Upon hearing Xiaobei's obvious question, Linger glared at him and huffed, "Xiaobei, aren't you supposed to be smart? Can't you guess why I'm feeling shy right now?"

Xiaobei squinted at her, "Smart? How am I smart?"

"Not smart? You used to climb trees to catch birds and wade in rivers to catch fish!"

Xiaobei's eyelids twitched, "What does climbing trees and wading in rivers have to do with being smart?"

"Of course they are related, they all prove you're really smart."

"Uh..."

Xiaobei was completely speechless!

Earlier, Xiaobei thought Song Yaling and Han Xueyao were quite good at arguing!

Now, Xiaobei realized there's always someone better out there!

Compared to them, Qu Linger was indeed much more formidable...

Seeing Xiaobei's speechless expression, Linger chuckled lightly and suggested, "Alright, let's grab a bite to eat first! Mom and Dad seem really good!"

"Okay!"

Agreeing, Xiaobei and Linger quietly slipped away one after another...

Linger's mom had no idea Xiaobei and Linger had already quietly left. At this time, she was still busily directing Qu Lei...

Feeling a bit frustrated, Qu Lei sighed...

Qu Lei found out he really had no talent for cooking!

Earlier, she'd tried to teach him many times but he just couldn't get it...

"Luckily she'll recover fully soon; from now on, I'll let her do it. If I continue, it's really just a waste of food!"

Thinking this, Qu Lei glanced at his wife...

These past few days have been the happiest for Qu Lei, because his wife really got a chance.

Previously, even though Qu Lei never said anything, he was indeed quite hopeless internally.

But now, his despair disappeared completely...

Because Xiaobei had given him a lot of hope earlier.

…

"Do it like this here... You..."

She suddenly stopped her commands, realizing Qu Lei had turned and was looking at her intently.

"You... what's wrong with you?"

After a few seconds of surprise, she shyly squinted her eyes and curiously spoke!

At this moment, she was really puzzled because she really couldn't figure out what Qu Lei was up to.

Qu Lei stared at her with burning eyes and, hearing her puzzled question, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Then, Qu Lei said, "Nothing's wrong. Just suddenly realized you're still so beautiful."

Saying this, Qu Lei thought back to when they were young...

Back then, he proposed to her under a locust tree...

She was so beautiful then, and now she remains unchanged.

It's been a long time since she heard such sweet words, her mind went blank instantly.

After a while, she looked at Qu Lei, "What are you saying! How can you say I'm still so beautiful? I'm old!"

"No, in my heart, you're always the perfect girl twirling under the locust tree!"

Qu Lei was previously not good at expressing his feelings...

Now, he feels he should express them all the time.

Because love really needs to be spoken out loud.

Because you never know what tomorrow brings or if unexpected events will occur first!

Hearing such earnest words, she shyly bit her soft lip, "You just know how to talk nonsense!"

"It's really not nonsense!"

Speaking again, Qu Lei grabbed her small hand.

Soon, the two were gazing at each other emotionally...

At first, everything was so perfect, but soon, their expressions began to change...

Because they both smelled something strange.

…

A few seconds later, Qu Lei spoke first, "Honey, do you smell something strange?"

"I smell it, I thought it was an illusion! Turns out you smell it too!"

"Yeah!"

Nodding like this, Qu Lei suddenly thought of something...

Quickly turned his head...

As Qu Lei turned his head, she also thought of something and hurriedly turned her head too.

Soon, their eyes landed on that pot!

No!

To be precise, they looked at the food inside the pot that had started to turn black!

Seeing the smoke billowing from it, they knew the strange smell they had just noticed was spreading from there.

"Quick, deal with it!"

"Okay!"

Agreeing like this, Qu Lei hurried to take the pot off the fire.

But the sudden movement injured him!

"You big oaf, turn off the fire first!"

"Okay!"

Tipped off, Qu Lei quickly endured the pain as he turned off the stove!

A minute later, the crisis was completely averted.

They both breathed a sigh of relief!

"You big oaf, let me see if your hand is okay!"

Concerned words reached his ears, and Qu Lei realized someone was holding his hand!

Feeling her deep concern, warmth filled Qu Lei's heart, and he quickly said, "Honey, don't worry about me. I'm thick-skinned, I definitely won't have any issues."

Hearing him speak so carelessly, she pouted, "What nonsense are you talking? It's blistered! Do you think you're still young? Be careful in the future, got it?"

"Okay! I got it! I'll definitely be careful in the future!"

"That's more like it! Let me go outside and check, if it's serious, we'll ask Xiaobei to take a look."

"This little injury really doesn't need to bother Xiaobei, just put some medicine for bruises and sprains and it's fine."

"But..."

Hearing his wife have another opinion, Qu Lei took a deep breath, continuing to explain, "No 'but'. Right now, Xiaobei and Linger are together, if we go, we'll be chaperones, right."

"That's... also true!"

"Exactly!"

"Then I'll go get some medicine to apply!"

"Okay!"

Agreeing, Qu Lei watched her quickly run off.

"This feels so good!"

Thinking about her earlier anxiety, a faint smile spread across Qu Lei's lips.

Qu Lei was really happy at that moment...

Because he realized that he and her truly found that old feeling again.

"Truly must thank Xiaobei; if it weren't for him, our ending wouldn't be this good!"

Wanting to properly thank Xiaobei, Qu Lei thought carefully, squinting his eyes, "No need for a grand thank you! After all, he's my son-in-law, being good to us is expected!"

Having left, Xiaobei and Linger didn't hear his mumblings but ended up sneezing a few times.

Rubbing his nose, Xiaobei slightly annoyed, muttered, "What's going on? Is someone thinking of me?"

Hearing Xiaobei's self-indulgent mumble, Linger rolled her eyes at him, "Thinking of you? I bet someone's secretly cursing you instead!"

"How could that be? With someone as handsome as me, who would want to curse me!"

"Haha!"

Hearing Xiaobei's slightly narcissistic words, Linger laughed with deep joy...

…

Five minutes later, Xiaobei and a smiling Linger arrived at the mountain villa together.

Just as they stepped into the yard, Xiaobei smelled a rich aroma.

Xiaobei knew Linger must've smelled it too...

Thinking this, Xiaobei turned his head, seeing she indeed showed a mesmerized expression.

"Looks like the food is ready; let's head over!"

"Okay!"

Upon saying this, the two quickly walked over, from afar, they witnessed a rather surprising scene...

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