Chapter 397 - Throwing Her Daughter into a Pit (1/2)

Actually, Xia Ruoxin wanted to retract her hand away instinctively. However, when she saw the excited Gao Yi chattering away about the things to buy and what to eat and drink, she didn't have the heart to break up his good mood.

She looked down and saw his hands tightly around hers. His grip was extremely tight, and his palms were sweaty. In fact, he must be nervous, too. Xia Ruoxin didn't reject. She left it as it was with him doing the talking, and she listened; and when she talked, he would listen.

As they were doing the shopping, they realized they had really bought a lot of stuff; putting the vegetables aside, they were running out of rice, so was the oil, and there was meat, too. Rainy said she wanted to eat braised meat. In the past, finances at home were always bad. So she could only cook meat for Rainy once a month, and her favorite dish was braised meat. Her preferred way of cooking was braised; for example: braised meat, braised fish, and braised eggplants. As long as it was anything braised, she would always eat another extra bowl of rice.

What she didn't know was Song Wan had been standing at a corner from a distance, witnessing everything. Somehow, she did not feel good because Xia Ruoxin had not been lying. Her son might be good, but she had to admit that there was someone else even better than he was. Someone more outstanding. Besides, her son had a weird temperament, and the things he had done to her were more than sufficient to put him in utter defeat when compared to this man.

At night, Li Manni had come for a visit. Song Wan picked herself up and prepared a table of a feast for her daughter-in-law, worried that her unborn grandchild would starve. Mrs. Li had come along as well.

”Hmph, Parent-in-law, I think you should seriously consider changing your maid. Look.” She picked a piece of meat with her chopsticks. ”The meat is overcooked, and it doesn't taste good. Look at this dish.” She pointed to a plate. ”The colors are not appealing. It makes me lose my appetite. This one has its fault, too. The fish has been dead for so long that it has lost its freshness.”

All in all, Mrs. Li managed to pick one or two faults in every dish in the process, degrading the cooking auntie until she was worthless. There seemed to be nothing good about her. It almost rendered the cooking auntie jobless.

”Mom…” Li Manni tugged at her mother's sleeve and, at the same time, giving her side glances to indicate that she should stay quiet. However, Mrs. Li did not seem to notice that her daughter was tensing up. She curled her lips in disgust as she continued with more negative comments. ”Parent-in-law, I think you should sack that maid of yours. I have a good candidate that I can recommend for you. She is smart and detailed in her work. On top of that, she is a marvelous cook. What do you think?”

”That'll be great.” Song Wan smiled. Light wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes which showed that she must have been beautiful when she was young. She picked a slice of meat with her chopsticks and put it in her bowl.

”I also feel that the dishes that I've cooked are unpalatable. So I think it's better that I don't do any more cooking in the future.” After she was done talking, she pretended to look humbled as she held Mrs. Li's hand tightly while the latter began to feel her face burn. Mrs. Li was speechless.

Song Wan remained unaffected, and she continued talking.

”Parent-in-law, I must really thank you this time,” she spoke as though she had meant every word. Even her expression was faultless as she looked so sincere and touched.

”Thank me?” Mrs. Li was dumbfounded. ”What for?”

”I appreciate your honesty by letting me know that I am not cut out to cook. No wonder in the past, Chu Jiang and Ah Lui were always frowning when they were eating the dishes that I had cooked for them. They looked like they would rather be dead. So they were actually trying to put up with me. I feel so sorry for them.” As she spoke, she even wiped the corner of her eye. Whether she was really crying because of her acting or she was touched by herself, she wasn't sure, too.