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thedummysdummy · 11 months
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Given the Opportunity...
A request of a request. You know who you are ;)
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At no point in the year would more fame and fortune be found in a single room. Soft music floated from the string quartet in the northeastern corner of the room and over the guests, mostly ignored and definitely underappreciated. Smartly-dressed waiters carried trays of tiny hors d'oeuvres and cocktails in and amongst the glittering, glistening, and glamorous guests. A low level of chatter lay like a blanket over the scene, as warm and inviting as the golden lighting. 
Victor really didn’t care for any of it. 
The businessman sat at a table in the corner, welcoming those who approached, but making no moves to approach anyone else. He’d been invited as one of the sponsors of this year’s entertainment awards; duty got him through the door, but little more than that. If the girl had been there he might have actually managed to enjoy himself. However, she currently stood behind a camera in Bali. Without him. 
“Have fun, okay? Maybe not as much fun as you had last time I told you to have fun, but I don’t want you to just sit in the corner and pout the entire party. Goldman swore to me he’d get you home safely.” 
His sweetheart’s words echoed through his mind and Victor began to chuckle. She sure did know him, didn’t she? He stood and forced himself to approach the center of the room where most of the party was occurring. A waiter wandered past with a tray of scotch, which Victor happily reached out and obtained. The fiery liquid rolled down his tongue into his belly where it warmed him from the inside out. 
“You’re Mr. Li of LFG, aren’t you?” an unfamiliar voice called out. Victor looked up from his drink and found the voice attached to Ms. Elnora Vaughn, one of the most highly acclaimed actresses of the year. He nodded and her face lit up. “I thought so! My, you are even more handsome in person, I must say.”
Victor lifted his cup to hide the eye roll. He recognized blatant attempts at flirtation when he saw them and had no intent to give anyone the wrong idea. “I’m in a permanent relationship. But thank you for the compliment.” He finished his drink and placed the empty cup on a passing tray, then disappeared into the crowd. 
The first drink had him feeling quite pleasant and Victor soon reached for another. And another. He had a high tolerance, after all. And a few drinks definitely made a room full of high-and-mighties much easier to bear. There was no way he would over drink. 
Such were the thoughts of someone more concerned with avoiding a certain Ms. Vaughn than with keeping track of how much alcohol he had consumed. Each went down easier than the last until he had to sit to avoid becoming better acquainted with the floor. 
This had the unfortunate consequence of making him a sitting duck. 
Within minutes, Ms. Vaughn seated herself in a chair only inches away from Victor. “Mr. Li, you are a hard man to keep track of! Glad to see you’re finally stationary for a moment. I wanted to get to know you a little better!” She scooted her chair a little closer to Victor as if testing his limits. 
He scooted his chair a little farther away. 
“Why don’t you tell me a little more about yourself, Mr. Li? It’s so rare that you’re available for conversation! What kinds of things do you like?” 
Victor turned his head a little slowly, feeling like his brain was sloshing around in his skull. It probably was, honestly. “I like my girlfriend. She’s the most beautiful woman on the face of the planet.” His words held just the slightest fuzzy edge, but really didn’t reveal the extent of his drunkenness. “I love my girlfriend. She should be here, not in Bali. She should be here with me where she belongs.” 
A slight sigh of frustration slipped from Elnora’s lips and she seemingly felt the need to try another tactic. She scooted closer to the table and hiked up her chest just enough to ensure her assets were displayed to their full size. She then leaned over toward Victor and looked up at him through her lashes; he didn’t even glance at her display. “I hear you’re quite the romantic. That girlfriend of yours better appreciate you! You’re the entire package, you know.” Elnora fluttered her lashes and smiled, though her eyebrows narrowed when this still seemed to have no effect. 
A vacant smile spread across Victor’s face and he closed his eyes, picturing the girl behind his eyelids. “She deserves the entire world. And I’ll give her the entire world. She’s the only person in the world.” 
“Isn’t she just some producer or something? You deserve more than that, Mr. Li. You could have any woman in the world. Why settle for some…nobody?” She reached out and placed a hand on Victor’s arm, which he whipped away with a scowl on his face. 
