Gu Jiu woke up from his sleep in a daze. The outside of the window was already shrouded in darkness.
Thinking back to his experience at the research institute last night, what he saw and heard was so shocking, like a heavy hammer, constantly hitting his nerves.
He slept very uneasily that night. His head seemed like a mess, with all kinds of images and thoughts intertwined together. He was in a state of confusion.
I finally woke up, but I felt even more exhausted than before I went to sleep, as if my body and soul had been severely tortured.
He slowly opened his eyes. It was pitch black all around him, and so quiet that he could only hear his own gentle breathing.
He fumbled for his phone and checked the time. It was already seven in the evening.
If it were any other time, he would have jumped up at this time and rushed downstairs to make dinner.
But tonight, after he woke up, he just sat on the bed blankly, staring ahead with empty eyes, his mind blank, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After a long while, he got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face. The cool water on his face made him a little more awake, and then he slowly went downstairs.
The lights were on downstairs, and the warm yellow light sprinkled into the living room, but there was no one in sight.
Gu Jiu was wondering where everyone had gone when a sound suddenly came from the kitchen.
"Hey, are you able to do it? It's been taking you so long." A clear female voice sounded with a hint of impatience.
"I'll try again, it will definitely work this time." A deep male voice responded, with a hint of stubbornness in the tone.
"I think you'd better give up. You've tried several times, but which one was successful? Don't waste your energy." The female voice sounded again, seeming to doubt the boy's ability.
"This is the last time. If I fail again, I will never try again." The man's voice seemed to have made up his mind.
"..."
There was silence in the kitchen for a few seconds, and then some sporadic noises were heard.
"Gu Ranle!"
When Gu Jiu heard this conversation, he was immediately furious. He felt that these two people must be doing something destructive.
He angrily picked up a chair at hand and strode into the kitchen.
Gu Ranle and Li Xiuneng were concentrating on fiddling with the dough on the stove when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind them. They both turned their heads to look towards the kitchen door.
The old man was seen holding a chair angrily, his eyes as big as bells, and he looked as if he wanted to eat them alive.
"Old man? What are you doing?"
Gu Ranle had a puzzled look on his face, his eyes full of confusion, and he had no idea why Gu Jiu looked like he wanted to eat someone.
Although Li Xiuneng's face was full of question marks, he could clearly feel the dangerous aura emanating from Gu Jiu. The oppressive feeling made the back of his neck feel cold. He couldn't help but shrink his neck and asked cautiously: "Master, are you having a nightmare? Why are you so angry all of a sudden?"
Gu Jiu looked at the two people in front of the stove, then looked at the kitchen that had been messed up by them, and then he realized that he had been thinking wrongly.
He looked a little unnatural. He slowly put down the chair in his hand, cleared his throat and said, "I thought there was a thief in the house! What are you two doing here?"
Gu Ranle quickly pointed to the large, sticky, shapeless mass of dough on the chopping board and said aggrievedly, "Master, we want to make hand-rolled noodles, but we can never get it right. They are either too sticky or too dry and can't be kneaded into a ball. Please teach us how to make it."
Gu Jiu looked in the direction of her finger and saw that the chopping board was a mess, flour was scattered everywhere, and the dough was even more horrible.
He immediately looked very upset and said unhappily, "How much flour did you two waste?"
Gu Ranle seemed a little guilty and pointed to the empty bag on the ground next to him.
Gu Jiu looked down and his face instantly turned darker.
There were originally at least ten kilograms of noodles in the bag, but now they were all eaten up by these two people!
Look at the kitchen again. There is flour everywhere on the table, on the floor, on their faces and on their bodies. The whole kitchen looks like a war has just happened.
Gu Jiu was so angry that his hair was about to smoke. He pointed at the door and shouted, "You two who are wasting food, get out! Don't make trouble for me here!"
Gu Ranle and Li Xiuneng looked at each other, and neither of them dared to say a word. Like two little mice that had made a mistake, they lowered their heads silently and left the kitchen in shame.
It took half an hour for Gu Jiu to clean up the kitchen.
Looking at the huge ball of noodles that had been ruined beyond recognition, he sighed helplessly, rolled up his sleeves and started to work.
He first kneaded the dough again, then skillfully rolled it into sheets and cut it into even strips of hand-rolled noodles.
After making the hand-rolled noodles, he used the remaining dough to make a stack of pancakes.
"Starting tonight, you two will feed me cakes. When you finish these cakes, you can eat other things!"
After the meal was ready, Gu Jiu came out of the kitchen carrying a stack of pancakes, placed them heavily on the table, and said unhappily.
Gu Ranle curled her lips and muttered softly, "You are eating hand-rolled noodles by yourself, are you embarrassed? I am your granddaughter."
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at her and said unhappily, "How dare you say that? Look at what you've done to the kitchen. You've wasted so much flour. If you don't finish these cakes today, don't even think about eating anything else delicious!"
After saying that, he went back to the kitchen, picked up the hand-rolled noodles, sat down by himself, and began to eat the hand-rolled noodles happily.
Gu Ranle and Li Xiuneng looked at the thick pile of cakes and then at Gu Jiu's serious expression. They could only sigh helplessly, picked up the cakes, and started eating with bitter faces.
There wasn't even any side dish, just dry pancakes. Even if she loved pancakes, she couldn't eat ten in one meal.
Ugh!
She turned her head and looked at Li Xiuneng, "I understand now. Neither of us has any talent for cooking. We should stop doing it blindly in the future."
Li Xiuneng agreed with this and nodded frequently.
Gu Ranle nudged Gu Jiu with his arm, with a flattering smile on his face, "Master, can you give me some cucumber as a side dish? Otherwise, I can't eat it."
"If you can't eat, you're not hungry! If you're not hungry, get out and don't disturb me while I'm eating!"
"..."
The old man was extremely angry. She knew that he had reason to be angry. Who asked her and Li Xiu to waste food? But they just wanted to cook a meal and thought it should be simple. Who could have imagined it would be so difficult?
"Master, I know I have made a big mistake, so I decided to punish myself by not eating pasta for three days!"
After saying that, she put down the half-eaten cake in her hand, got up and went to the kitchen.
But when she got to the kitchen, she realized that she couldn't do anything except cooking instant noodles, but instant noodles are also pasta.
Forget it, let’s go eat some bread, at least it can fill my stomach.
As soon as she reached the kitchen door, she heard her old man's low voice coming from the dining room: "I'm warning you, if you dare to have any bad thoughts about Ci Ci before we get married, I will make you impotent for the rest of your life! If you don't believe me, try it."