Chapter 22 - You’re Such A Foodie

When Li Qin Yao entered the mansion, her grandfather was waiting for her in the living room. He stood up and smiled when he saw his granddaughter.

"Yao Yao, you're back. Your mother did not come along with you?" Li Ren Xin said.

Li Qin Yao shook her head. "Mother had a few work arrangements so she could not come with me. However," she took out a wrapped box from her bag and handed it to her grandfather. "Mother wanted you to have these. It's your favorite walnut cookies."

Li Ren Xin's gaze softened as he laid his eyes on the box. "Your mother still remember that I liked them." He smiled and looked at his granddaughter again. "How's your mother? Is she doing well?"

"She's doing alright," Li Qin Yao said.

"Your mother was a good daughter-in-law," Li Ren Xin spoke with a sigh. "Back then, I wish your parents did not get a divorce. I don't understand what matters they cannot solve without a good talk."

Li Qin Yao smiled and could not answer. After all, her parents opt for divorce because her mother could not hold on living with the Li family. Although both her grandmother and grandparents treated her right, it doesn't mean that everyone in the family will do the same. Her uncles and aunts mostly looked down on her mother because of her background.

"Where is a grandmother?" Li Qin Yao asked in her attempt to change the subject.

"She's in the kitchen," Li Ren Xin said. "When she heard that you would be staying over, she insisted on cooking something for you."

"Then, I will greet grandmother first," Li Qin Yao headed towards the kitchen and watched her grandmother, Mu Lingxi, instructed Auntie Han as she cooked some dishes. "Grandmother!" Li Qin Yao went to her grandmother and gave the old lady a back hug.

"Qin Yao, you're home!" her grandmother smiled when she saw her granddaughter. When she realized that they were still in the kitchen, Mu Lingxi hit her granddaughter softly on her arm. "Why are you in the kitchen?"

"The food you cook lured me here," Li Qin Yao said. "Grandmother, what are you making? I can smell your steamed garlic prawn from the entrance."

"Really?" Mu Lingxi sniffed around the kitchen and could not smell it. She had stayed too long in the kitchen and cooked various dishes. The scent of the dishes has mixed, and her nose could not detect anything. "How can you tell? I cannot smell anything."

Li Qin Yao laughed. "Of course. After all, this dish happens to be my favorite, and my grandmother made the best steamed garlic prawn in the world."

Mu Lingxi looked at her granddaughter with petting. "Your mouth is too sweet."

"Grandmother, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Qin Yao, you have just arrived. Why don't you go to your room and rest? Your Auntie Han is here to help me with cooking," Mu Lingxi said. She turned to another helper and called her over. "Ah Xiu, you go and take Qin Yao to her room."

Li Qin Yao watched helplessly as her grandmother pushed her out of the kitchen.

"I'll call you later when it's time to eat," Mu Lingxi said. "You should go and freshen up first."

Li Qin Yao followed Ah Xiu and entered a room. Once Ah Xiu left, Li Qin Yao put down her belonging and looked around.

The room used to be her parents' room when they were married and later, belong to her father before he passed away. As Li Qin Yao looked around, she noticed that there were not much difference in the room. Almost everything remained the same. Her grandmother had someone cleaned up the room regularly and had the sheet, and curtains changed periodically.

She sat down on the bed and sent out a text to both her mother and Chen Hao. A few seconds later, her phone vibrated. Li Qin Yao felt her mouth twitched when she saw that her mother replied her with an okay sign emoji.

Her phone rang just as she was about to place it down.

It was Chen Hao.

"You have arrived?" Chen Hao's voice came from the other line.

"Um," Li Qin Yao nodded. "I've just arrived at my grandparents' place."

"How're your grandparents?"

"They're alright. My grandmother is cooking a feast. There are my favorite steamed garlic prawn and spicy chicken wings."

Chen Hao laughed when he heard her. When they have dated each other for a month, he found out that his girlfriend was a food lover. And that was one of the reasons why she decided to open up a cafe. "You're such a foodie," Chen Hao commented. "I guess you will be busy catching up with your grandparents tonight."

"I guess so."

"Yao Yao, I miss you."

Li Qin Yao was stunned. Her face turned red, and she started rolling on the bed to hide her face. His simple words made her heart turned sweet.

Chen Hao chuckled when his girlfriend did not answer. "Yao Yao, when you return to B City, let's have a meal with my mother."