Chapter 61: Who Says Im Scared of Spicy Things? (2/2)

“Weren’t they invited over by you? How could they have nothing to do with you?”

“Who told you that I had invited them? The Plum Garden Gathering is something the former Garden Master started. He probably felt that the completely isolated plum sea was way too boring.

Since I felt it troublesome, after I took over, I didn’t manage it much. So every three years, they would just organize it themselves and come.”

“You’re not managing it? Then why would Meng Yu make so much food to send over?” Tang Doudou asked, confused.

“I was happy today, so I invited a few guests over. But unexpectedly, they all left halfway through the drinks.”

“So you also ran off?”

Happy? Probably more like he got carried away by a whim?

“En.”

“Then who did you invite ah?” For some unknown reason, Tang Doudou recalled Mu Ye. That guy couldn’t have been invited here by Baili Yu, right?

As expected, she heard Baili Yu say with an annoyed tone, “I invited some guys that were pleasing to the eye. It’s a pity that they’re just all too disagreeable. All I did was talk a little about something that everyone was interested in and they ended up all getting scared away.”

…Jesus ah. There were seriously no words that could be used to describe this Baili Yu. Based on his usual personality, his so-called ‘interest’ was probably something quite terrifying.

“But, Bai Feiyun said he was going to Plum Garden to look for you. Since he hasn’t found you by now, he’s probably left already.

“And Mu Ye also said he was heading off to look for you. From the looks of it, he hasn’t found you either?”

“But, why are you here? When Qing Yin told me earlier that you had disappeared, I had people search the entire garden, but they still couldn’t find you. I thought you had ran out. I never thought that you would be here in the plum sea.”

So he only recalled this question now?

Tang Doudou rubbed her head without replying to his question. She was thinking: so it turns out that he really hadn’t come to look for her, it was merely a chance encounter.

Cough, this is really quite some fate.

“What did you come to the plum sea for?” Baili Yu asked again.

Can she say that it was for finding a toilet? Can she say that she had even been trapped inside the bathroom by Mu Ye, that the bathroom was destroyed and her butt had to chill in the wind, and that in the end, he even had to pass her toilet paper?

Of course she couldn’t say that. She felt that if she really said so, Baili Yu would definitely get angry.

“I followed Meng Yu here to freeload for food!” Tang Doudou lied. She moved to shake the pot a little. “Why hasn’t your subordinate returned yet? The is pretty much done.”

Her voice had just fallen when Ye Chuan’s deep voice came from outside the door. “Master, I’ve brought the item.”

“Leave it outside.” Baili Yu ordered lazily.

“Understood!”

Afterwards, there was the sound of something being placed on the ground. Tang Doudou hurriedly rushed out but couldn’t see a trace of Ye Chuan’s figure.

“He ran quite quickly…” After muttering that, she looked towards the pot Ye Chuan had brought over. The moment her gaze landed on it, she turned stunned. Da fudge, what is this?

All she saw was a golden, bright and dazzling object. That golden brilliance almost blinded her dog eyes.

Da fudge, can this thingamajig be used to cook?

“What, isn’t this what you wanted?” Baili Yu’s voice came from behind her.

Tang Doudou recalled that the fish hot pot couldn’t be delayed any longer. Seeing as this thingamajig’s appearance was quite similar to the dry pots(a pot for cooking dry pot style dishes which is similar to hot pots but less soup, more info here) of the future, and that it was quite big, she decided to go ahead and use it as long as it could endure the heat.T/N2

As she thought this, she picked the golden pot up and moved back into the room. Then, she took some coals from the stove and placed it in the pot. Once she confirmed that it could endure the high heat, she finally moved towards the stove and ladled the soup out of the pot into the golden pot.

The rest could just be left in the pot to stay warm. Tang Doudou then put all the fish meat inside before calling Baili Yu over. “Hey, it’s ready, what are you still standing there in a daze for? This hot pot has to be eaten while it’s still hot. Once it’s cold, it won’t taste good anymore! I forgot earlier, but I should’ve asked your subordinate to bring a stove over!”

Baili Yu still didn’t move as he looked at the swirling red soup and snow-white fish pieces in the pot. The captivating fragrance filled the entire room, but Baili Yu’s expression was very strange.

Tang Doudou propped up her head as she thought for a while, before asking, “Could it be that you’re afraid of spicy things?”

Baili Yu’s facial color was painted dark. There really was chilly pepper in that pot!

But hadn’t he eaten her spicy strips before? Spicy strips were also pretty spicy ah. He was not even afraid of those, yet he was afraid of this?

“Eh, then how about I make a clear soup for you? If you’re afraid of spiciness, then you should have said so earlier. Seriously, it’s not like I knew that you were scared of spicy things. Haa, what a waste.”

Tang Doudou jabbered on and on restlessly as she moaned. Actually, she was a little angry. After working hard for half the day, he wasn’t going to eat her food. She couldn’t help but feel very hurt.

What chefs hated the most was when no one ate what they had cooked!

Baili Yu’s entire face turned white then black, then back to white as he listened to her words. He felt hesitant and conflicted in his heart, but in the end, he walked over with a tranquil expression. “Who says I’m scared of spicy things?”

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