Magnate Tycoon: How Did Simply Enjoying Life Make Me a Male God?-Chapter 76: The Joys of Life

In the living room, Wei Jia watched the two figures bustling in the kitchen, one large and one small, and couldn’t help but become entranced, her eyelashes slightly fluttering, the corners of her mouth involuntarily lifting.

Especially knowing that both were preparing dishes for her, the feeling in her heart became increasingly different, and she felt a sliver of warmth from home in the depths of her heart.

"Is this the joy of life..."

Wei Jia’s eyes changed, and the aggressive aura she had cultivated in work softened considerably, slowly taking the shape of life.

Not long after, Li Jing and Wei Zheming successively brought out the dishes.

"Stir-fried pork with chili, Yongzhou duck blood, chopped chili fish head, eggplant with beans, stir-fried beef, Amaranth soup. A total of six dishes, all home-cooked meals from my hometown, see how they are."

Li Jing handed chopsticks and bowls to Wei Jia, smiling: "The essence of Hunan cuisine is its wok aroma, it’s best fresh from the pan, would you like to try?"

Looking at the table full of steaming and fragrant Hunan dishes, Wei Jia couldn’t help but swallow a bit of saliva, picking up the chopsticks and trying them one by one. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

When the food entered her mouth, Wei Jia’s eyes showed surprise, a rich spicy flavor instantaneously spread across her tongue, opening the door to her taste buds, perfectly blending the freshness of the ingredients with the seasonings, making her nod and emit an approving nasal sound.

She found Li Jing’s method was vastly different from the chef she had previously hired, not only more aromatic and spicy but most importantly, that unique wok aroma breathed soul into the food, much like the perfect combination of high heat and seasoning wrapping tightly around the ingredients, bringing out all their inherent flavors.

Wei Jia only had a few bites before confirming this was genuine and authentic Hunan cuisine.

Seeing Wei Jia’s satisfaction, Li Jing added rice for her: "Hunan cuisine is famous for being good with rice, it tastes better with rice."

"Yes, yes, exactly..."

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, Wei Zheming on the side already mixed the dishes with several mouthfuls of rice, recommending to Wei Jia while eating fish head meat: "Sis! Hurry, try this fish head, the chopped chili flavor is great, it’s perfect with rice!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Jia couldn’t resist her curiosity, reaching to pick a bite of fish head meat, and as soon as it entered her mouth, a trace of amazement flashed across her face: "So tender, so delicious!"

She looked unexpectedly at Li Jing, sincerely praising: "I didn’t expect your cooking skills to be this good, before I was clueless."

"Not bad, I learned it from my mom."

Li Jing smiled and said: "In our hometown, most people have some culinary skills, and housewives are even more adept at cooking."

Listening to his words, Wei Jia nodded and then continued to taste the next dishes.

Although Li Jing cooked ordinary home dishes, he captured the essence of stir-fry with high heat, each dish was full of aroma, allowing Wei Jia and Wei Zheming to truly experience the charm of Hunan cuisine.

Wei Jia and Wei Zheming ate quite a lot, although not completely finishing off all the dishes, they managed to eat most of the six plates.

Compared to their usual meal portions, it’s evident both ate quite a bit more this time.

On the other hand, Li Jing didn’t eat much, but as the chef of this meal, seeing the two enjoying his dishes, the sense of accomplishment far outweighed the satisfaction of a full stomach.

"Burp... I’m full, that meal was simply perfect!"

Wei Zheming leaned back satisfied against the chair, rubbing his round belly and sighed: "Brother Li, if I’d known you had this skill sooner, I would’ve asked you to cook at my sister’s place long ago, it’s way tastier than the chef she hired."

Li Jing laughed and said: "There aren’t many people around here who enjoy such spicy and aromatic flavors like you do, the chef probably modified the flavor, thus deviating from authentic Hunan cuisine."

At this point, Wei Jia looked admiringly at Li Jing: "Now I understand why you said high-end restaurants can’t capture the real taste of Hunan cuisine."

Li Jing chuckled: "Actually, the essence of Hunan cuisine is in its home-cooked nature; trying to force it into haute western cuisine loses its core allure.

Actually, there’s no need to overly praise me, someday I’ll take you to my hometown, even the small street shops in old alleys cook better than me."

Seeing him show no arrogance despite the compliments, Wei Jia’s view of Li Jing changed a little.

