Mingyan laughed and said, "In my shabby place, who else could it be but a sports car parked here? I knew it was you."
"I'm here to freeload." Xia Cheng shamelessly poked his head inside. "It smells delicious!"
Mingyan quickly led Xia Cheng inside, saying, "The dumplings are still cooking, you'll have to wait a while."
He saw that Xia Cheng was carrying a rather large box.
Before she could even ask, Xia Cheng said, "I brought you a cake, let's celebrate together."
It was a strawberry cream cake, not very big, but it came with candles.
Look at how they celebrated the New Year – a perfect blend of East and West!
Xia Cheng said embarrassedly, "I don't know how you celebrate holidays. I walked around for a while, but in the end I still bought a cake."
Mingyan was overjoyed.
Because Xia Cheng suddenly appeared, it was made clear that the dumplings they had made before were not enough.
He rolled up his sleeves, ready to go to the kitchen to see what other ingredients were left.
Xia Cheng followed him in, his eyes sparkling as he looked around: "It smells so good! What are you doing?"
Mingyan smiled and said, "Dumplings. You came so suddenly. I don't have anything else here, but I have made too much filling. Sit outside for a while, and I'll make a few more."
Mingyan rolled up his sleeves, put on the gloves for kneading dough, and prepared to make another batch of dumpling wrappers.
Xia Cheng stared at him for a long time with wide eyes, then suddenly blurted out, "A virtuous wife and loving mother!"
"Who are you talking about! If you don't know how to use idioms, don't use them randomly!" Mingyan chuckled and reached out to pinch Xia Cheng's nose.
Two white marks immediately appeared on the tip of the man's nose.
Xia Cheng touched his nose and said excitedly, "Come on, I want to learn too. How do you do this?"
Young Master Xia put on gloves and helped Mingyan knead the dough.
He was very strong; when he kneaded the dough, the exposed muscles on his arms were clearly defined, and he quickly slapped and kneaded the dough until it was firm.
Mingyan, who was picking up meat filling from the side, said with a smile, "A virtuous wife and loving mother, she's already marriageable."
Who are you talking about!
Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, Xia Cheng suddenly hugged him from behind, then gestured with his hands—
Two white marks immediately appeared on Mingyan's casual sweatshirt.
He looked down and saw that it looked a bit like a little heart.
Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and unable to get angry, he could only say with disdain, "Go roll out the dough! Make the wrappers!"
Xia Cheng was still too strong; he managed to roll out a small hole in the dough.
Mingyan had no choice but to wet the affected area and apply it to him.
This was a delicate task, and Xia Cheng could only squat beside the counter and cheer him on, his eyes shining brightly, as if he were about to wiggle a lion's tail behind him.
The final dumplings had thin wrappers and large fillings, and they almost couldn't hold them all.
Mingyan put it into the pot with trepidation.
Fortunately, the white flour from the interstellar era was so fine and delicate that even such a thin skin could barely cover them up. Each one looked like a pregnant woman three years in the womb, lying in the two bowls with a worried expression.
Xia Cheng distributed about ten dumplings and happily took out his phone to take pictures: "My cooking skills are pretty good, aren't they?"
Mingyan chuckled and said, "Hurry up! Don't let them scatter in a minute!"
He scooped a bite out of his bowl, and as soon as he took the first bite, he suddenly frowned.
You found a piece of milk candy filling inside?!
Mingyan stared wide-eyed at Xia Cheng.
Xia Cheng wagged his tail and said, "I'd heard that glutinous rice balls can be either savory or sweet. I noticed that today's fillings were all savory, so I secretly put a few pieces of milk candy in—how about that, are you surprised? Isn't it delicious?"
His face was full of smug expressions, as if he wanted to be praised.
Mingyan remained silent, stirred the bowl twice, and picked out two dumplings with strange shapes and colors.
He held it up in front of Xia Cheng.
Xia Cheng blushed, and hurriedly leaned over and took a bite.
Mingyan said in a friendly tone, "How was it? Surprised? Unexpected? Exciting?"
Xia Cheng: "..."
Two seconds later, Xia Cheng swallowed the dumpling, lowered his head with a wronged look on his face, and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I won't do it again next time."
Mingyan stared at his golden curly hair.
One of the curls in the middle of his hair was sticking up, and he really wanted to rub it down...
After finishing his meal, Mingyan took off his coat and hung it on the rack.
Looking at it this way, the two white marks on her chest really do look like a little heart.
Mingyan glanced at it for two seconds.