Chapter 123 Close Range

In other words, Yunxi hasn't fallen in love with Li Xingtang yet. If she had fallen in love with Li Xingtang, she wouldn't think this way.

It can only be said that the one who falls in love first loses, while the one who is loved takes it for granted.

After finishing today's tasks, the sun was blazing hot. Even though Yunxi had made various preparations and even applied her own plant essence to her face, she still felt a burning pain. It was because her skin was too delicate that she felt this way.

After finishing the final touches, Yunxi couldn't wait to go home.

"Li Xingtang, thank you for your help today. It's lunchtime now, let's eat here and you can try my cooking."

Li Xingtang nodded eagerly, overjoyed at the thought of being able to enjoy the meal prepared by Yunxi herself.

"Then I'll have to trouble Yunxi. I haven't had the chance to try your cooking yet. Next time, I'll let you try mine. Although it's not very good, I'll try my best to learn."

They never miss an opportunity to confess their feelings.

Yunxi simply nodded. Who knows when the opportunity will come?

After returning home, he quickly drew a basin of well water from the well and placed it directly in the yard. "Come and wash your hands and brush your teeth while you're at it. I'll go cook. You can sit for a while."

With an outsider present, Yunxi couldn't be lazy and just take out the food from her space to eat.

While the tour group was washing their hands outside, I quickly took out some fresh meat and vegetables from inside the room.

It had been a long time since I'd had rabbit meat, so I grabbed a cleaned rabbit and prepared to stir-fry it.

Stir-fry some greens and make a mushroom soup; that's enough for two people.

As for the food, it was taken out in advance, placed in a wooden basin, and covered with a lid. The food taken out of the space was still a little warm, and since the weather is hot now, it can be eaten without heating it up.

In addition, cooking rice again would take too much time.

After washing up, Li Xingtang went straight to the kitchen to help Yunxi.

"Yunxi, is there anything I can help you with?"

Seeing Yunxi chopping up a rabbit, he quickly stopped her, saying, "Yunxi, you can keep that rabbit for yourself later. Just stir-fry some vegetables and mushrooms; there's no need to cook something so fancy for me."

"It's alright. You've been busy all morning and must be tired. You deserve to eat something good. Don't worry about it. Besides, I'm also feeling hungry. So don't worry about it. It's not too difficult for us to eat meat in the countryside. If you're really bored, you can watch the fire for me so it doesn't go out if I'm not careful."

Yunxi is quite efficient when she does things. She chops a rabbit into various small pieces in no time, adds some seasonings and sets them aside. Once the fire in the pot is burning very brightly, she starts frying the rabbit in oil.

I heard that cured rabbit tastes better when stir-fried?

Yunxi wasn't sure if it was true, but she planned to take all the rabbits out of her space and smoke them into preserved rabbits when she had time.

It took more than half an hour to prepare a meat dish, a vegetable dish, and a soup. While the stove was still burning, I also heated up the rice that I had taken out earlier, and then we got ready to eat.

This was Yunxi's first time eating in the living room. In the past, she would just fill a bowl with whatever was available and eat it sitting in the hallway. Now that there were guests, she certainly couldn't be so casual.

"Li Xingtang, my cooking isn't very good, please don't mind it, let's eat."

The appearance is so-so. As for whether it tastes good or not, Yunxi herself is used to it, but she doesn't know if others can get used to it.

"These dishes look delicious, Yunxi. Your cooking is really good. I certainly won't be polite with you."

Li Xingtang said he wouldn't be polite, but he was actually being modest. He still had some baggage on his shoulders, always worried about losing his image in front of the girl he liked, so he was quite polite while eating.

Yunxi didn't pay attention to him while she was eating, focusing on her own food. She was so hungry. She had eaten breakfast at around 5 a.m., and it was already past 12 p.m., so a long time had passed. It would be strange if she wasn't hungry.

Li Xingtang ate the rice in his bowl, occasionally picking up a little bit of food. Even if the food made by the girl he liked wasn't very good, it still tasted delicious. Besides, Yunxi's cooking skills were quite good, and the food was indeed quite tasty.

Yunxi is generous with oil, salt, and seasonings when cooking, so even if you're not a great cook, the food won't be too bad.

Holding the chopsticks, I was itching to pick up a piece of food for Yunxi, but I never had the courage. However, I still felt a bit too reserved for this era and thought that picking up food was a bit too intimate.

Although he had openly told her that he wanted to pursue her, Yunxi had never agreed or given him any official status, which made him afraid to take direct action.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Li Xingtang told Yunxi to clear the dishes, but he had already put them away beforehand.

Yunxi worked hard enough cooking, so you can do the dishes yourself.

Yunxi would never refuse if someone wanted to help him with something; if he wanted to do it, he should just do it well.

The work in the fields was finished this morning, so I'll go to my private plot this afternoon to harvest the sweet potatoes. I'll try to finish it this afternoon while someone else is here to help.

Fortunately, Yunxi didn't plant too many sweet potatoes in her private plot. If the two of them worked hard, they could finish the job before dark.

It won't delay Li Xingtang's return, since it's not safe after dark, and it will take at least an hour to get back to town. Let him leave sooner rather than later.

Since they had just finished eating, it wasn't a good time to start working right away, so Yunxi simply moved two small stools to the corridor and prepared to sit there and rest for a while before continuing.

After Li Xingtang finished cleaning up the dishes and tidying up the stove, he appeared particularly diligent. He then washed his hands by the well and simply sat down by the stream.

This was the first time Li Xingtang had sat so close to Yunxi. He smelled the faint scent of peach blossoms emanating from her and unconsciously leaned closer to her, wanting to see if the scent of peach blossoms was coming from her.

Before he knew it, he had moved closer and closer to Yunxi.

Yunxi turned her head and glanced at him; the two were only a few centimeters apart.

The two of them froze for a moment. If they had moved forward just a little, they would have touched each other's lips. For a moment, it was as if the air itself had stopped.