Chapter 546: We're Not Close, and You're Disturbing Us

Fu Yan Cheng found a seat and let Liu Chuxue sit down: "Wait for me here, I'll be right back."

Liu Chuxue always felt someone staring at her, but she still nodded: "Alright, go ahead."

Once the person left, she released her spiritual sense and saw it was a delicate-looking female comrade who had been looking her way, with an undissipated viciousness in her eyes: Could it be a romantic debt Fu Yan Cheng had racked up?

In no time Fu Yan Cheng came back, first delivering food to Liu Chuxue: "You eat first, I'll make one more trip."

This time he was quick, returning soon after: "Eat quickly, see if you like it."

Liu Chuxue glanced around and noticed her dishes were a bit different from everyone else's, and asked softly: "Why are my dishes different from theirs?"

Fu Yan Cheng smiled: "I specially asked the mess unit to fix a separate meal."

After saying that, he added another explanation: "Originally I wanted to take you out to the state-run restaurant to eat, but that way there'd be no time to show you around, so I contacted the mess unit in advance and had Squad Leader Wang make his specialty dishes—try them quickly."

Looking at the guobaorou and braised rabbit meat in the bowl, she felt a wave of warmth inside.

Although it was a bit conspicuous, she took in his thoughtfulness: "Thank you."

What Fu Yan Cheng didn't mention was that the rabbit had been hunted by him on the mountain the previous evening—two in total; one was given to the mess unit in exchange for guobaorou, the other was braised by them, and he kept two portions for himself.

Just from the color of the dishes, one could tell Squad Leader Wang's cooking was solid. She picked up a piece of guobaorou and took a bite, and Liu Chuxue's eyes immediately lit up: "Mm, sweet and sour to whet the appetite, the savory is just right, and most importantly it's crispy outside and tender inside—delicious."

Seeing that she liked it, Fu Yan Cheng was delighted: "If you like it, eat more. I'll learn from Squad Leader Wang later and make it for you myself."

Hearing his words, Liu Chuxue said: "That's what you said."

Fu Yan Cheng nodded at her: "Next time we go back to the village, I'll cook for you all, and let Uncle, Aunt, and Chunxiao have a taste too."

While the two were talking, someone walked over: "Fourth Brother Fu, this must be the sister-in-law?"

Before Fu Yan Cheng could speak, the woman introduced herself: "Hello, I'm Jiang Xiaoya, I'm Fourth Brother Fu's..."

Before she could finish, Fu Yan Cheng cut her off: "She's Third Sister-in-law's cousin, Jiang Xiaoya."

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Xiaoya with a cold face: "Did you come over for something?"

Jiang Xiaoya hadn't expected his attitude: "Nothing, I just ran into you, so I came over to say hello—after all, we're relatives."

Fu Yan Cheng raised his hand to stop her: "We're not close, and you're disturbing us."

Jiang Xiaoya's face went white in an instant: "I didn't mean anything else."

Fu Yan Cheng, somewhat impatient, said: "Now that the greeting's done, we rarely get to meet, so I won't keep you."

Since he'd already given her the brush-off, she naturally couldn't stay: "Alright then, I won't disturb you two."

The expression she'd been struggling to maintain crumbled the moment she turned around: You clearly know how much I like you, how could you possibly choose someone else?

Once the person left, Liu Chuxue glanced up at Fu Yan Cheng: "You certainly have quite a few romantic debts—looks like I'll have to think this over carefully."

Now Fu Yan Cheng got anxious: "I swear I've never actively provoked them. You saw my attitude just now—I'm really not close with her, or with Qi Shufang this morning, at most we just know each other."

Seeing him so nervous his forehead was sweating, she stopped teasing him: "Of course I trust you, but coming here for the first time and running into two girls who have designs on you, no one would be in a good mood about it."

Fu Yan Cheng said very solemnly: "Xue'er, I've said it before—once I choose, it's for a lifetime. Please trust me."

Liu Chuxue wasn't going to keep harping on it—after all, she was quite confident in herself: "Right, there's something I want to ask your help with."

Hearing that Liu Chuxue had stopped dwelling on the earlier matter, Fu Yan Cheng naturally agreed without hesitation: "Tell me, what is it?"

Liu Chuxue then recounted what had happened at the factory the day before: "Here's the thing—my mother was separated from her family during the war years. Could you find someone to help me look into the situation of Wang Dabiao's wife's former husband's family?"