Chapter 343 - Now That I Have A Girlfriend, I Can Only Pamper Her So I Still Have To Do Everything Myself

Duoyao blinked. She wanted to say she would cook because it was his first time here, so she shouldn’t let him cook, but her laziness got the better of her. After staying silent for a few seconds, when she opened her mouth, Yan Molun already said, “Forget it, let me do it.”

“That… isn’t really nice. You’re the guest after all,” Duoyao stammered.

“I’m the guest?” Yan Molun frowned.

“Er… No, I take back my words.” Duoyao quickly covered her mouth.

Yan Molun nodded with satisfaction. “Next time, watch what you say. Even if I’m still a guest, you have to slowly get used to me being family. Take a seat. You don’t look like you want to move. How do you want your squid and prawns to be cooked?”

“I want the squid to be spicy. As for the prawns, I think let’s just steam them and dip them in a sauce.”

“Mm.” Yan Molun headed to the kitchen.

Duoyao lay there lazily. She felt as though she was dreaming. She never thought that a man would cook for her and all she needed to do was watch television programs. How blissful. Changqing used to boast about her life and Duoyao would get jealous. It seems like she should take this chance to boast as well.

Hence, she climbed up and took a selfie, uploading it on her feed with the caption: Awaiting a feast made by a certain someone.

At the end of it, she added many blissful smiling emoticons. Of course, she didn’t forget to set her privacy to only her close friends.

She looked at her phone again in less than 10 minutes and Guan Ying was the first to comment: Got a boyfriend?

After that was Changqing’s comment: Wow, wow, how blissful. What are you planning to do after dinner? Are you going to do something exciting?

Duoyao suddenly regretted uploading the post. She only wished she could curl up into a ball.

Yeah, what were they going to do after dinner?

Or maybe… what was he thinking of doing?

This was a serious question.

…

After eight, Yan Molun brought out the dishes. Duoyao quickly got up to set the table. She had always known he was good at cooking. Back at the school, he would cook occasionally but they were very simple dishes. She didn’t think he was actually quite decent when it came to squids and glutinous rice as well.

“Try it.” Yan Molun scooped a bowl of glutinous rice for her. “I used my phone to look up how to cook glutinous rice. I don’t know if it suits your taste.”

Duoyao glanced at the bowl of glutinous rice. There were dates, ham, longan, and peanuts. The sight of it made her want to eat it.

She took a bite. Amidst the savory taste, there was a little sweetness. “It’s fantastic.”

She hadn’t had glutinous rice for a very long time, so she took a few more bites. As far as she could remember, only her mom’s glutinous rice tastes good. She didn’t think that Yan Molun’s would actually not lose out to her mom’s. “Say, why are you so impressive? You’re simply well-rounded; you can even cook so well.”

Yan Molun deshelled the prawn calmly, replying, “It’s alright. After all, I didn’t have a woman taking care of me, so I could only learn how to do things myself. Now that I have a girlfriend, I have to pamper her, so I still have to do everything myself.”

Duoyao’s face heated up. Why did that sound like a hint to her? However, the fact that he didn’t have any parents made her heart ache for him. “I’ll cook for you next time.”

“There’s no need for that. If you don’t feel like cooking, you don’t have to force yourself.” Yan Molun’s low voice was a little hoarse as he said, “Actually, I don’t hate cooking. It’s pretty good to have someone’s company during meals.”

“Did you… often eat alone in the past?” Duoyao asked carefully.

“Pretty much.” Yan Molun dipped the prawn in the sauce and put it by her mouth.

Duoyao was stunned. Her heart almost jumped out because of his actions.

She almost wanted to say that she could do it herself, but upon recalling what he said previously, she paused for two seconds and ate the prawn between his chopsticks. The prawn was pretty hot and so was her face.

How embarrassing—it was the first time a man fed her in her entire life. “Er… you should eat too.”

“Aren’t you going to deshell it for me?” Yan Molun raised his brows.

Duoyao: “….”

So… things like deshelling prawns went both ways as well?

Wouldn’t that be a little too mushy?

Her face flushed red. However, she still deshelled the prawn and handed it to him. She watched as his face closed in. She was so nervous that her hand was trembling.

The corners of Yan Molun’s mouth curled up into a smile and he ate the prawn. He picked up his chopsticks and said, “Eat quickly.”

“Mm.” Duoyao nodded her head vigorously. After finishing around half of her rice, she suddenly thought of something and said, “Right, I called you this afternoon to ask you about Zhu Fenglei’s incident… did you get someone to do it?”

“Mm.” Yan Molun lifted his handsome face. “You’re not going to blame me for being meddlesome, right?”

“Do I look like that kind of person?” Duoyao was slightly stunned.

