Chapter 168 Spring Cleaning
Xu Shu didn't say anything for a long time after hearing this. Suddenly, she walked to the sofa and sat down angrily, looking up at the sky and sulking. I knew that she was forced to be trapped here and didn't dare to speak out. She must be very depressed. So I didn't bother her for the time being. I looked at my watch and saw that it was almost time for lunch. I went straight to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and started to choose what to eat for lunch.
I washed the rice, put it in the rice cooker, plugged it in, and started washing vegetables and cutting meat. But I kept thinking that Xu Shu and I were going to live together as a single man and a single woman. It was really amazing to think that this world could have such a strange and interesting thing. An ordinary person was going to live with an internationally famous superstar and a super beauty with unparalleled beauty. This was an opportunity that many men dreamed of but could not get! I didn't expect that I got it!
I was cutting vegetables, but I felt so happy in my heart! I couldn't help but imagine what kind of woman the big star Xu Shu was in her daily life? What lovely or bad living habits did she have?
Although I thought I was very familiar with Xu Shu, that was only a surface phenomenon. The Xu Shu in real life was still a blank in my mind.
After cutting the vegetables and meat, I turned on the gas stove, poured in cooking oil, and started cooking. At this time, I heard Xu Shu in the living room start to make calls non-stop. I knew that she had to explain to many people or explain that she was going to disappear for a while. Many work and arrangements had to be postponed or cancelled. Whether she told the truth or lied, she would always have a headache.
But I also know that since she has started calling to arrange the aftermath, it actually means that she has accepted her fate. Although she is helpless and angry, she has to accept the fact that she will be isolated in my house for two weeks.
As I thought about it, I couldn't help but smile with pride.
Of course, I also know that I can't and dare not have anything happen with Xu Shu, because I already have Hua Jingjing. I am very clear-headed, Xu Shu and Jingjing are best friends, and she wouldn't want anything to happen between me and her.
But I was inexplicably happy and excited. I was full of anticipation for these fourteen days of cohabitation. It was like when I was very young, my father promised to buy me a toy gun during the Chinese New Year. So I was looking forward to how happy I would be when I got the toy gun I had always dreamed of during the Chinese New Year.
At that time, I thought, this was happiness!
Just as I was secretly happy, I suddenly heard Xu Shu's voice behind me: "Huh! Cooking a dish makes you so happy, are you stupid? Don't you know that we are actually in great danger and are very likely to die from SARS?"
I turned around and saw that Xu Shu had come behind me without knowing when, but her expression was still unwilling and helpless. I wanted to smile at her, but I was afraid of irritating her. I had to go back to cooking and didn't respond to her words.
But when I thought of death, my heart was moved. If I could die with Xu Shu, I would be willing and have no regrets!
I was so happy for a while, but I immediately blamed myself again: "Bah! You already have a fiancée, as a man you should be responsible and self-controlled, and your words and actions should be worthy of Jingjing who is far away in the United States. It is irrational and immoral to have wild thoughts about other women like this! Tang Qian! You have to be self-disciplined!"
Seeing that I remained silent and had no one to vent her anger on, Xu Shu behind me snorted heavily and walked back to the living room angrily to make her phone call.
I quickly cooked two dishes and brought out a bowl of soup. I said to Xu Shu, "Are you hungry? Come and eat something first. I don't know if it suits your appetite."
Xu Shu was still on the phone. When she heard me say that, she just rolled her eyes at me and continued talking on the phone: "...First, bring me a dozen sets of underwear from my closet. Forget about the rest. Don't forget my toothpaste, toothbrush, towel, and..." At this point, she suddenly put down her phone and said to me: "Other people are making private calls. Can you please not eavesdrop?"
I shrugged, thinking, did I eavesdrop? It was just your own voice that reached my ears. But I didn't argue with her and turned back to the kitchen.
I hesitated for a while, and when I saw that the rice was ready, I served two more bowls of white rice. I took the chopsticks and spoon and brought them out again. At this time, Xu Shu had finished his phone call and sat down at the dining table.
Putting away the bowls, chopsticks and spoons, I smiled and said, "I remember that I tasted a dish and a pot of soup cooked by you in your brother's room two years ago. I still remember that I would have the opportunity to let you taste my cooking skills today. Why don't you give it a try? Of course, I can't compare with you, I just hope you don't mind its inferiority."
Xu Shu had a blank expression on her face. She stretched out her hand, grasped the spoon, scooped a spoonful of soup, put it to her lips and blew it gently to cool it down, and then slowly drank it. I saw a smile on her face immediately, and her eyes turned to me and said, "Hypocrisy! You cook better than me, but you still praise me like a big deal, making me think that your cooking skills are not as good as mine. Humph! I don't care, you deceived me for so long, I will punish you!"
