"Why did you send Xinyue out?"
Shen Nian looked at Lu Cheng helplessly. She hadn't missed the aggrieved, reluctant look on Lu Xinyue's face as she left.
"I came to help."
"She could have helped me just the same!"
"She'd just get in the way."
"…"
Shen Nian looked at Lu Cheng. 'Mr. Lu, is it really okay to talk about your own sister that way?'
Still, Shen Nian was happy he had come. Since Lu Cheng wanted to help, she might as well put him to work. Besides, she had long been able to sneak a little Spiritual Spring Water out of her space without anyone noticing, so she wasn't worried about being seen.
Lu Cheng did as Shen Nian asked, washing vegetables one moment and chopping them the next, all without a single complaint. It was as if he were a blade in her hand; whatever she told him to do, he did.
A smile never left Shen Nian's face as she watched the tireless Lu Cheng bustle around her. Of course, her own hands never faltered as she continued to cook.
