WTYTIAAN Chapter 203

Chapter 203

The foreign handsome guy outside the door blinked and actually repeated his name, “My name is Theodore.”

His pronunciation had a bit of a roll to it, and his Mandarin was deep and dense, soft like a large net woven from cotton, making people unable to resist getting lost in it.

Yan Yunqing felt a slight tingling in his ears and didn’t know why his cheeks were also a little hot, “Oh, oh…”

Good heavens, this was the first time he’d ever met someone whose voice was so captivating.

Was this the legendary embodiment of a voice like an aphrodisiac?

The two stared at each other for a moment, and the atmosphere froze.

However, how could an extrovert like Yan Yunqing let the conversation die? He sighed inwardly at how the handsome guy’s voice matched his looks, “Is there something I can help you with?”

Theodore paused, as if remembering something, took a step back, and pointed to the apartment next to Yan Yunqing’s, “I moved in today, this is a gift.”

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and Yan Yunqing then noticed that he had been carrying a small box, beautifully packaged, making it impossible to tell what was inside.

Yan Yunqing was a little surprised. In this day and age, society was quite indifferent. Giving gifts to neighbors upon moving was almost unheard of in big cities. Moreover, Yan Yunqing, who had been taken in and raised by his uncle at a young age and often lived at school after growing up, had very ordinary relationships with his neighbors.

They might even pass each other on the street and not recognize each other as neighbors.

However, Yan Yunqing had an impression of the neighbors next door, mainly because that family also had a senior high school student, who was in the same school as him, just in a different class, so they were just acquaintances and not very close.

The direction Theodore was pointing in was naturally the house of his original neighbors. Yan Yunqing was a little surprised. He had vaguely heard laughter coming from next door when he woke up. Had the owners of the house next door changed just in the time it took him to order McDonald’s?

Seemingly thinking of the McDonald’s he had ordered, the hunger he had forgotten due to the interruption surged up again, his stomach emitting several ‘rumbles’, frankly singing the empty fort strategy.

Yan Yunqing: …

Theodore, who had also heard this ’empty fort strategy’, met Yan Yunqing’s eyes, and Theodore curved his golden eyes, smiling shyly.

Yan Yunqing was a little embarrassed, took the small box Theodore handed over, and cleared his throat twice, “I just finished the exam yesterday and accidentally slept until now. I haven’t eaten today, I was just about to order takeout when you came.”

“Thank you for the gift, you can come to me for anything.” Although he didn’t live in this neighborhood often now, he had at least lived in this area for a while when he was a child and could help with some things.

Yan Yunqing originally thought that he had accepted the gift, said the polite words, and they should go through the farewell process, say something like ‘knock on the door if you need anything’ and then end this social interaction.

Even though Yan Yunqing was an extrovert, socializing on an empty stomach was not a pleasant thing.

But he saw the golden-haired handsome guy in front of him frown, revealing a disapproving expression.

Then he heard the other party say, “Eating takeout is not healthy.”

Yan Yunqing: ?

“Huh?” Even Yan Yunqing was thrown off by this abrupt topic, “It’s okay, isn’t there a saying that ‘what’s unclean won’t make you sick’?”

Theodore’s disapproving expression intensified, and Yan Yunqing had the feeling of being lectured by an elder.

…The older generation really didn’t like children eating too much takeout.

“Come to my house.” Theodore suddenly blurted out, “I’m going to cook.”

Out of the blue, Yan Yunqing was at a loss.

What?

…

Yan Yunqing stared at Theodore’s back as he busied himself in the kitchen.

Theodore was quite tall, more than half a head taller than Yan Yunqing, about 1.8 to 1.9 meters. He looked somewhat slender when he was wearing clothes, but when he took off his coat, revealing his sleeveless top, one would realize that his muscle content was quite high, especially those powerful biceps.

He had a typical ‘slim when dressed, muscular when undressed’ physique, which, combined with his handsome face and flowing golden hair, gave off a sense of the ‘golden Barbie’.

However, at this moment, this golden Barbie was wearing a pink bunny apron, the slightly tender and childish apron cinching Theodore’s waist and abdomen, creating a subtle curve. He was holding a wok in one hand and a spatula in the other, skillfully tossing the ingredients in the wok, his movements smooth and flowing, not only aesthetically pleasing but also quite large…

He meant the dish was quite large… no, no, the muscles were quite fragrant… uh, that’s not right either. In short, the scene of Theodore cooking was as beautiful as a painting.

A world-famous painting entitled “After Getting Off Work, the Neighbor Next Door Makes Me Three Dishes and a Soup.”

Yan Yunqing’s eyes wandered, looking at his nose and heart, guiltily wondering why he suddenly had such thoughts.

Could it be that he played too many galgames and his thoughts had become evil?

Seemingly noticing the shift in Yan Yunqing’s gaze, Theodore, who was busy in the kitchen, suddenly spoke, “Do you, um, are there any foods you don’t like?”

Hearing this, Yan Yunqing didn’t dwell on how the foreigner spoke Mandarin so well. He jumped off the chair and went into the kitchen. Although it was very impolite to order food as a guest, since the other party asked so sincerely, Yan Yunqing would naturally answer truthfully—

He glanced at the ingredients Theodore had taken out and was stunned. They were all things he liked to eat?

Yan Yunqing touched his nose, “Well, it seems like there’s nothing I don’t eat, you can just make whatever… Ah, are there a bit too many dishes? Won’t it be too much trouble for you?”

Theodore tilted his head slightly, whispering, “No trouble.”

