Chapter 300 — Absolutely Inedible
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"N... no..." Guan Xin stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed. "Wei Zhao, do you feel like having instant noodles?"
"Me? I suppose I wouldn't mind..." Wei Zhao was rather puzzled. Why was Guan Xin so intent on making him eat instant noodles? Not wanting to embarrass her, he answered offhandedly.
"Then that's great! I like them too. Shall I go make two bowls?" Guan Xin was pleased by his answer. "I'll go right now..."
"Guan Xin, you sit right where you are!" Guan Xuewen was furious. He dropped even the affectionate "Xin-Xin" and used her full name.
"Oh..." Guan Xin felt aggrieved, but she could not very well explain the real reason, so she sat down in sullen silence. If only she had known—she would never have made the food taste so awful. Even a plain, careless dish, cooked without much effort at all, would have been very, very tasty...
"Ha... I haven't had instant noodles in ages. I've actually missed that flavor." Wei Zhao smiled. "Grandpa Guan, don't be angry. Guan Xin is just being a little too hospitable..."
Guan Xin threw Wei Zhao a grateful look. She had been about to poison him to death, and still he smoothed things over for her—what a good man he truly was! Yes, indeed: if he were not a good man, he would never have taken a bullet for her, and today he would never have risked his life to save her!
Girls in the flower of youth are always given to fantasy. To have a prince charming willing to stand guard beside her is the wish of every girl that age. Though Wei Zhao was plainly not as wonderful as she imagined, Guan Xin took it upon herself to perfect him into a prince charming...
In truth, Wei Zhao's blocking the bullet had been simple: whoever was behind him, he simply did not want to see an innocent hurt. And today, when he went to rescue Guan Xin—even if the hostage had not been Guan Xin, but anyone else Wei Zhao knew, he would have acted all the same... Besides, if Guan Xin knew that Wei Zhao had moved so fast in order to trade for a kiss from Tang Zhi, who knows how she would have felt?
Seeing his granddaughter cast Wei Zhao that grateful look, Guan Xuewen grew even more bewildered... These two did not seem to be at odds at all. Then what exactly was their relationship? Why was Xin-Xin so strange today? And Wei Zhao was actually playing along?
"All right, enough talk. Since you two are so familiar, let's just eat! I'll start!" Guan Xuewen picked up a bite of sweet-and-sour fish. Guan Xin tried to stop him, but it was too late. She could only wait in misery to be scolded...
"Mm... this fish is very tender, quite good... Pfft—" Guan Xuewen's eyes went wide. He spat the fish out in one mouthful and then stood there with his mouth open, gasping for breath. "What was put in this? Oh, my poor old life..."
When the fish first entered his mouth, Guan Xuewen had thought it tender and pleasant, but the very next moment a searing burn shot straight up his nose, and tears nearly burst from his eyes...
"Grandpa... I'm sorry." Guan Xin hurriedly fetched a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Guan Xuewen. "Earlier, I accidentally knocked over the mustard..."
"Knocked over the mustard?" Guan Xuewen took a drink and finally managed to catch his breath. "Then why did you still bring it to the table? Were you trying to do your grandfather in?"
"I said earlier I wanted to take it back and cook it again... but you wouldn't let me, Grandpa..." Guan Xin said cautiously.
"All right... forget it. One sweet-and-sour fish—we just won't eat it. Have Liu Ma take it away and we'll eat something else!" Guan Xuewen waved a hand in helpless resignation. "Little Yi, my apologies—you've had to witness a joke at our expense! Come, let's eat something else! Xin-Xin isn't usually like this. Perhaps today, hearing that a young man of such talent was coming, she got a little flustered. Her cooking really is excellent—why don't you try it?"