Page 540 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

This troublesome person is Gu Mochen...

Secretary Zhou: "..."

Madam Gu, are you aware of how matter-of-fact you are?

Secretary Zhou became even more anxious.

"Madam... is this really okay?"

"It’s fine; after all, it’s just one more person and one more pair of chopsticks."

Moreover, it was just about speaking up a bit more, nothing too serious.

"Okay... thank you, Madam."

Secretary Zhou straightened her back, hmph... with Madam Gu backing her up, she wasn’t afraid at all.

To be able to eat the meals cooked by President Gu, oh boy, that’s too blissful.

The thought alone filled Secretary Zhou with contentment and excitement.

Seeing this, Jian Ran’s mouth twitched...

She couldn’t help finding Secretary Zhou’s expression rather comical.

...

Jian Ran sat on the sofa, and the little loli immediately snuggled up to her.

"Mommy, hug me."

"Hmm..."

Jian Ran kissed the little loli’s cheek and was soon spotted by the sharp-eyed youngster with a plaster on her left index finger.

"Mommy... how did you get hurt..."

"Hmm... I cut my hand while chopping vegetables just now, but Mommy doesn’t feel any pain, really, Mommy swears to Tang Bao’s favorite Boy."

Jian Ran curled her lips and pinched the little loli’s tender cheek.

Upon seeing this, Qin Mu’s face darkened as he immediately grasped Jian Ran’s left hand in his.

"How could you be so careless?"

"Getting injured by a kitchen knife is an unavoidable mishap, Qin Mu, there’s no need for such a fuss."

"Hmph, in any case, I just won’t allow you... to get hurt."

Jian Ran: "..."

Qin Mu really was like a child.

Jian Ran couldn’t help but smile and nodded.

"Alright, alright, I understand... from now on, I’ll treat myself like a giant panda, how’s that?"

"That sounds more like it."

Qin Mu raised his eyebrows, quite pleased with Jian Ran’s response, while Tang Bao carefully approached Jian Ran’s wound and gently blew on it.

"Hmm, Mommy’s not in pain anymore, no more pain, hoo-hoo makes it all better."

Jian Ran was completely charmed by the little loli’s actions.

...

Qin Mu looked toward the kitchen, where Gu Mochen’s tall figure was busily moving about, and Secretary Zhou promptly followed to help out, speaking with annoyance.

"Can you even eat his cooking?"

"Hmm... compared to someone burning down the kitchen, his cooking is actually edible."

Qin Mu: "..."

Qin Mu was displeased.

"Ranran, I was practicing... trying to learn. You’ve got to give me room to grow, else how would you know if I’ve got the makings of a head chef?"

Jian Ran: "..."

He really was pushing his luck.

"Qin Mu, can you stop provoking Mo Chen? You know how deep his thoughts can be. Continuously provoking him like this will not end well."

"I just can’t stand his pompous act."

Hearing Qin Mu’s grumbling, Jian Ran felt somewhat drained and rubbed her forehead, only to hear Qin Mu’s very serious voice ring in her ears the next moment.

"Ranran... and you... are you protecting Gu Mochen because you’ve fallen in love with him?"

Jian Ran’s face slightly changed at those words, and she instinctively retorted.

"Why do you ask that?"

"A man’s intuition."

Jian Ran: "..."