Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 972: Her Unusual Behavior 8

Chapter 972: Chapter 972: Her Unusual Behavior 8

"Have you been standing here without moving since I left? Did you skip dinner too?" He Teng said with indescribable heartache, "Can’t you take care of yourself when I’m gone just for a little while? Everyone else is having supper, and you’re not even eating dinner?"

"Why did you come back so quickly?" He Zhilan buried her face in He Teng’s chest, mischievously wiping her tears on his shirt, then looked up with a smile, "So soon, have you had dinner?"

"Quick?" He Teng sighed, "It’s already 8:50, I’ve been out for more than three hours."

"More than three hours? It felt like just three minutes!" He Zhilan exclaimed, "Oh no, the soup I had stewing on the stove when you left, it didn’t burn up, did it?"

"Just sit, I’ll go serve it for you." He Teng held He Zhilan, urging her to sit and rest.

Fortunately, the soup was still warm and hadn’t dried up.

He Teng brought the bowl of soup over and urged her to drink it. "Should I stir-fry some rice for you?"

"Sure! Fried rice! Luckily, there’s some rice left in the pot!" Zhilan’s eyes curved, "I want to add shredded meat, veggies, and dried shrimp!"

"Don’t you want eggs?" He Teng raised an eyebrow.

"Pfft~" Zhilan gave He Teng a laugh, "Who makes egg fried rice without eggs? Hurry up, I’ll sip the soup while waiting for the fried rice!"

Seeing Zhilan laughing happily, without a hint of gloom in her eyes, He Teng then turned to the kitchen.

His cooking skills weren’t great, but his fried rice was good. It was refined while he was taking care of postpartum Zhilan, trying various recipes to get her to eat more.

A fragrant bowl of fried rice, ready in less than ten minutes. Seeing Zhilan drinking soup and eating fried rice contentedly, He Teng felt very joyous. His wife enjoying the egg fried rice he made was a matter of pride for him.

"Brother, have a taste yourself, try your own cooking." Zhilan held up the spoon to He Teng’s lips, "Next time we go back, if Dad sees me and asks, ’Zhilan, why did you gain weight?’ I’ll say it’s all because of Brother’s egg fried rice!"

He Teng chuckled softly, opening his mouth to swallow a spoonful of the fried rice. He didn’t find it particularly flavorful himself, so he didn’t know why, but Zhilan seemed so happy eating it, and she could eat a whole big bowl, drastically more than her usual tiny appetite.

That night, Zhilan was unusually quiet. After eating, she nestled in He Teng’s arms reading a book, not bothering him, just lying quietly, not talking, until she fell asleep leaning against He Teng with the book in hand. He then carried her back to bed.

Seeing Zhilan not sleeping very soundly, He Teng didn’t dare to leave. He lay down beside her on the bed, and only after pulling her into his arms did she gently open her eyes to check if he was there, and then she closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

He Teng knew, that for the over three hours he was away, Zhilan had stood by the window for those hours, perhaps even cried all that time; she was tired, so tonight, she was especially quiet.

Sometimes, Zhilan could be quite a handful, which was both endearing and frustrating, but her calmness like this, made him feel enormously heartache.

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