“Don’t touch me! My girlfriend is perfect. You should meet her. She would make your life better. She does that. Even though she’s a dummy, she makes life better.” Victor leaned forward in his chair and scowled, his soggy brain processing whether he had enough sobriety to stand up without making a spectacle of himself. Even in this state, he had the sense to get out of this situation. “Good night, Ms. Whoever. I need to go find my girlfriend.”  Elnora watched Victor stumble into the crowd, her eyebrows encroaching on her nose’s territory with how low they scrunched. Never before had a man so blatantly refused to give her even the time of day! Especially when they were as unsteady on the drink as Victor seemed to be. Was she losing it? That thought only made her more annoyed. She slammed the rest of Victor’s abandoned drink and wandered off into the crowd herself to make sure he was the problem in this equation.
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banenaz · 1 year
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Eyy MLQCtober time ehe
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This year the we put less prompts to have more time .
Rules same as last year, just use mlqctober2022 instead. You can ofc choose whatever prompt you want from last year's mlqctober2021 .
Big thx to @victor-otherboys for designing the post ehe (go check her art on instagram it's so freaking gorgeous)
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lunars-babeclub · 2 years
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Victor 👑
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cuddletime-blog · 1 year
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Victor’s Birthday Poem (2023)
Steely, dark eyes, perfectly neat,
layered bangs parted to the side,
a stern expression always ready to get down to business,
a true professional, the ever-impressive CEO.
You are trustworthy and righteous.
The Ace of Spades, The King of the deck,
King of the chessboard always ready to defend his Queen.
Strong hands ready to take action just in the nick of time,
broad shoulders that I can lean on sometimes,
a calm disposition that reassures me that things might still turn out okay
even when it seems the odds might be against me.
Thank you for your encouragement and guidance.
     Happy birthday Victor!
You may rarely smile much,
but you are like a warm scarf on a snowy winter day,
a romantic gentleman waiting inside
of an English red phone booth with a bouquet
of fresh red roses in hand on a snowy winter night.
You are complex, but sophisticated like red wine.
You are like an espresso…an acquired taste.
Yet, you are like warm homemade meals…
a warm heart underneath a diamond exterior.
It takes time to get to know you better,
but you seem better with time.
You would stop time to make the moments last longer
Or you would travel to the future to change it for the better.
Countless proposals, reports, meetings, business trips,
one of the busiest and most hardworking men in Loveland,
one of the very best, the absolute Whiz of the finance world,
LFG’s chief executive officer.
Happy birthday to you, Victor.
Thank you for lending a helping hand
and being there for me time after time.
I wish you many more cherished, fond birthday memories,
more birthday cakes, presents, surprise parties,
and bouquets of flowers too.
I’ll make sure to spend your birthdays with you.
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sinful-liesel · 2 years
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sonikkusenpai164 · 2 years
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I was supposed to do this for Victor’s birthday last January, but school and work kinda took over my time, so I figured I’d knock this out now before I start classes again at the end of August!
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Inspired by Victor’s karma “Warm Afterglow”
Enjoy! 😉 💖
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kazuko-stuff · 2 years
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Happy late 520 with Lucien and Mc under the camphor tree
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darkshift · 2 years
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So... this happened. No regrets 😌
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deathssunshine · 2 years
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Comforting Victor.
🍮 protect this man at all costs 🍮
Warnings: not really anything (I hope🗿) I've seen people put warnings for pet names before so: darling and baby both used once.
Genre: comfort
Word count: 645 words
Game: Mr love queen choice
Pairing: Victor X female reader
Notes: help
Description: Victor has a nightmare where he pushes you away with his harsh words when he didn't mean too.
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Don't go
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Everyone has nightmares, even Victor. Where as others would dream of monsters. He would fear losing you because of something that he knows he would never do but fears it still.
"You really think this is good? You really think this is going to cut it Y/N?" Victor shot a glance at her.
He picked up her report and looked at the charts on his laptop before standing up and walking to her. "This is crap! I can't believe I invested in an idiot. Even worse living with one. You've disappointed me Y/n. You really have" He towered over her as he said this.
He doesn't know what came over him. Why he was saying these harsh things. It started to suffocate him. He doesn't want to speak to you like this. He doesn't want to hurt you. He doesn't want you to cry. He wants to tell you how to improve. He wants to be nicer. He wants to show you his love for you. "Can't you be nicer?" He heard her voice quiver and she said that.
