Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 62

“How dare you!” the guard yelled, taking a step forward, his hand poised to draw his sword out .

 

 

Helian Xuan stopped him with a wave of his hand . The guard retreated warily .

He could tell that the reason Li Yao was this bold was because he knew that he wouldn’t be able to persuade his little brother to let him go .

Helian Xuan had a smirk on his face as he said, “You better do as I say, or you’ll find may people harmed . Maybe this restaurant? Or the hotel you live at? Li Yao, I’m paying you generously to just  leave .  Don’t wait until I stop being magnanimous . ”

Ye Jiayao gasped .   This cruel ass!

“Duke Helian, aren’t you here for the birthday celebration? I already said I won’t do it, and Young Royal Highness Jing has also given up the thought . I really don’t get why you’re going to these lengths just for something so small?

Helian Xuan’s eyes thinned . “If Little Jing can do this for you today, he can do more tomorrow . I won’t allow someone with a bad influence to dig his claws deeper into my brother . ”

What the actual f*ck?   What kind of bullshit was this? How was she being a bad influence on Little Jing?

Ye Jiayao’s annoyance got the best of her and she spoke, “Duke Helian, I am not being a bad influence on Young Royal Highness Jing . Yes, I am of low status and I have no right to be friends with him, but I didn’t ask for this . Young Royal Highness Jing only wants to help me because I gave him help when he needed it the most . How is that being a bad influence? I’m just a poor kid but I don’t steal . I am an honest person .  How is that being a bad influence? F*ck! What more do you need? Just because you have money and power doesn’t mean that you just get to insult people like that!”

Helian Xuan was speechless . No one except his dad has ever dared to swear in front of him .

“And here I thought good people get good fortune! All I did was help him! If you harm the hotel or the restaurant, I will spread the news of how people in the Helian Mansion use their power to oppress normal citizens,” Ye Jiayao threatened . “Oh, and if you want to kill me, you should ask Duke Jing An’s son if he’d allow it . ”

Content that she had said her piece, Ye Jiayao walked out of the room, slamming the door .

The guard said in fury, “Duke, I will go kill that kid now . ”

Helian Xuan stopped him .

Li Yao was on a roll and he wasn’t able to react . So the person who saved Little Jing was Li Yao? But what has this got to do with Xia Chunyu? Was he protecting him?

 

 

Where did this arrogant kid come from?

F*ck!  This was the first time he was sworn at and had the door slammed in front of him . He would clear the things Li Yao said, then, he would make the little chef pay for disrespecting him .

“Let’s go to Duke Jing An’s mansion . ” Helian Xuan stormed off .

Ye Jiayao was so overcome with anger earlier that she didn’t think before she blew up in front of Duke Helian . Now that all she has said came back to her, she started to feel scared . If he really wanted to kill her, it could be done within a matter of minutes . However, she mentioned Xia Chunyu . Duke Helian must have some concerns, right? Even Little Jing addressed that Dumb Donkey respectfully . Surely, these two families were quite close?

Manager Li walked over to the kitchen and asked worriedly, “Li Yao, what happened? Why did Duke Helian storm off?”

Ye Jiayao answered, “Nothing . He and his brother had a fight so he wasn’t in a good mood . I can’t really help . ”

Manager Li was confused, but nevertheless, he believed Li Yao .

Xia Chunyu heard that Helian Xuan was outside the mansion and quickly told Song Qi to invite him in .

“Why are you here?” Xia Chunyu asked before ordering the servants to fetch some tea .

After the two sat down, Helian Xuan questioned, “Do you know someone called Li Yao?”

“Yeah, I know him,” Xia Chunyu replied, hiding his surprise .

“If I kill that kid, would you mind?”

Xia Chunyu blinked . “What did he do?”

Helian Xuan hesitated . Could he really say that Little Jing might be interested in a man? Could he say that some punk swore at him? Oh, and slammed the door in his face?

 

 

This is humiliating .

On the way to Xia Chunyu’s place, Helian Xuan thought about all that has transpired . Yes, it was possible that he was overreacting just  a bit .  He could be taking things too seriously . Perhaps all Little Jing wanted was to repay Li Yao out of gratitude . If that really was the case, Helian Xuan could admit that his actions tonight were out of line .

