Reborn to Make Games: My Girlfriend is a Game Streamer

As soon as Jiang Yiting entered the kitchen, she saw a plate of cold-dressed houttuynia cordata on the counter, and next to it was a bowl of dipping sauce with chili oil and vinegar aroma.

Her eyes lit up instantly, and she patted Chen Bainian's arm with a smile: "My little brother really understands me!"

She quickly washed her hands and, together with Chen Bainian, brought the food to the table.

A large bowl of crab and loofah soup is placed side by side with a simple plate of steamed crab.

The dipping sauce was placed between the two of them, while the cold-dressed houttuynia cordata, a side dish specially made for her, was placed in front of Jiang Yiting.

Chen Bainian hesitated for a moment before asking, "Shall I help you take it apart?"

Jiang Yiting smiled as she watched his unusually proactive behavior and nodded happily, "Okay, thank you, little brother."

Chen Bainian skillfully removed the crab shell first, and then carefully peeled off the crab gills.

Next, pick up a clean pair of cooked food scissors, make a cut on the side of the calf that is swimming, and then skillfully break it apart.

A whole piece of snow-white crab meat, still attached to the lower leg, was revealed, clean and neat, without a single broken shell.

"The fattiest part is the meat on this calf, you can try dipping it in this sauce..." he explained gently as he carefully disassembled the piece.

"If you're talking about big pliers, I suggest you try the original flavor, preferably by biting it open with your own molars."

The crabs aren't at their fattest this season, but they're at their most delicious. There's a juicy filling in their large claws; one bite and it's incredibly fresh…

Jiang Yiting rested her chin on her hand, watching Chen Bainian's slender fingers work with the scissors to easily and neatly separate the crab's body, revealing the snow-white crab meat inside.

The idiom "Butcher Ding dissects an ox" is probably most fitting for Chen Bainian at this moment.

Although she grew up in Chengdu, her family was well-off, and even though live seafood like blue crabs were much more expensive than in coastal areas, she ate them quite often.

Her husband was also a well-known chef in the area. When she ate crab for the first time, he patiently taught her how to eat it and how to open it.

However, watching Chen Bainian intently disassembling the device and listening to his gentle instructions with a slight Jiangzhe accent, I had a completely different feeling.

One type is the steady and reliable love from a father, like an old bird teaching its chicks;

Another type of sharing comes from the person in front of her, who is somewhat ambiguous and makes her heart race – a sharing with a different flavor.

Jiang Yiting suddenly had an idea, picked up her phone, and took a picture of the dining table.

The photo shows the crab meat that Chen Bainian had prepared for her and arranged neatly, the steaming food on the table, and half of his figure with his head down, focused.

She opened her WeChat Moments, uploaded a picture, and added the following text:

Thank you for the big crab, little brother!

The moment she posted the picture on her WeChat Moments, a plate of neatly cut half a crab was pushed in front of her.

"Come on, have a taste."

Following his instructions, Jiang Yiting first gently bit open the crab claws with her molars.

With a soft "crunch," a burst of incredibly fresh juice instantly filled her mouth, causing her to unconsciously squint her eyes.

"It's so fresh," she exclaimed as she carefully removed the meat from the tongs, "and it even has a hint of sweetness."

Then, she pinched the wading leg, rolled the crab meat on it in the dipping sauce, and put it in her mouth.

My father's secret-recipe spicy sauce and the freshness of Haimen blue crab collided on the tip of my tongue, yet they blended together wonderfully.

This is a fusion of her Sichuan and Chongqing flavors and his Zhang'an flavors.

Looking at her satisfied expression, Chen Bainian couldn't help but smile as well.

Just as he was about to pick up his chopsticks, his older brother, who had been silently observing for a long time, was no longer satisfied with his cat food. He jumped onto the table with a "whoosh" and stared longingly at the plate of crab meat that had been dissected in front of Jiang Yiting.

The two turned their heads at the same time and met a pair of round, eager cat eyes.

"You eat yours, I'll handle this," Chen Bainian said to Jiang Yiting, casually taking a small piece of snow-white meat from his half of the crab and handing it to his older brother.

The little guy immediately came over and started munching away.

Seeing that his older brother was enjoying his meal, the two of them then resumed their crab feast.

Chen Bainian scooped two large spoonfuls of his homemade crab and loofah soup into the rice bowl, then simply stirred it with chopsticks to ensure that every grain of rice was soaked in the soup.

He picked up the bowl, slurped up a big mouthful of the steaming soup and rice, and let out a satisfied sigh.

Jiang Yiting looked up at the sound and met his smiling eyes.

Chen Bainian met her questioning gaze and explained with a smile, "This is the taste of my childhood."

Back then, families wouldn't eat the best crabs; they'd sell them for money.

My parents would only pick out a couple of animals with missing legs or that weren't in good condition, and then simply cook them into a pot of soup...

Even so, it was still a rare delicacy for me.

Chen Bainian's voice contained no bitterness, only a gentle recollection of the past.

Jiang Yiting's heart stirred upon hearing this, and she followed his example, scooping up two spoonfuls of soup to soak her rice.

The warm broth coats the rice grains, and the refreshing taste of the loofah and the savory flavor of the crab meat burst in your mouth.

There is indeed a simple yet warm sense of satisfaction.

The two ate quietly for a while, and the conversation naturally began to flow.

"Teacher Jiang, we need to leave early tomorrow, preferably before 8 o'clock. So, Teacher Jiang, you need to finish your live broadcast early tonight, go to bed early, and get some rest."

"I've already taken leave," Jiang Yiting mumbled, biting into a crab leg. "I've been broadcasting for so many days in a row, so I'll just take a night off."

She paused for a moment, then said, "Oh, by the way, I just went to Xiao Yezi's house. Her parents were there, a family of five. I brought three crabs over, and I felt a little embarrassed."

"It's alright, it's just something new to try, as long as the intention is there, that's fine." Chen Bainian said naturally.

Jiang Yiting wasn't too bothered by it; she just shared what she had just witnessed: "You didn't see it, but Grandma Lin scolded Xiao Yezi so badly that he couldn't even lift his head, just because he took Xiao Yezi out for fried chicken and barbecue."

"Is it really that bad?" Chen Bainian asked.

Jiang Yiting picked up a piece of houttuynia cordata with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and seemed to be deep in thought:

"I've lived here for almost a year, and I haven't seen Ye Jianxin very often, but Xiao Yezi spends most of her time staying with her grandparents."

I feel like Xiaoyezi's parents are too busy with work and haven't been able to balance family and career, so they resort to this somewhat indulgent approach to try and get closer to their child.

Grandma Lin said that he probably also hoped he could spend more time with the children?

"That's probably it."

Jiang Yiting suddenly looked at Chen Bainian, her eyes filled with curiosity and probing, and asked, "Little brother, if you get married and have children in the future, how will you balance family and career?"

Chen Bainian paused for a moment, thinking seriously for a few seconds.

"You can never earn all the money in the world." He said calmly but firmly, "I think that after making a few more successful games, when I'm ready to settle down and get married, I should be financially more comfortable, and my focus will gradually shift back to my family."

This was his original aspiration after his rebirth.

Health and longevity naturally require the companionship of a happy family.

Career should be ranked second.

Jiang Yiting blinked upon hearing this, her tone laced with a hint of teasing: "What a pity, a pity for all the players. Such an excellent producer as Teacher Chen is actually a family-oriented good man, with his career only ranking second."

Chen Bainian looked up at her and naturally asked, "And what about you, Teacher Jiang? What do you think?"