Chapter 83 What suspicious points are hidden about Lu Qingjia?
Chen Pingjin's feelings were equally complex.
She always felt that this young master Qin seemed to know something, but his subtle gaze seemed to indicate that he was holding back.
Finally, Chen Pingjin sighed, "Young Master Qin, what happened just now was just a joke. However... I do have a question in my mind, which is why you know so many novel things."
this……
Li Qin'er chose to keep her mouth shut.
Some things, once said, can be dangerous.
Seeing that Li Qin'er remained silent, Shen Pingjin looked stunned. Suddenly, she smiled and said, "Young Master Qin, since you are unwilling to talk about it, I will not ask. This will prevent us from hurting our relationship. After all, we are now... business partners."
The deathly silence seemed to ease because of those words, and Li Qin'er felt a little more at ease, but now she was somewhat afraid to deliberately show her sharpness again.
But she knew that Shen Pingjin was not a bad person. "Qin was an orphan since childhood, wandering around and making the world his home. He has seen many beautiful landscapes and magnificent rivers and mountains. These dishes were actually inspired by Qin's sudden inspiration when he traveled all over the country."
That explanation makes sense.
Suppressing her curiosity, Shen Pingjin quietly changed the subject.
"Young Master Qin, what ingredients are these hamburgers made of?"
Li Qin'er, who had been somewhat stiff, seemed to have been opened up after hearing this, "Your Highness, you are unaware of this. This hamburger is made with the best dough, fermented and then made into a bun. The meat in the middle is chicken, coated with flour and fried in hot oil. My secret sauce is added in the middle, and fresh leafy greens are placed in the middle... Your Highness, please don't worry about not being able to eat the leafy greens. I have fully considered all of this."
Chen Pingjin seemed lost in thought.
Li Qin'er talked on and on; she really loves cooking.
She touched her forehead somewhat embarrassedly to hide her awkwardness.
Unexpectedly, Chen Pingjin suddenly asked, "Young Master Qin, how many new dishes have you added to the menu?"
Li Qin'er was taken aback, then replied, "Your Highness, I have compiled all the dishes into a menu. This is the menu I prepared; please take a look."
Li Qin'er took out a notebook from her sleeve, and Shen Pingjin took it from her.
Open it up, and you'll find all sorts of dishes. Lunch, breakfast, dinner, local snacks—you name it, they have it.
When she flipped to the spicy crayfish section, Chen Pingjin's gaze deepened. This... was exactly the same as what she had seen in her mother's personal records.
Perhaps her furrowed brows were too conspicuous, because Li Qin'er quietly walked to Shen Pingjin's side and followed her gaze.
When I realized that he was staring at the page about spicy crayfish, a wave of panic washed over me.
"Your Highness, have you... tried this spicy crayfish?"
Li Qin'er's voice suddenly rang in her ears, and Shen Pingjin was startled.
She turned around blankly, and somewhat embarrassedly closed the menu slowly. "Young Master Qin, I... haven't tried it."
"But I happened to see the exact same pattern on this menu in a picture book."
Li Qin'er suddenly realized.
But at the same time, she was also wondering who could draw the same spicy crayfish pattern as her?
Just as she was about to speak, Lu Qingjia interrupted her, "Pretty sister, this hamburger is so delicious! I'm full. Jiajia wants you to come out and play with me."
Although the restaurant was beautiful, Lu Qingjia felt a little unhappy watching the pretty older sister and Brother Qin discussing things while ignoring her.
Shen Pingjin squatted down and asked patiently, "Jiajia, where do you want your sister to take you to play?"
Lu Qingjia pretended to think for a moment, then a brilliant idea popped into her head: "Pretty sister, why don't you take Jiajia to the market? Jiajia has been staying at home all this time and wants to go out to play, but Father won't let me."
After hearing this, Shen Pingjin hesitated.
Going out to the market? What if we run into that kidnapper again?
She doesn't know martial arts, so if she encounters danger, she can only rely on Lu Qingjia. But judging from Lu Qingjia's reaction last time... Shen Pingjin felt that she still couldn't give in.
She shook her head. "Jiajia, do you remember the time you were kidnapped? I'm sorry... I probably can't take you to the market."
Lu Qingjia had assumed that Shen Pingjin would definitely agree, his eyes sparkling with excitement. But when he heard Shen Pingjin refuse him, he was momentarily stunned.
"Pretty sister, what happened last time was just an accident."
Lu Qingjia blinked her big, watery eyes and finally said those words.
“But Jiajia, what happened last time was an accident. What if another accident happens when your sister takes you out to play this time?” Shen Pingjin asked seriously.
The sparse light in the boy's clear, moist eyes suddenly dimmed little by little, dissipating in all directions until it disappeared completely.
Just as Shen Pingjin was about to reach out to comfort Lu Qingjia, she saw that her eyes were moist, and one large tear after another was rolling down her cheeks.
His eyes were red with tears, and Shen Pingjin was at a loss. She wanted to reach out to comfort Lu Qingjia, but her hand was pushed away forcefully.
Lu Qingjia cried as if she were very aggrieved, "Waaah, why...why does everyone refuse me the moment I ask them to take me out...Second, second brother is...pretty, pretty sister...pretty sister is too..."
"Second brother, because you took me out to play and didn't keep a close eye on me, I was kidnapped. When we got back, you were punished by being confined and made to copy the Lu family's ancestral precepts. But I... could only watch helplessly as you were punished, and I couldn't even leave the manor to see my sister who had saved me."
"Waaaaah, why... Daddy and Grandpa both say I'm a martial arts genius, and that everyone's eyeing me covetously. But... I also want to go out and play, this martial arts genius. Jiajia, Jiajia doesn't want to be..."
The further he spoke, the more broken his sobs became. Shen Pingjin's eyes reddened as she listened; she now realized that Lu Qingjia liked to go out and play…
It's because he rarely goes out to play and is too curious about the outside world.
She wanted to get closer to Lu Qingjia to comfort him. But Lu Qingjia wiped away his tears and kept backing away, saying, "You, you don't need to come any closer."
Shen Pingjin finally sighed, "Jiajia, I'll take you out, but you have to stay close to me."
"Really? Really?" The pent-up frustration of being confined in the General's Mansion these past few days filled his chest. Hearing this, Lu Qingjia looked up in surprise once again.
Shen Pingjin is a woman of her word, and she nodded solemnly: "Really, but Jiajia, you must remember, you must stick close to me."
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