Chapter 190: It's good to be in love

Asaba Rika's little hands dug around in Shen Yu's pockets but couldn't find the key to the door, instead they took out the keys to his car.

"No. ...... I'll pull it out again!"

Rika leapt forward, intent on digging in a little further, not believing she wouldn't find the key to a new world.

"All right, all right! Stop!"

Shen Yu finally couldn't hold it in any longer, but if you let a girl's little hands dig around in your trouser pockets, something bad will happen.

"It should be in the right pocket ......"

"Ah, I'll pull out the right side then ......"

"No need for you to pay for it!"

Shen Yu nimbly puts his things down and takes the key to the door out of his right trouser pocket.

"...... So Shen Yu did it on purpose! What a pervert!"

"Don't talk nonsense, you're the one who's perverted."

Taking the key to Rika, she opened the door and Shen Yu followed her into the house, carrying a large bag of things.

Zhang Xiaoru was busy in the kitchen, Shen Deyou was tinkering with the pot of happiness tree next to the TV with a pair of shears, and there were some festive red pendants next to the cupboard, ready to be hung up later.

"Rika is back!"

"Hello Uncle!"

"Eh, well, why bring so many things ah, home have all, you pack a few clothes over can not, put on the table can be ...... Shen Yu! Pack up your things!"

Shen Yu always feels as if he is following his girlfriend back to her house and his parents have become her parents.

Zhang Xiaoru, who was busy in the kitchen, also came out and his eyes fell on the necklace around Rika's neck with perfect precision, and he smiled with his crow's feet.

"Hello Auntie!"

"Rika come here and let aunty have a closer look ......"

Rika stood in front of her, and Zhang Xiaoru looked at the necklace around her neck with satisfaction and said with a smile, "It looks good, it looks good, you should wear this necklace, it looks like a white swan."

"Thank you Auntie, Rika loves the necklace too!"

"If you like it, it doesn't look good on any other girl but you, Shen Yu, don't you think?"

"Er? Oh ...... yes, yes."

Looking at his dad and mum's happy face, Shen Yu, even though he is a wooden man, understands what this gift means.

Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru chatted enthusiastically with Rika about the recent weather, what they were doing, or, instead of asking Shen Yu, they asked Rika directly about the current situation at their company.

I don't know where she gets her magic powers from to make Dad and Mum like her so much.

Shen Yu took his luggage and went back to his room, but Zhang Xiaoru, with a sharp eye, called out to him from afar: "Where are you going? Your room is for Rika to sleep in!"

"It's okay ......" Rika waved his hand and said in his mind, "I can actually sleep with Shen Yu, it's not the first time I've slept together anyway.

"I ...... I was putting her luggage in."

Shen Yu said, putting Rika's luggage inside and dragging his own over to the guest room to pack.

When he came out, Rika trotted over and took Shen Yu's arm in front of Zhang Xiaoru and Shen Deyou.

Zhang Xiaoru and Shen Deyou froze, then their eyes curled up with joy.

The stares from her parents made Shen Yu cry out, embarrassed and at a loss as to what to do, but when she tried to pull her arm out, Rika hugged her so tightly that she was blushing with shame, yet she still hugged her so boldly.

"Auntie and uncle, I'll cook for you tonight with Shen Yu, you can just rest here."

"That's not going to work ...... Rika Sit and watch TV, Auntie will be ready soon."

"Don't worry, auntie! It's almost the end of the year, you should get some rest, Shen Yu is great and if he helps me, we'll make a nice dinner together, Rika hasn't officially cooked for his aunt and uncle yet."

"What else can he do but peel garlic?"

Shen Yu himself thinks so, what else can he do but peel garlic, peel small onions and cook rice ......

But then she saw the look in Rika's eyes and although she didn't say anything, Shen Yu understood the meaning and helped out, "What she said was, mum and dad you guys just take a break and we'll cook tonight, huh ......"

"This ......"

Before Zhang Xiaoru could say no, Shen Yu came over and took off her apron and brought it to Rika, helping her to put it on.

"You guys wait for dinner to start."

After saying this, Shen Yu and Rika went into the kitchen together.

Zhang Xiaoru suddenly felt old, but she also felt inexplicably relieved. She had been cooking at home for more than 20 years, but never thought that her son would bring his girlfriend to cook a meal for her today.

Shen Yu's old mother doesn't know what she's like, but she's only changed because of Rika.

And so never before has there been a heartfelt recognition of this daughter-in-law.

The elderly mother is also finally relieved that her son's life with her is changing for the better, not only does he have a girl to take care of him, but this girl has also taught him to take care of others.

Zhang Xiaoru and Shen Deyou are sitting in the living room drinking tea and watching TV, although their minds are in the kitchen behind them.

The ears are pricked up to listen to what's going on inside, and every now and then they turn their heads to look.

"No ...... I still can't sit down ......" Zhang Xiaoru said and was about to get up, she had never been treated like this before, like an empress waiting to be to serve her.

The old emperor, Shen Deyou, was a different story, leisurely making tea, and hastened to pull her back: "What are you doing? Let them do their work.

