Chapter 102: Distinctive Treatment

After stopping by and buying ingredients to return home, Lin Jingyi called home at the first opportunity.

“You child, you don’t come back for lunch without telling me in advance, I’ve all ready prepared the meal waiting for you to come home for dinner.”

“Sorry, will be home for dinner tonight ……”

Lin Jingyi got another lecture from her mom.

“Mom, phone calls are expensive, so I’ll hang up on my end.”

“Well? Are you done with the report?” Cheng Ming asked with a smile.

Lin Jingyi held her forehead and said, “Ah, I’m sure I’ve been scolded.”

Lin Jingyi, who had always been known as a good girl, always felt like she had been doing bad things lately and was going to turn into a bad boy.

“It would be strange not to be scolded, I’m going to pan the rice and cook it.” Cheng Ming said as he tied on his apron.

“I’ll help.”

“Then shell the wild rice and slice it thinly.”

“Copy that.”

Cheng Ming watched Lin Jingyi pick up the brightly shining kitchen knife and asked worriedly, “Jing Jing, can you hold the kitchen knife steady? Won’t you cut your fingers? There’s still an exam in the afternoon, it’s better for me to do it.”

“Don’t underestimate me, I’m not some big lady who doesn’t dip her fingers in the water, I can still cut a dish.”

Stomp–

A knife fell, the cutting board vibration, fall knife a bit not sharp, should be cut into thin slices of wild rice, slightly thick.

“I blame you, I’m a little flustered myself at your comment.”

“Jing Jing, why don’t you boil the hot water, and I’ll take care of the knife work.”

“No, I must prove myself today.” Lin Jingyi said insistently, wanting to defend a girl’s dignity before she would easily hand over the kitchen knife in her hand.

After Lin Jingyi calmed down, her knife skills were clean. Although it was not thin, thick, or pleasing to the eye, it was not that much of a stretch to make it for yourself.

“Whew, well, what’s next?”

“And please, this lean meat, shred it, it doesn’t matter if it’s a little thicker, a little thicker, safety first.”

Holding her legs and watching TV, Cheng Li collapsed headfirst onto the sofa and said listlessly, “It’s so boring.”

In stark contrast is the bustling kitchen, where laughter is constant, as if it were another world.

Cheng Li climbed up and hid behind the sofa to poke out a small head and secretly observe.

“Ming, don’t move, you’ve got cornstarch on your face.”

“Oh!”

Lin Jingyi reached out her fingers and wiped off the white spots on Cheng Ming’s face.

Cheng Li gritted his teeth and grabbed the sofa cushions.

Too close, too close. The kitchen is no place to talk about love.

Cheng Li ran into the kitchen, hugged Cheng Ming’s waist, and sweetly shouted, “Brother, I’ll come and help too.”

“What can you do to help? Hurry up and watch your TV, don’t help, I’m preparing to fry your favorite ribs, how many times do I have to say it before I do it, it’s no joke if you get splashed with oil.” Cheng Ming boarded a smelly face and said seriously.

A heavy kitchen is no joke.

“Well ……”

Cheng Li exasperatedly puffed up her cheeks and said, “Don’t look down on people, who said I can’t help, I have to supervise whether or not you guys are working properly.”

“Are you our boss? Still supervising our work, it’s always okay for you to be in charge of sampling, Jing Jing you go out first, and take our big boss with you by the way.”

Cheng Ming made a wink towards Lin Jingyi, his sister is also a soft but not hard master, he said harsh words to play the black face, can only let Jing Jing to play the red face.

The understanding Lin Jingyi pulled up Cheng Li’s small hand and softly said, “Little Li, let’s stay away.”

“Hmph.”

Although she was filled with displeasure, Cheng Li obediently followed Lin Jingyi and waited outside the kitchen.

After the shredded wild rice pork and sweet and sour pork came out of the pot and were plated in turn, Cheng Li and Lin Jingyi grabbed the dishes to show themselves.

