Chapter 276: Little Foodie~
Chapter 276: Chapter 276: Little Foodie~
Qian Ling turned around and saw Wen Jingerui walking toward her, hands tucked in his coat pockets. Her expression was so mortified she was on the verge of tears.
’It’s one thing to reject me, but is he going to humiliate me again?’
Just then, she heard Wen Jingerui ask, "As it happens, I’m getting off work early today. Would you like to have dinner together?"
Huh?
Seeing her staring wide-eyed and silent, Wen Jingerui smiled. "It’s alright. If it’s not convenient, we can just..."
"It is!!"
Qian Ling practically shouted.
After shouting, her cheeks flushed as red as a ripe apple.
Wen Jingerui could clearly sense the young woman’s joy—it was passionate, adorable, and sincere, without a hint of pretense.
A smile touched his lips. "I’m going back to my office to get my bag. Wait for me for a minute. You should wait inside the building."
Qian Ling quickly waved her hands. "No, no, it’s fine. I can wait right here."
Wen Jingerui looked at her. "Don’t you like the smell of disinfectant?"
"No, no, I don’t mind."
"Then go on inside. It’s cold out here, you’ll catch a cold."
Qian Ling had no choice but to follow him into the surgery building.
"I’ll be right down."
"Okay."
Watching Wen Jingerui’s back as he headed upstairs, Qian Ling couldn’t contain her giddy excitement, covering her face to stifle a giggle.
’Ahhh! I did it!’
’I want to fly to Jiang Moli’s side right this second and tell her the good news!’
Wen Jingerui returned to his office. As he took off his white coat, he informed the colleague on duty that he was leaving.
His colleague on duty teased him, "Well, well. Look who’s not staying late today. What’s the occasion, Doctor Wen?"
Wen Jingerui smiled. "Mhm, I’m meeting someone."
"Judging by that happy glow on your face, I’m guessing you’re meeting a lady."
Wen Jingerui just smiled without denying it, slung his bag over his shoulder, and left.
...
Jiang Moli had dinner at her parents’ house.
With Li Hongying gone, it was inevitably lonely for Jiang Dahai to live by himself.
Jiang Moli often went over to keep him company, sharing a small drink and chatting with him.
She had barely sat down after returning to her in-laws’ house when she got a call from Qian Ling. "Moli, I couldn’t wait until tomorrow to tell you! I just had dinner with Doctor Wen, and he walked me home!"
"So, it’s official?"
"Mhm."
Over the phone, Qian Ling’s voice was tinged with shyness.
Jiang Moli’s eyes crinkled with a wide smile. "Not bad, not bad. You two will have to treat your matchmaker to dinner sometime."
"Okay, no problem."
After she hung up, An Hui noticed the joyful look on her face and couldn’t help but ask what was going on.
Upon learning that Jiang Moli had played matchmaker for Qian Ling, An Hui added, "Tingting is getting to that age, too. If you come across anyone suitable, you should keep an eye out for her as well."
Jiang Moli picked up a blood orange and started peeling it. "Didn’t Sister-in-law already find someone for Tingting? A doctor, I think?"
An Hui said, "That man is quite a bit older. It’s not certain he’ll wait for Tingting to graduate, so whether it works out or not is another matter."
’That’s true.’
’Lu Tingting is at an agricultural university and has another year until she graduates. She can’t just bend to the man’s timeline and get married before she’s even finished school.’
...
Qian Ling had the day off, so after work, Jiang Moli headed home alone.
The bus was too crowded to squeeze onto, so she decided to just walk home.
On her way, she came across a food stall selling fried dough twists. A vendor was hawking his wares with a tin megaphone, drawing a crowd of customers.
"Dough twists! Fragrant, flaky, crispy dough twists! Come try them, come buy them! If you don’t like them, they’re free!"
’Such a bold claim. Well, I’ll have to be the judge of that.’
Jiang Moli squeezed her way to the front of the stall. "Free if they’re not good? For real?"
A vendor held out a tray of broken dough twists and pea-flour cakes to her. "Try before you buy, miss. Free if you don’t like them."
Jiang Moli rummaged around in her purse and pulled out a cloth bag.
