Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1394 - 213, A Little Bird Relies on Others (Update 10)

Ah!

While guessing, they couldn’t help but feel pity for the delicate beauty inside the carriage, thinking how distressing it was for such a fine man to be with a woman prone to explosive temper and habitual threats of violence.

At this moment, the very woman with a volatile disposition was inside the carriage, calmly wiping the chicken blood off her dagger with a handkerchief.

"Look at you," Xia Zheng complained incessantly, "Just yesterday I lost face at the Lin family’s hollow, and today, when I finally got a chance to show my face and regain some confidence, you just had to do this! Now my image must be even worse!" Although his mouth was running nonstop, he was actually overjoyed. Seeing Lin Yuan jealous was indeed a rare treat!

Lin Yuan continued to attentively wipe the chicken blood off the dagger, the stubs of the old hen’s feet, which was meant to nourish Jeng Ruyue, still had some dried blood on them.

"So what should we do?" Lin Yuan asked, her tone neither cold nor warm.

"What do you mean, ’what should we do?’" Xia Zheng was a bit confused.

Lin Yuan looked up, her gaze unusually serene as she met Xia Zheng’s eyes: "Didn’t you just say that your image has gotten worse? So what do you propose we do?"

Oh, so that’s what she meant. Xia Zheng let out a quiet sigh of relief and pretended to ponder for a moment, "How about this? Let’s have the carriage stop, and we walk hand in hand—no, you hook your arm through mine, and we act all lovey-dovey in front of those women. If we do that and my image as a man is restored, I’ll forgive you."

"Sure!"

Xia Zheng was still rambling to himself when he was abruptly startled by Lin Yuan’s agreement. He stared at her incredulously, "You said, what?"

Lin Yuan blinked and smiled lightly, "I said ’sure’. Didn’t you say you wanted to walk past those women? Fine by me. I want them to know exactly what kind of woman is worthy of such a beautiful man!"

There was a sparkling light in Xia Zheng’s eyes as he suddenly felt that Lin Yuan’s jealous demeanor was incredibly beautiful!

On the main road, the women who were still pitying the handsome man suddenly noticed that the carriage ahead had stopped, and then the man they had all been fantasizing about leapt down from the carriage with very graceful movements.

The women’s hearts melted instantly—wow, even dismounting from a carriage he was so graceful!

However, after getting off the carriage, the handsome man didn’t look around but turned back and reached out to someone inside the carriage.

What was he reaching out for?

The women grew even more curious, wondering if it could be the knife-wielding woman who was about to come out?

The women who had thoughts of following the handsome man suddenly stopped in their tracks, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

Just when everyone was expecting a fierce and formidable female bandit to emerge from the carriage, they were shocked to see a delicate, ethereal, and slender young girl step out instead.

She placed her hand naturally in that of the handsome man and, with his careful assistance, lightly hopped down.

Yes, careful assistance—because when the young girl’s hand landed in his, the smile that had previously hovered on the edge of the handsome man’s lips burst into a broad grin that mingled various expressions: delighted, eager to please, and ecstatic joy.

That smile was so clear, so bright, and so deeply etched in the hearts of the watching women that they felt as if their hearts were shattering into pieces—not just eight pieces, but sixteen!

Ying ying.

Some of the women, holding their shattered hearts, let out sobs as they collapsed to one side, while others, a bit more resilient, continued to watch the couple displaying their affection. But the longer they watched, the faster their hearts broke at an exponential rate.

Look, the young girl merely knitted her brows slightly, and the handsome man was quick to rub her temples for her. So considerate!

Also, when the young girl’s hairpin was slightly askew, the handsome man immediately tenderly straightened it for her, and even when his hand slid down, he deliberately caressed her cheek.

Women everywhere unknowingly touched their own cheeks, tears streaming down like waterfalls, forming two small streams flowing down their faces.

But at this moment, the real conversation between the couple flamboyantly showing off their affection up ahead was like this:

"Xia Zheng, I feel you weren’t gentle enough just now."

"What do you mean? In what way was I not gentle enough?"

"When I got out of the carriage just now, you didn’t hold the curtain for me, and my cheek got scraped by it. My head still hurts!"

"Oh? Is that so? Here, let me rub it for you, and it won’t hurt anymore."

"Mmm, your hand is too strong."

"How about now?"

"That’s much better."

"Ah, your hairpin was also knocked askew by the curtain. Here, let me straighten it for you."

"Is it done? Is it straight now?"

"It’s straight now, but there’s some dust on your face; shall I wipe it clean for you?"

"My face? Ah, I just remembered, I was in such a hurry leaving the house, I forgot to wash my face."

"Cough cough, it does seem quite dirty. Yuanyuan, let’s make a deal, your face is so dirty, let’s not embarrass ourselves in public, let’s hurry back into the carriage!"

"You despise me!"

"No, why would I? I was just..."

"You do despise me, you despise me!"

"Yuanyuan, no, I really don’t! Yuanyuan..."

Behind them, the ladies suddenly saw the young girl run away mysteriously elegantly, and just as everyone thought they finally had a chance to move forward and fawn, they saw the handsome man chase after her as if someone had snatched his most beloved treasure. Instantly, the road was filled with cries, as women everywhere began to sob and wail.

At this time, the Liu family was exceptionally lively, not only because Lin Yuan’s family had come but also Jeng Ruyue’s family. Ruyue was an only child in her family, but it was not only her parents who came; also her various aunts, maternal aunts, and uncles. Since Ruyue was an only child and had been frail since childhood, her family treated her like a precious pearl in the palm of their hands.

Thus, the Liu family was even more overcrowded now.

When Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng arrived at the Liu family’s, joking and laughing along the way, it was already so full there was hardly any place for them to stand. Liu Limin and Zhao Suxin were weaving through the crowd, greeting guests, while brothers Liu Zhiguang and Liu Zhiyang were busy finding all sorts of stools, chairs, blocks, wooden boards, and anything that could fit people to sit on. In short, as long as it was something stable enough to sit on, a piece of wood or even a brick would do.

Lin Yuan’s mouth hung open so wide you could almost fit an egg in there; no wonder before they came, Lady Liu had said to bring Shui Xian, Yin Xing, Mu Dan, Shi Liu, and Hai Tang along. She had already foreseen that today would be such a spectacle.

Luckily, the weather today was quite nice, not too hot, and it didn’t rain, so people could sit in the courtyard and outside the door. Otherwise, with so many people crowding into the rooms, it certainly would have been even more troublesome.