146 The Fluff 8 - Rapid Update 3 (2/2)

She did not know what Lin Kang was up to after she left him in the kitchen. However, about 5 minutes later, Xiu Ling heard the man's footsteps move out of the kitchen. Even through the loud television, Xiu Ling could hear him because she found her attention inexplicably pulled to the man's presence.

As the footsteps neared her, Xiu Ling's heart started to race for some reason. Her heart beat following the rhythm of Lin Kang's footsteps. Just as she thought her heart was going to burst, Lin Kang's footsteps suddenly retreated. From the tempo of his steps, it sounded like he was heading up the stairs. Xiu Ling released the breath that she did not know she was holding. 'Although why was I so anxious and worried?!'

It normally would not take a person more than 10 minutes to change his clothes so Xiu Ling started to wonder what was taking the man so long as she waited for him in the living room. When the time reached the 20 minute mark, Xiu Ling switched off the blaring television and headed back into the kitchen.

The man was still nowhere to be seen but at least Xiu Ling was feeling more like herself then. She checked the oven and waited for Lin Kang to show himself.

At the 25 minute mark, Xiu Ling finally heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs. She poked her head out of the kitchen to look. The man had changed into a light-colored T-shirt and the shirt recording Xiu Ling's embarrassing moment had been removed. However, Xiu Ling still frowned when she saw Lin Kang.

When the man walked into the kitchen, Xiu Ling asked, ”Lin Kang, why is your head wet? Did you take a shower or something? No wonder it took you so long.”

”Yes, I had to take a cold shower,” the man answered succinctly. Before he turned his head away, Xiu Ling could have sworn the man was blushing. She convinced herself she must have seen wrongly, why would a man like Lin Kang blush.

Then, she found another point of confusion in what her husband had said. He said he had to take a cold shower, and 'had' in this case implied that he needed to take a cold shower.

The weather wasn't really sweltering and Xiu Ling was sure her husband didn't sweat earlier so why did he 'have' to take a cold shower? She could not understand.

Before she could ask Lin Kang, the man hurried her along, ”So is the dough ready? Can we move on to the next step? What are we going to do now?”

Xiu Ling nodded and replied, ”We just need to wait a little longer, I'm sure it'll be ready any time now.”

As she said so, the oven behind her gave a resounding and crisp ”Ding!”