You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

By the way, let's help Song Mingxuan share the damage from being bombarded with dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

He turned his head and glanced at Song Mingxuan, who was clearly not feeling well, beside him.

"Hey, Lao Song, are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Song Mingxuan said calmly. "I was just thinking that after this barbecue, I might need to run ten laps around the track to digest it."

"Digesting dog food?"

No, digest my sorrow.

Lu Ziang patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, cheer up, maybe one day it will be our turn."

Do you believe it?

"...I don't believe it."

……

An hour later, all the ingredients were ready.

Jiang Che and Su Qinghe carried the skewers to the backyard, where Liu Anping had already set up the barbecue grill, charcoal, and seasonings.

Sunshades and tables and chairs were set up on the lawn in the backyard, and a portable speaker was playing upbeat songs.

Xu Wenbin volunteered to start a fire, but after struggling for more than ten minutes, he still couldn't succeed.

Fortunately, we finally managed to get the charcoal red-hot.

He wiped the sweat from his face and announced triumphantly, "Alright, we can start baking!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Che stood in front of the grill, holding a brush in his hand. He skillfully picked up a skewer of beef and placed it on the grill, brushing oil on it as he grilled it.

The grease dripped onto the charcoal fire, making a sizzling sound.

White smoke, carrying the aroma of meat, rose into the air.

Xu Wenbin leaned closer, sniffed hard, and exclaimed, "Damn, Lao Jiang, your cooking is amazing! Just smelling this makes my mouth water."

"Absolutely." Jiang Che said without turning his head. "I learned this when I went camping with my dad. The most important thing when grilling meat is the heat. If it's too early, it won't be flavorful, and if it's too late, the meat will be tough."

Su Qinghe walked over carrying a plate of freshly skewered corn pieces. Hearing this, she tilted her head and asked, "Do you think your corn is cooked just right now?"

"Is Teacher Su testing me?"

Jiang Che took the plate from her and moved some space on the grill to place other skewers. "I think it's just right, but we'll have to wait for Teacher Su to taste it before we can make a final decision."

Su Qinghe smiled without saying anything, then turned around and went back to help get other ingredients.

Xu Wenbin, watching from the side, felt a pang of jealousy: "Old Jiang, why does your sister-in-law talk to you in such a completely different way than my Xixi does to me? She's so much gentler."

"So you still haven't learned the essence of love." Jiang Che flipped the meat skewers on the grill, patiently instructing, "With your girlfriend, you have to be attentive. Just raising your voice isn't enough to express your love."

"Bullshit, I'm very attentive to Xixi too, okay!"

Xu Wenbin argued forcefully, turning to Lin tide and calling out, "tide tide, isn't that right!"

Lin tide was plating the washed lettuce with Zhao Weilan when she heard this. Without even looking up, she said, "What are you babbling about? Don't bother me, I'm busy."

Xu Wenbin instantly looked at his brothers with a pitiful expression.

Song Mingxuan pushed up his glasses and patted him on the shoulder: "Old Xu, face reality. Your status in your family is probably not even as high as the dishwasher. At least the dishwasher can wash dishes for a lifetime."

"Get lost!"

The charcoal fire burned brighter and brighter.

Jiang Che arranged the first batch of grilled beef skewers and chicken wings into a white porcelain plate, sprinkled them with cumin powder and chili powder, and handed them to Su Qinghe, who had been waiting eagerly for a long time: "Take these and eat them first, be careful they're hot."

Su Qinghe took the plate, blew on it to cool it down, and took a small bite of beef.

"How is it?"

"Mmm! It's delicious!"

Su Qinghe's eyes lit up, and even the sound of her chewing was filled with satisfaction. "Wow, Ache, this tastes exactly the same as the barbecue sold at the barbecue restaurants outside!"

"Oh? Looks like even if I go bankrupt, I can still support us by running a barbecue stall."

"I won't go bankrupt," Su Qinghe muttered as she took another bite.

Xu Wenbin couldn't stand it any longer, so he grabbed two skewers of chicken wings from the grill and ran away.

Jiang Che cursed him as a bandit, then turned back to continue grilling the remaining ingredients.

Lu Ziang squatted down beside them, adding charcoal to the fire. His face was expressionless, but he kept observing the interaction between the two couples out of the corner of his eye.

He admitted that he was indeed a little envious.

But it's not that I envy them for finding such beautiful partners.

Instead, I envy them for being able to openly enjoy their ordinary love life.

Having been by Liu Zhenguo's side for a long time, he had seen too many relationships based on mutual benefit, and too many couples who were only superficially compatible.

Couples like these two, who can joke, bicker, and act coquettishly without any inhibitions, are actually quite rare.

"Old Lu, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Che's voice pulled him back to reality.

"I wasn't thinking about anything." Lu Ziang stood up, patted the charcoal ash off his hands, "Are there any chicken wings left? Old Xu snatched the two skewers I just put up."

"Then go and take it back! You're a hidden master, are you afraid you can't beat Old Xu?"

"My persona as a hidden big shot isn't for stealing chicken wings, okay?"

Despite saying that, Lu Ziang still walked towards Xu Wenbin's direction.

Before they even got close, they saw Xu Wenbin being scolded by Lin tide, who was pulling his ear: "You stole all of Lao Lu's things, what are you going to eat?"

"Ouch, honey, take it easy! I was just trying to taste it for you first!"

"So what flavor did you taste?"

"Um...the taste of love?"

Lin tide released her grip, suppressing a laugh, and glared fiercely at Xu Wenbin.

Lu Ziang silently turned around and walked back.

Never mind, he doesn't have to eat these chicken wings.

About half an hour later, all the ingredients were grilled and served.

Eight people sat around a long table in the yard, which was covered with barbecue, fruit, drinks and several buckets of ice-cold beer that had just been taken out of the refrigerator.

Xu Wenbin took the initiative to pour the drinks, filling everyone's glass to the brim.

"Come on, come on! It's not easy for us to get together today. For the first toast, I propose a toast to Elder Jiang and Qinghe to thank them for their hospitality!"

"Touch one, touch one!"

The sound of glasses clinking together was crisp and clear.

Su Qinghe, holding a juice glass, nudged Jiang Che's leg with her knee under the table.

Jiang Che turned his head to look at her, and she mouthed, "Happy."

Jiang Che smiled at her.

Halfway through the meal, Xu Wenbin started acting up again.

"Xixi, try this." He picked up a chicken wing and placed it on Lin tide's plate.

"Xixi, don't you think the meat skewers smell especially good today?"

"It's alright."

"How can you say it's okay? I personally flipped it over and baked it for Lao Jiang. You have to give me a serious review."

Lin tide reluctantly took a bite: "Mmm, delicious."

"That's it? Is that all you think of the food your boyfriend baked?"

"Didn't you just say that Jiang Che baked this?"

I said I helped flip it over.

"Does flipping it over count as baking?"

"Why not? Without my flipping, this skewer would probably be burnt!"

Song Mingxuan, who was listening from the side, couldn't stand it anymore: "Old Xu, can you stop making a scene for yourself? Is that what you call helping? Isn't your bull demon-like behavior just causing trouble?"

"Old Song, shut up!"