sjar Chapter 440: Mr. Li’s self-torture trick?
Chapter 440: Mr. Li’s self-torture trick?
Li Zhen was indeed embarrassed, so after a while he replied to Aunt Zhang: "No..."
He wanted to explain the rest, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that they were inappropriate, so he swallowed them back and changed his words to ease the atmosphere, saying, "I don't know if it suits everyone's taste, so let's try it."
Xu Fanghua took over his words and said, "Everyone, come and eat. Those of you who haven't eaten Li Zhen's food, you really need to try it."
"Then I won't be polite." After seeing Xu Fanghua pick up her chopsticks, Chu Zeyan picked up a piece of braised pork ribs in front of Lu Xingchen, took a bite, and looked at Li Zhen, "Mr. Li is not only good at business, but also a good cook. Unlike me, I can't even get into the kitchen."
Li Zhen looked at him, but didn't have time to speak.
Aunt Zhang smiled innocently again and said, "It's icing on the cake for a man to be able to cook, but compared to being able to cook, I think all women hope that their men can be loyal and dedicated, right, Xingchen?"
How should she answer this? Lu Xingchen smiled and affirmed Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang got the affirmation and continued, "If you really don't know how to cook, you can order takeout, but people are not like takeout. They just order something to try it out, and if they find it doesn't suit their taste, they want to change it back..."
The atmosphere at the dinner table became extremely weird because of Aunt Zhang's counterattack. Except for Lu Yisen and Chu Zeyan, everyone else wanted to eat Li Zhen's dishes, but they seemed to have no idea where to start.
Xu Fanghua was so embarrassed for Li Zhen that she almost had to dig out a three-bedroom apartment. She had no choice but to pick up a piece of Aunt Zhang's favorite dish and put it in her bowl, saying, "Didn't you say that Li Zhen's cooking was delicious? Come and eat it."
Aunt Zhang was not stupid, of course. She knew Xu Fanghua wanted her to stop talking, so she apologized and said, "I'm sorry. I don't know why I talked too much today."
If Chu Zeyan told Lu Xingchen that he dealt with Yang Wenqi and Zhang Qiaoai those people because of her, Lu Xingchen would find it hard to refuse such kindness, but she truly felt the heavy love that Zhang Ma gave her.
At first she felt it was quite useful, as it was all Li Zhen's own fault. But when she saw Li Zhen being so embarrassed and not refutating, she inexplicably felt that he was wronged and pitiful.
As for their breakup, she was actually very decisive and didn't give either of them any room for maneuver, which indirectly helped Li Zhen succeed.
Now she is open about it, while he is criticized for nothing, just like when she broke up with him and after they reunited, all his friends labeled her as a materialistic ex.
And at this moment, Li Zhen, who was sitting in her house, seemed so out of place, just like she was when she was sitting in Zhencheng's office.
In fact, there is no need to retaliate like this. Lu Xingchen felt so for a moment, but then she thought, they both broke up, and she had no intention of getting back together with him, so why should she think so much about him.
So the meal ended in this kind of awkward atmosphere for Li Zhen.
However, Li Zhen still finished what he had started, was responsible for cleaning up the dishes, and refused help from anyone except Ethan Lu.
Xu Fanghua couldn't stand it anymore and said to Lu Xingchen in private: "Why don't you go into the kitchen and help?"
Why was she going to help? It made it seem like the two of them were still together: "He said he didn't need to help."
"Of course he said no. Otherwise, Aunt Zhang would go in and continue to tease him? Or would it make him more embarrassed if we went? He's waiting for you to come over..."
"I, won't go. Besides, Ethan is there to help."
Xu Fanghua was so angry that she laughed, "You, you still expect Shang Yisen to comfort Li Zhen?"
"What comfort does he need..."
"Oh!"
Before Lu Xingchen could say anything, Ethan Lu’s exclamation came from the kitchen.
Before Li Zhen in the kitchen could stop him, Ethan Lu had already rushed out of the kitchen and shouted, “Oh no, Uncle Li was cut by a fruit knife when he was cutting fruit.”
Li Zhen chased the child to the kitchen door and saw that everyone had gathered. He felt really... awkward. He immediately said to everyone, "It's okay, it's okay."
But the blood on his finger was real, and it dripped onto the floor. Seeing this, Lu Xingchen's face was horrified, and he strode towards him, "Mom, go get the medicine box!"
"Okay, okay!" Xu Fanghua ran to get the medicine box.
Li Zhen felt even more... ashamed. It seemed like he was resorting to a self-torture tactic.
And he was not the only one who thought so. The outspoken Aunt Zhang also said, "Why did they even resort to the trick of inflicting pain on someone?"
Chu Zeyan also took a look at his hand and said, "This guy was really ruthless. So much blood was shed."
Li Zhen: “…”
He really was just distracted and accidentally hurt himself, but he couldn't defend himself.
However, this injury made Lu Xingchen take the initiative to show concern for him for the first time today, and he personally treated his wound. But strangely, Li Zhen was not that happy, but felt a little sour.
Thinking back to the beginning, no matter what the circumstances, she would always take care of his emotions and thoughts first. Now he had to get stabbed to get her attention. The gap was too big, and he subconsciously refused her move to bandage him.
"It's okay, just put a Band-Aid on it."
"It's useless to put a Band-Aid on such a big wound." Lu Xingchen looked up at him angrily, "Why did you give yourself such a big cut?"
"I really just wasn't careful..." Was he overthinking it, or did everyone think he was using a self-torture tactic? Everyone said so, and Li Zhen had no way to explain it. He just sighed and let Lu Xingchen continue to bandage him.
At this moment, the cell phone in his trouser pocket rang. He took it out with his uninjured hand. Seeing that the caller ID was Huo Chuanwu, he swiped the phone and put it to his ear.
"Hey?"
Lu Xingchen, who was closest to him, couldn't hear what the other party said, but he could hear Li Zhen say, "Okay... I'll go over now."
He hung up the phone, and when she finished wrapping his finger, he immediately took his hand back and said to her, "I have to go over for something."
Although he didn't use much force, Lu Xingchen clearly noticed the force with which he pulled his hand back from hers, and he stood up and spoke to Xu Fanghua without waiting for her answer.
"Auntie, I'm sorry, I have something to do and I have to leave first."
Lu Xingchen suddenly didn’t know whether the matter was urgent or he had wanted to leave a long time ago because of the discrimination and now he finally found an excuse, so he simply said goodbye to them and turned around and left.
Seeing Lu Xingchen sitting still on the sofa, Xu Fanghua followed Li Zhen to the entrance and said, "How about letting Xingchen see you off?"
Li Zhen had already opened the door. "It's too late. Don't bother."
For the first time, Lu Xingchen felt that the word "don't bother" was so strange when Li Zhen said it. She said to Xu Fanghua inexplicably angry, "Mom, even if someone is in a hurry, why bother wasting their time?"
After saying that, she lowered her head and put away the things she had just taken out of the medicine box one by one. She thought she would be waiting for something, but there was only the sound of a door closing.