The Lady’s Facade was Ruined - Chapter 29
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Chapter 29: Pickle Pepper Beef Flavored Instant Noodles
When she woke up, it was already halfway through the afternoon. There was a faint smell of orange in the air, which smelled very good.
She gingerly sniffed it before abruptly sitting up.
“Hey, are you awake?” Zhao Yimeng was sitting on a chair while eating the orange she’d received earlier. She broke it into two halves and handed half of it to her, “Do you want to eat oranges? This orange is so sweet!”
“…” Shen Wanying stared at the orange in her hand for a while before she spoke, “Did you just eat my orange?”
“Ah?” Zhao Yimeng was somewhat stunned silly, she hardly saw Shen Wanying showing such an expression, “Isn’t this orange here for eating?”
“…” Shen Wanying became silent once again now. She took the other half of the orange from Zhao Yimeng’s hand, “No.”
Zhao Yimeng saw that Shen Wanying ate a piece of it, and then let go of the matter, “How is it? It’s sweet, right?”
“Yeah.” Shen Wanying answered and asked Zhao Yimeng, “You’ve come back already?”
Zhao Yimeng said, “I’ve been flying a kite outside for the whole afternoon. I’m rather tired and hungry!” Then she went rummaging through the bag she’d brought for a bit and took out a bag of biscuits, “Do you want to eat this??”
Shen Wanying shook her head, “We’ll have dinner soon. I heard Teacher Song say that it is a huge feast tonight.”
For dinner, the students didn’t need to cook their own food. The food was all going to be provided by the farm, which was said to be very rich and delicious. Zhao Yimeng, who heard this, stuffed the biscuits back into her bag, “Then I will save the space in my belly and have a hearty meal tonight.”
Unfortunately, while waiting for the huge feast, she was caught by her classmates rehearsing the evening’s performance beforehand. Shen Wanying looked at Zhao Yimeng’s face with ever-changing expressions. Perhaps Zhao Yimeng is really fit to be a comedian?
Shen Wanying had tidied herself up, planning to go downstairs to buy a bottle of water.
There was a small convenience store on the first floor of the hotel. There was also a vending machine right outside the store. As Shen Wanying’s foot still hurt, she didn’t go inside the store and just directly went to the vending machine to get the bottle of water.
This vending machine not only sold water, but also some snacks and cigarettes, as well as boxed instant noodles.
While standing and selecting the item in front of the vending machine, Shen Wanying was unconsciously attracted by the instant noodles at the bottom. The instant noodles in the vending machine were all in mini size. Although the portion wasn’t big, the taste was quite filled contrary to how it looked.
Shen Wanying was staring at a box of pickled pepper beef-flavored instant noodles. At this moment, the box of instant noodles suddenly shook twice and then rolled out from the pick-up box below.
A slender hand picked up the instant noodles and handed it to Shen Wanying: “Do you want it?”
It was Huo Cheng.
Shen Wanying found that his beautiful appearance had a slight smile, so shallow that she thought it was an illusion.
After she recovered, she gave Huo Cheng a smile, “No, thank you.”
Huo Cheng said, “You don’t like this flavor?”
“…No, there are some seasonings in the instant noodles, which are harmful to your health. So, it is best to eat less.” After Shen Wanying finished speaking, she added, “I’m just here to buy water.”
“Oh.” Huo Cheng replied, the smile appeared to be deeper than before.
Shen Wanying looked a little dazed, Huo Cheng’s smile was really charming. It felt as if looking at his smile made all the colors in the world feel dull compared to him.
Holding the instant noodles in his hand, Huo Cheng scanned the QR code of the vending machine again, “It’s okay to eat it occasionally.”
As he took a bottle of water and unscrewed the bottle cap before handing it over to Shen Wanying, he spoke to her, “I have a friend who likes instant noodles with this flavor the most. And I heard my friend say that shaking one’s legs while eating will make the taste better.”
Shen Wanying’s eyes widened in shock.
“…Is that friend you’re talking about, yourself?” Shen Wanying’s ultimate expression management nearly collapsed at this moment.
Fortunately, it was almost.
Huo Cheng only slightly curled the corner of his lips at her reaction, neither admitting nor denying.
That had happened three months after he’d married Shen Wanying.
At that time, Huo Cheng’s company had temporarily canceled a meeting so he’d left work early. On the way home, he bought some vegetables in the supermarket he frequently visited and planned to go back to make dinner for Shen Wanying.
When he opened the door, he saw Shen Wanying’s high-heeled shoes at the door.
She had returned, but there was no one in the living room. The light wasn’t even on. Huo Cheng was a little puzzled. He took out his cell phone and was about to make a call to Shen Wanying, when he suddenly heard some movements from the upper floor.
“Ah Wan?” He called her but didn’t receive a reply. Huo Cheng went up to the second floor, and the faint noise became clearer.
It came from the utility room at the end of the corridor.
“Ah Wan, are you inside?” Huo Cheng walked to the door of the utility room. It was certain that there was someone inside. He opened the door after he knocked on it lightly.
Shen Wanying was wearing earphones and sitting on a small stool with a bowl of steaming instant noodles. There was a cardboard box in front of her with her tablet computer on top of it.
Her eyes didn’t leave her tablet for a bit. In short, she looked fascinated, she was sucking the noodles while staring at the screen intently.
One foot stepped on the slippers while the other one was shaking rhythmically.
Huo Cheng: “…”
He admitted that he was very shocked at the moment, because it was a far cry from the Shen Wanying he knew.
But then he quickly calmed down and called her again, “Ah Wan.”
Shen Wanying finally realized that someone had come in.
She raised her head and saw her handsome husband, who she had been married to for three months.
Shen Wanying: “…”
The air suddenly solidified. Even the instant noodles in her mouth had become tasteless.
Shen Wanying wished to die at that moment.
She had maintained the image of a perfect wife for three months, and it was ruined from this instance.
Huo Cheng looked at the cramped utility room, walked up to Shen Wanying and said, “Go to the living room to eat in the future.”