Chef Hua
Chapter 462: Episode 253 Let’s join forces

Chapter 462: Episode 253 Let’s join forces

Behind the small diner, the masters were planing wood, the "shush" sound incessant, and tiny wood shavings occasionally floated out from the main entrance.

Hua Xiaomai tugged Luo Yuejiao a little further away and stood under the pomegranate tree at the entrance, squinting her eyes to look at Tang Dongyan.

The girl’s facial features were quite pretty, but her face was slightly too square, though not unattractive, and she had that particularly healthy look that was likely very appealing to the elders. But at that moment, no matter how Hua Xiaomai looked at her, she just seemed detestable.

Perhaps the sun was indeed too fierce, for Tang Dongyan’s face was unnaturally red. From start to finish, she kept biting her lower lip, twisting the hem of her clothes, and displaying an uneasy demeanor. She carefully stole a glance at Hua Xiaomai, "Sister-in-law, aren’t you coming back with me?"

"I still have some things to take care of, I’m not sure how early or late I’ll be busy," Hua Xiaomai grinned at her, "Since you’re going back, say hello to mom and my aunt for me, tell them I’m fine and ask them not to worry—I’m just stepping out for a bit, and it’s embarrassing how worried aunt gets about it."

Tang Dongyan really didn’t want to leave, but couldn’t find the words, so after standing there for a while, she could only smile at Hua Xiaomai, seemed to care very much as she urged her to be careful, and then reluctantly turned and walked away.

Watching her figure gradually disappear down the avenue, Luo Yuejiao then turned back, pointed to the northeastern corner of the garden behind them, and said mysteriously, "Let’s go, let’s head to the bamboo grove."

"Can’t we discuss it here, why do we need to hide from others, what are you thinking?" Hua Xiaomai grinned at her.

"Nonsense, of course we need to hide when stirring up trouble." Luo Yuejiao spoke as if it were the most natural thing, ran back into the diner, grabbed two unused stools, pulled her along the newly laid stone path, and sneaked into the bamboo grove.

Inside the grove, the bamboo densely packed together blocked out all of the sunlight, completely dissipating the heat and immediately making it much cooler.

The two sat down in the shadow of the bamboo. Hua Xiaomai looked at Luo Yuejiao pouting and visibly upset, and teasingly said, "Who are you angry with?"

"You know very well!" Luo Yuejiao rolled her eyes emphatically, "I’m not stupid. Yuhuai’s cousin suddenly shows up, hiding and not willing to show herself, what do you think that means? Could I possibly not understand? I don’t want to talk behind someone’s back, but we are close friends, and in front of you, I feel there’s no need to hold back. Xiaomai, your relatives are clearly eyeing your business! If I were you, I would not have let that girl leave so easily!"

Her round cheeks were puffed up with indignation, and her look of righteous anger was truly adorable. Hua Xiaomai couldn’t help but giggle, tilting her head, "Oh, if I followed your advice, what should we have done?"

"Pssh, beating her up... that’s not really realistic, but anyway, this is our turf, we should show her some colors, it wouldn’t be hard to play a trick on her, right?" Luo Yuejiao stiffened her neck, as if she had a plan, "The best is to make her understand the lesson all at once, see if she dares to talk back to her mother afterward!"

To play a trick, would Tang Dongyan really keep today’s events to herself, never breathing a word in front of her mother?

Since her mother had sent her here today, wouldn’t she need to explain everything when she returned home?

"You’ll see, she left here gently, and when she gets home, she’ll definitely tell her mother exactly what this small diner is like, down to the last detail. Later, you just wait to be schemed against by their whole family!"

Luo Yuejiao still had more to say, but after that, she fell silent, sullenly pulling at the bamboo leaves.

Hua Xiaomai smirked.

Ever since they had met, this girl had always been on her side, truly the best sister she had in Fire Knife Village.

After autumn, Luo Yuejiao was to be married, and afterward, it would not be so easy to have these kinds of intimate chats like today; thinking about it, she truly felt reluctant to part.

She patted the hand that Luo Yuejiao was using to pull at the bamboo leaves, half-seriously saying, "Why are your hands so restless, you’ll pull them all out! Listen to me, I also have my own ideas."

Luo Yuejiao lifted her eyelids, indeed pulled her hands back, and sat up straight.