Chapter 152 – Stale Vinegar (2/2)

“Oh, is that so.” Elena responded tepidly.

Of course Lin Xiao would be happy, he already said that he fell in love with Shen DaiYing at first sight. But what does this have to do with her? Why does she keep bothering her?

Elena was confused.

“Tsk… what’s that smell?”

As they were speaking, Elena suddenly detected a sour smell. It was probably because the bottle wasn’t closed tightly? Thinking that, she firmly closed the bottle.

“Since you’re not against it, then it’s settled! After the competition, I’ll go cook some delicious Eastern food!” Shen DaiYing raised a small flag for herself.

“Oh.”

After the competition, is it. At that time, Elena probably would have had her slave contract removed and left already.

“Oh right… Elena, why did Lin Xiao have to bring you along for this competition?” Shen DaiYing quickly changed the topic again and asked something unrelated.

Among the four participating, only Lin Xiao stubbornly brought his maid along. Woos and Momm didn’t bother stopping him, Elena was his maid, so he could do whatever he liked with her.

But Shen DaiYing wanted to find out the reason.

“…” Elena was silent.

How should she respond? She obviously couldn’t say it was because of the slave contract so she had to follow Lin Xiao around like his tail, right?

So she pretended she couldn’t hear her and didn’t respond.

“There’s a lot of people accompanying this time, so even if he didn’t bring his maid, he would have been well taken care of.”

Shen DaiYing didn’t give up, but since its got to this point she might as well delve it and ask to the end.

“So, Elena… did you want to go with him?” She asked seriously.

Who initiated, that was the most important question!

What was Elena’s attitude towards Lin Xiao?

“Who initiated? …I forgot.” Elena just shook her head.

She didn’t understand what Shen DaiYing was getting at, but the strange sour smell came back.

“How sour.” Elena muttered.

“Eh? W-what did you say?”

“There’s a smell of vinegar.”

“V-vinegar?”

“Yes, don’t you smell it? It seems like the bottle of vinegar is leaking.”

Elena picked up the bottle of vinegar to her side and inspected it. Realizing that it wasn’t leaking, she tilted her head and fell into thought.

“It’s not leaking… strange.”

“Elena, you?”

Shen DaiYing didn’t know whether she should laugh or cry, she still wanted to re-ask that question, but Elena pointed to the pot of soup and ended it there.

“If it keeps cooking, the soup will all evaporate.”

“Eh?”

Only then did Shen DaiYing notice that all the soup was almost gone while they were talking, so she quickly moved the pot and preserved the rest.

“Elena, about that…”

She still wanted to continue asking, but noticed Elena already ran off.

“Hey!”

Looking at Elena’s leaving figure, Shen DaiYing didn’t feel too good.

She didn’t get a response for the question that she finally summoned her courage to ask, she dejectedly realized that Elena never understood her intentions, or just didn’t care about her.

The only thing Elena cared about was her master. The scene in front of her was proof, the person who called her away earlier was Lin Xiao.

Elena ran away after hearing her master calling.

They weren’t too far so she could still vaguely hear them speaking.

“Hey, what were you guys talking about?” Lin Xiao pulled Elena’s arm and curiously asked.

“She taught me how to cook soup.” Elena coldly replied.

“Soup? I thought… okay, then did you learn?”

“No.” Elena turned around and looked at Shen DaiYing then seriously said, “She said earlier that she’ll come to our house to help cook after the competition.”

“Really!?” After hearing that, Lin Xiao almost started jumping out of happiness. If it wasn’t for Elena’s icy gaze, he might have even hugged her to celebrate.

“So, what do you want? The soup is ready.”

“Ah, forget the soup… We’re in trouble.” Lin Xiao frowned, “No, strictly speaking, you’re in trouble.”

“Me?”

Elena blinked.

What kind of troubles could a mere maid be in?