Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Full of Malice Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Full of Malice i ngzhen rushed into the kitchen and turned on the range hood. The mont it was turned on, the smoke noticeably decreased, and after a while of extraction, the smoke in the kitchen decreased by more than half.
Anxious, i ngzhen promptly left the kitchen and opened all the doors and windows in the house to air it out, otherwise she was really worried that she might be poisoned when she closed them all and turned on the air conditioner later in the evening.
When she returned to the kitchen, her gaze towards Fan Tianyu was no longer as kind as it had been during lunchti. i ngzhen spoke calmly, but her words sohow felt ground out between clenched teeth, “Brother Tianyu, this is the al you made? I would have been better off doing it myself.”
Fan Tianyu also felt sowhat guilty; he hadn’t expected such a mishap, “Zhenzhen, my dear sister, I really didn’t do it on purpose. When I typically cook instant noodles, I don’t need to turn on the range hood.”
“That’s not the point. Doesn’t our aunt use the range hood when she cooks? Can’t you even glance at it once?” Besides, their range hood was the sa brand as their aunt’s, and being over 20 years old, he was supposed to have this basic common sense. She now understood why their aunt had insisted on Fan Tianyu bringing them over to her place for als.
“I’m sorry, brother was wrong.” Fan Tianyu apologized with remarkable sincerity, not hesitating in the slightest, and while i ngzhen had no intention of making things difficult for him, it doesn’t an that i Yinan wouldn’t.
Because she was in such a hurry when she got back, i ngzhen hadn’t closed the front gate, and naturally, all the doors and windows were opened as well, causing the huge cloud of smoke and the sll of scorching to draw remarks from passersby. Coincidentally, their aunt was delayed after work and just happened to encounter this scene as she passed by their house.
i Yinan was puzzled outside, knowing that i ngzhen had cooked many tis before without ever having such an accident. How could she be so careless this ti? She thought wrong—it wasn’t i ngzhen who was careless, but her son, Fan Tianyu.
i Yinan stood at the kitchen doorway and revealed a deadly smile towards Fan Tianyu. Great, just great. Not only did he not help, but he also added so much chaos. Her inquiry was laced with utmost sincerity, “Are you looking to die?”
Fan Tianyu, who was explaining himself to i ngzhen, heard his mother’s voice and now was truly panicked. The calr she sounded, the more dreadful his punishnt would be.
i ngzhen felt intimidated by her aunt’s presence and was just about to offer an explanation when i Yinan interrupted her, “Zhenzhen, don’t speak.”
i ngzhen, obedient, naturally chose to shut up. People should learn to judge the situation, and as a 17-year-old kid, she capitulated under her aunt’s smile.
What followed was a chaotic scene, and this ti Fan Tianyu couldn’t even begin to refute; he could only admit his faults wholeheartedly.
After scolding her son and with most of the smoke dispersed from the house, i Yinan proceeded to tidy up the kitchen, bustling around the house until i’s uncle returned ho to find it empty and called i Yinan’s phone.
“Hello.” i Yinan was full of anger, so naturally, her tone was not too pleasant when she spoke.
Fan Hongwei was stunned at first, wondering who had vexed her now, and asking urgently, “What ti is it? Are you not coming ho? Do you have to work overti? How about dinner?”
Only then did i Yinan notice it was already past 6 o’clock. She told Zhenzhen, “Don’t bother cooking today. Let’s go to my place for dinner.”
i ngzhen, seeing the at already thawed in the sink, quickly said, “Let’s eat here; invite uncle over. The at has thawed, and the veggies are peeled and can’t be left.”
i Yinan gave it a thought and didn’t object, hurriedly telling Fan Hongwei, “Co over to Zhenzhen’s for dinner; hurry up and co here and properly educate your son.”
After saying that, i Yinan hung up the phone with a slam and then glared fiercely at Fan Tianyu before asking with irritation, “What’s for dinner?”
Naturally, she was asking Fan Tianyu. After all, i ngzhen had just gotten back from school; she hadn’t even put down her schoolbag, and having encountered so much smoke upon entering the house, she could have been frightened.
Besides, what was for dinner was sothing i ngzhen really didn’t know since there hadn’t been ti to discuss it at noon, so it was left to Fan Tianyu to decide.
Fan Hongwei was genuinely wary of his mother, but as important as anything else was, dinner mattered greatly, so he said in a low voice, “There’s everything in Zhenzhen’s fridge, I’m just worried I won’t do a good job, so I thought I’d try frying so cabbage first. The thing in the pot just now was the cabbage, and in the sink there’s a goose and so potatoes. I was planning to make ‘Stewed Goose in an Iron Pot.'”
The wok in i ngzhen’s ho was indeed cast iron, so that’s what had inspired his dish.
However, as soon as Fan Tianyu finished speaking, not only i ngzhen but also i Yinan felt a bit choked up, and soon there were tears in their eyes.
These weren’t tears of sadness but tears of suppressed laughter.
“Stewed Goose in an Iron Pot,” a man who could nearly set the house on fire while just frying cabbage had the audacity to attempt making such a complex dish. No wonder they laughed at him; he clearly had no idea of his limits. Anyone with a bit of sense wouldn’t utter such a statent.
i Yinan was initially too lazy to criticize, but does your family stew a whole goose?
“If you’re gonna stew a goose, stew the goose, but chop it up! Have you ever eaten a whole stewed goose before? Go on, chop up the goose.”
Relieved that i Yinan had skipped the previous topic, Fan Tianyu cheerfully grabbed the chopping board, knife, and goose, and headed out of the kitchen.
But the matter was far from over. Their dining table had been in use for many years, already on the brink of falling apart, and when Fan Tianyu gave the goose’s neck a few chops, the table completely broke down. The loud bang once again grabbed everyone’s attention.
This ti, Fan Tianyu was genuinely dumbstruck, feeling like all the bad luck in the world was converging on him. How else could he end up in such one misfortunate situation after another?
With a knife in hand, he glanced back towards the kitchen and sure enough, he t i Yinan’s gaze. Then, with a trembling voice, he said, “Mom, I really didn’t do this on purpose.”
i Yinan playfully responded, “So was what you did earlier on purpose then?”
“If I say neither was, would you believe ?”
“What do you think?”
i ngzhen, witnessing all this but unable to interject, felt helpless. It must be her Brother Tianyu’s poor luck. Truth be told, with such luck, he really shouldn’t even think about starting a business. With his current bad luck and his restless disposition, he’d get swindled for sure.
Fan Tianyu had no clue that his cousin had just labeled him as jittery, and even if he did know, there was no way he could explain himself. His actions had indeed been rash.
Watching i Yinan’s composed deanor, he couldn’t even guess what his mother would do next. At this mont, all he wanted to do was survive.
Finally, the person who could save him arrived at the door. The arrival of Fan Hongwei broke the tense atmosphere.
Yet, i Yinan had no intention of letting things slide, and she rattled off the incidents of setting the house on fire and breaking the dining table to Fan Hongwei, then turned and went back to the kitchen to start on dinner, while Fan Tianyu was dragged outside by Fan Hongwei for a lecture.
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