"I was afraid Rika wouldn't be able to find the bottles and jars, and I washed some of the dishes, too, in case she was too busy ......"

"All right, all right, she'll certainly come to you with questions, so drink your tea in peace."

The two of them didn't say much, they were listening intently to the movements in the kitchen.

"Old Shen, is this tea different for you today, why do I feel it tastes so much better than usual?"

"I thought the tea was good today too ......"

The tea was obviously bitter and sweet, but the old parents who had nothing to do with it drank it with a slightly sweet taste, and the corners of their mouths curled into smiles of relief.

......

Rika is wearing a Zhang Xiaoru scarf and has a kitchen knife in his hand, carefully slicing meat.

The knife is heavier than the one Rika usually uses, and she doesn't cut the meat and vegetables very fast, but she does it carefully and evenly, as slow work makes fine work.

Shen Yu watched curiously, although she didn't cut it very fast, she certainly cut it faster than he did. If Shen Yu had been the one to cut it, the meat would not have been so thin, and it would probably have cut his hand again, as it did last time.

It was said that the two of us would come together to prepare dinner, but Shen Yu couldn't find anything to do, but staying in the kitchen with her was much more comfortable than spending time with her parents in the living room.

He poured rice and put it in the pot to boil first, came to Rika and asked her, "Does that ...... want to peel the garlic?"

"Yes!"

Rika looks at the ingredients in the kitchen, some of which have already been taken care of by Zhang Xiaoru. The dishes cooked at home are common Sunan home cooking, which she knows how to do after being here for so long.

Shen Yu then happily went to peel the garlic.

After peeling the garlic and returning to look at her helplessly, Shen Yu has never felt so impotent as she does now ......

The kitchen is not his battleground, it belongs to Rika and she does what she says.

"Shen Yu Take the small onions off, ooh, and the sea bass! You have to wash it well. ...... The black layer in the belly of the fish has to be washed off. ......"

"Hmm."

The two of them work together in the kitchen, Shen Yu doing the handy work and Rika doing the difficult work.

She is now wrapping egg dumplings, following the tips Zhang Xiaoru taught her last time. Brush a large spoon with oil, add some egg wash, heat it up and let the egg wash turn into a circle inside the spoon, this will make a beautiful golden egg skin, then add the filling to the egg skin, wrap it with chopsticks, reheat it and seal the edges.

Shen Yu was impressed by Rika's skill. He has eaten many egg dumplings, which are served every year for New Year's Eve dinner, and he loves them, but if he were to make them, he wouldn't be able to make an egg skin.

There was not much work to do, so Shen Yu did as Rika told her and prepared everything she needed to, and then sat back and watched her prepare dinner.

The pan is already hot and Rika adds the vegetables to it. With a snort, she takes the spatula and turns it, and the kitchen is filled with a tantalising aroma.

Shen Yu could see the seriousness in her eyes, could feel the tangible presence of this girl in his life, and had the feeling that he wanted to continue like this for the rest of his life.

When I look at her from this angle, I always think she is so pretty, with her hair tied up to reveal her white neck and a shiny thin necklace on top, especially her waist is so thin and soft, it must be especially great if I hold her from behind.

"Shen Yu What are you looking at ......"

Probably noticing that his eyes had been on her for a long time, Rika's face flushed slightly and she turned back to him and asked.

"Nothing, I'm learning to cook from you ......"

"So did I just put the watercress or the dried beans in first?"

"......"

If you talk like that, we'll have nothing to talk about!

"What made you think of cooking a meal for my parents tonight?" Shen Yu wondered.

"Eh?"

Rika was stir-frying seriously, "I've been thinking about it, but I finally got the chance today, and it's always my aunt who prepares dinner for us, so I wanted her to take a break too."

She looks back into Shen Yu's eyes and smiles, "Rika is especially grateful to her aunt for working so hard to raise Shen Yu so that I can be with the Shen Yu I am now."

Shen Yu froze, but a warmth moved through him and he took the initiative to walk up behind Rika and gently hugged her around the waist.

"I am also grateful to Uncle Asaba and Auntie Miori ......"

Shen Yu's face rose a little red, after all, he was not good at expressing his feelings, only this time, still said it out forcefully, "I am very grateful to them for taking good care of you in the first twenty years, I ...... will be ...... take good care of you ......"

"Mmm! Rika is super into you!"

Rika leaned back slightly, the warmth of his arms behind her.

Although it was not the first time they had embraced, the previous position had been face to face, whereas now it was he who held her from behind, and as she leaned gently into his arms, her eyes could not see him, but her ears could clearly hear his breathing.

The hot breath exhaled from his nose, blowing red on her earlobes and on her pink and white neck.

After a while, Shen Yu hugged him tighter and tighter, Rika felt that he could not use his arms and legs anymore, and he could not even hold a spatula. ......

"Okay, okay ......"

Rika squirmed and whispered, "I'm going to be seen by my aunt and uncle ......"

At these words, Shen Yu, who was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable, rushed back to his senses and let go of the pretty girl in his arms.

