I'll give my daughter one more second.

"Hello, Mother. I still have some things to take care of here, so I won't be coming home today." After exchanging a few words, the atmosphere was very stiff and cold, but having spent so much time together, Yang Nai was already used to dealing with her mother.

Before Tsukine appeared, her mother was the only one who could suppress her. As the head of the Yukinoshita family, her methods and authority were far beyond what Haruno could currently match, and she still had much to learn.

After hanging up the phone, Yang put it back in her pocket and walked back into the apartment building with a cold expression.

"Welcome back, Mother." As Yang Nai turned the lock, Yue Yin remained seated, seemingly expecting Yang Nai to return. Yue Yin's sweet smile was still there, but it seemed more genuine than her previous fake expression.

Across the street, after Yang left, Wu Shen and Yukino quickly finished tidying up the room. They glanced at their phones; it was getting late, time for dinner.

"What are you having for dinner?" Wu Shen opened the refrigerator in Xue Nai's kitchen. Since they had just finished moving, it was naturally empty.

"Let's go to the supermarket to buy some things first," Yukino said after thinking for a moment.

She had originally planned to go out with Yuyin to find a family restaurant for a meal, but then she remembered that she needed to prepare breakfast for Yuyin the next morning. She had to buy some ingredients now and put them in the refrigerator.

"Then I won't bother you any longer." Wu Shen nodded. He estimated that Wu Yi's stomach would be growling soon, so he could take this opportunity to go home and prepare dinner.

Just as Wu Shengang opened the door to leave, Yuyin's voice suddenly came from behind: "Big brother, sister said she wants you to come with her... Waaah..."

Wu Shen turned around and saw Yukino desperately covering Amane's mouth, her head down and her face slightly flushed.

"Ah, um... when you move to a new place, you usually buy a lot of things, right? Do you need me to come along and help you move things?" Wu Shen stopped where he was and tried to extend an invitation.

"No, no. It's fine for me and Amane to do it together." Yukino shook her head, her words slightly hesitant.

"Is that so? Then forget it." Yukino refused outright, so Wu Shen had no reason to pester her. He wasn't trying to pursue Yukino anyway. But seeing that he was about to give up, Yu Yin glared at him with an extremely fierce look, as if she was blaming Wu Shen for being so weak.

"Sister, I recently saw a TV program about Chinese cuisine, and I'd like to try it." Seeing that her hopes were slim, Yu Yin suddenly had a flash of inspiration and used her trump card.

"I'll take you to a Chinese restaurant when I have time."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shen's ears twitched slightly, and he stopped in his tracks.

"Wait! Don't go to those rip-off restaurants. Many of the dishes there have been drastically altered and are not authentic at all!" Wu Shen said dismissively, no longer caring whether Yukino agreed or not, completely changing his earlier demeanor of backing down.

There are actually quite a few examples like this. For instance, some Japanese restaurants use bizarre wasabi instead of Sichuan peppercorns for their Mapo Tofu, and there's also the strange General Tso's Chicken in the United States.

"If you want to eat truly delicious Chinese food, then leave it to me!" Wu Shen's eyes blazed with excitement when he mentioned cooking.

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Chapter 73 Yukino's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Sea

"Wu Shen, what's wrong?" Yukino asked, feeling a little annoyed by Wu Shen's reaction.

Wu Shen had already decided to leave, but Yukino didn't know what she said wrong, which instead aroused his enthusiasm.

Yui-on stood behind Yukino, covering her mouth and chuckling. As her daughter, she was well aware of her father's characteristics. Sure enough, Wu Shen easily took the bait.

"Come on, I'll take you to the supermarket to shop, and I'll buy some ingredients too. Didn't Yuyin say she wanted to try Chinese food? Let me satisfy her craving today."

As soon as Wu Shen finished speaking, he casually took Yukino's hand and led her out of the apartment. Yukino tried to break free, but found that he was surprisingly strong, so she could only follow Wu Shen's lead.

"Wuyi, come along too. It's so boring staying at home alone." Before leaving, Wu Shen specifically called Wuyi to come and keep him company.

On the way to the supermarket, Wu Shen seemed to have calmed down and looked at Yukino apologetically: "Sorry, I was too excited just now."

His behavior just now was quite excessive; he dared to grab a girl's hand without permission. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't dare to do that.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little surprised." Yukino touched her wrist. "But do you always turn into that expression when cooking is mentioned?"

