After changing his clothes, Zhou Yuan immersed himself in the intense cooking once again.
Perhaps it was because it was the first time meeting his father-in-law in this life or the last, Zhou Yuan felt a difficult-to-explain nervousness. This was evident in the fact that for breakfast, he made five different dishes.
Pan-fried buns, shumai, shrimp dumplings, and a plate of fried dough sticks with soy milk.
The zerg race’s breakfast culture wasn’t particularly rich; in fact, they mostly consumed nutrient fluids. Even though the male zergs were more particular than the females, simple and quick dishes were still prevalent.
The variety of breakfast dishes amazed Asta.
He cautiously picked up a pan-fried bun and took a bite. At first, it was the soft and glutinous bun skin, then the savory and tender meat filling. The meat was full of juice, bursting with the aroma of grease in his mouth, followed by the crispy and fragrant seared layer.
Asta enjoyed it so much that he devoured five in one go, followed by the savory and tender Cantonese-style meat shumai, the fresh and succulent shrimp dumplings, the crispy and chewy fried dough sticks, and the sweet soy milk.
Each dish completely subverted Asta’s previous imagination of food. By the time he finished eating, he even felt unusually full, having to sit on the sofa to digest.
Zhou Yuan found Asta’s reaction quite amusing and couldn’t help but look at him repeatedly, even sneakily taking a photo in the end.
His adorable wife somewhat relieved Zhou Yuan’s tension to a certain extent. He finally didn’t feel as tightly wound up as before, as if he could snap at any moment, but instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and no longer rushed through tasks.
He first spent some time reading with Asta, then went to the kitchen to get busy around nine o’clock.
Asta was curious and quietly peeked into the kitchen door, only to find Zhou Yuan washing, selecting, and chopping vegetables, preparing for lunch in advance.
By ten o’clock, the doorbell of the villa rang.
Zhou Yuan didn’t want to trouble Asta, so he went to open the door himself.
As the door opened, he saw a middle-aged female zerg who bore a slight resemblance to Asta but had a scar on half of his face, standing at the door with large and small packages in his hands.
Both sides were taken aback.
Zhou Yuan was shocked by the dozen or so boxes behind Edwin, while Edwin was shocked that it was actually a male zerg who opened the door for him.
Zhou Yuan was the first to react and quickly took the boxes from Edwin’s hands. Only then did he realize that this box was unexpectedly seven or eight kilograms heavy!
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Zhou Yuan: “How can that be? You’re the guest here!”
As he spoke, he tried to take another box from Edwin’s hand, but Edwin turned his hand and placed it behind his back.
For a moment, one zerg was eager to help carry, while the other zerg was terrified and dodged, making for a comical scene.
The sound of the boxes falling to the ground at the door reverberated, and Asta was a little afraid that Zhou Yuan would have an accident, so he came over in his wheelchair.
Upon arriving, he witnessed this scene and couldn’t help but be stunned.
“Uncle? Lord? What are you two doing?”
The actions of the two zergs froze simultaneously.
Edwin, as if seeing a savior, quickly said, “Asta, quickly! Come and help me with these things!”
Zhou Yuan intercepted Edwin’s reaching hand, somewhat reproachfully saying, “Asta is still injured, how can you let him come?”
Edwin: “???”
Edwin was speechless.
Asta’s face turned slightly red as he said, “It’s okay, Lord Edwin, I’m in a wheelchair, so it doesn’t strain my legs.”
Zhou Yuan thought it made sense and reminded him, “Just be careful not to strain your back injury.”
“Okay,” Asta nodded.
Edwin: …
Edwin felt choked again, but this time, physically.
In the end, Zhou Yuan and Asta each carried two boxes, while Edwin, as an A-level female zerg, carried ten boxes on his own.
After two trips back and forth, all the things were finally moved into the villa. From this, it could be seen just how much Edwin had brought.
Zhou Yuan invited Edwin to sit on the sofa and asked, “Uncle, would you like something to drink?”
Edwin hadn’t seen such a scene before, so he instinctively looked at Asta. Seeing Asta’s calm expression, he hesitated and said, “Um, just plain water is fine?”
“Okay.” Zhou Yuan poured three glasses of water, one for Edwin, one in front of Asta, and kept one for himself.
Edwin somewhat gratefully accepted the glass, while seeing Asta calmly taking it made him suddenly speculate.
Asta is usually taken care of like this at home?
No wonder Asta looked like that when they communicated last time. With such a male zerg, which female zerg wouldn’t be moved?
Edwin felt somewhat relieved. Before coming here, the other Edwins didn’t have high hopes for Zhou Yuan. He just hoped that the male zerg would let Asta go out to work and, when at home, would treat Asta as the queen, without being too harsh.
For this reason, he specifically bought many good things to give to Zhou Yuan.
Now, seeing how Zhou Yuan was even more protective of Asta than he expected, it was much better than he thought.
After each of the three zergs took a sip of water, Edwin wanted to thank the male zerg for his help just now, so he spoke up, “Lord Dixia…”
“Ah, yes!” Zhou Yuan responded promptly, like a student being called on during a military training.
Originally, Zhou Yuan was a bit nervous when he saw his father-in-law. Just now, he realized that he had been a bit harsh on him at the door, and Edwin had always had a naturally stern face, which made Zhou Yuan even more nervous.
“Lord Dixia, thank you very much for your help just now and for taking care of Asta,” Edwin said, bowing slightly towards Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan: ?
Zhou Yuan thought his father-in-law was going to assess him, but unexpectedly, his father-in-law was surprisingly easygoing. He quickly declined, “No, no, it’s nothing, it’s nothing.”
Edwin continued, “Those boxes are all gifts I bought for you two. Let’s open them together with Asta later.”
Zhou Yuan looked at the 26 cardboard boxes next to the living room, each weighing at least 6 kilograms, and fell silent.
Father-in-law, your definition of “a little” seems to be quite different from that of ordinary zergs.
Also, he didn’t expect his father-in-law to be so generous, which made the bottle of wine he wanted to give seem quite stingy.
But not giving a return gift seemed even worse…
After a slight hesitation, Zhou Yuan finally said, “Uncle, Asta and I also bought you a gift yesterday, but it’s not as much as yours. I hope you won’t mind.”
As he spoke, he took out a beautifully packaged box from the cabinet on the coffee table.
The box bore the unique emblem of the winery, with a beautiful butterfly bow tied with a pretty dark green ribbon.
Edwin immediately recognized that the bottle of wine came from his favorite winery, and his face was suddenly filled with disbelief.
He had seen female zergs give gifts to male zergs before, but it was the first time he had seen a male zerg give a gift to his queen’s uncle!
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