It was rare for Feng Tianyi to see the empress in her home clothes with a pink apron on, standing in his kitchen barefooted. Her long hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Her hand held a long cooking chopstick as she fried battered shrimps over the stove.

  Feng Tianyi walked straight towards her slowly, placing his cane on one side before hugging her from behind. He gently placed a kiss below her ear and watched on as she was cooking.

  "Mr. Qin, what are you doing? Please don't disturb me." Tang Moyu said with a teasing tone that wasn't lost to the devil. Once in a while, the empress still reverted to calling him Mr. Qin, especially whenever she was annoyed with him, which Feng Tianyi found a little endearing. She loved him when he was Qin Jiran, and she loved him even more as Feng Tianyi.

  "I'm just trying to take a look at what you were cooking. I told you I can manage all the cooking for dinner." He defended himself. He was already done cooking the other dishes and was just waiting for Tang Moyu to be done.

  "I want to be useful and help you once in a while. You are already doing so much for me and the twins." Tang Moyu said and lowered the heat of the stove.

  Feng Tianyi released her and chuckled at her thoughtfulness. He'd taken it upon himself to make sure that the twins and her were well fed ever since he moved in with them. He cannot return the time he'd lost, but he would make sure to double his efforts to take care of them.

  "Alright. But next time, leave the cooking on me. I don't want you to get hurt in the kitchen." He patted her head lovingly.

  Bubbling cooking oil was dangerous anyway. If there was a splatter, Feng Tianyi was afraid Tang Moyu would hurt herself.

  "So demanding." The empress muttered to herself. But deep down, she knew he was just worried over her safety.

  Feng Tianyi only laughed at that and helped her prepare the dining table for dinner. A few minutes later, Tang Beixuan and Li Meili arrived together to join them tonight. The twins ran towards them and fought to get their Auntie Mei's attention.

  Their dinner was filled with laughter and conversation. Tang Moyu paid extra attention to Feng Tianyi, but he remained acting like nothing was bothering him. He continued to act normal, laughing at her children's words, giving her a flirty wink whenever he found her staring at his face.

  Although they'd been together for a few months now, Tang Moyu could tell that their relationship was still new. She trusted him, but to what extent was she willing to understand him? Whatever he had in his mind, it must be really serious for him to take his own sweet time to give it a thought.

  "Moyu? What is it?" Li Meili asked as her best friend helped her clean the table after their dinner. "You've been staring at Mr. Qin a lot. Something happened?"

  Tang Moyu shook her head. If Feng Tianyi wasn't ready to tell her then… she could only trust him and wait a little longer.

  "It's nothing, Meili. I might be overthinking again. What about you? How are you and my stupid brother faring? He didn't give you problems so far?" The empress asked.

  Li Meili smiled at her before glancing at Tang Beixuan, who was busy playing with the twins at the porch. They were playing the rock, paper, scissors game and it's obvious that he was letting the twins win against him, allowing them the little buns to flick his forehead every time he lost to them.

  "We're good, Moyu. Don't worry. We decided to see each other less so your 'mother' wouldn't suspect us being together. Beixuan won't tell me what Zhang Wuying told him, but I'm sure they had a heated argument lately as he seemed very frustrated after meeting her the other day." Li Meili said.

  Tang Moyu nodded but didn't say anything in return. She'd heard from her brother that he was summoned again to the Tang Mansion the other day.

  No doubt Zhang Wuying was berating her behind her back for allowing Tang Beixuan to start working in their family business as a regular office employee. The old woman's pride wouldn't be able to accept it, considering how much she'd invested in Tang Beixuan.

  It only proved her suspicion that Zhang Wuying was still trying to fight to get back the control of the company from her. Tang Moyu might not be the largest shareholder of Tang Enterprise, but she'd gained enough support to secure her position as its current CEO.

  The board members were still pleased with her performance, but it didn't mean Zhang Wuying wouldn't try to oust her from her position, given that the old woman had completely lost control over her.

  Zhang Wuying must really hate Tang Moyu by now. Not only did she lose Tang Wanyu, but the support of the Han family as well. Anyway, Tang Moyu could only wait and see what the old woman would do later. She cannot act recklessly, not knowing her enemies were up to.

  "Anyway, I thought you two were arguing because of the rumors spreading about you and President Yun lately. You are lucky he didn't make a big deal out of it." Li Meili said, pulling her thoughts back to reality.

  "En. I think Tianyi thought that those rumors are baseless. Honestly, I'm surprised at how people would easily twist their own words to make it look like Yun Zhen and I were interested in each other. It's simply ridiculous." Tang Moyu replied with annoyance.

  Li Meili gave her an amused look once they were done cleaning the table.

  "How sure are you that President Yun isn't interested in you, Moyu?" She asked.

  "Drop it, Meili. There's no way we could be together."