"Here, just pour them in. I’ll take them home to try with my family."
The vendor was speechless.
’We offer a free sample, and you want to take the whole batch home?’
"Miss, if you like them, then buy some. To be so young and so eager to take advantage of others... Have you no shame?"
Many people in the crowd shot Jiang Moli scornful looks and rolled their eyes.
『Disgust Value +4. 40,000 Yuan Credited.』
"Oh, so I can’t take any to go? You should’ve said so. In that case, I guess I’ll just have to try one of your dough twists."
She picked up a piece of a broken dough twist from the tray, ate it, then picked up a pea-flour cake.
After finishing, she said to the vendor, "Give me five jin of the dough twists and five jin of the pea-flour cakes."
Hearing she was buying so much, the vendor’s attitude warmed up visibly. He quickly weighed out her order.
"Five jin of dough twists, five jin of pea-flour cakes. Here you go, be careful."
"Thanks."
Jiang Moli took the bags and turned to leave.
The vendor stared for a second, then hurriedly called after her. "Miss, you haven’t paid yet!"
Jiang Moli turned back. "Didn’t you say they’re free if they aren’t good? Well, they aren’t good."
The vendor was furious. "Not good? Then why did you buy so much? Five jin of each?!"
"Well, since they’re free, I figured I’d take them home to feed the pigs!"
As soon as she said that, everyone—those who had already bought the dough twists, those who were in the middle of buying them, and those who were about to—all glared at her.
Who was she calling a pig? Didn’t she have any manners?
『Disgust Value +7. 70,000 Yuan Credited.』
Hearing the notification that the Disgust Value had been credited, Jiang Moli swiftly pulled out her wallet, paid the vendor, and left with her dough twists.
’Any longer and someone might throw a sack over my head and beat me up.’
When she reached the bus stop for the Military District Courtyard, she happened to run into Lu Tingting, who was on her way home from school.
"My dear niece, come help me carry one of these. My arms are getting sore."
Lu Tingting noticed the gold necklace around her aunt’s neck, and a sweet satisfaction filled her heart.
A second later, she reached out to take one of the bags from Jiang Moli, casually grabbing a dough twist from it to eat.
"Why did you buy so many of these?"
Jiang Moli smiled. "To give to you, of course. Is it good?"
Lu Tingting eyed her suspiciously. The dough twist, however, was truly delicious—fragrant, flaky, and crispy.
Back at home, Jiang Moli divided the dough twists and pea-flour cakes into several portions.
She gave one portion to Lu Tingting to take home, then handed her another and asked her to deliver it to Xu Xiuzhen’s house.
Lu Tingting snorted. "I’ll just eat this one myself. If you’re so keen on giving it to Second Aunt, take it to her yourself."
Jiang Moli just ruffled her hair, saying indulgently, "Go on, eat up, you little foodie."
After leaving, Lu Tingting touched the top of her head.
’She called me a little foodie. Am I really that much of a glutton?’
She casually grabbed another dough twist and walked home, munching on it. CRUNCH, CRUNCH.
...
「In the blink of an eye, Chen Xue’s wedding day arrived.」
Early in the morning, Lu Tingting, Wu Meixia, and Song Ke sat with Chen Xue in the bridal room, waiting for the groom to arrive for the door-gating ceremony.
It was her first time getting married, after all, and Chen Xue was a bundle of nerves.
One moment she was checking her makeup and hair in the mirror, the next she was confirming the plan for the door games with Lu Tingting and the other two.
Jiang Moli held a handful of sunflower seeds in one hand and wedding candy in the other, munching away as she listened to the relatives gossip.
Around 9 a.m., the groom’s procession arrived at the Chen family’s gate.
As a prominent family of high-ranking officials in Jiang City, the Liang family had spared no expense to put on a grand display for the occasion.
Seven or eight cars were lined up in a row before the Chen family’s home, each with a handsome young man at the wheel.
Nearly everyone from the entire courtyard had come out to watch the spectacle.
The story of the Liang family’s previous marriage fraud and Liang Fei’s subsequent punishment under military law was common knowledge throughout the courtyard. Everyone was curious to finally see what kind of man this Liang Fei was.