“Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.”
Leng Ruo Li said.
Leng Jin Yu walked out of the mansion and saw a carriage with the Leng Wang Mansion's insignia. He curiously asked, "Rui'er, did you come back in the Leng Wang's carriage?"
"Yes, Father," Leng Ruo Li replied obediently.
At this moment, Jun Mo Han also alighted from the carriage.
Upon seeing the person, Leng Jin Yu immediately said respectfully, "This minister pays his respects to His Highness Leng Wang!"
Jun Mo Han quickly helped Leng Jin Yu up and said, "Great General, there are no outsiders here, so there's no need for such formalities."
After hearing this, Leng Jin Yu stopped bowing.
"Your Highness, since you've come to our Leng General's Mansion, please come in for a cup of tea."
"Then I shall not be polite."
"Your Highness, please!"
Leng Jin Yu extended his left hand in a gesture of invitation. Jun Mo Han glanced at Leng Ruo Li, gave her a smug look, raised his eyebrows, and walked into the General's Mansion.
Leng Ruo Li: "..."
Afterward, Leng Ruo Li also followed them into the mansion.
Upon entering, Leng Jin Yu had intended to lead Jun Mo Han to the reception hall for tea. Unexpectedly, Jun Mo Han suggested going to Leng Ruo Li's courtyard for tea.
Leng Jin Yu's face immediately darkened. His Rui'er was not yet married, how could he casually bring a man in and out of her courtyard?
If anyone else had said this to Leng Jin Yu, he would have likely kicked them out, but Jun Mo Han had helped him before and owed him some kindness. Leng Jin Yu had to give him some face.
Upon hearing Jun Mo Han's words, ten thousand "ni ma" passed through Leng Ruo Li's mind.
Damn it!
Jun Mo Han was becoming more and more audacious.
"Your Highness, this is not appropriate. My Rui'er is not yet married."
"Great General, you have been stationed at the border for too long and may not have heard my rumors."
Leng Jin Yu: "..."
Leng Ruo Li: "..."
At this moment, both father and daughter had the same thought: Was Jun Mo Han's statement hinting at something? Could he possibly be gay?
However, since he had spoken of himself in that way, let him go to Ming Yue Courtyard.
"Father, please let him go to Rui'er's Ming Yue Courtyard."
It was just letting him drink tea at Ming Yue Courtyard, it wasn't like anything else would happen. Let others gossip if they wanted. Besides, her reputation was already quite bad, and one more instance wouldn't make much difference.
"Alright, Father will listen to you."
He just needed to keep a close eye on Jun Mo Han.
Subsequently, the three of them entered Ming Yue Courtyard together.
Upon entering, Leng Jin Yu led Jun Mo Han to sit in the courtyard's pavilion for a chat.
Leng Ruo Li had Xing'er and Ling'er serve them tea and snacks.
As both Jun Mo Han and Leng Jin Yu had been on the battlefield, they quickly hit it off and started chatting.
Many of the viewpoints and suggestions Jun Mo Han offered made Leng Jin Yu see things in a new light, and he was utterly impressed.
Leng Ruo Li, seeing them chatting so happily, didn't want to disturb them.
It was also nearing dinnertime, so she took Xing'er and Ling'er to cook.
Tonight, Leng Jin Yu had returned early, so she wanted to make a good meal to show her filial piety.
For some reason, every time she saw Leng Jin Yu, she was reminded of her foster father in her previous life.
She was an orphan in her previous life, and her foster father had picked her up and raised her, nurturing her into an excellent special agent. He had also hired people to teach her traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. After her diligent study, by the age of 22, she had become a universally acclaimed doctor of both Chinese and Western medicine and a top-tier special agent.
She had not let her foster father down.
Unfortunately, three years ago, her foster father was brutally murdered by enemies while protecting the secret of her portable system.
Every time she thought of this, her heart ached.
She remembered that her foster father loved to study culinary arts when he was alive. Not only was he the father of special agents, but he was also a renowned international chef. Every time she returned safely from a mission, her foster father would cook a delicious meal for her to celebrate and taught her many cooking secrets.