"Haha... Occupational hazard, please forgive me." Wu Shen scratched his head with a wry smile.

I walked into the supermarket where I usually work, but this time I was a customer, not a staff member. Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the checkout counter and saw that it was actually Aoyama Nanami working there.

Strange, today isn't Nanami's scheduled shift, is it? Why is she back?

Because there weren't many people in the supermarket yet, Aoyama Nanami was in a rather relaxed state. She noticed a customer entering and looking over at the same time; their eyes met.

"Ah! It's Wu Shen?" Qi Hai was surprised that Wu Shen would come at this time.

"I came to buy some things today. But do you have a shift scheduled in Aoyama today?"

"Someone took sick leave today, so I'm filling in. Every little bit helps." Nanami patted the cash register with a bright smile. It seemed like earning a little extra hourly wage was a cause for great joy.

"Wu Shen, who is this?" Yukino, who had been silent all along, finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Yukino's voice sounded somewhat cold. Why is it that everywhere I go today I keep running into girls who seem to know Wu Shen? Just how many girls does this guy know outside?

“I usually work at this supermarket, and Qingshan is my work partner,” Wu Shen explained calmly.

"My work colleagues... you guys chat first, I'll go check out what I need to buy by myself." Yukino didn't say anything more, and simply took Amane's hand and walked ahead.

"Is this Wu Shen your girlfriend? What a beautiful girl." Aoyama Nanami couldn't help but exclaim, but then seemed to realize something and her expression became a little flustered.

"But she doesn't seem to be in a good mood. Could she have misunderstood our relationship? Should I go and explain to her?"

"No, no, you've misunderstood. She just goes to the same school as me and happens to be my neighbor." Wu Shen said, embarrassed. "Besides, she's not in a bad mood. It's just that she has a cold expression on her face most of the time because of her personality. But she's a very kind person at heart."

"You should hurry over there anyway. I think she's a little unhappy." Aoyama Nanami recalled Yukino's expression earlier. Although it might be partly due to her personality, she felt it wasn't that simple.

"Unhappy? Why are you unhappy? How did you know?" Wu Shen was stunned.

"It's just a girl's intuition. Let's hurry over there."

Urged on by Aoyama Nanami, Wu Shen didn't linger and returned to the Yukinoshita sisters. He hadn't forgotten that he had come to the supermarket to pick out ingredients for Amane's dinner.

What dishes should I make? It's getting late, so anything that requires a lot of time to prepare is out of the question. I might as well just make some common and convenient home-style dishes.

With an idea in mind, Wu Shen quickly selected the ingredients, and Yukino arrived at that moment, dragging a shopping cart full of items to meet him.

"Yukino, you've really gone on a big shopping spree. How much stuff did you buy?" Wu Shen smacked his lips as he looked at the basket of groceries, household items, and drinks.

These things are quite substantial.

"Buy it all at once, so we don't have to go through all that trouble later." Yukino paused, then turned to look at Wu Shen with a smile. "Besides, you're here to help carry all this stuff, right? It's so convenient to have a strong guy helping you."

Hmm... that's not entirely wrong. But why does Wu Shen always feel that Yukino has a vengeful mentality? There's so much stuff, and Wu Shen even seems to see several large bottles of juice and whole cartons of milk. Even for him, carrying all this stuff would be a bit difficult.

So she still hasn't forgiven him for roughly grabbing her hand when he left the apartment? Didn't he say he didn't care? It seems the old saying is true, a woman's heart is truly unfathomable! Wu Shen thought to himself, staring at the goods in the shopping cart.

"These are nice, but these few need to be put back." With that, Wu Shen took out a few snacks from the shopping cart.

He dared to do this because he was certain that these weren't things Yukino and Amane had bought. Every time Mai came to the supermarket, she would try to put these snacks in her shopping basket; Wu Shen was already extremely familiar with them.

"Waaah! Brother, you're so mean!" As soon as Wu Shen made a move, sure enough, the girl in the dance clothes who was following Yu Yin jumped out from the side and desperately punched Wu Shen's stomach with her little fists. However, the little girl's fists were like raindrops, and hitting him didn't hurt at all. Instead, it felt like a comfortable massage.

"Don't think that just because you have Yukinoshita and Amane as a smokescreen, I can't see what you're up to. Eating too much of this stuff is bad for your health." Putting the messy snacks back on the shelf, Wu Shen began to lecture Mai with a serious tone.

