Chapter 72: A beauty who could cook well

However, he finally confirmed that it was still his cousin and not some kind of demon.

Lin Feng relaxed and reassured his little cousin. "Don’t worry, the ground beef only takes around ten minutes to cook. It’ll be done soon."

He himself felt hungry, so he focused back on cooking the simple dishes he had prepared.

One small pot to boil chicken stock with dried seaweed and salt, two pans to cook meat, and another pan to toast the whole-grain wheat wraps he had found packaged in the refrigerator.

Lin Feng heated up a block of butter in one pan along with plenty of mashed garlic over very low heat, then added diced shiitake mushrooms. After gently stir-frying them for two minutes, he added the diced dried bacon.

The smoky aroma of the cured meat immediately spread throughout the kitchen, made even more powerful and tantalizing by the buttery aroma.

At the same time, in the other pan, Lin Feng cooked ground beef in a little oil, letting the natural oils in the beef release. He added only a little salt, garlic, and pepper and left it to caramelize, stirring occasionally.

Yet the domineering aroma of beef spread everywhere, reaching outside the kitchen and filling the entire ground-floor area, assaulting everyone’s noses and taste buds.

The dazed girl holding the phone swallowed her saliva. ℴ

’Third Brother’s husband, whoever you are, I envy you.’

A beauty who could cook well—this was every man’s dream! No, not just men, even women dreamed of having a male beauty who could also cook well!

When Lin Feng saw that the mushrooms were golden brown, he added a little water and put in some noodles, gently pushing them around as they grew limp. He stirred everything together before covering the pan with a lid to let the noodles cook and absorb the flavors.

By this time, the broth was already boiling and bubbling, the white steam carrying a delicious umami flavor. Lin Feng took out the seaweed from the pot and gently dropped the shredded carrots into the boiling soup. Then he lowered the heat and added plenty of prepared shrimp and crab meat.

Smelling the wonderful fragrance of seafood rising with the steam, he added the egg mixture to thicken the soup and stirred gently before putting in the small leafy greens to blanch in the heat. Finally, he turned off the heat.

The seafood egg soup with leafy greens was ready after he sprinkled some spring onions on top.

On the second floor, someone had just stepped out of his room while yawning and scratching his head. The sound of game music played faintly inside the room. He stopped in his tracks and sniffed the air.

What was that delicious smell?

Bai Jiancheng sniffed again and followed the smell. Soon enough, he found the light shining from the kitchen downstairs.

Back in the kitchen, Lin Feng checked the bacon and mushroom noodles. The little water that remained had been absorbed, forming a thick garlic butter sauce that thoroughly coated each strand of noodle.

He turned off the heat. The dish was ready.

Then, checking the well-cooked and caramelized ground beef, he added the remaining scallions and spring onions and stir-fried everything a few times. After thinking for a moment, he sprinkled in some cumin and more chili pepper to enhance the roasted aroma and give it a little spice.

He tasted a little of the cooked beef, his rosy lips pursing in satisfaction. It was done.

Since he had started cooking, Lin Feng had periodically toasted the wraps in the remaining pan, flicking his wrist gracefully as his sleeves gently rippled with each movement.

Now, all the whole-grain wheat wraps were done as well.

"Fourth Sister, help me put the food and vegetables onto the plates and into the bowls," Lin Feng called out softly. He could feel that his stomach was already rumbling quite loudly.

"Eh, already done so soon?" Bai Jianning snapped out of her fantasies, put down her phone on the table, and hurriedly helped transfer the food into bowls and onto plates before carrying everything to the table.

She checked the time. It had only been a little over twenty minutes. That was too fast!

"Third Brother," Bai Jianning said, giving Lin Feng a thumbs-up as she looked at the table full of dishes. "You’re amazing!"

Each of them had a plate of garlic butter noodles topped with diced bacon and mushrooms and a bowl of seafood egg drop soup, with bright greens and spring onions on top.

There was also a plate of neatly stacked whole-grain wheat wraps in the center of the table. Beside it sat a big bowl of flavorful beef filling that smelled very appetizing, along with dishes containing sliced cucumber sticks and lettuce leaves.

To Bai Jianning, who had only planned to munch on a chocolate bar to satiate her hunger, this was a complete feast!

The girl excitedly took pictures from every angle and immediately shared the night’s bounty on Weibo.

[Delicious late-night snack cooked for me! It only took twenty minutes. Behold! picturepicturepicture]

Of course, Bai Jianning wasn’t so thoughtless as to include pictures and videos of her third brother in the post, so she carefully chose ones that didn’t show his face and shared them only within her private circle of friends.

People could only see a pair of fair arms with loose silk sleeves holding a spatula or a knife while chopping ingredients. In each picture, the long and slender fingers looked so tender and delicate that you could squeeze water out of them, while the fingertips and knuckles had a pink hue.

Satisfied, Bai Jianning tossed her phone onto the table and picked up her chopsticks, saliva filling her mouth.

Lin Feng had just washed his hands and taken off the apron when he paused. He turned his head toward the entrance of the kitchen, where a tall figure stood leaning against the doorway.

Lin Feng inwardly wondered, ’Did the Bai siblings have a habit of eating late-night snacks?’

However, outwardly, he smiled at the young man. Since he was family, Lin Feng wasn’t as distant toward this male relative as he was toward other men.

"Second Brother, I cooked plenty. If you want, you can join us."