Chapter 99: I Won’t Let You Do These Things Again

Lu Yunting stared blankly at Su Yiren，noticing her reddened eyes and trembling lips.

Her furious expression resembled an angered cat.

But besides anger and resentment, her eyes also held an unspoken sense of grievance.

These words seemed to strike his heart hard. Lu Yunting furrowed his brows, feeling a tightness in his chest.

As if sensing Su Yiren’s determination, Lu Yunting remained silent for a few seconds before finally nodding.

“Alright. I won’t let you do these things again.”

Su Yiren’s chest heaved, and the words she was about to say were swallowed back down.

She took one last deep look at Lu Yunting before turning and leaving.

Watching her retreating figure, Lu Yunting unconsciously took two steps forward, then suppressed the urge to chase after her and stopped.

He couldn’t recall seeing Su Yiren’s back many times.

Every time she came home or went out, she always greeted him with a smile, while he would often nod expressionlessly and then turn around.

But when did she start turning around first?

It must have been from the day they signed the divorce agreement, right?

Thinking back to her words, Lu Yunting felt the need to clarify some things.

He didn’t treat her like a slave; he never intended to call her whenever he pleased.

He simply wanted her to accompany him to the anniversary celebration so that the rumors outside could be silenced.

The divorce was something they would have to announce sooner or later, but he didn’t want to do it so early. It would be too sudden, and they wouldn’t have time to prepare.

But facing Su Yiren’s agitated emotions, he couldn’t explain anything further.

She already had a prejudice against him, and even if he explained, she probably wouldn’t believe him.

So, let it be.

Su Yiren didn’t expect him to be so calm this time, so calm that it surprised her.

She strode forward, until she rounded a corner and couldn’t see Lu Yunting anymore, then she slowly stopped.

She took a deep breath and looked up, only to find Si Hong standing there, holding a thermos.

This was very close to where they had just argued, so he must have heard everything.

Su Yiren didn’t want to hide it from him, so she casually said:

“I ran into him.”

She had just promised him last night to stay away from Lu Yunting，and now she was arguing with him early this morning. Su Yiren felt the need to explain.

But Si Hong didn’t ask any further, just mentioned the thermos and said to her:

“How about some soup dumplings and vegetable porridge for breakfast?”

Su Yiren’s heart relaxed, and the burning anger in her chest was extinguished by his calm and gentle words.

“Okay.”

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It was the weekend, and Su Yiren was working from home when her computer dinged, and a new email arrived in her inbox.

She was taken aback. This email account was her private account from abroad, and she had never used it for work. The only people who knew this email address were those she was extremely close to.

Fearing that it might be something important, Su Yiren quickly opened the email and found that it was from her mentor, Mr. Cai Gong.

Her mentor was a world-renowned chef, and she had accidentally become his closed-door disciple years ago.

However, her mentor had never publicly revealed her identity, telling the outside world that he had taken on a clever and talented female disciple.

Therefore, the rumors about the chef’s closed-door disciple had never ceased over the years.

Some said that the so-called closed-door disciple was actually the chef’s daughter, so he would pass on all his skills to her;

Others said that this closed-door disciple had a great background, being a descendant of Peng Zu, which was why the chef treated her differently;

Still others said that this disciple was just a little beggar picked up by the chef, and being able to receive his culinary teachings was simply her ancestors blessing her.

In short, there were all sorts of rumors.

Whenever Su Yiren heard them, she would just treat them as jokes and chat about them with her fellow disciples, not taking them seriously.

She just wanted to learn her skills from her mentor and cook delicious food for the people she loved.

The content of this email was simple:

Her mentor had recently been invited by a well-known domestic company to prepare a banquet.

However, he had been in poor health lately, and he had sprained his ankle a couple of days ago, so he had been bedridden. His wife didn’t want him to travel far and tire himself out.

So they thought of Su Yiren.

This closed-door disciple who had never been revealed to the public.

She happened to be in the country, and if she could replace her mentor at this banquet, it would not only help her mentor but also publicly reveal her identity.

Her mentor mentioned in the email:

I’m getting old, and I’ll have to hand over the stage to you young people sooner or later. This is a good opportunity to let everyone get to know you. Let them know that my closed-door disciple is the most talented chef in the world!

Through these words, Su Yiren could almost see the spirited old man with a slight smile on his lips.

She quickly replied to the email, inquiring about her mentor’s condition, agreeing to his request, and asking about the details of the banquet.

It took a long time before she received a reply from her mentor.

The moment she opened the invitation, the smile on Su Yiren’s face froze.

It turned out that the one who invited her mentor was none other than Lu Yunting.

And the banquet he was asked to prepare was for the Lu Group’s anniversary celebration…

She had just said she wouldn’t attend the anniversary celebration, and now her mentor had pushed her into the spotlight.

Su Yiren pressed her forehead, her head aching.

The menu had already been drafted, and her mentor told her she could make some adjustments, as the other party didn’t have any specific requirements.

Su Yiren glanced over the menu, most of which were her mentor’s signature dishes, and she had learned them almost perfectly, so she was confident.

She just needed to make some minor adjustments to the dishes she wasn’t familiar with.

As she was studying the recipes, Xu Ying, the designer who hadn’t contacted her for a long time, sent her a WeChat message.

Su Yiren glanced at it casually, with no expression.

Xu Ying said: After careful consideration, she still felt that Su Group was a better fit for her, and she gave a bunch of reasons.

But the most important point was that she played the emotional card with Su Yiren.

She said that she could tell from the dishes Su Yiren ordered that she was a thoughtful, kind, and compassionate woman.

Working with such a boss, she felt it would be easy and comfortable.

Su Yiren guessed that perhaps Lu Yunting had completely given up on her, so she had turned to her company?

However, her company was also in need of people, and regardless of whether they had a pleasant experience before, she still hoped Xu Ying would stay and help her.

Su Yiren forwarded Xu Ying’s message to Si Hong, adding a sentence:

“You handle it.”

Si Hong replied almost instantly, “Okay, don’t worry.”

Thus, Su Yiren continued to communicate with the Lu Group’s person in charge about the banquet details under her mentor’s name, but she didn’t want the other party to know for now, so all the plans and discussions were conducted online.

Until the day of the Lu Group’s anniversary celebration, which was just around the corner.