Chapter 1700: A Loved One Has Nothing to Fear
Lu Jin snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Huo Shaoheng. He reminded him sternly, “Mr. Peter, we Chinese have a saying, ‘Avoid looking at indecent things’. Don’t look around.”
Huo Shaoheng: “…”
Gu Nianzhi tugged awkwardly at Lu Jin’s sleeve and changed the topic. “Dad, let’s get ready for New Year’s Eve dinner. What’s good today? I’m hungry…”
Lu Jin immediately turned to look at her and smiled brightly. “Nianzhi’s hungry? Come, sit down. You eat first.”
Gu Nianzhi: “…”
“Dad, it’s more meaningful if everyone eats together for New Year’s Eve dinner.” Gu Nianzhi blinked, still smiling. “Dad, let’s wait for President Lu to come and eat together.”
“But you’re hungry.” Lu Jin frowned. “What if you’re starving? Children can’t handle hunger. You should eat smaller portions and more meals. Why isn’t this Boss Lu here yet?”
He rolled his eyes and said to Huo Shaoheng, “Peter, can you help me get Boss Lu to come over for New Year’s Eve Dinner?”
Huo Shaoheng stood up. “I’ll go right away.”
He turned and left without any hesitation.
Lu Jin looked at his back with a complicated expression. He thought to himself that this person’s overall qualities were indeed not bad. It was a pity that his daughter had someone else in her heart. Otherwise, it would have been good for him to protect his daughter.
However, now that they had no power, it was impossible for Gu Nianzhi to go back. So was it possible to use Peter as a subst.i.tute?
His gaze fell on Gu Nianzhi’s face again. He looked at her bright, smiling eyes. They reminded him of someone else’s…
To be precise, the other pair of eyes were not as big as Gu Nianzhi’s, but they were very similar in shape.
Lu Jin closed his eyes and suddenly asked, “Nianzhi, what do you think of Peter?”
If he could not continue to protect his daughter, then he would find another person to continue protecting her in his stead.
If not for Lu Yuan’s old age, Lu Jin would have thought that Lu Yuan was most suitable because he knew him the best and trusted him the most.
Gu Nianzhi felt guilty and was shocked, but she still said casually, “Dad, what does it have to do with me? Besides, I don’t know him and I don’t want to know him. I don’t care if he’s good or bad.”
“I see…”, Lu Jin shook his head regretfully. “Then forget it. I thought you had a good feeling about him. After all, he’s the counterpart of your sweetheart.”
Gu Nianzhi blinked.
Amazing, my dad!
You can even see that…
Gu Nianzhi sat down with her head lowered. Otherwise, Lu Jin would have seen the look in her eyes. He smiled and said, “I’m more familiar with him. After all, I saved him, and he also rescued me. It can be considered a friends.h.i.+p of life-and-death.”
Lu Jin sat next to her and scooped a bowl of black chicken ginseng soup for her. “Drink some soup first. This is ginseng and black chicken. It’s been boiling for an hour and thirty minutes. It’s the best time to release the protein from the black chicken into the soup. After the protein is released, the meat will become denatured and solidify. The black chicken will become tough and won’t be released into the soup. The soup won’t be delicious and won’t have much nutrition.”
“In addition to the improved black chicken and ginseng, there are also red dates, longan, and goji berries in the soup. In addition, a little ginger is added. Salt is added after the soup is out of the pot.”
Gu Nianzhi smiled and gave him a thumbs up. “Dad, you’re amazing! You know so much! Did you make this soup?”
“Of course not,” Lu Jin said confidently. There was even a hint of disdain in his tone. “I don’t know how to cook. Boss Lu made this.”
Gu Nianzhi: “…”
If you didn’t cook it, why did you make it sound like you did?
Gu Nianzhi smiled sheepishly. “You knew so much, I thought you cooked it…”
“PFFT, you just have to know how to read. Just because I know how to eat doesn’t mean I have to know how to cook. Do you have to learn how to make a refrigerator to use it?” Lu Jin waved his hand dismissively.
So you’re only knowledgeable from books.
Gu Nianzhi thought to herself.
