Chapter 49 Vani

Wani looked so adorable that Lu Qian rubbed her arm happily. "If you want to plant flowers and grass again in the future and Uncle Carlo ignores you, come find me."

"As expected of the wife of the head of the family..." Vani realized that she had said the wrong thing and covered her mouth excitedly.

"What?"

Wan Ni's eyes rolled, "As expected, as expected of Lu Qian! So powerful and kind!"

Vanilla pulled Lu Qian to sit in the shade of the tree, still holding the pot of flowers reluctantly in her hands.

Lu Qian smoothed her skirt and sat down, then asked, "What has everyone been busy with lately? I don't see them every day."

Since she came to the mansion, apart from meeting everyone at breakfast yesterday, and seeing Vanessa when she went to Wu Ru Lin Qian Pavilion, she hasn't seen her again.

Cheng Yi rarely sees people every day.

Wani pursed her lips and shook her head, "I don't know. Lele hasn't come to eat what I cook for several days."

Lu Qian smiled gently, "Your cooking skills must be very good, which is why Lele misses you so much."

Wani lowered her head shyly and stammered, "Actually, my cooking skills are not that good..."

Seeing that Wani was a little disappointed, Lu Qian raised his hand and touched the back of her head, stroking it gently, "But I see Lele really likes eating what you cook."

"That's because, because..."

Vani paused, "Because..."

Still didn't say it.

Lu Qian smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it."

"No, no, no," Vani waved her hands hurriedly, "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, Vani just doesn't know where to start."

Lu Qian gently took Wan Ni's shiny black little hand, stroked it and comforted her, "Then tell me slowly."

Vani sat on the bench, rubbing the flower pot in her hands, swinging her legs, thinking and talking at the same time.

"Vanny's hometown is Jamaica. My family brought me to Italy. My father was a miner and my mother made rum for a living. When I was five, my mother died of a fever, and when I was six, my father died in a struggle to seize illegal mines."

"The boss went to Jamaica to suppress the illegal mining riots."

Lu Qian's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Isn't this the task that Cheng Yi mentioned yesterday?

Vani raised her head and looked at the scorching sun.

"I've never seen anyone like the headmaster. The people around him are all like his followers, pious and respectful."

“When he reached out his hand to me when I was little, I seemed to see God.”

Lu Qian asked in astonishment: "So he was the one who saved you?"

Vani opened her eyes brightly and nodded. "I feel very lucky. There are many orphans like me in Jamaica, but I am the only one who met God."

Vani lowered her head, made the sign of the cross on her chest, clenched her fists, closed her eyes, and recited a prayer in a very low voice.

When Lu Qian saw Wani's pious look, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and an indescribable feeling passed through her heart.

Cheng Yi never mentioned any of these things.

Lu Qian had almost forgotten how badly Cheng Yi was at expressing himself.

Once he did it, he wouldn't explain it.

But he asked her again and again, are you afraid?

So cautious, so cautious.

It turns out that even someone as strong and arrogant as him would have moments of hesitation.

Lu Qian lowered his eyelids, burying all the emotions surging in his heart.

Wani didn't notice Lu Qian's expression and continued.

"Then the head of the family brought me to Italy."

"I'm skinny, I can't work, and I'm black. The servants at the mansion don't like me, but I have no other place to stay."

"The head of the family is very busy every day. They have brought Vani back, provided me with shelter and food, and found someone to teach me Italian and Chinese. They are Vani's greatest benefactors, so I can't bother them anymore."

"But one day, after I was once again kicked out by the kitchen maids, Lele pulled me over, pushed me onto the stove, and told me to cook for her."

"I made her a bowl of Jamaican sweet corn porridge and she ate every last bite and told me she wanted more tomorrow."

"I was so stupid at the time that I had no idea why Lele did that, so I made her sweet corn porridge day after day and she would eat it."

“Until I realized that no servant in the mansion dared to bully me anymore.”

At this point, Vani's face showed an irrepressible smile, her dark skin gleamed in the sun, and her overly white teeth looked a little funny.

"Wani is just a servant. I can't say I'm Lele's friend, but as long as she's willing to eat what I cook, I'll keep cooking for her."

"But I can't cook at all, I know."

Lu Qian's eyes felt a little sore. She raised her head and looked at the haze cast by the treetops, which was calm and peaceful.

"I don't believe it. Wani's cooking skills must be very good."

Lu Qian turned his head and refuted Wani's last sentence in a high-pitched tone.

Wani waved her hands hurriedly, "Really, I really can't do it."

"Not until you let me try some sweet corn porridge."

"Do you really want to try it?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

After hearing this, Vani jumped up excitedly, "Then I'll make it for you right now! To repay you for saving my flowers!"

Facing the bowl of incomprehensible paste in front of him, Lu Qian suddenly felt that it was really great that Qu Le had been eating it like this for six years.

"Is this... hominy?"

Wani opened her big, shining eyes and nodded solemnly.

Lu Qian hesitated and scooped a spoonful and put it into his mouth.

As she chewed and swallowed, her frown suddenly relaxed, "Wow, it's delicious!"

Apart from not being able to tell what it is, the glutinous and smooth texture, the perfectly sweet taste, and the base flavor with a hint of cinnamon are all a perfect match.

Wani opened her mouth wide and asked happily, "Is it really that delicious?"

"Really! I told you that Vani's cooking would be delicious!"

Wani lowered her head, twisted the corner of her clothes, and murmured, "I don't know when Lele will come to me again and make her something to eat..."

Lu Qian bit the spoon, his tone slightly disappointed: "They really are so busy."

Wani raised her face, opened her eyes wide, and tilted her head to look at Lu Qian, "Very, very, very busy."

"During the two days you were asleep, the head of the household was extremely busy and didn't sleep a wink. Every day he was either in the bedroom or in the study."

"He goes to see you every day after work. Yesterday morning when you woke up, he was also watching over you in the bedroom. He had just rushed to take care of some business when you woke up."

Hearing Wani's words, Lu Qian was slightly stunned with the spoon that was placed next to his mouth, and put the corn porridge back into the bowl before he put it into his mouth.

He raised his clear eyes, blinked twice, and looked at Vani who was sitting by the stove, swinging her feet.

"You said...he hasn't slept yet?"

Vani tilted her head and thought for a moment, then nodded.

Lu Qian's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she bit her lower lip uncontrollably, with strong emotions churning in her heart.

No wonder Cheng Yi looked so haggard when I saw him yesterday morning. He looked so haggard that he didn’t look like the same person he usually is.

He…didn’t mention at all that he hadn’t slept.

Even went to deal with things for the whole day.

Lu Qian stirred the remaining corn porridge in the bowl. It was obviously delicious, but he couldn't eat it at all.

She sighed softly, looked up and asked Wani: "Wani, do you know what Cheng Yi likes to eat?"

"Cheng, Yi?" Wani asked in confusion.

"That's Ciro, the boss."

"Oh, Boss, um..." Vani put her hand to her mouth and thought carefully, "I have the impression that Boss eats everything except sweets."

"Is there anything you eat regularly? Especially often?"

"Um……"

Wani was a little embarrassed because she didn't have to prepare any food for the head of the family. She only needed to cook for Qu Le occasionally.

Lu Qian also noticed Wan Ni's embarrassment, "It's okay, Wan Ni, I just asked casually."

"This small kitchen," Lu Qian looked around the small kitchen, which was about the same size as an ordinary family's, "is it specially for you?"

Vani nodded repeatedly.

Lu Qian smiled and asked, "Can I use it occasionally?"

"Of course!"

Lu Qian responded with a smile: "Thank you, Wani."