Translated by Serena Love

Edited by Azure

Chapter 48: This Thing Again

The bowl of crab-stuffed orange and the bowl of crab noodles were placed in front of everyone, while the steamed hairy crabs were placed in the table's center.

Li Ji and the others had been looking forward to it a long time ago. Now looking at the delicate crab-stuffed orange in their hand, they were a little bit reluctant to eat it.

The boundary of the excavated orange was carved with circular patterns, and the orange stood in the middle of a white porcelain plate. After they uncovered the lid, it was full of crab roe, crab paste, and crab meat mixed with the orange flesh. They could smell a peculiar and rich fragrance.

Next, they used a small spoon to take a spoonful and served it to their mouth. The deliciousness of crab and the sweetness and sourness of orange meat were perfectly blended together. The taste was smooth and delicious. It was the ultimate enjoyment for the taste buds. They could even taste the light astringency of orange peel, but it did not make the taste worse, instead adding a layer of refreshing feeling.

It's a pity that such a small bowl of crab-stuffed orange was too little. It was gone after a few spoonfuls.

They had to transfer their attention to the crab noodles. They spread the crab roe and crab meat on the noodles, stirring gently so that each noodle was coated with a golden layer.

They rounded a circle with chopsticks, rolled up a pile of noodles and sent it to the mouth. The strong aroma and the plump and sweetness of crab meat and crab roe bounced on the tip of the tongue. The grievance from not enough crab-stuffed orange immediately disappeared.

Li Ji and others immersed their heads in eating noodles. From time to time, they made a slurping sound. The crab noodle sauce was delicious, rich, and mellow. It was really addictive.

"Sister-in-law, it's so delicious. It's the best crab meal I've ever eaten in my life."

"Fortunately, we sent the crabs wittily. If we left it in our hands, we would never know about this good thing."

"Yes. You are not wrong."

A few people blew rainbow farts until Shen Yue's eyebrows twitched in annoyance. Shouldn't they give the crab to him, and not Tang Qiaoqiao?

Tang Qiaoqiao was very happy to be praised. "If you like it, eat more."

Shen Yue thought dully, 'Eat more?' Because of the four of them, he didn't have enough food.

Tang Qiaoqiao picked up a steamed hairy crab, which had been marinated in Shaoxing wine and steamed until completely red. She dismantled the crab legs, opened the crab shells, took the crab meat, dug the crab roe, crab paste, and finally, the remaining crab shells and crab legs could be put together to look like an intact crab.

This was called art.

Tang Qiaoqiao's unrivaled crab-opening technique made Li Ji feel embarrassed by the few of them who just took the crab and gnawed at it.

Tang Qiaoqiao handed the first peeled hairy crab to Shen Yue.

Shen Yue looked at her in surprise, with an imperceptible smile in his eyes.

Not bad. She knew to give him face before his subordinates.

Tang Qiaoqiao said indifferently, "You are so fussy about food, you definitely don't know how to eat crabs. I have peeled it for you, and you can just eat it."

Shen Yue's mouth suddenly stiffened. "It's just a crab. You don't have to bother."

Tang Qiaoqiao raised her eyebrows and said. "Then peel it yourself." After speaking, she was about to take back the plate she had just handed over.

Shen Yue held it down. "There is no reason to take it back."

"Hurry up. Your picky mouth can't stop even with so many crabs." Tang Qiaoqiao laughed and shook her head.

The four onlookers glanced at each other. Their eyes all revealing one meaning: 'This is flirting, right? Right?'

Tang Qiaoqiao ate two hairy crabs before she asked Li Ji, "Are you full? Was it enough?"

Li Ji slowly replied, "Well, is there..."

Before he finished speaking, he received Shen Yue's death glare. So he made a sharp turn. "I can't eat anymore. I'm full."

The boss's eyes were too scary, hey.

However, one of the fat men may have been incredibly hungry, and he didn't notice Shen Yue's warning eyes. He said with emotion, "If there is still a chance to eat the honeycomb corn made by my sister-in-law, it would be great. I was so greedy when I watched the live broadcast. After buying so much corn and sending it to the company, it would be a pity if we don't make it."

Shen Yue immediately coughed a few times.

Tang Qiaoqiao didn't know the reason. "You watched my live broadcast and bought corn?"

"Cough cough cough!" Shen Yue increased his voice.

The fat man still didn't react and said nonchalantly, "The boss bought it... Ah, why are you stepping on me?"