Cheng Ming, who was carrying the purple cabbage and egg soup, shook his head and sighed, “I don’t usually see her so energetic, it seems like we need to have Jing Jing come to our house for dinner more often in the future.”

Cheng Li’s heart ‘thumped’.

It’s a mistake, I wanted to be a good sister to drive Lin Jingyi out, I should have known that I wouldn’t help.

Lin Jingyi clamped a piece of sweet and sour pork, delicate and refreshing, half squinted her eyes and said intoxicatedly, “Yummy, when did Xiao Ming’s cooking become so good?”

“Ah, well, you know my mom doesn’t have time to cook for us at lunch, and the packaged meals are expensive and awful, so doing it yourself has rubbed off over time.”

“Oh yeah? How come I didn’t know that?”

Cheng Li picked up his chopsticks and drummed the rice in the bowl without any appetite.

“Cooking bubbly for your own sister, but cooking a big meal for someone else’s sister. If it wasn’t for me being smart and following along, I would have to be hidden from my brother for the rest of my life.” Cheng Li said resentfully, new grudges and old hatreds welling up in her heart.

“Isn’t instant noodles your favorite?”

“Liking is liking, but why are you so attached to someone else’s sister, wouldn’t it be better to give her bubble noodles?” Cheng Li slapped the table and hit the nail on the head.

Ah, can’t argue with the fact that in the eyes of others, one is a little too nice to Cho Rei, the kind that doesn’t have any reason to be.

“Ah, you guys hurry up and eat, don’t fight, the food will get cold.” Lin Jingyi, who acted as a peacemaker, said soothingly.

Why did it turn out like this?

Although it wasn’t because of himself that the fight broke out, it always felt a bit related to his sudden visit.

“Hmph.”

Turning his anger into appetite Cheng Li began to bury his head and pick up his food.

Cheng Ming’s chopsticks clamped down on whatever dish she wanted.

Cheng Ming naturally couldn’t possibly compete with his sister, so he simply let her have it for a piece of meat.

Cheng Li followed suit and switched, their chopsticks fighting on the table.

“Ming, here.”

Lin Jingyi, who couldn’t watch, gave Cheng Ming a rib.

It backfired again, and Cheng Li became even more angry.

“Leigh had a hand in it.”

Lin Jingyi pinched another piece for Cheng Li, and it rained.

Ending the lunch that was full of fireworks, Lin Jingyi gathered the dishes and went to the sink.

Cheng Ming wanted to help with the dishes, but Lin Jingyi pushed her toward the sofa and said, “Go make up with Xiaoli, I can’t even watch.”

Cheng Li sat on the far left side of the sofa, and Cheng Ming sat on the far right side, separated by a long distance.

If it was normal, Cheng Li would have already stuck up and crawled around on his body.

This inexplicable cold war continues.

Alas, this is no way to go on, should we bow down first?

Granted, there was never such a thing as the majesty of an older brother.

“Lai ……”

“Brother, I’m sorry.”

Cheng Li unprecedentedly apologized first.

“Obviously you have an important exam this afternoon and I’m over here throwing a little tantrum.”

Cheng Li slowly moved her body towards Cheng Ming, but it was fast suffocating her.

“Ah, it’s not all your fault, I’m at fault too.”

Cheng Li’s little butt sat on Cheng Ming’s thigh and pinched Cheng Ming’s cheeks and asked, “Brother, do you know why I’m angry?”

“Ah, treating people differently? I’m supposed to treat everyone the same?”

“Some of it is that, but not all of it.”

“What’s that?”

“Of course it’s because you’re hiding something from me, and also, you should just treat me differently, I’m your own sister, you have to give me preferential treatment and put me first in everything! Understand?”

“Probably got it.”

“Speak up, can’t hear you.”

“Got it!”

“Again.”

Hearing Cheng Ming and Cheng Li’s spirited voices, Lin Jingyi in the kitchen smiled in relief and felt again that she still had a long way to go.