“Did you know that he was Little Jing’s savior?”

Xia CHunyu nodded . “Yes, Little Jing told me about this a long time ago . ”

Helian Xuan sighed, “Little Jing always comes to you . He never talks to his brother . ”

“That’s because you’re too serious . ”

Helian Xuan rolled his eyes . “As if you’re not the same . ”

Xia Chunyu smiled . “Just drink some tea . ”

“The older brother adopts the role of the father . Little Jing is naughty . If I don’t control him, who knows what sort of trouble he’d get into . ”

“Little Jing isn’t actually as bad as you think . Helian Xuan . . . your hopes are too high . You’re judging him based on your standards,” Xia Chunyu told him honestly .

“What is your relationship with Li Yao?”

“I owe him big time,” Xia Chunyu answered seriously .

Helian Xuan nodded . It was no wonder that the kid wasn’t afraid of him .

“What did he do?” Xia Chunyu was curious . He doesn’t understand how Yaoyao could’ve offended Helian Xuan .

“Nothing . Ignore what I said . ” Helian Xuan waved his hand dismissively .

The two chatted for a bit before Helian Xuan bid him goodbye and left .

After he was sure that Helian Xuan left the mansion, Xia Chunyu called for Song Qi .

“Send people to follow Ms . Ye . If something happens, report back to me quickly . If someone is going to harm her, stop them . She must not be harmed . ”

Helian Xuan wouldn’t just make the threat of killing her for no reason . Something must’ve happened .

For three days, everything was calm . Little Jing didn’t come to the restaurant so Ye Jiayao was happy in her peace .

Manager Li finally accepted her offer but made the compensation for violation of the contract much harsher .

Ye Jiayao believed that she wouldn’t leave mid-contract anyways, so she signed it .

Manager Li notified every one of the news . Deng Haichuan and the other workers hugged Ye Jiayao happily, congratulating her . They started ribbing her to treat them to food and drinks .

Ye Jiayao smiled and asked the manager, “Manager, after dinner, how about you give me a room? Discounts for food and wine, too?”

Manager Li was actually generous this time . “Wine is 30% off and the food is base cost, you’re cooking it anyways . ”

After everyone finished cooking the foods, Xing Xiao ran in and set up two tables . Everyone took their places including Zhong Xiang who was pulled in here by Deng Haichuan .

“Brother Yao, congratulations on becoming the head chef! We will be listening to you from now on . ” Deng Haichuan raised his wine cup and everyone stood up .

Ye Jiayao smiled . “You only have to listen to me when we’re working . If anyone tries to slack . . . well, my spoon isn’t just used for cooking . Now, come on brothers! Let’s drink and eat to our heart’s content . Who doesn’t drink is a little dog!

“Drink, drink! Whoever doesn’t drink has to crawl on the ground,” Cui Dongpeng cajoled .

Everyone finished the wine in the bowl .

Zhong Xiang also drank, but he was unsatisfied . He couldn’t beat Li Yao, whether it was about cooking or socializing .

Ye Jiayao found that this sort of life was much better than hiding in some house, being some rich man’s wife . Here, she didn’t have to care about her image .  She could say whatever she wanted without studying people’s expressions to gauge if she’d offended them .

She pulled her sleeves up and started to play drinking games .

“I’ve already thought this over . My contract is for three years, and in that time, I will personally teach you all to at least graduate to assistant chef . You all need to work hard for me, okay? We’ll be the best kitchen team in Jin Ling,” Ye Jiayao announced .

Everyone fell silent as they stared at Ye Jiayao .

“What are you all doing?” Ye Jiayao was weirded out by their reaction .

Deng Haichuan stood up and said seriously, “Brother Yao, no head chef has treated us lowly kitchen helpers as brothers . Only you, Brother Yao . So today, I promise that anytime you need me, I’ll be there . ”

Zhong Xiang also stood up, holding the bowl of wine in his hand . “Li Yao, just from what you have said, I, Zhong Xiang, approve of you,” he said before drinking the wine .

No big chef would say this sort of words . Even if they were willing to take you as a disciple, they wouldn’t teach you their best skills . No head chef would allow anyone to be better than him . What Li Yao had just said was a testament to his gracious and kind heart .

Everyone stood up with misty eyes .