Li Ji retracted his foot under the table, motioning him to look at Shen Yue with his eyes.

Tang Qiaoqiao looked at Shen Yue. "Did you buy that old man's corn?"

Shen Yue glared at the fat man. He quickly organized words in his heart. She just found out that he was hiding upstairs to watch her new drama. If she knew that he had especially bought her corn in the live broadcast, wouldn't she really think he had some thoughts about her?

When he saw that his boss is embarrassed, Li Ji hurriedly jumped out to make an excuse. "I bought it. I watched your live broadcast and reported to the boss. The boss agreed when he saw that this was a good thing to help the farmers. Our company has always insisted on having a sense of social responsibility, helping and protecting farmers, and benefiting the people."

The fat man finally reacted and quickly replied, "Yes, Li Ji bought it." Tang Qiaoqiao suddenly nodded. Shen Yue, this iceberg man, how could he buy her things so kindly. It was because of the live broadcast. He just kindly bought those farmers' corn.

Shen Yue's face was pulled down. Why did Tang Qiaoqiao has a "this is right" expression? Did he look like the kind of person who would disdain helping farmers?

Li Ji watched Shen Yue's face change, and his head started hurting. His boss's mind became more and more difficult to figure out.

In this day and age, it was hard to be a corporate slave!

After eating the crab meal, Li Ji and the rest were so cold because of Shen Yue's iceberg face, but when they went out, they shouted, "Sister-in-law, we will see you again when we have time."

Shen Yue thought to himself that the plan for the company to expand business in Africa should be on the agenda soon.

After Li Ji and the others left, Tang Qiaoqiao turned around to face Shen Yue and clapped her hands. "I'm full, and people are gone. Now it's time to work. Let me look at your legs."

Shen Yue said that he consulted a team of experts yesterday. The result was not good, but it was a lie. The doctors said that his leg had undergone miraculous changes, and even after a complete set of examinations, they couldn't tell the reason.

Shen Yue knew that it was Tang Qiaoqiao's contribution.

Tang Qiaoqiao pressed Shen Yue's legs and asked seriously, "Can you feel it strongly in your legs now?"

"No." Shen Yue said, this was the truth.

Tang Qiaoqiao thought about the next steps. "I think you can try to stand up and walk. There are rehabilitation facilities on the third floor. Let's try it."

On the third floor of the villa, there was not only a private media room but also a large gym. There were all kinds of facilities, including all kinds of physical rehabilitation equipment, that were deployed shortly after Shen Yue's accident.

It's just that Shen Yue's legs had been deteriorating at the time and that equipment was never used.

Tang Qiaoqiao didn't wait for Shen Yue to refuse, but she pushed him to the third floor using the elevator.

Faced with a lot of rehabilitation equipment, Shen Yue felt a little distressed. Although he already felt pain in his legs and feet, he was still afraid that standing up was just an extravagant hope. He would think of the car accident and feel that his legs were weak even when thinking of standing up.

Shen Yue frowned. "I don't think it's time yet. Let's have acupuncture and massages a few more times."

"You can't retreat," Tang Qiaoqiao insisted.: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. If you don't take this first step, you will never know if you can stand up. Rehabilitation and acupuncture do not conflict. It is said that you must grasp with both hands and pull hard."

Shen Yue's eyebrows raised. 'Can this sentence be used here?'

Many patients who have been severely traumatized may have post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. Even when their limbs recovered, their psychological trauma had not been healed.

Tang Qiaoqiao didn't know if Shen Yue had PTSD, but he was obviously a little resistant psychologically.

Tang Qiaoqiao pushed Shen Yue to the parallel pole and looked at him intently. "Try it."

Shen Yue looked at her expectant look, then looked at the two poles in front of him. He was silent for a moment.

Then he took two deep breaths, grabbed the poles on both sides, bit his teeth, and raised his lower body.

Tang Qiaoqiao stood aside and did not help him.

He had to do this step himself.

Shen Yue's legs had been like dead logs for half a year, and now it was not easy to take that step again. He felt that his legs were not his own, and he couldn't use his strength at all. It was only the strength of his hands that supported him to stand up.

However, even so vainly "standing" has already made his forehead start to sweat.

Tang Qiaoqiao kept encouraging him, "Don't be afraid. Try moving your feet."

She ran to the opposite side of Shen Yue in two steps, bent over, and clapped her hands. "Come on. Get up."

Shen Yue's face was dark. Why do I feel that she is like a mother coaxing a child who has just learned to walk?'