His heart shattered hearing this knowing what he has done. And with that she turned around and raced out crying. She didn't care if it put her job on the line, or if LFG wouldn't fund them anymore, she had built a good reputation for the show already. She was sure there were plenty of investors already out there who were willing to invest. He tried to chase after her but he couldn't move, he couldn't say anything.
It went pitch black. And suddenly he was in front of their house that they shared. He couldn't connect the dots that it was a nightmare at all. He ran inside looking for you, calling for you, worrying about you. He noticed your things around the house slowly started to fade away. As he opened the bedroom door there was a note on the bed.
"to Mr Li,
I'm sorry but I have to leave you. I will also be finding another investor who is nicer and will help me achieve my goals. I should've gone to Lucien and dated him instead of you. Goodbye victor.
-(Y/N)"
He had done it. He drove you away. He doesn't blame you. It was his fault. Everything started to spin as he dropped to his knees. Flashing memories of every time you smiled or laugh. How you would be kind to him. He didn't deserve you being kind to him at all. Darkness surrounded him as he looked up he saw you clinging to Lucien being lovey Dovey with him. How he treated you better. The suffocating feeling returned.
Then he woke up gasping for air. Drenched in sweat. The warm light of the lamp on his lover's side lit up. He looked in that direction. "Victor? What's wrong?" She reached out to him and put her cool hand on his warm cheek.
He couldn't help but cry. "Don't go .. don't leave me.." within seconds he had attached himself to her cold body compared to his warm one. She held him and stroked his back in a comforting manner. "It's alright darling..." She held him close as he cried.
She was right. It's alright because she is there. "I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry!" To lose you in any way is his worst fear.
He loves you so much.
You knew he had difficulties with apologising. So whatever happened in his dream must of been horrible. You pressed a firm but loving kiss on his forehead and moved away his sweaty hair to kiss it more and all over his face. "It's okay baby.." you kept him close to you.
"I'll never leave you. I love you" That was all he needed to hear to reassure him.
She gently kissed his lips as he kissed back. "I love you too..."
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victors-only-dummy · 1 year
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WELCOME TO TIMELINE 🌹
And My Real name is Sneha Basu but in game name is Rosa and a Victor's dummy and I am happily 😊 married to my hubby Li Zeyan/ Victor Li and our love story foreternity 🥰 till the end of time and I love drawing and writing ✍️
And my In-game characters MC name are
Rosa,Melissa from MLQC,
Also I am a cheerful girl who loves to support and enjoy her fangirling self 😌 and also Li Shen is my favorite 😍 too ..
Here I am making a little changes in my PAIRING
Pairing will be :
Victor x Dummy( Me/You )
Mr Li x Mrs Li ( Me / You)
Caleb x Pipsqueak( Me/You )
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ETC and many more
All the content in here are fictional and not real
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Our love stories ❤️
Masterlist of our love story❤️[VICTOR x ROSA(Dummy):
Husband Victor
Movies
Lazy Sunday
Loved
You & Me
Cookies of Love
Weekend morning
Wake up
Cuddling
All Yours
Morning
Sweet morning
Your Kisses
Wedding anniversary
Cooking
Your Love ❤️
You are enough in this world 🌎
Sleepy😴
Paris Date
Early Morning
Sleeping 😴
Brushing your hair
Lazy Morning
Morning cuddles
Our Future ❤️
Valentine's day Gift
1year Love anniversary
Sunday Mornings
Happy Birthday to Victor 2023
Caring
Attention
Christmas Eve
Your Mrs Li
Morning Dreams
I promise to love you
Christmas preparations
Good morning
I found you
Punishment
Thanksgiving
Late night activities
1year anniversary of ours
Relax
I will be back to you no matter what happens
Stubborness
Love making
Morning
Morning with you part 2
The proposal
Wedding
The next morning
The wedding night
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Our love stories ❤️
Masterlist of our love story [ Caleb x Pipsqueak]🍎
Morning Grumble & Kisses 💋
Super shy
You have me
Cuddling
A day with you
Missed you
Genre : Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Action
Mainly based on Victor Li, Caleb
No NSFW No 🔞
Enjoy reading 📚 my stories with my Hubby and me & with my beloved Caleb and me ..
