Housewife

Lan Xin stared at Lan Du and Lan Du stared back at her, the atmosphere suddenly became very awkward and the sisters let go of Lan Du's arm in embarrassment.

"um...mother, this"Lan Du scratched the back of her head and was about to continue when Lan Xi laughed and held the sisters by the shoulders.

"Leave it to Lan Du to capture the hearts of two beautiful maidens, come on, call me mother and we shall go have a long chat together"she said to them.

The two blushed even more and hid behind Lan Du, afraid to answer due to shyness.

"Mother, stop it, we're still young, but when we get older..."she turned back at the two and smiled warmly.

The two didn't know how they should be reacting, there was also a conflicting feeling in their hearts.They wanted to say yes, but they also didn't as they were still young.But Lan Du's words, when they get older, resounded in their heads.

"w-we will consider it"they said with a completely red face.

Lan Du smiled and turned to her mother

"Lets go eat dinner, I haven't eaten much today"but suddenly, she paused her feet, her face became pale as sweat began to roll down her face.

"Lan Du?"The six behind wondered what was going on and why does the fearless Lan Du show such fear in his eyes?

"n-n-nothing"she said and turned towards the dining room with fear in her eyes.There were few things that can feel fear, and one of them was the monstrosity in that dining room.

She limped slowly towards the dining room with her mother and friends, they all took a seat around the table and the food in the centre was covered by a metal cover.

Lan Du's face was deathly pale, it was as if she has seen a ghost and wanted to run but didn't dare.

Lan Xin ignored her look as if she was used to it and began opening the covers.Her friends noticed something was off about Lan Du's expression as they looked at what she was looking at.

It was the food...

Lan Xin opened up the cover and beneath that cover was a black gruesome sludge.It was so devastatingly disgusting looking that it seems to be alive somehow.

Lan Du looked as if she has given up on fleeing, she just sat there with a blank expression on her face.

Lan Xin happily gave out the food and gave everyone a small portion.

"If you don't eat, I won't see you guys as friends"Lan Du said as she shuddered under the food's presence.

The six stared at Lan Du and wanted to beat him at this moment, he knew didn't he!His mother was a terrible cook yet she didn't say anything to us!Now she is even forcing us to eat!

"Come on, don't hold back"Lan Xin said with a warm smile, she seemed genuinely excited about this which made i hard for them to decline.

'here goes nothing' they thought as they lifted their spoons, held it up towards their mouths. slowly into their mouths and closed their lips.

The taste was...indescribable.

'w-what did we just put in our mouths'

The taste was confusing and the texture was just...incredibly strange, but suddenly, a wave of bitterness washed over their tongues, then their throats felt like it was burning up.

Right after, an odd sweetness covered the bitterness but the burning feeling was there.Their mouths twisted as a sour flavour bombarded their taste buds.

One by one, their heads dropped onto the table and their eyes white out.

Lan Du was no exception as her head also dropped and her consciousness faded.Lan Xin knocked her own head lightly and had a "tee hee" face on.

It wasn't after an hour did they regain their consciousness, they shook their heads and a strange taste lingered on their tongues.

They all gave Lan Du a death stare when they regained their full sanity, the food was so bad that they felt their memories haze out.

"Lan Du, was all that on purpose?"asked the Xie sisters

Lan Du scratched the back of her head and replied with an awkward smile

"If I said no, would you believe me?"

The six stared at her and shook their heads.

Lan Du sighed and stared at the remaining food in front of them.The food has gone cold but for some reason, it looked for grotesque than before.

"h-how about I make the dinner"Lan Du said awkwardly towards her mother

"Ah, Du'er is cooking, how come you never cooked for your dear mother?"asked Lan Xin

Lan Du smiled bitterly as she recalled her past experience with her mother's cooking.

"Mother...I normally eat out because of...well..."she couldn't just say outright that her mother's food was bad, but she couldn't think of way to phrase it either.

Fatty's stomach began rumbling as he was reminded that they haven't properly eaten yet.

"Lan Du, you can cook?"asked Ling Shou

Lan Du smiled and said jokingly

"Correct, in the future, I still need to be a perfect housewife, should I not?hehehe"Lan Du giggled as she went to the kitchen.

'Pfft, cook my *ss, I inherited my mother's genetics for cooking, ho can I cook? I'll just order some takeaway and make it look like I cooked it'

What she didn't know was that when she said it, she had a bright and warm smile on her face, matched with her joking tone, it made her friend's hearts jump.

'Lan Du as a housewife...'

They all began fantasising about Lan Du being a housewife, they began blushing at the very thought of it, waking up in the morning with lan Du waking them up while holding a plate at hand saying breakfast is served.

The boys were the most ashamed of themselves, the fact that they even had such thoughts on a boy was unacceptable.

Lan Xin by the side had a sly smile on her face.

'Du'er is really good at capturing hearts, even dressing as a boy, she can rob the heart of another guy'

Lan Xin nodded as she watched the six blush and feel ashamed about their thoughts.

"I am an open minded person, having a son in law or a daughter in law makes no difference for me"she said with a giggle.

Her words made the boys feel like they were suddenly wronged, it was just that Lan Du was too...too...pretty for a guy!Their thoughts just wondered off, and what did she mean it didn't matter, what about descendants?Kids?How could they carry out their heritage?