Tang Qiaoqiao was still yelling hard on the other end. Shen Yue gritted his teeth, slid his right hand on the pole forward, and then strode out his left foot with all his strength.

Although he couldn’t lift his foot very high, it was even a bit like dragging it, but it was indeed the first step.

Tang Qiaoqiao praised loudly, "Good job."

Shen Yue took a heavy breath before he said, "Can you say something else?"

"Something else?" Tang Qiaoqiao thought for a while. "Yes, as long as you get here, I will make whatever you want to eat."

Shen Yue said, "Grilled fish." He wanted to eat it when he watched the live broadcast of "Survival in the Wild."

Tang Qiaoqiao replied, "Okay."

Shen Yue took another step slowly. "Rabbit with vine pepper."

"No problem."

Hey, why were those the dishes she cooked on the show?

But at the moment, she couldn’t manage that much. Tang Qiaoqiao got a name of a dish every time Shen Yue took a step.

Shen Yue walked halfway and rested. He felt that now Tang Qiaoqiao was not like a mother coaxing a child who is learning to walk, but like a farmer who hung a carrot in front of the donkey to lure the donkey forward.

Why were they so weird!

Shen Yue just moved little by little. He was stupefied as he walked from one end of the two-meter-long parallel bars to the other.

At this moment, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and his legs were shaking, but he felt very relaxed because his legs could handle some weight.

"Ah! You did it." Tang Qiaoqiao seemed to be more excited than him. Her face wa s flushed with a bright smile.

Shen Yue was dazzled by her bright smile and suddenly felt his body soften and rushed forward.

"Be careful." Tang Qiaoqiao stepped forward and hugged him. The two immediately caught in an embrace.

The faces of the two were very close at this time. Because of the exercise, Shen Yue was breathing hot all over, panting non-stop, and the hot breath sprayed behind her ears. A drop of sweat flowed down from his cheek to his neck, and the sweat-drenched shirt clung to his body. Tang Qiaoqiao could feel the tight muscles under his clothes when she held him.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yue, a sick child who sat in a wheelchair all day long, was actually in good shape. It seems that the barbell was still useful.

Shen Yue watched her eyes move up and down unkindly and frowned. "What are you looking at?"

Tang Qiaoqiao looked up at the ceiling and smiled dryly. "Nothing, I'll help you sit back in the wheelchair."

She turned her head and saw that the wheelchair was still on the other end of the parallel pole, but Shen Yue was obviously unable to stand.

Shen Yue: "You call Aunt Wang in."

Tang Qiaoqiao: "Don't be so troublesome."

A bad premonition rose in Shen Yue's heart. "What do you want to do?"

Tang Qiaoqiao smiled slightly and put her arms behind his legs. "I'll just carry you."

It was the princess carry again!

"Tang Qiaoqiao!" Shen Yue was already tired enough, but now he was so angry that he couldn't say a word. This woman actually dared to do this to him.

"You have gained a lot of weight. I didn't feed you for nothing." He felt much heavier than last time.

After Shen Yue got back into the wheelchair, his face was extremely pale, and he stared at her angrily. "You are not allowed to hold me like this again!" What about his masculinity?

Tang Qiaoqiao didn't understand why he was so angry. "There is no other way. You think I want to princess-carry a big man like you."

She muttered, "So you have to recover quickly, heal your legs quickly, and stand up again. After that, no one needs to princess-carry you."

Shen Yue unexpectedly blamed her. With so many methods, why did she have to choose this one?

As a result, a good rehabilitation was ruined because of Tang Qiaoqiao's princess-carry, which inexplicably annoyed Shen Yue.

So she had to make him a luxurious version of grilled fish and diced rabbit with vine pepper to soothe the injured heart of the patient.

"You're just taking two days off, but you still have to rush out?" Shen Yue looked dissatisfied as Tang Qiaoqiao was getting ready to go out.

Tang Qiaoqiao said, "The drink advertisement I took last time worked well. It is said that the drink sells very well. The beverage company wants me to take another set of new promotional photos."

"It's that Zheng Gongju again?"

Tang Qiaoqiao picked up her bag. "Yes, it just happened that I had some time before I returned to the crew. He invited me to shoot, so I have to hurry up not to delay their promotion."

She changed her shoes, hurriedly went out, and said before going out, "The shooting might end late, don't wait for me to eat."

Shen Yue exuded the aura of an iceberg.

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