Chapter 84 - 84: Got Burned Himself

It was quite easy. Delgado had already bought the bean paste, nuts, sesame seeds, lotus paste, jujube paste, and other fillings in advance. They just need to match these things according to their preferences.

Sophia liked mooncakes with jujube mud stuffing best. She found that the most stuffing Delgado bought was jujube mud stuffing.

"Why is there so much jujube mud? I love bean paste. But there's only one bag." Melissa complained.

Delgado could only say, "It was Kevin who wanted to buy more jujube mud. Don't you like it?"

"No!" Melissa shook her head, "Well, I'll have all the bean paste mooncakes."

Kevin and Delgado teamed up to make the mooncakes so fast that, without too much, they were pressed into shape, just barely baked.

"Bake bean paste ones first!" said Melissa first.

Kevin put the bean paste mooncakes on the baking tray and sent it to the oven as she said.

"You can go to the living room to watch TV first. The baking will take a quarter." Kevin warned them.

"No! I'll keep an eye on it. I have to eat first!" Melissa stared at the oven for fear that her mooncakes would be robbed.

Sophia laughed. She didn't want to stare at the oven for fifteen minutes and went to sit in the living room.

There was some unfinished work, Kevin asked Delgado to rest in the living room, and did the finishing touches himself.

On television, a time-travel drama was on. Sophia used to barely watch TV, while then, she thought it was quite interesting.

Suddenly, there was a scream from the kitchen, and then the crisp sound of the iron plate hitting the ground.

Sophia hurriedly ran to the kitchen and saw Kevin frowning, looking a little painful.

The back of his hand was red and swollen. It looked as if he had been scalded.

Melissa was so worried that she cried, "Sorry… I… I just wanted to get a mooncake. I didn't realize how hot the baking sheet was. Kevin pushed me away but got burned himself."

"Don't cry. Water his wound with cool water. I'll get the medicine," said Sophia. Then she rushed into the living room, took a first aid kit out of the cupboard, and went into the kitchen.

Melissa was already washing Kevin's wound. She looked sad as she cried and held Kevin's arm.

"Well, let me do it."

Sophia took a box of scald medicine from the first aid kit and slowly applied it to Kevin's wound. Then she bandaged him carefully.

"Does it hurt?" Sophia worried about him.

Kevin smiled, "No, not at all!"

Seeing the smile, Sophia didn't know what to say. Was he… burned stupid?

But suddenly, a question occurred to her.

Because of worrying about Kevin, she didn't think much and got the first aid kit as quickly as possible. In that way, would Kevin doubt about her? After all, a guest should not know where the host's first aid kit is on her first visit.

Sophia didn't say much more, but kept a watchful eye on Kevin's reaction, hoping he wouldn't pay attention to these details. He must have been hurt just now, and probably won't notice anything else.

Kevin seemed unaware of anything and sat quietly on the sofa while Sophia was bandaging him.

Melissa finally stopped crying and came to apologize, "Sorry, Kevin. My bad. I made you hurt. It's all my fault. I…"

Kevin smiled and patted Melissa on the shoulder with the unhurt hand. "It's okay. It doesn't hurt anymore. It's just a little hurt. It'll be all right in a few days. You don't have to worry!"

"Be careful next time. The oven was very hot when it was opened. The mooncakes are baked at a temperature of 220 degrees. You will definitely be burned if you touch it with your bare hands." Said Delgado.

He stood up and said, "Take a rest, Kev. Leave the rest to me."

Kevin nodded without hesitation and said, "I want to make some bacon mooncakes, but haven't started yet. The bacon is pickled in the kitchen. Do you know how to make it?"

"Yes. Don't worry." Said Delgado, walking into the kitchen.

Sophia was more convinced that Kevin didn't notice the details and had shifted his attention to bacon mooncakes.

Before long, Delgado served up freshly baked mooncakes for everyone to enjoy. The sheet of bean paste mooncakes was knocked over accidentally, for Kevin was in a hurry to save Melissa. The mooncakes all fell on the ground, got dirty, and were inedible. Not even one was left.

Melissa felt sorry about them. Those were her favorites!

The new mooncakes had a sweet smell, and the smell filled the whole room. They were baked just right with good golden color.

To show her apology, Melissa took the knife to divide mooncakes for them. She had never used a knife and just cut at random. The beautiful mooncakes ended up without a trace of beauty as if they had been gnawed by Ever.

While no one cared about that, the opened mooncakes gave off a more intense aroma, which was so attractive that everyone picked up the fork and started eating.

Most of these mooncakes were filled with jujube paste and were sweet and delicious. Soon, a plate of mooncakes was eaten up. 

Delgado then baked other mooncakes in the kitchen and put them in several bags. There were a lot of mooncakes, and they couldn't eat them up. Those mooncakes were meant to be shared with friends.

They divided these mooncakes. Delgado took several bags to take home or give his friends. Melissa also took several bags for Mariah and Carol.

There were only Sophia and her mother at home. They had no relatives. So, one bag was enough.

"By the way, Kevin," Sophia said, "my mom wants to invite you for dinner tonight. Will you come?"

"I'd love to." Kevin smiled.

Sophia was surprised that he would say yes so quickly. In her impression, Kevin was actually a bit of an introvert. She thought he would hesitate.

After the wound on Kevin's hand was treated with medicine; it was no longer a big problem.