Chapter 74: A Lonely Person
“Husband, it smells so good~”
Catching the aroma from the pot, Ye Mingkong’s uncontrollable tears had already begun to flow down his cheeks.
“You can eat in a little while, don’t be in a hurry.”
Ji Yunqi was actually more anxious than Ye Mingkong, as she hadn’t eaten much breakfast and was very hungry now. If there weren’t so many people around, she would have probably reached into the pot and grabbed an egg to eat.
It had to be said, Ji Yunqi’s cooking skills could be considered her most proud skill. Ye Mingkong had also been conquered by her cooking back in the day.
As the saying goes, to conquer a woman’s heart, you must first conquer her stomach. A grown man who can’t even cook and wants to get married?
What a joke!
At this moment, the pot wasn’t cooking any high-end ingredients, just a simple bowl of egg noodles.
Although it was just the most ordinary egg noodles, with the addition of ultimate skill, it could still become the most delicious food on this snow mountain.
At least, that was the case for Ji Yunqi and her group. After all, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles in this icy and snowy weather was better than anything else.
It’s worth noting that most of the other tourists who came here brought a lot of dry food in advance, such as bread. Although it could fill them up, it was still far inferior to freshly cooked food like this.
If someone had to choose, a normal person would definitely choose to eat a hot meal in this icy and snowy weather rather than gnawing on those frozen, hard lumps.
…
“Come, come, one bowl for each person, the fragrant egg noodles are ready~” Ji Yunqi picked up the disposable bowls and chopsticks from the side and served the noodles to everyone.
The heat emanating from each bowl of egg noodles seemed to be challenging this vast snowy mountain, mocking its inability to be cold.
Luo Yao carefully held the bowl of simple egg noodles, thinking about who knows what. The last time she ate Ji Yunqi’s egg noodles seemed to be when she ran to her place after being abandoned by that scoundrel and Ji Yunqi personally made her a bowl of noodles.
How many years had passed since then? She still had the chance to eat them, which was truly incredible.
A bowl of noodles, so simple in the eyes of others, now seemed so precious in Luo Yao’s eyes.
“Mom, why aren’t you eating? These noodles are really fragrant~ So delicious!” Zhang Xinrou took a mouthful in front of Luo Yao. Chewing the fragrant noodles, her eyes narrowed, and her entire face was filled with happiness.
Although she didn’t quite understand why her mother wasn’t eating, Zhang Xinrou knew that she was enjoying it immensely and that it was very delicious. If it weren’t for the high altitude making it unsuitable to eat too much, she really wanted another bowl!
“Mmm, it’s very delicious.”
Although Luo Yao was a bit reluctant to eat, she also understood that her behavior shouldn’t be too strange. It would be ridiculous to fall into a sad mood just for a bowl of noodles.
Seeing that her mother seemed fine, Zhang Xinrou glanced at Ji Yunqi and the other two. Seeing that those three were not paying attention to her and her mother, she leaned over to her mother and quietly asked, “Mom, what’s their relationship? I think I heard Ji Yunqi call Chengyun… son?”
Luo Yao swallowed the noodles in her mouth, and her gaze towards Ji Yunqi gradually softened…
“Who do you think those two are?”
Zhang Xinrou looked at the interaction between Ji Yunqi and Ye Mingkong and scratched her head: “It can’t be Chengyun’s stepmother and stepfather, can it…?”
“Pfft… cough cough cough……..”
Luo Yao was so startled by her daughter’s words that she spat out the water she had just drunk. What was she talking about? Ji Yunqi was already Chengyun’s stepmother, so how could Ye Mingkong be the stepfather? Moreover, could a stepmother and stepfather exist at the same time? Why did that sound so strange?
“Don’t overthink it, they are your Uncle Ji and Aunt Ye.”
“Oh…” Zhang Xinrou was stunned for two seconds before she reacted: “What? Say that again!!”
Seeing that her daughter didn’t seem to understand her meaning, Luo Yao had to explain everything she knew to her daughter. It took a lot of effort to make Zhang Xinrou understand all of this.
“My gosh! This family is really abstract from an outsider’s perspective!”
Zhang Xinrou felt that what she learned today had completely refreshed her worldview. What was all this? They died and then came back to life? And if these two were resurrected, their genders were also swapped… this is really… too interesting!
Zhang Xinrou glanced at Ji Chengyun and couldn’t help but think, if only her gender and Ji Chengyun’s could also be swapped. This guy was relatively soft-natured and more passive. But looking at herself, she was more proactive. This situation was clearly not very good. Couples are usually better off when the man is more active and the woman is more passive, but it was clearly not the case between them.
Zhang Xinrou was already fantasizing. If she were a man and Ji Chengyun were her little pampered wife, she would definitely… hehehe~~
*Slap!*
“Ouch, Mom, why did you hit me?” Zhang Xinrou rubbed her head, which had been hit, and looked at her mother plaintively.
As a mother, how could Luo Yao not understand what her daughter was thinking? But she couldn’t do anything about it. Such things were inherently mystical. Even if her daughter thought about it, it would never happen. While sighing, Luo Yao felt incredibly fortunate… mainly for Ji Chengyun. If such a thing as her daughter imagined were to happen one day, Ji Chengyun would probably be miserable… Just like Ji Yunqi now… At that time, this father and son could truly be in the same boat…
“Alright, alright, after you finish eating, clean up the trash. We need to set off shortly and aim to set up camp on the summit by evening.”
Zhang Xinrou didn’t know about the journey, but she and Ji Yunqi knew very well that although they had time to cook noodles here, it didn’t mean they could delay it. If they couldn’t reach the summit before evening, they wouldn’t have enough time to set up tents. By then, once it got dark, it would be very troublesome to set up tents. Not to mention camping…
Just then, Ji Chengyun came to the mother and daughter: “Xinrou, Aunt Luo, give me the trash. You guys can rest for a bit, we’re getting ready to set off.”
“Okay, thank you for your hard work.”
“I’ll go with you!” Zhang Xinrou stepped forward and walked beside Ji Chengyun.
After nodding to Luo Yao, the two left.
“Alas~ A daughter flown from the nest~~~” Luo Yao could almost foresee that she would often be alone at home in the future. At that time, she would truly become a lonely person.
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