Gu Xiaoyou unknowingly cut paper until late at night, and the surroundings became quiet, except for the sound of scissors and the occasional squeak of a burning candle.

In such a quiet environment, Gu Xiaoyou was concentrating on cutting when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Startled by the sudden knock on the door, Gu Xiaoyou used the scissors and almost cut his hand. He put down the scissors with lingering fear, frowned, and asked in a bad tone: "Who is it?"

The people outside the door did not expect Gu Xiaoyou's tone to be so unpleasant. He paused and replied cautiously: "It's a slave."

"Why are you so late?" Gu Xiaoyou glanced at the time on his phone and found that it was already half past ten at night, so he asked impatiently.

"My servant saw that your lamp was still on, so I made a tonic soup for you and brought it to you." Zhixia said timidly outside the door.

Judging from Miss Gu's tone, she seemed to have disturbed her.

Zhixia stood at the door holding the soup a little uneasily.

Gu Xiaoyou sighed after hearing this. This girl stayed up so late, which was quite disturbing.

However, Zhixia also wanted to replenish her body. Gu Xiaoyou put away the mobile phone on the table and said in a gentler tone: "Come in."

Only then did Zhixia dare to open the door. She held the tray and walked into the room softly.

Gu Xiaoyou moved the paper-cut on the table to the side and asked Zhixia to put the soup in front of her.

Zhixia put the soup bowl on the table and opened the lid of the soup bowl. A warm stream of hot air rushed towards her face, and the air was filled with the mellow fragrance of tonic soup.

The soup in the soup bowl was filled with the unique golden yellow chicken soup oil. Gu Xiaoyou picked up the spoon and flicked it. The snow-white soup suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. He stirred it in the soup bowl with the spoon and recognized it.

The supplements in the soup bowl are black-bone chicken, wolfberry, red dates and Codonopsis pilosula. The soup bowl is full of ingredients, and the chicken can be scooped out with just a scoop.

Under Zhixia's expectant eyes, Gu Xiaoyou picked up the spoon and took a sip. A sweet taste spread in his mouth. The sweetness of red dates mixed with the unique taste of chicken reverberated between his lips and teeth. After swallowing, he felt like

The medicinal aroma of Codonopsis pilosula spreads in the throat.

"It tastes great." Gu Xiaoyou praised sincerely and gave Zhixia a thumbs up.

Zhixia felt relieved after receiving Gu Xiaoyou's praise.

"If you like it, miss, I will do it for you from time to time."

"Just do it when you have time. Stewing soup must be very laborious." Gu Xiaoyou took a bite of chicken and said considerately.

The black-bone chicken is cooked tender, fragrant, and very tasty. Gu Xiaoyou can tell from the first bite that this soup is carefully made.

The original displeasure at being interrupted by Zhixia disappeared instantly, and he felt happy again.

"It's no trouble. I'm willing to make soup for you," Zhixia said with a smile. Seeing a lot of scraps of paper on the table, she thoughtfully collected them.

Gu Xiaoyou happily enjoyed the soup and let Zhixia tidy up the table.

Zhixia picked up all the tiny scraps of paper on the handkerchief, and when she picked up a triangular piece of colored paper, she had a little doubt in her eyes.

This is something that the lady doesn’t use. Is there anything useful?

She originally wanted to ask Gu Xiaoyou, but seeing the young lady drinking the soup with gusto, she didn't want to disturb her.

Zhixia planned to observe it herself and ask the lady if she couldn't decide.

She took the triangle in her hand and looked at it carefully. She found that the triangle had been cut in some places, and there were some winding and thin lines on it, but there was no pattern.

She rubbed it in her hands and found that the triangular colored paper could be unfolded. Zhixia unfolded the colored paper curiously, and a painting instantly appeared in her hand.

"Oh my god." Zhixia couldn't help but exclaimed. She didn't expect that the strange triangle turned out to be such a beautiful pattern.

Gu Xiaoyou raised his eyes when he heard the voice, glanced at the paper-cut in Zhixia's hand, and said casually: "This is not done yet."

"It looks so beautiful even if it's not done well?" Zhixia said in surprise, how beautiful it would be if it were done well.

"It's alright, there's something ready over there." Gu Xiaoyou swallowed the chicken in his mouth and handed the colored paper to Zhixia.

Zhixia took the colored paper and found that it was a semicircular colored paper with a half-crescent edge. Based on the discovery of the triangle just now, she found the place to unfold the colored paper and unfolded the colored paper in her hand.

A lifelike bird holding a flower appeared in her hand, and Zhixia blinked in disbelief.

She was first attracted by the exquisite patterns, and then looked carefully at the details of the paper-cutting. She saw that the bird was dragging a long tail. The tail was made up of pieces of dewdrop-like feathers, occupying the entire semicircle. The bird held its head high.

The head, wings are spread out, and the tail and wings are connected by a gorgeous peony, forming a perfect circle.

What's even better is that both the bird's feathers and the flower petals are hollow and have smooth lines, obviously not carved.

"Is this a magical bird?" Zhixia asked curiously.

"Is the sacred bird of Chaoyang Kingdom a phoenix? What I cut is a peacock." Gu Xiaoyou replied casually.

After saying that, he picked up the soup bowl and drank the last sip of soup.

Zhixia hurriedly handed over the toilet paper, and after Gu Xiaoyou finished wiping his mouth, he asked with curiosity: "You said you cut this?"

"Yes, I stayed up late these days just to cut these things." Gu Xiaoyou said, taking over all the paper-cuts he had made at night.

She moved the soup bowl away and unfolded a piece of colored paper: "This is a monkey fishing for the moon."

"These four are plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum." Gu Xiaoyou unfolded the other paper-cuts and introduced them one by one.

Zhixia looked at it with her eyes wide open, her eyes shining brightly: "You are so amazing, you can make such beautiful patterns with scissors."

"It's not difficult to cut paper. As long as you know how to use scissors, I can teach you." Gu Xiaoyou said proudly.

She is the master of all the female workers in the paper craft workshop.

When Zhixia heard this, his eyes flashed, and he asked shyly: "Then...can you teach this slave?"

"Do you want to learn?" Gu Xiaoyou asked somewhat unexpectedly.

"Yes, I want to learn." Zhixia nodded seriously.

"Okay, let me teach you the tricks I learned tonight first." Seeing that Zhixia really wanted to learn, Gu Xiaoyou happily agreed.

It just so happens that you can practice your hands in advance and treat it as an experimental teaching.

"Thank you, miss, I will learn from you." Zhixia said happily.

"I understand, bring me a pair of scissors."

"Yes, I'll go and get it right now." Zhixia responded crisply and walked cheerfully towards the door.

Gu Xiaoyou shook his head funny, this girl said like a child that wind is like rain.

While Zhixia went to get the scissors, Gu Xiaoyou took out a few new pieces of colored paper from the drawer, and prepared a fine brush for tracing patterns and put them on the table.
Chapter completed!