Wen Rou's Second Aunt eventually left.
She departed without saying a word, not even leaving behind a harsh word for revenge.
In the living room.
Mu Jinyu saw Wen Rou's slightly distressed look and knew her mood wouldn't be great, and decided to let her have some time alone.
Turning to look at Gu Xiyan, who seemed a bit lost, Mu Jinyu said, "I'm almost done with dinner, Xiyan, come and keep me company."
"Oh..."
Gu Xiyan glanced at Wen Rou with concern, responded, and obediently followed Mu Jinyu to the kitchen.
Seeing this, Wen Rou gave them a grateful look and didn't insist on making dinner herself. She went back to her room in a jumbled mood and blankly daydreamed.
"I don't know how to cook."
Gu Xiyan, following Mu Jinyu into the kitchen, remembered she had never dipped her hands in household chores and helplessly said so.
Having said that, she prepared to slip away, planning to wait for Mu Jinyu to finish cooking dinner before calling her to eat.
"If you don't know, then learn. You crash at my place and eat for free, and you still expect to do absolutely no chores?"
Mu Jinyu saw Gu Xiyan's attempt to escape and quickly caught her hand to prevent her from leaving.
"Ay, I really can't."
Gu Xiyan's pretty face turned a bit red as she struggled slightly with the hand that Mu Jinyu had grasped.
She didn't dare to make too much noise, lest she disturb Wen Rou outside and worsen her mood.
"Come here quickly." Mu Jinyu pulled her over and then pointed to the semi-prepared dishes, exclaiming, "If you don't know, I'll teach you. Take your time to learn, it's okay. Once you've learned, from now on, you'll be the one cooking every day."
"Why should I?" Gu Xiyan, upon hearing this, was quite indignant, "You're not my husband, why should I come back exhausted from work every day, just to cook for you?!"
"Because I let you stay and eat for free!" Mu Jinyu replied as if it were the most natural thing.
Gu Xiyan's resolve weakened, and she said in a low voice, "But haven't I agreed to work at your company?"
"It's not as if I don't pay you a salary."
Speaking of which, Mu Jinyu impatiently said, "Hurry up, no more dawdling. If you insist that you should only cook for your husband, then I'll make the sacrifice and take you as my concubine..."
Gu Xiyan's face darkened, and she spat out a word, "Scram!"
The two of them bickered and bantered as they cooked dinner.
Mu Jinyu's dinner was almost ready, and the remaining two dishes had their ingredients prepped, so although it was Gu Xiyan's first time cooking, with Mu Jinyu's guidance, she didn't cause too much chaos.
"Ouch ouch ouch, it's hot!"
Gu Xiyan's hand got splattered by hot oil and she exclaimed repeatedly.
"Oh dear, you're so clumsy. If you keep this up, who will ever want you!"
Mu Jinyu watched Gu Xiyan's clumsy actions and complained.
Gu Xiyan was just about to retort, thinking that as a beautiful CEO who didn't need to cook, there would be plenty of people wanting her, so why should he give her a hard time?
Then, she saw Mu Jinyu grab her hand, which had turned a bit red from the hot oil, and place her fingers in his mouth.
"Hmm?"
Gu Xiyan was instantly dumbfounded, her mind crashed.
The comeback she had planned to throw at him was also forgotten in an instant.
It took her quite a while to come around, feeling the tickling sensation on her fingers, she murmured in a soft, stuttering voice, "You... What are you doing? Who allowed you to..."
Mu Jinyu spat out Gu Xiyan's finger, then he picked up a cup of water to rinse his mouth. After spitting it out, he glanced at Gu Xiyan and saw her cheeks were flushed, which he found quite cute, and he mumbled, "We've already kissed, what's the big deal? What are you shy about?"
"You?!"
Gu Xiyan's face was red, and just as she wanted to call him shameless, she realized that what he said wasn't wrong, indeed, she had been taken advantage of by him quite a lot.
Now it was just that her finger was scalded by hot oil, and all he did was to soothe it with his mouth, it was really no big deal.
With that thought, Gu Xiyan didn't feel as embarrassed and shy anymore.
Then, she discovered that the finger that seemed like it was about to blister from the hot oil scalding didn't hurt at all. She lifted her finger to look; it was delicate, white as if it was a tender green onion—where was the appearance of just being scalded?
"Eh, eh, eh..."
Gu Xiyan widened her eyes cutely, exclaiming in surprise.
Mu Jinyu gave her a glance and asked, "What's up?"
"How did my hand heal?!"
Gu Xiyan looked up, her eyes sparkling as she stared at Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu replied lazily, "My saliva is 'Immortal Water,' do you have mouth ulcers? Want to try it again?"
"Go away!" Gu Xiyan rolled her eyes and said without a good temper.
Mu Jinyu didn't bother to say much else.
Ever since his master had taken him as a student, he had been practicing medical martial arts and had taken many treasure medicines; now, his saliva was indeed no different from treasure medicine.
Of course, not everyone was qualified to be treated by his saliva; at the very least, it had to be beauties like Gu Xiyan and Mei Yinxue of that level.
Continuing to have Gu Xiyan cook, Mu Jinyu asked, "By the way, how's the company doing now?"
While carefully stirring the dish, Gu Xiyan replied softly, "It's okay, with your prescription for Beauty Pills and the doubled salaries, the company employees are no longer panicking. Everyone is full of energy. The medicinal herbs and jade you told us to buy have all been purchased today. It's just that the automated production line you ordered will take some more time to be ready."
Mu Jinyu asked, "Will it be ready in time? Won't we miss the new product launch?"
"It should be in time. I've pushed the production line manufacturer, and they've guaranteed to complete it in a few days. Afterall, your request was just a minor modification; it's quite easy to fulfill," she replied, turning off the burner and plating the stir-fried dish.
Mu Jinyu nodded and said, "Hmm, that's good. Have someone take those thousand pounds of jade to the pharmaceutical plant tomorrow. I'll go set it up after I wake up."
"Hmm," Gu Xiyan acknowledged, then she picked up the plate of sweet and sour pork ribs she had just cooked and stared at Mu Jinyu with wide eyes, obviously waiting for his praise.
Mu Jinyu chuckled silently in his heart, but his face showed a look of disdain as he said, "It's a mess, we'll make do for tonight."
"What?"
Upon hearing his words, Gu Xiyan looked down at the plate of slightly charred sweet and sour pork ribs, looking a bit unappetizing in her hands, and her face immediately fell.
"It's my first time cooking, it's normal for it not to look good..." she muttered.
Mu Jinyu chuckled inwardly, patted Gu Xiyan on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Hmm, so you should cook a few more times, get proficient, and try to rival Wen Rou someday."
Listening to his words, Gu Xiyan always felt there was something odd about them.
Mu Jinyu said, "Alright, we've dawdled too long in the kitchen, it's time to go out. Wen Rou is probably starving by now."
With that, he picked up another plate of food and walked out of the kitchen.
Gu Xiyan followed with the plate of slightly charred sweet and sour pork ribs, frowning as she looked at Mu Jinyu's receding back, feeling that his words were a bit off.