Chapter 1178 - 692: Kitchen Bomber, Insists on Walking Her Home? (Fourth Update)

Chapter 1178: Chapter 692: Kitchen Bomber, Insists on Walking Her Home? (Fourth Update)

Yi Garden Villa

Miss Si had just hung up the phone shortly before Jiang Chengsi returned, having only bought some simple ingredients. The main dish was noodles, for convenience.

"Do you need any help?" She got up, ready to follow him to the kitchen.

"Your hand is injured, better take a rest. I can handle it myself. You go watch some TV," Jiang Chengsi said as he closed the kitchen door.

When she was designing at the time, she thought that no matter how effective the kitchen range hood was, it couldn’t entirely prevent the smell of smoke from wafting into the living room, especially in the winter when the heating was on and the whole house was closed up. That’s why she didn’t design an open-plan kitchen.

Unexpectedly, this door didn’t block the smoke...

But it did manage to keep her, the owner, outside.

She sat in the living room, watched TV for a while, and then heard clattering noises coming from the kitchen.

Even if she couldn’t see, she could hear the sounds of pots and pans clashing.

He...

Hopefully, he wouldn’t demolish her kitchen.

Jiang Chengsi could make simple dishes, but he thought there should always be a signature dish to set the stage. With decent hands-on skills, even if his brother didn’t teach him, he would check the recipe himself, feeling confident to learn.

But he overestimated his abilities.

After bustling about for half a day...

He presented a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes, a small stir-fried pork dish, and two bowls of noodles.

She was really curious to see what disaster her kitchen had become after his "bombing," but Jiang Chengsi was quick to shut the door, "Time to eat."

She nodded, sat across from him, and had just picked up her chopsticks when Jiang Chengsi casually said, "I just whipped something up randomly, the time was too rushed."

Whipped something up randomly... you’ve been busy for over an hour and a half.

She tasted the small stir-fried pork; it definitely couldn’t compare with a top chef’s, and the presentation wasn’t great, but the taste was alright, "Pretty tasty."

Jiang Chengsi had tasted it when he brought the dish out, and hearing her compliment, he was relieved.

God knows how nervous he felt waiting for her review.

Jiang Chengsi was no longer hungry after being busy for so long, "...Where did you go with your family?"

"Nanjiang."

"The climate is nice there all year round. I’d like to buy a house and settle down in the south."

Jiang Chengsi had little hope for the chaotic mess in Beijing, itching to find a place far away from them, genuinely considering buying a seaside house in the south; water scooters are pretty cool too.

"Apart from the frequent typhoons, Nanjiang is really suitable for settling down." Anyway, plenty of Si Family’s businesses are in the south, and she spent more time in Nanjiang than in Beijing.

After the meal, she intended to help clean the dishes, but Jiang Chengsi didn’t give her the chance. When he went into the kitchen, she took a glance through the door gap...

Just one look, and she pressed her lips tightly!

This was a battleground.

He surely didn’t break her custom-ordered plates, did he? They were unique.

"Did anything in the kitchen get broken?"

"No, just a bit messy, you better not go in." Jiang Chengsi initially tried to make a signature dish; after fussing around for ages, indeed broke something, but he certainly wouldn’t let her know.

...

Jiang Chengsi put the dishes away in the kitchen and, upon returning, saw her sitting on the sofa staring at something absentmindedly. As he came over, she looked at him with a bit of frustration.

"Went on a trip and brought you a gift; didn’t expect it to get broken."

Jiang Chengsi leaned over to take a look, it was a ceramic mug, the handmade kind, with a racing car logo painted on it, but the edge got chipped, shattering into three or four pieces.

"Next time I’ll gift you something else." The mug was wrapped in quite a bit of foam padding, generally resistant to bumps; perhaps, during some friction with someone, it fell to the ground and shattered.

"Leave it aside, I’ll get the custom clothes for you; try them at home and let me know if anything doesn’t fit."

"How much do the clothes cost?"

"They don’t cost much, just take them as a gift from me."

"..."

Winter nights always seem to come especially early, the sky darkened swiftly. Jiang Chengsi wouldn’t keep her long, mainly considering she’d been scared today and should rest early.

After dinner, they chose to walk.

More importantly, Jiang Chengsi wanted to know where she lived; she sensed it too, especially when they reached the entrance of the complex, he lightly said:

"To prevent today’s incident from happening again, I’d better walk you to your building."

"There shouldn’t be any issues inside the complex, it’s late; you should head back to Hexi, don’t stay out too late."

"It’s alright, a few more steps don’t matter." Jiang Chengsi said bluntly.

"Really, it’s not necessary, I’m heading in!"

Before Jiang Chengsi could speak, she hurried into the complex with the clothes, turned a corner, and vanished into the night.

It’s just walking her to the building, not like meeting her parents, why is he so shy?

