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Pickled Pepper Beef Flavored Instant Noodles
Chapter Courtesy: Wang Mei
When she woke up, it was already halfway through the afternoon. The faint scent of orange permeated the air, it smelled very good.
She tentatively sniffed it before abruptly sitting up.
“Hey, are you awake?” Zhao Yimeng was sitting on a chair while eating the orange Huo Cheng had given earlier. She broke it into two halves and handed half of it to her. “Do you want some? This orange is so sweet!”
“——” Shen Wanying stared at the fruit in her hand for a while before she spoke, “Did you just eat my orange?”
“Ah?” Zhao Yimeng was somewhat stunned, she hardly saw Shen Wanying showing such an expression. “Wasn’t it here for eating?”
“——” Wordlessly she took the other half of the orange from Zhao Yimeng’s hand. “No.”
Seeing the other eat a piece of it, she let go of the matter. “How is it? It’s sweet, right?”
“Yeah.” She then asked, “You’ve come back already?”
“I’ve been flying a kite outside for the whole afternoon. Now, I’m tired and hungry!” Then she went rummaging through her bag for a bit before taking out a bag of biscuits. “Do you want some of this?”
Shen Wanying shook her head. “We’ll have dinner soon. I heard Teacher Song say there would be a huge feast tonight.”
For dinner, the students didn’t need to cook their own food. Instead, it would be provided by the farm and was said to be very rich and delicious. Zhao Yimeng immediately stuffed the biscuits back into her bag. “Then I will leave room in my belly and have a big meal tonight.”
Unfortunately, while waiting for dinner, she was caught by her classmates rehearsing the evening’s performance beforehand. Shen Wanying looked at her friend’s ever-changing expressions.
Perhaps Zhao Yimeng is really fit to be a comedian?
Shen Wanying had tidied herself up, planning to go downstairs to buy a bottle of water. There was a small convenience store on the first floor of the hotel with a vending machine right outside.
Since her foot still hurt, she didn’t go inside the store and just directly went to the vending machine to get the bottle of water. It not only had water but also some snacks and cigarettes, as well as boxed instant noodles.
While considering what to buy, Shen Wanying was unconsciously attracted by the instant noodles at the bottom. They were all in mini size and, although the portion wasn’t big, it seemed quite satisfying despite how it looked.
She was staring at a box of pickled pepper beef-flavored instant noodles when it suddenly shook twice and then rolled out to the pick-up box below.
A slender hand picked up the instant noodles and handed them to her. “Do you want it?”
It was Huo Cheng.
Shen Wanying found that his beautiful appearance had a slight smile, so shallow that she thought it was an illusion.
After she recovered, she returned the smile. “No, thank you.”
Huo Cheng said, “You don’t like this flavor?”
“No, there are some seasonings in the instant noodles which are harmful to health. So, it’s best to eat less.” Then she added, “I’m just here to buy water.”
“Oh.” His smile deepened.
Shen Wanying felt a little dazed. Huo Cheng’s smile was really charming. It felt as if looking at it made all the colors in the world seem dull compared to him.
Holding the instant noodles in his hand, Huo Cheng scanned the QR code of the vending machine again. “It’s okay to eat it occasionally, though.”
He took a bottle of water and unscrewed the cap before handing it over. “I have a friend who likes this flavor of instant noodles the most. And I heard my friend say that shaking one’s legs while eating will make them taste better.”
Shen Wanying’s eyes widened in shock.
“Is that friend you’re talking about yourself?” Her ultimate expression management skill nearly collapsed at this moment.
Fortunately, it was nearly not absolutely.
Huo Cheng neither admitted nor denied it.
That scene had happened three months after he’d married Shen Wanying. At that time, Huo Cheng’s company had temporarily cancelled a meeting so he’d left work early. On the way home, he bought some vegetables in the supermarket he frequently visited and planned to make dinner for Shen Wanying after he returned home.
When he opened the door, he saw Shen Wanying’s high-heeled shoes at the door.
She had returned, but there was no one in the living room. The light wasn’t even on. Huo Cheng was a little puzzled. He took out his cell phone and was about to call her until he suddenly heard some movements from upstairs.
“Ah Wan?” He called out but didn’t receive a reply. He went up to the second floor, and the faint noise became clearer.
It came from the storage closet at the end of the corridor.
“Ah Wan, are you inside?” Huo Cheng walked to the door of the storage closet. There was definitely someone inside, so he opened the door after knocking lightly.
Shen Wanying was wearing earphones and sitting on a small stool with a bowl of steaming instant noodles. There was a cardboard box in front of her with her tablet computer atop it.
Her eyes were glued to her tablet and she looked fascinated as she was slurping the noodles while staring intently at the screen.
One foot pressed on the slippers while the other one was shaking rhythmically.
Huo Cheng: “——”
He admitted that he was very shocked at that moment for it was a far cry from the Shen Wanying he knew.
But then he quickly calmed down and called her again, “Ah Wan.”
Shen Wanying finally realized that someone had come in. She raised her head and saw her handsome husband.
Shen Wanying: “——”
The air suddenly solidified. Even the instant noodles in her mouth had become tasteless. She really wished to die at that moment.
For three months, she had maintained the image of a perfect wife, and now it had been ruined and how!
Huo Cheng looked around the cramped storage closet, walked up to the wife, and said, “Go to the living room to eat in the future.”
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