After My Rebirth Chapter 2: Culinary Skills

Chapter 2: Culinary Skills

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Li Wenxing was also a foodie, he smelled the millet congee and thought it smelled good. Now he was invited to drink it together, so he immediately agreed. But just after he nodded his head, he was dragged back by Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan said politely to Li Sinian, “It’s time for lunch soon, and if Wenxing eats now, he won’t be able to eat later.”

In fact, he was afraid that Li Sinian would bully Li Wenxing. Li Wenxing was simple and kind, dim-witted every day, not at all aware of his brother’s methods. As a fresh college graduate who could already run such a large enterprise, it was obvious that he was shrewd.

And with Lin Yuan’s knowledge of Li Sinian, Li Sinian would never be the kind of person who would give up what he loves because of his concern for brotherly love.

Li Sinian liked him, and after learning that the person he liked was Wenxing, he would definitely try to trip up Wenxing and separate them. Although a bowl of millet congee may not turn up any flowers, something related to Li Sinian was something he needed to prevent.

Li Sinian did not have the ability to read minds and did not know that in just one minute, Lin Yuan’s brain had already made up so many plots. He only felt that Li Wenxing should not drink the congee since he only made enough for one person. If it was given to Li Wenxing, he would not have enough to drink.

After chatting for a couple of minutes, Li Wenxing took Lin Yuan to his room, saying that he had business to attend to.

Li Sinian was left alone in the living room again. Li Sinian finished the congee, cleaned up the dishes, gave the company his leave of absence, and sat down on the sofa to study more recipes.

To maintain his body, the main thing was to eat from the beginning, to ensure that he was eating the correct nutrition, but also the correct amount since an excess of nutrition would make people fat, and obesity could also cause many diseases.

Li Sinian just opened a recipe and saw his leave of absence message being replied to. He asked for leave directly from his father. Probably because he usually worked too hard, Father Li had no doubts about his ‘not feeling well’ argument, and directly granted him three days off.

With three days off, Li Sinian happily continued to study the recipe.

Father Li, Li Cheng, was busy at the company, and Mother Li, Lian Menglei, was a senior lawyer and was also very busy every day, so the two of them usually did not eat lunch at home, and today was the same. So today’s lunch would be Li Sinian, Li Wenxing and Lin Yuan eating together.

It was still early, so Li Sinian told the housekeeper that he would make lunch.

Auntie Zhang was so shocked that when Li Sinian explained the ingredients he needed to buy, she didn’t listen to a single word, and finally Li Sinian had no choice but to make a list for her on paper. Auntie Zhang awkwardly accepted the note, reflecting inwardly: even if the employer was perverse so that people’s jaws drop, she can not go away when the employer was talking ah!

Auntie Zhang went out and bought all the vegetables back at about 10:40am.

Preparation time was limited, Li Sinian intended to take a few small dishes to practice first. With three people eating, he planned to make three dishes and one soup for lunch.

Double bamboo shoots with stir-fried fungus¹, sweet and sour tofu with pineapple², garlic stem eggs ³ and crucian carp tonic soup⁴.

Lin Yuan came down while Li Sinian was handling the carp. He wanted to come to the kitchen to find water to drink, but he didn’t expect to run into Li Sinian who was cooking. Lin Yuan stood at the door and watched for a while.

The person in the kitchen was still wearing pajamas, with a dark apron tied around his body, and his hair was not neatly combed, looking very homely. Li Sinian’s appearance was really very deceptive, if only look at the current him, probably no one would think that this was a vicious and merciless rather shrewd person.

Feeling the burning gaze behind him, Li Sinian moved and turned around. Seeing that it was Lin Yuan, he turned back without a ripple. The fish needed to be marinated a little to remove the fishiness.

Lin Yuan frowned and walked in slowly. He asked, “Why didn’t you go to the office today?” 

“I got up late and didn’t want to go.”

Lin Yuan sized him up suspiciously, “I’m asking you seriously.”

Li Sinian looked up at him, also puzzled, “I’m seriously answering you, too.”

Anyway, in the end, the Li family’s industry had nothing to do with him, so why should he work hard and quietly be a rich second generation, cooking and nourishing sports and looking at flowers every day, doesn’t it smell good?

“That year, what happened between us, I am sorry. But do not take it out on Wenxing.” Lin Yuan’s tone softened, but his brow remained furrowed, “Wenxing is innocent, he doesn’t know anything, he doesn’t even know that we knew each other before, he’s your brother…”

“Lin Yuan,” Li Sinian interrupted him and asked with a smirk, “Does Wenxing know you like him?”

“What did you say?”

“I said, you are so worried about me, does Li Wenxing know that you are so worried about him? And does he know for what purpose you are worried about him?”

Lin Yuan’s face turned pale. This comment poked Lin Yuan’s sore spot. He liked Li Wenxing, but he didn’t dare to let Li Wenxing know. He was afraid that Li Wenxing didn’t like him, and once this kind of state was detected, he would be hated.

In fact, Li Sinian could also understand why Lin Yuan was so defensive. Indeed, in his last life, he had used these robbery tactics and made himself feel excessive. But that didn’t stop him from being annoyed with Lin Yuan coming to him to chatter.

In his new life, he no longer had that kind of worldly desire, but it was annoying to be reminded all the time of what he could not have.

Lin Yuan’s face changed, Li Sinian was happy. He turned back to the carp and said without looking up, “What do you want to do? Get out when you’re done, don’t disturb my cooking, okay?”

Lin Yuan stared at him for a while, but unfortunately Li Sinian didn’t give him another look. He had no choice, so he took two glasses of water and went out.

