Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 367 - 336 odd jobs, looked down upon (2 updates)_1

Chapter 367: 336 odd jobs, looked down upon (2 updates)_1

When the fragrance from the terrace wafted in, Wu Donglin couldn’t help but feel a little greedy too.

"Wow, I didn’t expect these young lads to be so talented. I thought Lu Han and the others lived a carefree life of having everything handed to them. I even thought of exposing Lu Han’s inability to cook in front of you," he said.

Tang Su: "..."

Grandpa Wu was truly outspoken, daring to speak his mind about anything.

Wu Donglin began to praise Bai Wei, attributing Lu Han’s excellence to her good upbringing.

When Tang Su thought of her future mother-in-law, her eyes and brows softened with a tender smile and great admiration.

"Shall we go over and have a look?" Tang Su’s mouth watered too, as the fragrance drifted in waves, stirring the "worms" in her stomach to cause a commotion.

It was about time for lunch, wasn’t it?

"Mm, let’s go."

When Tang Su and Wu Donglin came over, the men were working together smoothly on various culinary tasks, while Shen Yi, a girl among them, appeared clumsy.

Unable to be the main chef and even struggling with the simplest tasks, she was dismissed by both Lu Han and Wu Jie and ended up with Su Yu.

From the start, Tang Feng had told Shen Yi that he didn’t need her help.

Shen Yi, for her part, only wanted to help Wu Jie; her goal today was to win him over.

But little did she know Su Yu had bought ingredients for a master-apprentice banquet. Seeing the men, sleeves rolled up and working competently, they all seemed quite familiar with it all.

It was she who was the kitchen newbie.

Unable to distinguish between sugar and MSG, and with soy sauce, vinegar, and oyster sauce, they may recognize her, but she certainly did not recognize them.

However, the four men present seemed to know these ingredients well.

Shen Yi wanted to show off her skills, but this stage was not her scene.

She was also very annoyed.

In the end, she was left alone by the side.

The cook, seeing her isolated and looking so dejected, kindly adjusted the garlic sauce for her to spoon over the oysters.

However, Shen Yi took the cook’s kindness for granted and, with an angry furrow in her brow and green in her eyes, said to the cook, "Who do you think you are to order me around?"

As luck would have it, Wu Jie, who happened to be passing by with a box of ingredients, overheard her.

"Aunt Liu has worked for our family for many years; she’s an old-timer in the Wu Family, she’s not an onion, she’s human. Besides, she’s an elder, there’s nothing wrong with her telling you what to do. Who was it just now begging to help? Aunt Liu didn’t look down on you, but you’re getting all high and mighty."

"Don’t come to the Wu Family again in the future. The Wu Family doesn’t welcome you, we can’t serve such a delicate miss like you."

"No, Wu Jie, I..." Shen Yi quickly tried to explain, but at that moment, she saw Wu Donglin and Tang Su coming out, and her eyes reddened as if she had suffered an immense grievance.

"What’s wrong with your sister?" Wu Donglin asked Tang Su. "She looks like she’s about to cry. Go check on her, in case that brat Wu Jie has offended her."

As a host, it’s their duty to make guests feel at home, regardless of how much they dislike the visitor.

Wu Jie is a straight shooter, prone to irritation when he sees something he doesn’t like, often speaking without tact, easily hurting and offending people.

In fact, he wasn’t entirely comfortable with the idea of handing over the family business to that boy.

But the Wu Family only has this one brat, and sooner or later, he will have to take on this burden.

"Alright, I’ll go have a look," said Tang Su as she headed towards Shen Yi.

After Wu Jie harshly dropped those words on Shen Yi, he took Aunt Liu away. Aunt Liu, feeling uneasy, said, "Young Master, that Miss Shen is Miss Tang’s sister, aren’t you afraid of angering Miss Tang by treating her like this?"

The old master and the young master’s fondness for Tang Su was evident to all the attendants. Shen Yi was Miss Tang’s sister, a person they couldn’t afford to offend.

"If Tang Su knew that she was so impolite to you just now, she would have the same attitude as I do."

"Then Miss Tang really is a reasonable person. It’s a good thing she’s only my cousin and not my full sister," Aunt Liu said with a smile.

"Exactly, Tang Feng is her full brother, and he is of much higher quality."

"Yes."

"Aunt Liu, you are a senior member of our Wu Family. You don’t need to be so humble with someone like Shen Yi."

"I understand, young master."

**

"What’s wrong?" Tang Su walked over to Shen Yi, noticing that her eyes were genuinely reddened, and she handed her a tissue.

Shen Yi shook her head, feeling very aggrieved.

"It’s nothing, just that everything I do doesn’t seem to go right, I feel a bit defeated," Shen Yi said.

She thought about how she had genuinely wanted to help earlier, but those four men hadn’t given her a second glance.

And Su Yu too, he was after all her cousin, and yet he could also find her clumsy and cumbersome.

"Your foot has not yet recovered; wouldn’t it be better to just sit calmly and wait for the meal?" Tang Su had intended to straight out say that Shen Yi was getting in their way, but with grandma’s surgery coming up and the need for the family to be united, she ended up encouraging her instead.

"But I came today because..."

"I know, you’ve heard the saying ’haste makes waste,’ right? Even if both the man and woman have affection for each other, it’s impossible to complete every step of a relationship in just one day. Don’t you agree?"

Shen Yi: "..."

Shen Yi was surprised that Tang Su could be so patient with her, instead of blaming her for being too eager.

Now she wasn’t as agitated as before. She looked at Tang Su and said sincerely, "Tang Su, thank you. Since you’re so close to Wu Jie, could you ask him what type of girl he likes? I can try to become that kind of person in the future."

"..."

It was as if an invisible hand had suddenly strangled her; Tang Su had no idea how to respond.

Could she tell her that Wu Jie used to like a girl like her?

Obviously, she couldn’t, because if she let Shen Yi know that Wu Jie’s previous affection had been for her, who knew to what extent Shen Yi might become sarcastic and spiteful.

She really didn’t want to invite that trouble.

Besides, Wu Jie’s affection for her was a thing of the past.

As for who he might like in the future, she really couldn’t say.

"Tang Su, please," Shen Yi began to coax.

"I am more familiar with him than you are, but I don’t want to ask such a question. You should find an opportunity to ask him yourself. Anyway, from what I know, he’s likely to prefer someone who is quiet and sensible."

"Quiet I can try, but sensible? What does that mean?" Shen Yi frowned.

Tang Su shook her head. Shen Yi didn’t even know what ’sensible’ meant; she really had been spoiled by her aunt.

A girl like her wasn’t only an issue for someone like Wu Jie; no ordinary family would want to marry a ’high-maintenance ancestor’ to serve, right?

Actually, it’s the same for both men and women.

Love requires mutual affection to succeed; marriage needs bilateral effort to last.

Otherwise, no matter if it’s the husband or the wife, if only one side is giving, their marriage won’t go far.