Chapter 20: To fully exhibit one’s talents and skills

Su Wan came from the Marquis’s Mansion, where there were maids and servants to attend to her every need. She could just extend her hand for clothes and open her mouth for food, never needing to lift a finger.

Jiang Baiwei stared at her delicate and fair fingers and knew immediately that she had never done any hard labor.

Wearing a coarse cotton dress, she couldn’t hide her elegant demeanor. She didn’t look like a girl raised in a poor family.

He assumed that Su Wan planned to pretend to be injured while cooking in order to extort them!

“Can you even lift a wok spatula? Let me tell you, our restaurant may not be doing well, but that doesn’t mean anyone can bully us.”

Jiang Baiwei put on a bitter face, picked up a wok spatula nearly as long as his arm, and gestured towards Su Wan’s slender arms a couple of times. He spoke in a hostile tone, “If you’re planning to deceive us, I advise you to give up!”

Su Wan watched coldly as he used the spatula to intimidate her.

It was child’s play.

She didn’t even pay attention to him.

Especially when Jiang Baiwei had a look on his face that said, “I see through you, don’t think you can play tricks on me.”

She was speechless.

“Excuse me, please move aside.”

Su Wan didn’t bother talking to someone with a dull mind.

She used her shoulder to push Jiang Baiwei aside and cleared the stove.

Jiang Baiwei staggered back a few steps, supporting himself on the wide counter, and his eyes widened in astonishment.

He looked at his eight-foot-tall towering figure, then at Su Wan’s slender figure.

He had actually been pushed aside by her!!

Just moments ago, he had been threatening and intimidating her…

Jiang Baiwei closed his mouth in shame and indignation.

Su Wan wasn’t a confidante, someone who would care about a young man’s troubles.

She tossed half a basket of mushrooms at Jiang Baiwei’s feet, and ordered unceremoniously, “Clean these mushrooms for me.”

“Wash them yourself!” Jiang Baiwei glared at her furiously.

Su Wan narrowed her eyes, picked up a kitchen knife, and gestured towards her finger, giving a strong threat.

Jiang Baiwei gritted his teeth, feeling that this woman was too petty and held grudges. Because of his previous offense, she deliberately made him do this!

He regretted his earlier rudeness.

Never mind…

He cherished the ingredients, the precious chicken mushrooms, and couldn’t let them be ruined by a young lady. He wasn’t being threatened by Su Wan.

Jiang Baiwei swallowed his pride and picked up the basket of mushrooms to clean them.

Su Wan prepared the spices and then walked over to Jiang Baiwei. She tore the cleaned mushrooms into strips, rinsed them twice, and drained them.

The restaurant had a rich variety of ingredients, and when Su Wan cooked the fried chicken mushrooms, the aroma became even stronger.

Jiang Baiwei squatted by the back door of the kitchen, picked up a tender white mushroom filament from the edge of the basin, rubbed it between his fingers, and put it in his mouth. He waited for the troublemaker in the kitchen to call him to cook.

The troublemaker didn’t call him, but the fragrance wafting from the kitchen spread thickly, catching him off guard and making his mouth water.

He swallowed his saliva, his expression somewhat dull as he walked into the kitchen, where he saw Su Wan frying the chicken mushrooms in oil. The unique fragrance and rich aroma of the spices filled his nostrils, dominating his senses and penetrating deep into his lungs.

Especially the spicy flavor, before even reaching his mouth, it activated his taste buds.

Jiang Baiwei salivated.

The shopkeeper and waiters were also lured in, their eyes fixed on the large pot without blinking.

“Salt.” Su Wan reached out her hand to Jiang Baiwei.

Jiang Baiwei quickly brought the salt and placed it in Su Wan’s hand, his attitude making a complete 180-degree turn. He humbly said, “Do you need anything else? I’ll go get it!”

Su Wan glanced at him with a smile that wasn’t really a smile.

Jiang Baiwei laughed along, as if saying, “You hit me on the left cheek, so I’ll offer you the right cheek as well.”

“Pathetic.” Su Wan sneered and served a pot of fried chicken mushrooms.

The fragrance filled the air.

The shopkeeper wiped away his drool and eagerly asked, “Young lady, can I have a taste?”

The waiters and Jiang Baiwei pointed at themselves with their fingers.

Me! And me!