Lu Jin said excitedly, “When you drink soup, you have to take a small first sip, then slowly increase the amount at the second sip, and then the third sip. Only then can you fully enjoy the taste of the soup.”
As he spoke, he handed Gu Nianzhi a set of soup spoons. There are different sizes. Like measuring cups, there were even scales on them.
Gu Nianzhi: “…”
This was ridiculous. Not only did she had to get a lecture about the time it took to cook food and the denaturation and solidification of protein, she also had to use a soup spoon with a scale on it. It felt like an scientific experiment…
Gu Nianzhi really couldn’t put her thoughts into words.
However, when she saw Lu Jin looking at her eagerly with a face full of pa.s.sion and excitement in antic.i.p.ation of praise, Gu Nianzhi silently picked up the soup spoon and scooped up a spoonful with the smallest spoon. With due respect for this science experiment-like procedure, she drank it slowly.
Then she switched to the second spoon, followed by the third spoon, and drank it one mouthful at a time.
Needless to say, the soup was indeed rich and refres.h.i.+ng. When she first drank it, it might have felt a little light because of the small amount, but when she drank the second mouthful, the taste was obviously better than the first. When she drank the third mouthful, the soup was so rich that it could make one’s eyebrows fall off.
Gu Nianzhi had used different procedures and equipment when she drank the soup in the past, so she had never tasted the soup in such a gradual and orderly manner.
Now that she was using Lu Jin’s “scientific method” to drink the soup, she felt that the taste of the soup had increased more than tenfold!
Gu Nianzhi was pleasantly surprised and nodded at Lu Jin. “Dad, you’re amazing! This soup is really delicious!”
Lu Jin heaved a sigh of relief, he laughed. “It’s good that you like it. It’s good that you like it. I knew this soup would be the best!” His taste buds would remember the taste of food for a certain period of time. Gradually increasing the amount of soup would double the taste buds. “I’ve made this set of soup spoons for you in the past few days!”
Gu Nianzhi: “…”
That didn’t sound right.
Gu Nianzhi’s hand that was holding the spoon stopped in mid-air. She looked at her own spoon, then at Lu Jin, and asked curiously, “Dad, did you just make this set of soup spoons? Haven’t you used it before?”
“Of course not.” Lu Jin said matter-of-factly, “It’s just soup. I don’t have to be so particular about it.”
But his precious daughter was different.
She deserved the most beautiful and the best things in the world.
He was willing to give her the best of what he can provide.
Gu Nianzhi didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.
Her heart was filled with grat.i.tude and gratefulness for being pampered by her father. Her eyes started to tear, and her nose was sore. She wanted to cry.
But her heart was also happy and proud.
People who were loved always had nothing to fear. This was what it felt like…
She wanted to laugh and run under the sun, to tell everyone she met that she had the best father in the world!
So this was what family love was like. It had no reason and did not ask for anything in return.
Gu Nianzhi felt that the flaw in her heart had finally been filled.
She thought that if she ever saw Ma Qiqi again, she must tell her, “My father, Lu Jin, the best father in the world!”
Gu Nianzhi smiled as she picked up the last spoon and finished all the soup in the bowl.
Only then did she realize that there was also a scale in the soup bowl..
That was how she had grasped it so well and did not waste a single drop of soup.
Gu Nianzhi put down the spoon with a smile and said, “Dad, I enjoyed it very much. Thank you, Dad!”
“Hahahaha, you’re welcome! You’re welcome! It’s what I should do! As long as you like it! As long as you like it!”
Lu Jin laughed loudly, so happy that every line on his face bloomed like a flower.
Lu Yuan and Huo Shaoheng pushed the door open and entered. They heard laughter coming from the direction of the dining room.
Lu Yuan heard this and frowned slightly. He whispered to Huo Shaoheng, “… Lu Jin had been acting strange lately. He has never laughed so impudently before. If you have the chance, take good care of him.”
The Committee of State Security (KGB) was a secret service organization. Lu Yuan was now the president of a cyber security company. His ident.i.ty was limited, so the opportunity to work in secret was not as convenient as “Peter”.