I was stunned and said, "Your cooking skills are indeed better than mine? I'm not lying to you!"
But Xu Shu puffed up his cheeks and said, "If I say you are better than me, then you are better than me. It is useless for you to argue. I will punish you by making you cook for me for the next fourteen days. Otherwise, I will not eat and will starve!"
I... I do!
So this is what she meant after all this talk. Really... Oh! Fortunately, I didn't ask her to cook. No matter what, I won't let a big star cook for me!
I sighed and nodded, "Of course, you are a guest here, and it is the host's duty to entertain guests. Even if you don't punish me, I will do it."
Xu Shu became happy and picked up her chopsticks to eat. I don't know if it was real or fake, but Xu Shu kept praising me for the delicious food while eating. She was very happy eating the two dishes and the soup, and her depressed mood was gone.
Although I thought it was a bit fake, I was secretly happy to see that she was no longer angry, so I kept persuading her to eat more. Xu Shu really finished all the dishes during the meal and took away a full bowl of rice. After she finished eating, she regretted and said, "It's over, it's over, my weight loss plan is completely disrupted, what should I do?"
I looked at her slender waist and laughed, thinking, you are already so thin, and you still want to lose weight? If you lose more weight, your waist will not be able to bear the weight of your upper body and will break. I looked at her plump upper body again, and thought: Hmm... the weight of your upper body seems to be really not light!
Of course Xu Shu didn't notice my gaze. Seeing that I had finished eating, she began to clear the dishes on the table. I hurriedly said, "Let me do it. You can just go and rest."
Xu Shu refused and said, "I can't rest after eating. I want to exercise to lose weight, but your house doesn't have any equipment, so I have to wash the dishes instead . And you are the one who cooks the food, so it seems unreasonable for me not to help wash the dishes!"
I still disagreed, but I couldn't resist her insistence. Xu Shu wiped the table with great enthusiasm, picked up the dishes and walked into the kitchen, and called out to me, "Tang Qian! Where are the leather gloves and apron for washing dishes?"
I stood at the door of the kitchen and said with a wry smile, "Gloves and aprons? No! I don't usually use them. I think I'll just wash them myself."
"No, no, no! Just stay aside!"
Xu Shu rolled up her sleeves, put the dishes in the sink, turned on the faucet, poured in detergent, picked up the dishcloth and started washing. I stood behind her and was suddenly moved. This big star looks delicate, but she is not at all. She is beautiful, well-educated and can do housework. She does not have the unreasonable temper , and she is kind and lovely. If you have a wife like this, how can you regret it in your life!
Xu Shu not only washed the dishes and put them back in the disinfection cabinet, but also cleaned up the kitchen. Since my parents moved to the new house, the kitchen has never been so clean.
After Xu Shu came out of the shower, she looked around, then sighed and said to herself, "This is the problem with a single man's room! How can anyone live in such a dirty room? It would be strange if you don't get SARS after living here for two weeks! Tang Qian! This afternoon, the two of us will do a thorough cleaning and clean your doghouse from inside to outside, top to bottom!"
I groaned in pain and said, "No need for that, right? I think it's fine. I clean it regularly, too..."
Xu Shu ignored my explanation. She took out her cell phone and dialed a number, then said, "Hello? Sister Shi, are you here? Great, let's do this. Go to the supermarket and buy me a pair of dishwashing gloves, an apron, a few more rags, and a mop... What for? I want to do a thorough cleaning! Oh, and you'd better buy me a set of ordinary sportswear. What I'm wearing is not convenient for me to work. Okay, that's it. Hurry up!"
I looked at Xu Shu helplessly and said with a wry smile: "From the looks of it, you seem to be starting to take charge of this place! But can you be a little more sloppy? It's only two weeks anyway, so just muddle through!"
Xu Shu stared at me with his big eyes and said, "No! Are you kidding me? You can't leave here within fourteen days. This is not a hotel. This is life. Do you understand how to live? How can you get away with this?"
I smiled and said, "Living life... already? That can include a lot of things. Have you thought of them all?"
Xu Shu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Yeah! Where should I sleep for these fourteen days? You have to arrange a place for me!"
I was stunned! I pointed to the bedroom and said, "My parents took the bed and other things away when they moved out. My room is the only one with a bed. How about you just put up with it and sleep on my bed?"
Xu Shu blinked and said seriously, "What about you?"
