School Beauty's Personal Martial Expert
Chapter 176: To be a judge once

Chapter 176: To be a judge once

A moment later, Li Mengjie also came out and sat down next to Ling Xuejiu, saying, "Xue Jiu, aren’t you going to do something about him?"

"Huh?" Ling Xuejiu looked puzzled and asked, "Manage what?"

"Your big bodyguard!" Li Mengjie said, "He’s really unprofessional, don’t you think? What kind of bodyguard acts like that? All he does all day is flirt around!"

Ling Xuejiu very much agreed with Li Mengjie inside, but outwardly she replied irritably, "How can I manage him? I reprimand him, and he doesn’t even bother to listen to me, acts like he’s too good for anything."

Li Mengjie, grinning cheekily, said, "Xue Jiu, has he really ignored you? Because to me, it seems like you’re the one bullying him."

Ling Xuejiu was taken aback, then glared at Li Mengjie and responded, "Xiao Jie, why do you always take his side? Also, were you jealous just now?"

Li Mengjie’s face turned red as she said, "No, I wasn’t... I think you were the one, otherwise why do you look so upset? Like someone owes you millions."

"Me, jealous of him?" Ling Xuejiu said disdainfully, "As if he’s worth it!"

Li Mengjie laughed and replied, "Yes, yes, he’s not worthy. How could he possibly be good enough for our Miss Ling?"

Ling Xuejiu pursed her lips and didn’t say anything more, but after a short while, seeing that Li Mengjie had fallen silent too, she couldn’t help but say, "Xiao Jie, what you said was right, though. Is he really such a poor excuse for a bodyguard? Hmph, after we finish eating, how about we have a little meeting with him?"

"Oh, that sounds good!" Li Mengjie agreed enthusiastically.

"..."

When Leng Xuan started cooking, Ling Xuejiu and Li Mengjie had already finished making two dishes—a plate of dark-looking greens and a plate of green pepper and pork. Leng Xuan just made a spicy tofu dish and a seaweed egg soup, and then they began to eat.

Li Mengjie, who had just been looking quite angry, was already giggling again. She glanced at the dishes on the table and said, "Cold Bodyguard, evaluate these dishes for me and Xue Jiu, tell us which one tastes better. Um, the greens here, and the green pepper pork. The greens were cooked by me, and the green pepper pork was made by Xue Jiu."

"Oh!" Leng Xuan responded, then picked up his chopsticks and tried the greens first. His facial features crinkled simultaneously—it was such a comical expression.

"What’s wrong, doesn’t it taste good?" Li Mengjie asked expectantly, having made her very first dish in her life!

Leng Xuan didn’t want to discourage Li Mengjie and make her fearful of cooking in the future, thereby giving up on learning how to cook for herself. In the end, he would be the one to suffer. So he closed his eyes, forced down the greens, and said something against his better judgment, "To be able to cook it like this on the first try is already quite impressive!"

"Oh!" Li Mengjie was genuinely thrilled to hear the praise, feeling a great sense of achievement for her first cooking attempt. She immediately picked up her chopsticks and gave herself a taste of the greens, but as soon as it hit her mouth, she spat it out with a "pfft," and turned bright red...

"Cough, it seems, well, maybe just a little too much salt," said Li Mengjie, then teasingly added with a grin, "Actually, I think the flavor is quite nice. Cold Bodyguard, why don’t you try the green pepper pork that Xue Jiu made?"

Ling Xuejiu was just about to tease Li Mengjie with a remark when she heard the younger girl’s suggestion and couldn’t help but glance at Leng Xuan. Like Li Mengjie, this was also her first attempt at cooking, so she felt somewhat nervous too.