A Marriage Of Love | JinKook

Chapter 18 : Simplicity Is The Best

When the couple returned to Maple Residence, the Jeon family had already rushed over. Jungkook and Seok Jin had just reached the door when they saw that it was all lit up inside. Jeon Yong Soo was directing butler Kang and the rest of the servants to decorate Maple Residence for the dinner and had even invited a hotel chef to complement Jeon Minsook's cooking in the kitchen.

When Kim Ye Joon entered, Jeon Woo Keun and Jeon Jaewon went up to greet him. They pulled the old man to the sofa for an idle chat and tea right away, so there was basically nothing for Seok Jin to do.

Jungkook take his blazer off and push his sleeves up while Seok Jin walked around the living room and did not know what to do, so he called out to his husband sulkily, "What are you doing ?"

Jungkook was wearing a tight black shirt at the moment. He unbuttoned his shirt sleeve as he rolled it up neatly and walked towards the kitchen. He answered, "I'm going to take a look in the kitchen. Hoseok just called. There's heavy traffic on the way, so your appa will probably only reach later. You go play yourself or maybe chat with the elders."

"I'll be your second fiddle."

Seok Jin did not know what to converse with the elders so he followed Jungkook and entered the kitchen.

At that moment, the four chefs in the kitchen were busily preparing several main dishes, while Jeon Minsook was busy attending to some home-cooked specialities. When the married couple went in, the initially spacious kitchen suddenly seemed claustrophobic.

"Why are you two here ?" Jeon Minsook asked.

"It's fine, Appa. Go out and accompany father to chat with grandpa. Leave this to me," Jungkook said as he reached out to take the spatula in Jeon Minsook's hand.

"Appa, I'll just follow him. You go out and have a seat," Seok Jin smiled.

Jeon Minsook's sharp gaze went back and forth between the couple, his eyes flickering a few times before he nodded, "Okay then. I'll leave this to you two. Seok Jin, be careful."

Seok Jin nodded sheepishly then Jeon Minsook undid his apron before walking out.

When Seok Jin saw his figure disappear at the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. He then turned around and saw that Jungkook had already begun cutting the vegetables.

"Grandpa and appa both prefer less heavy flavours, so it'll be enough to make them some tasty side dishes. There's no need for them to be so sumptuous, but I know that your culinary skills are better than my appa's. I'm sure he'll have a great impression of you."

When Jungkook heard Seok Jin, he smiled as he fed a carrot slice to Seok Jin. "Does my cooking have anything to do with their impression of me ?"

Seok Jin chewed the carrot slice and then spoke, "Of course, back then my appa wanted me to become prestigious young gentleman, being talented at cooking and learning to be quite and calm yet grandpa said not everyone should be a delicate prince. Cooking shouldn't only be my choice of task to be a gentleman."

Seok Jin finished eating the carrot slice and opened his mouth again. Jungkook went along and fed him another slice.

"Appa thought it made sense so he asked me to get married to someone who can cook in the future. He said a man who's willing to cook wouldn't be too bad."

"So, are you feeling lucky that you're married to me or are you praising me, or both ?"

Seok Jin rolled his eyes at him, "Mr Jeon ?"

"Hm ?" Jungkook replied as he was slicing the potatoes. His swift knife work did not slow down at all even when he is listening and talking.

"I think you dropped something. Don't you want it ?" Seok Jin crossed his arms in front of his chest and arched a brow seriously.