Everyone at the exquisite dining table was surprised upon seeing the dishes with silver lids. These lids covered the food as well as its odor.

"I can't believe that I have a chance to taste Kexin's cooking in this life," Chen Derong said excitedly.

Upon hearing that, Chen Kexin was displeased. She twitched her mouth and said, "What do you mean, dad? None of these dishes are prepared for you."

"Ah? Why? How can you do this to me? Come on, your dad has been waiting for this day all his life," Chen Derong said somewhat grumpily.

Chen Kexin smiled and ignored him. Now everyone got a whiff of the dishes, which was a very strange smell. Yes, it was very strange. It smelled different from all the other dishes. It smelt a little sour, a little sweet and then a little burnt.

"Dear aunts, I've told you that I have a request. As long as I cook something for you, you'll have to eat it up. You said that you wanted to taste my cooking, so please help yourself now," said Chen Kexin.

The aunts looked quite relaxed now, as they thought that Chen Kexin was just trying to make peace with them. Considering her mother's failure to defeat them, they believed that Chen Kexin knew that she had to bow to their power. With this in mind, they put on an air of importance, and the eldest aunt nodded while saying, "Of course, I'll eat whatever you cook." As the food did not smell very bad, they thought that it would be alright for them to eat it up.

Chen Kexin smirked and asked the maids to serve the dishes.

Chen Keren gracefully picked up her napkin to wipe the corners of her mouth, waiting to see what was going to happen. She looked at w.a.n.g Weixi and Chen Kexin. The former was trying his best to suppress his laughter, and the latter was smirking unpleasantly.

"Take the lids off," Chen Kexin said gladly.

When the five servants took the lids off simultaneously, everyone in the hall was stunned. As the strong, unpleasant smell drifted throughout the air, all the people in the hall held their noses.

This was not food. It smelled like sulfur, and it reminded everyone of a murder scene at a wasted factory.

When everyone finally calmed down to look at the dishes, they realized that it was rice with stir-fried egg and tomato on top.

All the five graceful aunts looked somber and started to frown now. Upon seeing the s.h.i.+t-like food, they felt nauseous.

"Dear aunts, my dishes look bad but taste good. I've already tasted the food for you, and I believe that you probably have never eaten something like this before. Technically, it's not a dish. Most people call it rice served with meat or vegetables on top. What I made for you is rice with stir-fried egg and tomato on top. Try it." Chen Kexin explained patiently as if she knew a lot about cooking.

w.a.n.g Weixi gloated over the aunts' misfortune. It was him who had brought Chen Kexin to eat rice with stir-fried egg and tomato on top when they had gone out on a date about a month before their wedding.

Chen Derong also secretly took pleasure in his sisters' misfortune and thought happily, "Well, Kexin is still my sweet daughter, although she's not happy with what I did before. I thought that she would never forgive me, but now it looks like she still cares about me and doesn't want to make me eat such things."

The aunts felt hesitant. They did not want to eat the food made by Chen Kexin, but they felt ashamed to break their promises in front of so many people.

"My dear aunts, what're you waiting for?" Chen Kexin asked and eagerly blinked her cute big eyes at her aunts.

The five women had no choice but to pick up their spoons. They stirred the rice while looking at one another, seemingly ready to fight until death. In w.a.n.g Weixi's eyes, they looked as if they were faced with a serious menace.

He was pleased upon seeing that, and Chen Keren also looked at the five women she hated with curiosity.

Finally, the five women put their spoons into their mouths, and their faces changed. When they were about to spit out the food, Chen Kexin said slowly, "You have to swallow it, my dear aunts. I believe that well-educated ladies like you won't treat me rude?"

Upon hearing that, the five women suppressed nausea and swallowed the food.

"Water... give me water!" The eldest aunt was the first one to speak. She was so pale now and looked as if she had just swallowed a.r.s.enic.

When a servant unhurriedly walked away to fetch her some water, Chen Kexin appeared disappointed and said, "My dear aunts, why did every one of you just take one bite of the food? It took me such a long time to make it for you."

Upon hearing that, the aunts broke out in a cold sweat. The hurriedly waved their hands while saying, "We're full and can't eat anymore."

Chen Derong pretended to be displeased and said, "Sisters, it was you who asked Kexin to cook for you. How can you just take a bite of the food? Come on, help yourselves."

The five women picked up their spoons again. Now they came to realize that Chen Kexin played a prank on them.

Chen Kexin felt relieved now, as she had succeeded in protecting her husband.

In fact, what Chen Keren had told w.a.n.g Weixi before was not all true. Back then, she had just wanted to make him agree to let Chen Kexin stay with Lan Xiao for some time every day by telling him that their aunts would give Chen Kexin a hard time if she did not know how to cook. w.a.n.g Weixi did not know Chen Keren's secret agenda against him and really believed what she said. However, now he realized that the aunts' target was himself instead of his wife.

Anyway, w.a.n.g Weixi was satisfied with everything this evening. He even found his wife more adorable and capable than before.

Finally, when the servant brought 5 gla.s.ses of water to the table, the five women hastily picked up the gla.s.ses and gulped down all the water

At this moment, Chen Kexin and w.a.n.g Weixi sat down and watched them with amus.e.m.e.nt.

"My dear aunts, are you alright?" Chen Kexin pretended to be concerned and asked.

The five women felt a rush of sickness at the moment, but they could not complain. "I'm a little tired. It's great to meet my nephew-in-law today. I have to go home now." The eldest aunt said quickly, and then the other aunts echoed. Soon enough, the five women left.

Chen Kexin made a V sign toward w.a.n.g Weixi and then said to a maid beside her, "Throw these things away. The smell makes me sick."

Chen Keren said flatly, "Well, you know your food well."

Chen Kexin stuck out her tongue at her and said, "Keren, if you're happy, you can laugh, hee-hee~"

Chen Keren took a sip of her soup and remained silent.

The next moment, the five dishes of s.h.i.+t-like food were taken away.

The sound of the engine came from outside the door. Upon hearing that, w.a.n.g Weixi thought that the five women were about to leave, but to his surprise, a moment later, someone opened her car door. It was the eldest aunt. She hurriedly got off her car and started to vomit in the garden beside it.

"Mr. Chen, they..." Housekeeper Zhang said embarra.s.sedly.

Chen Derong waved his hands and said, "That's alright. Just give them some water."

After a while, when all the five woman finished vomiting, they refused to drink the water served by Housekeeper Zhang and got into their cars. Their drivers felt nervous upon seeing that and quickly drove away.

"Miss Chen, do you want to me to bring that dish for your father now?"

"Yes."

Chen Derong was startled. Considering Chen Kexin's cooking skills, he did not want to try anything she made. However, when he saw the dish, he was surprised. It was also rice with stir-fried egg and tomato on top, but it looked and smelled good. He usually had poor appet.i.te but now he really wanted to try this dish.

"Did you play a prank on your aunts, Kexin? You're really a bad girl." Chen Derong said while eating. The next moment, he nodded and thought, "Chen Kexin's cooking skills are not bad.

"Looks like she'll become a good cook if she's willing to learn."

Chen Kexin chuckled while watching Chen Derong eating the food. "I put some croton seeds in your dish," said Chen Kexin.

"Puff~" Chen Derong hurriedly spat out the food.

Everyone else was rendered speechless at the moment.

"It's a joke, dad, haha. Well, we have to go home now." With these words, Chen Kexin dragged w.a.n.g Weixi out of the house. Chen Keren also left with a cold face.

Chen Derong did not know whether to laugh or cry.