39. I dare not
After a whole afternoon of fussing, at nine o'clock in the evening, Chu Xiao finally sent Yu Chun back to the old house.
The Yu family's old house in City A has a history of over a hundred years. From a distance, the building looks like a traditional Chinese courtyard with blue bricks and gray tiles. However, it has been renovated several times, and the interior furniture has been replaced several times, making it very modern.
The access control system flashed its blue iris recognition light, and the car slowly drove into the garage.
For a long time, only Yu Chun lived in the old house in City A. After Yu Chun moved to Tiansheng Yipin in the city center, only servants stayed to look after the old house.
Hearing that the young master, whom she hadn't seen for three months, was coming back, Wang Ma, who had taken care of him since he was a child, was very happy and cooked many of her signature dishes.
When Yu Chun was wheeled into the restaurant, Wang Ma had already served up a steaming hot meal.
"Young Master is back!" Wang Ma's smile, which was almost reaching her ears, suddenly froze when she saw Yu Chun's leg in a cast. "How did he get injured like this..."
Before she could even feel sorry for him, Wang Ma's eyes widened in shock when she saw that the person pushing the wheelchair was not a maid from the Yu family, but a strange woman.
Good heavens, this is the first time in twenty-two years that the young master has brought a woman home!
Is the Yu family about to have a young mistress?!
Wang Ma and the housekeeper exchanged surprised glances after secretly glancing at Chu Xiao's not-so-flat stomach.
Chu Xiao noticed Wang Ma's subtle glance and couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Why did that idiot eat so much? It caused her to be misunderstood all the time.
It seems I need to intensify my efforts to lose weight.
Yu Chun was unaware that Wang Ma had already imagined that he even had a child. He turned to Chu Xiao and introduced her: "Jian Fei, this is Wang Ma, who has taken care of me since I was a child. She is an excellent cook."
Wang Ma wiped her hands on her apron and was about to bow to Chu Xiao when Chu Xiao nodded slightly: "I heard Yu Chun mention that your cordyceps soup is very authentic."
Wang Ma was so startled that she forgot what she was doing.
Young Master, you even need to report this?
It seems they didn't get married because of pregnancy, but because of their deep love and the fruit of their affection!
Wang Ma was deeply moved that her young master had found his happiness in life after only three months away.
Yu Chun was no less shocked than Wang Ma.
Although Wang Ma's cordyceps soup was indeed very authentic and he loved drinking it, it seems he never told Chu Xiao about it.
Chu Xiao lowered her eyes, met Yu Chun's questioning gaze, and curled the corners of her lips into a smile.
Yu Chun definitely didn't tell her that in person.
But he said it in his WeChat Moments.
Keeping her questions to herself, Yu Chun turned to Wang Ma and introduced her: "Wang Ma, this is Jian Fei."
"Hello, Miss Jian." Wang Ma was waiting for Yu Chun to continue her introduction, but Yu Chun didn't say anything more.
Wang Ma was itching with curiosity and planned to investigate this Miss Jian's background as soon as she left.
Which Fei is Fei?
The name wasn't clearly stated, how am I supposed to find it!
The huanghuali table features four exquisitely presented dishes.
The cold dish consists of drunken crabs marinated for 49 days in the cellar of Lingyin Temple using century-old Shaoxing wine, with monks chanting sutras daily to purify and liberate the soul.
The main dish featured wild grouper that had just been airlifted from a high-end fishing ground in Indonesia two hours earlier, prepared using a special method of steaming.
The vegetarian dish is made from the tenderest three-inch bok choy hearts selected from our family's organic farm.
The soup is made with cordyceps flower and old duck soup, simmered for 4 hours with natural low-deuterium glacial water sourced from 5100 meters above sea level in southern Tibet.
Yu Chun invited Chu Xiao to stay for dinner.
Chu Xiao saw a table laden with delicious food and patted his stomach without making a sound.
Logically, she should have left by now; she still had some work to do that evening.
