Cheng Xi pretended to be dead; she wouldn’t move no matter what Lu Chenzhou did. Lu Chenzhou prodded her in the face a few times, but she still didn’t respond.

In the end, perhaps due to how pitiful she seemed, he stopped bothering her and left the room, bathed, changed clothes, and once again assumed his role of the diligent househusband.

As Cheng Xi pretended to be dead, she eventually ended up falling asleep. When she woke up again, it was from her hunger, which was being stimulated by a concentrated, mouthwatering aroma of tasty food wafting into her nose. She almost floated off of the bed and towards the smell, and discovered Lu Chenzhou in his apron and frying the last dish with a chef’s posture in the kitchen.

There were already a few finished dishes on the counter, and the most eye-catching one was a plate of twice-fried pork cutlets. Cheng Xi didn’t even think as she reached out with...