Chapter 971

You can actually do it like this?

Zhao Chi found it quite miraculous.

Zhuang Ya, upon seeing Zhao Chi, laughed and said, "Little Zhao Chi, come quick and see what tasty thing big sister made for you?"

Once Zhuang Ya had regained her confidence, she started getting a bit cheeky and overfamiliar.

Zhao Chi didn't mind, nor did he fuss with her about it.

Gu Qing, however, had quite a few reservations.

But after spending time together, she realized it wasn't that Zhuang Ya didn't respect Zhao Chi—it was a form of expressing affection.

By describing the other person as a little smaller, one expressed certain feelings of one's own.

A kind of protective urge, perhaps?

Once Gu Qing understood this layer of meaning, she no longer had any objections, and instead felt this way was rather nice.

Zhao Chi was a bit in a bind.

The past few days he had been busy crafting items, with no time to spare for Zhuang Ya.

Now this counted as the first meal Zhuang Ya had made for him, and she had specially used her own fire to roast meat for him.

But he had also made a promise to Su Qin.

Su Qin should be busy preparing dinner right now as well.

Who would have thought they'd all end up at the same time.

Then he'd eat two meals.

Eat Zhuang Ya's, and eat Su Qin's too.

After thinking it over, he sent Su Qin a message.

Zhao Chi 【Su Qin, I'll come by a bit later, about 20 minutes or so, is that okay?】

Su Qin 【Sure. I happen to need some time to prepare too, but my cooking isn't great, please don't mind.】

Zhao Chi 【Don't worry, I definitely won't.】

Su Qin 【Hehe, great!】

Gu Qing and Zhuang Ya both looked at Zhao Chi.

Gu Qing asked with a smile, "Su Qin? That female lord from last time?"

Zhao Chi nodded, "Yes, you heard?"

Zhuang Ya said, speechless, "You were speaking so loudly, how could we not hear? Are you going to another female lord's place?"

Zhao Chi nodded, "Yes, something to take care of."

Zhuang Ya grinned slyly, "What could possibly be the matter at this hour? You're not going over there to eat too, are you? Is she a beautiful lord?"

Gu Qing nodded with a smile, "Her name is Su Qin, and she really is quite good-looking, and a very nice person too—a gentle type of woman."

Zhuang Ya shook her head with a grin, "Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder. Little wildflowers do smell sweeter. Off you go then, my lord Zhao Chi, don't keep that female lord waiting too long."

Zhao Chi laughed, "I've already pushed it back 20 minutes precisely because I want to taste your cooking."

Zhuang Ya waved her hand with a smile, "You can taste my cooking anytime. I'm by your side anyway, I can make it for you whenever you want, and eating when you come back works too. Don't let it delay your date."