Li Sinian was quite fast, and lunch was served at twelve o’clock. The stir-fried fungus with double bamboo shoots was light and refreshing, and a little chili added a little color to the vegetarian dish. The sweet and sour tofu with pineapple was tart and sweet, with a sweet and sour sauce covering the golden tofu and a sweet pineapple on top. The salty and delicious eggs with garlic shoots, with tender eggs wrapped in crisp garlic shoots, were all satisfying in one bite.

The carp soup was tender and fatty, a simple cooking method to retain the maximum nutrition of the fish, creamy white thick soup with a little red millet spice and a little green cilantro, and the taste was superb.

Once everything was on the table, Li Wenxing directly let out a loud ‘wow’, “Today’s dish feels so delicious ah, Auntie Zhang’s cooking skills have grown again.”

Auntie Zhang said with a smile while setting up the dishes, “No, these are all made by the young master.”

“Brother?” Li Wenxing’s eyes widened, “My brother cooked this table of food?”

Just as Li Sinian came out of the bathroom, hearing him ask, he nodded, “Yes, I did.”

Li Wenxing let out another gasp, “It smells so good!”

“Yes, it does!” Auntie Zhang also smiled and said, “I was worried at first when the young master said he wanted to cook, after all, the young master had never cooked before and I was afraid he would hurt himself with the gas range. I didn’t expect the young master to be so smart and quick to learn everything, not only did he use the cooking utensils smoothly, but he also cooked so well.”

Li Sinian laughed lightly, “Don’t just smell it, eat it and then evaluate the taste.”

He said, pulling out a chair and sitting down.

The three of them sat down one after another. Li Wenxing didn’t move his chopsticks, but asked first, “Brother, why didn’t you go to the office today?”

Li Sinian took a long sip of fish soup, “I got up late and was too lazy to go.”

Mmm! The taste was good, the saltiness was moderate. He didn’t expect that he not only has the talent of doing business, but also the talent of cooking.

“You, you got up late? Too lazy to go?” Li Wenxing was stunned, “Brother, there is still a time when you are too lazy to go to the company?”

“Work is too hard. Wanting to relax a little is not normal? Money can be earned again, health is the most important thing.” He said, he tasted another bite of double bamboo shoots fried fungus.

Mmm! Crisp and slightly spicy, delicious! Li Sinian tasted all the dishes and looked up, but saw the two people across the table looking at him with complicated faces. He blinked slowly, “Why are you looking at me? Eat quickly, they’re all hot dishes, they won’t taste good if they get cold.”

Li Wenxing was called back to his senses, lowered his head and started to eat. But Lin Yuan still stared at him. Li Sinian didn’t bother to pay attention to him and just ate his own.

It was best for the stomach to eat within seven minutes to not hurt it. Li Sinian ate a bowl and stopped his chopsticks.

There was a housekeeper at home, so there was no need for him to clean up, so he went upstairs to rest after eating. After listening to the news and walking around the room, Li Sinian saw that it was about time, so he laid down on the bed and started to take a nap.

He decided to take a half an hour’s sleep at noon to refresh himself and live a healthy life from now on. When he got up from his nap, he went to wash his face to clear his head, and then started studying recipes again. He was quite fond of food, but the stomach cancer in his last life hurt him, and he felt that food should be healthy while tasty.

After reading the recipes in his room until around four o’clock, Li Sinian went back downstairs and asked Auntie Zhang to go shopping for food. While that was going on, he went for a run in the small gym at home.

Lin Yuan had already left, and Li Sinian felt a lot clearer without that narcissistic brain-sucking emperor pushing nonsense drivel in his ears. He really wondered how he had fallen in love with that normal type of man in the past, it was as if he was delusional.

The dinner was still cooked by Li Sinian, with Auntie Zhang helping next to him. When she saw Li Sinian’s second meal, and that he was as skilled as a veteran, Auntie Zhang laughed and said, “Young master, if you cook a few more meals, I’ll be out of a job.”

Li Sinian also laughed, “Why? I am just cooking, there is still a lot of work for you to do at home.”

Dinner was served at seven o’clock, and Li Cheng and Lian Menglei came back at that time. The two of them were as shocked as Li Wenxing when they learned that the meal was cooked by Li Sinian.

But after the shock, Li Cheng frowned, “Didn’t you say you weren’t feeling well? How come you still have the energy to cook?”

“I wanted to do it.”

Li Cheng took a good look at Li Sinian sitting across from him and said, “I don’t think you’re that sick, so you should continue working tomorrow.”

Li Sinian looked at him, “You said before that you would give me three days off.”

“That’s because you said you weren’t feeling well, so I gave you the day off. I don’t see where you’re not feeling well now, so come back and go back to work.”

Li Sinian stopped his chopsticks, he didn’t promise to go to work or not, but asked, “Dad, I want to go to the old house in the countryside to live for a while.”

Li Cheng smiled and frowned more tightly, “Why go to the countryside? The company has so many things waiting for you.”

Li Sinian said half-jokingly and half-seriously, “I’m so busy every day. Dad, do you want to give me all the power in the future?”

Li Cheng blew up when he heard this, “What are you talking about? Your father is still alive, and you want to steal the family fortune from your brother?”

Li Sinian smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes. See, this was it, again, he has to be busy, tired to work hard not to get a little share, ask how to help the brother … This supporting role life ah.

“Okay.” Li Sinian slowly and methodically responded, “I will go back to work tomorrow.”

But to do what, he would not say.

 

 

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