Sweet Wife in a Warm Pet Contract

"No, we'll do it. You go to sleep." Shen Menghan pushed her to lie down on the sofa, ordered her to close her eyes quickly, and then turned and went into the kitchen.

She was in charge of washing the vegetables, and he cooked them.

Even though Mom doesn't want to eat it, let's cook it first; maybe she'll eat it later.

Grandma and Shen Feng listened to the sounds outside. Apart from the clattering of spatulas in the kitchen, it was quiet.

Shen Feng finally couldn't resist and quietly opened the door a crack to peek outside.

Li Zhicheng was busy wearing an apron, while Shen Menghan was tidying up the kitchen and wiping the table. She was busy with everything. When he couldn't find something he needed, he would gently call her name, and she would quickly hand it to him. The two were very in sync, which made her feel a pang of sadness.

She closed the door again and sat on the edge of the bed with a worried look on her face.

"Ah Feng, if Li Zhicheng is a good person and treats Xiao Han well, why not give him a chance to try?" Grandma was already showing signs of softening.

"Mom, no, we can't change our minds so easily. Xiaohan's happiness is not a game!" Shen Feng firmly disagreed.

"Sigh, alright, Mom will listen to you, but if Xiaohan still doesn't listen to advice, don't hurt her too much."

"I am measured."

Shen Feng thought that everything she did was for her daughter's good, and she hoped that Xiao Han would understand in the future.

Shen Menghan stared at the man in the apron, momentarily lost in thought. A man who would cook for her was actually quite touching. If he had always been the aloof and arrogant Li Zhicheng, she really wouldn't have liked him. He was cold and ruthless outside, but very gentle in front of her. This was undoubtedly the kind of man that women liked the most.

He made many changes for her, so what reason did she have not to fall in love with him?

Although they hadn't spent much time together, every single thing he did for her was incredibly touching, and she was absolutely certain that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.

She looked at the sofa and saw that Linglong was still asleep, but she seemed to be sleeping very soundly, which suited her just fine. Let her sleep a little longer and properly relieve her fatigue.

After Li Zhicheng finished preparing the last dish of braised fish, he took off his apron with her help.

He felt like a greasy middle-aged man, standing awkwardly in the cramped kitchen, but for her, for her mother and grandmother, he was willing to try more.

"Let's take the food out first, then I'll go call Mom and Grandma out. Be prepared, they're quite stubborn and might say something harsh." She smiled gently, standing in front of him like a very content girl.

"Yes, I know." He nodded. From the day he fell in love with her, he knew there would be many obstacles, but even if this was just the beginning, he would grit his teeth and persevere.

Seeing her daughter walking into the room, Shen Feng quickly and quietly closed the door, pretending to be chatting with her mother.

Shen Menghan knocked lightly on the door a few times before pushing it open and coming in.

"Grandma, Mom, dinner's ready. Grandma, let me help you out." Shen Menghan smiled, hoping they wouldn't discourage her.

"I'm not hungry," Grandma said, pouting, agreeing with her daughter.

"Mom, what about you?"

“I won’t eat the food he cooks.” Shen Feng was even more direct.

“Mom, he and I are just ordinary friends. We work together and see each other often. He helped me a lot this time, so I brought him home for a meal to express my gratitude. What are you thinking?” Shen Menghan tried to keep her voice calm so that they wouldn’t overthink it.

"Really? Just ordinary friends? Xiaohan, I've been through this before, you can't fool me. There's definitely something between you and him, otherwise you wouldn't have brought him home. If you wanted to thank him, you could have just gone out for a meal and I wouldn't have known. But bringing him home is different. Do you really think we don't understand?"

Shen Feng raised her voice several notches; if the door hadn't been closed, it would have been clearly audible outside.

"Mom, I..." Shen Menghan was surprised that she spoke so clearly, and for a moment she was speechless.

"Xiaohan, your grandma and your mom have both told you not to associate with that guy surnamed Li. Why don't you listen? You weren't like this before. Have you been led astray?" Grandma stared intently at her. She was almost certain that her granddaughter had gotten together with Li Zhicheng.

"We're really not what you think we are..."

"Xiaohan, we don't believe it." Shen Feng's voice and eyes were extremely serious.

"Mom, if I... if I do like him, what are you going to do?" Shen Menghan began to test the waters.

"Fine, then you can spend the rest of your life with him. We'll go back to the village and pretend we don't have a daughter like you. We'll never see each other again." Shen Feng was furious. The fact that she said this was enough to prove that she and this man surnamed Li were already very close.

"Mom, I can't live without you." Shen Menghan lowered her eyes, unable to make a choice.

"Then you should cut all ties with him completely."

"I can't live without him either."

"you!"

Shen Feng almost cursed. How did she change like this?

"Xiaohan, calm down. Love can't put food on the table. We're doing this for your own good. Find an honest man and settle down. If you really want to get married, we can go back to the county town and find someone. With your qualifications, you can find someone pretty good. There's no need to look in Xicheng. Besides, the county town isn't that far from our village. We can meet whenever we want in the future."

Grandma wanted to work things out between the mother and daughter.

“I won’t go back to the county town. I like Xicheng and I want to stay here. Grandma, Mom, don’t be so quick to reject me. Zhicheng is a good man. I like him. We just want to date now. We’re still a long way from marriage.”

Shen Menghan considered confessing everything, since the deed was done and their objections were futile. However, she was mindful of their feelings and couldn't make a definitive statement all at once.

"Trying won't work! You're still young and don't understand that a man's sweet words are a sharp knife that can stab you to pieces. If you don't listen to me, we'll go back to the village tomorrow."

Shen Feng's tone was firm, and she didn't allow her to struggle.

"Mom, please don't force me, okay?" Shen Menghan burst into tears. Why was there no room for maneuver at all?

“We’re not forcing you, you’re forcing us, Xiaohan. Think it over carefully. We’re not eating this meal.” Shen Feng made her stance clear: she had to choose one.

"Grandma, at least eat this food first. Don't waste it. We can talk about our business later, okay?" Shen Menghan couldn't find a way to balance things out, so she had to beg them to give her some face. Li Zhicheng had worked so hard to prepare a whole table of dishes, how could she spoil his mood?

She wanted to save face for him.