After speaking with the head chef, Li Fugui got busy in the kitchen.
Last ti, he didn’t listen carefully to the gossip among the kitchen maids.
This ti, he perked up his ears, wanting to know everything about the Guo Family.
Indeed, wherever there are people, there’s talk.
A kitchen maid started speaking.
"Chef Jiang, I heard from maid Zi Lan that the young lady went to Yuelai Restaurant specifically to ask you to cook?"
"Yes." Li Fugui nodded.
"It seems the young lady really enjoys your cooking. Ever since she ca back, she hardly goes out. Besides the last ti she went to the countryside with the lady, this is the first ti she’s gone out."
"Yes, Chef Jiang, you’re going to make it big."
"Yes, yes, maybe today the lady will reward you."
The more the kitchen maids talked, the more excited they got, as if they were the ones being rewarded with silver. Li Fugui didn’t care how much silver he would receive; his mind was recalling that ’first ti going out’ phrase.
No wonder they couldn’t find any news for so long. Xiaotian had never left the Guo Mansion.
"Chef Jiang, you should cook well. The young master is here today too. If the young lady is pleased with the food, you might just rise to prominence."
Hearing this, Li Fugui’s heart skipped a beat. Guo Feng is here too?
Given Guo Feng’s attitude towards Xiaotian, he would probably stay with Xiaotian, and today it seems unlikely he will have a chance to speak with Xiaotian alone.
His hands by his side clenched into fists, feeling unwilling, having missed one opportunity after another.
Monts later, Zi Lan ca into the kitchen and found Li Fugui.
"Chef Jiang, I’m here to remind you to cook well today. Last ti at Yuelai Restaurant, our young lady said your food wasn’t as good as when made at the Guo Mansion."
"..." Li Fugui was a bit surprised that Xiaotian noticed, "Please tell the young lady that I’ll pay attention."
Zi Lan nodded and left. It wasn’t Xiaotian who asked her to co; she just rembered what the young lady said last ti and ca to remind him.
...
In the bedroom
Xiaotian was sowhat restless today because she knew this was the day Li Fugui would co to cook.
She was anxious, wondering if he would co again. She thought, since he avoided seeing her last ti, he probably wouldn’t co this ti.
Just as she was thinking, the door opened, "My dear, I heard Chef Jiang is here, cooking in the kitchen. Should we go and have a look?"
Hearing Guo Feng’s words, Xiaotian’s body involuntarily trembled. He really ca after all; why did he co again?
She said coldly, "No need. Once he’s done cooking, we’ll just eat. There’s no need for us to et a cook, right?"
These words made Guo Feng feel a bit strange. Xiaotian never spoke like this and never looked down on anyone. Today, she actually referred to him as a cook?
Though puzzled inside, Guo Feng didn’t show it and said, "Alright, then we won’t go. We’ll just wait to eat, and I’ll also try what this Chef Jiang has cooked."
Yuelai Restaurant is a place Guo Feng frequents for als; their dishes are indeed quite good, and they’ve recently been offering new dishes.
But he had never studied which chef was making the dishes.
Not studying them is normal, as only fellow chefs would research that. A dining guest doesn’t really need to.
"Yes." Xiaotian tugged the corner of her mouth into a slight smile, breathing a sigh of relief internally, as she didn’t want to witness them eting.
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