Chapter 32: Young Lady Su Has Not Married, I’ll Ask a Matchmaker to Propose Marriage for Her

Su Wan looked into the tenderness in his eyes, as if the spring breeze had melted the frost in his gaze, revealing a soft and enticing light.

His low voice was like a whisper between lovers.

Su Wan shivered, feeling her teeth ache from the sweetness.

It was too cheesy.

Su Wan suppressed her disdain, turned her face away and said to Dean Lin, “I have something else to attend to, I’ll take my leave first.”

Dean Lin showed an expression that said he understood everything, and said kindly, “Sister-in-law, I won’t disturb you two.”

He glanced at the two little ones hiding in the medical hall with only showing their heads, and realized that the boy was Gu Huaizhi’s younger brother, Gu Jingyun.

Since the timing wasn’t right, he didn’t ask further, he turned around, got into his carriage neatly then leave.

As the carriage drove away, Gu Jingyun and Gu Baozhu ran out.

“Big brother, big sister-in-law.”

Gu Huaizhi looked at them indifferently and said warmly, “What are you hiding from?”

“I hate him!” Gu Jingyun didn’t hide his feelings.

Gu Baozhu nodded in agreement, “The servants at the academy bullied us. If it weren’t for big sister-in-law’s medical skills, they wouldn’t even look at us properly!”

The two little ones were quite petty and vengeful, and especially protective of their own.

A helpless look flashed in Gu Huaizhi’s eyes, “Aren’t you going to study at Xihe Academy?”

“I will!” Gu Jingyun clenched his little fists, and said with firm eyes, “If I take the back door, they will definitely look down on me. I want to earn the first place myself, make Dean Lin personally invite me to Xihe Academy, and make big sister-in-law proud!”

Gu Huaizhi: “……”

Su Wan: “……” Jingyun, you’re really blowing your own trumpet here!

Let’s set a smaller goal first, like… getting into the top twenty?

Su Wan felt that children still needed encouragement, she patted his little head, “You can do it! Our Jingyun is the best.”

Gu Jingyun revealed a naive smile and said, “Big sister-in-law, the first prize is ten silver taels, and I will buy you a silver hairpin!”

Gu Huaizhi glanced at the wooden hairpin on Su Wan’s head and poured cold water on the idea, “Go back and recite the ‘Analects’^[1]The Analects, also known as the Sayings of Confucius, is an ancient Chinese philosophical text composed of sayings and ideas attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to … Continue reading and its interpretations.”

Gu Jingyun, struck by the blow, and wilted instantly.

“I have things to do with Jingyun and Baozhu, please do as you wish,” Su Wan said, taking the hands of the two little ones and heading to the Zuixiang Pavilion.

Gu Huaizhi followed Su Wan leisurely.

Su Wan noticed but didn’t pay him any attention.

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At the Zuixiang Pavilion…

There were only two tables of customers.

Jiang Baiwei brought up the last dish, then leaning listlessly on the counter like a boneless creature.

Shopkeeper Xu, looking at the loss in the accounts, sighed, “If only Young lady Su were cooking in our restaurant, how good that would be.”

Jiang Baiwei’s eyes lit up, his fingers touched his waistband, and felt a heat in his heart, “I see Young lady Su is not married, I’ll ask a matchmaker to propose marriage, and then she’ll be part of our Zuixiang Pavilion.”

Before Shopkeeper Xu could voice the phrase ‘a toad wishing to eat swan meat,’^[2]癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉(lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu) is idiom. a toad wishing to eat swan meat — the meaning is ‘to crave for what one is not worthy of; An … Continue reading Jiang Baiwei suddenly ran outside.

Seeing Su Wan, Jiang Baiwei’s eyes sparkled, excited and flushed like a puppy seeing a bone, “Young lady Su, I thought you wouldn’t come again! You only left the recipes, and I can’t control the heat, so I can’t replicate your taste. We’ve lost customers, and only a few tables left.”

He reached out to grab Su Wan’s sleeve, and intended to take her to the kitchen for advice immediately, but another cold hand caught his wrist.

Jiang Baiwei turned his head and looked.

Gu Huaizhi’s eyes were sharp and cold, so cold that it made people shiver, “Mind your manners.”

“Hey, who are you?” Jiang Baiwei pulled his hand back, his wrist hurting as if his wrist bones had cracked, and his face turned even uglier.

Gu Huaizhi pressed his lips tightly, didn’t say anything, and turned his head to look at Su Wan.