I Became the Male Lead's Stepmother After Transmigrating

Chapter 84: Saw the Two of Them Working in the Kitchen

After getting out of the car, Lu Wanggui did not forget to instruct the driver, “It’s getting late. You should go back and rest.”

The driver made a sound of acknowledgement. After Lu Wanggui got out of the car, he parked the car in the underground garage.

At this time, it was almost 11 o’clock. The surroundings were silent. The moon was bright and there were a few stars in the sky.

Lu Wanggui walked into the villa with steady steps. The villa’s main door used a security system that integrated fingerprints and facial recognition. As soon as he stepped on the steps, the villa’s main door slowly opened. As he walked into the house, a strong smell of hot pot rushed into his nostrils. His gaze swept across the living room, and it was a mess.

The small pot was still bubbling with steam. There were two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the coffee table. One side had a coke, while the other had sprite. In his confusion, a sound came from the kitchen.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Wanggui walked towards the kitchen. Before he reached the door, he saw Lu Bei and Xiang Xiaoyuan standing in front of the table with their backs to him.

Xiang Xiaoyuan leaned to the side. At first, she was a little reserved but in the end, she instructed Lu Bei in a natural tone.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Lu Bei was being ordered around like this.

“Devein the shrimps first. We don’t have many shrimps, so we don’t need a meat grinder. You can just chop them up.” Xiang Xiaoyuan flipped through the recipe on her phone, she instructed, “After chopping, add a little salt, cooking wine, and white pepper powder…”

This was Lu Bei’s first time doing something like this, so he didn’t know much about it. For example, “How much is a little?”

“I don’t know either. It depends on your mood. You can put as much as you want.”

Lu Bei: “…”

He was a little regretful.

Why didn’t he control his legs? Couldn’t he just casually find some bread and milk in the fridge to satisfy his hunger? Why was he fighting with a shrimp in the middle of the night?!

Under the bright lights, Lu Wanggui, who had been busy the whole day, did not have the meticulous look he had when he went out during the day. His tired eyes could not hide his laziness. He lifted his hand to open his sleeves. When he listened to their conversation, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Seeing that the two of them were engrossed in cooking, Lu Wanggui deliberately made some noise to attract the two of them to turn around.

Lu Bei did not forget that he was still preparing the shrimps. His hands were moving non-stop as he continued to chop up the shrimps. Fortunately, they were in a separate villa, so no matter how loud the noise was, it would not disturb others.

Xiang Xiaoyuan was very surprised to see him. She walked to his side and asked, “Didn’t Butler Liu say that you won’t be back today?”

Lu Wanggui explained, “The meeting ended early.”

“Oh, I see.”

Xiang Xiaoyuan saw that his gaze was on the vegetables that had just been washed, so she asked casually, “We’re eating hotpot. Do you want to join?”

Lu Wanggui’s smile did not disappear, and he hummed softly.

He took off his suit jacket and handed it to her naturally, Xiang Xiaoyuan took it without stopping. Actually, every day when she saw Lu Wanggui go to work in a suit, she wanted to ask, “isn’t it hot”? With the current temperature, she would be sweating when she walked outside in shorts. Why was he not sweating at all when he was wearing long sleeves and a suit?

Later, she realized that the places where Lu Wanggui went were all air-conditioned! Whether the temperature was high or low in midsummer did not affect him at all!

Xiang Xiaoyuan took his coat and saw that Lu Wanggui had rolled up the sleeves of his shirt to his elbows, exposing his lean arms. He turned on the tap in the kitchen to wash his hands and then said to Lu Bei, “Give it to me.”

This time, not only Xiang Xiaoyuan, even Lu Bei was dumbfounded.

Xiang Xiaoyuan widened her eyes in surprise. “Do you know how to do it?”

Lu Bei was so shocked that he forgot to move, because in his impression, his father had never entered the kitchen!

Lu Wanggui nodded. “I used to.”

Only then did Xiang Xiaoyuan remember that Lu Wanggui had lived a hard life before he became a rich man. In the original novel, there was some information about Lu Wanggui in the past. Lu Wanggui’s family was not very well-off, and his family could barely afford to send him to university.

In his early years, his life could be considered very poor. However, he was lucky and capable. In addition, he happened to be at the right place at the right time. All kinds of luck combined together allowed him to fight his way into the business world and became the respected CEO Lu.

“Let me see the recipe.” Lu Wanggui turned his head.

Xiang Xiaoyuan freed one hand and opened the recipe page she had seen before. She walked to his side and showed it to him.

Lu Wanggui was taller than Lu Bei. He leaned slightly. For a moment, the two of them were very close to each other, so close that they could hear each other’s breathing.

Lu Wanggui stared at the recipe for a long time. After pondering for a moment, he began to put seasoning according to the recipe. His movement was not fast, but he did not seem unfamiliar with it. After a few moves, under the admiring gaze of Xiang Xiaoyuan and Lu Bei, he made some shrimp balls that looked similar to those from a hotpot restaurant.