As he spoke, he pointed to the dishes and added, “Only three dishes, plus a soup. Do you like kelp and pork rib soup?”

Yan Yunqing leaned back tactically.

It really was three dishes and a soup?

Wait, it would be impolite to think any further. Yan Yunqing quickly interrupted the images that inadvertently popped into his mind and nodded repeatedly, “Kelp and pork rib soup? Sure, I love it!”

Theodore curved his eyes again, “Good that you like it.”

Yan Yunqing: …

Damn, the images in his head were about to get out of control.

He was clearly a handsome guy, where did this strange ‘housewife’ vibe come from?

Yan Yunqing stood beside him, unsure of what to do. Theodore had invited him to his house for dinner, and Yan Yunqing didn’t know how he had agreed in a moment of bewilderment, but only remembered after entering that he didn’t know how to cook at all.

When he was a child, he ate at the police station cafeteria with his parents. After being adopted by his uncle and aunt, he was taken care of by his aunt. Not to mention cooking, he wasn’t even allowed in the kitchen much. The few times he was in there, he was helping to wash dishes and then was kicked out.

Later, after moving out, he ate in the cafeteria year-round. Yan Yunqing was still an art student, studying performance, and his diet was strictly controlled. He didn’t dare to eat too much even when he went home, mostly just nibbling on vegetable leaves.

As a result, he was completely clueless about cooking.

He even needed to taste salt and sugar to tell them apart, let alone the difference between MSG and salt.

Not only could he not help in the kitchen, but he was also likely to make things worse, being clumsy and taking up space. If no one was watching, he might do something stupid like putting a glass of water and a cup of rice in a pot to steam rice, and then put the glass cup in the pot as well.

——This was Yan Yunqing’s self-awareness.

But coming to a new neighbor’s house for a meal and doing nothing but waiting to eat was a bit inappropriate, wasn’t it?

Fortunately, Theodore was very considerate and saw Yan Yunqing’s hesitation. He turned around and took out a potato and a very safe plastic peeler from who knows where and placed them in Yan Yunqing’s hands, “Can you help peel the potatoes?”

This he could do.

Yan Yunqing’s fingers were still very nimble, peeling apples was a piece of cake, and potatoes were no different from apples, it was a simple task for him.

“Of course!”

Yan Yunqing tried it, and sure enough, peeling potato skin was similar to peeling apple skin. He couldn’t help but praise himself for being so clever and witty—maybe he had some culinary talent?

He turned his head and saw Theodore cutting vegetables, the kitchen knife was being wielded so fast that afterimages were almost visible, incomparably skillful, and the side dishes were prepared in just a few strokes.

In comparison, Yan Yunqing had only peeled half a potato.

Yan Yunqing: 。

Comparing goods with goods, one has to throw them away; comparing people with people, one has to die. Why make himself uncomfortable?

Yan Yunqing calmed down and curiously asked, “Aren’t you a foreigner? How come you seem to know how to cook so well?”

Although Yan Yunqing couldn’t cook, it wasn’t like he had never seen others cook. Theodore’s movements were obviously those of Chinese cuisine, completely different from the simple frying and deep-frying of foreign cuisine, which required no technique.

Theodore paused at the question, a hint of hesitation in his eyes, and he began to speak haltingly, “Um… I learned… a little bit.”

Yan Yunqing thought about it, that’s right, judging by Theodore’s Mandarin level, he must have stayed in China for quite some time, so it wasn’t strange that he had learned how to cook Chinese dishes.

“That’s great, that’s great.” Yan Yunqing said, feeling a bit envious, “You can make whatever you want to eat yourself, unlike me, when I wake up at night and rummage through boxes, I can only find a few packs of expired instant noodles, and I have to order takeout to avoid starving to death.”

“Thinking about it, shouldn’t I also learn some cooking skills?” Yan Yunqing pondered.

Maybe he could buy some simple ingredients. The internet was so developed now, a quick search would turn up recipes and tutorials, and there were even chefs teaching people how to cook, so it shouldn’t be too difficult for him to learn with his intelligence, right?

While Yan Yunqing was thinking, Theodore said, “You can come to me for anything you want to eat.”

Yan Yunqing didn’t hear clearly at first, but after his mind cleared, he looked at Theodore in surprise… Ah? Why did Theodore’s expression seem serious?

“Haha, wouldn’t that be too much trouble for you?” Yan Yunqing touched his nose.

He had heard that foreigners were very enthusiastic, but he always thought that was just ‘foreign experts’ brainwashing, but now seeing Theodore, Yan Yunqing was a little uncertain.

Could it be that foreigners were really that enthusiastic?

But wasn’t this a bit too enthusiastic?

As a reserved Chinese person, Yan Yunqing was a little unaccustomed to this kind of overt expression.

Yan Yunqing leaned back tactically, “Ah… thank you?”

“Have we met before?”

Yan Yunqing watched Theodore’s golden eyes light up. Just as he thought he was about to get a long-lost reunion script, and was starting to think about whether he had encountered some natural or man-made disasters in his childhood, hit his head somewhere, lost his memory, and forgotten the childhood sweetheart he had grown up with, and then the other party came to him after he came of age… and so on.

However, Theodore said very firmly, “No, we haven’t.”

Yan Yunqing’s mind stalled for a moment and could only say, “Ah.”

Theodore: “But I like you very much, maybe we should have met?”

“Huh?”

“I feel like my previous life must have liked you very much.”

Yan Yunqing blinked, calmly deleting the childhood sweetheart reunion script in his head and replacing it with a new script of past lives, intertwined destinies, and three lifetimes of entanglements.