The Best Of You (English Ver.) - Chapter 39
On the past few days, Sun Tiantian has been practicing cooking at home with her mother every day.
In the afternoon, Shen Nianshen wanted to help to cook but Sun Tiantian threw him out of the kitchen instead.
Shen Nianshen was helpless and could only get out of there.
But after a while, a scream came from inside the kitchen. This shocked Shen Nianshen to death and rushed into the kitchen.
Sun Tiantian was frying potatoes, but the water on the potatoes was not completely drained yet. When she put them in the pan, the hot oil splashed right away. Sun Tiantian’s face and the back of her hand were all got splashed. Sun Tiantian was so frightened that she retreated several meters away. She wanted to put out the fire, but as soon as she reached out, the oil was spurting out again.
When Shen Nianshen came in, he saw Sun Tiantian holding a spatula and trying to put out the fire. But she was splashed by the oil and backed away, her face looking panicked and worried.
Shen Nianshen immediately came over, pulled Sun Tiantian to his side to protect her, and calmly reduced the flames. Then, he took the spatula from Sun Tiantian’s hands and fried them several times in the frying pan. After a while, the pan has stopped spurting the oil out.
There was a lot of smoke in the kitchen, Shen Nianshen opened the window and then looked back at Sun Tiantian. The smile could not be hidden from his eyes.
Sun Tiantian hid behind Shen Nianshen, when she saw Shen Nianshen laughing at her instead, she was embarrassed and whispered, “It was so oily…”
Shen Nianshen laughed loudly and rubbed her head affectionately, “Why are you so silly?”
Sun Tiantian pursed her lips and said quietly, “I forgot to drain the water.”
Shen Nianshen examined Sun Tiantian’s face carefully and asked anxiously, “Does it hurt?”
Sun Tiantian shook his head, “It hurt a little earlier, but now it’s not hurt anymore.”
Shen Nianshen checked carefully and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there was no sign of burns. He pulled Sun Tiantian a few meters away from the stove, “Let me do the cooking. In the future, you’re not allowed to enter the kitchen.”
Sun Tiantian stood at the back obediently intertwining her hands, she didn’t say anything.
Shen Nianshen was cooking the food when he felt something was not right. Sure enough, when he turned around, he saw Sun Tiantian standing at the back with her head down and a sad face.
Shen Nianshen stared at her for a while and Sun Tiantian sensed that there were eyes on her. She looked up and met Shen Nianshen’s smiling eyes.
Sun Tiantian blinked her eyes, those black pupils made her look like a cute little animal.
Shen Nianshen finally couldn’t help but smile and pointed to the cupboard containing the spices, “Take the salt over here.”
When Sun Tiantian realized that there was something she could do, her eyes lit up. She immediately looked for a jar of salt and handed it to Shen Nianshen, “How many spoons?”
Shen Nianshen looked at the food on the wok and said, “Half a spoon.”
Sun Tiantian immediately scooped up the salt and made Shen Nianshen helpless, “You fool, just half a spoon.”
“Ah?” Sun Tiantian hastily poured back some of the salt, “Is this enough?”
Shen Nianshen glanced at it, “Hmm, that’s enough. Add another half a spoon.”
Sun Tiantian obediently put in another half a spoon.
Shortly, Shen Nianshen finished cooking the potato wedges and handed them to Sun Tiantian, “Clever girl, take them out.”
“Okay!” Sun Tiantian picked them up and carried them out happily.
“Oh, is everything ready?” Grandma looked up and asked with a chuckle.
Sun Tiantian smiled, “Yeah, it’s Ah Nian’s cooking. I’m just helping him out.”
Sun Tiantian ran back to the kitchen happily and saw that Shen Nianshen was ready to cook cola chicken wings. She pulled Shen Nianshen’s hand right away, “Just leave this one to me. Just let me cook, okay?”
Sun Tiantian looked at Shen Nianshen pleadingly, “I have learned it for a long time.”
Sun Tiantian really wanted to make it, Shen Nianshen could only give her the place.
But to avoid the oil splattering again, Shen Nianshen helped until the chicken was put into the wok. When the oil was no longer splattered, Sun Tiantian then stood in front of the stove while holding the spatula happily.
As she poured the cola into the wok, she turned around and boasted to Shen Nianshen, “I am very good at making this dish, even my mother said it was delicious.”
Shen Nianshen leaned against the door with his arms crossed, looking at Sun Tiantian gently, “Yes, of course, my Tiantian is indeed the best.”
Sun Tiantian felt sweet in her heart and became a little puffed up instantly.
But the consequence of the big head was… a wok of cola chicken wings she was frying was burnt.
When Shen Nianshen came to taste it, Sun Tiantian felt very guilty. She held the spatula tightly in her hand and looked at him nervously, “How is it? Is it edible still?”
Shen Nianshen nodded, “It’s delicious.”
