Culinary Skills

Noel and Aster were dumbfounded, because Huan Li looked like she was running for her life. She closed her bedroom door even before they could say anything.

Huan Li laid on her bed and logged off from the game. When she opened her eyes, her surrounding was dark, she glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 10 PM, she knitted her eyebrows, she has been in there for more than 12 hours!

She helped herself to the toilet and went to sleep.

The next day, Huan Li logged into the game at 11 AM. When she opened her eyes and exited her bedrooms. She saw two people standing in front of her door, raised her eyebrows, Huan Li asked them "What are you two looking at?"

The two of them immediately awake from their thought. They have been standing in front of her door for 3 hours, because they saw that she hasn't awake yet and decided to wake her up.

But because they were too nervous, they ended up standing in front of her door.

They coughed awkwardly and said, "Nothing, we were just wondering why you haven't wake up yet."

"Oh" , Huan Li walked towards the kitchen, the kitchen isn't really spacious and it was connected with the dining room.

"Have you guys eaten yet?" , Huan Li asked this while she's checking out the kitchen.

"No, we are waiting for you." , Aster answered.

"Why are you guys waiting for me? Aren't you two hungry?"

"Err for that..."

"None of you can cook?" , she said this blatantly.

"There's no ingredient in the fridge, that's why we haven't eat yet." , Aster answered her again.

Huan Li was surprised, she thought that two of them would said that they don't know how to cook, of course she knows that there's no ingredient for new house. She just wanted to test them out.

"Okay, wait here i will buy some ingredient." , she said this and walked out to buy some ingredient.

Surprisingly someone followed her from behind, "I will go with you."

It was Aster, he looked more mature than when she saw him for the first time, "Okay."

They arrived at Mariana Street, Huan Li really missed this street. The food smells always make her drool, but she surpressed that, she's here to buy food ingredient and not to eat alone, she will take the siblings here later.

Entering the shop, Huan Li immediately go to the food area that she needs. Meat, vegetables, rice, seasoning and many other ingredients.

When they're busy choosing the ingredient, Huan Li asked Aster "Can you cook?"

"I can", he answered her calmly.

Huan Li raised her eyebrows, she just asked that out of boredom but he surprisingly said that he can?

Smiled lighty, "Then later cook for me, how is that?"

"No problem, what kind of food you prefer?"

"Not really sweet, not sour, not really salty, i like spicy food and i don't like bitter food." , she delibetary said those, she just wanted to tease him.

"Ok, no problem." , he said calmly.

Huan Li just laughed a bit, she thought his words as a joke, as a former prince, how can he cooks?

But only Aster knows, that he was serious saying that.

After getting all the ingredients that they need, Huan Li paid all of them in cashier while Aster hold the bag that contain the ingredients.

When they arrived home, Huan Li quickly went to the kitchen and cook the food. Aster followed her and put the ingredients on the counter.

"Let me help you."

Huan Li turned her head around, 'This guy really tried hard to help her? Let him do it then'

"Okay, i will put some ingredients to it place while you cut those onion and hot pepper."

Without waiting for his response, she went to arrange the ingredients. To her surprise, he doesn't complain and immediately do his job.

Not paying attention to that, she neatly arranged the ingredient to the fridge and the cabinets. While she's doing that, Aster asked her , "What are you going to make?"

"Some sort of mushroom soup, chicken dipped in soy sauce and rice."

"Ok."

After that, Huan Li can heard some noises from behind her. From a sound of someone opening the cabinets, someone turned on the stove and poured something into a pot.

'He couldn't possibly wanted to cook too right?'

Aster voice can be heard again, "You don't buy much oil?"

"I don't like oily food so i just bought a little of it." , she answered plainly.

"I will cook the rice first, it should be done after we finished cooking.", she said again.

Just like before, she did it without need to wait for Aster answer. After she finished doing her job, she smelled something nice, from the smell she can tell that this's a spicy food.

Turned her head around, she can see Aster in front of the stove and he's currently cooking a soup. Huan Li was shocked, she thought that he was joking, but seeing the scene in front of her, she knew that he wasn't joking at all.

She approached him, she can see his serious face while cooking and it was quiet fascinating for her. She never thought that a man that can cook would look this handsome.

Seemingly felt her presence, he turned his head to the side. "Finished?"

Huan Li awake from her thought and said , "Yeah, how about you?"

"I think i'm done too, how about the other one? I never make that kind of food before."

"Oh, let me handle it." , she picked up a knife and a chicken meat. She washed the meat first and when she's about to slice it, someone grabbed her hand and the knife on it.

"Let me do it, it's dangerous. Just tell me in which size you want it to be." , the person that picked up her knife turned out to be Aster.

She was quite shocked with his change of demeanor, he became more mature and a gentleman person in front of her eyes. Pushed off her thought, she let him do it and see his technique.

His cut was neat, the way he sliced it also on point. This mustn't be his first time doing this, seeing how familiar he is with the knife.

She was dumbfounded, but soon realized that she has been staring for a long time. She walked to the stove and preparing for another important ingredients.

When Aster finished slicing it, Huan Li also finished. "Bring that meat over here and put it inside, after that, we will cook it for 15 minutes."

Aster do as she told, he put all the meat into the pot filled with soy sauce and cooked it. After 15 minutes, the food finished and Aster brought them to the table.

He never let her do any tiring or dangerous job, she just hope that the food will be delicious and suit her taste.

The quickly sat and ate the food, Huan Li tried the food that Aster made, she was shocked, and it's also visible on her face. The food was delicious! It suit her taste very well, after that, she happily ate until she was full.

Unknown to her, someone keep staring at her while she was eating.