"Ahem..." Yan Zhiyi found his voice again, but just as he was about to say something, the pot behind him came to a boil.
"The pot's boiling. I'll leave you to your cooking." Xia Shule flashed a radiant smile and ran off, leaving a slender silhouette behind him.
Xia Shule ran off, and Yan Zhiyi's soul went right along with him.
Hearing the bubbling in the pot, Yan Zhiyi added all the chopped vegetables and forced himself to calm down and cook.
The kitchen was hot to begin with, and with Yan Zhiyi burning up himself, he felt as though he could barely breathe.
Wearing Yan Zhiyi's shirt, Xia Shule wandered all over the villa. It wasn't that he wanted to wander, but Yan Zhiyi wouldn't let him play on his phone. He was so bored that wandering around was all he could do.
Even Leyi seemed tired of listening to him. The moment he spoke, Leyi retreated into his shell without so much as poking his head out.
When Yan Zhiyi came out carrying two bowls of noodles, Xia Shule was standing at the bottom of the stairs, studying the pattern on the banister.
He looked like a scientific researcher, utterly serious.
His clothes were so seductive, yet his face was all innocence.
Yan Zhiyi's heart went aflutter.
"Come eat, Lele." When he spoke, his voice was husky.
Xia Shule tore himself away from the banister's pattern. Yan Zhiyi had made vegetable noodles today. Over the past few days, Yan Zhiyi had learned plenty of new dishes from recipes, giving Xia Shule quite a feast.
The noodles had been cooked in the chicken broth simmered the night before. Xia Shule held up one finger. "I want a spoonful of chili oil."
Without a word, Yan Zhiyi turned and fetched