers so Lin Kang only had one source to take his cue from, it was his heart. He was going to follow what his heart told him, if his heart told him to take it step by step, that was what he was going to do; if his heart told him to take the leap, he was going to close his eyes and jump.

Incidentally, Lin Kang had landed on the best answer because, ultimately what is love but a connection between two hearts?

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Lin Kang was pulled out of his mind when Xiu Ling said, ”Alright then, if you're feeling up to it, I'd suppose why not. It's not like I have anything else to do for the day.”

”Wonderful.” Lin Kang flashed a bright smile.

Xiu Ling pulled Lin Kang to stand next to her facing the kitchen counter, which was going to be their working surface.

In that moment, Xiu Ling took on the demeanor of a teacher. ”For today, we're going to make a sourdough bread. It's super easy to make and should not take too much time.”

Honestly, Lin Kang could not say he mind Xiu Ling taking the leading role once in a while. 'Xiu Ling could try to take charge more often,' the man thought.

”Okay,” Lin Kang said in acknowledgement.

Xiu Ling then reached into the piles of ingredients to pull out a small plastic container that was filled with what looked like white frothy goo. ”The first thing we need is the base and in the case of sourdough bread, that will be a starter, which is this.”

Xiu Ling explained to Lin Kang because she knew he wouldn't know any of these, ”Basically, a starter is only a mixture of flour and water inoculated with yeast and bacteria. I've prepared these ahead of time. Then the next step will be to feed the starter which is basically adding more flour and water...”

The rest of what Xiu Ling flew over Lin Kang's head because one, he was too confused by the baking terms to really have a sense of what was going on and two, his mind was too wrapped up in figuring out ways to get physically close to Xiu Ling to pay attention to her explanation.

Needless to say, Lin Kang would make a very horrible student in class.