And with my other character's
Our story of love ❤️
Enjoy 😉 my timeline
Enjoy my fangirling and rping
Fan RP
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lydskisses · 11 months
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ballorawan740 · 4 years
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MLQC Victor (part 2)
Masterlist
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amongtherose · 2 years
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《爱的阿尔法》 Event
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Victor SSR [情愿至终]
Lucien SSR [慕恋相倾]
Gavin SSR [圈地侵夺]
Kiro SSR [朝朝怀拥]
Shaw SSR [挚意燎原]
Source: 恋与制作人壁纸杂货铺
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lunars-babeclub · 2 years
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Lucien & Victor
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caesurables · 2 years
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Every moment with you is time well spent. (о´∀`о)
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ellie-winthrope · 2 years
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Home Cooking - [Victor]
MC had volunteered to cook for dinner, while Victor prepared himself for the worst case scenario. How would this dinner for two turned out in the end?
Word Count: 2555 words
Constancy was a word that fitted Victor’s character, just like how spontaneity was part of the girl’s disposition.
Whenever Victor thought he had gotten used to the girl’s random and silly antics, she would prove him wrong by surprising him in one way or another.
Just like this time.
“Victor, leave tonight’s dinner preparation to me!”
That was what she had declared over the phone when he called over to discuss their plans after work. He had no idea what had gotten her so pumped up to volunteer to do the cooking for that night.
Nevertheless, he did have an inkling of the girl’s cooking skill based on the homemade pudding that she had made last time for that celebrity, Kiro. Not to mention, that was just a dessert, which didn’t involve as much preparation as needed for a main course. Therefore, Victor’s response to her declaration had been instantaneous.
“Definitely not.”
As expected, her voice was filled with indignation at hearing his answer.
“But why?!”
To prevent unwanted accidents, to avert getting food poisoning, to avoid wasting food…There were plenty of similar reasons that came to his mind. However, Victor knew that if he were to tell her any of those reasons, she would certainly throw a tantrum and they would end up in an argument. Having not seen each other for the past few weeks, the last thing he wanted was to ruin this meeting with his bluntness.
Even so, that didn’t mean that he would yield on this matter.
“When was the last time you cooked?”
When the girl was about to answer, Victor had interrupted her by saying, “Instant foods don’t count.”
Following that, there was a pregnant silence on the other end of the call, which caused the corner of his lips to perk up unconsciously. He could picture vividly in his mind the current expression on the girl’s face as she was thinking up a retort to his words. With furrowed brows and a childish pout, she must be grumbling about him in her mind.
“I don’t have time to cook, that’s all!” was her retort after a minute of silence.
“Not even on the weekends?”
“I have to work on the proposals for LFG over the weekends…”
“Hmm, so I am the one to blame?”
At this moment, there was a sudden change in the girl’s tone as she spoke enthusiastically, “Anyway, I really feel like cooking today! So, you just have to sit back and look forward to tonight’s dinner!”
Knowing that she was trying to divert the topic, Victor chose to let her have her way. Even though he still felt uneasy about letting her cook, it would be pointless to try to change her mind now when she was already so determined and enthusiastic about it.
It was not that he was worried about starving or getting food poisoning that night. Even if the girl ended up making an inedible dinner, he could just cook up something simple with whatever ingredients that were available at the moment to make up for it. If that was not possible, they could just go out to any nearby restaurant for dinner.
Instead, what Victor was worried about the most was the girl, who was unused to working in the kitchen, hurting herself when cooking on her own. Still, he would never tell her that. He doubted that she was even aware of his concern for her. With a deep sigh, he replied reluctantly.
“Fine…”
“Great! Then, see you later!”
After ending the call, Victor glanced at the time. There were at least three hours left before their dinner appointment, which was more than enough time for him to go through his last agenda of the day.
Nonetheless, after a moment of contemplation, the CEO of LFG had tapped on the button of the intercom phone on his desk. After a beeping tone, a flustered young male voice answered from the other end of the intercom.
“Goldman speaking.”
“Goldman, bring forward the company meeting that was supposed to be an hour later, inform the departments involved to be ready within fifteen minutes.”
“Noted, sir!”
After a resounding beep from the intercom, silence returned to Victor’s office.
