"Uh, no. I just accidentally bumped into the corner of the table!" Leng Xuan hastily made up an excuse.
Li ngjie wasn’t very scheming and believed him right away, saying, "Then hurry up and cook, I’ll help you rub so alcohol on it in a bit!"
A warm feeling unexpectedly flashed through Leng Xuan’s heart as he thought, "When did this girl beco so kind-hearted?" But outwardly, he wore a mischievous smile and asked, "Why are you being so nice to ?"
Li ngjie’s concern was genuine, but upon hearing this, her face turned red, though she tried to cover it up with a giggly response, "Of course I am, don’t you forget, you’re the Empress’s slave. If you get hurt, who’s going to protect in the future?"
"Slave?" Black lines filled Leng Xuan’s forehead as he thought ’So what if you caught in a little slip? Are you really taking that as an imperial edict? Besides, I’m clearly Ling Xuejiu’s bodyguard, how did it beco my job to protect you in the future?’ Yet outwardly, he could only force a wry smile and say, "Yes, yes, my dear Her Majesty the Empress, could you please go wait outside and stop causing trouble here?"
"What’s that?" Li ngjie chuckled, "The Empress herself has co to inspect the Imperial Kitchen, this is a blessing you, little chef, have cultivated in your eight past lives. You’re such a blockhead, how can you be so clueless?"
Leng Xuan truly wanted to laugh but couldn’t, just then a sweet and sour carp was ready, so he said, "Your Majesty the Empress, could you please take this dish out for ?"
"This..." Li ngjie paused for a mont and then said, "Alright, Her Majesty is in a good mood right now, so I’ll help you out with so work."
In the living room, Ling Xuejiu occasionally heard laughter coming from the kitchen, and saw Li ngjie carrying dishes out and then quickly returning back to the kitchen. Unsettled, she felt as if she was becoming redundant in this household, no, to be more precise, like she had beco a glaring light bulb.
Before long, Leng Xuan had finished cooking the al – three dishes and one soup: sweet and sour carp, stir-fried pork with green peppers, sautéed bok choy, and a triple delight soup made of mushrooms, egg, and lean at!
For the rich and famous like Ling Xuejiu and Li ngjie, such dishes were far too ordinary. Thus, Ling Xuejiu frowned upon seeing the dishes on the table, saying, "Leng Xuan, can’t you buy sothing better? Is this all you got?"
Leng Xuan replied, "Uh, there’s also so vegetables and lean at, all in the fridge. There are only three of us. If I make too much, I’m afraid it’ll go to waste since we can’t eat that much!"
Ling Xuejiu said, "I’m not talking about whether there’s too much or too little food, I an, why didn’t you buy so nicer ingredients?"
Leng Xuan paused, then suddenly as if rembering sothing, he said, "You didn’t bring it up, and I’d forgotten all about it. The money for today’s groceries was all fronted by , actually—16 Yuan and 98 cents in total." His tone suggested that he wanted Ling Xuejiu to reimburse him!
Li ngjie burst out laughing, bending over with mirth. In today’s economy, even to a commoner, a little over ten yuan wasn’t much. Besides, with Ling Xuejiu’s beauty, countless n would be willing to go bankrupt for her. Yet there was Leng Xuan, utterly oblivious to Ms. Ling’s beauty and taking stinginess to a whole new level!
Ling Xuejiu was so frustrated she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, ’What kind of person has grandpa found for ? I’ve seen stingy, but never soone this stingy!’
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