Chapter 178 Boss Lu’s Tactics are Deep!
Lu Qin dragged the little one to the correct position and covered her with the blanket. The two adults had lost their sleepiness and were getting ready to get up.
Shen Muyan had just propped herself up when the air-conditioned blanket slipped off. She was sleeping without her robe, wearing a black silk spaghetti-strap nightdress, her snow-white, delicate skin exposed, making the air around her seem to vibrate.
Lu Qin found that his gaze was no longer under his control, as it wandered freely and unabashedly, appreciating the sight. Her smooth black hair cascaded down her jade-like shoulders, the perfect curve of her breasts on either side, like hands beckoning him, saying, “Come over here, come over here.”
And that slender, delicate waist of the rich woman, tsk tsk, how could anything withstand such temptation?
Sensing the intense gaze from Boss Lu, Shen Muyan realized something was off and instinctively pulled the blanket up to cover herself. But it only covered the top, while her legs, smooth and white like jade, slipped out from beneath.
The silk nightdress barely covered her shapely figure, leaving just enough fabric behind – truly, such a small piece of material for a country to save. Lu Qin managed to control himself but felt the blood rush to his head. He quickly turned and rushed to the bathroom.
Puchi!
Seeing Lu Qin’s flustered state, Shen Muyan felt a sense of victory, even though her face was as red as a monkey’s butt.
Half an hour later, Lu Xiyao was picked up by Lu Qin and sent to the bathroom to wash up. Breakfast was delivered to their room by a hotel staff member.
VIP treatment.
The three of them sat at the dining table to eat breakfast. As for the events before getting out of bed, both Lu Qin and Shen Muyan tacitly chose to pretend nothing had happened. Everything seemed normal.
“Daddy, this is not as good as the crystal shrimp dumplings and green bean paste you make.”
Lu Xiyao scooped up some yogurt and oatmeal, speaking softly and sweetly.
“This cranberry bread isn’t very good either. I want stir-fried noodles.”
Shen Muyan was also picky. The five-star hotel breakfast was nothing compared to Lu Qin’s stir-fried noodles.
“I don’t have time to make it today. Just make do with this,” Lu Qin said, peeling two eggs and handing them to Shen Muyan and the little one.
“Eh~? Mom, you have eggs today too~?”
Lu Xiyao, being perceptive, noticed that in the past, Lu Qin would only peel eggs for her, but today he had also peeled one for the rich woman.
Shen Muyan raised an eyebrow and pinched the little one’s cheek.
“What’s wrong? Don’t I deserve to have an egg peeled for me?”
The little one stuck out her tongue and lowered her head to eat the yogurt and oatmeal. Shen Muyan felt inexplicably upset. She glanced at Lu Qin, wondering why he never peeled eggs for her before but was doing it now.
Can’t this man be consistent?
Lu Qin: ……?
After breakfast, Lu Qin took out a piece of paper and gave the little one forty addition and subtraction problems with numbers less than 20.
Spending some time on learning every day was a good habit. The little one had already outgrown counting with her fingers and had some basic arithmetic skills, using methods like borrowing and making tens to solve simple problems.
“Lu Xiyao, same as usual. If you get them all right within 15 minutes, you get an ice cream.”
Lu Qin turned on the stopwatch on his phone, ready to time her.
“Okay~! I’m going to eat ice cream~!”
“Good luck~!”
Lu Xiyao cheered herself on and began answering the questions without distraction. Motivated by the ice cream reward, the little one answered the questions very seriously, checking her answers once she finished.
The checking step was crucial, if she made one mistake, the ice cream was gone.
“Daddy, I’m done~!”
Lu Qin checked the time. It took her 13 minutes and 43 seconds. Hmm, she had improved by 30 seconds compared to the last time. The little one was improving quickly.
Lu Qin turned off the stopwatch and switched to the photo album, opening a screenshot of the stopwatch that had been prepared in advance.
“Ah, what a shame, Lu Xiyao, this time it took you 15 minutes and 26 seconds. So close to getting the ice cream!”
The little one glanced at the phone screen, showing a disappointed expression, but she didn’t get discouraged.
“I’ll try harder~!”
Lu Xiyao encouraged herself, all for the ice cream!
Shen Muyan’s lips parted slightly, her face showing a strange expression as she glanced at Lu Qin.
Boss Lu’s tactics are deep!
Then, Shen Muyan asked the little one to recite a poem.
After math, Chinese couldn’t be left out.
“Lu Xiyao, let’s see if you can recite a Tang poem. If you can’t, I’ll reward you with an ice cream~!”
Lu Xiyao blinked her clear, naive eyes, nodding her little head.
“Mom, give me an easier one.”
“Alright, let’s go with Wang Wei’s ‘Deer Park.’”
The little one’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“I know this one! ‘Deer Park,’ by Wang Wei, Tang dynasty, ‘In the empty mountains, no one is seen, but the sound of human voices is heard. The returning light enters the deep forest and shines again on the green moss.’”
“Yay~! I did it~! Is it right~? Mom, where’s the ice cream~!”
Shen Muyan smiled.
“Lu Xiyao, you’re great! You recited it really well!”
“Ice cream?”
“If you had failed to recite it, then you’d get an ice cream. But since you recited it well, what do you need the ice cream for?”
Lu Xiyao: “?????”
…
At 10 AM, Ouyang Lin personally came to invite Lu Qin. Before the birthday banquet, Ouyang Peng wanted to try Lu Qin’s liver paste soup. Ouyang Lin had already briefed Ouyang Peng on Lu Qin’s situation.
But when Ouyang Peng saw Lu Qin, he couldn’t help but comment on how young he was. He truly couldn’t believe that such a young chef could make the top-tier Sichuan dish, “liver paste soup.”
“Thank you, Master Lu,” Ouyang Peng said politely.
In the kitchen, it was crowded. Everyone wanted to see Master Lu make the liver paste soup—it was a rare sight. Gu Tielin was also among them. Initially, the liver paste soup was assigned to him, but after two failed attempts, and one partial success, Ouyang Peng tasted it and shook his head in disappointment.
He said, “You’re not at that level yet.”
That one sentence made Gu Tielin feel deeply ashamed. But Gu Tielin also knew that making the liver paste soup was a difficult task. It was a national banquet dish, so it wasn’t shameful to fail.
Ironically, now a young man had come to make the liver paste soup. Gu Tielin couldn’t help but feel a little slapped in the face, a second time. Although embarrassed, Gu Tielin secretly took out a small notebook and pen, planning to take notes on the key points and details when Lu Qin made the soup.
Since Lu Qin hadn’t said it was forbidden to watch, it was fine to learn secretly. Others in the kitchen also did the same, some even filming the entire process with their phones, using 4K resolution and one billion pixels. A good phone with a large memory was really impressive!
Once Lu Qin started preparing the broth, he began handling the pig liver. The cleaver came out with full force!
Wow, the mystery was solved!
Master Lu was definitely not a chef—he was the number one knife master in the martial world!
Chop, chop, chop!
The cleaver moved so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye!
All anyone could see were the flashes of the blade. Lu Qin chopped up a whole block of pig liver weighing 1.2 kg into liver paste, and it only took as long as a high-speed blender!