Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

Despite his various worries, Qi Yuan was used to remaining calm even when faced with a major crisis, and returned to the main building with a face that showed little emotional fluctuation.

Petty has been dismissed.

Seeing Qi Yuan return, she immediately came over and asked, "Auntie, what's new and delicious today? We always eat dumplings, I want to eat something else."

Practicing boxing has taken up too much time, and there's definitely no time to cook dinner now. Qi Yuan also had no intention of cooking dinner tonight.

Just then, he felt a gaze fixed on him. Turning his head, he saw it was Mr. Garner, the head chef of the Davis family.

Slightly overweight and already quite old, Ghana looked at Qi Yuan with pleading eyes, as if to say, "Mr. Qi Yuan, please give me a way out. If you don't let me cook a few meals for the head of the family and the young lady, I'll lose my job."

The air was filled with the aroma of food, and it was clear that the Ghanaian head chef had already prepared dinner.

Qi Yuan patted the little girl's head. "I'll make it for you tomorrow."

“Okay!” Patty replied happily.

The head chef from Ghana also smiled with relief and gave Qi Yuan another smile.

Dinner was ready. Qi Yuan led Petty to wash her hands and return to the dining table to wait. Not long after, the living room door opened again, and Noah returned.

However, his expression was not good; it was somewhat gloomy, as if something bad had happened.

This expression made Qi Yuan feel inexplicably uneasy.

Once everyone had gathered at the table, the head chef served dinner.

Unlike the previous pan-fried steaks, today's dish is clearly cooked by stir-frying.

Seeing the table full of dishes that resembled Dongzhou cuisine but weren't quite Dongzhou cuisine, Xiu asked, "Head Chef, what's this meal for tonight?"

Ghana chuckled, "I've been following Mr. Qi Yuan around and watching him cook for a while now, and I've learned a lot of new cooking techniques. So I combined my own skills with Mr. Qi Yuan's cooking methods to create new dishes."

Stir-frying is the simplest method in Dongzhou cuisine. Just put anything in the pan and stir-fry it. As long as the wok hei (wok aroma) is sufficient and the flavor is moderate, the taste will generally be good.

Although Ghana wanted to bring a new dining experience to everyone, his years of cooking habits still made him rely mainly on his own cooking skills, so the meal was not bad, but it was not particularly delicious either.

At least for someone like Qi Yuan who loves Dongzhou cuisine, the Ghanaian chef still has a lot to learn.

Petty's appetite had also become somewhat picky thanks to Qi Yuan's. When she ate broccoli, which she didn't like, she would use a small fork to put it on Noah's plate.

"Uncle, this is delicious, you can have it! This is delicious too, you can have it! I love you the most, Uncle, this is for you too."

The little girl shared almost half of her food with Noah.

Noah, who never allows his little girl to be picky about food, ate all the food Patty gave him without saying a word, his expression low and tense.

Looking at Noah, who was silent and brooding, Qi Yuan wondered if he should lock the door when he went to sleep tonight.

Xiu and Shi Bai also sensed that something was wrong with Noah, so they quickly finished their meal and returned to the side building.

Qi Yuan felt vaguely uneasy. After dinner, he read storybooks to the little girl and waited until she fell asleep before returning to his own bedroom.

When he returned to the bedroom, he saw that the blankets on the bed were piled up high, and it was obvious that someone was hiding under the covers.

Knowing who was hiding in his bed, Qi Yuan closed the door, walked to the bedside, gently patted the blankets, and called out, "Mr. Noah, are you alright?"

There were whispering sounds coming from under the covers. Qi Yuan couldn't hear what the person inside was saying, so he asked again, "Mr. Noah, what did you just say?"

The blankets were suddenly thrown back, revealing the handsome Noah with his slightly messy hair.

"Ah Yuan, have you stopped caring about me now? Don't you care what I say anymore?"

Noah was a resentful man at this moment, filled with endless grievances. He wanted to cry but dared not, wanted to curse but dared not, and only dared to act unreasonably.

Qi Yuan, fearing he might have misunderstood why Noah was angry, asked, "Are you angry about the church right now?"

"Are you hiding something from me?" Noah stared at Qi Yuan with serious blue eyes, his gaze full of vigilance.

"No."

Why did you talk to that guy?

"He might be someone Casio knows..."

"What? You care about him alone, and you also have Casio on your mind?!" Noah interrupted Qi Yuan in surprise.

“Casio was only one of the reasons. Because I was wrongfully imprisoned, the man didn’t seem bad. I wondered if he was being bullied by the locals because he was an outsider, which is why he pulled out a gun and hurt people. So I gave him a heads-up. I didn’t expect him to be so presumptuous.”

Noah felt much better after hearing this, but he still had to continue calculating the accounts.

"And what about you? You know perfectly well that if I notice you care about another man even slightly, you throw a tantrum, cry, scream, and threaten suicide. Why didn't you comfort me as soon as you got back? Instead, you let me hear all of this from Asha. We've been eating for so long now, and that girl Petty has been sharing her food with me when she sees I'm unhappy, but you haven't said or done anything. You don't care about me at all!"

Qi Yuan dared not say: I'm afraid I'm just being presumptuous. What if you don't actually care that much at all?

Also, Patty was being picky about food, so she gave you the food she didn't like. How can you think that's comforting?

"I'm just trying to comfort you right now," Qi Yuan said.

Noah sulked, "Comforting me so late? Too late! I'm so angry now!"

Knowing that this thirty-year-old was about to throw a tantrum, Qi Yuan bent down and kissed his cheek. "Mr. Noah, can you please stop being angry?"

"Humph!"

wow-

Noah suddenly stood up, glaring angrily at Qi Yuan, "Is that all? Is this all you're going to use to make up for the emotional wounds I suffered?"

"I am a victim! I want compensation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yuan suddenly felt dizzy and was pressed down by a force, unable to move for a moment.

"Noah..."

Qi Yuan's voice trembled slightly; he was afraid of something.

However, the person who pinned him down didn't want to waste any more words. He pinched open his jaw with one hand and swept away his jaw with domineering force.

Qi Yuan felt as if he had fallen into the water in an instant. The gurgling sound of the water filled his ears and his vision was blurred by the water. Water droplets clung to the corners of his eyes and his eyelashes were wet.

The familiar yet strange feeling of suffocation made his body instinctively raise his fair neck, the small Adam's apple sliding up and down under the pressure.

The feeling of falling into the deep sea was too terrifying. In his panic, Qi Yuan grabbed a seaweed. The seaweed was smooth and difficult to grip. His long, slender fingers with distinct joints finally managed to grab it after several frantic attempts.

But this self-righteous attempt to survive was utterly worthless; a water snake slowly crept up his waist...