*Gasp*
Ying Shan woke up. As soon as he did, he looked around him to see his two friends staring at him intently.
"Hey, are you really fine? You sure are acting weird today." Li Chao asked putting the sandwich he brought on the table.
Li Ran added, placing his hand on Ying Shan's head "Oh, You are burning, Dude. You should probably go home and take a rest."
"Really?" Li Chao also checked on him. "Xiao Ran, I think we should stop for today and take him to his home. Let's go, Xiao Shan."
He was about to help him get up when Ying Shan stopped him before saying "Wait, Let me ask something first. Did I pass out while playing? I only remember up to the moment when we were about to play the second round."
The duo looked at each other dumbfounded. Li Chao whispered to his cousin "I suppose the fever went up to his brain. Considering the situation, It's best for us not to tell him anything right now. Let's take him home before he passes out."
Li Ran showed him thumbs up as a response. Regardless of Ying Shan asking them again and again, they dragged him out of the building quietly.
"Let's go home." After seeing them leave, Zhang Yuxi ordered the driver.
"Yeah."
***
Zhang Mansion:
"You are right on time, Yuxi," said Zhang Long, seeing Yuxi entering the house.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Staring at him wearing a kitchen apron, Yuxi was perplexed.
"Your mother wanted to eat braised chicken. So, I decided to do it myself." He replied with a gratified grin.
Nodding her head, Yuxi spoke "*Chuckle* you sure know to flaunt off your charms, Mr Zhang. I will take a nap until dinner. Please inform me when it gets ready."
"Okay, my princess" He replied, patting Yuxi's head.
As Yuxi was about to head upstairs, her body jolted slightly. She took a sigh and abruptly turned around.
"What's the matter, dear?"
"It's nothing, ad. I just forgot something in the cupboard. Keep doing what you were doing." Yuxi spoke as she walked around the hall and started to open up the cupboard one by one while Master Zhang focused on his cooking once again.
After few minutes, a loud shriek resounded in the entire kitchen startling everyone present.
"Someone bring the first aid kit. Master burned his hands." The chef who was assisting him shouted.
Before anyone could react, Yuxi strode by them, took Master Zhang's hands and placed them over the basin. Using one hand to take off his rings and the other to maintain the temperature, she opened the faucet and ran cool water on his hands.
"Dad, don't panic. It's a minor one. Just keep it like this for 15 minutes. Putting ointment will do the job but I will call the doctor just in case." She remarked casually.
Everyone including Master Zhang was staggered thinking how she reacted so swiftly.
Not minding them, she instructed the maids "One of you call Dr Ning quickly, the other one help dad put on this ointment after fifteen minutes are over." She passed the salve in her pocket to the maid.
"Yes, Young Miss." They responded.
Afterwards, she turned to the chef and asked "Can you pass that apron to me?"
Hesitating a little, he still passed it to her.
"Yuxi, What are you doing?" Zhang Long knitted his brows.
"I am going to do a concert wearing this. C'mon Dad, I am going to cook," spoke Yuxi with a straight face, wearing the apron.
Hearing that, even the chef was stunned, let alone Zhang Long whose eyes were wide open in disbelief. "Cook? But you don't know how to."
She began to prepare the ingredients while replying to him "Dad, I learned while I was away. I just forgot to tell you."
"Learned?" Forgetting about the burn, he walked up to her and shook his head like a woodpecker "Nope, Even if you learned, I am worried you might hurt yourself. Let the chef do his job."
The chef added "Yeah, I think master is right. Young Miss, What if you end up like him."
"Yeah…What?" Zhang Long shot him a cold glare.
"Enough." Irritated, Yuxi bellowed before ordering the chef to leave and taking Master Zhang back to the sink.
"Let me just do it in peace."
Glaring at him time and time again to stop interrupting, eventually, Zhang Yuxi finished cooking.
***
"Oh My, I am sorry, Darling. I was so deep in sleep that I couldn't hear anything. But, why did no one came to notify me? That must hurt a lot." said Madam Zhang in remorse, peering at his bandaged hands.
"Because of this, I told them not to tell you. You blame yourself when you didn't even know I was going to cook. Let's not talk about this. Guess what? Who made the dinner?" Zhang Long asked, trying hard not to show his excitement.
"The chef?"
"Wrong!"
"Don't tell me you made it with those hands?"
"Aye, Honey."
Master Zhang was about to disclose but was cut off
"I brought grandpa to join our dinner. Don't worry I already made separate porridge for him." Yuxi spoke pushing the wheelchair.
"This is no fun, Yuxi. I wanted to tell you that you made the dinner by yourself today." Zhang Long sighed.
"What? Yuxi made this all? By herself? " Dumbstruck Madam Zhang remarked, staring at the feast in front of her.