147 The Fluff 9 - Rapid Update 4 (2/2)

They repeated the folding process for a few more times and finally it was time for the shaping step.

Xiu Ling took out two baskets that were covered with well-dusted cloth.

Xiu Ling dumped the dough out of the box. She worked with it slightly and she did not realize Lin Kang was eyeing her out of the corner of his eyes. The man was actually thinking about moving behind her to hold her hands and work on the dough together like how it was in the movie Ghost with pottery.

However, he doubted Xiu Ling would allow him to do something as cheesy as that, also he soon lost the reason to do so anymore because Xiu Ling picked up the scrapper to cut the dough into two portions, one for him and one for herself.

”Alright now just follow what I'm doing. It shouldn't be too complicated,” Xiu Ling instructed. She dusted their working surface with flour and then flipped the dough away from her. She folded the bottom of dough upwards, pulled in the sides and then tugged the top out slightly before folding it back on top of the dough, essentially wrapping the dough upon itself.

”Now, we're doing something called stitching.” Xiu Ling knitted the ends of the dough before turning it over, seam-side down for it to rest. Xiu Ling turned to check on how Lin Kang was doing.

Xiu Ling hated to say that she expected it but the man had practically ruined everything. Apparently, he lost track about halfway through the process and he just decided to wing it, which was understandably not that good of an idea for a process as precise as baking.

An embarrassed Lin Kang chuckled when he caught Xiu Ling looking at him.

Xiu Ling smiled patiently before reaching over to hold Lin Kang's hands to guide him through the process. ”Here, let me help you.”

Lin Kang found himself to be weirdly excited because they were doing the thing that he thought he had lost the chance of doing. Xiu Ling's hands were as soft as the dough that they were working with. To be perfectly honest, the man wasn't paying much attention to what Xiu Ling was trying to teach him because he was too caught in this sensation of them holding hands.

It was a sweet moment, one that unfortunately he did not have the chance to savor for long because Xiu Ling soon took her hands away from him. ”Done,” she said proudly.

Looking at the finished dough, Lin Kang had half a mind to flatten it with his hands just so he could get his wife to repeat the whole process with him.

Xiu Ling grabbed the baskets and showed him how to flip the dough into it. This Lin Kang did without difficulty,