"Eh? Why, why?" Liz Cheska asked, jumping up and down. "Isn't it great? Accept it—if you want to show your love for your sister, your previous performance is enough. There's no need to do anything extra. The most you can do is promise that even if your sister loses the battle, you will still bear all the expenses of our eldest lady, Master Gong Yitian, and Master Wei Shengfan, and that's it."

"It's certainly a bit confusing," Gong Yi Tianhe offered his fair and objective assessment. "We've already entered this bet, so we definitely haven't put much thought into it. Winning or losing doesn't matter anymore. I'd be angry if you surrendered without doing anything. Even with injuries and a broken arm, as long as you've decided to play, even just showing up is fine. Leaving without a word would be a waste of the feelings of everyone waiting for you."

"Ali, are you just looking at me like this to embarrass yourself?"

"But, brother, it's just like what Luo Dongxia said just now - she's only good at martial arts, not at anything else. Even if I'm good at it, I don't necessarily reach her level of fighting and killing. If I compete with her in exams or kendo, I'm probably overestimating myself. But when it comes to cooking, I really have some experience before I dare to compete. Even if -"

She glanced at Chu Moyin: "Even such a picky sister... Chu Moyin has praised my cooking skills -"

"Chu Moyin's behavior is nothing but flattery. Who do you think is responsible for your disfigured face right now?" Chu He said in a sincere yet impatient tone, "Yes, just because she's good at swordsmanship doesn't mean she's a great cook—but didn't she also say something else? It's not that your skills are so poor that anyone can step on them and join in, but you're in that situation!"

"Huh?"

"Ah, I said it - I finally said it -" Wei Shengfan said in a trembling voice as if he was about to cry, with his hand against his forehead.

Chu Shangli pursed his lips and stared at his past self using chopsticks, clumsily beating the egg liquid that had now become semi-liquid and light with air in it.

Even though she doesn't have as many little tricks as I do, she was able to achieve this with just the help of chopsticks. As her future self, I have to admit that she is actually quite attentive.

"elder brother."

My past self suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at his brother Chu He's face with anger.

When her hand was held tightly and she was forced to make a choice, although she tried to shake off her brother and wanted to refuse the decision, her expression did not show strong resistance. In fact, contrary to her actions, she looked aggrieved but at a loss.

Chu Shangli, now considered Luo Dongxia, simply felt anxious upon seeing this scene. Why had she been so cowardly in the past? Wouldn't she have shown more obvious anger? Why was she simply waiting for judgment?

Even if he was her brother—even if he was her father, she was also a human being with an independent personality and owed no one anything. Why should she act so timidly?

When Chu Shangli saw that he was still able to get angry, he had to say that he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"What do you mean by that look?"

Chu He was obviously not used to his sister showing such an expression——

"Is that how you think of me? Just now you said you were thinking about me, afraid that I would become a target of public criticism if I lost—but, in reality, you were only thinking about yourself, weren't you? Just for your own selfish motives—"