Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1170 - 079 Investigating Thirty Seven More

Chapter 1170: 079 Investigating Thirty Seven More

However, she didn’t stand up completely. To be precise, she had only gotten halfway up when Yan Ruchun stopped her.

Yan Ruchun clicked her teeth and hummed disdainfully, "Enough, enough, Fatty Xu, I know you don’t like Xia Zheng, you just like to eat. Hurry up and sit down! Don’t stand up again, The people next to you all have to shift to make space for you!"

"Alright, got it."

The woman called Fatty Xu, without even showing her face, loudly agreed and sat down again. However, from the way she agreed, Lin Yuan would bet she was definitely munching on no less than three pastries!

Turning her attention back, Yan Ruchun waved her hand dismissively at Tian Xuan telling her to sit back down: "Stop introducing her, there aren’t many people here who like her, and even if introduced, no one would want to talk to her."

Lin Yuan almost choked on the girl’s blunt assertiveness, while Lin Wei, Xiao He, and Xiao Linshuang looked at each other, surprised. The woman’s words were clearly mocking them, but somehow they felt like laughing.

After exchanging a few words with Lin Yuan, and seeing that she just kept smiling and didn’t say anything, Yan Ruchun suddenly found it dull and sat back down in her chair, boredly sipping her tea.

As soon as Yan Ruchun stopped talking, Lin Yuan’s gaze began to shift towards others, naturally landing on Su Qiuyu and Cheng Yuexiu across from her.

At that moment, Cheng Yuexiu was already stiff. Seeing Lin Yuan look up at her, she instinctively lowered her head and pretended to wipe non-existent sweat from her forehead with her handkerchief.

Lin Yuan snorted coldly, utterly disdainful of Cheng Yuexiu’s crude and almost idiotic method of cover-up.

Ignoring small fish like Cheng Yuexiu, Lin Yuan’s gaze locked onto Su Qiuyu. Meeting her again, the first thing she thought of was the incident where Su Qiuyu had kidnapped Xiao Linshuang.

The real victim, Xiao Linshuang, felt the same way, so she deliberately brought some nice gifts to give to Su Qiuyu as a return gesture.

Hehe, with a smile, Xiao Linshuang raised her hand to wave, "Beautiful Miss Su, long time no see!"

Su Qiuyu’s eyes had been fixed on Lin Yuan, and seeing Xiao Linshuang’s sudden friendliness, she shivered involuntarily.

Indeed.

Tilting her head and pretending to be thoughtful, Xiao Linshuang said, "It really has been a long time, let me think, it must have been the year before last, right? I was only five years old then, but don’t think I’m young, I still remember it very clearly. It was in Zhuma Town. You came from the capital city looking for Brother Xia, but Brother Xia didn’t want to see you. If my older sister hadn’t taken pity on you and sheltered you, you might have ended up homeless..."

"You’re talking nonsense!"

Listening to Xiao Linshuang’s half-truths, Su Qiuyu’s face tightened, and she lashed out accusingly: "Stop talking nonsense! When have I ever met you! What Zhuma Town, I’ve never been there!"

Her almost screaming reaction was something none of those present had ever seen, and they were all taken aback simultaneously.

And the accused Xiao Linshuang suddenly changed her expression, puckered her lips in grievance and said softly, "Yes, I remembered wrong, if you say I remembered wrong, then I did, don’t be angry."

After speaking, she lifted her little face and snuggled into Lin Yuan’s chest, seemingly in distress. Although her face wasn’t visible, seeing her trembling shoulders along with her muffled voice, everyone knew the young girl must be crying out of aggrievement.

However, only Lin Yuan and Lin Wei knew, this little "wolf pup" wasn’t crying at all; she was actually trying to stifle her laughter, causing her shoulders to shake.

Xiao Linshuang could use her disguise to laugh unrestrainedly, but that put Lin Yuan in a difficult position.

Lin Yuan pinched her own palm with her fingers, trying hard not to burst out laughing, and gently consoled Xiao Linshuang before looking up apologetically at Su Qiuyu and saying, "Please do not take offense, Miss Su. My younger sister is young and must have mistaken someone else for you."

This mention of "Miss Su" by Lin Yuan made those present sense something fishy. They were supposed to be strangers, so how did she know her to be Miss Su?

Tian Xuan timely added, "Eh? Sister Yuan, have you met Miss Su before? I didn’t introduce you just now, how did you know she was Miss Su?"

Su Qiuyu’s hands were so tense they could almost burst veins. She silently glared at Lin Yuan. No matter what, she couldn’t let everyone know that she had met Lin Yuan two years ago and had already known Xia Zheng was involved with someone else. Otherwise, her year of flattering Princess Anle in the Capital city would turn into a joke among them all.

Lin Yuan looked at Tian Xuan and then at Su Qiuyu, hesitated for a moment, and smiled, "Because I once saw Miss Su on the street when I was out buying jewelry, and the shop assistant told me."

Tian Xuan exclaimed in realization, shut her mouth, and stopped speaking, clearly believing Lin Yuan’s explanation.

However, Tian Xuan’s belief didn’t mean others believed too. Everyone was sharp enough to notice the anomaly from Su Qiuyu’s abnormal behavior.

Everyone looked at each other and silently agreed to keep their mouths shut.

Lin Yuan patted Xiao Linshuang in her arms and signaled her to sit back down. Xiao Linshuang cheekily stuck her tongue out at Lin Yuan and obediently turned to leave. In that moment, she accidentally met the probing gaze of Yan Ruchun.

Just when she didn’t know how to react, Xiao Linshuang suddenly saw Yan Ruchun roll her eyes at her and even made a face!

This frightened Xiao Linshuang. What did that mean? Had she discovered something?

Anxiously returning to her chair, Xiao Linshuang kept thinking about looking back at Yan Ruchun, but every time she did, that lady never looked at her again. She was either leaning left or right, and every time her posture was different, none of which were the typical noble lady’s sitting posture.

Xiao Linshuang secretly marveled, not expecting to encounter such a lady even in the Capital city — truly a rarity!

However, she also secretly felt sorry for Miss Yan, thinking her family must be without enough silver to afford Sister Chang’s instruction in proper etiquette. Should she lend them some silver, or speak to Sister Chang when she got back, to have her teach Miss Yan?

If Yan Ruchun knew what Xiao Linshuang was thinking at the moment, she would surely kick her out just as she would kick Sister Chang.

The calmer everyone was, the more uneasy Yao Hanai, sitting at the head of the table, felt. Where was the tension she had imagined? Where was the confrontational standoff? Why was everyone so quiet?

Even Yan Ruchun had confessed her fondness for Xia Zheng in front of her, and yet Lin Yuan showed no signs of anger. Had the person she had sent to Zhuma Town to gather information gotten it wrong? Was that bold villager who dared to chase people with a cleaver not the woman in front of her?