Chapter 69 - Xiao Bai, Publicly Embarrassed

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On a rare weekend when he was free, Gu Hai decided to make dumplings for them to eat.

Sitting at the side, Bai Luo Yin helped by rolling out the dumpling wrapper and passing it over to Gu Hai. But the thing was, the way he rolled out the dough was barely passable. Not only that, he was so slow that he could not match up to Gu Hai's speed of putting the filling in and wrapping it up. As a result, Gu Hai pushed Bai Luo Yin to the side to watch the excitement instead while he busily rolled the dough and wrapped the fillings all by himself.

The dumplings that Gu Hai made had thin wrappers and an ample amount of filling—each boiled one was round in shape and would make anyone who looked at it full of joy.

Wanting to give it a try, Bai Luo Yin grabbed a wrapper, scooped a spoonful of filling and pinched the side, just like how Gu Hai had done. Afterwards, he fixed some parts of the wrapper that were open and held it up in front of Gu Hai to see.

"How is it? Not bad, right?"

Raising his eyes slightly to give Bai Luo Yin a glance, Gu Hai's robust lips perked up at the corners. "Not bad, it's quite good, but... go play with it over there. Listen to me and behave!"

Bai Luo Yin, "..."

Whenever the two ate dumplings, they could eat a whole family's worth, so that was the amount Gu Hai ended up wrapping until his hands became sore. By then, Bai Luo Yin was bored out of his mind—with nothing else to do, he started to think about the difficulties he had encountered in the past and the happiness he now felt in the present.

"When I was younger, my family only ate dumplings during New Year and a couple of other festivities. Back then, my paternal grandparents were still quite healthy. Normally, my grandmother would roll the dough and my grandfather would wrap it up while I watched them from the side and my father waited at the table to eat."

Gu Hai paused the movements of his hands and let out a sorrowful sigh. "My grandfather passed away before I was born, and my grandmother never cooked—from what I can remember. Back then, the military gave us two cooks, a nanny and a diligent house worker. When I was younger, all the food I ate was strictly controlled, so I couldn't eat whatever I wanted to."

A flabbergasted expression crept up Bai Luo Yin's face. "Wait... I remember that when we first met, you told me your grandfather was paralyzed and had urination and defecation incontinence. How come now you're saying that he passed away before you were born? How many grandfathers do you have exactly, huh?"

"Just one!" Gu Hai feigned ignorance, "Did I say my grandfather was paralyzed before? Aren't you remembering incorrectly?"

Bai Luo Yin was confident with his memory. "I didn't remember it 'incorrectly'. That's what you said to me. At that time, you came to eat at my house and my grandfather spat out some food all over the table. Later on, when you were heading home, I apologized to you and you told me that your grandfather was also like that."

Hearing that, Gu Hai's heart dropped as the memory came swimming back to him—he had indeed said such words. Fuck, why the hell would he remember such a small detail?

Seeing the slight change in Gu Hai's expression, Bai Luo Yin immediately saw through his inner thoughts. He narrowed his eyes and looked at him with annoyance, "You must have fucking lied to me a lot, right?"

"Uhhh..." Gu Hai replied with a mocking tone, "Wasn't that for the sake of getting close to you?"

Bai Luo Yin coldly grunted, twisted his head away and gripped the dough in his hands.

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