"m-miss Lan, its not that we don't think much of Lan Du, its just that we...we are not crooked"they said with a apologetic look on their faces.

Lan Xin waved her hand and said

"Its fine, I can already guarantee two daughter in laws, why would I be upset about son in laws"she said cheerfully as she glanced at Xie Ying and Xie Jing

"And twins at that, Du'er has good eyes"

The twins suddenly felt like running, its true that they had feelings for Lan Du and Lan Du treats them well, they're not ready for such a relationship just yet.After all, they are still only twelve.

Lan Du suddenly walked in with plates of food in hand, each more fragrant than the last.

"Dig in"she said as she placed the dishes on the table and gave everyone a bowl of rice.Everyone sat down and stared at the food.

"i-it looks good"said Hong Ling

She was honestly surprised that lan Du can cook so well, she expected it to be like his mother where he couldn't cook either.But the results speaks the truth, Lan Du could actually cook.

"of course it's good, if my darling future wifey can't get a good meal, what sort of man can I be?"Lan Du said with a big smile.

She disregarded the fact that she was actually female as she wanted girls to feel secure, she didn't want there to be girls like her mother, so she would take care of them herself.

Lan Xin began wondering if Lan Du is crooked, but she didn't mind, she has always been a caring mother so she would support Lan Du no matter he choices.

To be honest, she would actually rather Lan Du choose a girl, if she loves a man, who knows if what happens to her will happen to Lan Du.At least a girl will stay with Lan Du as they won't be off working for the government.

Xie Ying and Ying Jing began blushing even more, they had lost count in the times they blushed due to Lan Du already, but they knew that this won't be the end of it either.

"Why are you two's face so red?I don't remember adding spice to the food"Lan Du pointed out

The sisters shook their heads and said

"We just caught a cold last night, it might just be acting up again"they said, trying to make an excuse

Hong Ling was now confused, they didn't have a cold last night, why would they lie about it?But her lips suddenly curved up as if she knew why.

'These two lasses aren't honest with their feeling it would seem' she held back her laughter and continued eating.

Lan Du stood up and placed her forehead over theirs one at a time.

"Your temperature is indeed a bit hight"she said as she leaned back

The two became flustered, Lan Du's face was so close to theirs just now, and he did it so suddenly as well, they didn't expect it at all.

(If the reader is confused as to why I keep changing the way I describe Lan Du as 'he' and 'she', I change it to 'he' when it is based on the outsider's view and I use 'she' when it is just me describing the scene or Lan Du's personal thoughts)

Lan Du dragged the two up with her left arm and held both their hands with it.She pulled them out the kitchen as she said

"If you two are sick, then say so, tomorrow we still have class, what would you two do if you missed it?Come on, I'll see if I can relieve it a little"she said and took them to her room.

The two wanted to say that they were not actually sick, but couldn't say it with Lan Du's serious face and the fact that he held their hands firmly, they didn't want him to let go.

Their feelings were very conflicted, but their feelings for Lan Du soon won so they followed obediently and into his room.

Lan Du had them both lie down on the bed and placed a blanket over the both of them.

"I will go get some ice, stay still and don't move around"she said as she left the room

Xie Ying and Xie Jing looked at each other and felt embarrassed, they are not only lying about being sick, they are even laying in a boy's bed!

Lan Du soon came back with a tub of water in hand, there was two towels in the tub and she had two ice packs under her arm.

She placed them on the table and began organising the stuff.

The sisters watched as she attentively organised the items and rinsed the towels.Their heart beats rose and their facial temperature began rising.

Lan Du placed the ice pack over their heads and held the towel in hand.

"Raise your arm, I'll wipe off your sweat"she said as she reached out the hand with the towel and waited.

The two blushed and shook their heads

"Its not serious so we didn't sweat much, don't worry"

Lan Du nodded and placed the towels at the side in the tub of water

"Wipe yourself if you do get sweaty, I'll go make some porridge"Lan Du stood up and left the room.

The two girls sighed out in relief, if Lan Du really did try to wipe their bodies, then it would make things hard for them.After all, Lan Du was a boy in their minds.

Lan Du later came up with two steaming bowels of porridge in her hand, she placed them on the desk next to the bed and sat on the seat.

"sit up"she said as she took up a spoon

The two sat up on the bed and stared at Lan Du, they were about to reach out and take the bowels when Lan Du stopped them.

"stay still, I'll feed you two"she said as she scooped up a spoonful of porridge and placed it in front of Xie Jing's mouth.

"eh, this..."Xie Jing found it hard to bear, she didn't know if she should eat from it or confess that they were lying the whole time.

But the chance of getting spoon fed by Lan Du might not come again so she opened her mouth and took a bite.

"Good girl"Lan Du smiled warmly and picked up a different spoon and scooped from the other bowel.

"Xie Ying, its your turn"she said and placed it in front of Xie Ying

Xie Ying took a deep breath and opened her mouth.She slowly ate from the spoon as Xie Jing had already done so, as her sister, how could she lose to Xie Jing?

"Lan Du, you really are a housewife material"they said in unison

Lan Du smiled warmly

"Of course, don't forget that this housewife might be your housewife in the future"Lan Du gave them a wink and scooped up more porridge.