“It’s hard to say. Didn’t you say I should keep out of it previously?” Yan Molun picked up a piece of squid. “Don’t think that you owe me something. Take it that I’m not helping you but that I was just doing charity. Didn’t you say you wanted to use your identity as a public figure to help the poor and those in need of help when you returned to the entertainment industry? I believe you’ll be able to achieve that. As for me, just take it that I’m doing something nice.”

Duoyao felt mixed feelings surging from within. How much of a misunderstanding did he have towards her that he had to look for such an excuse just to help her? This made her feel very distant from him. Perhaps she was wrong. “I’m sorry. Actually, it’s not that I don’t like you helping me. I just thought that this was a huge matter. Besides… you said you would help me settle Zhu Fenglei’s matter… if I became your woman… in the past.”

She lowered her head as she felt her ears burning.

“You mean you were afraid I was only helping you because I wanted to bed you?” Yan Molun said it out straightforwardly. His gaze was cold. “If I only wanted to sleep with you to waste some time, would I go all the way to such a remote area to keep you company?”

He raised his eyebrows coldly. “Duoyao, you can try looking for a man who wants to bed you and see if he’s willing to help you fetch water, cook for you, and help you boil water. Yes, I’m quite free and I’ve also been in all kinds of vile environments, but I’m pretty well-off now and I wouldn’t go over there to suffer because I had nothing better to do. I also didn’t find the villagers and children so pitiful that they needed my company and sympathy. I think everything I did was a clear indication of my intention to date you. Also, if my goal was mainly to bed you, I wouldn’t have had to wait until today—I could’ve raised this request after a month of dating. Of course, I do want us to progress to that stage and I also have my motives for helping you. I want you to feel touched, to accept me and also depend on me. Is there anything wrong with that? Shouldn’t that be how it is between couples? Would you fall in love with a man who’s done nothing for you at all for no reason?”

Duoyao was stumped. He actually made her speechless.

“Duoyao, don’t keep thinking of the sleeping part and perhaps you won’t be that nervous and afraid anymore,” Yan Molun suddenly said while staring at her.

“I don’t keep thinking about that.” Duoyao felt like a prawn thrown on an ironing board. She felt unwell all over.

“You know very clearly what you’re thinking of.” Yan Molun deshelled a few more prawns for her and put them in her bowl. “The things between men and women happen naturally. I was good to you, I liked you and you were also fond of me, then we got together. That’s normal. If you’re really afraid of the pain, I won’t ignore your feelings. You’re not a strong independent woman. I think it’s enough for you to just enjoy and rely on everything I give you. Just like this Zhu Fenglei—he bullied my woman. Isn’t it only normal that I teach him a lesson?”

Duoyao listened to his low and powerful voice. Suddenly, she felt an inexplicable agitation. Did that mean she would be a woman with strong backing from now on, just like Changqing?

Should she not be so unreasonable and learn from Changqing?

“When did you capture that photo? It must’ve been difficult to get it.”

“It’s not. It’s just that no one dares to publish anything.” The corners of Yan Molun’s lips curled up. “But I did get someone to stalk him for more than a month. I got someone to follow him not long after we started going out. This wasn’t everything that my guy got.”

Duoyao took in a deep breath of air. “Could there be anything worse? Don’t tell me you caught… that?”

Yan Molun found her funny. This woman was so dirty-minded, yet she still refused to admit it. “No. You’ll find out tomorrow.”

Duoyao’s face fell. “Can’t you just give me a spoiler? I’m dying to know right now.”

“It wouldn’t be exciting if I told you.” Yan Molun let out a low and lazy laugh, making Duoyao itch to know more. She couldn’t wait for tomorrow to arrive. However, she was really quite touched. She didn’t think that Yan Molun would find someone to clear her name after getting with her. What kind of luck did she have in her past life for such a fine man to like her?

…

After dinner, Duoyao washed the dishes eagerly. As a woman, she shouldn’t be too lazy. Otherwise, it would make men detest her.

Yan Molun wanted to help her but just as he got up, he received a call from Li Shaobin. “Haha, Old Yan, I heard that you’re back in Northern City. How’s it? Do you want to hang out tonight, maybe gamble or drink a little?”

“No. I have something to do,” Yan Molun said lightly.

“What could you have to do?” Li Shaobin said, “You neither have a girlfriend nor a wife. Don’t keep behaving like you’re very busy every day. I don’t even know what you’re busy with.”

“I have a girlfriend,” Yan Molun said.

“What?” On the other side of the phone, Li Shaobin’s shout was deafening. “You have a girlfriend?! When did that happen? Why don’t I know anything about it?”

“A while ago. I forgot to tell you.”