Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 117

Chapter 117: New Year’s Eve Dinner ( 3 )
After everyone tasted the wine, they began to eat. As usual, Lu Jueyu helped Li Chenmo first. She scooped up a bowl of bone soup and put some noodles in it. She also added a few slices of fatty meat, two pieces of tempura, and two meatballs to the noodles. Then she scooped two spoonfuls of spicy meat sauce and placed it on top of the noodles. After that, she put the bowl of noodles in front of Li Chenmo.

At first everyone thought noodles were less fragrant than steamed buns. But when they saw Lu Jueyu put so much meat on the noodles, they followed her example. The tempura becomes soft and chewy after being soaked in the soup. With the addition of spicy meat sauce, the noodles are even more fragrant. The more Li Chenmo ate, the greater his appetite became.

Lu Jueyu was worried that he would suffer from indigestion if he ate too fast, so she reminded him in a low voice, “Husband, eat slowly.”

Li Chenmo nodded and slowed down his eating speed. While eating, Li Chenxuan looked at them with jealousy. He glanced at Jiao Siyu and saw that she was busy stuffing herself with meat. Her lips were covered in oil and some sauce dripped onto her clothes, which she didn’t even notice.

Without comparison, people will not know their shortcomings. Compared with Lu Jueyu, Jiao Siyu looks old and unkempt. Not only is she rude and disrespectful, she doesn’t even know how to take care of her husband. He glanced at Zhang Dongmei and saw her gently wiping her son’s mouth and placing braised pork into Li Chenze’s bowl. Lu Jueyu is picking steamed fish for Li Chenmo.

While Li Chenxuan was looking at them, Jiao Siyu noticed that her husband’s eyes were locked on Lu Jueyu, and her heart was filled with anger. She kicked Li Chenxuan’s legs under the table and glared at him.

Because of Jiao Siyu’s kick, the braised pork in Li Chenxuan’s chopstick fell onto the table. He looked at his wife’s unsightly face and lowered his head. He picked up the meat on the table and ate it silently.

At this moment, he remembered his female friend in town. That woman has a gentle personality and a soft figure. Just thinking about her made him feel hot all over. Compared with Jiao Siyu, that woman is hundreds of times better at serving him.

An hour later, dinner was finally finished. When Father Li and his brothers went to the veranda to chat, Li Chenmo helped Lu Jueyu clean the table. This time, she didn’t let him do it and said, “Husband, you don’t have to do this. Go talk to your father. My sister-in-law is helping me.”

Li Chenmo looked at her and said, “Use more hot water when washing dishes.”

“En, I understand.”

After he left, Zhang Dongmei smiled and said, “This is the first time I have seen Third Brother nagging like this. He cares about you very much.”

“Sister-in-law, stop teasing me.” Lu Jueyu said shyly.

Seeing her blushing, Jiao Siyu snorted and said, “What is there to be proud of? If it weren’t for your scheming, the third brother wouldn’t even look at you let alone marry you. It’s precisely because he is a good person that he treats you well.”

After saying this, she left the living room without looking back. Lu Jueyu looked at her back thoughtfully. She always felt that Jiao Siyu had a grudge against her, but she had never had anything to do with her, not to mention offended her. If she hadn’t married Li Chenmo, she would never have crossed paths with Jiao Siyu. So, what is the reason for her being so hostile to her?

Zhang Dongmei looked at the two people and sighed. Lu Jueyu was too young to understand that Jiao Siyu’s hatred came from her own jealousy. What’s more, her jealousy towards Jiao Siyu was not only because of Lu Jueyu’s beauty and luck for marrying Li Chenmo but also because of Han Yuluo.

If Lu Jueyu knew that Jiao Siyu’s attitude towards her was because of that person, she might vomit three liters of blood on the spot. Jiao Siyu was rejected by Han Yuluo and had an average appearance. What does this have to do with her? She could not force Han Yuluo to marry her, nor could she give Jiao Siyu plastic surgery. Fortunately, Lu Jueyu didn’t know her reason.

Lu Jueyu and Zhang Dongmei both cleared the table and washed the dishes silently. After finishing their work, Zhang Dongmei went to see the children, while Lu Jueyu went to the front yard to find her husband.

When Li Chenmo saw her coming, he reached out to hold her hand and asked, “Wife, are you tired?”

Lu Jueyu shook her head and sat down next to him. She leaned closer to him and asked, “Husband, are we gonna spend the night here?”

“No. We’ll go back in a moment.”

“Alright.”

Since the educated youths were living with Father Li, it was not suitable for Lu Jueyu to stay the night even if she was accompanied by her husband.

As the sky darkened, Li Chenmo said, “Father, Jueyu and I are going back first. You’d better rest early.”

“Mhmm. You don’t have to come to see me tomorrow. I’m going to see your mother.” Father Li said while looking at the starry sky.

“Okay.” Li Chenmo said in a low voice.

After notifying Father Li, they returned home while holding a lantern to light up their surroundings. Tonight, the sky is full of stars, but there is no moon. So, it was dark all around. Because it was dark, Li Chenmo held Lu Jueyu’s hand, worried that she would trip. He held her hand and wondered how her hands could be so smooth and soft when she worked every day.

Lu Jueyu didn’t know what he was thinking, but she felt that he squeezed her hand from time to time. She smiled as she felt his warm hand hold hers. Suddenly, she opened her fingers, and their hands intertwined. She lowered her head and looked at their hands.

‘En, it’s indeed how a couple will hold hands.’