Chapter 32

After 2 hours, Su Zhe finally finished cooking. He served some for the baby to eat.

Then he took some into the room and gently woke Anxin, saying, "Come, get up and eat something first."

Anxin sat up, shook her head to indicate that she had no appetite and didn't want to eat.

"You're sick, how can you not eat? Come on, even if you have no appetite, you should eat a little. You need to eat something to take your medicine. Do you want me to feed you?" Su Zhe scooped up some with a spoon and offered it to Anxin, pretending to feed her.

Anxin was startled, her face even redder than before. Reluctantly, she took the spoon from Su Zhe and started eating.

"That's right. If you don't eat when you're sick, how will you get better? This egg fried rice is something I made myself. Isn't it delicious?" Yes, the food Su Zhe gave Anxin was his specialty, egg fried rice, and it was the only thing he knew how to cook.

At first, Su Zhe wanted to make century egg and lean meat congee. He had seen Anxin make it before and thought it wasn't difficult, so he started with high spirits.

When the baby asked him the first time, he had already prepared all the ingredients and put them in the pot to simmer. When the baby asked again, he had already finished simmering, and the pot was open, but the congee was already half burnt. He tasted it himself, and it was only bitter, hard to swallow.

This century egg and lean meat congee was clearly inedible, so he let the baby eat some cookies first and had to make something else. Then he cooked rice and made a simple egg fried rice. Although he wasn't good at cooking other things, his egg fried rice was very delicious.

Seeing Anxin start to eat, Su Zhe went to the living room to get a glass of warm water for her.

In the living room, the baby looked at the egg fried rice Su Zhe gave her and was unhappy.

"What's wrong, baby? Don't you like egg fried rice?"

"Brother, didn't you say you would make the baby's favorite century egg and lean meat congee? Why is it this? Brother is lying." The baby pouted, unhappy. After waiting so long and having such high expectations, she was very disappointed and angry, even though the egg fried rice smelled delicious and looked tempting.

"Um, at first, I did want to make century egg and lean meat congee. But then I thought, for the baby, I should make egg fried rice instead."

"Why, baby likes century egg and lean meat congee." The baby was clearly curious.

"Think about it, baby. Eating congee at night makes you hungry easily. When you're hungry, you need to eat a midnight snack, and the baby will become a chubby baby. So, for the baby, I made egg fried rice." Su Zhe said with a sense of duty. Although the excuse was a bit weak, the baby clearly believed it.

"Then the baby will forgive brother." The simple baby was easily deceived by Su Zhe. Although the egg fried rice looked very delicious, it was also one of the reasons why the baby easily forgave Su Zhe.

Since the baby believed him, Su Zhe was absolutely unwilling to say that he made egg fried rice because he failed to make the century egg and lean meat congee.

Su Zhe poured a glass of warm water and took the fever medicine into the room for Anxin.

Anxin ate some egg fried rice, took the water and medicine from Su Zhe, and swallowed it. She felt her heart warm, realizing how good it felt to have someone care for her.

She softly said to Su Zhe, "Thank you."

Su Zhe touched his nose and said, "What's there to thank? Don't be so formal. With our relationship, do we need to say thank you?"

After he said that, he realized it was wrong. What relationship did they have? His words could be misunderstood. So he quickly explained, "I didn't mean it that way. Don't misunderstand. I don't know what I mean, just don't misunderstand."

His nervous expression and flustered explanation made Anxin, who was blushing because of his words, find it amusing. Her shyness was somewhat dispelled, and she said, "I know, no need to explain."

After taking Su Zhe's fever medicine, Anxin felt much better and more energetic.

Seeing her complexion improve, Su Zhe suggested that Anxin stay there for the night and not go back.

"No, I have something to do tonight. I'm fine now, thank you." Anxin shook her head, her voice weak but firm, indicating she wouldn't change her mind.

Su Zhe knew he couldn't persuade Anxin, so he personally sent her back. After getting on the bus, Anxin told Su Zhe he didn't need to see her off; she could go back by herself. Although it wasn't safe for a woman to go back alone at night, since she didn't agree to his escort, Su Zhe couldn't force it.

After watching the bus drive away, Su Zhe went home.

After washing the dishes, Su Zhe started to coax the baby to bed.

For the past few nights, he had been putting the baby to bed early every night. Every night, he would sit by the bed and tell jokes to the baby. After telling a lot of jokes, the baby would finally fall asleep, but it was always too late by then.

"Okay, then brother will tell you a joke." The baby was very obedient. After washing her feet, she took the initiative to get into bed and waited for Su Zhe.

Every night, Su Zhe had to rack his brain to come up with jokes. After a few days, he had run out of jokes he knew, and there were no new ones online. Moreover, telling jokes seemed to have no effect, so he decided it was better to tell stories to the baby.

He thought for a moment and said, "Then brother will tell you the story of the Ugly Duckling."

"Brother, is it the story of the Ugly Duckling turning into a swan? The baby has heard it before."

"If the baby has heard it, then let's change it. Brother will tell you the story of the Three Little Pigs."

"The baby has heard it before."

"Then the story of Cinderella."

"Heard it before."

"The story of Little Red Riding Hood."

"Heard it before."

After mentioning several stories, the baby indicated she had heard them all. Su Zhe was almost in tears. What was wrong with kids these days? How did they know so much?

"Once upon a time, there was a lonely young farmer who made a living by working for a landlord. He worked from sunrise to sunset, laboring diligently. One day, the young farmer found a particularly large snail in the field. He was very surprised and happy, so he took it home and placed it in a water jar, carefully nurturing it with water... ."

In the end, Su Zhe told the story of the Snail Maiden, which finally put the baby to sleep. Su Zhe was relieved that the baby hadn't heard this story before.

Su Zhe checked the time; it was a bit earlier than the previous night, which was progress. After so many days, he finally saw some results.

However, when he walked out of the room, the baby, who had been pretending to sleep with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes. The baby had heard the story of the Snail Maiden before. She pretended to sleep just to avoid disappointing Su Zhe.