He headed toward the kitchen, and as soon as he approached the kitchen doorway, he saw steam rising and heard a "thunk thunk" as if something was being chopped.
What was she doing?
The man, who was clueless about kitchens, was somewhat drawn by the sound, so with his hands tucked into his pockets, he sauntered in, "What are you doing?"
Ye Ning was busily chopping meat for making hundun (wontons), when suddenly she heard someone talking to her, she looked up, "Why did you come in? It's very dirty in here, get out quickly, lest you feel unwell."
She remembered well that he was a person with a serious obsession for cleanliness.
Yet strangely, the man who usually couldn't stand a speck of dust in his eyes, now faced with the messy kitchen, didn't show a look of disgust. Instead, he walked in with curiosity upon seeing her chopping meat on the cutting board and the neatly laid square wonton wrappers beside it.
"What is this?"
"That?"