Chapter 93: Bleeding Heart

Shen Dong quickly continued reading. He saw a small figure carrying a back basket, walking into the restaurant unhurriedly.

The restaurant had been renovated. It was bright, spacious, and magnificent. They even added another floor and built private rooms.

It was no less impressive than Welcome Inn.

Xingnong looked around and roughly understood the positioning of the dishes.

She followed the waiter to Shen Hanyu’s private room. “Sorry to keep you waiting, Young Master Shen.”

Shen Hanyu: “You’re right on time, Younger Sister Xingnong. You’re very punctual.”

Shen Dong couldn’t help but say, “My young master is always amiable. It’s good that Miss Shen knows this.”

Shen Hanyu glanced at him coldly.

Shen Dong immediately shut up, but his eyes were fixed on Xingnong, filled with warning and vigilance.

Shen Hanyu looked at Xingnong. He hadn’t seen this girl for over a month, and she had gained some weight. Her fox eyes looked even more beautiful!

Seeing those fox eyes, unique to their family, he felt an inexplicable fondness for her and couldn’t bring himself to suspect her.

Moreover, on the street just now, she was angry, and the way she raised her foot to hook someone, arrogant and domineering, was so much like his family’s tyrant!

He almost called out “Father Emperor”!

“Younger Sister Xingnong, please sit down and have a cup of tea first.”

Xingnong was indeed thirsty. She walked over, put down her back basket, sat down, and picked up the teacup to sip slowly.

It was good tea. Her eyes couldn’t help but narrow slightly.

Shen Hanyu: “. . .”

This way of tasting tea was even more similar!

However, although his family’s tyrant had a bad temper, he never brought women with him when he went out, nor did he touch women outside.

No, he decided to write back and ask his other imperial uncles if any of them had left behind any romantic debts.

Shen Hanyu: “Younger Sister Xingnong, do you know Chu Tiankuo?”

Shen Dong immediately added, “Don’t try to deny it. My young master saw you entering Welcome Inn with him!”

Xingnong was baffled. “He’s my senior martial brother. What’s there to deny?”

Shen Dong sneered. “So, Miss Shen is admitting that you were sent here by Welcome Inn as a spy! Am I right, Miss?”

Xingnong lifted her eyelids and turned her head to look at him, coldly saying, “I saw you enter the latrine, so you went in to eat shit?”

“Pfft!” Shen Nan, who had been sitting still and expressionless, couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

However, he had a poker face, so even when he laughed, it couldn’t be seen. Only his cheeks twitched.

Shen Hanyu almost spat out his tea!

Shen Dong had never heard such vulgar language. He was so angry that his face turned red. “You…”

Shen Hanyu slammed the teacup down. “Get out!”

Shen Dong was startled. He knew that Shen Hanyu was truly angry!

His young master was always amiable and never spoke harshly unless he was truly angry. He lowered his head and replied, “Yes!”

Then he gave Shen Nan a look that told him to keep a close eye on Xingnong before retreating.

Shen Hanyu said to Xingnong, “I apologize. It’s my fault for not disciplining him well. Please don’t take offense, Younger Sister Xingnong. The chefs are all here. Can we start now?”

Xingnong stood up. “If Young Master Shen has doubts, then let’s forget about the collaboration.”

It wasn’t like she had to cooperate with him!

Xingnong bent down to pick up the back basket on the ground and turned to leave.

Seeing her stern face and turning to leave, Shen Hanyu was reminded of how his father, the emperor, used to test him on his studies. When he couldn’t answer a single question, he would get angry and turn to leave. It was exactly the same! He subconsciously reached out and grabbed her sleeve, immediately admitting his mistake. “My fault. How about a 40/60 split?”

Xingnong: “. . .”

She looked down at the hand holding her sleeve. A 40/60 split? There was no need to let money slip away!

Xingnong looked at him again. “Where are the chefs?”

Shen Hanyu: “. . .”

Damn it!

Could he take back what he just said?

Shen Nan immediately stepped forward and said excitedly, but with an expressionless face, “Miss Shen, I’ll take you downstairs.”

