Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1330 - 184, Loving Each Other (Second Update)_2

Regarding the Frost Pavilion, Xiao Linshuang was exceptionally enthusiastic. Since she no longer needed to study medicine at the Hall of Salvation, and the Frost Pavilion would eventually be under her management, Lin Yuan let her be busy with it, stepping in only when the young girl encountered difficulties to help resolve them.

Lin Yuan had no more duties related to the Frost Pavilion and instead gained another responsibility: facilitating communication between Han Huijuan and Sister Birthmark.

After some days without seeing her, Sister Birthmark’s facial birthmark had completely vanished, and her skin had become even more radiant and smooth, truly living up to her name, as beautiful and delicate as the alpine snow lotus.

Han Huijuan was very satisfied with Xue Lian’s skills and character. As she herself was a gentle woman with little scheming, cooperating with Xue Lian, who was similar in nature, went very smoothly.

Han Huijuan secretly handed over the deed of one of her shops under her name to Lin Yuan, asking her to take care of all the trivial matters in the shop.

Han Huijuan’s shop was not very large, but as it had previously been involved in jewelry, taking over was quite convenient.

After meeting with Han Huijuan, she and Xue Lian went to check out the shop. Many of the stewards and young assistants were newly recruited, and apart from the shopkeeper, who knew their boss was the young lady of the Han Mansion, nobody knew Han Huijuan’s identity.

So, when Lin Yuan went to see the shopkeeper with the deed, the shopkeeper was greatly surprised. He hadn’t heard that the Han Mansion’s Miss had encountered any trouble. Why had the boss suddenly changed?

Seeing his expression, Lin Yuan knew this old shopkeeper was trustworthy, and thus she disclosed the matters entrusted by Han Huijuan.

After hearing Lin Yuan’s words, the old shopkeeper sighed with emotion, fetching the account books and other items while chatting homey with her.

It turned out that the old shopkeeper was not an outsider but someone left over from Madam Han’s maternal family. In his youth, he had received Han Huijuan’s grandfather’s kindness, which explained his unwavering loyalty.

Coming across someone so grateful and mindful of past kindness, Lin Yuan treasured this relationship, showing more warmth as she chatted with the old shopkeeper.

Xue Lian’s craftsmanship was unparalleled, and although she hadn’t formally studied, her nimble hands produced exceptionally beautiful jewelry. Even the old shopkeeper, who had dealt in jewelry for decades, sincerely praised her work.

To avoid raising Lady Bai’s suspicions, Han Huijuan would leave quickly after showing up every day.

Xue Ge was very clever. Despite her young age, after being taught by Shui Xian and Yin Xing these past few days, she had grown more cunning. Lady Bai had sent people more than once to probe her, but she had managed to fool them by playing dumb.

Since Xue Ge was unapproachable, Lady Bai hurriedly tried to place her own people around Han Huijuan. Learning from Sister Rong’s prior lesson, Han Huijuan now knew how to guard against others, discerning who to trust and who not to. Anyone from Lady Bai was assigned to stay in the outer courtyard.

Lady Bai, worried about offending and thus being unable to curry favor with Lin Yuan, dared only to seethe quietly.

One day, as Han Huijuan returned from Lin Mansion, she coincidentally ran into Lady Bai, who was taking a walk outside. What was called a coincidence was actually Lady Bai intentionally loitering around Han Huijuan’s courtyard.

As expected, it was the same old business with Lady Bai.

She inquired about what Han Huijuan and Lin Yuan had talked about, how their relationship had progressed, whether Lin Yuan had mentioned her brother, and so on.

Han Huijuan dutifully responded with downcast eyes, and when Lady Bai asked what Lin Yuan had been busy with recently, Han Huijuan immediately became alert. Lin Yuan had been frequenting the jewelry shop recently, and Lady Bai must have had someone investigate this.

Turning her eyes slightly, Han Huijuan spoke with a distressed face, "Miss Lin seems to be planning to open a jewelry shop, but although she is skilled in cooking, she knows nothing about jewelry. I remember my mother used to have a notebook about jewelry crafting. Ah, after moving around so much, that notebook must have been snatched by some meddling maid. If I could present that notebook to Miss Lin as a gift, I’m sure she would appreciate my thoughtfulness."

Lady Bai’s mouth twitched. What meddling maid! The notebook was clearly taken by her. Did this girl know something?

Glancing sideways at Han Huijuan, who kept her head down, Lady Bai didn’t notice anything amiss and shook her head, thinking she was overreacting.

"A notebook? Is it a notebook filled with drawings?" Old Sister suddenly realized and exclaimed, "I saw a young maid acting suspiciously before, and when I checked, turned out she had hidden quite a few things, including such a notebook."

A cold smile played on Han Huijuan’s lips, though she spoke anxiously, "Sister, where did you put those things?"

Seeing Han Huijuan’s urgency, Lady Bai’s doubts were completely dispelled, and she too quickly asked Old Sister.

"The items were all books and notebooks, so I sent them to the steward, who said they should be kept in the storeroom."

Lady Bai feigned anger and scolded Old Sister, "How could you not report back to me about something so important? Juanjuan, don’t worry, the items are found, I’ll have someone send you the notebook right away."

Han Huijuan nodded obediently, "Thank you, mother."

Though she didn’t want to call Lady Bai mother, at this moment, she was officially the wife, and calling her ’aunt’ would only give her something to hold against her.

Watching Lady Bai’s receding figure, Han Huijuan’s lips curved slightly upwards, "Mother, your most cherished notebook, your daughter is getting it back for you."