Water Recovery System Chapter 2.4

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T/N: Because there a number of food mentioned in this chapter, pictures of all dishes and their names will be listed after the chapter <>

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Arc Two - Chapter Four

Xie Yun shouted: “Good, pa.s.s!” His gaze towards Ji Luoge was very complicated.

That action of Shen Yu using his index finger to stain his mouth, it did not exist the first time Ji Luoge acted, it was very obvious that he had only added it during the second take.

And this action being added here, it was still unexpectedly appropriate.

Xie Yun had to admit, although Ji Luoge was not yet qualified enough when using a strict actor's standard, in terms of Ji Luoge's acting skills, he already had his own unique aura and comprehension. As long as he takes the time, he could certainly become one of the best actors in the entertainment industry.

Thinking of it this way, Xie Yun looked at Su You and Ji Luoge again and found them more pleasing to the eye: “Alright, Ji Luoge's acting for this part was not bad. Today's filming will end here, stop work.”

(“收工”, literally keep work, refers to wrapping up the work of the day. It's like saying, “Pack up, time to go home!” Sorry it's a bit awkward when translated, because I wanted to keep the conciseness of the original words. Any better suggestions?)

No matter who it is, hearing the two words “stop work”, they would definitely feel pleased. And the reason why the work could be finished ahead of time was all because the Flower Vase Ji who had always been dragging them down had a “malfunction” today.

Everyone prayed silently: Really hope that Flower Vase Ji can continue to be like this and keep having “malfunctions”!

After finishing up the work, Su You followed Shen Jiayan and went home together, with Su You in front, and Shen Jiayan behind.

Shen Jiayan wore a black baseball cap that was pressed low, and also had a mask covering his lower face while he sneaked to the supermarket to buy a lot of food, planning on going back to cook for Su You.

In the words of the system, if you want to grasp the heart of a man, you must first grasp his stomach.

Su You was somewhat astonished as he looked at the grocery bags of varying sizes that Shen Jiayan had brought back: there was pork, chicken wings, ribs, tomatoes, eggs, beans… In general, it was mostly all meat.

Su You kneaded the area between his eyebrows: “How did you think about buying so much food?”

The two of them were usually more often separated than together, the time spent at home was also not long, so their refrigerator was basically idle. Usually they would also settle their own meals,  and occasionally the two of them would gather together for a meal. But buying ingredients back to make food themselves, this was still a first.

Shen Jiayan smiled and raised the bag in his hand: “Place these at home, it can be slowly cooked and eaten! I will cook for you to eat.”

Su You took over the bag in Shen Jiayan's hands, raising his eyebrows. This simple action done by him seemed unexpectedly handsome: “You can cook?” Within his speech were the large writings of disbelief.

Shen Jiayan thought about it for a moment, and counted the dishes off his fingers: “I can make tomato and pork liver soup, wolfberry and black chicken soup and winter melon and ribs soup. Oh, it seems like I don't really know how to make the last one.”

Looking at Shen Jiayan's serious appearance, Su You only felt very warm in his heart, just like being immersed in the hot springs on a severe winter's day, every limb and bone felt an indescribable comfort. At this moment, Shen Jiayan really gave him a kind of feeling called “home.”

“It doesn't matter, whatever you make, whatever I'll eat.”

When Su You said this sentence, he really was sincere. But no matter how, he did not think Ji Luoge could actually make such dark dishes.

The chicken wings were burnt black, and the unrecognisable black things beside them, according to Ji Luoge were eggs, braised chicken wings and eggs. Su You wondered, could Ji Luoge possibly have a grudge with chickens in his previous life?

Stir-fried pork with long beans, this dish, compared with the other dishes, could be considered normal. It was just that the pork had been added in as one long piece to be cooked, the middle part was still raw, while the areas around the four corners had been burnt. The long beans were also not dealt with, the entire thing had not been broken up.

Next were the spare ribs cooked with tomatoes. The tomatoes had been added in first, they were already almost overcooked, the ribs were added in later, they were probably not cooked enough yet, the meat floating on the surface of the soup still had traces of blood.

Regardless of feelings or reason, Su You felt that he should taste a little. But towards these meals, he honestly couldn't lower his chopsticks.

Su You rubbed Shen Jiayan's head, and removed the ap.r.o.n he was wearing to put it on himself: “You wait here, I'm going to cook a few dishes.”