With this, he should be able to finish up his work and meet up with the girl earlier.
Hopefully, nothing had happened by then.
Hopefully.
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After ending the call with Victor, she breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the cooking ingredients that she had laid out over the kitchen counters. The recipes of the two dishes that she had intended to make were stuck to the surface of the top cabinet for her to view them easily during the preparation process.
After spending the whole night scouring the internet for two dishes with the most straightforward recipes yesterday, she decided to take half-day off from work in order to fully focus on preparing today’s dinner.
The step-by-step instructions on the recipes seemed simple enough and she had brought the exact ingredients that were stated in the recipes at the market earlier. Nothing should go wrong if she followed the recipe completely.
It should be fine…I think.
Even though she had been insistent on personally preparing tonight’s dinner, she was doubting if she could pull it off well. It had certainly been a long time since the last time she had done any actual cooking, but it wouldn’t be fair for her to one-sidedly enjoy Victor’s cooking every time, to always be the one on the receiving end.
She didn’t remember when or where she had heard it, but there was a mention somewhere that cooking a meal for someone was a genuine expression of affection and gratitude towards the other party.
This made her think of all the times that Victor had cooked for her, either as a reward for completing her tasks well or on his own whim. Even though she was certain that he was busy with his own share of work as the CEO of LFG, he had never complained and would still make time to cook for her when she asked for Souvenir’s meals as her reward. As for herself, she had done nothing but ate her fill all these times, much to her belated embarrassment.
That was why, at least once, she wanted to let Victor have a taste of her cooking.
Please let this turn out well.
With that thought, she rolled up her sleeves and pumped herself up before starting with the preparations.
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When Victor rang the doorbell of the girl’s apartment unit, there was thirty minutes left before the appointed time. Even though he had brought forward a meeting in order to leave the company earlier, something unexpected came up at the last minute and it had taken a longer time to resolve than he would have preferred.
Hence, as soon as he was done with that matter, he had headed straight to the girl’s place without even stopping by his home for a change of clothes.
Is everything okay?
Did she cut herself while prepping?
Did she burn down the kitchen?
Those thoughts were on his mind throughout his journey to the girl’s place. Even now, as he stood waiting before the closed door of the girl’s home, Victor wondered if he would be greeted by the sight of billowing black smoke and a strong burnt scent when the girl opened the door.
Fortunately, that scenario didn’t come true.
When the door was pulled aside, all it revealed was the girl wearing clean casual home attires and with her hair tied up into a ponytail, smiling nervously at the sight of him.
“Oh, why are you here so early?”
It was only after noticing that there hadn’t been any wounds on her hands or anywhere else visible that Victor was finally able to relax.
Of course, he would never admit this to her.
“To supervise the cooking progress of a certain dummy.”
The girl had instantly pouted when hearing the word “dummy”, but she didn’t say anything else. Instead, she stepped aside and welcomed him into her home.
Now that he thought about it, this was actually the first time he had visited her place, even though he had driven her back from work countless times in the past. Whenever they met up in the past, it had always been either at LFG, Souvenir or any other public places. In fact, the girl had even been to Victor’s place before, albeit rarely.
The moment Victor stepped foot into the apartment unit, it was evident that the place belonged to the girl. It wasn’t just because of the cute plush dolls that adorned the top of the shelves, the framed photographs of the girl’s youth that were hung on the wall or the pile of stacked-up papers and folders on the coffee table at the living room, but the place gave off a cozy and welcoming presence, much like its owner.
“Victor.”
When he shifted his attention back towards the girl, she said, “Actually, I just finished preparing dinner a little while ago.”
Having arrived earlier than the appointed time, Victor didn’t expect dinner to be ready. Although he was impressed, the girl seemed uneasy when mentioning about the dinner.
Was it because the final outcome was worse than what she had intended? Since there wasn’t any burnt smell in the vicinity, Victor believed that the situation shouldn’t be too bad.
“Why don’t you take a seat over at the table,” the girl gestured towards an empty square table, “while I go and bring out the dishes.”
Before Victor could respond, the girl had already gone into the kitchen. Not one to sit and wait to be served, he went into the kitchen with the intention of taking out the tableware to help set up the table.
