For the first time, Lu Yuxi did not argue with Li Qing. Instead, she turned her head and said seriously, “It’s great to be able to eat your food.”

She was still tipsy and her cheeks were red. Xu Le accidentally made eye contact with her and quickly looked away.

“Then eat more. Drink, drink that cup of honey lemon water too.”

Li Qing stopped stuffing food into his mouth and looked up at the chandelier in the living room. “I feel like there’s something wrong with your lamp.”

“What do you mean?”

“None of them are as bright as me, hahaha. I feel like I’m a third wheel.”

Xu Le looked at him speechlessly and said solemnly, “Don’t joke around.”

“I’m serious. Don’t tell me the two of you have really started dating each other?”

Li Qing noticed that Xu Le’s expression wasn’t pleasant. He knew that he had gone overboard with his joke and immediately changed the topic. He chuckled and said, “The intestines are spicy and chewy. I especially like this. It’s more elastic than fatty meat and isn’t greasy. Hey, Lu Yuxi, quickly try it.”

Lu Yuxi held her chopsticks for a few times, but she could not get a grip. Finally, she shakily put a piece of sausage into her mouth and started chewing like a hamster.

“It’s delicious. You must have made it, right?”

She pointed at Xu Le.

Li Qing deliberately said, “Of course not. I made it.”

“No.” Lu Yuxi shook her head without giving him any face. “Your cooking isn’t as good as his.”

It was too straightforward! She was not giving him any face!

Xu Le burst into laughter.

Li Qing’s face turned green. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, “What a bully! All my cooking skills were clearly corrected by Master Xu bit by bit. Why can she still taste the difference!”

“It’s fine as long as the customer thinks it’s delicious.” Xu Le smiled and said, “She has a dog’s nose, and her taste buds are developed.”

The drunk Lu Yuxi did not think that this was an insult. Instead, she nodded and said, “I still want to eat.”

“Help yourself.”

“No, you feed me.”

She grinned, a strange smile on her face.

Xu Le said evasively, “If you can’t use chopsticks, it’s the same if I give you a fork.”

As he spoke, he went to the kitchen to get a fork.

When he came out, Lu Yuxi had fallen asleep on the rug.

Li Qing could not help but comment, “Her drunk behavior is quite good. At least after she got drunk, she did not go crazy.”

“Yes.” Xu Le rubbed between his eyebrows. “Help me carry her back to her room. Otherwise, she will have to sleep on the rug tonight.”

The two of them exerted a lot of strength carrying Lu Yuxi to the bed, tucked her in, and closed the door.

Li Qing seemed to have suffered a huge blow from her words. He was pestering Xu Le to teach him the essence of stir-frying the pig intestines.

In the kitchen, the two of them talked softly to each other.

“I don’t even have any ingredients. How can I teach you?”

“Isn’t it the same even if you rehearse it once? My memory is good and I am especially bright. I can remember it after you say it once.”

“Can’t you be a little more humble?” Xu Le said helplessly, “When you wash the intestines, you have to remove half of the fat from the membrane. Then, you have to soak it with starch and salt to wash it. If you want the texture to be more crispy, you can add a small amount of baking soda to wash it.”

“Then if I want it to taste more crispy, do I need to stir-fry it a little and it will come out without the smell of blood?”

Li Qing started to have his own thoughts. Xu Le smiled and said lightly, “If you want to eat intestine sashimi, you can just eat it directly. There’s no need to go through so much trouble. The food on the dining table must be at least all cooked.”

“…”

Because it was too late, Li Qing simply slept in the living room and was too lazy to go back. He also planned to stay for breakfast the next day.

The next day, after Xu Le’s alarm went off, he rubbed his eyes and got out of bed. He went to the washroom to get some fresh water and finally woke up a little. Then, he frantically woke his younger sister.

“Tiantian, you’re going to be late for kindergarten. Hurry up and get up!”

Xu Tian blinked and asked, “Brother, when will Daddy and Mommy be back?”

“It should be soon.”

Seeing that she couldn’t find her sleeve, Xu Le held up her sleeve and let his sister’s arm reach in. “Because your brother is going to participate in the competition. Dad and Mom will definitely come back to watch.”

“The one from last night?”

Xu Tian was a little mischievous, but she was very meticulous and intelligent. Suddenly, she pursed her lips and said, “Big Brother shouldn’t go! I don’t want Big Brother to lose!”

The smile on Xu Le’s face froze. To be honest, he was originally not interested in missions that the system did not arrange. However, the program team had repeatedly created hype and publicity. In addition, all the famous peers in the industry had been trampled on. His parents had lost all their face because of that “Master Chef”. All the weird things started from Chen Yeqi.

Firstly, he wanted to vent his anger and secondly, he was curious about who the Master Chef was. Therefore, he had the thought of participating in the competition.

Xu Le softened his voice and said gently, “Tiantian, don’t worry. Why do you think your brother will lose? Maybe I will win.”

Xu Tian was so aggrieved that tears were about to fall from her eyes. “I don’t want you to be sad. Even Daddy and Mommy didn’t win…”

“That’s why I want to save Mom and Dad’s face.”

Xu Le quickly took a tissue to wipe his sister’s tears and said, “I know Tiantian doesn’t want Brother to lose face, but there are wins and losses in a competition. If you don’t go, how do you know you won’t win?”

He urged Xu Tian to wash up slowly while he reasoned with her. It took him a long time to calm his sister down.

Li Qing, who was sleeping in the living room, was also awaken. He sat on the sofa in a daze with his messy hair. He rubbed his neck, clearly not sleeping well.

“I told you to go home and sleep last night, but you didn’t listen.”

“Hmph.” Li Qing did not treat himself as an outsider at all. He took the disposable toothbrush from Xu Le’s hands and said, “Why can Lu Yuxi stay here while I can’t?”

With that said, he raised his eyebrows at Xu Le and deliberately teased, “Look, even Lu Yuxi is shy when she hears this. Hey, where did you go last night? The dirt on the soles of your shoes has even formed pieces. Did you get drunk and went to release some sheeps?”

“No.” Lu Yuxi’s voice was slightly hoarse after her hangover. “I went to the cemetery.”

Li Qing almost spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth. He quickly washed up and stuttered, “W-why?”

“I already said that after the gathering is over, I went to see my friend.”

“Oh.” Li Qing was used to being thick-skinned and rarely felt awkward. He scratched the back of his head and said, “Sorry, I didn’t know you…”

“It’s nothing.”

Lu Yuxi was very magnanimous. She waved at Xu Tian and quickly untied the weed-like braids on her head. She said slowly, “Tiantian’s hair has grown long. In the future, it’s better for you to tie a low ponytail with a hair tie yourself than to let your brother help you braid it.”

Lu Yuxi held back her laughter as she glared at Xu Le and complained, “You’re so good at cooking. But it’s like you’ll never learn how to tie someone’s hair.”

Xu Tian answered innocently, “I don’t want to learn. Sister Lu, can you help me tie my hair?”

The moment these words were spoken, the atmosphere turned silent.