Shen Jiayan obediently nodded, then consciously went out to throw away the rubbish he had made.

When he returned home, Su You had already finished cooking the food. It was a very simple two dishes and one soup, and they looked very light and delicious—stir-fried long beans with shredded pork, sweet and sour chicken wings and tomato egg soup.

Shen Jiayan sat down and tasted a bite, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded as he ate, saying incoherently: “Testy, too testy.” Then he was so busy that he didn't even have time to talk.

(“好次” hao ci, sounds similar to “好吃” hao chi which means good to eat/delicious. I took the liberty to change it to ‘testy' as a misp.r.o.nunciation of ‘tasty', because “次” is a word usually used as a cla.s.sifier for numbered events.)

The black cat hated iron for not becoming steel and looked at its stupid host who forgot everything once he had something good to eat. It thought in its heart that the sentence “to conquer a man, one must first conquer his stomach” was actually correct. It was just that… the person being conquered had been changed to its stupid host.

(“恨铁不成钢” is an idiom that means to feel resentful towards someone for failing to meet their expectations.)

The afterglow of the setting sun shone in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, greatly elongating their two shadows before they finally converged on the wall. Both of them did not speak, simply eating the food in their bowl, but the atmosphere was harmonious in a way that could not be expressed.

A peaceful and tranquil moment in time.

However, the quietness filling this room was abruptly interrupted by the ringing sound of a phone, it was an unknown number.

Shen Jiayan was unable to figure out and picked up the call: “h.e.l.lo, may I ask this is...?”

“You guess? We just met today,” Dong Yi, who was on the other end of the phone, smiled with malicious intentions, and was full of confidence as he asked this. In his opinion, it was impossible for Shen Jiayan to be unable to guess his ident.i.ty.

Shen Jiayan slightly wrinkled his elegant eyebrows, cutting off the call without bothering to think about it. When eating, the most annoying thing was to have people disturbing, especially that sort of strange and inexplicable people.

Dong Yi: “……”

Dong Yi's voice had also been heard by Su You, but first of all, Ji Luoge did not avoid him while answering the phone, second of all, the action of immediately hanging up had even pleased him. Hence, Su You placed a piece of chicken wing into Shen Jiayan's bowl: “Eat more.” He noticed earlier that Shen Jiayan really liked this type of sweet and sour taste.

For a moment, Shen Jiayan smiled at Su You until his eyes and brows curved, looking very cute. It was obvious that this action of Su You had won his heart.

Not long later, the phone was ringing again. And unforgivably, it seemed as if as long as Shen Jiayan did not pick up, it would keep ringing.

Shen Jiayan put down his half-eaten chicken wing and went to answer the phone with a face of great resentment.

(“苦大仇深”, literally bitterness is great and hatred deep)

This time, Dong Yi did not try and pretend to be mysterious again, getting right to the point as he said: “Ji Luoge, your matters with Su You, I know all about them. I even have recordings of you guys on hand, do you want to have a listen?”

(“开门见山”, literally opening the door and seeing the mountain)

The moment he finished speaking, without waiting for Shen Jiayan to reply, Dong Yi directly played out the recording. It was indeed the one that Mo Ming had recorded before.

“What do you want me to do?” Shen Jiayan was very calm as he opened his mouth to ask, but in his speech, he first enquired the other party's intentions, which in itself already implied a compromise.

Dong Yi naturally also knew this very well, instantly sneering as he said: “It's very simple, I want, you!”

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T/N: Sorry, it's a shorter chapter, but took me longer cuz of schoolwork. My midterms are coming up, so I guess expect the next chapter to turn up around end of June, beginning of July? Well, feel free to comment and give feedback, thanks! 

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---------- Now, for some food p.o.r.n? (Disclaimer: I do not own these images).

Tomato and pork liver soup (番茄猪肝汤) Wolfberry and black chicken soup (枸杞乌鸡汤)
Winter melon and ribs soup (冬瓜排骨汤) Braised chicken wings and eggs (鸡蛋烧鸡翅)
Stir-fried (shredded) pork with long beans
(猪肉烧豆角/豆角炒肉丝) Spareribs cooked with tomatoes (排骨烧西红柿)

Sweet and sour chicken wings (糖醋鸡翅) Tomato egg soup (西红柿蛋汤)