He had been waiting on an empty stomach since last night for Miss Xingnong to cook today!

His stomach was growling now.

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In the backyard, forty chefs were waiting. Most of them were around forty or fifty years old and were head chefs from the best restaurants in various cities.

From apprentices to master chefs, each of these chefs had at least ten to twenty, or even decades, of experience in the kitchen.

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When Shen Hanyu appeared with Xingnong and told everyone that Xingnong would be teaching them some new dishes and that everyone should learn from her,

everyone was shocked!

The head chef of the No. 1 Restaurant in the Jin Kingdom’s Imperial Capital was an old master chef in his fifties. He was the first to stand up, his face full of disbelief. “Third Young Master, are you joking?”

The other chefs also laughed and said:

“Third Young Master, you must be kidding, right?”

“Third Young Master, did you get it wrong?”

“Third Young Master, you invited us here. Are you asking us to teach this little girl how to cook?!”

What a joke!

This little girl in front of them looked as young as their granddaughters. The owner was asking her to teach them new dishes?

He must have said it wrong!

All the chefs thought in unison.

Shen Dong, watching from the second floor, couldn’t help but think: See! None of the master chefs could believe it.

The master was actually asking a little girl who hadn’t even grown all her hair yet to teach these master chefs. Would they be willing?

Shen Dong suddenly realized that his worries were unnecessary. Perhaps these chefs wouldn’t listen to what this girl had to teach at all.

As long as these chefs didn’t listen to her, then this spy wouldn’t be able to stay.

The master wasn’t a stubborn person. He always listened to everyone’s opinions before making decisions.

He wouldn’t ignore the wishes of these chefs who had been with him for so many years just because of a girl he had just met and who was still under suspicion.

Shen Hanyu raised his hand to signal for everyone to quiet down. His voice was firm and certain. “I’m not mistaken. I invited you all here this time to learn new dishes from Miss Shen.”

The chefs: What?

After Shen Hanyu finished speaking, he ignored everyone’s shocked expressions and looked at Xingnong. “Younger Sister Xingnong, I’ll leave this to you.”

He decided to leave the rest to her.

He had originally planned to help her subdue this group of thousand-year-old demons who thought their culinary skills were unmatched.

But his heart was bleeding at the moment…

He had lost too much blood, a heavy loss!

He needed to heal his wounds. She could handle it herself!

A 40/60 split! A 40/60 split!

He must have been bewitched by her sorcery!

Bewitched by her fox eyes!

Let these thousand-year-old demons see what it meant to have a mountain beyond a mountain, a demon beyond a demon!

The new dishes in recent years had been all style and no substance. If this continued, his restaurant kingdom would be conquered by that guy surnamed Chu!

Xingnong nodded calmly.

After Shen Hanyu finished speaking, he turned and left to go write a contract in blood!

Shen Nan looked at Xingnong expectantly with his poker face and grinned at her, giving her encouragement.

He was looking forward to today’s feast.

After smiling, he quickly followed Shen Hanyu with an expressionless face.

Xingnong: ?

Was he smiling at her?

Shen Dong walked down at this time. He had to keep a close eye on this spy sent by Welcome Inn. “Master chefs, remember to listen to Master Shen. From today onwards, she will be teaching you all new dishes!”

After saying that, he smiled at Xingnong. “Master Shen, please begin!”

Xingnong glanced at Shen Dong, who looked exactly like Shen Nan. With that vigilant look and expression, hmm, she was sure that Shen Nan was smiling at her just now.

She would make him more delicious food later.

As for this person in front of her? He wasn’t worthy of her lowering herself to argue with him.

If she were to argue, it would be with his master, arguing about how to split the profits 30/70, o（^▽^）o～

After all, there was a debtor for every debt. He was just protecting his master!

Xingnong said to the forty chefs, “Master chefs…”

“Don’t call me master, I don’t deserve it!” At this time, the oldest master chef stood up, untied his apron, and said angrily, “You want me to learn cooking from a little girl who hasn’t even grown all her hair yet? I quit being the head chef of No. 1 Restaurant! Let this girl take over! I’ve never been so humiliated in my life!”