**

Guandong, Si Family

When she returned home, her parents were in the living room.

"Out for so long, not even back for dinner, what did you buy?" You Yunzhi noticed she just carried a packaging bag and slightly frowned, "Bought clothes again?"

"Hmm." The daughter likes cheongsams and loves buying clothes.

"Let me see, what kind is it?"

"It’s not a very fancy style, I’ll head back to my room first."

You Yunzhi watched her daughter quickly go upstairs and couldn’t help but laugh, "This girl, what kind of precious clothes she has, won’t even let me take a look."

If her parents found out it was a racing outfit, they would definitely ask questions, and many things would be hard to hide. Most importantly, her father doesn’t really like her playing with cars, thinking it’s too dangerous.

Just as she was looking for a place to hide the clothes, she heard a knock on the door.

Suppressing the wild beating of her heart, "Who is it?"

"Miss, it’s me, may I come in?"

"Come in, the door’s not locked."

The man pushed the door open, closed it, but didn’t enter the room, just stood at the door. She tilted her head to glance at him, "Is there news on those two people I asked you to investigate?"

"No."

"Then what’s the matter?"

"Fourth Master called me." Her fingers paused as she was tidying the clothes.

"What did he say?" When Jiang Chengsi rented the house, it was this man who handled the contract with him, and they exchanged phone numbers.

"He said..." The man coughed lightly, "He damaged two of your plates, a bowl, and some kitchen utensils might be damaged to varying degrees. He said he would compensate at the original price."

When renting the house, it was agreed that everything could be used, but in case of damage, compensation was definitely required.

She twitched her lips hard...

Is this what he meant by nothing was damaged?

"He said he could help you purchase the same tableware, but we need to provide the shopping method. This Fourth Master, how did he manage to break so many things."

"Someone who doesn’t cook, breaking some things is normal. Just say it’s fine, no need for compensation."

The man was stunned, "But those were your custom-made items, are you really..."

"Never order from that custom place again; the quality of the tableware isn’t very good, too fragile."

"..."

Isn’t it the Fourth Master who’s too ruthless? How did it become the tableware’s fault?

After Jiang Chengsi saw her off, he contacted the so-called "landlord" right away. Compensating for broken items is quite normal. Informing the landlord immediately avoids future disputes.

He didn’t know how he managed to break so many things. It was troubling.

Luckily, she doesn’t know, otherwise...

Where would his face go?

After Jiang Chengsi returned home, he looked at the packaging box she left by the trash can. Inside was a shattered handcrafted cup; he picked it up and reevaluated it. Broken into big pieces, it could be glued together and still be usable.

Regular glue probably wouldn’t work; after thinking for a long time, he decided to find Tang Wan tomorrow.

**

The next day, Jiang Mansion

Xiaowai followed Fan Mingyu to visit the Huo Family. Tang Wan had rare free time, working on a Cyan Feather screen at home. When Jiang Chengsi showed up with a broken cup, Tang Wan had a puzzled look.

"Fourth Brother, this is..."

"Can it be saved?"

"It can be glued together; I can use paint to cover the cracks for you, but it’s quite troublesome." Tang Wan meant that the restoration process is more complex than buying a new one.

"Will it be like new?"

"Definitely won’t be the same, but it should be fine for drinking. This is handmade, right?" Tang Wan examined the cup, "Who gave it to you?"

"Just help me fix it."

Tang Wan, who was doing the Cyan Feather work, had all sorts of tools on hand. Gluing some porcelain pieces wasn’t difficult for her; she found matching paint to fill the cracks, and unless closely inspected, you couldn’t tell it had been broken.

"Sister-in-law, your craftsmanship is impressive." Jiang Chengsi smiled.

Cyan Feather work requires very delicate craftsmanship; fixing up a porcelain cup is naturally no big deal for her. "Zeyan treated us yesterday, why didn’t you go? He was quite upset, saying you must have ditched friends for a romantic interest."

"I had serious business to attend to. Isn’t he leaving tomorrow? I’ll treat him to dinner tonight."

"He and Xixi left today, worried that if they wait any longer, they’ll encounter bad weather like rain or snow and won’t be able to leave."

"Leaving today?"

"He should have informed you; you didn’t receive his message?"

Jiang Chengsi took out his phone and took a look; indeed Qi Zeyan had messaged him about his flight today, going to Pingjiang with Ruan Mengxi, asking if he wanted any local specialties. Turns out...

Yesterday he had blocked someone’s messages.

When he dialed Zeyan’s number, asking if he was departing, hoping to see him before the year-end.

Qi Zeyan simply told him:

"Jiang Chengsi, are you trying to piss me off."

"I said I’d meet you, why are you acting like this? It’s just that I didn’t see you last night. No big deal, today I’ll send you and Xiaoruan to the airport."

"I’ve already arrived in Pingjiang!"

"..."