The first thing that caught his attention the moment he entered the kitchen was the sight of the messy kitchen counters that were littered with remnants of sliced vegetable ingredients and the piled-up cooking utensils in the kitchen sink. Despite the mess, the kitchen was actually in a better condition than he had expected.
Just when he had looked away from the mess, he locked eyes with the girl, who was on her way out while holding one dish in each hand. She instinctively looked away from him when meeting his gaze, which caused Victor to raise an eyebrow questioningly.
To Victor, she had done better than he expected. He even felt a little bad for having underestimated her culinary skill so much. For someone who rarely cooks, she actually managed to cook up two edible-looking dishes for dinner.
There was just one thing, though.
“So,” Victor looked at the two dishes in the girl’s hands, “It’s a vegetarian dinner tonight.”
With the two dishes being stir-fried Bok Choy and pan-fried sesame garlic tofu, there was certainly no meat being served at all. Hence, Victor had deemed it as a “vegetarian dinner”.
“At first, I intended to make pan-fried fish,” said the girl in a softer voice, “but I couldn’t find any fresh fish in the market today…So, I replaced it with a tofu dish.”
With a nervous chuckle, she then looked up to meet Victor’s gaze. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have been so stubborn about cooking dinner myself.”
Victor merely sighed.
“What’s there to apologize about?”
She mustn’t have expected him to say that as she stared at him with those bright brown eyes of hers. So, Victor elaborated further by saying, “After all, you had prepared dinner, as promised.”
He reached out and took the two plates from her hands.
“Let’s sit down and have dinner before the food gets colder.”
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An awkward silence was hanging in the air throughout the entire dinner session. Unable to tell from Victor’s poker face whether he was displeased with the meal or not, the girl couldn’t help feeling so anxious that she couldn’t really taste what she was eating.
Although he had brushed off her apology in the kitchen, she was still worried that her cooking might be unpalatable for Victor, whose taste in food was much refined and cooking was far superior than her. It would be worse if he was forcing himself to eat this because the other option would be to starve himself.
Perhaps, she really shouldn’t have insisted on cooking when she wasn’t even good at it.
While she was mulling over her own thoughts, she didn’t realize that she had cleared her plate and it was at this moment that Victor decided to break the silence between them.
“The bok choy was slightly overcooked, which caused it to be less crunchy. As for the tofu, you should have left it on the pan a little longer for it to be crispier.”
Hearing his sudden comments on her cooking, the startled girl didn’t know what to say and just nodded fervently. At the same time, she also braced herself for any impending harsh critiques that would come from the owner and chef of Souvenir.
“Overall, it was a decent meal and a good effort for someone who only cooks once in a blue moon.”
The girl blinked her eyes once … and then twice.
Did she hear Victor correctly?
He was praising her, right?
As that realization sunk in, a bright grin gradually adorned her once grim face, as though she had received the highest acclamation in the world. After all, his words had meant that her efforts hadn’t been a waste and Victor wasn’t the kind of person who would easily praise others. However, before she could continue to relish in her sense of accomplishment, Victor had spoken.
“Now, can you tell me what exactly made you want to cook all of a sudden?”
The question caused the girl to stiffen for a moment. There wasn’t any reason to not answer Victor. So, she decided to be honest about it, in spite of the awkwardness that she was feeling in revealing the truth.
“Well, you have always been the one cooking for me, while all I did was just eat.”
Feeling her cheeks heating up, she looked down at her lap as she continued, “So, I thought I should do the same as well, you know, to show my gratitude.”
There was a moment of silence before she heard Victor’s voice.
“Dummy.”
She smiled as she already expected him to say that.
What she hadn’t expected was to look up to see Victor smiling gently at her.
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To be honest, Victor hadn’t expected that to be the reason for the girl’s sudden enthusiasm in wanting to cook. After all, he had merely cooked for her because he wanted to and he had never expected anything else from her in return.
“That’s unnecessary. As long as you sincerely enjoy my cooking, that is all that I need as gratitude.”
After all, back in the past, it was that bright smile of a certain silly little girl at the first bite of his first attempt of a homemade pudding and her genuine exclamation of said pudding being delicious, that got him interested in cooking in the first place.
That was why, as long as his cooking could bring a certain dummy happiness and contentment, that would be rewarding enough for him.
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