Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 74

Doubt
Luckily, Lu Jueyu has baking powder in her space. Although she cannot produce it herself, it can be purchased from the QQ Farm Store. With her wealth as a max-level account, she doesn’t have to worry about running out of money to buy things in the QQ farm store.

She had already filled a jar with baking powder in the morning, so at this time, she could use it without arousing Li Chenmo’s suspicion. When she melted the brown sugar with hot water, Li Chenmo watched her agile movements with interest.

After the sugar has melted, she sets it aside and mixes the flour with some baking powder. Once well mixed, she added the melted sugar while stirring the batter in one direction. She stirred for about twenty minutes, then filled the thinly oiled ceramic bowl with the batter until it was half full.

When all the ceramic bowls are filled, Lu Jueyu puts them in the steamer and steams them for twenty minutes. While waiting for the cake, she kept stirring the rest of the batter. This cake, the more you stir it, the better it turns out.

Seeing that there was a layer of sweat on her forehead, Li Chenmo took the big bowl and said, “Sit down and rest. Let me do it.”

Lu Jueyu had a sore arm, so she let him do it, and the two sat side by side on a low stool. When the cake was steaming, she looked at Li Chenmo and asked, “Husband, do you regret marrying me?”

Li Chenmo was startled by her question and looked at her. Seeing only curiosity in her eyes, he let out a sigh of relief in his heart. He lowered his head and asked her, “Why did you ask this suddenly?”

“I’m just curious. You are a well-paid soldier, tall, handsome, kind, and capable. If it weren’t for me, you might find a good woman with a big background. Maybe even someone from the capital.” Lu Jueyu said while thinking about the heroine.

Li Chenmo didn’t know why she suddenly thought of this, but he still answered her honestly, “I never regret it.”

“Why?” She asked.

“For me, you are the best woman I have ever met. You will be my only wife, whether in this lifetime or the next. What’s more, I’m not as good as you think.” he said with a smile, recalling the first time he met her.

At that time, she was just a one-month-old baby. He didn’t know what his feelings were for her at the time, but it was clear that he longed to be with her. Whenever she was around, he would feel the happiness and satisfaction that others could never bring him, as if the hole in his heart had finally been filled.

From then on, every time he had something good, he would bring it to her. He wants to pamper her. In the end, because of the family situation, he joined the army at the age of 13, and the opportunities to meet each other became less and less.

At the age of seventeen, when he had his first spring dream, he finally realized his feelings for her. At that time, she was only a ten-year-old girl. He struggled for a few years, thinking he was an immoral person because he had lusted after a ten-year-old girl.

However, he didn’t expect that the little girl who liked to follow him and sweetly called him “Brother Chenmo” would forget him after their long separation. When he finally waited until she was fifteen years old and planned to propose to her, she was already in love with another man. Thinking of this, his heart still aches deeply. Fortunately, God took pity on him and still allowed him to have her as his wife. No one can take her away now.

Li Chenmo turned to look at Lu Jueyu and said, “Wife, you are the best gift God has given me.”

Hearing his confession, Lu Jueyu felt her mind go blank. She didn’t expect that her curiosity would end with his sincere confession!

Lu Jueyu was embarrassed, stood up quickly, and said, “I’ll go check the cake. It should be ready now.”

Seeing her embarrassed and shy, Li Chenmo smiled. It seems that she still likes him a little bit. Maybe once she got used to his presence and touch, she would be willing to let him take the next step. Thinking of this, a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Lu Jueyu didn’t notice his deep gaze and was busy taking out the fortune cakes from the steamer. The cake is perfect as it blooms beautifully. The cake had a tantalizing aroma thanks to the raisins she had put on it.

After she took the cake out of the ceramic bowl, she brushed the bowl with another light layer of oil and filled it with the rest of the batter. When steaming the second batch, Lu Jueyu took out the oil paper bag she had prepared earlier. It is folded into an origami bowl in the shape of a starflower. Even though it was brown oiled paper, it still looked beautiful.

Li Chenmo picked up one of the origami bowls and checked it. He was amazed that a piece of paper could be folded into a beautifully shaped bowl. He glanced at Lu Jueyu, and finally, a trace of doubt arose in his heart. She never goes to school and never leaves the village. So where did she learn this skill?

Lu Jueyu thought that origami was a very common thing and would not arouse anyone’s suspicion. But she forgot that origami only became popular in later times. In the 1970s, very few people in the village knew about paper art.

At this time, Lu Jueyu was putting the cake into the center of the origami bowl. After that, she put some dried fruits, melon seeds, roasted nuts, and maltose candies in the four small compartments around the cake. Despite the small size of the fortune cake and the small number of treats, it turned out to be looking really good.