Yu Xiaocao glanced at him and revealed a honey-sweet smile on her face. The words that came out of her mouth subsequently also delighted him to his core, “It’s not a bother at all! I’m happy to make food for you. Even the smallest detail needs to come out of my hands!”

As she spoke, she went back to her task at hand, leaving Zhu Junyang, who was touched beyond measure, to stand silently at the side. She heated up the wok and oil before searing the slender strips of fish and chicken in separate batches. Then, she took them out of the pot and left some oil in there before adding the fish back into the pot with some cooking wine and fine salt. She let it simmer until it produced a fragrant broth and then added some cornstarch to thicken it. Finally, she poured the cooked fish into one half of a prepared plate.

Following that, she did the same procedure for the seared chicken meat, making sure to also thicken the broth with starch at the end. She then poured the cooked chicken into the other half of the plate, creating a sort of yin-yang presentation between the fish and chicken. Finally, she stir fried some bean sprouts with some special seasoning and placed it in the middle of the chicken and fish meat in the dish. The final dish was complete!

Zhu Junyang looked at the beautiful dish that was in front of him. The simple and elegant aesthetics of the plate immediately conquered him and he shifted his attention away from the plate...