692: Feels icky

Feels icky

1Su Wan asked the workers to place all the boxes that she received as 'gifts' in the kitchen. The abalones, sea cucumbers and the multitude of things that the Emperor bestowed on her were really expensive and hard to find in her world, to think that he would send these eels and squids that would cost an entire family's month's salary like this to her and that to boxes that were filled to brim. 

" My, My," Su Wan looked at the eels that were brimming with vitality and chuckled in appreciation. It was a good thing that Lin Rui brought them all fresh and alive if not it would have been such a shame, the true flavour of seafood only comes from fresh ingredients or else she wouldn't have been able to show off her skills at the finest. 

" Wan Wan, do you really have to cook by yourself?" Lin Rui asked while staring at Su Wan's back, the latter seemed quite happy with the fresh seafood, which was surprising given that the city where all of these were found was having a tough time handling these things, why was Su Wan so happy seeing these things?

" I have to cook them all by myself," replied Su Wan as she studied the fresh lobsters, eels and squids. " Ah Yan has never seen these ingredients and if I tell him to take care of them orally, he would not be able to do so, especially the squid,  it will spurt ink if it feels threatened, Ah Yan would be surprised in case I leave these things to him, a novice can't handle them." 

Catching squid and taking care of it were simply too different things and those who have no idea how to do it will have a hard time taking care of such things, no wonder the city was having a hard time making money with these good things, most probably no one knows how to handle a squid and an eel, to get the freshest and softest meat. 

Su Wan, however, was a great learning enthusiast when it came to cooking, once she was rich enough, she travelled to many countries and with her sweet tongue, she was able to get many chefs and butchers to teach her their skills. Unlike the five stars chefs, she learned butchering skills directly from the famous butchers of various countries. 

And because she wasn't squeamish, she was well-liked by all of her teachers, if not she wouldn't have been able to make a small restaurant that famous in just a couple of years. Her skills were on par with those five stars chefs without a degree in her hands, she didn't learn anything from a famous university after she was forced to drop college, whatever she learned——-she learned with her own strength and skills. 

" Second brother is going to very mad at me," Lin Rui saw Su Wan bustling around the kitchen as she took out the sharp butchering knives from their holder and couldn't help but lament, even though he was doing this was Su Wan's benefit, given how overly protective his second brother was after finding out that he was going to be a father, he knew that he was doomed to be scolded.

Su Wan raised a brow and then turned to look at Lin Rui and scoffed indignantly. " I am pregnant, not handicapped, he needs to learn that and start accepting it as well, it's been so long since I got something fun to do, I am not letting him make this boring for me as well. I have been bored staying in the house and doing nothing." 

She turned to look at the ingredients that were in front of her and smiled with contentment. " Maybe if I succeed then I will be able to go on a trip to that territory, after I help the people of that territory, I will become the governess of that place won't I?" 

Lin Rui watched her sharpen the butcher knife and took a step back as he said, " Well, that's what the headmaster said, if you help the people of that place you will become the governess of that territory." 

"That will be fun don't you think?" Su Wan picked up a squid that was flailing in the water box with apparent ease and took care of it. Once it stopped struggling, she turned to look around the kitchen and took a glance at Lin Rui as she pointed at the water vat and said, " Can you hand me that? I can't pick it up since it's heavy." 

Lin Rui was still shell-shocked upon seeing how easily Su Wan took care of that ink-spurting monster so easily and blinked his when Su Wan called him. " W..What? Did you say something to me?" 

" I asked you to hand me the water vat," Su Wan repeated before she took the gloves made out of sheepskin and put them on, then without waiting for Lin Rui to turn around and see what she was doing, Su Wan easily pried them apart the inwards that were attached to the squid with her fingers. 

" That looks horrible," Lin Rui commented as he placed the heavy water vat next to Su Wan and took a look at the gooey inwards that she was cleaning without even flinching. " Do you want me to do that for you?" 

Su Wan paused before she turned her head and looked up at him with a sly glint in her eyes as she took her fingers out of the squid and clasped his hand causing Lin Rui to squeal in surprise. 

" What are you doing? It feels so icky!" Lin Rui shrieked as he snatched his hand back and glared at Su Wan. 

" Why are you shouting at me?" Su Wan looked at Lin Rui with a pouting expression, her eyes brimming with innocence. " You were the one who said that you wanted to help me out didn't you?" 

" I said with the gloves,  did I not emphasis the gloves?"

"Come on, it's not that bad." 

" No, it's very bad, hey! Don't come closer to me!" 

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