Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating

Chapter 163: Chapter 164: I Am Willing

On a winter day, the sunlight was beautiful, and a warm ray shone through the treetops onto people, warming them up.

The warm sunlight, along with the gentle breeze, felt like blessings from heaven, warming hearts.

Huo Chen stood still, his mind filled with Xu Ying’s words, “Let’s try it.”

He looked at Xu Ying, clenched his fists, his lips all smiles, his face full of excitement.

Xu Ying had never seen him like this before, and she couldn’t help but feel pleased.

At that moment, the system displayed fireworks on a large screen.

[Congratulations, host. Best wishes, host.]

“You don’t want to?” Xu Ying asked, looking at him as he remained silent, a hint of displeasure in her tone.

Huo Chen quickly shook his head, his movements childlike and flustered, “I do want to.”

After Huo Chen finished speaking, he was too nervous to look Xu Ying in the eye, “Let me help you with the basket.”

Xu Ying didn’t stand on ceremony and handed the basket over to him.

The Xu family and the Huo family lived not far from each other, and it only took a few minutes to reach the front door of the house.

Xu Ying took the basket back with a smile, “Thank you. You should head back now.”

After she spoke, she turned around and went home.

Huo Chen stood still for a long while, his lips still curling into a smile.

Xu Ying had breakfast at home and then quickly headed to the county.

Fortunately, Huo Chen hadn’t driven her to the county; otherwise, she wouldn’t have had a car to go to work.

By the time Xu Ying arrived at the restaurant, it had already been open for over an hour.

Gao Guihua glanced at her but didn’t dare lecture her. Normally, she would have made some sarcastic remarks, but now she was too scared of Xu Ying to say a word.

Gao Xianghong acted just like her sister-in-law, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If her sister-in-law didn’t dare to speak up, she dared even less.

Xu Ying entered the kitchen and explained her situation to Chef Ge.

Chef Ge looked worried when he heard what had happened, “Is it safe for you to live alone? Maybe you should take a few days off and go home to rest.”

“It’s fine. There are many people living nearby, and those people wouldn’t dare to mess around. Moreover, the police have been notified already. I guess the security in the county will be stricter lately; they wouldn’t dare to make any moves,” Xu Ying reassured him.

Chef Ge nodded.

At noon, Gu Fuying came to the restaurant with Gu Fuzhu. As soon as they saw Xu Ying, Gu Fuying’s voice was full of grievance, “Yingying, are you alright?”

“I’m fine, and what about you? I’m sorry to have dragged you into this,” Xu Ying felt a bit guilty.

Gu Fuying shook her head, “I’m fine too. It’s all the Wu family’s fault. They are so malicious.

Don’t feel guilty. My cousin and I are fine.”

“Right, we’re fine. Besides, you promised to cook for us yesterday, and you haven’t yet.

We’ve been waiting to eat your cooking,” Gu Fuzhu changed the topic, not wanting Xu Ying to dwell too much on the incident.

Hearing this, Xu Ying laughed, “Wait for me. I’ll get your lunch ready now. What would you like to eat? I’ll make it just for you.”

“I want Mapo Tofu, braised pork, and some rice,” Gu Fuying ordered her favorite tofu.

Gu Fuzhu wasn’t shy either, “Do you have fish? Make me one, any kind; I like all fish.”

“Okay, no problem!” Xu Ying gave an OK gesture and headed towards the kitchen.

Liu Guohua looked at the two people outside and curiously approached Xu Ying, “Master Xu, are those two your friends? Are they seeing anyone?”

Xu Ying looked at him with interest, “Why, have you taken a liking to one of them?”

Liu Guohua chuckled, “Just asking.” After he said that, he kept staring at Sun Lifang’s face to see if she showed any reaction, feeling a bit saddened when she didn’t.

Xu Ying looked at him with disdain and replied, “Neither of them has a partner.”

Liu Guohua nodded and went back to his work.

“Yingying, someone is looking for you.” Sun Lifang knocked on the window and called out.

Xu Ying lifted her head curiously and saw Huo Chen, her face full of surprise, “Why are you here?”

Of course, it was longing that had brought him, but Huo Chen said seriously, “I wanted to eat the food you make!”

Xu Ying burst into laughter upon hearing this and saw an opportunity to earn some goodwill value, “Have a seat first, wait for a moment,.”

Huo Chen stood stubbornly at the door, wanting to take a few more glances at her.

“Why aren’t you coming in?” Xu Ying felt somewhat unnatural being stared at like this. If it had been a friend, she wouldn’t have minded, but now that they were dating, it was different.

One had to care about their appearance in such situations.

She didn’t even dare to kill fish violently now.

“I wanted to see you,” Huo Chen blurted out, and immediately regretted it, wondering if it was too flippant.

“Yo, I’m not disturbing you two, am I!” Sun Lifang, who was close by, heard everything clearly. She felt that the relationship between these two seemed a bit extraordinary today.

The affection was indeed extraordinary. ‘I wanted to see you,’ oh my goodness, that was way too cheesy.

“No way!” Xu Ying didn’t realize her voice had changed.

She really was a woman in love, disgustingly so.

Sun Lifang rolled her eyes forcefully. When would she ever have such sweet love?

Huo Chen just stood there, his gaze towards Xu Ying tender and fervent, unable to hide his adoration.

Poor Xu Ying had to maintain her ladylike composure while chopping vegetables, being careful with everything.

Huo Chen thought everything about Xu Ying was good, even cooking was so beautiful and gentle.

“Brother Chen, you’re here for a meal too?” Wu Qingsong’s voice came.

Xu Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This young man treated Huo Chen as if he was his own brother, running over excitedly.

“Xu Ying, do you have braised pork today? Make me a portion,” Wu Qingsong clearly in a good mood.

Huo Chen looked at him, somewhat killing the mood, “Why are you here?”

“I came to bring Sister Lan Cao out for a meal,” Wu Qingsong said, looking at the woman beside him with a face full of happiness.

Xu Ying, recognizing the name, waited till she clearly saw the face, and then her face was full of shock, “You are Sister Lan Cao’s brother?”

Wu Qingsong’s expression turned slightly ugly upon being referred to as ‘brother,’ he lifted his head, proudly saying, “No, I’m her boyfriend.”

“Then you called her ‘sister.'”

Wu Qingsong paused, “That was before, not now.”

Xu Ying’s face immediately filled with gossip.

Wu Qingsong walked over to Zhang Lancao and her children, his eyes tenderly gazing at Zhang Lancao, “Sister, Lancao, what would you like to eat?

I just ordered a portion of braised pork, you see what the kids want.”

“No need, the food at the state-owned restaurant is too expensive. Why waste so much money?

We might as well buy some meat and vegetables and cook ourselves,” Zhang Lancao, used to hardship, couldn’t bear to eat at the restaurant.

If it weren’t for Wu Qingsong insisting on bringing her, she would never have stepped into the state-owned restaurant.

Gu Fuying had been fixated on Wu Qingsong from the moment he entered; seeing him sitting together with a woman and two children made her expression change, especially seeing him look at that woman as if she were a cherished possession, it made Gu Fuying feel a pang of jealousy.

“What’s wrong?” Gu Fuzhu followed her gaze, curious, “Do you know them?”

Gu Fuying nodded, “That man was the one who rescued me yesterday.”

Gu Fuzhu was extremely surprised, “Then let’s invite him to eat with us, to thank him for saving you yesterday.”