Shen Yu stood in place and calmed down for a while, thinking that Rika was probably the girl with the snail, not only could she cook, but she was also so seductive, and her brain, which used to be calm, was becoming more and more useless, which made the masculine young man of twenty so uncomfortable, he had a feeling that he might not be able to wait for the opening of the company after the year, and he could not help but kiss her one, one, one ...... up.

Looking at Shen Yu's peculiar face, Rika knew he must have been thinking about something strange again, after all, Shen Yu's perversion was out of her reach.

So Rika looked out of the kitchen, grabbed a spatula and whispered a warning: "Shen Yu, be nice to me! Don't bully me! Or I'll tell my aunt and uncle ...... so they can ......"

"Beat me up?"

"No! Let your aunt and uncle go to Yokohama and propose marriage!"

Shen Yu sure did wimp out and muttered, "Who's bullying you ......"

"You."

"Nonsense."

"Only Rika is allowed to bully you!"

"Huh ......"

Shen Yu laughed, how could she bully him with her little face, she was obviously too good for him, "Fine, then you bully me."

So Rika coughed hard, put down the spatula and suddenly turned around and jumped into Shen Yu's arms, hugging him tightly and lifting his little face to look at him smugly, "Hee hee, I'm here to bully you ......"

"You're clearly white ......"

Shen Yu had not yet reacted when his mother, who had heard the commotion in the living room, came over. He immediately became nervous and tried to break the girl in his arms, but she was holding on so tightly that he could not break her.

"Stop it, stop it! You'll die if you're seen!"

"Scared or not?"

"Fear ......"

The moment Zhang Xiaoru reached the kitchen door, Rika let go of Shen Yu like a flash and continued to stir-fry with a spatula as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Xiaoru looks suspiciously at Rika, who is seriously stir-frying, and at Shen Yu, who is red in the face ......

"Daughter, what just happened? Did you catch a cold?"

"Nothing nothing! I just had a little tickle in my throat ......"

"Then after dinner later, Auntie will give you a jar of loquat paste, a friend made it herself, it's sweet and delicious and moistens your throat."

"Thank you Auntie!"

When Zhang Xiaoru left, Rika grunted at Shen Yu in a demonstrative manner, his eyes clearly saying, "See if you dare to bully me again.

......

"Shen Yu Take this dish out while I wash the pot."

"Hmm."

After a little fuss, Rika concentrated on getting dinner ready and Shen Yu acted as the food delivery boy.

When he came out of the kitchen with the dishes, his elderly father and mother looked at him with gratified eyes and sat motionless on the sofa until he called out, "Dad, Mom, dinner is ready."

Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru now stand up happily and walk contentedly to their side of the table.

Today's dinner was quite generous, with five dishes and one soup, including steamed sea bass, egg dumplings, stir-fried shrimps, fried watercress and dried bamboo shoots, all home-cooked dishes.

The old father and mother are very happy with this!

A daughter-in-law who can cook, who is gentle, who is beautiful, and who is a good match for her family ...... Where to find such a daughter-in-law!

"Auntie and uncle try it, you've learnt it all from your auntie."

"Good, good, Rika is better than Auntie, Shen Yu will have a good time."

Shen Deyou and Zhang Xiaoru felt that the meal they were eating was absolutely delicious. Shen Yu watched his parents' faces and had no doubt that when Rika made them dried pickled radish, they would say it was delicious ......

At the end of the meal, there was not a single leftover left on the plate and the rice in the rice cooker was all gone.

After the meal, Rika wanted to clean up the dishes, but Zhang Xiaoru refused to do so, as she had already experienced the feeling of having her daughter-in-law cook for her once and was afraid of tiring Rika out again.

"Shen Yu, why don't you take Rika out for a walk, watch a movie or something, instead of spending all day in your room tinkering with your silly computer?"

"Oh, good."

After all, there's nothing to do now, and it's still weirdly awkward for him and Rika to stay in the living room with his mum and dad, so it's the perfect opportunity to get out and sneak around ...... he wants to hold her hand.

The two walked out of the neighbourhood together, holding hands, and walked along the roadside.

The streetlight stretched the shadows of the two men, and because they were so close together, the two shadows overlapped.

"Shen Yu, where are we going?"

"Where do you want to go?"

Rika looked over and pointed to a bench under the street lamp in front of him, "Let's go and sit there."

"Just sit there dry?"

Shen Yu asked, "Why not sit on the sofa at home, where it's heated, when it's cold outside?

"Shen Yu is so silly ......"

Rika pulled him down in his chair and tucked his little hand into his coat pocket, where it dug into his palm, picking at it mischievously.

Sometimes the itch is so great that Shen Yu holds her little hand tightly to stop her moving.

Rika giggled with delight when she did the same and dug her fingers into her little fist, gently digging into her slippery palm.

"Is it cold?"

"A little bit!"

When she said this, Shen Yu unzipped his coat and Rika obediently got under it, and Shen Yu wrapped it around her and hugged her tightly.

Wind, heartbeat, breathing ......

In front of them is a night scene of the city, pedestrians and traffic passing before their eyes like a film reel, and the two of them snuggle together on this bench under the streetlights.

"Does Shen Yu get bored?"

"Not boring at all ......"

Shen Yu lamented that it was good to be in love.