However, the rich aroma of the cordyceps soup kept her legs firmly glued to the Yu family's dining room.
Her stomach was also secretly protesting strongly against her brain.
Therefore, Chu Xiao stayed and had dinner with Yu Chun at the Yu family's old house.
Chu Xiao walked straight to the main seat facing the entrance, pulled out a rosewood dining chair, and sat down elegantly.
Yu Chun naturally took the second seat on the left.
When Wang Ma came out carrying the tableware, she gasped when she saw the seating arrangement.
She didn't know who the visitor was, but this was the first time the young master had brought a woman home, and she initially thought that this Miss Jian was just the future mistress of the Yu family.
It now seems that this woman with an extraordinary presence is likely to be the one to take control of the family in the future.
Wang Ma, with her keen eye, began to fawn over Chu Xiao, constantly circling around the two of them.
Chu Xiao took the slow-cooked soup from Wang Ma and drank it in small sips.
The warm broth flowed down my esophagus, soothing my stomach that had been empty for eight hours. The soup was very sweet and delicious, and eating it alongside the beautiful face of the lovely lady next to me made me feel incredibly happy.
There were just a lot of irrelevant people around.
She subtly glanced at the servants surrounding her.
Chu Xiao actually dislikes being surrounded and waited on by a bunch of people while eating.
She has bodyguards when she goes out, servants when she comes home, she is the boss at school and surrounded by a bunch of lackeys, and she is a leader at work and is fawned over by a group of subordinates.
She rarely has the opportunity to be alone in her life.
Some people enjoy being the center of attention and having everyone revolve around them.
Chu Xiao, however, is not that kind of person.
She felt that this kind of life, where even scratching an itch had to be done secretly, was not what she was looking for.
I don't want to be the center of attention even when I'm eating, being secretly speculated about and observed by all sorts of strange and unpredictable people, whether they're good or bad.
Therefore, she usually doesn't let anyone serve her meals.
But this was the first meal she had with Yu Chun.
She wasn't sure if having a bunch of people serving her during meals was Yu Chun's habit, so she didn't raise any objections rashly.
Chu Xiao didn't expect that Yu Chun would notice his less than 0.5-second barrage of shots at the surrounding servants.
Yu Chun himself is not a very good person at reading people's expressions; he is more adept at being read by others.
But he made an exception for Chu Xiao.
Without his own awareness, he began to notice that wherever Chu Xiao was, his attention would inevitably be drawn to her.
Therefore, Chu Xiao's less than 0.5-second burst of fire was captured by Yu Chun.
Yu Chun is not someone who likes to waste brain cells analyzing other people's behavioral motivations.
In his opinion, these people were not worth his time, so he often simply ignored their petty actions.
But he unconsciously completed the analysis of Chu Xiao's behavior in his mind.
The moment Yu Chun noticed Chu Xiao's unusual behavior, her mind raced: she didn't like being surrounded by a group of people while eating!
"You may all leave now, and Wang Ma may also go downstairs."
Yu Chun scooped up a mouthful of grouper with a porcelain spoon and casually dismissed the servants in the restaurant.
Chu Xiao looked at Yu Chun in surprise.
Just as Yu Chun unintentionally diverted some of her attention to Chu Xiao, Chu Xiao also diverted some of his attention to Yu Chun.
Chu Xiao clearly observed that Yu Chun did not feel uncomfortable at all being served food by a group of people.
He didn't even look up, enjoying his food immensely.
This is also why Chu Xiao did not suggest dismissing the servants.
Less than two seconds after she finished shooting at the surrounding servants, this arrogant young master suddenly brought it up himself. Could it be... that he suddenly felt uncomfortable?
As for the other, obvious reason, Chu Xiao dared not think about it too deeply. The answer was frightening.
Wang Ma's eyes lit up. She looked at the young master, then at Chu Xiao, her eyes flashing with an "I understand" light. She then led a large group of servants away.
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