Hu Liena and Ferros

"Hello Uncle Fei, I am Lu Yuan's senior sister, Hu Liena!" Hu Liena bowed to Ferros and said.

"Hello, hello!" Ferros said quickly, with a strange smile on his face.

"Old man, why are you smiling so strangely?" Lu Yuan rolled his eyes as he looked at Ferros's odd smile and said.

"Hehe!" Ferros chuckled and said, "Hello, senior and junior brothers!" As he spoke, he gave Lu Yuan a knowing look.

"That weird old man!" Lu Yuan muttered to Ferros, then grabbed Hu Liena's hand and said, "Senior sister, let's go inside and ignore this stinky old man!"

As he spoke, he pulled Hu Liena into the house.

"Hey, you little rascal!" Ferros chuckled and followed behind Lu Yuan.

"Junior brother, is this your room?" Hu Liena asked, looking at the simply furnished room.

"Hmm!" Lu Yuan nodded and said, "It's quite rudimentary, isn't it?"

Lu Yuan doesn't like complicated things, so the room is decorated very simply: a bed, a bedside table, a desk, and basically nothing else.

"It's alright!" Hu Liena nodded.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to stay here for the next few days, Senior Sister. This house is very small, with only two rooms," Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"I'm fine with anything, as long as I can sleep with my junior brother, I don't care where we sleep!" Hu Liena looked at Lu Yuan with her beautiful eyes and smiled.

Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Senior sister, can't you stop being so sentimental? It's making me feel really touched.

"I haven't been back for three years, and this room is still so clean. It seems the old man cleans it often!" Lu Yuan sighed as he looked at the spotless room.

"Hmm, it seems Uncle Fei treats you very well, cleaning up all the time, just waiting for the day you come back to stay," Hu Liena said.

Lu Yuan nodded, took Hu Liena's hand, and said, "Let's go, senior sister, let's go find that old geezer and have a meal together."

"Okay!" Hu Liena responded, letting Lu Yuan pull her along.

"Old man, what are you busy with?" Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow and asked, looking at Ferros who was busy in the kitchen.

Ferros rolled his eyes and said, "You brat, are you still watching the show? Hurry up and come help. Do you want to work this old man to death?"

"Oh!" Lu Yuan pulled Hu Liena into the kitchen, laughing as he said, "Senior sister, you haven't tried my cooking before, have you? Let me show you my skills today!"

"You can cook?" Hu Liena's beautiful eyes widened in surprise. In the three years they had been together, Lu Yuan had never shown any talent in this area.

"Of course!" Lu Yuan smiled faintly; his cooking skills were quite good.

In his past life, he was a single man. In order to better pursue a girlfriend, he even learned cooking skills, and his cooking was actually quite good.

Unfortunately, he didn't find a girlfriend before he was transported to this world.

In this world, I've cooked a few meals since I was a child, but most of the time I eat in the cafeteria.

As for why?

Maybe it's because he's lazy!

However, Ferros was quite satisfied with his cooking skills, after all, the dishes he prepared were still quite novel to the people of the Douluo Continent.

"Old man, what do you need me to do?" Lu Yuan asked.

Ferros said, "The vegetables are almost washed, you can start cooking, I'll watch the fire for you!"

"Okay!" Lu Yuan rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands with water, and started chopping vegetables to prepare for cooking.

"Junior brother, let me help you chop the vegetables!" Hu Liena said.

Lu Yuan turned around with a strange expression and asked, "Senior sister, have you ever chopped vegetables before?"

"No!" Hu Liena shook her head, blushing.

She had never been in the kitchen before; she had never even washed vegetables, let alone chopped them.

"Um, senior sister, you should just wait there to eat!" People who have never cut vegetables before shouldn't join in the fun; it wouldn't be good if they ended up cutting them.

"Um, junior brother, I can't just eat for free, can I? See if there's anything I can do, let me do it!" Hu Liena said.

In her opinion, since her junior brother was cooking himself, she couldn't just do nothing. No matter what, she always hoped to help him in some way.

"Okay, then Senior Sister, please wash those bowls with clean water. We'll use them to serve the food later," Lu Yuan said, pointing to the rice bowls in the cupboard.

These bowls look quite clean, but since they've been sitting for a while, it's necessary to wash them with water.

Lu Yuan was quite particular about hygiene.

"OK!"

Hu Liena was delighted to receive the task, filled a basin with water, and began washing the dishes.

Each bowl was washed over and over again, more like a massage than a dishwashing session. They were so clean they looked like mirrors. Lu Yuan chuckled to himself. If they washed like this, restaurants would probably go out of business. In the time it took to wash a dish, other people could have cooked several dishes.

However, since they only eat at home, they don't need many bowls, so Lu Yuan didn't want to dampen Hu Liena's enthusiasm.

Chop the side dishes, pour in vegetable oil, heat it up, add the ingredients, stir-fry briefly, add seasonings, and soon a rich aroma of food will fill the air.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Hu Liena sniffed. "So you really can cook!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan's lips twitched. So this girl didn't believe him before?

It seems I have to show this girl my skills today.

I, Lu Yuan, am an all-around genius. Is there anything I can't do?

After finishing one dish, Lu Yuan washed the pan and continued his culinary journey.

Half an hour has passed.

The three sat around a stone table in the courtyard, on which were four dishes and a soup.

"Stir-fried Pork Tenderloin!"

Braised White Shrimp!

Spicy Swordfish!

Stir-fried rabbit meat cubes!

"Red berry and cod soup!"

The four dishes and one soup were all filled with a delightful aroma.

"Wow, junior brother, you're amazing!" Looking at the four dishes and soup in front of her, Hu Liena's eyes sparkled with admiration for Lu Yuan.

My junior brother is not only incredibly handsome, exceptionally talented, and exceptionally intelligent, but he's also such a great cook—he's just too charming!

I'm really growing to love my junior brother more and more!

"How does it taste?" Lu Yuan picked up a piece of rabbit meat with his chopsticks and placed it in Hu Liena's bowl. "How does this rabbit meat taste?"

Hu Liena took a bite, her beautiful eyes instantly lighting up. She exclaimed, "It's so delicious! It's spicy, flavorful, and not tough at all. On the contrary, it's very tender. Junior brother, your cooking skills are truly excellent!"

"Eat more if you like it!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Besides, the rabbit meat is actually just so-so. The best part is the rabbit head. How about I make you Spicy Rabbit Head tonight?"

"Great! Add more cumin and chili!"

"Sure!" Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Ahem, brat, have you forgotten something?" Ferros rolled his eyes.

"Forgot what?" Lu Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled.

"You haven't served me any food yet. Sure enough, now that you have a wife, you've even forgotten about your old man!" Ferros sighed.

Upon hearing Ferros's words, Hu Liena blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment.

"You old rascal!" Lu Yuan chuckled and cursed, picking up a large piece of pork tenderloin and stuffing it into Ferros's bowl.