A Rough Man and His Beautiful Wife

Chapter 15: A Good Child Is Not Picky

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“You’re quite good at applying what you’ve learned. I just taught you to learn how to reject people last night, but you’re already rejecting me?” Jiang Ju looked at him and then at the swaying curtains. She couldn’t even bring herself to speak anymore. She stammered as he took two steps back.

She wanted to explain that she didn’t open the door for him because she didn’t look good today and was too embarrassed to see anyone. However, she couldn’t bring herself to say it out loud no matter how hard she tried. When Du Xi walked to her and noticed the dark circles under her eyes, his eyes lit up and he said with a chuckle, “What, you’ve decided to become a woman of few words now?” He was so close that his breath landed on her face when he spoke. Jiang Ju felt a little dizzy.

She had never met such a person before. He was so domineering that even his breathing carried the invasiveness unique to men. His breath was filled with the faint smell of tobacco. Jiang Ju, who had always hated the smell of cigarettes, actually felt that the smell wasn’t that bad anymore.

The little girl clearly wasn’t in a good state, so Du Xi couldn’t bear to bring her out anymore and he canceled today’s activity. “Since you didn’t sleep well, let’s go there on another day. You haven’t had breakfast yet, right? Go to my place and have a bite, then come back to catch up on your sleep.” As soon as Du Xi finished speaking, Jiang Ju felt her wrist being held by him and she was pulled out of the door. The man’s warmth emanated from her wrist. It was scorching.

Du Xi’s breakfast, tomato egg noodles, was relatively simple. Although it was simple, the noodles he cooked looked, smelled, and tasted delicious. Jiang Ju, who was originally not very hungry, started to feel her stomach growl.

Du Xi rarely ate breakfast. Even if he was hungry, he would only go out and find a breakfast stall to take a bite. Having breakfast outside was around ten yuan. He was too lazy to spend more than half an hour making breakfast. Moreover, compared to noodles, he preferred rice. Therefore, he specifically made this pot of noodles for Jiang Ju.

The two of them sat opposite each other. Jiang Ju picked up her chopsticks and took small bites of noodles. Du Xi, who was sitting opposite her, also picked up his chopsticks, but he had no intention of eating. “I forgot to buy eggs at the supermarket last time. Remember to remind me next time. Eat more eggs and meat to supplement protein, so you can gain weight. You’re too thin.”

He watched Jiang Ju, who was taking small bites of food, and suddenly thought of the little wild cat he had encountered on the way. It was also like this, chewing and swallowing slowly. “Make a list of what you like and don’t like to eat, then send it to me on WeChat. I’ll know what to cook for you in the future.”

As Du Xi spoke, Jiang Ju looked up at him and subconsciously said, “I eat anything available.”

When she was young, she didn’t like to eat vegetables. Later on, her father would fill an entire bowl of vegetables for her and tell her that she wasn’t allowed to eat anything else unless she finished it. Therefore, later on, she began to gradually accept eating vegetables. Although her father was worried that she didn’t get enough nutrition and did so for her own good, he seemed to have always made decisions for her in such a domineering and unquestionable manner.

Du Xi smiled at her in relief. “It’s good that you’re not picky. This way, you won’t lack nutrition. Even if you’re willing to eat anything, there must be something you like to eat in particular, right? Write it down for me.”

“You don’t have to write so many. Just write ten dishes that you like to eat. I want to see them when I get off work tonight.” If he said one or two, Jiang Ju would have thought of it on the spot, but he said ten dishes. She thought about it, but really couldn’t think of that many.

Her family’s conditions were average. Usually, her family would eat the cheapest vegetables. She had grown up eating those cheap vegetables.

“You don’t have to be anxious. There are still more than ten hours. You can take your time to think about it.” Since he had said so, Jiang Ju could only nod.

Seeing that she had finished an entire bowl of noodles, Du Xi washed the dishes in the kitchen. Before he left, he told her to help him tidy up the room. Yesterday, he said that he would pay her to tidy up his room when she was free, so Jiang Ju was already mentally prepared.

After Jiang Ju went home, she took out her gloves and apron. Then, she started cleaning. He had only lived here for two days, so there was no dust in the room at all. However, Jiang Ju still cleaned the room from the inside out. After she swept the floor, it was the bathroom’s turn. She looked at the clothes that had been casually thrown on the washing machine. The blue underwear on the top was especially eye-catching.