“Really?” Sun Tiantian was a little disbelieving, she picked up the chopsticks to taste them. But just as she put it in her mouth, she hastily spits it out, “Scorched, it’s not good.”
When she made it deliciously before, she had forgotten it was because her mother helped to check the temperature of the fire on her side. Today she did it for the first time by herself and accidentally burnt it.
Sun Tiantian lifted the wok and was about to throw the chicken away. Shen Nianshen stopped her, “Don’t throw it away.” Shen Nianshen looked at Sun Tiantian seriously, “This is the first time you cook for me, how could it’s okay to throw away.”
Sun Tiantian pursed her lips and whispered, “But it’s not good.”
Shen Nianshen smiled and pinched her cheeks, “I think it’s delicious.”
Shen Nianshen took a plate and then took the dish out, he returned to the kitchen to cook two dishes of vegetables and soup.
Shen Nianshen’s birthday was celebrated simply, they’re not inviting anyone else, there was only him, Sun Tiantian, and grandma.
Sun Tiantian was taking up some rice in the kitchen. When she came out, she saw there were two additional people in the house. They were Shen Nianshen’s neighbors that Sun Tiantian had seen last time, Lin Li and her mother.
Lin Li held a cake in her hands and Lin Li’s mother said with a smile, “Lili said today is Ah Nian’s birthday. She left early this morning to buy a cake for him.”
Sun Tiantian saw the cake brought by Lin Li, her heart was a little uneasy. But she couldn’t show anything because they helped all this time and just stood to the side.
Usually, when Shen Nianshen went to college, Mother Lin would often take care of grandma. Furthermore, they’re guests, so she can’t say anything. “Sorry to bother you guys. This Ah Nian doesn’t like celebrating birthdays. So it’s troublesome for you to remember the day.”
Grandma smiled and accepted the cake from Lin Li’s hand, she also said to Shen Nianshen, “Ah Nian, don’t you say thanks to Aunt Lin and Lili?”
Shen Nianshen said, “Thank you, Aunt Lin.”
“Xiao Mei, you and Lili have a sit, let’s eat together.” Grandmother greeted the guests and shouted at Shen Nianshen, “Ah Nian, get two more bowls and chopsticks.”
“Okay.” Shen Nianshen replied and took Sun Tiantian’s hand. He whispered, “Come with me.”
Although Sun Tiantian was not happy, she did not show it. She followed Shen Nianshen that led her into the kitchen.
Lin Li saw Shen Nianshen holding a girl’s hand for the first time, she was so shocked that her eyeballs almost popped out.
In her impression so far, Ah Nian really hates women and has never touched women. He didn’t even allow himself to be touched by women.
She stared intently at the hands of the two holding each other, momentarily stunned, and couldn’t help but ask grandma, “Grandma, who is that girl?”
As soon as she talked about Sun Tiantian, Grandma smiled happily at once, “That’s Ah Nian’s girlfriend. Such a nice girl.”
Lin Li met Sun Tiantian once before. It was when Grandma accidentally fell, the girl came to Shen Nianshen’s house to visit Grandma. But at that time, she was not Shen Nianshen’s girlfriend yet.
Lin Li gritted her teeth tightly, her heartfelt hurt like being stabbed by a needle.
Getting into the kitchen, Sun Tiantian let go of Shen Nianshen’s hand and turned her head in anger.
Shen Nianshen hugged her from behind and turned to the side to look at her, he asked in a low voice, “What’s the matter?”
Sun Tiantian snorted and said in annoyance, “Looks like I’m not the only one who remembers your birthday.”
Shen Nianshen knew that Sun Tiantian would be jealous, he explained gently, “I didn’t know they would come here, don’t be angry.”
Sun Tiantian wasn’t actually angry, but Lin Li liked Shen Nianshen. Thinking of her boyfriend being liked by another girl, her heartfelt uneasy.
Sun Tiantian broke free from Shen Nianshen’s embrace and walked to the refrigerator, taking out the cake she had made from it.
Shen Nianshen was stunned and hurriedly held Sun Tiantian’s hand, “What are you doing?”
Sun Tiantian snorted, “The cake I made, you may not eat it!”
“……”
Sun Tiantian’s jealousy was a bit unreasonable. Shen Nianshen either had to laugh or cry. He took the cake from Sun Tiantian’s hands and put it back in the fridge. Then he hugged Sun Tiantian gently and lowered his head to kiss her a few times, “Good girl, don’t be angry anymore, okay?”
Shen Nianshen’s gaze and tone were extremely gentle. In fact, Sun Tiantian also knew that her jealousy was unreasonable. Her heart softened and couldn’t help but laugh, “I’m not that stingy.”
She pushed Shen Nianshen, “You take the bowls and chopsticks, the guests are waiting outside.”
Shen Nianshen saw Sun Tiantian was smiling, at last, he gently stroked the girl’s head and said, “After lunch, I’ll take you out.”
