Chapter 927 - Huo Ci, Get Over Here! (2/2)

Huo Ci only took a look at the kitchen and raised his eyebrows slightly. Why’s she looking for trouble? “Is the food you cook edible for humans?”

Nangong Lengyu only swept him a cold look. Why was his mouth so nasty? She did not say that he could eat. “Xiaoqi, wait a minute. We’ll be able to eat soon.”

Upon seeing that no one was paying attention to him and looking as though he did not care, Huo Ci turned to look at Xiaoqi. “Xiaoqi, Grandpa will order pizza and lobster. Do you want to eat it?”

Upon hearing the lobster, Xiaoqi nodded vigorously. “Yes, Xiaoqi wants to eat it!”

Nangong Lengyu said, “The steamed egg custard is ready. Xiaoqi, do you want some egg custard?”

Xiaoqi frowned in difficulty. Compared to egg custard, he still liked lobster better. However, it was something his grandma had made. He had to eat it. “Xiaoqi wants to eat it!”

Huo Ci looked at the quick-witted little chap in front of him, who was unwilling to offend anyone out of the two of them. He was fuming. Look at him! He had not learned anything good, just stuff like this. He was exactly the same as his mother!

“Okay.” Nangong Lengyu was delighted.

Upon seeing the busy figure in the kitchen, Huo Ci’s eyes flickered with anger. He did not want to look at her anymore, so he turned around and left.

The two of them were in this state now. Although they were living together, they barely spoke a word to each other and treated the other like an invisible person.

When Nangong Lengyu brought out the food she had personally cooked, Huo Ci’s delivery arrived as well.

There was a dining table with Nangong Lengyu’s dinner on one side and Huo Ci’s dinner on the other. They were divided very clearly.

Xiaoqi sat in the middle and ate whatever he wanted. However, he only took one bite of the egg custard before he frowned and forced himself to take another bite.

How could Nangong Lengyu know how to cook? It was more like dark cuisine. She looked down on Huo Ci but actually, the two of them were on par. They cooked a lot, but there was not much that could be eaten.

Upon seeing Xiaoqi frown, Huo Ci instantly scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth. Then, he frowned. “Try it yourself. Is this human food?”

Nangong Lengyu frowned and took a bite. It was salty, and very salty. She had tried it before steaming it, but it was not this salty…? She reached out and took it away. “Don’t eat this anymore. Eat the other dishes.”

However, there was nothing else edible about the other dishes. They were either salty or bland. Who knew how they had been made, but there was nothing that could be eaten normally.

Huo Ci was very generous. “Eat some of my takeout!”

How could he not know her? In the past, he did not know what was wrong with her either. She wanted to learn how to cook. In order to learn culinary skills, she had even gotten Fourth Brother to find her the best chef in China.

In the end, the chef had said that he could not teach her and had asked her to find a better teacher. The one who had taught her the longest only lasted two days. He was really powerless.

Nangong Lengyu would not eat it. Even if she only ate plain cooked rice, she would not eat anything he ordered. No matter how bad her food was, it could still be eaten.

Huo Ci was full of anger again from the meal.

Was the food he had ordered poisonous? Would eating it poison her to death? She would rather eat that terrible mess she had cooked than touch the food he had ordered!

After dinner, Huo Ci said that he would take Xiaoqi out for a walk. In fact, he had brought all the things he had bought home to a corner of the courtyard. When he took them out, Xiaoqi finally realized that it was a small stove used to boil medicine, a gallipot, and charcoal.

“Grandpa, what are we doing?” Upon seeing how mysterious he was acting, Xiaoqi’s voice also became softer.

“Boiling medicine.” Huo Ci did not know if he had gone crazy. What did it have to do with him whether she drank the medicine or not? Why should he be a busybody?!

However, when he saw that she had not drunk the medicine according to the prescription Zhang Zhong had given her, his heart felt like it was on fire. No matter when, he felt terrible from holding himself back.

“Why are you brewing medicine?” Xiaoqi’s big eyes were full of curiosity.

“Do you want to drink medicine?” Huo Ci gave the brat a sideways look. He was young, yet why was he rambling on and on?!

“No, I don’t.” Xiaoqi shook his head vigorously. It was very bitter!

“Then shut your mouth!” Huo Ci said in disdain.

“Okay!” Xiaoqi stopped talking obediently and even covered his mouth with his small hand.

After the medicine was ready, Huo Ci took Xiaoqi home to take a shower.

If he boiled medicine at home, it would smell. What she hated the most was drinking medicine and the smell of Chinese medicine. In the past, she would vomit to the high heavens when she smelled it.

Nangong Lengyu’s nose was very sharp. When the duo entered, she smelled a whiff of Chinese medicine. There was also a faint smell in the air. She frowned in some discomfort as she watched the duo enter the bathroom. Soon, the sound of running water and Xiaoqi’s laughter could be heard.

After coming out of the shower, Huo Ci even rubbed Xiaoqi’s head with a dry towel. He looked attentive and gentle, as though he was looking after a child properly.

Xiaoqi felt a little itchy from the rubbing. His legs kicked on the sofa as he giggled too. “Grandpa, it’s itchy! Xiaoqi doesn’t want to be dried anymore, Grandpa!”

“Don’t move.” Huo Ci patted his head to make him behave.

The scene between the grandpa and grandson was warm, harmonious and joyous.

However… Nangong Lengyu stepped into the bathroom and saw the chaotic sight in front of her. The fire that had been suppressed for days swiftly erupted like a volcano. “Huo Ci, get over here!”