She then nodded with a smile and agreed: "Alright, I’ll definitely visit your hometown if I get the chance."

...

During the post-meal chit-chat, Wei Jia had someone come over to wash the dishes, seeing this, Li Jing shook his head in amazement: this home really doesn’t do any housework, all relying on temporary help.

On second thought, Wei Jia likely doesn’t live in this villa often, so she only hires people for occasional cleaning and not a permanent housekeeper.

As evening approached, Li Jing prepared to leave.

At the courtyard gate, Wei Jia saw Li Jing off, looking at his face, she smiled sincerely and said: "Thank you for spending my thirtieth birthday with me, it should be the most memorable birthday I have."

"You’re only just thirty today?" Li Jing was surprised, hearing her say she was thirty before, turns out today is the actual day.

"Why, do you think I’m already over thirty?" Mentioning age, even Wei Jia couldn’t avoid feeling a bit sensitive, raising her eyebrows high.

Seeing this, Li Jing immediately explained: "Not at all, it’s just that I didn’t expect to spend such an important birthday with you today, thanks for the invitation."

"I should be thanking you, I initially invited you over to relax, yet you ended up being busy."

Her tone paused, gazing at Li Jing, her eyes showing a trace of earnestness:

"Though I’m not sure what position I hold in your heart, after today, I sincerely hope we can become real friends. Even as my close friend, those who visited my home and met my brother are just a handful."

After hearing this, Li Jing’s expression moved subtly, instead of responding, he teased: "Does this mean you’re ready to change your outfit?"

Wei Jia was taken aback at first, then she remembered her previous promise, immediately her red lips curled up, laughing brightly: "Giggling, so you’ve been waiting for me here!"

Saying that, without any shyness, she boldly met Li Jing’s eyes, saying: "Alright! Next time we meet, I’ll prepare a special outfit just to see how you like it?"

Li Jing was surprised she actually agreed, a trace of astonishment crossed his mind, and then he said: "I’m already starting to look forward to our next meeting."

After finishing their conversation, just as Li Jing was about to bid farewell after getting in the car, Wei Jia suddenly placed her slender fair hand on the open car window, smiling: "I just added you on WeChat, remember to accept."

"WeChat? Haven’t we already added each other?" Li Jing was puzzled.

Wei Jia blinked: "That’s my work account, this is my personal WeChat, don’t tell anyone."

Looking at the new contact notification on his phone, Li Jing clicked to accept and indeed found it was Wei Jia’s profile picture.

Compared to the work account with a suit profile picture, this WeChat’s profile was a little girl, somewhat blurry like an old scanned photo.

"This is me when I was little, how is it, cute right?"

Upon Wei Jia’s explanation, Li Jing was surprised, then laughed: "Very cute, cuter than your brother."

Hearing this, Wei Jia hesitated first, then laughed loudly, her laughter couldn’t be contained, her face reddened.

Unbeknownst to them, Wei Zheming who was listening nearby was utterly baffled, his mind full of question marks.

Seriously, do you have to drag me into your flirtations?

I guess I’m just the tool for your relationship building, huh?

...

With a wave of engine noise, the Maserati quickly disappeared at the end of the road.

"So cool, no wonder ancient generals liked fierce horses, clearly all men want their rides to be wild and mighty."

Wei Jia glanced at her brother who was full of envy, saying: "If you do well in your college entrance exam..."

"You’ll buy me one?!" Wei Zheming was instantly hugely excited.

"Don’t get too excited, if you do well, I’ll ask Li Jing to lend his car."

Hearing this, Wei Zheming’s excitement instantly halved, then scoffed: "Hah, a man’s car isn’t lent easily. Besides, your relationship with him isn’t that close, you’re not even dating, why do you think he’d lend it?"

Hearing this, Wei Jia’s face, which initially held a slight smile, suddenly stiffened, and then said: "Why, you think your sister doesn’t have the charm to borrow a car?"

"That might be uncertain."

Wei Zheming placed his hands behind his head, turning to walk into the courtyard: "You don’t have femininity; always wearing suits, where’s the charm? Plus, my Brother Li is quite seasoned with women..."

As he spoke, he suddenly paused, feeling a chill from behind, and turned around in surprise to see Wei Jia walking towards him with a cold face, a murderous look, and exclaimed:

"No, sis, you can’t stop someone from speaking the truth! Ah, help!"

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