"You won't even agree to buy me some snacks! You're the worst older brother I've ever had!" Wu Yi shouted angrily, hands on her hips, with her back to Wu Shen.

"Does this industry even have a hierarchy?" Wu Shen thought to himself.

"Pfft..." Yukino couldn't help but chuckle softly, but she quickly straightened her face again, putting on a calm and indifferent expression.

"Yukino, you just laughed, didn't you?" Wu Shen looked at Yukino in astonishment. This was the first time he had ever seen Yukino laugh out loud.

"No." Yukino shook her head, showing no trace of the suppressed laughter she had just been suppressing.

"But I really heard it just now..."

"Rain, shall we go buy a few more large bottles of juice?" Yukino interrupted Wu Shen's question and asked Rain for her opinion.

Upon hearing Xue Nai's words, Wu Shen knew he had said the wrong thing.

"Ahem! I think I misheard." Wu Shen quickly corrected himself, "Drinking too much juice isn't good for kids, let's hurry up and pay the bill."

These things are enough for Wu Shen to handle now; what would happen if there were a few more?!

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Chapter 74 There's no wife in the wife cake

At the supermarket, Yukino didn't really make things difficult for Wu Shen in the end; she put back a few heavy, useless items before checking out. It seems she was just being stubborn with Wu Shen earlier.

On the way back, Mai and Amane each held a bottle of drink in their two small hands. Wu Shen carried four or five plastic bags in both hands, while Yukino carried the last one.

Wu Shen was originally able to help with other things, but Yukino refused to hand over the bag in her hand to Wu Shen no matter what.

Since Yu Yin wanted Chinese food for dinner, and Wu Shen was going to cook, he simply brought his dance costume and made enough for four people. Yukino's house was much more spacious than Wu Shen's, so they chose to eat there.

While Yuon and Mai were watching TV in the living room, Yukino opened the kitchen door and walked in. The first thing she saw was Wu Shenzheng skillfully wielding a kitchen knife, cutting the ingredients he had bought into thin strips.

This level of knife skill isn't due to any innate talent or any particularly exaggerated or flashy techniques; it's clearly the result of practice making perfect. While Yukino is a good cook, her skill level is noticeably inferior to Wu Shen's.

"Do you need my help?" Yukino stepped forward and asked. She wasn't the kind of person who liked to do nothing and was used to waiting around and reaping the benefits without doing anything.

"Is it okay to cut the pork into thin strips?" Wu Shen stopped what he was doing. "All the ingredients are ready. I need to go back to the house to get the seasonings."

You should know that some seasonings can't be bought in Japan, so he can only use the seasonings that his mother sends him every time she sends something.

"Yes, this kind of simple operation is no problem at all." Yukino nodded confidently, took the kitchen knife, and began to operate as well. Although she was a little less skilled than Wu Shen, she was actually doing a good enough job.

"Which is better, broad bean paste or pickled peppers?" Wu Shen returned home, opened the refrigerator, and looked at the dazzling array of condiments, starting to suffer from decision paralysis.

Logically speaking, using only pickled peppers for seasoning is more traditional, but due to limited resources while traveling, Wu Shen's homemade pickled pepper jars are of average quality and produced in small quantities, resulting in a less than ideal flavor. Furthermore, with two little girls around, it's not suitable to make it too spicy.

Therefore, I chose the currently popular method of mixing Pixian chili bean paste and pickled peppers.

Just as he retrieved the seasonings, Yukino finished slicing them. With the preparations complete, Wu Shen began a series of operations. The timing of the heat, the preparation of the sauce, and so on—none of these could be taken lightly.

Because she didn't know what to do, Yukino couldn't help and could only watch quietly from the sidelines. When it was almost done cooking, Yukino finally couldn't help but ask, "Wu Shen, what kind of dish did you make?"

"Fish-fragrant shredded pork. It's a dish that can be found everywhere in China. It's a popular home-style dish enjoyed by both restaurants and families," Wu Shen explained.

"Fish-flavored? But I don't see any fish in your ingredients list?"

Yukino stared at the brightly colored dishes with suspicion. Because she wanted to secretly learn how to cook so she could satisfy Amane's appetite in the future, Yukino had carefully observed Wu Shen's entire process from purchasing to cooking, but she didn't notice that Wu Shen was adding any fish-related ingredients to the dishes.