Chapter 233 - 230: Gu Yifan: Black Fish Soup Helps Wounds Heal! Su Qinghe: ???

Chapter 233: Chapter 230: Gu Yifan: Black Fish Soup Helps Wounds Heal! Su Qinghe: ???

’What a silly Hanhan!’

Looking at the earnest expression on Su Qinghe’s face, Gu Yifan was at a loss for words.

"Silly Hanhan, I’m not mad!"

Gu Yifan gently pinched Su Qinghe’s cheek and said, "Since you’re not used to it, we’ll stop from now on!"

"You can just call me ’Hubby’ instead!"

"Huh??"

Su Qinghe’s eyes lit up. She asked tentatively, "R... really?"

"Mhm... really!"

Gu Yifan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "Truer than pearls!"

...

After the two of them cuddled in bed for a while longer, Gu Yifan decided to get up.

He’d tasted bliss and was already hooked.

As much as he wanted to keep being affectionate with Su Qinghe, the circumstances just wouldn’t allow it.

It couldn’t be helped.

Su Qinghe had just undergone her "transformation," and her body hadn’t fully recovered yet, so he couldn’t get reckless for the time being.

Otherwise, if he actually hurt her, it would be far worse than a simple heartache.

"Hanhan, you sleep a while longer. I’ll get up and make some breakfast for you," Gu Yifan said in a soft, gentle voice.

"Let me... come with you?" Su Qinghe offered.

"Don’t worry about it. You need to rest. I can handle it myself," Gu Yifan said, shaking his head.

"Oh, okay."

Seeing this, Su Qinghe didn’t press the issue and simply nodded gently.

Seeing her nod, Gu Yifan said no more and left the room.

...

「8:30 in the morning.」

Gu Yifan and Su Qinghe were sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast.

"Hanhan, what do you want for lunch? I’ll go buy what we need and make it for you."

"Huh?"

Su Qinghe paused for a moment, then said, "I’m fine with anything. There’s still some food in the fridge, we could just eat that."

Hearing this, Gu Yifan frowned slightly.

"The food in the fridge isn’t suitable."

"It’s fine. I’ll drive to the market to buy some things in a little while," he said, shaking his head.

"There’s meat and greens; it’s more than enough. We don’t need to waste money..." Su Qinghe, ever the frugal one, murmured.

Gu Yifan glanced at her. He knew what she was thinking.

He waved his hand. "I’m going to buy a black fish to make you some soup."

"Huh?"

Su Qinghe couldn’t quite keep up with Gu Yifan.

"B-but I don’t want any fish soup," she murmured timidly.

Gu Yifan didn’t answer her right away. Instead, he picked up his glass of milk and took a sip before saying slowly and deliberately, "I just looked it up online. Black fish soup helps wounds heal."

?????

Su Qinghe gave him a blank look.

’Uh... a wound...’

A moment later, she seemed to realize something, and her face flushed crimson in an instant.

’He’s bullying me again!’

’This rotten Bully is definitely doing this on purpose!’

She couldn’t resist glaring at Gu Yifan before lowering her head, not wanting to speak.

As Gu Yifan looked at Su Qinghe, who now seemed even more alluring after her "transformation," he couldn’t help but smile.

But he hid it well, so Su Qinghe didn’t see it.

Otherwise, she really might have pounced on that jerk and bitten him.

...

Just then, the system’s crisp, mechanical female voice once again sounded in Gu Yifan’s mind.

"DING~"

"Congratulations to the Host for shedding the title of ’virgin across two lifetimes’ and leveling up to become a true man!"

"As the old saying goes, the way to a woman’s heart is through her stomach. How could an outstanding and successful man be without superb culinary skills? Congratulations to the Host for triggering a hidden reward: the Special Chef Skill!"

"DING! Reward is now being issued..."

"Reward issued successfully!"

[Note 1: The Special Chef Skill will grant the Host culinary skills far surpassing those of any current five-star chef in the world. The skill will be transmitted via thought and muscle memory!]

[Note 2: The Special Chef Skill grants mastery over all the world’s major cuisines, such as Chinese, French, Italian, and so on.]

...

As the string of notifications sounded, Gu Yifan’s mind was instantly flooded with an immense amount of information: cooking techniques for every imaginable ingredient and a detailed breakdown of their nutritional values.

Gu Yifan stood in a daze for a moment before quickly processing the new information. He could now cook any cuisine with masterful ease.

Moreover!

When it came to cooking, if Gu Yifan claimed to be number two, no one would dare claim to be number one!

’But what the heck was that about the way to a woman’s heart being through her stomach? Aren’t the roles reversed?!’ Gu Yifan thought, feeling utterly speechless.

’How did I go from being the one who waits for meals to the one who cooks them?!’

He had a nagging feeling that he’d been played by this damn system.

...

But on second thought, Gu Yifan decided it didn’t really matter.

’Getting a free cooking skill is acceptable enough.’

’Besides, it doesn’t really matter who cooks. There’s no rule about it. I can cook, and Su Qinghe can do the dishes. That could work.’

’And when we have kids later on, once they’re old enough, they can do the dishes!’

’If all else fails, we can just buy a dishwasher.’

’It really doesn’t matter!’

He shook his head and didn’t dwell on it any further.

...

「Twelve noon.」

In the kitchen, Gu Yifan was washing the ingredients for the meal.

Meanwhile, Su Qinghe stood at the doorway watching him with a worried expression.

She felt she had recovered enough to help and had offered, but Gu Yifan refused. So, she had no choice but to stand obediently by the door and watch.

True to his word, Gu Yifan had indeed gone to the market and bought a black fish to make soup for Su Qinghe.

After methodically washing all the other ingredients, Gu Yifan started to prepare the fish.

Seeing this, Su Qinghe grew even more anxious. Whenever they had bought fish before, they’d always had the fishmonger or the supermarket staff clean it for them before taking it home.

This time, however, Gu Yifan had bought the fish live to ensure it was as fresh as possible.

This made Su Qinghe worry that he wouldn’t be able to handle it. After all, she’d heard from his aunt that Gu Yifan had never done anything like this before.

Just as she was frowning nervously, Gu Yifan started.

He tossed the fish into the air, and in a flash, his knife rose and fell...

Su Qinghe panicked at the sight and was just about to shout at him to stop his bizarre maneuver.

The next moment.

Her eyes flew wide open as she stared in shock and disbelief at the scene unfolding before her.

Her cherry-pink lips formed a perfect "O," and she was completely and utterly stunned.

After a long moment.

"This..."

Su Qinghe covered her mouth and muttered as if she’d seen a ghost, "Is he performing a magic trick...?"