145 The Fluff 7 - Rapid Update 2 (1/2)

Lin Kang coughed due to the blast of white flour that rained down on his face.

”I'm sorry, are you alright?” Xiu Ling asked urgently as she reached over to wet a hand towel and handed it to Lin Kang.

Lin Kang accepted it and used it to clean his face as his coughing died down. ”Thank you.”

”Didn't I tell you to lean back earlier because I was going to douse our working station with flour so the dough wouldn't stick? Were you even listening?” Xiu Ling questioned.

Lin Kang chuckled awkwardly, he didn't expect to get caught so soon.

”Yes, I swear I was listening.” But of course he wouldn't come clean so easily. ”You simply moved too fast.”

Lin Kang could have said he had something on his mind but he was afraid his wife might press and ask, 'what was on your mind then?'

'You,' he would say and then... 'Wait, that was perfect! Why didn't I do that?!'

Lin Kang was brought back to reality when he felt someone's touch on his face. He realized Xiu Ling was using her finger to touch the tip of his nose. ”Wait, you still have something there,” she was saying.

Then, she turned away to wash her hands, ignoring the wave of emotion that she had just incited in the man beside her.

Xiu Ling turned back to smile at him. ”Moving on... Now would you pay more attention this time?” Xiu Ling said with mock warning in her voice.

It was all Lin Kang could do just to nod dumbly. His heart still had not recovered from that swift moment of intimacy they just shared. His mind told himself to stop over-reacting, 'it was just a touch, you two had done more intimate thing than that!'

However, somehow things were different. The touch earlier set his heart aflutter. He felt the urge to lower his head to hide the shyness that he was afraid would show on his face like those characters in romantic teen dramas. In a way, this description would not be so far away from the truth because Lin Kang was almost similar to those young teens who had just tasted the sweet nectar of love for the first time. He simply did not envision the feelings would be so intense.

Oblivious to what her husband was experiencing, Xiu Ling had promptly moved on.

”Alright now back to our dough...” Xiu Ling added the starter to the dough and she turned to Lin Kang. ”Here, I'll need your help.”

Lin Kang snapped out of it and turned his attention to his wife.

Xiu Ling pushed dough to Lin Kang and told him, ”I'll need you to pinch the dough for me.”

”What?” Lin Kang was confused.