Knife-cut noodles are a real thing from the Shanxi province of China! They use a high gluten, low alkaline flour and knead it til shiny to make a stiffer dough, and then shave it with a special knife.
My theory for how this ends is MC just keeps pushing off the cucking for a potentially more fulfilling scenario. Like "I'll wait til we get engaged so I can be Yuuki's stolen bride! No, I'll wait til we get married so I can be Yuuki's stolen wife! No, I'll wait til we have kids so I can be...