She also remembered that her foster father's favorite dish was chopped chili fish head, so she always kept his preserved chopped chilies at home. Even her private kitchen within her system space had chopped chilies. The reason for storing so many chopped chilies was to make it convenient for her foster father to make chopped chili fish head.
Coincidentally, the ingredients Xing'er and Ling'er brought back from the main kitchen tonight included a large fish head. So, she decided to make a chopped chili fish head for Leng Jin Yu.
She first cleaned the large fish head, cut it in half, marinated it, took out the chopped chilies from her system space, along with various modern cooking seasonings. She then prepared the chopped chili sauce and placed the large fish head in a steamer. Afterward, she made a few side dishes: stir-fried green beans with ribs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, eggplant with minced meat, and chicken and mushroom soup.
Forty minutes later, the large fish head was steamed. After sprinkling it with the prepared sauce, a delicious chopped chili fish head was ready.
Subsequently, Leng Ruo Li asked the two young maids to help carry the dishes into her main house for dinner.
The corridor that the three of them passed through was filled with the aroma of the dishes, and even within her small courtyard, the fragrance of Leng Ruo Li's cooking could be smelled.
Leng Ruo Li had thought that Jun Mo Han had already left. However, when she came out after finishing in the kitchen, she was stunned to see Jun Mo Han sitting in her main house.
It was so late, why was this guy still here?
"Um, Your Highness, why are you still here?" Leng Ruo Li asked curiously.
"What? Miss Leng, you don't welcome me to eat here? I was starving all afternoon in the carriage today trying to send you back to the General's Mansion," Jun Mo Han said calmly.
"Alright, it's all my fault."
Leng Ruo Li didn't want to argue with this man.
Since His Highness Leng Wang was willing to lower himself to freeload a meal, then let him freeload.
"Rui'er, it was Father who invited His Highness to dine at Ming Yue Courtyard. Father and His Highness still have much to discuss about military strategy. His Highness happened to be free today, so Father asked him to give me more advice to improve the physical fitness of the soldiers of Tian Wu Kingdom," Leng Jin Yu explained for Jun Mo Han.
Fine, even her father was speaking favorably for Jun Mo Han, so she had no choice but to agree.
"Father, it's alright. I happened to make a bit too much food, so please invite His Highness to join us for dinner."
Fortunately, when she took the dishes out of the kitchen earlier, she had separately set aside a small portion of each dish for Xing'er and Ling'er, otherwise, her two young maids would have nothing to eat tonight.
Because Jun Mo Han was eating here, her two young maids certainly couldn't eat at the same table as them. The reason was obvious, everyone knew.
"Father, this chopped chili fish head was made especially for you. Rui'er will give you a piece to try," Leng Ruo Li said, her face full of anticipation as she placed a piece of fish head meat into Leng Jin Yu's bowl.
Leng Jin Yu smiled, put the fish head meat she had given him into his mouth, savored it slowly, and repeatedly praised, "Good, good! The fish meat is very fresh and tender. However, Rui'er, how did you know Father liked fish heads?"
As soon as Leng Jin Yu finished speaking, Leng Ruo Li was slightly taken aback. Leng Jin Yu also liked fish heads; she found this very surprising.
However, she quickly regained her composure and gave Leng Jin Yu another piece of rib and a bowl of mushroom soup.
Then, she turned to look at Jun Mo Han and noticed he was staring at her, as if to say, had they forgotten about him, the father and daughter.
Uh...
"Um, Your Highness, please take some food too. Try this stir-fried green beans with ribs, eggplant with minced meat..."
Leng Jin Yu had also forgotten about this guy being there and quickly urged Jun Mo Han to eat.
After Jun Mo Han tasted the dishes on the table, he couldn't stop eating, even more enthusiastically than Leng Jin Yu and Leng Ruo Li.
At this moment, Leng Jin Yu suddenly regretted inviting Jun Mo Han to stay for dinner.
Alas, his Rui'er's cooking was just too delicious. Next time Rui'er cooked, he would never invite Jun Mo Han to eat again.