Chapter 401: Deliberately Giving Li Beijue a Hard Time

Evening—

Urged on by the two little ones, Jiang Baobao helplessly took them to the villa across the way.

Before she could even press the doorbell, Li Beijue had already opened the door directly; one look and it was clear he had been waiting for a long time.

"Come in."

Li Beijue smiled as he invited the three little ones inside, the words "in a good mood" practically written all over his face.

Jiang Baobao deliberately kept a straight face as she stepped inside, casting a casual glance at the villa's environment.

She saw that basic furniture had already been placed inside, but there were no vibrant colors at all, only black, white, and gray.

"It really is monotonous..."

Jiang Baobao muttered under her breath, and immediately heard Li Beijue say, "I have already prepared the ingredients; we can start learning at any time."

"You prepared them?"

Jiang Baobao was somewhat surprised, then suddenly realized something, and said unhurriedly, "Let me see what you have prepared."

"Alright..."

Li Beijue looked a bit puzzled, but still agreed, turning to walk into the kitchen.

Jiang Baobao followed behind him unhurriedly, and the three little ones also curiously crowded over.

She saw that on the kitchen cutting board, there was already a fish that had been cleaned and sliced.

Jiang Baobao raised an eyebrow, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes.

She knew this guy would definitely have someone prepare things in advance!

Wanting to learn how to cook from her? It wasn't going to be that simple!

Jiang Baobao thought to herself, deliberately frowning: "The fish used for boiled fish must be the freshest; don't you have any live fish here?"

"Live fish?"

Li Beijue's brow twitched violently, and he shook his head.

The next second—

The villa's doorbell suddenly rang!

Jiang Baobao's eyes lit up instantly, and without a word, she turned and walked toward the villa entrance.

The door opened to reveal a simple-looking middle-aged man standing outside, carrying a bucket.

"You must be Ms. Jiang, right? This is the fish you ordered this morning!"

As the man spoke, he showed Jiang Baobao the large fish swimming happily in the bucket.

Jiang Baobao nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you, give it to me."

She said, paid the money, and took the bucket, turning back with great satisfaction.

She then turned around to see Li Beijue standing there with a complicated expression.

The three little ones crowded over with curious faces, unable to help but widen their eyes in surprise, exclaiming: "Wow... what a big fish..."

Feeling the weight in her hand, Jiang Baobao deliberately looked at Li Beijue.

"If you want to learn how to cook, then start by killing the fish. You... shouldn't have a problem with that, right? If you can't do it, say so early; I can take this fish back to my place to handle it now."

Jiang Baobao deliberately gave Li Beijue a hard time.

She thought he would hesitate, but to her surprise, he agreed without a moment's hesitation: "No problem."

Jiang Baobao was somewhat surprised, but didn't say anything more, carrying the bucket into the kitchen and placing it right in the center of the floor.

"Then pick it up first, I'll teach you how to knock it unconscious!"

Jiang Baobao rarely felt the urge to play a prank, a cunning look flashing through her eyes.

This guy had treated her like that before!

It was only right to give him a hard time now!

Li Beijue killing a fish...

If this scene were to get out, it would probably make everyone else's jaws drop!

Jiang Baobao thought to herself while standing on the sidelines, watching the show with a calm expression.

Li Beijue, meanwhile, kept a straight face, staring fixedly at the fish in the bucket, seemingly contemplating how to make his move.

Five minutes later—

He was still standing in the same spot, motionless.

"Daddy, are you scared?" Tiantian suddenly asked.

Li Beijue shook his head, his expression somewhat complicated.

He wasn't quite at the level of being afraid of a fish.

He just simply didn't like that slimy texture...

"It's been five minutes, are you going to grab it or not? If you aren't going to, I'm going back; I don't have time to waste with you."

Jiang Baobao deliberately reminded him.

Li Beijue's brows were tightly knitted; hearing this, he pondered for two seconds before finally reaching out a hand tentatively.

The fish in the bucket seemed to sense something, swimming even more vigorously than before.

Li Beijue seized the moment and lunged to grab the fish!

"Splash!"

The big fish's tail thrashed wildly, instantly splashing water all over the kitchen.

"Wow!"

The three little ones shouted and turned to run, hiding together at the kitchen entrance.

Jiang Baobao and Li Beijue were both unable to escape, successfully getting splashed with fishy-smelling water.

Isn't this just hurting the enemy by a thousand while damaging myself by eight hundred?

Forget it... the fish is already here, I have to bite the bullet and continue!

Just as Jiang Baobao was thinking this, the next second, she saw that big fish suddenly dart out of Li Beijue's hands!

"Oh!"

Tiantian was given a huge fright and instantly hid even further away.

Li Beijue hadn't expected it to be so slippery either, and for once, a trace of bewilderment appeared on his face.

"Thud, thud, thud—"

The big fish successfully struggled and wiggled into the corner of the cabinet, continuously slapping the floor with its tail.

Jiang Baobao hurriedly directed: "What are you still standing there for! Where is the wooden stick I told you to find just now? Hit its head!"

Li Beijue immediately turned around and took something from beside the kitchen door.

Jiang Baobao only took one look before her eyes widened and she froze in place.

"Li Beijue... I told you to find a wooden stick, why did you bring out a golf club?"

Jiang Baobao was full of disbelief.

"There are no wooden sticks here, only this."

Li Beijue's expression was solemn as he raised the club toward the fish that was still flopping on the ground.

"Whack!"

The club landed on the fish's body.

Yet it seemed not to have caused the slightest bit of harm.

It was still flopping around incessantly.

Jiang Baobao took a deep breath, and just as she was about to say something, she heard another "whack!"

Outside the kitchen, the three little ones had long since covered each other's eyes, yet they couldn't help but peek at the situation inside through the gaps in their fingers.

Watching Li Beijue's rare, disheveled appearance, Jiang Baobao felt extremely conflicted.

She really never thought that in her lifetime...

She would actually be able to see someone use a golf club to kill a fish!

This is just too absurd!

Jiang Baobao thought, finally seeing the fish on the ground, its struggling strength gradually weakening until it slowly stopped moving.

Only then did Jiang Baobao finally let out a complete sigh of relief and continued to direct: "Now pick it up and give it a quick rinse, then we can continue."

"Okay."

Li Beijue's forehead was already covered in a thin layer of sweat, but he picked up the fish without a word of complaint and placed it into the sink.

"Whoosh—"

A stream of icy water poured over the fish's body.

Li Beijue had already grown accustomed to the slippery sensation and was just planning to give it a quick wash, but he didn't expect that in the next second, the fish that had previously fainted would suddenly come back to life, and immediately splashed water all over both of them with a splattering sound!

Li Beijue took a deep breath, his eyes filled with suppressed emotion.

Why on earth did he say he wanted to learn how to make boiled fish yesterday?

Wouldn't it have been better to choose a simple dish?

Help!