Sun Tiantian nodded happily, “Okay.”
Shen Nianshen took the extra bowls and chopsticks, the lunch that was originally only three became five of them.
Shen Nianshen continued to add dishes to Sun Tiantian’s bowl from time to time, Lin Li kept watching from the side. She was so shocked that she was speechless. She had never seen Shen Nianshen treat any girl so gently.
No, let alone being that gentle, she had never seen Shen Nianshen get in touch with any girl.
Lin Li looked at Sun Tiantian, her heart suddenly felt jealousy. Was it because Sun Tiantian was beautiful?
During lunchtime, the cola chicken wings that Sun Tiantian made were unsaleable and only Shen Nianshen ate them.
A pot full, Shen Nianshen actually almost finished it all.
Sun Tiantian looked a little worried beside him and whispered, “Ah Nian, are you sure you won’t have diarrhea later?”
Shen Nianshen glanced at her and laughed softly, “If I have diarrhea, you’ll have to take responsibility.”
Sun Tiantian’s face became resentful, “You’re annoying.”
Shen Nianshen smiled and lightly pinched Sun Tiantian’s hand under the table.
After lunch ended, Shen Nianshen was going to wash the dishes. However, he was stopped by Sun Tiantian, “Don’t do the washing. It’s your birthday today, so let me do it.”
As she spoke, she pushed Shen Nianshen out of the kitchen.
Shen Nianshen glanced at Sun Tiantian’s white and soft fingers, he couldn’t bear to let her wash the dishes. So he walked back in and said, “I’ll just wash them faster. Then we can go out.”
As he spoke, he started to move to wash the dishes.
Sun Tiantian couldn’t stop him, only helping to wipe the bowl next to him.
With the cooperation of the two, it wasn’t long before the kitchen has been cleaned up.
When they came out, Lin Li’s mother happened to be taking Lin Li home. She said to Shen Nianshen, “Ah Nian, Lili and I go home first. Happy birthday, huh.”
Shen Nianshen replied quickly, “Thank you, Auntie.”
The matter of Lin Li liking Shen Nianshen, Lin Li’s mother knew best. If Shen Nianshen could become her son-in-law, she would ask for nothing more. That was why she often came here to protect Shen Nianshen’s grandmother, wanting to help create opportunities for her daughter.
However, seeing that the young man already had a girlfriend, of course her intentions had to be erased. She said goodbye to Shen Nianshen and his grandmother then took her daughter home.
Grandma was old, she wants to take a rest after lunch. She said to Shen Nianshen, “Ah Nian, you better take Sun Tiantian out. I’ll go back to my room to take a nap, I’m not accompanying you anymore.”
“All right, Grandma. Have a good rest.”
“Right.” Grandmother got up from the sofa and walked over to Sun Tiantian, chuckling as she patted the back of Sun Tiantian’s hand, “Tiantian and Ah Nian, you have a good time.”
Sun Tiantian smiled and nodded, “We will, Grandma.”
Shen Nianshen wanted to take Sun Tiantian out, but before that, he took a shower first and then returned to his room to change the clothes.
When he came back into his room, Sun Tiantian was lying on his bed with her cell phone held high, she was playing a game.
Shen Nianshen put on his jacket, then walked to the side of the bed to pull Sun Tiantian up, “Alright, let’s go.”
Sun Tiantian did not move on the bed and spread her arms, “Carry me.”
Shen Nianshen shook his head, leaned over, and carried her, “Happy?”
Sun Tiantian hugged Shen Nianshen’s neck and smirked silly, “Very happy.”
Shen Nianshen carried her off the bed and lowered her to the floor.
Then he walked to the table, took out his wallet and the keys before exiting the room holding Sun Tiantian’s hand.
Just as they were about to leave the alley, Sun Tiantian suddenly asked, “Shall we come back home for dinner?”
Shen Nianshen thought for a moment, “Let’s have dinner out tonight.”
“Then, I want to bring the cake! Wait a moment!” said Sun Tiantian as she ran back inside.
Shen Nianshen followed her subconsciously, but before he could take a few steps, he heard someone calling out to him from behind.
“Ah Nian.”
Shen Nianshen’s steps stopped and turned his head, “Yes?”
Lin Li looked at him, “You’re really going out with her?”
Shen Nianshen agreed.
“Besides being beautiful, what else is there? She cooked the cola chicken wings, right? A rich lady who can’t even cook, who lives a life of being pampered by her parents. You are with her, are you going to treat her like a princess?”
“If so, then what?” Shen Nianshen raised his eyes to look at Lin Li, his tone was very serious and firm, “She is with me, basically, there’s no need to do anything either.”
With this firm sentence, Lin Li was at a loss for words and her mouth hung open for a long time before asking again, “But why?”
Shen Nianshen replied, “Because I love her.”
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