Chapter 894 - 612: How Can Anyone Sleep with Such Tempting Smells? (Part 3)

Chapter 894: Chapter 612: How Can Anyone Sleep with Such Tempting Smells? (Part 3)

"Don’t eat too much, okay? It’ll make you get too much heat..."

Huang Jun reminded them dotingly, his face full of affection.

The two little ones responded with their mouths stuffed, "Mm-hmm," but their hands were still moving fast, not slowing down at all because of Huang Jun’s reminder.

Seeing how greedily they were eating, Huang Jun shook his head helplessly, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t help lifting in a pampering smile as he muttered to himself, "Alright, alright, eat then. Worst case, I’ll make you some herbal tea later to clear the heat..."

With that, he turned back to the stove and focused on frying the remaining potato slices.

Weiwei caught sight of Qingqing eating at lightning speed, and couldn’t help feeling a little anxious.

Afraid her sister would eat more and she’d get less, she subconsciously sped up her own chewing, trying to stay ahead in this silent "competition."

Very soon, the basket of chips was completely wiped out by the two of them.

Weiwei, still not quite satisfied, licked the seasoning left on her fingers.

Seeing this, Huang Jun shook his head helplessly, while bringing over a plate of freshly fried chips that were giving off the aroma of scallions.

He gently gave each of them a few pieces and said softly, "Once you finish these, you can’t eat any more tonight, okay? Otherwise you might get sores in your mouth tomorrow, and then you won’t be able to enjoy your spring outing, and you won’t be able to enjoy the rest of the chips either. Let me tell you, Daddy’s made a lot of chips, and they’re for you to share with your little friends on the spring outing tomorrow."

Qingqing blinked her big eyes, full of curiosity and innocence, and asked with a doubtful look, "Daddy, what does it mean to get sores in your mouth? It sounds really serious."

Weiwei followed up right away, her face full of curiosity as she asked, "Yeah, what exactly are sores? Is it like a little bump in your mouth that hurts?"

Looking at the eager, inquisitive eyes of the two, Huang Jun patiently explained, "Mm, getting sores in your mouth is like having a little wound inside your mouth. It can really hurt, and eating will feel uncomfortable. It’s like when we accidentally cut a little nick on our hand—it hurts and gets in the way of whatever we’re doing. So we need to watch how much we eat, we can’t overeat, especially with fried snacks like chips that easily cause heat. We should eat less of those, so we can keep our bodies healthy and go on the spring outing happily with our friends tomorrow, right?"

After hearing Huang Jun’s explanation, Qingqing and Weiwei both showed an expression of half-understanding and nodded lightly.

Although they were still reluctant to part with those delicious chips, they still obediently agreed, "Daddy’s right, we’ll stop after we finish these."

"Such good girls!"

Huang Jun smiled and reached out to gently tap their pretty little noses. "Now go play in the living room for a bit. Daddy still has some work to finish here. Once I’m done, I’ll come call you to wash up and go to bed, okay?"

"Okay, Daddy, don’t work too hard, you have to take care of your health..." Qingqing said in her childish little voice, full of concern.

Weiwei quickly chimed in, "Yeah, Daddy, you need to rest too, don’t get too tired. If you’re too tired, you won’t have the energy to happily go on the spring outing with us tomorrow."

Huang Jun smiled and nodded. "Got it. You two really are Daddy’s little sweethearts. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of myself."

Watching the two little ones leave, he stayed curled up in the kitchen frying chips.

As time went by...

The garlic, cumin, spicy, and tomato-flavored chips came out of the pot one batch after another, perfectly fried to a golden crisp.

At the same time, the aroma of the braised snacks simmering in the pot grew richer and richer, intertwining cleverly with the freshly fried chip fragrance, sneaking out through the crack of the door and slowly drifting up and down the building, stirring the cravings in the neighbors’ bellies and making them all secretly wonder: This late at night, which household is out here poisoning people with food smells?

Like, seriously.

With a smell this good, how is anyone supposed to sleep?

Being able to smell it but not eat it—this damn torture is just too much...

Huang Jun had no idea his cooking was making the neighbors so hungry they couldn’t sleep. After he finished putting duck legs, duck wings, duck necks and other braised goodies into the pot to simmer, and marinated the chicken legs and wings, he had Qingqing and Weiwei drink some herbal tea, then took them to wash up and go to bed.

"Haha~ we’re going on the spring outing tomorrow~"

Qingqing and Weiwei lay on the bed, their eyes shining with excitement, not the slightest bit sleepy.

Seeing how wired they were, Huang Jun gently patted them over the blanket and coaxed, "Babies, we’re going on a spring outing tomorrow, so you have to sleep soon. Only if you sleep well will you have the energy to play."

"Okay!"

Qingqing and Weiwei nodded obediently and closed their eyes, but they were so excited that they still couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.

Huang Jun just kept gently patting them until they slowly drifted off into dreamland.