Chapter 21: Returning Home

After a good half hour, they finally finished cleaning, but Li Shenxing and Hyo-ri were so exhausted that they were sprawled out on the sofa, too lazy to move.

After resting for a while, Li Shenxing said lazily, "Hyo-ri! Oppa has no energy to cook dinner. Shall we go out to eat?"

"What do you want to eat?" Hyo-ri replied without even lifting her eyelids.

"Let's decide and then go out."

About half an hour later, the two still hadn't decided where to go for dinner. Instead, they almost fell asleep on the sofa. In the end, they decided to go to their own restaurant for dinner.

The two changed into casual clothes, put on hats, and grabbed two shopping bags before driving to the restaurant in Apgujeong, as they also needed to pick up the cat from the coffee shop in Apgujeong.

It was around six o'clock, the peak time for dinner, so when they arrived, the restaurant was crowded, and there were no private rooms available. Li Shenxing didn't mind and asked the server to find a corner table.

Taking off their coats and placing them beside them, Li Shenxing held the menu and asked, "Kitty, what do you want to eat?"

"I'm not very hungry. You decide, Oppa," Hyo-ri said lazily, leaning against the wall beside her seat.

"Then let's have something simple and light," Li Shenxing said, flipping through the menu.

At this moment, the server waiting to take their order said nervously, "Annyeonghaseyo, Boss, can I have your autograph? I'm your fan, and I really like you."

Hyo-ri sat up and smiled, "Of course, as an employee, you deserve this benefit." She liked being called "Boss."

"Hey! Didn't you see your boss here?" Li Shenxing pretended to be angry.

"Oh! President Annyeonghaseyo~! Have you decided on your order?" The server acted as if they had just noticed.

"Brat, here you go," Li Shenxing said with a smile and a scold.

"Kitty, do you want some rice wine?"

"No, I can sleep as soon as we get home."

There were too many customers, so the food took a while to arrive. After a long wait, their order finally came.

Cold acorn jelly, a bowl of seafood noodles, a serving of stone pot udon, a plate of cold beef slices, and some side dishes.

Li Shenxing moved the seafood noodles in front of Hyo-ri, "Here, the seafood noodles you ordered," and handed her the chopsticks and spoon.

After moving the udon in front of himself, he picked up a piece of beef and extended it to her, "Open your mouth."

"Mm~ It's a bit spicy and tangy, very refreshing. I want to eat the acorn jelly too," she said, pointing to the acorn jelly after finishing the beef.

"Ah! You have chopsticks, you can pick it up yourself, lazy cat," he said, but still picked up a piece of acorn jelly for her. It was Q-elastic and smooth, well-mixed, and very delicious. He stirred the seafood noodles and took a sip of the soup.

The seafood noodle soup was rich and full of flavor, and the noodles were very elastic. A mouthful of noodles with a sip of soup gave a very satisfying feeling. But Hyo-ri, looking at Li Shenxing eating the udon, thought it looked very delicious, "Oppa, I want to switch to udon." She bit her chopsticks, looking like she would cry if he didn't switch.

"Fine, fine," Li Shenxing sighed helplessly and switched the bowls of noodles.

"Hehe~!!!"

After finishing their meal, the two drove home directly.

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The next day, Li Shenxing, as usual, got up, ran, exercised, fed the cat, made breakfast, and cleaned the house. Everything was the same as usual.

Hyo-ri also had to report back to the company today. The company had already collected songs for her, so her schedule for the next period would not be too busy, mostly involving song selection and recording.

As soon as she got into the limousine in the morning, Seo-hyuk said to her, "Nuna, there's news about you online today."

"Oh?" Hyo-ri looked puzzled, "I'm not even in Korea, how can there be news about me?"

Kim Yoo-ran handed her a laptop, "Hyo-ri Nuna, take a look."

Hyo-ri took it and saw that it was from yesterday when she returned to Korea and was photographed at the airport and in the restaurant.

Today's entertainment news reported on Li Hyo-ri and Li Shenxing's activities last night. Last night, Li Hyo-ri and her husband Li Shenxing went to their own restaurant for dinner. During the meal, the two frequently interacted closely, feeding each other and picking dishes for each other. After dinner, they left hand in hand and got into the car.

The news also included several photos of Hyo-ri and Li Shenxing, from when they left the restaurant to when they got into the car.

The news praised Li Shenxing, saying he was very gentle, considerate, and took good care of Hyo-ri. It included several photos: Li Shenxing dragging luggage and fixing Hyo-ri's hair, helping her pick dishes and wipe her mouth at the restaurant, eating her leftovers, helping her put on her coat when leaving, and fastening her seatbelt in the car. This caused a lot of attention, and most people, especially female netizens, praised him as a model husband, envying Li Hyo-ri and saying the two were well-matched. They also praised Li Shenxing as a warm and considerate man.

However, neither Hyo-ri nor Li Shenxing were very interested in these reports. As long as they weren't negative, it didn't matter. After all, these news people would either praise you today or criticize you tomorrow, so there was no need to take it too seriously.

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This morning, after getting up, Li Shenxing didn't go out to exercise; he just practiced boxing and did his daily workout at home.

After exercising, he fed the children breakfast as usual and then started making their breakfast. Since Li Shenxing was going out to fish today, he made seaweed rice rolls.

He poured the soybeans he had soaked last night into the soy milk machine, added water, and turned it on.

He washed the rice and put it in the pot, adding more water than usual because the rice for seaweed rice rolls should be softer to be more delicious.

While the rice was cooking, he prepared the ingredients: one cucumber, three eggs, five crab sticks, two pieces of ham, one carrot, seaweed, Korean chili paste, pickled radish, sesame seeds, meat floss, and sesame oil.

He washed and cut the cucumber and carrot into strips, cut the ham and pickled radish into strips. He blanched the carrot and drained it, cooked the crab sticks and drained them, then let them cool and cut them into strips. He fried the ham strips, beat the eggs, and poured them into the pan to make a thin omelet. After cooling the omelet, he cut it into strips. He stirred the cooked rice with a rice spoon, placed it in a large bowl, added a spoonful of Korean chili paste, a little sesame oil, sesame seeds, and sushi vinegar, and mixed it well.

He placed a sheet of seaweed on the rolling mat, brushed it with a little sesame oil, and spread a thin layer of the mixed rice evenly. He then placed the prepared cucumber strips, crab stick strips, ham strips, carrot strips, and pickled radish strips on top, sprinkled meat floss, and rolled it tightly using the rolling mat. He cut the roll into segments and arranged them on a plate.

He placed the seaweed rice rolls and juice on the table, and Li Shenxing went upstairs to the bathroom.

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